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Blue Origin hasn't been to orbit yet right? If that is still the case, pretty wild contract to land.

• verdverm 3y ago
  None of the contracted next moon landers have been to space yet
  • dmoy 3y ago
    I think the question is, "has Blue Origin gotten anything into orbit?" (I don't know the answer, I think as of a couple years ago it was still "no", but then I stopped paying attention)
    • DennisP 3y ago
      Yep the answer is still "no." Also their tourist suborbital is still grounded after an incident last year. They did finally deliver some BE-4 engines to ULA though.
      • verdverm 3y ago
        The next scheduled Vulcan launch date is in a couple months iirc, they have the first batch of BE-4s
• ta1243 3y ago
  Landing is easy, every BO rocket has landed
• qgin 3y ago
  > According to Blue Origin's lunar lander head John Couluris, Blue Origin privately contributed 'well north' of the contract's $3.4 billion payout. Seems like the NASA award is only is only paying for some minority of the total cost.
• idlewords 3y ago
  They've been to orbit the same number of times as Starship
  • mrguyorama 3y ago
    And hundreds of fewer times than SpaceX as a whole. Surely a group who has actually been in space has more experience than a team that has launched a small dick rocket 80 miles up?
• jjk166 3y ago
  This is a contract for a lander, it gets into Earth orbit on someone else's rocket.
  • panick21_ 3y ago
    Pretty sure their concept depends on New Glenn.