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Did Blue Origin manage to reach orbit already? They are usually ignored because they seem to be at least a decade away from any practical application, and kept
by marcosdumay 2y ago
Did Blue Origin manage to reach orbit already?
They are usually ignored because they seem to be at least a decade away from any practical application, and kept being that decade away for at least the last entire decade. But if this changed, than yeah, people should stop ignoring it.
- m348e912 2y agoThey have launched New Shepard 26 times, carrying passengers just above the Kármán line, which is about 62 miles above earth. The rocket in the video I linked to is New Glenn (a heavy payload rocket) and its first launch will be in Spring 25
- tempaway75647 2y agowhich is about 62 miles above earth But 'reaching orbit' isn't really about height, its more about speed
- marcosdumay 2y agoTo be fair, they are working on a lot of the advanced problems before they get the basics. So they may be closer to a practical application than it looks. But they didn't get the basics. Getting high up into space is much, much easier than reaching orbit. To the point it's a qualitatively different problem.
- tekla 2y agoYes. The point being they don't have a orbital vehicle yet
- imtringued 2y agoTheir pace significantly accelerated since the original tweet where they showed a fully assembled pathfinder vehicle on the launch pad. Before that tweet I thought Blue Origin was way behind. Now they are at most a year away from having a successful rocket and two years away from a moon landing with their prototype MK1 moon lander. At the current pace it is not unthinkable that Artemis 3 and 5 could happen a year apart.