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Blue Origin New Glenn Mission NG-1 – Live
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- SeanAnderson 2y agoThe countdown timer just went up 15 minutes :( Hopefully it doesn't get scrubbed.
- Polizeiposaune 2y agoIn the words of the Steve Miller Band: T0 keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' Into the future
- labster 2y agoHopefully we’ll fly like an eagle
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- _ks3e 2y agoWhat’s the function of the tower near the launch pad with a huge orange fire at its top?
- Laremere 2y agoMethane flare. Liquid methane will turn to gas as it warms up, so they need to get rid of it somehow. Nitrogen and oxygen they can just vent. Generally methane is flared to prevent explosive gas buildup and (the worst of) greenhouse gas effects. Sometimes it's cooled back into a liquid, but that is apparently more effort than it's worth because flaring seems common practice. Edit: just remembered the second stage is hydrogen. So it might be flaring that, or maybe the smaller flare off to the side is hydrogen.
- Laremere 2y agoIf you are reading this in the future, or just prefer YouTube, Edit: Blue origin is streaming it here: https://www.youtube.com/live/OOEPTWQrN7A https://www.youtube.com/live/OOEPTWQrN7A Original: the AP is restreaming the launch here: https://www.youtube.com/live/Yb-27DvLcN8?si=W1Qt7DfaSz7yxuL9 https://www.youtube.com/live/Yb-27DvLcN8?si=W1Qt7DfaSz7yxuL9
- purpleidea 2y agoSame link without site tracking: https://www.youtube.com/live/Yb-27DvLcN8 https://www.youtube.com/live/Yb-27DvLcN8
- purpleidea 2y agoI'm staying up to see Blue Origin crash their rocket into the barge, but they keep pushing back the launch so idk if it's even going to take off :/
- Klaus23 2y agoNew Glenn has the throttle range to hover and they test more than SpaceX. You will probably be disappointed.
- lutorm 2y agoGiven their development pace, they really must succeed if they want their "slowly and carefully" model to be competitive.
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- somenameforme 2y agoTesting in simulations and testing in reality are radically different. I hadn't actually heard anything about this until now but I'd be surprised if they're giving themselves more than a 10% chance of success, assuming it's an orbital test. Looking things up, it turns out that the booster is named "So You're Telling Me There's a Chance", and that is probably not entirely tongue in cheek!
- Klaus23 2y agoThe chances of the rocket reaching orbit on the first attempt are not too bad. Ariane 6 did it and only failed on the third engine relight. Nailing the landing is a lot trickier, but if they have any early problems they would ditch it in the sea. They would have to have a problem just before landing for the rocket to take out the barge. If you want to count tipping over as a crash, that would make it more likely, but still less than SpaceX because of the soft landing and more legs.
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- perihelions 2y agoWhy do they intend to leave the booster attached to the payload, at 19,300 x 2,400 km? Is there a specific reason they choose not to deorbit it?
- dotancohen 2y agoI don't know the actual reason on this launch, but leaving stuff up there is not uncommon. On a test launch such as this, they might not want to relight the second stage engine too many times. They also may not have navigation down pat. Better leave one large bird up there where it's easily tracked, than to possibly have it explode leaving lots of smaller debris. Or to try to deorbit it and hit London. There are tens, if not hundreds, of discarded second stages orbiting Earth right now.
- rvz 2y agoCompetition is needed in this space. Hope this launch goes well. EDIT: Launch never happened.
- whycome 2y agoThis is going to get scrubbed I think. So many pushbacks. They should make scrubbed missions retain the flight designation and the new flight should get a new number. “Anomalies” “workarounds” “off-nominal situations” “whatever they’re finding that may be a little bit off” are all words you don’t wanna hear at launch I guess. Okay that’s probably one too many delays now. I’ll have to see if it launches in the morn
- baq 2y agoNobody would be surprised if they scrubbed today, frankly it'll be more surprising if they launch. Space is hard.
- evil-olive 2y agowith every other rocket launch livestream I've watched (SpaceX, NASA, Rocket Lab, etc) when there's a delay they would announce it explicitly. instead, it was at T-18min, they spent a few minutes talking about how fancy the engines were, and then finish with "alright, with 35 minutes left on the countdown..." edit: they did it again. 11 minutes, they've pretty clearly told the talking heads to vamp, so they're rambling about how cool the "rocket park" is (and how they had to relocate a bunch of turtles while building it) and meanwhile the countdown disappears for a few seconds then resets to 38 minutes.
- DriftRegion 2y ago"if we're adding time to the clock, it means that the team thinks that there might be a possibility that they can sort it out"
- whycome 2y agoYeah it’s really taking their audience for granted. Not a good first look
- ragebol 2y agoYou know what's a worse look: showing your viewers 1000s of little rockets parts. Looks cool perhaps, but doesn't inspire confidence either. But damn it's annoying those delays
- fsloth 2y agoAudience? You mean all the space clients like Nasa, DoD and zillions of new space satellite vendors like IceEye etc? The public stream is nice to have but not critical. I personally felt it was obvious when the countdown was reset. IMHO the show before countdown from 10s to zero is just filler.
- echoangle 2y agoThey have some production value in the stream though, so it looks like they’re trying to make it appealing. It’s probably a recruitment tool for them.
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- golol 2y agoIf they stick the landing first try I'm really impressed abd SpaceX has real competition.
- mupuff1234 2y agoHoping they succeed and bring Musk down back to earth.
- rvz 2y agoMusk doesn't care and unfortunately Blue Origin failed to launch today. It's over.
- mupuff1234 2y agoDon't be silly, of course he cares whether spacex remains uncontested or not, both from a business perspective but also from the political leverage it brings (starlink etc).
- robertlagrant 2y agoEither SpaceX isn't uncontested already (lots of people are developing rockets, so they aren't uncontested), or this wouldn't have changed that (lots of people developing rockets are absolutely nowhere near SpaceX, and they still wouldn't be whether or not this had worked).
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- mupuff1234 2y agoIm not sure I follow - can you show me another rocket currently in development that is as close as SpaceX offerings in terms of payload/price performance as new glenn? If new glenn were to succeed it would have a massive impact on SpaceX (and starlink)
- robertlagrant 2y agoI don't think that that's true. SpaceX barely use Falcon Heavy (I count under 10 missions in total[0]), and I think it's because there are so many payloads that fit into a regular Falcon 9 that it's not worth trying to queue up enough payloads to fit. And if there are new, special payloads that only fit in a New Glenn, then it's not obvious they would disrupt the existing SpaceX operations, as opposed to just being additional flights. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_Heavy_launches#Past_launches https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Falcon_9_and_Falcon_He...
- DriftRegion 2y agoAnyone know more about the payload? Here's what I've found: It's carrying the "Blue Ring Pathfinder Payload", part of the "Dark-Sky 1 Mission" > Dark-Sky 1 is jointly funded by DIU and Blue Origin. [5] DIU is "The Pentagon’s commercial technology arm, the Defense Innovation Unit" [1] https://www.blueorigin.com/news/blue-ring-pathfinder-payload https://www.blueorigin.com/news/blue-ring-pathfinder-payload [2] https://www.diu.mil/latest/companies-selected-for-diu-orbital-logistics-vehicle-project-moving-forward https://www.diu.mil/latest/companies-selected-for-diu-orbita... [3] https://www.meritalk.com/articles/diu-orbital-logistics-awardees-move-to-prototyping/ https://www.meritalk.com/articles/diu-orbital-logistics-awar... [4] https://www.geekwire.com/2024/blue-origin-ring-darksky-1/ https://www.geekwire.com/2024/blue-origin-ring-darksky-1/ [5] https://spacenews.com/defense-innovation-unit-awards-three-contracts-for-space-logistics-technologies/ https://spacenews.com/defense-innovation-unit-awards-three-c...
- raverbashing 2y agoI wonder if it might need some extra mass simulators (probably not depending on how heavy the payload is)
- rubzah 2y ago"Dark Sky" funded by the Pentagon. Sounds chipper.
- findthewords 2y agoIf there's anything in the name, I would guess an anti-satellite EMP.
- ragebol 2y agoT-0 keeps getting pushed back. Nice for them to have this ability technically. Not all rockets can do this AFAIK, at least not as often as I've seen today. Anyone know how often can do this, or what the technical limit it for this (so besides orbit insertion & other trajectory stuff or for reasons of running out the range flight restrictions etc)
- bobs_salsa 2y agoOutside of those mission requirements you mentioned there are also some limitations in any cryo cooled liquids onboard. Either the pressure increases internally, liquid off-gases and needs to be refilled (where there is a finite amount left to use), or risk of components freezing up can all play a factor into how long a rocket can stand on the pad for. As a result it’s less a question of how often can they delay the launch and more a question of how long can the rocket stay out on the pad for you to delay into. Likely a heep of other reasons as well.
- ragebol 2y agoAh, thought of boil-off already which can of course be replenished. But indeed the tank when that comes from can run out as well of course.
- bpodgursky 2y agoAnnnnd back up to T-38. Can't do it, going to bed. Hope I don't miss any fireworks (or glory).
- willvarfar 2y agoWhat's the normal vibe on how it feels to work for Bezos on Blue Origin and how does it compare to working for Musk at SpaceX? Is one feeling like startup vs the other feeling like enterprise, or does one feel like the boss is too involved and the other too distant, etc?
- admissionsguy 2y agoor does one feel like a tech company, the other like a government agency?
- _moof 2y agoCan't speak for Blue but SpaceX felt like an aerospace company, and Musk had next to nothing to do with my day-to-day there.
- freeqaz 2y agoI had a close friend who was at Blue for a few years under Bob Smith (former CEO). It wasn't great. Just a toxic culture it seemed like, and their HQ is a giant stretch fabric tent with terrible acoustics lol
- exmadscientist 2y agoEveryone I know locally who has worked for SpaceX has had pretty negative things to say about it overall. Everyone I know locally who has worked for Blue Origin has had extremely negative things to say about it, pretty much without qualification. So, not great!
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- ekianjo 2y agoit keeps getting delayed...
- alex_young 2y agoYa’ll need to chill out. How many times does your Prime delivery happen on time? Always an hour or two behind. Same day though. Poor rocket drivers are peeing in soda bottles. That’s what’s holding this thing up. Give science some leeway.
- walrus01 2y agoI'd worry less about the urinary tract, and more about the massive object that devastated Uranus https://bgr.com/science/uranus-collision-early-solar-system/ https://bgr.com/science/uranus-collision-early-solar-system/
- ragebol 2y agoScrubbed, as per Eric Berger: https://bsky.app/profile/sciguyspace.bsky.social/post/3lfmbmbifj22v https://bsky.app/profile/sciguyspace.bsky.social/post/3lfmbm...
- yellowapple 2y agoHad a feeling that'd happen when the countdown jumped to T-00:00:00 then disappeared forever. Oh well.
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- voytec 2y agoIs it scrapped? I'm watching with no sound, and the T- timer disappeared.
- mkl 2y agoThe commentators stopped speaking a while ago - the sound is just ambient.
- the_third_wave 2y agoThe timer is gone from the video, the launch seems to be scrubbed?
- thomascountz 2y agoEric Berger is reporting a scrub. https://bsky.app/profile/sciguyspace.bsky.social/post/3lfmbmbifj22v https://bsky.app/profile/sciguyspace.bsky.social/post/3lfmbm... https://x.com/sciguyspace/status/1878713938109776032?s=46&t=Fc8ZOqlb2wiPGjFXgfyLXw https://x.com/sciguyspace/status/1878713938109776032?s=46&t=...
- mkl 2y agohttps://xcancel.com/sciguyspace/status/1878713938109776032?t=Fc8ZOqlb2wiPGjFXgfyLXw https://xcancel.com/sciguyspace/status/1878713938109776032?t... The stream has now confirmed it.
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- doublerabbit 2y agoAh Yes. HM were the simplest jest of enjoyment will get you downvoted.
- freeqaz 2y agoSome more info from Ars: https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/an-icy-vent-line-may-have-caused-blue-origin-to-scrub-debut-launch-of-new-glenn/ https://arstechnica.com/space/2025/01/an-icy-vent-line-may-h...
- moffkalast 2y agoI'm sure the weather will git gud soon.
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- brainwipe 2y agoIt's scrubbed for today: Blue Origin on Twitter: https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1878715911563313651 https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1878715911563313651
- kxrm 2y agoAccording to AP News the launch was scrubbed.
- ekianjo 2y agocancelled today: https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1878715911563313651 https://x.com/blueorigin/status/1878715911563313651 > We’re standing down on today’s launch attempt to troubleshoot a vehicle subsystem issue that will take us beyond our launch window. We’re reviewing opportunities for our next launch attempt.
- dmead 2y agoI was at jetty park. I am now frozen. Going back to the hotel. Hopefully they can try again tomorrow.
- Tepix 2y agoNow that it's scrubbed, just how long was their launch window?
- DiggyJohnson 2y agoThree hours is the publicly specified capability
- closetkantian 2y agoBillionaires head to space while the world burns. Fun.
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