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SpaceX is only space company that does hardware rich development. Blue Origin takes much more traditional approach of linear design. Blue Origin may fail (I co
by justapassenger 11mo ago
SpaceX is only space company that does hardware rich development. Blue Origin takes much more traditional approach of linear design.
Blue Origin may fail (I couldn't care less about them or SpaceX), but yes, they're in final validation steps, as that's just how they develop things.
Starship is at the stage of putting random ideas on the rocket and seeing if it explodes.
- JumpCrisscross 11mo ago> yes, they're in final validation steps, as that's just how they develop things You're wrong, but I'm curious for the sources that lead you to think this. > Starship is at the stage of putting random ideas on the rocket and seeing if it explodes "Following the launch, New Glenn’s first stage attempted a landing on the recovery vessel Jacklyn, also known as Landing Platform Vessel 1, which was positioned 620 km downrange from LC-36. However, controllers lost telemetry from the stage sometime after the entry burn started and Blue Origin confirmed that the booster was lost" [1]. [1] https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/01/new-glenn-launch/ https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2025/01/new-glenn-launch/
- justapassenger 11mo ago[flagged]
- pixl97 11mo agoI mean, technically v2 could launch sats at this point as we've seen the successful deployment of dummies. This said they've moved on to v3 and will begin testing that soon.
- numpad0 11mo agoYeah, the SS just don't make a lot of sense at this point. The mail slot design was always dubious, and that orange stain was really uninspiring as well.