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Eric Berger of Ars Technica: > I'm hearing that it is possible that Blue Origin decides to go directly to the larger 9x4 variant of New Glenn after this failur
by frakkingcylons 4mo ago
Eric Berger of Ars Technica:
> I'm hearing that it is possible that Blue Origin decides to go directly to the larger 9x4 variant of New Glenn after this failure. Obviously no decisions like that will be made without more data review.
https://xcancel.com/SciGuySpace/status/2060190522539401631#m https://xcancel.com/SciGuySpace/status/2060190522539401631#m
- justinhj 4mo agohttps://x.com/sawyermerritt/status/2060174287563116696?s=46&t=Ba2dAtOVZf2p2m_enoKJAA https://x.com/sawyermerritt/status/2060174287563116696?s=46&...
- bombcar 4mo agoI know it's not, but darned if that doesn't sound like "it exploded real big, so build a bigger one!"
- locknitpicker 4mo ago> I know it's not, but darned if that doesn't sound like "it exploded real big, so build a bigger one!" To me it sounds like "alright, it's silly to waste time and energy on duplicate effort. Let's focus on getting this one right instead."
- laughing_man 4mo agoIt makes some sense. If they're not going to be able to launch for a year because the pad is being rebuilt anyway, projects that were going to take a year may as well go to the front burner.
- wongarsu 4mo agoThis is their only New Glenn launch pad, but the pad for the 9x4 is already under construction. Depending on the damage sustained to the pad that might be a factor in the decision