Blue Origin had to scrub the New Glenn NG2 twice. Launched today. Good Separation.
Relit engines and coming in for landing.
They counted down to 20 seconds about an hour ago. Reset the clock to 34 minutes. Counted down again and had a hold at about 14 minutes and reset the clock again.
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Maybe it should be mentioned that they successfully launched the NASA ESCAPADE mission to Mars.
As a segue: it seems quite clear that “move fast and break things” is not as good a strategy as “move slow and achieve results.”
Why? Falcon 9 has managed to land its first stage ten years ago.
Falcon 9 never launched a payload to Mars
That’s a ridiculous metric. It has put landers on the Moon and launched missions to Asteroids.
Of course it is a ridiculous metric, but it is not my metric! If I build a company with the sole aim of colonizing Mars, it is sort of a big deal if your company never managed to send a payload to Mars
So, in more time they’ve launched a tiny fraction of a percent as much into space, and that suggests to you they have the better approach?
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