It seems possible that a guy who is building a clock to work for ten
thousand years may be on a different schedule than yours....
Bill
On Thursday, December 24, 2015, Henry Vanderbilt <hvanderbilt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I tend to view this Blue Origin booster as analogous to SpaceX's Falcon 1
- a way of gaining vital early flight experience at relatively low cost.
(It might also end up flying some suborbital flights, but I don't see that
as the main goal.)
Not entirely analogous, mind - it's clear the BE-3 hydrogen engine implies
a LARGE (and possibly recoverable/reusable) upper stage for the eventual
big BE-4 LNG 1st-stage rocket.
One good thing that may come of the recent public mine-is-better-than-your
sniping between the two moguls: Blue Origin may begin to pick up its
till-now measured pace. (C'mon, guys, I want my reusable rockets!)
Henry
On 12/23/2015 11:30 AM, qbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
A quote from Bezos
"The same technology is to be used in a larger Blue Origin rocket that
is to be launched to orbit from Cape Canaveral in Florida
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http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/science/space/jeff-bezos-rocket-company-to-build-and-launch-in-florida.html
.Everything that we have learned here on New Shepard is completely
applicable to our orbital booster,”
Blue Origin officials have not spoken in detail about which markets they
are aiming for with the bigger
rocket, but Mr. Bezos has said his passion is to send people to space.
The company could also compete
for commercial and military satellite launches."
source NYT web page.
Robert
At 10:45 AM 12/23/2015, you wrote:
Falcon 9 was designed for reusability from the start. Now that landing
has been accomplished i have no doubt reflight will become routine.
Blue origin landing is interesting but its intent is to some day be a
rocket amusement ride.Â
Hop up to the edge of space. No orbit no working payload.
Falcon 9 is the 747 to orbit and back and is already trucking supplies
to iss and putting working satellites into orbit.
No comparison, imho.
Musk may be over optimistic on the timeline but spacex's achievements
to date are quite incomparable. Its amusing to see the doubters
continue to doubt that they will acomplish the "next" step as each is
accomplished.
Musk does not build battery gigafactories, rocket assembly lines or
boosters that land just for fun or stunt or ego.
jim fackert