Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contract NASA gave to SpaceX
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Re: Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contract NASA gave to SpaceX
#2The Asteroid Wars in 20 or 30 years between Musk and Bezos is going to be right out of Ben Bova.
Re: Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contract NASA gave to SpaceX
#3It's really a shame what has happened to Blue Origin. They've gone from a promising space startup to yet another purveyor of perpetual vaporware.
Where is the BE-4 engine? Delayed, again and again. New Glenn, the rocket that could actually go into orbit? Same. So far their only functioning hardware (New Shephard) is, in effect, a glorified amusement park ride.
Considering that SpaceX has actually made it to orbit multiple times, any rational actor would clearly choose SpaceX over BO.
Re: Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contract NASA gave to SpaceX
#4The Asteroid Wars in 20 or 30 years between Musk and Bezos is going to be right out of Ben Bova.
Won't be much of a war if Bezos can't get Blue Origin working. They can't operate at 5% of the speed of SpaceX or even 100% of the speed of SpaceX. They have to operate faster than SpaceX because SpaceX is in the lead.
Re: Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contract NASA gave to SpaceX
#5It's really a shame what has happened to Blue Origin. They've gone from a promising space startup to yet another purveyor of perpetual vaporware. Where is the BE-4 engine? Delayed, again and again. New Glenn, the rocket that could actually go into orbit? Same. So far their only functioning hardware (New Shephard) is, in effect, a glorified amusement park ride. Considering that SpaceX has actually made it to orbit mul…
Slow and steady wins the race. I'm not counting them out, Bezos is so immensely wealthy that if he wants Blue Origin to succeed then it will succeed.
Re: Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contract NASA gave to SpaceX
#6It's really a shame what has happened to Blue Origin. They've gone from a promising space startup to yet another purveyor of perpetual vaporware. Where is the BE-4 engine? Delayed, again and again. New Glenn, the rocket that could actually go into orbit? Same. So far their only functioning hardware (New Shephard) is, in effect, a glorified amusement park ride. Considering that SpaceX has actually made it to orbit mul…
Slow and steady wins the race. I'm not counting them out, Bezos is so immensely wealthy that if he wants Blue Origin to succeed then it will succeed.
Slow and steady wins the race against fast and transient, not, as SpaceX has been, fast and persistent.
Re: Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contract NASA gave to SpaceX
#7Why can't they cooperate instead of compete?
It's not like they don't already have all the money they'd ever need or could use, and wouldn't the world be better off if they worked together than against each other?
Re: Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contract NASA gave to SpaceX
#8It's really a shame what has happened to Blue Origin. They've gone from a promising space startup to yet another purveyor of perpetual vaporware. Where is the BE-4 engine? Delayed, again and again. New Glenn, the rocket that could actually go into orbit? Same. So far their only functioning hardware (New Shephard) is, in effect, a glorified amusement park ride. Considering that SpaceX has actually made it to orbit mul…
Slow and steady wins the race. I'm not counting them out, Bezos is so immensely wealthy that if he wants Blue Origin to succeed then it will succeed.
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Re: Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contract NASA gave to SpaceX
#9Why can't they cooperate instead of compete? It's not like they don't already have all the money they'd ever need or could use, and wouldn't the world be better off if they worked together than against each other?
No.
Re: Jeff Bezos loses attempt to block the Moon-landing contract NASA gave to SpaceX
#10Why can't they cooperate instead of compete? It's not like they don't already have all the money they'd ever need or could use, and wouldn't the world be better off if they worked together than against each other?
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