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It's an efficient shape aerodynamically. Though reams have been written no doubt that the quill attracts writers so much because of its resemblance to a dick. The pen is the penis. And so on. I have a pet theory. I think you're a web developer or want to be one. Are you?
Nope, not a web developer. 30 years of back-end C++/Java/C#/Hack/Go/Scala/Ruby.
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It will benefit Blue Origin because ULA actually has costumers (mostly the military). They also have launch facilities and people who know how to launch something. New Glenn will take years to ramp up to any real launch rate. Blue Origin will go from kind of a joke to being a big military contractor. Making New Glenn essentially a favorite for the next big military procurement cycle. They are basically buying their w…
What strange logic of some company "having" customers instead of the customers choosing the best product, which includes price.
Rocket launches are booked years in advanced. ULA also has many launch contracts 30+ from Amazon. This will again take many years to complete.
So that's why they 'have' costumers, because the selection process has already happened. When you buy ULA you are effectively buying their years long launch backlog.
In addition its really hard to become a Airforce costumer, and once you get there, its very hard to fall out of that group. So even while the next big batch of launches has not yet been selected for by the SpaceForce, its a virtual certainty that ULA will receive a large part of that contract.
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> BE-4 engines from Blue Origin are fantastic Are they? Outside of being staged combustion they aren't that impressive. Their chamber-pressure is still really low. The TWR isn't that great. For a staged engine they are entry level. Their re-usability is theoretical at this point. The early engines the delivered to ULA are not the reusable version that will later go on New Glenn. > I see a real chance to be competitiv…
The reusability on BE-4 is not theoretical. Yes, the ones flown on Vulcan do not do relighting. However, we do know of engines BO has test fired where they have tested restart capability. https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1521204214084796416
This is overall a good, and needed thing. While the BE-4 engines from Blue Origin are fantastic, they need the level of system maturity that is represented by ULA. Together, I see a real chance to be competitive with SpaceX long term. Yes, they have work to go before they could do reusable launch, but the combined company probably has the best chance to do so. The more reusable launch providers the better for the ind…
According to some commentators Blue Origin has more than a fighting chance to compete with SpaceX https://youtu.be/1slJdJTzfzc?si=V7HNxAvBz0TQtMTW
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The reusability on BE-4 is not theoretical. Yes, the ones flown on Vulcan do not do relighting. However, we do know of engines BO has test fired where they have tested restart capability. https://twitter.com/blueorigin/status/1521204214084796416
Many engines that are not reusable can be started multiple times. Actually having the certification that you can relaunch with the engine after you have done a reentry and landing is required.
This is overall a good, and needed thing. While the BE-4 engines from Blue Origin are fantastic, they need the level of system maturity that is represented by ULA. Together, I see a real chance to be competitive with SpaceX long term. Yes, they have work to go before they could do reusable launch, but the combined company probably has the best chance to do so. The more reusable launch providers the better for the ind…
According to some commentators Blue Origin has more than a fighting chance to compete with SpaceX https://youtu.be/1slJdJTzfzc?si=V7HNxAvBz0TQtMTW
SpaceX could cure cancer and he would make a series of tweets about how its not an accomplishment because not every person with cancer is already cured.
For years now he has always used the worst interpretation possible and declared everything SpaceX hasn't done as impossible, and if they do it it suddendly becomes unimportant and something that others have done already done much better. And every prediction on the future is a worst case prediction.
And then he does the opposite for anything not called SpaceX.
He is also not an actual journalist with deep research or even really educated on the topic. His audiance seems to be mostly the anti-Musk people who dont usually care about space but need to say negative things.
He basically a meme, more like somebody playing character. He took the thunderfoot playbook and in order to make money on Musk hate. And yes, there are lots of only pro-Musk hype people around as well, and they are equally stupid.
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Many engines that are not reusable can be started multiple times. Actually having the certification that you can relaunch with the engine after you have done a reentry and landing is required.
That's a pretty convenient goalpost to move to. Raptor also is only theoretically reusable by that metric.
BO doesn't have a reusable engine until they demonstrate that their engine is reusable.
Welcome your monopolistic, plutocratic overlords.
The irony of saying that about the space launch industry, especially about ULA, a company which was founded as a monopoly because Boeing has been going down the drain for decades.
This is overall a good, and needed thing. While the BE-4 engines from Blue Origin are fantastic, they need the level of system maturity that is represented by ULA. Together, I see a real chance to be competitive with SpaceX long term. Yes, they have work to go before they could do reusable launch, but the combined company probably has the best chance to do so. The more reusable launch providers the better for the ind…
According to some commentators Blue Origin has more than a fighting chance to compete with SpaceX https://youtu.be/1slJdJTzfzc?si=V7HNxAvBz0TQtMTW
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According to some commentators Blue Origin has more than a fighting chance to compete with SpaceX https://youtu.be/1slJdJTzfzc?si=V7HNxAvBz0TQtMTW
They don’t though. They are a good fit for UAL because they are already run by accountants and ex-Boeing managers. Merging 2 failed businesses into one is not a recipe for success.
For another view of some considerations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoJsPvmFixU