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ULA have sold 70 Vulcan flights according to boss Tory Bruno. So that will need 140 BE-4 engines, assuming they don’t introduce a means to get them back part way through.
God alone knows how long it’ll take New Glenn to become flight ready. They’ll probably bin a few of those before they get any back as well.
God alone knows how long it’ll take New Glenn to become flight ready. They’ll probably bin a few of those before they get any back as well.
Beati Dogu said:
ULA have sold 70 Vulcan flights according to boss Tory Bruno. So that will need 140 BE-4 engines, assuming they don’t introduce a means to get them back part way through.
God alone knows how long it’ll take New Glenn to become flight ready. They’ll probably bin a few of those before they get any back as well.
As part of the Amazon deal ULA will be developing the engine recovery option. If they were sensible they would use it as an opportunity to invest in reusability with private funds.God alone knows how long it’ll take New Glenn to become flight ready. They’ll probably bin a few of those before they get any back as well.
Beati Dogu said:
Jeff Bezos has renamed the Blue Origin landing ship after his mum, Jacklyn. She was there to ceremonially smack it with a champagne bottle.
Both seen here with a handy scale model, complete with New Glenn booster onboard.
Now they’re sending the ship off to be scrapped in Brownsville, Texas. Both seen here with a handy scale model, complete with New Glenn booster onboard.
I expect it comes from seeing how SpaceX have got on; Which is super ironic after Blue Origin tried to sue SpaceX for using landings at sea.
They probably realised they don't need a large ship to recover their rocket and doing so while underway was a complication they could do without. SpaceX have done over a hundred barge landings now - and it's not often that weather in the landing area affects launch operations. I think they've lost one Falcon 9 booster after landing (but recovered the bottom half) and also a Falcon Heavy centre booster, which was lost in rough weather because the landing robot wasn't compatible with it at the time.
They probably realised they don't need a large ship to recover their rocket and doing so while underway was a complication they could do without. SpaceX have done over a hundred barge landings now - and it's not often that weather in the landing area affects launch operations. I think they've lost one Falcon 9 booster after landing (but recovered the bottom half) and also a Falcon Heavy centre booster, which was lost in rough weather because the landing robot wasn't compatible with it at the time.
Blue Origin has just had an abort 64 seconds into the launch and at an altitude of around 34,000 feet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6Y1xsvahKQ
No one on board this one.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6Y1xsvahKQ
No one on board this one.
garyhun said:
Eric Mc said:
I've just watched his video and he was saying the telemetry indicated it might have been tumbling.
His?Beati Dogu said:
It’s hard to be certain, but it didn’t look like the landing rocket fired and the capsule hit the ground quite hard. It’s a good job no one was on it.
I must admit that I had the same thought. They do happen so fast and so close to the moment of impact that it’s difficult to tell in real time though.Beati Dogu said:
It’s hard to be certain, but it didn’t look like the landing rocket fired and the capsule hit the ground quite hard. It’s a good job no one was on it.
Wikipedia says the landing speed with the parachutes is 16mph, but the capsule does have crushable bumpers, so the g-force shouldn’t be too high too cause any serious injuries.Gassing Station | Science! | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff