sevaiper t1_iubdvld wrote on October 30, 2022 at 12:57 AM

Reply to comment by ackermann in Amazon may have to turn to SpaceX for help launching its Starlink rival service by Soupjoe5

A profoundly unambitious project that still had a high profile failure after remarkably few launches. That's going to be a no from me

ackermann t1_iubebsw wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:00 AM

Took Blue 17 years to replicate what SpaceShipOne achieved in 2004! For the X-Prize, SpaceShipOne flew crewed, twice in two weeks reusing the same vehicle!

Actually, it’s also pretty embarrassing that Virgin Galactic also took 17 years to replicate that feat, with just a slightly larger craft!

sevaiper t1_iubel37 wrote on October 30, 2022 at 1:02 AM

I mean lets not go overboard now, certainly New Shepard is a reasonable and fundamentally sound rocket (though limited in scope and overall somewhat pointless) that is in no way comparable to the clownshow at Virgin Galactic lol

Deyln t1_iug5epm wrote on October 31, 2022 at 1:45 AM

Spaceship galactic has different design wants. Among other delays.

Blue origin is a fiasco.