Despite Tuesday’s flight, Jeff Bezos is running out of time to save Blue Origin

Re:Despite Tuesday’s flight, Jeff Bezos is running out of ti... by losvedir on Friday July 23, 2021 @01:21PM (#27933236)

Something I don't understand about the criticisms of the launch is that the rocket landed back on a platform. This was something SpaceX was (entirely justifiably) lauded for. Is it just old hat now? Or is the SpaceX version of it more technically challenging in some way?

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Re:Despite Tuesday’s flight, Jeff Bezos is running out of ti... by timcosta on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:27PM (#27934036)

My take on this is that the BO/VG vehicles are simply dwarfed by SpaceX/F9 in terms of both physical size [1] (source [2]) and launch profile [3] (source [4]).

It's partially that it's more routine now, but it's more that the F9 is so much larger, has a far more complicated launch trajectory, and in my opinion that they are landing on barges in the middle of the ocean.

[1]: https://everydayastronaut.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Siz...

[2]: https://everydayastronaut.com/new-shepard-vs-spaceshiptwo/

[3]: https://hips.hearstapps.com/pop.h-cdn.co/assets/15/52/1600x9...*

[4]: https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/rockets/a18711/blue-o...

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Re:Despite Tuesday’s flight, Jeff Bezos is running out of ti... by elcombato on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:13PM (#27933885)

I think it’s due to the substantial difference between New Shepard and Falcon 9. New Shepard has a much lower payload capability and is not able to go orbital. Therefore the landing of the Falcon 9 booster is a significantly greater challenge than the landing of New Shepard.

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Re:Despite Tuesday’s flight, Jeff Bezos is running out of ti... by dcow on Friday July 23, 2021 @01:28PM (#27933338)

I think people are just bored and disgruntled now.

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