After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rocket is ready to fly

Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by reitzensteinm on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @10:23PM (#42563710)

Do you have some references of New Glenn being positioned as a Falcon 9 killer by any industry professionals, commentators or press with credibility (at the risk of no true Scotsman)?

This was certainly thrown around with Tesla, but it's not something I've personally come across with SpaceX.

Regardless, if semiconductors have taught us anything over the last decade, strong competition is essential for a healthy market. It's hard to imagine a true (haha) fan of space exploration that isn't cheering on Rocket Lab and Blue Origin (as you are), even if they're destined to forever be runners up. Even if you believe Musk will operate SpaceX entirely selflessly, he won't be in control of it forever.

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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by wombatpm on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @11:14PM (#42563904)

Boeing will probably buy one of the also rams to improve their offerings

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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by dylan604 on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @11:22PM (#42563930)

Can an also ran buy another also ran? Does that even make sense?

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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by OhMeadhbh on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @01:15AM (#42564285)

The moment SpaceX is sold to Boeing is the moment Musk doesn't get to go to Mars. And while he may never be able to have the martian colony he seems to covet, he still seems to believe he can do it, so there's zero motivation to sell.

Also... Boeing? They've been having some issues lately.

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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by wombatpm on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @01:49PM (#42568127)

I was thinking that Blue Origin was a more likely target.

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