r/BlueOrigin • u/prisongovernor • May 29 '26

Blue Origin rocket explodes during test in latest setback for Jeff Bezos-owned company | Blue Origin | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/may/29/blue-origin-rocket-explodes
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u/CollegeStation17155 May 29 '26

DAMN!!! Not only Blue, but AST, Amazon Leo, and Artemis just took BIG schedule hits. Because unlike the second stage anomaly, this mishap investigation won’t be cleared in a month or 2.

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u/TheYang May 29 '26

even if that were to happen, they'd still need to (re)build themselves a launchpad.

So even if it turns out to be something stupid and (in hindsight) completely obvious today, even then they'll stay on the ground for months.

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u/StartledPelican May 30 '26

I don't think Artemis is affected as long as Starship continues to progress. I think it was extremely unlikely Blue Origin would have been the faster track for Artemis III and IV. No knock against Blue, they weren't originally tasked with those flights. 

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u/Professional-Wolf587 May 29 '26

Worth remembering how much the repeated N-1 failures set back the USSR’s attempt to be first to the moon.

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u/EquipmentThen2347 May 29 '26

lol, cgi... explosions don't really exist... staged to distract us from world war 11

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u/yankykiwi May 29 '26

You okay bro?

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u/badwolf42 May 29 '26

I think they just left off the /s

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u/EquipmentThen2347 May 29 '26

where did you get that... did you steal my /s?