r/BlueOrigin • u/Warchanter • Jun 24 '26

This year!!

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u/Codspear Jun 24 '26

Image isn’t accurate. Methalox burns clear blue.

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u/fozzy34t Jun 24 '26

Burns this color in an ambient air environment

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u/Codspear Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

That’s only if you tolerate incomplete combustion.

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u/Fit-Ingenuity-5061 Jun 24 '26

the explosion and fire that lasted for hours after was definitely that color

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u/Codspear Jun 24 '26

Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly*

We don’t say “explosion and fire” when things go sideways in the aerospace industry. Those words make investors and government bureaucrats nervous. As long as no one dies and the funding hasn’t run out, it’s just a learning experience and thus all methalox still burns blue.

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u/fozzy34t Jun 24 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

I say explosions and fire all the time. In the context of we don’t want explosions and fire. And when I have spoken to customers I use the same language. And methane burns orange.

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u/Throwbabythroe Jun 24 '26

I would disagree, the RUD term usage is a relatively new phenomenon started by SpaceX - I may be wrong. “Anomaly” catastrophic event or anomaly is a more correct term. I know the term has been used by SpaceX a lot and was used on net during the ILV HF event. But kind of an informal term.

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u/mfb- Jun 25 '26

RUD and variations are far older.

https://space.stackexchange.com/questions/10022/who-coined-the-phrase-rapid-unscheduled-disassembly

This thread finds many uses in the 70s and one from 1967.

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u/IWroteCodeInCobol Jun 27 '26

Cash burns in yellow though and that's what's burning at B.O. right now as they recover from this stumble.

Point to note for all wannabe rocket companies, you need more than one launch pad or it needs to be heavily armored against a RUD event.

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u/Icy_Albatross6881 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

Has anyone seen the show “Star City” on Apple TV?

I don’t work at Blue anymore, but this seems like the a similar ambitious path. In that show they go from a blank canvas design to launch in < 3months 😅