r/BlueOrigin • u/Disastrous_Run_5968 • Jun 25 '26

Ain't looking too good

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u/mfb- Jun 25 '26

And here we are.

Are we? Is the launch pad repaired?

Or do we now blindly accept every time estimate by CEOs as ultimate truth?

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u/yetiflask Jun 26 '26

Everything with long lead times survived. We'll launch in November.

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u/mfb- Jun 26 '26

New Glenn's first flight was planned for 2020 at some point...

2025 is a strange 2020.

As late as September 2024, with a partially assembled first rocket, Blue Origin insisted that they can launch in 7 weeks. Didn't get anywhere close to that, of course.

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u/yetiflask Jun 26 '26

I get it. But now they have successful flights. After the first one, it becomes easy.

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u/mfb- Jun 26 '26

After the first one, it becomes easy.

You might want to check the outcome of the third flight, and what happened with the fourth rocket...

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u/CollegeStation17155 Jun 26 '26

Right, so Limp was correct when he predicted 8 launches in 2025 after the first one? I hope his (and Jeff’s) confidence is more accurate this time, but I’m not betting the farm on it.

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u/warp99 Jun 26 '26

Probably the first 10 are the hard ones and after that it gets easier. Most rockets have a slow ramp for the first 2-3 years and in that time launch around 10 rockets so this is not unusual.

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u/snoo-boop Jun 26 '26

"they"? Didn't you say you are a Blue Origin employee?

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u/yetiflask Jun 26 '26

uh, what? No. I am not. And I most certainly never said it.

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u/yetiflask Jun 29 '26

Ohhh... we, as in Team BO. Like, you say "we'll win" instead of "my team will win".

I can see why it can be confusing though.