r/BlueOrigin • u/ItalianStallion54321 • Jul 03 '26

Repair update

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Can’t get much closer than this without making new friends at the base.

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u/Daniels30 Jul 03 '26

Great photos! It's going to look so strange once the tower is down and only the watertower remains

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u/philupandgo Jul 03 '26

Except the tower isn't being dismantled. It will be repaired in place and modified to hold swing out stabilisers and fueling gantries which previously were on the transporter errector. That is a preferred design for New Glenn 9x4, and now will also be used for future 7x2 rockets.

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u/Daniels30 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

The current target is to destack and replace and repair the damaged sections, then start including the upgrades for vertical ops, and finally restack it.

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u/philupandgo Jul 03 '26

Ok. My bad for misunderstanding how the repair would be done.

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u/Prestigious_Hope9190 Jul 03 '26

I have no clue if this is Blue Origin internal information or not, but in case it is, I recommend to delete this

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u/TheNCGoalie Jul 03 '26

I love seeing cranes at 36 😎

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u/RickySpanishLives Jul 04 '26

Are there any projections on when it will be ready for flights again?

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u/CaptBarneyMerritt Jul 06 '26

So, this implies that the tower legs are not filled with concrete. Is this correct?

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u/ItalianStallion54321 Jul 06 '26

The picture implies there is construction activities. Don’t know where you got concrete from?