Bezos said that putting as much effort as it is ‘insane’ to land New Glenn, it is still necessary to strive

Not surprisingly, the primary structure that houses Blue Origin’s vast headquarters in Florida was crammed with activity on Sunday evening as the countdown to the organization’s first orbital launch loomed into view. It was the right time to rejoiced a moment highly anticipated. On one side of the large foyer a enormous multi-story print of the New Glenn rocket silhouetted on its launch pad illuminated the wall. That picture was shot a day after Christmas and was hung up two days ago. On the other side there was a giant mock-up of the company’s “Mk. 1” to scale lunar lander looming over party catering bustle. I had my escort and we used the lifts and moved to the upper level you can only see the floor where the first and second stages of the New Glenn rocket being manufactured by Blue Origin. It was there that I first came face to face with the chief executive of the company Dave Limp as well as the man who was responsible for all of this activity.

A few words with Jeff Bezos

‘I think it is very thrilling yes?” Greetings, this is what Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon and Blue Origin, had to say. Sporting a Blue Origin branded black polo shirt, Bezos was civil and nervous on the eve of what may very well be the biggest event for this rocket company.I asked what his expectations were for the launch of New Glenn, which has a three-hour window that opens at 1 am ET (06:has been published at 00 UTC on Monday, January 13. On one day, I was interviewed at the factory where the production process of the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Space Force Base was several miles away.

Well, orbit is something we would like to do, and the name Blue Ring Pathfinder suits the ball anyway, Bezos noted. Having the booster land would just be the cherry on top of that. It is actually insane to even attempt to get the booster on the launch pad. A possibly less crazy view might probably be to attempt to put it into ocean. But we're gonna go for it." Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has created a lot of infrastructure in a drone ship known as the Jacklyn for which the rocket will be waiting to land upon, on the ocean. Why was Bezos not worried about putting that hardware at risk?

“I didn’t know about anything,” he said, discouraged, interested in admitting he is worried about everything. However, the rocket has been programmed to shift from the path of the ship in the event the avionics onboard the vehicle get signals that a particular parameter is off-nominal. And there is, of course, a rather high probability of that occurring with any given publication. “We have worked, we have tested, but there are some things that can only be tested in flight,” said Bezos. ‘Oh no, you can’t be cocky about these things.’ You have to real.

The truth is, we know that many things can fail and you have to face the fact that if there is a failure, we’ll bind up the damaged and start working the second flight.” To that flight the company has a second booster stage still under intense research and development. It could be seen on the factory floor below Sunday and should be ready by later this spring, Limp remarked. From the description above, there are about seven upper stages in the fan, and as the company continue to optimise the factory.

Bezos established Blue origin slightly over two decades ago, and the firm has been comparatively less active than other rivals like SpaceX. However, Blue Origin has only built products when their definitions of that term have been of high quality. It is the New Shepard spacecraft that the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, himself test-flew in the first human launch in 2021, naming the day as the best one in his life. He also explained to the commissioners to semester total astronauts that have flown into space, 7 percent have done so on a Blue Origin vehicle. And the company’s BE-4 rocket engine has so far proved remarkable when used in a flight. But an orbital mission, which is such a touchstone for launch companies, has not been completed by Bezos until now.

The media was also quick to get its pound of flesh when Bezos, the man who himself flew to space, said: “It’s kind of hard to beat going to space yourself.” Yeah, that used to be really cool in so many ways I would never have thought of. But this is, you know, it’s the end of a long process and it’s the end of the efforts of many people. And it's a really big deal. Oh, you don’t have many first flights in life, yeah, and here we go.” New Glenn starts in service at a critical stage in the industry of space flight. The newly incoming Trump administration aims to disrupt NASA, and wants vendors that can deliver output. Should New Glenn work let alone one capable of flying on schedule then it could be a vital part of a Moon missions program.

However, SpaceX the company Blue Origin wants to compete with, is a clear winner on the lobbying aspect as much as its founder Elon Musk has shaped the Trump White House. Have you seen some US president – Donald Trump – and Musk hanging together? Then is Bezos worried about this man, his main rival, being a friend with a president who promised to conty. “I think that he has been very explicit that, you know, he is not doing this for his own financial benefit,” Bebuz. “They are going to do it for the sake of the public interest.” Which seems to endorse Clinton’s position and I accept the man of his word”. These are things that Bezos knows, and he is aware that what Blue Origin can do best for itself, and for the nation’s space initiatives, is to deliver. Hopefully, that will begin as soon as Monday morning begins.

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/ Blue Origin's rocket is seen at the launch pad on the day after Christmas

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