Is that rendering of the three Blue Origin boosters in the 3rd image our first look at their orbital launch vehicle?
Quote from: Orbiter on 06/28/2016 06:25 PMIs that rendering of the three Blue Origin boosters in the 3rd image our first look at their orbital launch vehicle?Looks like it. So now we know they will use 3 engines on their "smallest" vehicle? Can't anyone estimate the booster size with based on the truck tires wheeling it out?
Quote from: LastStarFighter on 06/28/2016 06:46 PMQuote from: Orbiter on 06/28/2016 06:25 PMIs that rendering of the three Blue Origin boosters in the 3rd image our first look at their orbital launch vehicle?Looks like it. So now we know they will use 3 engines on their "smallest" vehicle? Can't anyone estimate the booster size with based on the truck tires wheeling it out?No need, really. We know the booster would be powered by BE-4.
Public records show Blue Origin’s main manufacturing facility will measure 725 feet long, 345 feet wide and 75 feet tall, with a “super high bay” rising 82 feet. KSC Director Bob Cabana recently compared the factory's footprint to that of NASA's 52-story Vehicle Assembly Building.And Blue Origin's Exploration Park plans leave room for an additional 150,000 square-foot manufacturing building and 50,000 square-foot processing facility that could be added later.
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Quote from: Lars-J on 06/28/2016 07:52 PMQuote from: LastStarFighter on 06/28/2016 06:46 PMQuote from: Orbiter on 06/28/2016 06:25 PMIs that rendering of the three Blue Origin boosters in the 3rd image our first look at their orbital launch vehicle?Looks like it. So now we know they will use 3 engines on their "smallest" vehicle? Can't anyone estimate the booster size with based on the truck tires wheeling it out?No need, really. We know the booster would be powered by BE-4.Sorry for the confusion. Obviously it'll be powered by the BE-4. They've stated that many times. But what size does that make the booster? Looks like 5m diameter and 30m long?
Using the reported 82-foot height for the "super high bay", I get a booster length of about 70 ft and diameter of about 15 ft.For comparison, the image below was the "first look" at Blue's orbital vehicle from last September. The fineness ratio looks correct, whereas the fineness ratio of the booster shown in the facility rendering above is consistent with a New Shepard model that the artist scaled up and tweaked for convenience, too short to be a real first stage, so I wouldn't put much stock in it.
Quote from: Kabloona on 06/30/2016 08:09 PMUsing the reported 82-foot height for the "super high bay", I get a booster length of about 70 ft and diameter of about 15 ft.For comparison, the image below was the "first look" at Blue's orbital vehicle from last September. The fineness ratio looks correct, whereas the fineness ratio of the booster shown in the facility rendering above is consistent with a New Shepard model that the artist scaled up and tweaked for convenience, too short to be a real first stage, so I wouldn't put much stock in it. Could it be just the H2 tank and motors? An unseen section with another 25% for LO2 and interstage would seem to be about the correct proportions.
Ewww.. they've building it with Haskell?
Quote from: QuantumG on 07/05/2016 10:54 PMEwww.. they've building it with Haskell? mmm why the "dislike"? edit:ok..did a search..I think i get it
Quote from: jabe on 07/05/2016 11:27 PMQuote from: QuantumG on 07/05/2016 10:54 PMEwww.. they've building it with Haskell? mmm why the "dislike"? edit:ok..did a search..I think i get it I'm curious too, and a search wouldn't tell me why. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville where I grew up and now live. Their contract history as reported by our business journal has been quite impressive. The founder Preston Haskell has been a generous benefactor to many important causes locally, and it happens my brother's brother-in-law is their lead architect, a very intelligent and nice man whom I think you actually would like QuantumG.
Quote from: CyndyC on 07/14/2016 08:04 PMQuote from: jabe on 07/05/2016 11:27 PMQuote from: QuantumG on 07/05/2016 10:54 PMEwww.. they've building it with Haskell? mmm why the "dislike"? edit:ok..did a search..I think i get it I'm curious too, and a search wouldn't tell me why. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville where I grew up and now live. Their contract history as reported by our business journal has been quite impressive. The founder Preston Haskell has been a generous benefactor to many important causes locally, and it happens my brother's brother-in-law is their lead architect, a very intelligent and nice man whom I think you actually would like QuantumG.Pretty sure it's a programmer's joke...Haskell is a programming language that you either have never heard of, love, or hate. There are no other possibilities. (It's functional, strongly typed, non strict semantically, but with lazy evaluation... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_(programming_language) for more )
I'm curious too, and a search wouldn't tell me why. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville where I grew up and now live. Their contract history as reported by our business journal has been quite impressive. The founder Preston Haskell has been a generous benefactor to many important causes locally, and it happens my brother's brother-in-law is their lead architect, a very intelligent and nice man whom I think you actually would like QuantumG.
Quote from: CyndyC on 07/14/2016 08:04 PMI'm curious too, and a search wouldn't tell me why. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville where I grew up and now live. Their contract history as reported by our business journal has been quite impressive. The founder Preston Haskell has been a generous benefactor to many important causes locally, and it happens my brother's brother-in-law is their lead architect, a very intelligent and nice man whom I think you actually would like QuantumG.It's a somewhat obscure programming joke, not a critique of the construction company of the same name who are actually involved here. Haskell is also the name of a rather particular programming language, and discussions of the type "Eww, you're using X language for Y application?" are a standby of programming forums.
def fib(n): a,b = 1,1 for i in range(n-1): a,b = b,a+b return a
fibs = 0 : 1 : zipWith (+) fibs (tail fibs)fib n = fibs !! n
Quote from: e of pi on 07/18/2016 04:03 PMQuote from: CyndyC on 07/14/2016 08:04 PMI'm curious too, and a search wouldn't tell me why. The company is headquartered in Jacksonville where I grew up and now live. Their contract history as reported by our business journal has been quite impressive. The founder Preston Haskell has been a generous benefactor to many important causes locally, and it happens my brother's brother-in-law is their lead architect, a very intelligent and nice man whom I think you actually would like QuantumG.It's a somewhat obscure programming joke, not a critique of the construction company of the same name who are actually involved here. Haskell is also the name of a rather particular programming language, and discussions of the type "Eww, you're using X language for Y application?" are a standby of programming forums.If anyone is curious about how Haskell is "different", here's a side by side comparison of a simple fibonacci function.Typical short Python implementation:Quotedef fib(n): a,b = 1,1 for i in range(n-1): a,b = b,a+b return aTypical short Haskell implementation:Quotefibs = 0 : 1 : zipWith (+) fibs (tail fibs)fib n = fibs !! nThe imperative python program just iterates on values up to the result with a for loop. The Haskell program on the other hand creates a recursive definition of an infinite list of all fibonacci numbers, and evaluates the n'th element of that list. Incidentally it is also much faster, though this isn't really a fair comparison.It does this by using a higher order function "zipWith" to map a familiar function "(+)" to one that you need: the function "zipWith (+)" which does element wise addition on lists. This way of constructing the functions you need by passing functions as input to other functions to mutate them is key to the Haskell way of doing things.In short, the idea space is completely different, in a strongly polarizing way that people will either love or hate.
Quote from: Lar on 08/01/2016 02:57 AMObscure programming languages seem VERY closely related to Blue Origin manufacturing facilities in Florida.Oh wait...Feel free to actually moderate the thread.
Obscure programming languages seem VERY closely related to Blue Origin manufacturing facilities in Florida.Oh wait...
Space Florida @SpaceFlorida 3m3 minutes agoThis morning, crews began pouring concrete for @blueorigin first building at its vehicle manufacturing campus
The takeaway from this is the development of commercial space means that the days of reliance on government space are ending - commercial space is more sustainable and less subject to the whims of politicians.
Ha! The engineers, physicists and other geeks have been in charge many times before. The difference with Bezos and Musk is that they can actually manage a company.
Quote from: QuantumG on 08/29/2016 11:12 AMHa! The engineers, physicists and other geeks have been in charge many times before. The difference with Bezos and Musk is that they can actually manage a company.David W. Thompson (engineer) did pretty well starting Orbital from nothing with two other guys and building it into a big company, but unlike Musk and Bezos they didn't have their own billions to play with. Even so, I'll readily agree most engineers, physicists and other geeks aren't good managers. We're fortunate to be around to see Musk and Bezos do their thing.
As to "good managers", depends on culture. No way you can compare them "apples to apples" - Musk wouldn't be tolerated in OA's culture, Thompson wouldn't even be functional at SX.
Finally the engineers (Bezos) and physicists (Musk) are in charge again.
All fascinating insights surrounding Blue Origin's origins, except I see Jeff Bezos as a really, really smart librarian, not an engineer...
QuoteAll fascinating insights surrounding Blue Origin's origins, except I see Jeff Bezos as a really, really smart librarian, not an engineer...It's funny, he was an EECS major while I was an MAE (mechanical and aerospace engineering) major in the same class, but I never ran into him around the Equad because EECS was in a different part of the building. Anyway, good for all of us that he's putting his engineering degree to use instead of just selling books. ;-)
QuoteFinally the engineers (Bezos) and physicists (Musk) are in charge again.All fascinating insights surrounding Blue Origin's origins, except I see Jeff Bezos as a really, really smart librarian, not an engineer, and in an interview with Elon Musk, he once described himself as "basically an engineer," not a physicist.
Musk is, in fact, a physicist by training.
OA has a tremendous amount of pragmatism and as a business is very diversified. But not a push the envelope kind.
The frame of the first building has been erected. This is probably the manufacturing annex.http://spaceksc.blogspot.be/2016/10/blues-origin.html
Quote from: Zond on 11/01/2016 08:41 PMThe frame of the first building has been erected. This is probably the manufacturing annex.http://spaceksc.blogspot.be/2016/10/blues-origin.htmlThe photos from the SpaceKSC blog are not loading for me. Does anyone else have them? (Steven gives permission for re-publishing if he as the source is acknowledged.)
I would really like to see current photos of the construction site. Can anyone provide them please?
Jeff Foust @jeff_foust 3m3 minutes agoJeff Bezos sends along a photo showing progress on Blue Origin’s Florida factory for building New Glenn rockets. Completion by end 2017.
Alicia (SpaceGal) @murphypak 3h3 hours ago@ClayMowry @NASASpaceflight took these yesterday #BlueOrigin
Alicia (SpaceGal) @murphypak 3h3 hours ago@ClayMowry @NASASpaceflight this is other building #blueorigin
Today
Can't wait to build some giant rockets here!
@NASASpaceflight Blue Origin lots of progress
Scott Henderson, Blue Origin: our manufacturing facility at Cape Canaveral set to be ready for occupancy by December. #CST2017
QuoteScott Henderson, Blue Origin: our manufacturing facility at Cape Canaveral set to be ready for occupancy by December. #CST2017https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/829420457753509892
Swung by the @blueorigin factory under construction just outside the KSC gates. It’s taking shape, and it’s big.
Walls are going up #BlueOrigin
Quote from: Danderman on 08/29/2016 03:14 AMThe takeaway from this is the development of commercial space means that the days of reliance on government space are ending - commercial space is more sustainable and less subject to the whims of politicians.Finally the engineers (Bezos) and physicists (Musk) are in charge again. It only took what, 90 years (since Goddard), but now the engineers and physicists are a lot wealthier. Thank you, Internet!
The New Glenn’s primary base will be at Cape Canaveral, where Blue Origin is constructing a cavernous rocket factory just outside the gates of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Blue Origin has started preliminary earthmoving work for a launch pad at Complex 36, a former Atlas rocket facility at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, and plans to install an engine test stand at neighboring Complex 11.
Blue Origin Factory | March 18 2017... removed link to youtube...
Yes there do appear to be quite a lot of internal supports and small spans. However, when the video goes around the back I think the rear portion of the building may be more open. Clearly they will have room for NG somewhere! Time will tell where that is.
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 03/19/2017 03:34 PMYes there do appear to be quite a lot of internal supports and small spans. However, when the video goes around the back I think the rear portion of the building may be more open. Clearly they will have room for NG somewhere! Time will tell where that is.There is plenty of room for New Glenn if you compare the current video to the original renderings. I attached a screenshot from the video where they drove around back. You can see buildings on the left and right with a big empty space in between.The original renderings show the large hanger as sandwiched between the 2 buildings. If you click to enlarge the first picture in this post, you can see the taller supports on the one side of the building that will be for the central hangar. (This view is from the exact opposite side as the screenshot I attached.)
[email protected]'s Bob Cabana shows @blueorigin rocket factory taking shape during #33SS panel. #SpaceSymposium
Worker recovering from fall at Blue Origin rocket factoryJames Dean | FLORIDA TODAYUpdated 11 hours agoAn electrician is recovering from a more than 20-foot fall that forced a pause in construction late last month of Blue Origin’s rocket factory at Kennedy Space Center’s Exploration Park on Merritt Island.
At Cape Canaveral, @JeffBezos' @blueorigin has made incredible progress on their orbital rocket factory. Shot with my wheel man @JRouRouRou
jeffbezos Manufacturing facility for the heavy-lift New Glenn launch vehicle is coming along nicely. #BlueOrigin #ReusableRockets #LaunchLandRepeat #GradatimFerociter
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWxp6MjgTrP/Quotejeffbezos Manufacturing facility for the heavy-lift New Glenn launch vehicle is coming along nicely. #BlueOrigin #ReusableRockets #LaunchLandRepeat #GradatimFerociter
Brendan Byrne @SpaceBrendan. @SenBillNelson says @blueorigin rocket manufacturing facility on target for Dec 20 opening.5:18 PM - 9 Aug 2017
I spy with my @blueorigin eye ...
Peter B. de Selding @pbdes 6m6 minutes agoClay Mowry of @blueorigin on hurricane prep at Cape Canaveral rocket plant, nearing completion: 'We put a lot of sandbags around it.' All OK
Stephen C. Smith @WordsmithFL 8m8 minutes agoThe @blueorigin construction site didn't have any obvious significant damage.
For the curious: @BlueOrigin's KSC factory after #HurricaneIrma. Looks OK. Can see inside the massive hangar if coming from the north.
The name is Origin. Blue Origin. The name is now on the @blueorigin factory at @NASAKennedy.
https://www.spaceintelreport.com/blue-origin-looking-satellite-customer-1st-new-glenn-flight-nice-pricing/Article says that Blue have started to build NG structures in Florida, so the factory is at least partially operational now.
Why? Atlas V and Delta IV did. Presumably that customer is going to get a healthy discount.
Quote from: Welsh Dragon on 10/16/2017 03:25 PMWhy? Atlas V and Delta IV did. Presumably that customer is going to get a healthy discount. The customers for the first flight of Ariane V, Delta III, Delta IVH, PSLV, Falcon I, Conestoga, N-1, Europa, Athena 1, Antares 130, SPARK, SS-520-4, Electron, FB-1, CZ-2A, CZ-3, CZ-2E/PKM, CZ-1D, CZ-3B, KT-1, KZ-1T, etc. were not so lucky. Blue Origin should accept some hubris and accept the fact that their first launch will have a high probability of failure and thus should not fly a customers payload.
They haven't shown any evidence of being recklesssly hasty yet.
It is possible Blue Origin will put New Glenn through a few suborbital launches with a simulated upperstage/payload before the first orbital launch, just to work out the bugs with recovery and reduce risk. I would be surprised in fact if this was not the plan. They haven't shown any evidence of being recklesssly hasty yet.
Saw the ceiling cranes being delivered this morning at the factory under construction just outside KSC.
A sign of the times ... @blueorigin sign now at main entrance.
Steven C. Smith @WordsmithFLThe ceiling cranes delivered yesterday to the @blueorigin factory. https://t.co/nwaBgwPLvB
My god those things are massive... Did somebody accidentally spec for fully fueled weight instead of dry weight? lol
Quote from: Req on 10/21/2017 11:14 PMMy god those things are massive... Did somebody accidentally spec for fully fueled weight instead of dry weight? lolMaybe they spec'ed it (and the ceiling height, and the doors) to be big enough for their next rocket..
Quote from: launchwatcher on 10/22/2017 01:25 PMQuote from: Req on 10/21/2017 11:14 PMMy god those things are massive... Did somebody accidentally spec for fully fueled weight instead of dry weight? lolMaybe they spec'ed it (and the ceiling height, and the doors) to be big enough for their next rocket..No.
Quote from: Lars-J on 10/25/2017 12:13 AMQuote from: launchwatcher on 10/22/2017 01:25 PMQuote from: Req on 10/21/2017 11:14 PMMy god those things are massive... Did somebody accidentally spec for fully fueled weight instead of dry weight? lolMaybe they spec'ed it (and the ceiling height, and the doors) to be big enough for their next rocket..No.Scaling from that truck parked just inside, the door height and the hook height on the crane look to be around 18 meters (about 60 feet). That's massive overkill for a 7-meter (23 foot) New Glenn.They could easily build a 12 meter or 14 meter monster in there that would make even the 2016 ITS look small.
They could easily build a 12 meter or 14 meter monster in there that would make even the 2016 ITS look small.
Quote from: https://twitter.com/WordsmithFL/status/921736200641306624Steven C. Smith @WordsmithFLThe ceiling cranes delivered yesterday to the @blueorigin factory. https://t.co/nwaBgwPLvB
Quote from: envy887 on 10/25/2017 01:14 AMThey could easily build a 12 meter or 14 meter monster in there that would make even the 2016 ITS look small.Anticipating building New Armstrong there too?
Quote from: Coastal Ron on 10/26/2017 05:33 AMQuote from: envy887 on 10/25/2017 01:14 AMThey could easily build a 12 meter or 14 meter monster in there that would make even the 2016 ITS look small.Anticipating building New Armstrong there too?NA is likely be 3-5 performance of NG, so diameter that will take 21-35 engines.
Quote from: envy887 on 10/25/2017 01:14 AMQuote from: Lars-J on 10/25/2017 12:13 AMQuote from: launchwatcher on 10/22/2017 01:25 PMQuote from: Req on 10/21/2017 11:14 PMMy god those things are massive... Did somebody accidentally spec for fully fueled weight instead of dry weight? lolMaybe they spec'ed it (and the ceiling height, and the doors) to be big enough for their next rocket..No.Scaling from that truck parked just inside, the door height and the hook height on the crane look to be around 18 meters (about 60 feet). That's massive overkill for a 7-meter (23 foot) New Glenn.They could easily build a 12 meter or 14 meter monster in there that would make even the 2016 ITS look small.A flawed way of thinking, IMO. Let me give you an example... The Pad 39A hangar has an opening that is ~12m high (or more) SURELY that means that it was sized to allow processing of a 12m diameter BFR, right?!?!? No.You always need lots of clearance and extra margins in the factories. You don't squeeze out products that barely fit through external doors.
...Using the numbers in these posts, Blue's facility (compared to 39A) is about an extra 6m taller for a booster that is an extra 3 m in diameter. seems like these numbers imply they can keep 39A's margins and make a 10m booster. (Actually 39A HIF door seems sized with relatively small margins around the base of the TEL, so your claim and this extrapolation aren't valid)...
Logos up! @BlueOrigin's New Glenn factory at KSC getting close. Across the street, OneWeb facility also coming together.
In completely different news, the @blueorigin Cape building is having the overhead cranes installed tonight. #thaplaceishuge
I spy with my @blueorigin eye ... The letters are up over the entrance.
Quote from: Steven Pietrobon on 10/17/2017 06:57 AMQuote from: Welsh Dragon on 10/16/2017 03:25 PMWhy? Atlas V and Delta IV did. Presumably that customer is going to get a healthy discount. The customers for the first flight of Ariane V, Delta III, Delta IVH, PSLV, Falcon I, Conestoga, N-1, Europa, Athena 1, Antares 130, SPARK, SS-520-4, Electron, FB-1, CZ-2A, CZ-3, CZ-2E/PKM, CZ-1D, CZ-3B, KT-1, KZ-1T, etc. were not so lucky. Blue Origin should accept some hubris and accept the fact that their first launch will have a high probability of failure and thus should not fly a customers payload.Surely that's down to the customer? They know it's a first launch. If they want to accept that risk, it's their choice.
Drove by the @blueorigin New Glenn factory at Cape Canaveral today. It seems to be nearly complete. There's also a good view of the facility as you walk up to visit the Space Shuttle Atlantis.
Blue Origin begins moving into massive New Glenn rocket factory at KSCEmre Kelly | FLORIDA TODAYBlue Origin has begun the process of moving into its massive rocket factory at Kennedy Space Center's Exploration Park, according to a NASA official's comments during a conference at Port Canaveral this week.
I took a drive out to the plant last night. It looks amazing all lit up.
Hold on....only took me several hours, but are they launch viewing chairs in the top left? 😲
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2017/12/13/blue-origin-officially-moves-into-new-glenn-rocket-factory-ksc-florida/948899001/
But the factory's proximity to the pad and advances in automation mean teams won't necessarily need a launch control facility on Air Force property – officials expect to use one of the factory's upper-level spaces as a launch control center.
Update on Blue Origin-related barge at Port Canaveral: Fire broke out while subcontractor was cutting weld used to secure new propellant tank. CCAFS crews responded. No injuries or damages. Occurred before Blue Origin took delivery of tank.
The moment you know you’ve officially moved into the rocket factory. #NewGlenn
Vice President Mike Pence visited Blue Origin’s new rocket factory near the Kennedy Space Center. Blue Origin’s flown New Shepard booster is on display in the lobby.
Honored @VP and @SecondLady toured our #NewGlenn rocket factory and new home for the historic #NewShepard booster.
Some nice photos of the interior of the factory from NASA Kennedy's Flickr.
Quote from: vaporcobra on 02/22/2018 06:03 AMSome nice photos of the interior of the factory from NASA Kennedy's Flickr.100 ton crane, impressive.Cable trays are filling up also positive.A little surprised the interior of the building is as empty as it is. Had hoped tooling, work benches, etc. would have stared to dress out the building by now. I understand they are two years from flight but would have expected some activity to have stared.
That looks like less than half the building, the other side is curtained off. If they bothered to wall it off there is probably something interesting back there.
Quote from: envy887 on 02/22/2018 08:19 PMThat looks like less than half the building, the other side is curtained off. If they bothered to wall it off there is probably something interesting back there.Their big building consists of has three long halls. The two pictures show the middle hall. First one at 1/4 of the length. Because of perspective the second one is actually 3/4 (Well, the top right corner of the image is) The end should be just out of shot.Activity is hard to judge. They started occupancy last year. Latest public terraserver image is 2018-01-04There is a square building on the western limit of the plot, under the pond, wich has been completed in spring 2017 or so. 2016-10 had a slab with steel framing. In 2017-05 it was complete with marked parking spaces, was landscaped and fenced off. Who is in the new building to the north east, on the other side of the road? Construction started between 2016-10 and 2017-05 it had a roof in 2017-11.
Quote from: Chasm on 02/23/2018 02:56 AMQuote from: envy887 on 02/22/2018 08:19 PMThat looks like less than half the building, the other side is curtained off. If they bothered to wall it off there is probably something interesting back there.Their big building consists of has three long halls. The two pictures show the middle hall. First one at 1/4 of the length. Because of perspective the second one is actually 3/4 (Well, the top right corner of the image is) The end should be just out of shot.Activity is hard to judge. They started occupancy last year. Latest public terraserver image is 2018-01-04There is a square building on the western limit of the plot, under the pond, wich has been completed in spring 2017 or so. 2016-10 had a slab with steel framing. In 2017-05 it was complete with marked parking spaces, was landscaped and fenced off. Who is in the new building to the north east, on the other side of the road? Construction started between 2016-10 and 2017-05 it had a roof in 2017-11.In the second pic you cannot tell whether the 3/4 of the building has anything on the floor, because of that black curtain. Not sure if you can see into that curtained off area in any other pics...
Nice building. Any indication if work has started, cars in the parking lots, etc.? We've heard that they are getting tooling in, anything else?Also, I don't think two years is crazy for STAs to roll out which will be great to see, but engine testing would have to be flight qualifying this year to make full-up orbital launch in 2020. Might happen -- no indications they are that close. On the other hand, Vulcan is planning to launch mid-2020, so it is still possible the engine will be ready.
Henderson: Blue Origin has invested more than $200M so far for just-completed manufacturing facility and launch complex under construction (LC-36).
Who is in the new building to the north east, on the other side of the road? Construction started between 2016-10 and 2017-05 it had a roof in 2017-11.
I saw the building on my way into the KSC Visitors Center the day after watching Falcon Heavy launch. Was an impressive looking building. At that time there were not a lot of cars in it's parking lot.
Quote from: WindnWar on 04/05/2018 08:36 PMI saw the building on my way into the KSC Visitors Center the day after watching Falcon Heavy launch. Was an impressive looking building. At that time there were not a lot of cars in it's parking lot.Interesting - so do you think they are waiting on something before building NG? I got the impression that it was all underway...
Quote from: Slarty1080 on 04/05/2018 11:10 PMQuote from: WindnWar on 04/05/2018 08:36 PMI saw the building on my way into the KSC Visitors Center the day after watching Falcon Heavy launch. Was an impressive looking building. At that time there were not a lot of cars in it's parking lot.Interesting - so do you think they are waiting on something before building NG? I got the impression that it was all underway...It is still in design and also need to add tooling to the building
QuoteHenderson: Blue Origin has invested more than $200M so far for just-completed manufacturing facility and launch complex under construction (LC-36).https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/968591665236725760