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
Quote from: FutureSpaceTourist on 02/27/2018 08:31 pmQuoteHenderson: 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/968591665236725760SpaceX invested about $100,000 in their BFR factory tent at the LA port that’s housing their tooling. (I know it’s just for storage, but so hilarious anyway.)
Ingersoll Machine Tools has built the largest machine of its kind in the world for the world’s richest man — Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, who will use the engineering marvel to build rockets to carry humans to the moon and maybe even Mars.It took three years to design and manufacture the Sasquatch-sized machine, which stands 51 feet tall, 136 feet long and 43 feet wide. The machine — its trademarked name is Mongoose — will be disassembled in coming weeks and shipped to Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket factory, at Kennedy Space Center’s Exploration Park on Merritt Island, Florida.There, the machine will be reassembled and will manufacture cryogenic tanks that will be filled with liquid oxygen and hydrogen to fuel rockets. The machine also will build fairings — large aerodynamic structures that encapsulate rocket payloads like satellites and other critical equipment.