Here's my conversation with @jeffbezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin. This is his first time doing a long-form conversation of this kind, and it was an epic one.It's here on X in full & is up on YouTube, Spotify, and everywhere else.Timestamps:0:00 - Introduction0:24 - Texas ranch and childhood4:02 - Space exploration and rocket engineering16:36 - Physics26:10 - New Glenn rocket1:08:59 - Lunar program1:18:55 - Amazon1:36:16 - Principles1:54:56 - Productivity2:05:34 - Future of humanity
Which future NASA mission to be launched in the next 5-10 years, do you think can be contracted with the New Glenn?
Quote from: Tywin on 01/08/2024 12:54 pmWhich future NASA mission to be launched in the next 5-10 years, do you think can be contracted with the New Glenn?As far as I'm aware there are a few Explorer's program missions that don't have a LV assigned but these are small satellites that are usually rideshares or small sat launchers. JPSS-3 (2026) is another candidate that doesn't have a LV assigned. The next flagship mission would probably be Dragonfly but I'd think that'll be awarded soon and am not expecting New Glenn to win it. I could see them compete for DAVINCI though.
Quote from: AndrewM on 03/01/2024 01:54 amQuote from: Tywin on 01/08/2024 12:54 pmWhich future NASA mission to be launched in the next 5-10 years, do you think can be contracted with the New Glenn?As far as I'm aware there are a few Explorer's program missions that don't have a LV assigned but these are small satellites that are usually rideshares or small sat launchers. JPSS-3 (2026) is another candidate that doesn't have a LV assigned. The next flagship mission would probably be Dragonfly but I'd think that'll be awarded soon and am not expecting New Glenn to win it. I could see them compete for DAVINCI though.Yeahh DA Vinci, and Veritas they have a big opportunity...Maybe for the future Uranus Orbiter too...Other thing, Blue already have a agreement to launch Eutelsat satellites, and Oneweb belong to they now...Maybe some Oneweb satellites can be launched in New Glenn...[zubenelgenubi: I combined three immediately successive posts by Tywin into one.]
Quote from: Comga on 02/10/2023 05:14 amQuote from: su27k on 02/10/2023 03:51 amQuote from: trimeta on 02/10/2023 03:22 amDo you have a source for the spacecraft cost being $55 million, other than that being the price cap for SIMPLEx missions? It's in NASA budget request.Launch costs wouldn’t be included in these mission allocations and budget requests and projections.It doesn’t appear possible to derive the budget for ESCAPADE from these numbers, partly because it doesn’t say if any spending preceded it (which someone here knows) but if the budget cap of $55M is assumed for design and construction, the money is almost all spent already. After this the budget goes into operations or storage costs early in FY ‘23, which is soon if not now.But by their own statements, NG won’t even debut in FY ‘24.How does this award work with this schedule?So you know the future?
Quote from: su27k on 02/10/2023 03:51 amQuote from: trimeta on 02/10/2023 03:22 amDo you have a source for the spacecraft cost being $55 million, other than that being the price cap for SIMPLEx missions? It's in NASA budget request.Launch costs wouldn’t be included in these mission allocations and budget requests and projections.It doesn’t appear possible to derive the budget for ESCAPADE from these numbers, partly because it doesn’t say if any spending preceded it (which someone here knows) but if the budget cap of $55M is assumed for design and construction, the money is almost all spent already. After this the budget goes into operations or storage costs early in FY ‘23, which is soon if not now.But by their own statements, NG won’t even debut in FY ‘24.How does this award work with this schedule?
Quote from: trimeta on 02/10/2023 03:22 amDo you have a source for the spacecraft cost being $55 million, other than that being the price cap for SIMPLEx missions? It's in NASA budget request.
Do you have a source for the spacecraft cost being $55 million, other than that being the price cap for SIMPLEx missions?
Quote from: Tywin on 02/10/2023 11:49 amQuote from: Comga on 02/10/2023 05:14 amQuote from: su27k on 02/10/2023 03:51 amQuote from: trimeta on 02/10/2023 03:22 amDo you have a source for the spacecraft cost being $55 million, other than that being the price cap for SIMPLEx missions? It's in NASA budget request.Launch costs wouldn’t be included in these mission allocations and budget requests and projections.It doesn’t appear possible to derive the budget for ESCAPADE from these numbers, partly because it doesn’t say if any spending preceded it (which someone here knows) but if the budget cap of $55M is assumed for design and construction, the money is almost all spent already. After this the budget goes into operations or storage costs early in FY ‘23, which is soon if not now.But by their own statements, NG won’t even debut in FY ‘24.How does this award work with this schedule?So you know the future? Apparently I do (And you should still stop being nasty. Even if you are insulted, which you were not.)FYI Next Spaceflight maintains a Manifest for New Glenn. Of course, there are still no dates other than NET months for the first two flights.