Quote from: kevinof on 11/05/2017 12:37 pmIts smarmy comments like these from Blue and Bezos that make me "dislike" them a little. They are unwarranted and unnecessary. They have a lot to learn and a long way to go. Building an engine is one thing, launching and returning it is another leap. If Blue want to score points then build and launch this thing and less talk.Very cringey video with a lot of underhand comments. If any of the stories about Bezos and his management teams at Amazon are true, I would expect the same culture at BO and this video is not suprising at all.
Its smarmy comments like these from Blue and Bezos that make me "dislike" them a little. They are unwarranted and unnecessary. They have a lot to learn and a long way to go. Building an engine is one thing, launching and returning it is another leap. If Blue want to score points then build and launch this thing and less talk.
The problem is that Bezos has too much money. No sense of urgency. No parlay it all and make it work.
"This is not a rocket where we decided to slap some legs on and see if we can land it."
Quote from: Blue Origin"This is not a rocket where we decided to slap some legs on and see if we can land it."While SpaceX did not simply "slap some legs on" the F9, even if they did, who cares? SpaceX is currently the only entity in spaceflight with a reusable orbital booster; they are walking the walk while BO is still talking the talk.
In my opinion SpaceX has a lot to improve on their landing leg design and stage recovery operations.<snip>
But it remains to be seen if Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy are affordably reusable!
She made a single tongue in cheek comment.
She made a single tongue in cheek comment. After Blue had completed their first NS landing, Elon put out a "congrats on your VTOL" tweet, then put out the XKCD comic explaining how much harder orbital is, followed by a comment that SpaceX had already gone suborbital 6 times with Grasshopper. "ElonMusk: @JeffBezos Not quite "rarest". SpaceX Grasshopper rocket did 6 suborbital flights 3 years ago & is still around."It's almost like they're two very competitive groups that want to push their own achievements first and foremost, and occasionally get snipey when others get more attention.And on the point of congratulating their competition, let's not pretend he never does that either, shall we:"Jeff Bezos: Impressive launch and @SpaceX will soon make Falcon 9 landings routine – so good for space! Kudos SpaceX!"
Blue is now working on their third and fourth orbital rocket designs.
If rumors are correct, there is a NS03 booster at BO's Van Hoorn facility. NS04 is rumored to be human rated.
"Human rated" by ... whom?