PS – nothing against Blue Origin, we need all the options we can get for manned space flight. Perhaps they would be farther along if they had NASA funding, but it’s Bezos/Amazon for cryin’ out loud. Based on their press releases, one would think that they were the only game in town, but they are barely beyond the SpaceX “Grasshopper” stage. Up and down. Up and down. SpaceX has had 10 ISS resupply missions and numerous commercial launches to both low earth orbit and geostationary orbit with real paying customers. Blue Origin, not so much.
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PS – nothing against Blue Origin, we need all the options we can get for manned space flight. Perhaps they would be farther along if they had NASA funding, but it’s Bezos/Amazon for cryin’ out loud. Based on their press releases, one would think that they were the only game in town, but they are barely beyond the SpaceX “Grasshopper” stage. Up and down. Up and down. SpaceX has had 10 ISS resupply missions and numerous commercial launches to both low earth orbit and geostationary orbit with real paying customers. Blue Origin, not so much.
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