Blue Origin's rocket reuse achievement marred by upper stage failure

cryptoz

Video of the booster landing: https://xcancel.com/JeffBezos/status/2045874068763632017

staplung

The failure of the upper stage is a bummer. If it triggers a months-long review, that will almost certainly bump back the schedule for the prototype Blue Moon lander launch.

eagerpace

I know insurance for a launch is typical, but seems really tough to do that for this still “rather experimental” launch. I got to imagine it has costs something like 50% on a project like this.

WalterBright

Once Elon showed how to do it, and how cost-efficient it was, a rocket company that doesn't do it is not viable.

dwd

What I was not aware of is how many satellites Amazon already has in LEO for it's own Internet service. They've been flying under the radar there it would seen.

cmiles8

Space is hard. Losing payloads hurts though, especially for a new platform.

imoonkey

I wonder how a company would be able to catch up with SpaceX, and make this no longer a monopoly.