Blue Origin Get To Orbit On First Try With Their Massive New Glenn Rocket

[@CoffeeMonster12]

Blue Origin engineers have been patiently waiting for Scott to tell them why the landing failed

[@therealjamespickering]

There's no-one who can do it better, and only Ellie in Space can do it sexier.

[@Kyodu]

They used imperial units in their stream. Reason enough ;).

[@paulmcloughlin9238]

😂

[@ThatOpalGuy]

@@Kyodu they had to pander to americans.

[@sycove1]

@@Kyodu They used freedom units, not that French invented metric trash!

[@enoughofthis]

A launch is not over until scott puts the final analysis.

[@javierderivero9299]

A launch is not real....until Scott does the analysis

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

Regarding Scott's comment about hearing the mission control audio behind the screams and shouts of the presenters - why don't B.O. (and SpaceX for that matter) make available two live streams: one with the mission control audio and another with the presenters wittering away? I'm sure many of us here would greatly prefer to only listen to the mission control audio.

[@RandomTheories]

@@SlartiMarvinbartfast SpaceX had engineering livestream back on youtube if im not mistaken, sadly its gone :(

[@pksteffen]

Was waiting for your insights! Cheers!!

[@bewilderbeestie]

At this point I'm genuinely surprised that the launch companies don't just make a package of raw engineering audio, camera video etc to pass to people like Scott just after the launch. It'd be cheap and easy and generate them a lot of goodwill.

[@SnowSailSound]

Scott Manley has mastered a rare skill of explaining complex subjects like orbital mechanics, physics and chemistry in an intricate manner, without losing the attention of someone less educated (like me). For that I commend you and wish you all the best. Obviously this is more prominent in other videos, but I wanted to let you know. You are highly respected by us less learned, yet eager to know.

[@isilver78]

I live about 15nm south of the pad on the Atlantic. The sound, especially the low frequency rumble, was very remeniscent of the old heavy boosters at the peak of the space race. I'm going to have to put pads between the dishes in the pantry again! Very cool.

[@larslindgren3846]

15 nano meters is a very short distance to observe a launch from. No wonder that your dishes rattle around.🤣💨🔥

[@BigBlueFlame-000]

I know you are joking but it's around 30 km.

[@ThatOpalGuy]

@@larslindgren3846 I would be more concerned about them being pulverized into vapor.

[@mrbaab5932]

15 nano meters, that is really close, lol.

[@judet2992]

How do all these replies not know what nautical miles are?

[@philipkudrna5643]

1:23 „It is a power move to test your engines on your competitor‘s rocket“, 6:06 „There was somebody who knew what he was talking about. I could tell because he was using metric“ 😂 Scott at his best! Knife-sharp and brilliant as always. We love it!

[@ccudmore]

"You could tell he knew what he was talking about because he used metric." Awesome!!

[@zebo-the-fat]

You beat me to it!

[@danielsimms5796]

LoLd twice

[@danwooller6101]

lol, murca

[@mpetersen6]

Feet and miles are perfectly adequate units of measure. They may not be logically consistent in not being multiples of ten. But they work perfectly adequately as long you stick to one system of measurement. And just so you understand the inch/foot system is just accurate for use in just about any endeavor. The accuracy is in the standards and the measuring instruments. And yes I know that the inch is officially 25.4mm. And l am conversant in each system of measurement. Mainly because l refused to buy complete extra set of micrometers, calipers and other tools. And don't tell me about electronic micrometers and calipers. In general l don't like them and having the batteries die at inconvenient times is not fun. Plus the electronic mikes l had access to at work took special batteries. 🙄

[@CoreyKearney]

@@mpetersen6 cope

[@plainText384]

13:14 I love the little fin wiggle they do at T-16s. Almost like New Glenn is doing a little warm-up before the marathon.

[@teebob21]

It's a Systems Go checkout (one of many). If the fins don't cycle correctly at that point, they will do an abort.

[@robinhodgkinson]

“I’m of a rocket scientist. I only play one on the internet”. Good on you Scott. Thanks for the honesty. But you do a great job and have a whole lot of insight that most of us don’t have. That’s why I love your channel.

[@dongiovanni4331]

Great to see BONG get into space!

[@Joel-tv2tt]

Bong MUST become the new official nickname for New Glenn.

[@pedronalesso1464]

BONG gets you high

[@Pigeon_Birb]

The biggest bong just reached space...

[@toohardtowatch]

What's high as fuck and sounds like a bell? *B* lue *O* rigin *N* ew *G* lenn!

[@bartsanders1553]

*Ms Channadaler BONG

[@charliex666able1]

New Glenn has been such a sleeper. I didn't realize how HUGE it is. Super impressive they got a payload to orbit on try 1.

[@irietropicals4255]

I wouldn’t call it a sleeper. Most just over looked Blue Origin because they aren’t blowing rockets up every 4 months like space x did. They took their time and stuck to their own way

[@dbdba]

Thank you for confirming the strange lack of clarity on the launch. There were a lot of missing details that they could have just filled in for us!

[@bryanpritchett]

But that would have gotten in the way of the presenters' hyperventilated screaming.

[@rdfox76]

Honestly, if you saw the official stream of the first launch attempt, this was *miles* better and far less painful to watch. There was a moment during that attempt that the NSF stream chat basically became a series of people going "*click* I got you, babe..." in reference to "Groundhog Day," but it was clear that the commentators on the official stream were just as clueless as to what was happening as anyone at home, and thus we never heard *anything* to explain why all the holds were happening until after Eric Berger got leaked information after the scrub was announced. Instead, we were getting things like, "We've decided to give the team a little more time to complete their checklists" and the like, which is so much less than nothing that the concept of "zero" was seriously injured and, for the last hold before the scrub, they were forced to say that they were "working a couple of hardware problems." That said, this is about as cryptic and secretive as SpaceX was with problems in the early days of their operations, before they built their reputation and could really have the level of transparency they do now without risking the loss of investors, so...

[@meesalikeu]

@@bryanpritchettpurposeful to hide trade secrets

[@robnobert]

Blue Origin in more interested in being the "we'll tell you things when it goes right, but when it goes wrong f* off" company. Which is fine. But that's their communication style over the last 20 years. It makes sense: Jeff Bezos obviously feels a lot of shame about being an inadequate man and not one of the cool kids. It kind of sucks he's not at Amazon anymore, because that attitude he had made Amazon an awesome company, and they've been lackluster ever since he left. You can tell in every interview you ever see him in that he's desperate to be the good guy. Especially the space flight with William Shatner. Jeff was always a nerd that wanted to be the cool frat bro but just wasn't allowed in. Whereas Elon is just a nerd that embraced nerddom, ironically becoming cool that way. This psychological distinction alone can explain almost everything you need to know about the differences between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos. I mean that in a good way actually I like both of them. It's not meant to be an attack on one or the other.

[@Destructerator]

That blue glow is the visual highlight of this launch

[@mikithekynd]

The moment the hosts screamed in excitement I completely lost it. Massive respect to Blue Origin for not giving up.

[@Deontjie]

I learned today that Blue origan's NASA contract was about half a billion $ more than SpaceX's NASA contract.

[@rustybayonet]

It sounded like she was playing with her New Shepard model.

[@jaceksiuda]

She also went orbital during the first launch of NS, IIRC. Tradition must be kept. ;)

[@georgejones3526]

For some reason it really irritates me hearing them say, “Let’s light this candle!”

[@robm8947]

Yeah, but the contrast with SpaceX is so stark. Their presenters really want to bring us along for the ride. Blue Origin's are like snobbish schoolmarms. Plus pratically nothing in the way of camera feeds. How does their PR team get it so wrong?

[@oasntet]

That slow launch really costs in terms of gravity losses. The upside is that they have a lot of room for improvement; even small gains in engine performance will pay back twice and they're not even close to a limit due to G forces...

[@1flash3571]

If BO add 2 more engines, that would help.....

[@thesquatchdoctor3356]

Perfect for a first test launch, and they even understood why launch pads need flame diverters

[@Julius_Hardware]

Maybe the engines were throttled way down due to the small payload? Does seem odd though, the quicker you get out of the gravity well the better.

[@rizizum]

@@Julius_Hardware The announcer said the engines were at full throttle right after they launched though

[@limes5295]

@@1flash3571 where would they go? it already has a flared base to fit 7

[@GlenLong-j4o]

The bong water comment was hilarious 😂

[@raffriff42]

Regarding the slow lift-off, someone on Stack Exchange said, "If the initial acceleration is high, you can load more fuel until it isn't."

[@plainText384]

Or the tanks are full. I'd argue the opposite is more accurate "If your initial acceleration is low, you can burn fuel until it isn't."

[@Scanner9631]

If this was full thrust how do they take off with a full cargo? If it wasn't full thrust it wasn't a full test of the engines.

[@raffriff42]

@@Scanner9631 100% But was the booster over-fueled (for stress testing)?

[@Puj0]

Scott mentioned in a tweet that thrust to weight ratio is about 1.1-1.2 and that it would suggest gross weight of around 1500t. Payload of 45t is only about 3% of that. It would still leave the pad, but might not reach the orbit. Full thrust is actually what software says the full thrust is. Full capability of engines might be 10-20% higher, but that will come after many more flights.

[@forgottenfox3857]

Fun fact: the water deluge takes its name from nasa. Big Water is how nasa referred to their deluge system, and when we suggested it to Blue, it just kind of stuck. Was powerful to hear that callout and see that system roar to life today. Well done NG.

[@Mythricia1988]

So it's Blue Big Water? BBW is a much better acronym than BONG!

[@alexandredevert4935]

I loved the sounds from ignition sequence of the booster engines.

[@ch4.hayabusa]

“who knew what he was talking about. I can tell because he was using metric” - My man

[@fishfoolishness4222]

Kind of a burn. 😶

[@Valery0p5]

OUR man 🫡

[@rippingbag]

🙄

[@colonelgraff9198]

BONG: Higher than ever

[@sheldonrigsby3523]

That ends my respect for scott manley.

[@ismailnyeyusof3520]

Good to get Scott’s perspective on this!

[@takashitamagawa5881]

Yes, he's the go-to guy for getting definitive commentary on these space launches.

[@therocinante3443]

Omg that APU sound was amazing!

[@Infrared73]

I thought at first it was a siren.

[@teebob21]

If you like that, you'll love Titan 2 launches. :)

[@Scanner9631]

It didn't sound anything like Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. Terrible imitation.

[@ianjuby]

Plot twist: the wayward boat was the USS Eldridge who were just as confused as anybody as to why they were there

[@georgejones3526]

They shouldn’t have taken that left turn at Philadelphia.

[@SteenLarsen]

Thanks Scott, I've been waiting for the Scott Manley analysis and explanation the whole day. Always so much information I did not notice when watching the launch. Thank you!! ❤

[@V14-x6n]

Reminded me of a Saturn V launch of how slowly it cleared the tower.

[@Starshipsforever]

It's the same approximate thrust to weight ratio.

[@frankgulla2335]

Scott, thanks for the analysis and comentary. Great job and very informative.

[@JohnR31415]

We’re so spoiled by SpaceX streams

[@danboy12342]

Spoiled by then being on x only?

[@CRod840]

Yeah, on X or going to the SpaceX website

[@ge99ne]

Well, he probably meant that the videos exist at all, whereas here-not so much

[@SolarWebsite]

Just watch the Everyday Astronaut.

[@1flash3571]

@@danboy12342 They are on YT also...WTH you talking about?

[@seldoon_nemar]

Congratulations everyone at Blue! I think this really is the first BO NG to break up before it actually hit anything

[@Ray_of_Light62]

I wouldn't be too harsh with BO about the subpar in-flight video stream. They don't have a Starlink constellation to rely upon for realtime data transmission. Yes, I agree with Mr. Manley that the first stage suffered a RUD during atmospheric reentry, because of the upset fuel flow induced by the sudden change of G forces. All in all, this has been a great success for Blue Origin and their New Glenn rocket. Greetings from the UK, Anthony

[@Scanner9631]

They could have paid for a Starlink connection unless Bezos ego was too big to allow that.

[@turtletrimmings]

@@Scanner9631 you're forgetting the other massive ego in the equation, kiddo

[@yaxleader]

​@@Scanner9631It's never a good idea to give your competition access to your live data flows from your rocket

[@BaldurNorddahl]

@@yaxleader encryption has been invented.

[@corycrandell2682]

Nice job to blue origin. Nice flight. Congratulations to the team! Boy that thing crawled off the pad... And once again Scott has a great video on the subject. Scott is the best analyst.

[@CRod840]

It was an excellent launch, getting to orbit on the first try! Shame about the booster landing attempt, but man those BE-4s all lit up looked beautiful! Really puts the Blue in Blue Origin

[@wavemaker54]

To orbit on the first attempt, awesome. Congratulations Blue Origin!🎉🎉🎉

[@joso5554]

Great to see such a big rocket taking off for the first time and making it to orbit flawlessly. 👍👍👍

[@miguelurrutdarkorangefan2750]

Good video with good insight!! A different approach to a large reusable booster keeps things interesting from this space fan's perspective.

[@MatthewLittle]

Watched the launch last night on their livestream; it was awesome to see! Other than losing the first stage, everything seemed to go off w/out a hitch; congrats to Blue Origin!

[@benroberts2222]

I was confused by the feed, what's the fuel capacity in hogsheads and what was the orbital velocity in furlongs/min?

[@rustybayonet]

What's the cost in guineas?

[@Wayoutthere]

Pay attention please, the mass was in Bushels

[@stupidas9466]

@@Wayouttherebushels is volume, not mass dummy!😊

[@christopherreed4723]

Useless, new-fangled measurements! It must be in ells and spans to make *any* sense!

[@gbcb8853]

Cubits per parsec puuhleeeeze

[@ftoalan]

Awesome stuff Scott!!! Thanks again for a great video.

[@andrewgrandfield7214]

Apollo moon missions launched with a thrust to weight ratio of about 1.18 . They were very slow off the pad.

[@JamesHardaker]

it had a 45,000 kg payload

[@mbmurphy777]

@@JamesHardaker. *payload to the Moon, no less

[@scotth6814]

@@JamesHardaker 120 tonnes to LEO.

[@Tondadrd]

12:45 Feels like a historic moment. Like watching Saturn V take off. The cry of joy caused my eyes to tear up a bit. A great time for space fans. Fly safe!

[@sladehelicoptersgaming3148]

Was awesome how slow it lifted

[@1flash3571]

That isn't a good thing.....looks nice, but shitty performance.....

[@rdubb2462]

@@1flash3571 considering they achieved goal orbit and we know they are really good throttling engines, I'm betting that rocket lifted off exactly the way they intended with very conservative parameters. They were going for control not pedal to the metal

[@thethirdman225]

@@1flash3571 Yes, behind every silver lining there’s a grey cloud, isn’t there?

[@thethirdman225]

Incredibly stable too.

[@ColdWindPhoenix84]

The booster was at 84k feet or 25ish km when it lost connection and had only just started losing velocity. According to Google the lowest a Falcon 9 performs is re-entry burn is at 40km that means the booster was way deep in the atmosphere. I'm impressed it made it that far at those velocities. Around 1900 m/s.

[@chris-hayes]

The launch pad audio was really freaking good. BO can work on the video feeds, but the pad audio might already be the best from any launch company.

[@mikefochtman7164]

That launch, really 'lumbers up off the pad'. I remember the first shuttle launches and some astronaut was asked how it compared to the Saturn V. His reply was something like, "The saturn V was a truck that took us to the moon, this thing gets up and goes like a sports car in comparison." Ahh... those were the days...

[@randomuser2468]

Scott Manley...the moment I have been waiting for.

[@eddierodgers9266]

I watched this live before bed and it was so worth getting alittle less sleep to watch this launch live

[@Derek-g7h]

Hurrah! no Bath Robe of Doom. Let all those who cheer new rockets rejoice.

[@Seuchenherde]

Its so nice that you put a liftoff sequence at the end! Veryy nice!

[@DanielShepard-t5f]

My Dad used to love listening to the engineers cheer on the rocket to space. Makes me freaking cry. RIP Pop I miss the shit outta you.

[@TheZinmo]

And even with a payload heavier than a banana.

[@pedrosura]

It doesnt get old😂

[@geenerheimer9266]

I understand you being desperate for a win

[@judet2992]

@@geenerheimer9266??????? Bro no one cares about that inter company beef. It’s funny because being heavier than a banana is a given except for blue ring because of how small it is, not that they beat SpaceX. The banana didn’t go orbital anyways and you don’t count the G-Indicator as payload unless you’re being funny.

[@aperson2294]

@TheZinmo the banana wasn’t a payload. It was a Zero Gravity Indicator. And today, Starship is gonna launch 10 starlink simulator satellites which are gonna be deployed on a suborbital trajectory to test out the deployment mechanism.

[@gadgetmerc]

I wonder if they where throttled down due to the light layload? They could throttle down to match the ascent profile of a full payload. If a BE4 had an issue they could make up for most of it. Just a theory.

[@stevepirie8130]

Likely a good theory.

[@ThePhiphler]

Its more ready than Starship but far less than Falcon 9. If it ever carries astronauts then we hope they all proclaim that its "Time to light this BONG".

[@Valery0p5]

Wankery

[@mbmurphy777]

I don’t know that it’s more ready than starship. Starship has demonstrated orbital capacity in the last three or four launches and has also demonstrated the ability to recover a booster. Still, more rockets equals more better.

[@dphuntsman]

@@mbmurphy777You ain’t got to orbit until you got to orbit……..Don’t count your orbits until they’ve been circled……(I’m running out of new memes here……) - Dave Huntsman

[@imaginary_friend7300]

@@mbmurphy777 It was the first of two validation flights, that tends to indicate they believe it's mission ready. Starship is still in active development with another version still in the pipeline at least for both booster and starship.

[@mbmurphy777]

@@dphuntsman yes but not getting to orbit because of some kind of system failure is very different than not getting to orbit by choice while you make sure that you can bring the second stage down in a controlled fashion. They probably could try recovering a starship at this point, but they’ll probably wait until next flight

[@ASXJNO]

Blue Origin will be a good launcher for the commercial and government sector, I wish B.O all the best

[@iswara108enricochiarucci5]

it should be also for lunar and space stations with such huge bay, businessmen Bezos...

[@Leon1Aust]

It will put humans on the moon especially with its better safer lander but I cannot see Starship doing this, dam thing is to top heavy. Nope just cargo for Starship and the human on Mars talk is that all it is Musk talk, human on Mars will kill whoever attempts it.

[@fernandoferraz4146]

0:13 "Gleny!!!" - Arthur Morgan probably

[@aprilpower1158]

"Bottoms up, Gleny!!"

[@derGrafvonBorg]

The Video we all waited for to learn, what exactly we witnessed earlier ☺

[@Trex531]

Great we have and enjoy Scott’s clear comments!

[@tonyyoung2806]

Congrats to Blue, great launch. Next time can the flight directors commentary override those in the studio please 🙏😂

[@BaranMehmet-e2d]

I love how you broke down the XAI01v project in your video! Can’t wait to see it skyrocket!

[@kyleeames8229]

1:19 AHHH! They chose to display the telemetry in rube units!! MINE EYES! Ow ow owie ow!

[@derekcoaker6579]

😂

[@ThatOpalGuy]

a nod to the base.

[@lesbendo6363]

Thx! You should do a video on the pilots and aircraft that are fighting the LA fires. 🇨🇦

[@therealjamespickering]

Starship OFT-1 also took its time getting off the pad, but it was several engines down. Now it takes off like a stabbed rat.

[@Wayoutthere]

Stabbed Rat....how tf did you came up with that XD

[@kecuthbertson]

​@@Wayoutthere it's a pretty common saying

[@lerkzor]

@@Wayoutthere My favorite of those type sayings is "he was running like his hair is on fire and his ass is catching"

[@therealjamespickering]

@Wayoutthere I actually borrowed it from Jeremy Clarkson.

[@MCsCreations]

Thanks for all the news, Scott! 😊 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

[@emmy9345]

Good to see that Glussy in orbit

[@themsdosnerd]

What struck me the most is that the rocket is incredibly light for its size. This means that they have relatively low amounts of oxygen aboard and have to run the engines extremely fuel rich. This is likely done to protect the engines, but is simultaneously an area where more performance can be won.

[@thethirdman225]

SpaceX bros: ‘There must be some way we can call this a failure!’

[@joseacuna3239]

That bong was great! Hearing the APU was awesome as well

[@GreenPatriot2024]

It's great that Blue Origin got New Glenn up, but their video coverage was subpar.

[@user-vp1sc7tt4m]

I noticed that it accelerated off the pad just as fast as my Dad's old 70 Galaxy 500 with a 240 cubic inch inline 6. Just goes to show that slow and steady can get you anywhere. even to orbit.

[@Jordan44752]

This was an amazing first launch and I have no doubt this will be a successful rocket with a few tweaks, it seems like a great rocket.

[@1flash3571]

I wonder how long between launches? If it is a year between another launch, then it isn't worth it.

[@Jordan44752]

@1flash3571 It definitely won't be. They have multiple rockets built and it does get to orbit so they can sell launches to customers even if they don't land because customers only care about getting to orbit. I'm betting we will get 2 more launches this year with cadence increasing drastically as soon as they land a booster.

[@makil4279]

11:19 Guy on the right is a man of culture

[@johnpickens448]

As an American, I ask that Blue Origin report telemetry in Metric units.

[@tonycook1308]

What - you dont like fuel consumption in bushels per minute?

[@DavidW27]

What! Why are you disparaging anachronistic medieval units of measurement? 😉

[@richarddoyle689]

Looks like New Glenn 2nd stage has a whole lot more to do to achieve orbit because of the relatively low performance of its booster.

[@macgreiner]

That fist bumping comment on the livecast will live in infamy.

[@rustybayonet]

"Norminal"

[@chrischen82]

Duuuuuude!!! What an episode of you here! Such subtile humor 😀🤣🤣Masterpiece like comparisons. If i could, my mouth would smile like a circle. You made my day! Thanks.🤩🤩🤩🙌👏👏👏

[@baronvonslambert]

No one: Scott: BONG

[@benjaminhanke79]

Depeche Mode: BONG 13

[@paulmoffat9306]

That slow departure was quite concerning to me, as the rocket had essentially NO payload. I hope the engines were only at 70% for this launch. And the second stage was accelerating at a dismal rate, suggesting the BE3-U does not have enough thrust, even with no fairing being present. Again, almost NO load being lifted.

[@Sonnell]

Although they say, all 7 engines at full thrust, I would not be sure about that. They could have been reducing the max thrust to the minimum, to make sure it will be more reliable at its first launch. They obviously need the success. Starship did not used full thrust either on its first flights. So hopefully their math is okay, they just played it safe.

[@mb-3faze]

18 seconds to clear the tower...(!)

[@Togidubnus]

I watched this live and I did wince a bit at that lift-off.

[@garymartin9777]

I hope you are right. Otherwise they will have a problem lifting even half a full weight payload.

[@Donn29]

Came to the comments to say the same thing. They must have sand bagged with such a light payload.

[@ekstrapolatoraproksymujacy412]

this engine max thrust is very low already, it's similar to spacex raptor but the engine is 2x bigger...

[@Mythricia1988]

Great summary! Welcome to the club, indeed....... I remember. 😄

[@jamess.2599]

We all wanted the landing or views of it. Orbital rocket is an orbital rocket.

[@ludovicschneider6190]

Absolutely! Rocket scientist should know that placing cameras everywhere so youtube fanboys have something to look at should be the most critical part of a rocket launch...

[@CarlosAM1]

​@@ludovicschneider6190he never said it was the most critical part or that he wanted "cameras everywhere" bro he just said he wanted better views of it

[@terrycombs736]

​. "Lack of Public Interest" was in the top 3 reasons Congress deemed moon launches unsustainable. It's a shame the science alone couldn't keep them going. That seems illogical today, along with Darwinism, Big Bang Theory, and at least 75% of His Story (commonly called History). But, I digress, I'm just glad they found the balls to light the thing! Funding is tied to eyeballs, lose interest & they'll be blue balls lol

[@thethirdman225]

Don’t worry, the SpaceX bros are looking for a way to call it a failure.

[@mikeissweet]

Even more than the Blue Origin launch, this is what we've been waiting for!!

[@JesterDarrak]

BONG got really high!

[@ludovicschneider6190]

Haha, first time i hear that one

[@LordJuniorNYC]

Thanks for the breakdown, Scott.

[@scootstate8480]

The sudden loss of telemetry and the desperation tinged upbeat commentary from the "cheerleaders" after we lost video feed makes me wonder how bad was the first stage ending.

[@LoriH2O]

So cool seeing New Glenn fly! I will say, I've gotten so used to metric being used for space stuff that I'm having a hard time reasoning about these values. Looking forward to the night flight!

[@LEXX790]

I'm sure blue will get reuse down in time but I wonder what it does to the schedule for Kuiper sats.

[@Capt.Turner]

"I am not a rocket scientist, I only play one on the internet." Wow. Modesty is one of the highest virtues out there.

[@martinilopez1]

"i can tell cause he was using metric" EPIC scottt, LOL!!!!!! soooooooooo trueee!!

[@mpetersen6]

Metric is no more or no less accurate than any other system of measurement. The accuracy lies in the standards, the instruments and traceability of the standard masters used in the field to calibrate sad instruments. But yes l agree Metric or SI is more logically consistent. As somebody who had to do inspection work on machine components designed using the Metric system and the associated tolerance bands for fits doing all the measurements with inch calibrated micrometers and having to do the conversions was a pain.

[@MrTheAnyone]

You simply deserved the thumbs up for the New Glenn vs Old Glenn dad joke

[@spychopath]

My money is on a catastrophic engine failure in GS1 causing a vehicle RUD. Blue have never relit a BE4 under those kinds of dynamic conditions before - they've relit BE3s on New Shepard landings but they are already close to terminal velocity at relight. GS1 definitely wasn't, making all the dynamic effects harsher.

[@normanretzke4377]

Thanks for the info. The main Blue Origin commentary was a distraction; I hope they improve this. With the loss of telemetry and silence on the first stage relight I said "Oh-Oh". But the cheerleader was oblivious. However, quite a successful launch overall.

[@mbox314]

I was very disapointed in the lack of footage of the booster. We were spoiled by spaceX. Also what happened to the 2nd stage? The stream ended before that part of the mission concluded.

[@bluesteel8376]

They announced that it's second burn went well and is now in orbit.

[@plainText384]

The second stage stays in medium earth orbit attached to the Blue Ring pathfinder. The plan was for them to then "safe" the vehicle (depressurize the tanks, etc.) and leave it in this disposal orbit.

[@StevenS.-up2pp]

Woot woot, finally Blue Origin gets something to ORBIT!!!! Yesssss, so happy for this company. Certainly took them long enough however to go straight from a non-orbital rocket to a heavy lift vehicle is no small feat. Probably a crazy amount of engineering man hours went into this, couldn't be happier for them (Go Team Space).

[@chuckkv]

Blue Origin has reported that they do not push their engines to their "fullest", for reusability reasons. They're running them in their engineered performance mid-range. SpaceX chooses to run theirs at or near their maximum capabilities. I suspect Blue could easily go "harder and faster" if they want to.

[@ludovicschneider6190]

👍the BE4 are engineered to run at lower pressure to put less stress anyway, so they sure could go way faster if they needed to. Chamber pressure is 2.6 times lower, and still better ISP than a raptor engine.

[@Trek001]

Last time I was this fairly quick to a Scott Manley video, V2s still rained down on Europe

[@squidnoid8]

😂

[@TerryDenham]

"knew what he was talking about. I could tell because he was using metric" What a slam. Priceless.

[@Strykenine]

Really a beautiful launch. Glad it went well.

[@Tinman_56]

It's most likely that Stage 1 lost its ability to control it's descent to Jaclyn. It's maneuvering fins may not have functioned completely according to design. We'll have to wait and see what BO releases.

[@SpaceTost]

BONG water getting lit lol. Really liked your BONG analysis Scott, never change!

[@dannyarcher6370]

"...but there was somebody who definitely knew what he was talking about. I could tell because he was using metric." Shots fired!!

[@thethirdman225]

Great video, Scott.

[@ekij133]

I also thought BOs commentator was sub-optimal. 10/10 for enthusiasm but 3/10 for content. Would have much preferred you to commentate Scott.

[@rustybayonet]

She is just a giddy fan gal...

[@georgejones3526]

She has a thing for “candles”.

[@neilgg7460]

Very good video, I thought it was very interesting with a lot of detail. I had forgotten that New Glenn was deploying a small payload. I was waiting for the graphic where the two warp drive nacelle's pop out and the 2nd stage zips to Jupiter or something.