Blue Origin’s Launch Site One

Take a tour of Launch Site One, nestled in the Guadalupe Mountains in West Texas, where astronauts fly to space and back onboard New Shepard.

[@alvinfriesen4918]

All hate aside, this is an amazing proyect. I love boosters that land back on land

[@Stinger-yu4qm]

At the end they say: "One step closer to reaching space". Advertising telling the truth for once 🤣

[@RedRyan]

Rather noble of them

[@mikedicenso2778]

@1:30 That's a very nice view of the BE-4 nozzle!

[@mrandersen6872]

"where astronauts fly to space"... for 5 minutes.

[@BnORailFan]

The entire round trip is only 10 minutes, I think they are out of their seats floating around for about 3 minutes.

[@HearshVarma]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@IllegallyAcquiredKIA]

We got Knock Off SpaceX before GTA 6 😭😭

[@L6Jeremy]

Im not gonna lie this is really really cool. I'll probably never be able to afford to go to space- but I did get chills at the end of that video

[@greggorystaples3780]

I luv how they said first booster to land from space 😂, but is Sub-Orbital space?🤔😭

[@xaviersavedra711]

Yes

[@fish2468]

technically it's space, but like "golden experience requiem", can't reach reality

[@zapfanzapfan]

To be a bit fair, Falcon 9 booster is also suborbital, it's the second stage that goes to orbit.

[@chrisoconnell8432]

@@zapfanzapfan True, the Falcon 9 booster is technically suborbital, its part of an orbital rocket. Which is why the Falcon 9 booster comes back to earth travelling 13 times faster then the New Shepard rocket. Literally an order of magnitude greater velocity to deal with.

[@zapfanzapfan]

@@chrisoconnell8432 Where do you get 13? Falcon 9 booster at stage sep is about 2,2 km/s for barge landings, New Shepard is about 1 km/s at engine shut down.

[@RedRyan]

I really appreciate the story they make

[@SolarWindsRider]

I'll just let the numbers speak for themselves: SpaceX: Founded - 2002 Orbital launches - 330+ Orbital crewed missions - 12 Orbital booster landings - 300 Same orbital booster reused times - 20 Blue Origin: Founded - 2000 Orbital launches - 0 Orbital crewed missions - 0 Orbital booster landings - 0 Same orbital booster reused times - 0

[@island97]

Blue origin most likely sent 10X in R&D than spacex.

[@Phantime23]

@@island97Falcon 9 first flight, mayhaps?

[@clevergirl4457]

Yes very true. But it’s not a fair comparison. Only after New Glenn was announced have they been developing an orbital class rocket.

[@SolarWindsRider]

@@clevergirl4457 it is fair. Firstly, noone stopped them from developing orbital rockets for 13 years. The fact they only started in 2013 is noone else's fault. And secondly, SpaceX started working on Starship in 2019 and in 2024 it reached orbit (formally). New Glenn haven't even flown once after 11 years of development. It's a harsh comparison, but it's even worse than SLS.

[@island97]

@@SolarWindsRider Correct. Amazon now has to rely on spacex to deploy their Kuiper Satellites because New Glenn isn't ready . So bozos is putting money in elons pocket ironically.

[@kingfisherb90]

"Light this candle" - Alan Shepard

[@MarsMeditation]

Come foreward, New Glenn!

[@martinultimatevw3779]

Definitions of "space and astronauts" should be revised/forbidden for these kind of journeys. Its up to the Karman line and fall back, thats not 'space' travel or a astronaut that is in orbit. Just get the terminology right and dont fluff it up with hype words.

[@iamscoutstfu]

The Karmen line is the accepted border of space though. They are exactly correct when they use the term "space" and "Astronaut" It's not really their fault you don't know what those words mean.

[@kstaxman2]

Please stop with the sappy story for what is only an amusement ride. Straight up and straight down. Let's party after the finally so something.

[@ijontichy7179]

Does BO plan night launches?

[@Tresla]

1:25 that startup was sick!

[@Cristi4n_Ariel]

Any updates on New Glenn or Orbital Reef?

[@gutluckbro9802]

Blue origin dumped the project

[@iamscoutstfu]

gutluck is incorrect. Orbital reef is going forward and is now building a full size module. New Glen launches this year.

[@gutluckbro9802]

@@iamscoutstfu wait huh blue origin dumped the project its only Sierra building that module now, worded my comment incorrectly mb

[@iamscoutstfu]

@@gutluckbro9802 That isn't true, either. Sierra was always the primary on the project as a secondary contractor to the Orbital reef program, overall. Sierra is designing the modules to fit inside NGs fairings. From gizmodo in Sep 2023 "“Blue Origin continues to develop the Orbital Reef commercial low Earth orbit destination as part of its Space Act Agreement (SAA) with NASA. There are no current plans to transfer or terminate the agreement,” NASA Public Affairs Officer Rebecca Turkington told Gizmodo in an email today. “Per the SAA, any changes to the assignment of the agreement to another entity would need to be approved by NASA. Also, all parties would have to agree and meet the required provisions.” NASA confirmed Sierra Space’s involvement as a sub-contractor in an email with Gizmodo. Blue Origin reiterated NASA’s disposition telling Gizmodo on the phone that the company was “actively engaged in designing and testing a multitude of deliverables to NASA for our CLD [Low Earth Orbit destinations] Phase 1 contract and [is] excited about how this work will help shape NASA’s CLD Phase 2 destination goals.” Blue Origin did not confirm or deny Sierra Space’s involvement in Orbital Reef. Sierra Space did not immediately return Gizmodo’s request for comment." Contrary claims were made by anonymous sources and have been debunked now by all three entities involved; Sierra Space, NASA, and Blue Origin. Blue was never responsible for building any of the modules.

[@christianmorales3697]

for when the next release for me the failure was a big problem

[@wangshuntian]

this looks like built for billionaire club

[@brandonhood5581]

basically just an amusement park ride for rich people

[@aperson2294]

Contrary to SpaceX and their Crew Dragon, which was designed and operates under a government contract.

[@cendora7576]

Gradatim Ferociter!

[@S1nwar]

cute little project you got going there

[@TCOrec.]

nice Video, keep on going, I wanna see the big rocket fly :D

[@manuelcoh7437]

❤😘

[@grisha.makarov]

good

[@iamscoutstfu]

Smooth brains in the comments not understanding how critical for research a micro-G environment is. Being able to get past the Karmen line for this cheap is immensely beneficial for science.

[@sugabelie8881]

yeah 5 mins of micro gravity will the very useful for doing science experiment?

[@iamscoutstfu]

@@sugabelie8881 Yes. Because the cost of emulating microgravity for the same amount of time on earths surface is much more expensive than a launch of New Shepherd and a launch of New Shepherd is also much cheaper than a launch on any Falcon rocket.

[@sugabelie8881]

@@iamscoutstfu Are u mentally functional? You people would choose to sit in a rocket than design a lab that achieve micro gravity? If they are the same cost, which I doubt no one would want to risk their live than just do the same exact experiment on ground. Or they could just be in a parabolic flight that is 100 times safer than the rocket

[@favesongslist]

@@sugabelie8881 it is, just as Virgin Galactic, that is about 4 minutes.

[@wavincewavince394]

They should be called Karmanstraunaut

[@mrstyle25]

Well we know who is the JetBlue of space travel. No fat on that operation. Take the stairs to your rocket.

[@_RakeshChandarS]

Everything starts from Origin

[@Nolantrees]

Imagine if space x was doing this in McGregor. They would be praised for innovation. GO JEFF AND BLUE

[@sugabelie8881]

Lmao, when is the last time BO send an orbital rocket up there?

[@Indian_Rajput]

At least LEO above 400KM

[@rekliner5155]

“Space?” Lol. Barely just barely

[@henryjraymondiii961]

This is right. The "right Stuff" will exist in these generations, not just in the "chosen ones". Not this time. YOU have not been there. But YOU could. In this life. You are NOT a NUMBER, are you???

[@TemplarX2]

Let's go Blue Origin. I support you. Remember the Tortoise and the Hare. I believe in your vision of a space habitat.

[@favesongslist]

I was very impressed by the two BE4 performance with Vulcan's Maiden flight. But mass producing reliable engines is a massive hill to clime. We may see 2 more BE4s delivered to ULA this year, but will be surprised to see a test flight of "New Glenn" any time soon. I wish both BO and ULA the best. Yet both companies have to face the fully reusability of Starship maybe as soon as 2025 making them obsolete before achieving much. Even IF New Glenn flies soon, BO are far from even partial reusability and therefore any hope of being relevant financially.

[@erselkasap9703]

Life is at a very advanced stage. This is where he secretly comes and steals the soul, real life, life course, energy and other situations and prepares personal and arbitrary plans. They steal dimensions and so on. There are situations very different from those described in the stories. There is no one from the life watching here. We are captured again through different mental placements. And this is based on very long periods of time and visuals. Real lives go through very different phases. Here, they become personal and arbitrary areas of use. Dimensions are stolen. And I have no reason to lie. In the following processes Again, their masters come secretly and perform certain operations. We are too far behind in the visuals. There are no forms here that prepare the way and navigate where they missed. I don't know how many lineages live on us. We are too far behind.

[@HaharuRecords]

2:38 kinda soft

[@erselkasap9703]

This is very likely that they have created ready-made shows that repeat a lot. And there are ready-made shows. They place different forms in place of different forms with different mental placements. In other words, there are ready-made shows. And there is such a platform. There is a high probability that it is a very repetitive situation. Forms While there was no news about technology yet, others were probably using tablets. We are just watching in ready-made shows on such prepared platforms. And certain forms that know the situation transfer these views to different forms with professional changing processes and kidnap others to different places. Different forms are placed in different life courses. Stolen status. There is no money. This is unimportant. There is energy, soul, real life, life courses. And there are many dimensions to these things. And apart from these, there are dimensions where much worse transactions are made and different applications are made to personal and arbitrary forms.

[@maddogUK69]

"Space"… "astronaut"… hmm. Dictionary?

[@techcompany_]

In short a holiday to space for milloners

[@ERS8]

🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🔷🎱

[@LegendaryGodKing]

Land the booster with astronauts on board 😂 or get to orbit.

[@sidekick96734]

I used to like making fun of the space penis but it's gotten to the point that it's not even fun anymore. I had high hopes for both Blue Origin and SpaceX, but now they can't even be compared to each other anymore. I'm sad that Blue Origins main focus is on sending millionaires on a joy ride while SpaceX is actually doing stuff to further mankinds reach into the cosmos.

[@sriramireddygangireddy8597]

New Shepard is a big joke. Just crosses Karman line and fall back. Blue Origin needs to make to orbit first. It's funny that NS riders are called astronauts. Astronaut definition should be changed from Karman line crossing to orbit. Hoping for New Glenn's success.

[@arthur_gestern]

exactly. agree with all

[@iamscoutstfu]

Maybe you should just accept the actual definition?

[@dwiggs314]

It was never meant to be an orbital rocket though? The reason they are considered astronauts is because of them crossing the Karman line

[@aya08sy]

Its like putting the tip and coming back down telling you are nolonger a virgin

[@undertow2142]

@@aya08sy They should officially be called astronaut virgins. That way they have to explain the caveat that they just got the tip in space before falling back down. Like an air balloon ride. The tip doesn’t count. We all know this.

[@SchlamasselLP]

Sorry but by international definition an astronaut must travel one full orbit around Earth...

[@favesongslist]

Not true. Alan Shepard American first astronaut In 1961 flight in Freedom 7 was not capable of Orbit, it was Sub orbital flight, yet reached a height of 187.4 kilometres.

[@banovidiu9909]

they must have a trip to kim joung-un for engineering advise

[@natekennedy8290]

Still a big waste if I am spending money to go to space I want to go to space not the edge of space

[@IvelLeCog]

You could at least give the boomer millionaires an elevator up to the capsule rather than making them ascend several flights of stairs lol.

[@RyanBlockb5]

No one is interested in New Shepherd. Show us New Glenn.🚀🚀 And not the same old animation that is 8 or 9 years old.

[@scottg8970]

BFD..........a glorified amusement park ride for $200,000 a seat

[@IbnBahtuta]

It isn't going to carry me to space, what would I do, look out of the window and float? It will carry people who are rich and stupid. Please give me a break, tell me about New Glenn instead. Tell me about your plans to use robotics in space for the "benefit of mankind". Pardon, I can't hear you for the violin playing in the background. Get back to work doing something useful, space tourism is a niche market, and you damn well know it.

[@Eddy525_violin]

what violin playing

[@k1dicarus]

Are you invested with money into the company or why the needy tone?

[@IbnBahtuta]

@@Eddy525_violin It is called the reality violin, what do you play other than yourself?

[@IbnBahtuta]

@@k1dicarus No we don't invest in high-risk ventures, do you?

[@k1dicarus]

@@IbnBahtuta Good to hear. For a second it sounded like the company ows you something.