New Glenn Factory Progress Update

Check out the recent progress at our New Glenn rocket factory at Cape Canaveral. We are testing flight operations with the giant stage 1 simulator, producing flight hardware, and growing the integration and test facilities around the campus.

[@coreytaylor447]

"well shit, they saw the rocket. well this is as good a time as any to make an update video"

[@JamieG.]

My thoughts exactly 😂

[@DisabledCreation]

I bet you thats exactly why this video was made

[@alexanderkenway]

Took the words out of everyone's mouth lol

[@mattgrant9652]

The mock up....

[@Intamin]

I'm out of the loop, what happened?

[@Eselfar]

"It's 23 foot in diameter, which is larger than ANYTHING flying today." Anything, really?

[@spyderszer0840]

Jeff who?

[@MrMayo-og9rj]

I think Musk's stainless steel ship known as Starship counts as "flying today," and that's 9 meters wide (about 29.5 feet), so yeah New Glen's *definitely* bigger

[@ginger02231]

bro if u don’t care about rocket progress then don’t even bother commenting. You’re giving them a free view and giving yourselves bad reputations. From an outsiders pov y’all spacex supporters are like angry k-pop stans.

[@spacechannelfiver]

Same as an A380, last I checked they were flying.

[@alt8791]

@@spyderszer0840 you think you’re funny, don’t you, when you say “Jeff Who.” Well, it is funny. Welcome to the club.

[@aDifferentJT]

23’ is bigger than anything flying today? Have you seen what’s going on in Boca Chica?

[@maxiononame5394]

yes. But we also have to remember operational rockets that are actually making profit. and launch satellites to orbit

[@CarlosAM1]

*Flying to orbit*

[@philb5593]

It's not flying, it's crashing.

[@gedw99]

Pissing contest between billionaire boys 🤩🤩🤩

[@BlackCenturx]

@@maxiononame5394 These rockets here have never flown either. So both have not made profit yet. One could also argue that this stuff here is going on for almost 2 decades, while the stuff in Boca only for 2 maybe 3 years (with planning). So both havent made any money but we can be sure BO had to pay more in all these years. So actually Boca made less negative profit than BO. Checkmate

[@politonno2499]

F for the delay

[@starty8814]

F

[@doodleboi7034]

E

[@politonno2499]

@RGO HELPER leraar storing voor helpen at least we still having Starship for 2021, because SLS has been delayed too (not as much as New Glenn, but still a shame)

[@LordFalconsword]

Nice mockup. Ever going to, you know, finish an actual rocket that flies?

[@eddyrobinson4315]

They don't know how to

[@cameronh3260]

@@eddyrobinson4315 SpaceX is fucking building flying rockets in a open field

[@mauricegold9377]

@@cameronh3260 Elon Musk built this in a field with a box of scraps

[@teadidthis]

@@cameronh3260 yes but then again those rockets work and land themselves (half of the time)

[@lucaslacasse935]

@@jukio02 that's the problem it's moving too slow there needs to be space apartments within the next 20 years

[@eddyrobinson4315]

'These mills, we're doing things on a scale that has not been done before' Has he not seen ULA's machining process...

[@Fovamp]

glad i wasnt the only one who thought that.

[@weetcka]

Do you have a link to see ULA's machining hardware?

[@Fovamp]

@@weetcka watch smarter everydays video on ucla

[@paulsto6516]

@@weetcka All ULA needs is the BE-4 engines BO contracted to supply.

[@paulround8501]

ULA have similar machining capabilities, this is nothing new.

[@potato2941]

This place looks perfect for a future SpaceX Starship factory.

[@AsphaltAntelope]

I wish they'd use metric. I have no idea what they're talking about :(

[@SlipKnotRicky]

I wouldn't touch the Metric System with a 3.048 Meter pole......

[@Burgsy]

You mean you don't understand Football fields per rocket?

[@Yutani_Crayven]

@@Burgsy Maybe if they measured it in hamsters or something

[@Nowhereman10]

Learn to do metric to Imperial conversion or plug it into one of a great many calculators. You have no excuses at this point.

[@vaclavcervinka65]

As soon as I heard the "larger than anything flying today" sentence, I knew that the comments would just fry them alive.

[@timmurphy5541]

In the flames of an exploding competitor?

[@3dprintmiami]

@@timmurphy5541 launches great, show me new glenn's launch... i'll wait.

[@timmurphy5541]

@@3dprintmiami I doubt you're impressed by any of the companies that launch things now, like Arianespace so why would expect your curmudgeonly attitude to stop when BO launches New Glenn? I'm sure the goalposts will move at that point.

[@3dprintmiami]

Tim, that’s a big if! If they ever fly new glenn. Cheers guy.

[@LuisPereira-bn8jq]

​@@timmurphy5541 "so why would expect your curmudgeonly attitude to stop when BO launches New Glenn? I'm sure the goalposts will move at that point." Ah, yes, the "curmudgeonly attitude" of "not being impressed by BO because they haven't done anything impressive". But, since you brought up Arianespace, are you trying to suggest that BO's ultimate aspirations are to reach Arianespace's level? 'cause I'm pretty sure they're aiming a bit higher, and thus should be judged according to their goals. For example, I am in fact reasonably impressed by Rocket Lab who, despite having far humbler goals (and resources) than BO, has done a much better job of accomplishing those goals.

[@aksh_x_]

BO: Imagine (1:36) SpaceX: Look That's the difference :)

[@dreamchasertenacity4043]

Finally An Update...

[@SchmakobMobile]

You are dead. SN9...

[@dreamchasertenacity4043]

@@SchmakobMobile I Retuned from Starship Heaven, SN8 told me to Tell You Guys Hi.

[@starshipsn1056]

Wassup bro?

[@alxz3707]

@@starshipsn1056 go zoom

[@dreamchasertenacity4043]

@@starshipsn1056 Hey SN10 how did the Static Fire Go? Better Stick The Landing and Avenge your Fallen Brothers.

[@matthieud0]

Finally! Blue Origin comes out of the shadows!

[@KsNewSpace]

@@ljviks22 I doubt Jeff cares about fans as much as Elon does^^ Amazon just wants their own satellites internet (PrimeNet?) and why should they fund another company if they can do it themselves - inhouse? It's the same SpaceX does with Starlink. The vast majority of commercial SpaceX flights nowadays are for themselves.

[@BFAO1621]

@@KsNewSpace you are quite wrong in terms of commercial flights...spacex last year launch 12 customer rockets and 14 for themeselfs, but this year they have planed 20 plus customer flights... so blue origin has a lot to catch up, but it seems that they only what to launch military or goverment payloads or else they wouldnt delayed the launch of new gleen for almost 2 yeas...they lost the new air force contracts and didnt like it, so for that they taking the construction slower because without does contracts no one is gonna buy there services... new gleen most likey will cost more than a falcon heavy and we already saw that most launches in the world are for rockets that do more like low earth orbit(flacon 9, etc) something that new gleen doesnt make sense to use.. so i dont see them launching more than 3 new glenn a year at least for customers, now for amazon satalites we may see more but for me blue origin did a great mistake with new gleen...they shouldnt have gonne from something so small as new shepeard and then go for something so big that its not gonna fly a lot...they should have build a competitor for falcon 9, but for them to go for something so big and for GEO makes me believe and others say the same, there target its not commercial flights, its military contracts...that its not gonna give them the experience they need. they already very slow and talk more then what they show for it...in all this videos they were always making comparasions with spacex facilities and rockets( indirectly)... if they what to gain customers and gain military contracts they have to show what they can do, its not delaying programs because they didnt like it that ULA and spacex got the contracts they wanted... without results and something to show they will never gain does contracts... look at new shepeard, its supose to take people to sub orbital but in 21 years they have nothing to show for it...they need to take things fast and a good spirit of competion because so far jeff bazzos and blue origin only take things politicly( for example the plataform spacex uses 39A initial jeff asked that to senators, knowing that it was still nasa choice to chose who would use it because of him doing things that way spacex was given 39A). if jeff and blue origin what to make customers and gain experience, making fans is also part of it...do you think if someone doesnt like you they will give you anything? its time for blue orgin to step up and not delaying programs or they soon new gleen willl look like sls and take more that 2022 to launch. my impression is blue origin will have great rockets, in time, but they will launch very few and most being military contracts like ULA...just look at ULA last year they only launch 6 times compared to spacex 26 times, its with more launhes that you gain experience and prepare the future...thats whats jeff always said, that blue origin would be plataform for the future generations, so far and looking the way they go, that its more like spacex and other companies like rocket lab seem be doing. Sorry for the "book"!!!! just my opinion

[@cacogenicist]

Only to go back in for a year -- at least.

[@cacogenicist]

@@KsNewSpace - Kuiper is Amazon's project, not Bezos'/Blue Origin's. Amazon is a public corporation that answers to its stockholders. If they have to use SpaceX for launches, they will.

[@KsNewSpace]

​@@cacogenicist Amazon would fund Starlink by buying SpaceX launches. That would make little sense if you're invested into Amazon. OneWeb for example does also not use SpaceX rockets. SpaceX in general does not fly many commercial payloads anymore since they went into the satellite business themselves. They mostly fly for the government or themselves.

[@cesarpcminirace798]

Nice factory, nice models and ... Where are the rockets?

[@iamarokotmanson]

My God did you not fucking watch the video? It's currently in construction you dumbass. Its pathetic your comment got so many likes. Just goes to show how intelligent most Spacex fans are

[@nathanlewis5871]

@@iamarokotmanson I agree and it's getting really fucking annoying. It's the same shit over and over again. Jeff who? jokes were funny a long time ago and concern trolling is childish. They aren't even legit fans just the falcon heavy crowd that came later. Blue Origin is doing wonderful work despite the delay.

[@Nowhereman10]

@@iamarokotmanson It's possible that some of those are from like bots or alt accounts.

[@iamarokotmanson]

@@Nowhereman10 most times its not.

[@cesarpcminirace798]

@@iamarokotmanson When I was a little boy, I saw in black and white how a man walked on the moon. My love for space comes from that almost forgotten experience. Throughout my life I have seen the milestones of humanity, no matter what nation, in the knowledge of the cosmos. I have enjoyed moments of union as Apollo-Soyuz and lamenting catastrophes that have overwhelmed us all. I highly value the efforts of any human being in the conquest of space, but the calm with which blue origin takes the construction of its rocket and the speed to say that we are going to do this or that ... I hope they do not sell smoke for a long time more time. On a personal level, I do not know you at all, but I will not enter into your lack of respect for the opinions of others. Greetings from Spain.

[@DavidNagy03ER]

Good luck guys, can't wait to see her fly!!!

[@jordiyeb8558]

excuse me, but it is genderless bigot

[@allglad]

Nice to see progress.

[@Hokie2k11]

Looking forward to see New Glenn fly... sometime in the next 2 or 3 years, please. You guys are killing us, getting this good looking gal to orbit already!

[@gsmontag]

I'm so glad you're finally giving us this kind of inside look! Please, keep it up folks. There are a whole bunch of enthusiasts out here eager to support you.

[@MayuriK_it]

Oh, finally we can see something! Nice tour of the factory! Amazing how big it's the fairing! 😳

[@RareKino]

0:30 "Its so cool to see... just mocked up" YIIIKES

[@cgprojectsfx]

I thought the same. The competition have visible hardware for testing and/or testing. While this is a mockup. Hmmm.

[@thomasackerman5399]

@@cgprojectsfx A bit of a lie. The pathfinder will be used for fit checks before the real rockets go to the pad, but we did see large chunks of real hardware, like the fuel tanks, the payload fairing, and the large sections of the aft engine module and the forward interstage adapter (that also has the control fins on it).

[@Thrashmetalman]

I feel like blue origins plan is get get money first build later.

[@jimmybon9314]

NG has been delayed to Q4 2022.. oh well.. I guess BO doesn't mind about moving THAT slowly just like the SLS!

[@finnefinne3862]

finally an update

[@ihateandreykrasnokutsky]

Wow, impressive. Thanks for sharing.

[@MeinDeinSeinCraft]

Nice! Glad you shared this with us!

[@Merlmabase]

Wowzer, last year a fairing half, and now a first stage mock-up. Maybe in a couple years they'll use this factory to build an orbital rocket

[@mauricegold9377]

Careful now. Don't get your hopes up.

[@WasatchWind]

Wow, great to that y'all are doing good work on New Glenn! I can't wait to see another mostly reusable rocket!

[@MahbubSBJalil-rm5xt]

Whoo! SpaceX, Blue Origin, Ula, Rocket lab, Astra and more! Great time to be alive!

[@brandonarentson6638]

Lol at Blue Origin releasing this (super cool) video and then *literally hours later* announcing New Glenn is delayed a full year, until Q4 2022....

[@ChevTecGroup]

So 2023 it is...

[@jackwhitlock1]

@@ChevTecGroup Still too ambitious, probably 2024

[@cameronh3260]

@@jackwhitlock1 Most likely 2025

[@ShabaaUkelele]

@@cameronh3260 or probably never as Ethereum knocks Amazon Web services off the map and they won't have enough money to throw it on their project 😃

[@spyderszer0840]

@@cameronh3260 maybe 3022

[@proesterchen]

Thanks for the new insights, can't wait for you to try for orbit. 👍

[@ryanhamstra49]

I can’t wait to see this fly. Only 5 more years to go!!

[@iamarokotmanson]

Can't wait to see Starship take it's first orbital flight in 2024!

[@dreamchasertenacity4043]

@@iamarokotmanson You Mean First CREWED Flight to Mars In 2024? Lol

[@mauricegold9377]

@@iamarokotmanson Well, even if that is the case, it will be a wholly-re-useable heavy-lift rocket capabler of putting 100 tonnes of materiel in LEO, and with on-orbit refuelling, going to the moon and eventually Mars.

[@suarsuar747]

Thank you....

[@sergeislovo5067]

Cool technology museum

[@fabian.t144]

love to see competion gear up ! this is wow!

[@clart658]

"Competition gear up" I have nothing against Blue Origin, but I wouldn't call inaccurately calling the 23ft diameter the largest to fly (Starship is 29.5ft in D) and the almost two year delay gearing up the competition. By the time New Glen is attempting it's maiden flight, Starship will be flying payloads to leo regularly. I mean SN8 and 9 have already flown, SN10 and 11 (and almost 15) are ready to fly, and SN 16-18 are well under way to being complete. Again. I have nothing against Blue Origin, but they still have a ways to go until they are a true competitor in the Private "space race". Right now I'd give those spots to SpaceX, ULA, and Rocket Lab.

[@Nicox-cw6zu]

SpaceX nailed the landing today. Your move.

[@barrykirkby9626]

So first flight sometime in 2024 -25? nice puff piece for something that will be more expensive than you would think as Bazos loves to rip the taxpayer off. By the time this takes its first flight starship most probab;y will have a full year of full flights under its belt. Larger than anything flying today, mmm SN15 just done a test flight that had a almost perfect landing, 5 test in all.. not bad going.. New Glenn, well Bazos head is bigger..

[@Aceb_k]

I cant wait to see her fly, been supporting yall for years now. good luck!!!

[@AluminumOxide]

...and the factory is right behind the KSC Visitor Complex!

[@vimalramachandran]

New Glenn will be epic!

[@koenkegel]

Uploaded 16 seconds ago.. Great to see BlueOrigin becoming more public. Keep it up BO!

[@MicrobyteAlan]

Thanks for sharing. Hello from Titusville

[@scorpio6587]

Thank you for lifting the veil.

[@ralmslb]

0:45 Is he living under a rock? I know its the competition, but your rocket never flew and SpaceX Starship did, which has 30ft of diameter lol Still, great to see Blue Origin progress on New Glenn.

[@ralmslb]

1:50 yep, he has been living under a rock, New Glenn is "bigger then anything flying today" looool, just not.

[@SirNoobly]

most prob. New glenn will fly before starship with real cargo to space...

[@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882]

@@SirNoobly Starship will definitely carry satellites already when New Glenn first fly in NET Q4 2022 lol

[@SirNoobly]

@@alvianchoiriapriliansyah9882 well, neither of them are flying now (officially) so, we'll see

[@ryanhamstra49]

I mean, if they are using in operation flying satellites then technically he is right. But yeah, space x has blown up more 30 ft rockets than blue origin has flown.

[@welchphilip]

"23ft diameter bigger than anything flying today" so New Glen is flying and Starship isn't?

[@johntheux9238]

Reminds me of this dumb "welcome to the club" tweet xD

[@atomicages8914]

Starship does not have a nosecone yet. There also hasnt been a succesful test flight of a full starship yet

[@welchphilip]

@@atomicages8914 starship has flown, just hasn't landed, super heavy has not flown yet

[@atomicages8914]

@@welchphilip Yes, thats what I said

[@alxz3707]

@@atomicages8914 starship has flown with a nosecone.

[@cam545]

Very excited for this

[@charlespelletier1246]

About time. Been dying to see a little bit of what's going on there. A little more updates like this is good for business.

[@807800]

Disappointed that you didn't use metric there.

[@williamhutton1752]

1:53

[@davidjack7418]

This is more of a PR guy that would be speaking to the public mostly in the US, so it makes sense to use feet. Americans use metric units in science and engineering, but not in daily life, so a lot of people can't really visualize when you say something like "200 meters in length".

[@seybertooth9282]

@@davidjack7418 Actually, ordinary Americans don't even use imperial, just watch any "science" or space documentary: "The computer is the size of a refrigerator", "the satellite is the size of a pickup truck", "the rocket is one football field tall". Apparently, the average American can nowadays only visualize things in refrigerators, pickup trucks and football fields.

[@davidjack7418]

@@seybertooth9282 Well, if saying something is 342 feet (104m) long creates a solid image in your head then good on you. I certainly wouldn't be taking my cues on what the average American might think from a documentary narrator though. But as an actual American that works in a scientific profession I can assure you metric is the standard for science, daily life is Imperial.

[@protorhinocerator142]

"We have over 300,000 pounds of metal that will never reach orbit." Fixed: "We have over 150,000 kilograms of metal that will never reach orbit."

[@protorhinocerator142]

Honestly, this is more production than I expected, but still nowhere near enough. Once this is all stitched together it will be what - BO1? Meanwhile SpaceX is up to SN21. This factory looks nice and clean but way too "sterile". It looks dead. It looks like they aren't allowed to get anything dirty or Bezos will get mad. I didn't exactly hear a bunch of drill presses, arc welders, or any other machinery in use. Factory or museum?

[@tmm83093]

Jeff could switch his focus to just developing and selling engines to 3rd parties and be a real competitor.

[@idate12yearolds11]

This is so cute☺️☺️

[@asahiorbit4565]

No matter how much you look at the numbers, you really get a sense of scale when a human is next to the rocket parts. Can't wait for New Glenn to fly 🚀 #TeamSpace

[@mauricegold9377]

Don't hold your breath. And what is the point of a rocket without customer payloads. Every day that passes sees further crystallisation of new and existing orbital-class rockets of all sizes from the tiny to the very large, including air-launched. These rocket companies are developing reputations which encourage more launches and new customers. BO is going to be very late to the party with an untried rocket. Please excuse my cynicism, and that this probably will not do them any favours.

[@asahiorbit4565]

@@mauricegold9377 Yes.

[@thomasackerman5399]

@@mauricegold9377 Not true. They have customers lined up, worth billions by themselves, otherwise there would've been no point to going on after losing out on the NSSL competition. The customers are, in no particular order: - Eutelsat - OneWeb - Mu Space - OneWeb - Sky Perfect JSAT - Telesat

[@mauricegold9377]

@@thomasackerman5399 Well, they will have to wait a while then for their chance for their payloads to ride on New Glenn. Let's see if they have the patience to hang on.

[@Nowhereman10]

@@mauricegold9377 No more patience than any of them needs for Starship, Neutron, Firefly Alpha, etc. It's just the nature of the business.

[@PSPMHaestros]

Seeing actual hardware is amazing, the sense of scale is insane, hopefully all goes well

[@Yutani_Crayven]

Man, it can't fly soon enough. Reusability is the holy grail of space launch. The more entities that are pushing that frontier, the better.

[@HylanderSB]

None of it was flight hardware though. Still, they say they’re close.

[@gypsyemperor7535]

Delayed to end 2022

[@DimapeloManual]

@@HylanderSB yeah as soon as I heard “new Glenn mock-up” I lost interest

[@starptgr]

Those are all mock ups. Not hardware

[@RacefanPat68]

The Fairing is kinda awesome....

[@neilufe]

Can’t wait to see it

[@Lornefs]

"flying today" is a rather important point. New Glenn hasn't.

[@ginger02231]

bro if u don’t care about rocket progress then don’t even bother commenting. You’re giving them a free view and giving yourselves bad reputations. From an outsiders pov y’all spacex supporters are like angry k-pop stans.

[@mauricegold9377]

@@ginger02231 Outsiders might be less well-versed in the news from the space-launch industry, and thus are much more likely to be taken in by this rather obvious desperate PR attempt at relevance. So when you get to know as much as insiders, then you will change your tune.

[@ginger02231]

@@mauricegold9377 you’re completely off topic. I’m saying from an outsiders POV y’all just like a bunch of dickheads who think that supporting a space company allows you to harass others. The way that you act implies that you think supporting spacex and crapping on other companies helps spacex. You aren’t contributing anything yet you act like it. I’m trying to say that y’all’s angry asses commenting on a Blue origin video makes you look like immature dickheads.

[@DC2022]

@@ginger02231 the classic SpaceX fanboy is the Qanon of the space community. Angry, toxic and stupid, so sure to have ze truuuuuth, so sure to serve their messianic guru, jizzing in their pant at each musk doge meme "o zat funy" .

[@asdfdfggfd]

LOL, BO shills out in force I see.

[@kalebklein5665]

"23 ft which is larger than anything flying today". Meanwhile starship is 30ft across... And has already flown...

[@iamarokotmanson]

Not to orbit though

[@kalebklein5665]

@@iamarokotmanson who do you honestly think is going to make it to orbit first...this new Glenn.. Or spacex who's already flown to 60,000 ft. I'll bet spacex makes it to orbit with starship before the years end.

[@kalebklein5665]

@RGO HELPER leraar storing voor helpen exactly my point.

[@Pwn3dbyth3n00b]

0:48 23ft I'm diameter, larger than anything flying today. SpaceX's Starship with 30ft diameter rocket: Ok.

[@keithflint191]

apparently at 1:13 depicts rectangular holes for retractable legs. as indicated in the Blue origin video about New glenn

[@Nowhereman10]

Actually those are likely the actuator gear wells for the control fins since the sections they're on are not shaped like the aft engine section and more like the forward adapter module. Not to mention the boxes look to be quadrilaterally spaced out, not hexapedal.

[@keithflint191]

@@Nowhereman10 First, the new Glenn's foot boxes in the blue origin video are rectangular. secondly, the flaps are mounted on the rings like in a starship, and there is a whole shell, the boxes are on the edge, just where the legs go out

[@Nowhereman10]

@@keithflint191 I'm going by your timestamp.The one I'm seeing close to that a few seconds earlier has a square box and is too small to hold the folding landing hear in it.

[@keithflint191]

why do the flaps need such giant boxes, starship doesn't even have them

[@thomasackerman5399]

@@Nowhereman10 you're both correct. The timestamp should start at 1:00 for the rectangular landing gear well and at 1:05 for the square gear box. This fits with the commentary in the video where the guy describes that you can have both an aft section and a forward module being worked on at the same time.

[@egamersmk771]

I'm all for SpaceX *and* Blue Origin(also Ula, Rocket lab, astra, etc.)

[@urlocalperson2201]

Everyone comparing the New Glenn to Starship and mad about how they try to “flaunt” but I’m more mad about how their using the imperial system when talking about spaceflight

[@anushervontabarov8568]

SpaceX propulsion team is repeatedly spotted to use imperial too

[@urlocalperson2201]

@@anushervontabarov8568 Ah damn, that’s also sad

[@Jimbogf]

Oh boo hoo, cry me a river.

[@NGC-qm1so]

stfu you have anime girl profile picture

[@ellisjk1409]

That's because you are a snob; get over yourself.

[@FeelGoodOK]

Big rocket. Can't wait to see her fly!

[@JeffNipp]

I can't believe that was only a mockup. No flight hardware at all?

[@brett4264]

Amazing infrastructure created to reach almost-orbit!

[@treavormiller9552]

0:46 I mean that's not really true anyway you spin it...

[@francescofrosolini4637]

what orbital rocket flying today is bigger in diameter than that? honest question.

[@treavormiller9552]

@@francescofrosolini4637 starship, new glen has yet to fly at all starship has flow to 12 KM. starship is at 29.25'

[@francescofrosolini4637]

@@treavormiller9552 He said flying today, I don't know if starship is closer to operational than new glenn (may actually be), but he's factually correct.

[@max_galingumas9409]

@@francescofrosolini4637 well starship is flying but not in space

[@treavormiller9552]

@@francescofrosolini4637 it’s more that that was just a mock up (kinda disappointed about that I really want to see it fly) and has yet to fly when a starship test vehicle exists that’s bigger and has flown.

[@drrockf4d]

"Mocked up" They announced this in 2012 and only have a mockup and a fairing half that is collecting dust. ULA announced Vulcan in 2014 and it is being moved to the launch pad for pathfinder tests. There has to be some major engineering problem going on. They built this massive campus and it is mostly empty.

[@tyzxcj34]

Awesome!!

[@caav56]

At long last... thanks!

[@dummyjoe7895]

Can’t wait for New Glenn! Going to be a beast of a rocket! #TeamSpace

[@WasatchWind]

Team space indeed! Right now all we have with reusable rocketry is Falcon 9 and Heavy, but soon Rocket lab will join in, them New Glenn, Starship, and even Vulcan will have some reusability. I only hope the ESA and Russia can catch up somehow. Being ready to fly in 2025 or 26 will put them way behind.

[@luiscorredor3635]

Just wait another 10 to 15 years and we will see new glen ready for testing then few more years and we will see it going to space I can’t wait

[@dakotamahlau-heinert3529]

@@WasatchWind honestly even if the lower stage of starship isn't reusable(SOMEHOW) it would still outcompete its opponents, there needs to be more innovation so it doesn't become a monopoly, I don't want spacex controlling everything to do with space, it'll only make the situation worse.

[@ninovitaliano7943]

ikr cant wait for the static fire in 2026

[@idleeric8556]

@DummyJoe - You work for Blue Origin. Ps. The Planet isn’t blue.

[@oleandre_7816]

How long will they take on this boy

[@ThexBorg]

Try building orbital class rockets at the beach guys... :)

[@dhavalmukeshkumar4510]

"It's also 23ft in diameter, which is larger than anything flying today" Starship: Am I a joke to you?

[@philb5593]

Starship ain't an orbital rocket. Or an operational rocket. Or a rocket with customers.

[@dhavalmukeshkumar4510]

@@philb5593 neither is new Glenn

[@iamarokotmanson]

@@dhavalmukeshkumar4510 cool but they didn't say anything about that. They just said flying today.

[@rowinovermars7196]

@@philb5593 If flown = orbit or actual payload, wouldn't that mean that BO hasn't flown a rocket yet?

[@austinreid3951]

Both new glen and starship are bigger than anything flying today. starship is not flying, its prototypes are flying. its not an operational vehicle and wont be for a time. thus his statement is factually correct that new glen is bigger than any orbital rocking flying today

[@matthewmartin5763]

Blue Origin, SpaceX, Rocket Lab, etc..... What a time to be alive. Go Space!

[@nomeus]

one of them is not like the others though

[@reentrysfs6317]

@@nomeus rocket lab?

[@nomeus]

@@reentrysfs6317 two of them are actually launching payloads in orbit. one is just pretending to be doing things.

[@reentrysfs6317]

@@nomeus you already said the word blue origin

[@enmanuelrodriguez9950]

DAMN A TON OF STUFF IN THIS VIDEO SOUNDS KINDA LIKE SPACEX, and it's kinda crazy how blue origin hasnt even made it to orbit and they are already pushing for heavy lift space crafts

[@mauricegold9377]

BO is the world's oldest start-up. Coming up for 21 years now, with a teensy tourist toy sub-orbital rocket as their only working product. excluding the BE-4 engine which they are selling to ULA for their Vulcan, but which was reputed to exhibit teething problems.

[@DC2022]

@@mauricegold9377 that's not like Raptor was a perfect engine without the habit of eating itself, and prone to failure.

[@jahwin]

Competition is amazing

[@cameronh3260]

But they havent done anything

[@gate7clamp]

Wow that is a big behemoth of a rocket 🚀

[@owenbowen2752]

It was in the past, but star ship has since flown, this won't get off the ground on till end of 2022 at the earliest

[@zero-c7123]

Expecting some spaceX fanboi

[@SFSEagle]

Thats what we need

[@bramborovyastronaut]

OK. I like BO but I love SpaceX v Blue Origin memes.

[@DTHRocket]

0:39 "Just mocked up"

[@ablasttv]

Yea even the fairing was a mock, theres supposed to be actual tech in there to allow communication with the payload, among other stuff, while its on the pad as you can see in the Falcon 9 fairing. It's crazy they still don't have any real parts yet.

[@___jd]

"This is one of our busiest shops right now." * shows four people hardly working * edit: I will say this showed more hardware than I expected, but still a long ways to go.

[@mauricegold9377]

That isn't hardware. It's an empty shell built to mimic the shape of New Glenn, that does nothing. At all. Except maybe persuade gullible journalists that New Glenn is going to be a product.

[@TommoCarroll]

Space competition, bring it.

[@jukio02]

Damn, that is gonna be a big rocket.

[@thethirddimension8076]

Cool finally!

[@someRANDOMER90]

Starship is wider.... And that has flown 3 times. Jeff who?

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

And exploded 4 times! New Glenn will never explode! ( I hope )

[@vladimirfulo5369]

Haha. Yeah it wont coz it wouldnt even have a chance to fly.

[@thismonstrosity2137]

Glad for the update! It's rare to be updated when new glenn has been secretive

[@lievenpetersen]

I think I recognize these animations from the Sims

[@devindykstra]

I'm so glad we're getting an update on New Glenn. I can't wait to see another semi-reusable launch vehicle take flight.

[@seybertooth9282]

Yeah, would be nice to see something from BO actually flying.

[@vagnhenning]

Reminder: If your rocket is "bigger than anything that is flying today" then one may conclude that your rocket is not flying today.

[@jackwhitlock1]

Plus Starship is wider and has flown

[@ET_AYY_LMAO]

@@jackwhitlock1 Starship in a standalone sense isn't technically a space rocket though.

[@ET_AYY_LMAO]

@RGO HELPER leraar storing voor helpen ​ @Hernan Caseres well okay you are both right. And I actually think that starship on itself can reach if not LEO then a suborbital trajectory with an apoapsis above the karman line. So I guess it is a space vessel.

[@timoheinz2879]

@@ET_AYY_LMAO If Starship is fully fueled it has not enought TWR to lift itself, but if you would throw, let's say 3 more Sea level Raptors and 3 Vacuum Raptors, it should be able to get itself into orbit, but only without payload or intent of coming back

[@mauricegold9377]

@@jackwhitlock1 I'd also say Starship's use of aerodynamic surfaces are more akin to flying than that claimed dusty BO mockup, that will be broken up for scrap after it is dragged out into the sunlight eventually to 'prove' that BO are still relevant, and will fly real soon, honest.

[@kneekoo]

Faster, Blue Origin, or SLS will reach orbit before you do - and they're the poster child of slowness.

[@JerseyTom]

0:39 cool model, bro

[@farcasdotpng]

This thing will be big and I cannot wait to see it fly! Go Blue Origin!

[@LSF17]

Go SpaceX!

[@buckdanny9062]

@@LSF17 And go fuck yourself!

[@egamersmk771]

@@LSF17 its not #teamspacex, neither is it #teamblueorigin, its *#teamspace*

[@barrett2724]

@@buckdanny9062 I Can you say the same for you buddy

[@buckdanny9062]

@@barrett2724 If you have a space x pp your opinion doesnt count

[@QueenetBowie]

I’m hoping now that Bezos is stepping down from Amazon, he’ll devote way more time to BO and getting them to space

[@banpridev]

But it sucks that you have to think like that, i mean elon is running 4 completely different companies and they are all making progress very fast. So i have doubts that much will change to the extent we want it to.

[@stevescoffee8325]

@Proxima Centauri now we will have a real Elon vs Jeff boss battle.

[@keco185]

Blue Origin needs to inspire people. A company's success comes down to its employees and SpaceX is sucking up all the best talent because they're doing really cool and exciting things. By staying behind closed doors and doing things more methodically and slowly, they are going to have a hard time getting the talent they need to make progress. I have no doubt New Glenn will fly, but by the time it does, it might not be as competitive.

[@TomorrowisYesterday]

Uhhhh last I checked Jeff Who isn’t an engineer like my boy Elon

[@a1001ku]

@@TomorrowisYesterday I'm pretty sure he is.......

[@TULDSkySaac]

would love to work there someday!

[@mortenpetersen8888]

great ! really looking forward to the future new glenn launching :)

[@albing1397]

Bezos is building a shiny factory, Musk is building flying rockets in a field. Quite a contrast.

[@JayVal90]

That director of communications needs a bigger budget. Seriously, MORE VIDEOS BEZOS! I bought a ton of stuff on Amazon, now I want to watch you play with the money.

[@magicalmagicmagician5223]

Bezos doesn't do shit He just gives the wads of cash at their door and leave

[@stevescoffee8325]

@@magicalmagicmagician5223 well now that it is his top priority, I bet he will be putting a lot of time into it.

[@DC2022]

@@magicalmagicmagician5223 And I don't have problem with that. You have money, you hire talented and experienced people to get the job done.

[@MrMarco7259]

I hear crickets chirping.

[@JayPatel-ug1nh]

*But can you build it out in open in Texas heat!?* Nonthless It's good to see it. Keep updating regularly

[@jackbruh3397]

FINALLY

[@talkoftitusville]

Yes !!!! Would love to come get some pictures......

[@sethchyna]

well its not flying..... and holy shit that place is empty as shit, and imagine we are on the second stage casue you gotta use your imagination

[@venusiancreative1774]

I hope that New Glenn can succeed, but with its' first scheduled to launch in late 2022. It will be likely that SpaceX Starship will be putting payloads into orbit before that time.

[@1cipheradam]

Bigger than Anything flying today😏