New Glenn: The Road to Space

Debuting from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral, Florida in 2021, New Glenn will serve commercial, civil and national security customers from around the world. Featuring a 7 meter fairing with more than 2X the available volume of any rocket flying today and twin BE-3U engines powering the most capable upper stage in the market, New Glenn can launch the full range of satellite payloads. Seven reusable BE-4 engines generating 3.85 million pounds of thrust power the first stage designed to launch 25 times and land safely down range on a moving ship. New Glenn is beginning to take shape at our state-of-the-art rocket factory. Visit us at www.blueorigin.com to learn more.

[@ghostfox2473]

Amazon now introducing LEO 8 Minute delivery.

[@karrotop]

If they don't launch an amazon delivery van into space for their first launch I'll be disappointed

[@jleg500]

Thay have launched the same rocket 6 times already.

[@Henriburger1]

@@jleg500 Its an animation. This one doesn't fly until 2021.

[@dinostudios6579]

@@Henriburger1 No but they have already launched things into space.

[@jocularjohn9807]

then thats plain copying but yes it would be funny

[@kylegreener3777]

@@dinostudios6579 *suborbital and also not a big enough rocket for an amazon van

[@dwightk.schrute6743]

Even though I'm a bigger fan of SpaceX, I do have to admit this is a very aesthetically beautiful rocket.

[@zakquinn5420]

Is it tho? It's more or less a cylindrical tube visually

[@PunchAPeach]

@@zakquinn5420 But the wings, landing legs, the thicc engine cluster! Rockets can look really nice with the right details. The Falcon 9 Block 5 is noticeably sexier than the old v1.0 type. Or look at the recently retired Delta II, with that pretty aquamarine color, and an upper stage that is concealed inside of the booster stage. I love that thing.

[@CoRuPtStudios]

Animation... rocket animation is what you were looking for.

[@PunchAPeach]

@@CoRuPtStudios Why be pedantic? It's not animation for the sake of animation, this is what they're working on now.

[@CoRuPtStudios]

PunchAPeach. This is what we are considering pedantic? It’s an animation and that is a fact. Let’s see what they bring to the table in 2021 when they are hoping to have it done.

[@mmeiselph7234]

Interesting change on the legs.

[@Mr_Friendly_B]

I would rather say essential, the previous ones would habe been too unstable.

[@coreytaylor447]

its defiantly an improvement, but I got to say the old ones did look cooler

[@johnvalerian8440]

Weird the legs deployed before liftoff in this simulation.

[@cicadadefender]

@@johnvalerian8440 i think that was a function check

[@lukejagodzinski]

@Ubisoft Rebel The M Meiselph account is probably some fake one and it's from the Blue Origin. They've commented under their own video to point audience to this change. They've actually uploaded video 4 weeks ago but haven't published it until yesterday. That's how conspiracy theory is born :P. The other thing could be that this video was being shared internally in the company and someone just commented :)

[@EthTyler]

I feel like I've seen something very similar before

[@Nowhereman10]

Because it's New Shepard's big bro?

[@Intamin]

In the end, just like commercial aircraft all operate the same way, so will rockets. The best design wins and everyone else copies.

[@williamstephens9945]

@@Nowhereman10 No, because they're copying Spacex!

[@eliass8191]

@@williamstephens9945 There are huge differences between the falcon 9 or falcon heavy and the new glenn. You can't really say blue origin is copying space x because they use a 21st century way of space flight. And of course big companies look at other companies to optimize their products, so does space x. ( btw I don't prefer space x or blue origin)

[@VictorLima1]

@@williamstephens9945 blue origin had a patent for barge landing way before space x thought about that (2010). patents.google.com/patent/US8678321B2/en

[@Cscuile]

As both a Blue Origin and SpaceX fan, I welcome the age of cheaper rocket launches. EDIT: I hope they are not in it for the profit. Apparently they tried to patent rocket landings on boats.

[@fmunro123]

They tried to patent landing on a boat before they could do it. I hope they're in it for the right reasons. Space should be open source. The Wright brothers got lost in patents for alerons and slowed down the industry for years. Hope they get to space soon anyway tho.

[@spidermain]

@@fmunro123 good point. Jeff might be perusing space just for money, and not for the advancement of humanity. He patents too many things.

[@thethirdman225]

@@spidermain Musk is pursuing space for money too. His claims of advancement of humanity are nothing but spin.

[@spidermain]

@@thethirdman225 hahaha are you kidding me? He earned $180 million from PayPal and put half of that into SpaceX. Nearly lost all of it. He ever said if he wanted to earn money he could've founded another internet company or a financial company. You are either a communist or just utterly clueless.

[@thethirdman225]

@@spidermain Why am I a communist? Or was that just the most offensive thing you could think of? The funniest thing about Musketeers is how gullible they are.

[@partyboeller]

Falcon 9 Amazon Basics Edition coming to market in 2021.

[@agtshaw]

New glenn isnt supposed to compete with f9, its supposed to compete with fh

[@partyboeller]

In that case: Falcon Heavy Amazon Basic Edition coming to market in 2021 ;)@@agtshaw

[@PiDsPagePrototypes]

FH will probs get skipped with how much work is being done on BFR

[@radimmatousek3920]

SpaceX version 2.0

[@atla_]

@@PiDsPagePrototypes FH will only serve the customers that need this launch capability and cant wait for SuperHeavy+Starship. FH will certainly be retired soon after BFR flies.

[@user-yq6of4dy3m]

I can't understand why comments are fighting. We should wish all space company success. Remember all of us love space exploration.

[@alvingultom2802]

yep

[@13Nicob]

I dont care if this is the SpaceX way to reuse boosters, this proves that SpaceX did a great job with this technology and other should definitely use it as well so the market gets even bigger and better.

[@bradensmith8006]

13Nicob blow origin was actually first to land a booster (although not orbital) and come up with the concept of a drone ship landing and actually patented it

[@PunchAPeach]

This was Blue Origin's idea from inception, SpaceX is further along only because they chose to build expendable Falcon 9's, which brought in launch contracts much sooner. Musk doesn't have Bezos' fortune (I believe he was worth less than 10 Billion when Falcon 9 was born), so SpaceX needed to turn profits to pay for R&D into reusability.

[@phyrinx3740]

Landing boosters like that is not "SpaceX way". We managed to land boosters already decades ago vertically, but the gouverment stopped funding it after just one failure. The project was quite similar to the grasshopper project.

[@aelux4179]

Regardless of whether you want to call it the SpaceX way or not, SpaceX have shown its a good way to do it. For other companies to just ignore that and try to develop their own unique way would just be stupid and costly.

[@phyrinx3740]

@@aelux4179 Why? Looking for new ways instead of using the same method as always won't bring us forward. Now yes, there are certain fields where new ways aren't necessary, but in other fields there is. Hell, even Elon himself once said that there are better methods for reusing rockets and boosters, but our technology is simply advanced enough yet and require other things before that. Also you forgot the aspect of competition. Blue Origin does have for example different parts for steering than the Falcon 9 does, which can be considered better. Without competition, there would be no pressure and therefore no real advancement in technology. A company like SpaceX could just say "yeah, the Falcon 9 is the best humanity can do", while secretly hiding the truth about that, while making a shitloan of money. This is not some stupid conspiracy-crap, that's what companies would do if there was no competition. Stupid and costly? Important and necessary! Also "SpaceX way" didn't prove anything by now. The Falcon 9 loses very much of it's efficiency because it has to be reusable, to a maximum of 5 times (at least the Block 5 as far as I know, could be more tho). And even here, only the first stage is being recovered. It has to go through expensive measures to make it fly another time, land and go is not what's happening right now. The only way we will see if this is really that good in terms of money or not, will be when BFR is finally finished and did multiple reconveries with just one booster. I'm optimistic tho. Like I said, to further advance in space travel, there HAVE TO BE other companies competing and trying their own unique ways. If we allow a market monopole there to happen, it will only damage and slow down our future. Didn't mean to insult you in any way, but I'm sick and tired of reading all those wanna-be genius comments like "Jeff who?","Blue Origin sucks, we should only trust SpaceX", or even shitting on NASA without even knowing that without the help of NASAs technology, money and even staff, SpaceX would lack behind Blue Origin by a giant path. I don't know what happened in 2017, but since then the fandom has become so stupidly toxic and childish, I almost lost my entire interest I had in SpaceX, and I have talked with some people who felt the same way. It's turning away those who actually give a shit about rocketry and space travel, instead of sucking Elons dick. Fuck even I am toxic as hell now

[@bremdamiller3629]

I can't wait to see this thing go. 2021 seems like forever.

[@artjompr6664]

Well if you can’t wait, then go to SpaceX, they’re already up and running exactly these types of missions and can actually report on many successful booster recoveries already

[@SpainSpace]

Why your comment is "4 weeks ago" in a video from yesterday?

[@0thomas0thomas]

@@SpainSpace Maybe it was internal before the confidentiality was set to public

[@bremdamiller3629]

@@SpainSpace I wonder if they re uploaded it maybe because I watched this vid a long time ago. You are right it is weird.

[@RWBHere]

Less than 100 weeks to go until 2021...

[@KeyboardMoment]

So when it's launching? Starship's about to launch one or two months from now

[@kartikR11]

In all Blue origin video's comment section i see people talking about spacex , but I don't see the opposite.

[@dalel3608]

4+ years since posting this Blue, I really hope we see this thing fly in 2024, send ESCAPADES to Mars.

[@thejesuschrist]

Awesome!!!!!

[@jaykay4137]

Hey Jesus! Didn't know you were a fan of space travel.

[@kerbal1851]

Eh, SpaceX Is Still Better

[@Bosnia_BBRP]

Kerbal18 same im a fan of SpaceX but I gotta admit the design of this rocket looks better than the falcon 9

[@JDHunterG]

@@Bosnia_BBRP cant wait until the super heavy

[@Bosnia_BBRP]

@@JDHunterG true it’s bloody awesome

[@tiagomendes6767]

Hey you guys need to change the description. The debut launch is now on 2023

[@snakevenom4954]

About that...

[@HFilip11]

BO: Can I copy your homework? SpaceX: Sure, but make sure to change it a little. BO:

[@thethirdman225]

Blue Origin did it first and even tried to patent it. What were you saying about cribbing?

[@eve_avery]

@@thethirdman225 BO hasn't done reusable orbital vehicles.

[@thethirdman225]

@@eve_avery So what? They've done all the hard bits.

[@eve_avery]

@@thethirdman225 You said BO "did it first". That was incorrect. Hard bits?

[@thethirdman225]

@@eve_avery They did the reusable bit first. That's the hard bit if you know anything about rocketry.

[@cellery576]

I suspect Everyday Austronaut to be down here in the comments

[@colossus1459]

Im still looking....

[@Mexican_Robobot42]

So uhhhh, when is this going to fly for real?! It’s been four years :|

[@leocollalto]

And another 11 months has passed by hahaha

[@Mexican_Robobot42]

@@leocollalto I forgot I even made this comment XD

[@leocollalto]

@@Mexican_Robobot42 I don't blame you 🤣

[@gslTM]

We've got a cryo test. Nothing else though

[@SCE-ce9mh]

Yo, we changed the LOGO and the Landing Legs, let's do a new video Anyway, glad that they are updating how the rocket will look

[@lazarus2691]

The second stage and fairings have also changed significantly.

[@marvinkitfox3386]

In only two years, they have changed the landing legs, the second stage motor, the fairing and the logo. Not only that, they have replaced the square-tube construction of the erector to a round-tube design! . All just in cgi, of course.

[@AmbientMorality]

@@marvinkitfox3386 That seems like a good sign. Constantly changing designs like SpaceX doesn't show much confidence. The third stage design work can now be applied to the second stage, so nothing major there (no tooling changes). The fairing looks different and the logo looks different. That's minor.

[@PunchAPeach]

They also added more thermal protection to the aeroshell that surrounds the engine cluster.

[@ExpressiveBeats]

it looked better before this just looks like the f9s

[@NeonVisual]

If you ask Elon nicely he will let you launch your rocket from inside Starship's cargo bay.

[@byzantineboyz1292]

Dam you killed him dude!

[@mijjaing5548]

best comment ever!!!! Thanks!

[@howboutna9023]

Damn, you had to do him that hard?

[@byzantineboyz1292]

I think that starship is not gonna fit 100 people in it

[@howboutna9023]

@@byzantineboyz1292 racist

[@Yeah.316]

Ok by the time this launches humanity will be in proxima centauri But you gatto admit look pretty cool and always good for us space nerds

[@NewMediaFormat]

Looking Good Blue Origin !

[@paulrobb51]

Great animators !

[@mcdanieldecena9426]

^^^^ roasted and toasted

[@kevinisawake]

SAME TIME THE FALCON HEAVY & BFR will be flying constant in 2021. LOVING the competition. Bring it BLUE ORIGIN. Those are COOL legs - fast recovery.

[@nolimitsouldier09]

Kevin CCIE hahahaha, with how much falcon heavy was delayed? BFR won’t even be finished until mid 2020s A lot of the people commenting have never worked in aerospace engineering or space flight vehicles or have an understanding of the rigorous flight certification processes.

[@kerbal1851]

​@@nolimitsouldier09 The star hopper is finished, Starship so prototype is gonna be build in June-July, super heavy will be finished in 2020, with Starship being done in 2021 or even late 2020, orbital flights in 2021 and early 2022, and a crewed mission to flyby the moon in July 2022, in late 2022, two unmanned missions to mars to look for water and landing sights, if all goes well in those missions 2024 crewed mars missions

[@PotaeDESU]

​@nolimitsouldier09 it's 2023 where's blue origin's new glenn 😂

[@destroyergameryt1028]

The decades will take for first flight of new glenn.

[@jcsilva5695]

Well. We're waiting!!

[@1231legomaniac]

J CS rocket launch is in 2021

[@christophermichaelson9050]

@@1231legomaniac he's referencing a famous movie line/scene.

[@mactek6033]

Keep waiting.

[@thethirdman225]

@Frank Castle Not facts at all.

[@thethirdman225]

@Frank Castle So what? SpaceX have had a few things they couldn't deliver on too.

[@TheGargalon]

Jeff who?

[@Neofist123]

"My name is Jeff"

[@kitoates]

Goldblumm

[@djosephwalsh]

NDD isn’t he that suborbital bookseller?

[@aron349]

😂

[@RWBHere]

The Jeff with the _Scary Eyes…_

[@nick_pappagiorgio]

Blue Origin should have a merchandise store. I'd buy shirts, patches, etc.

[@coreytaylor447]

my sister belongs to the "spaceX masterrace", I would love to buy a few of the shirts and patches just to mess with her

[@tomparmenter8665]

They will, just give them another 10 years and they'll be ready to sell merch!

[@MikeM8891]

Yes, and the merchandise better have Prime shipping.

[@tomparmenter8665]

@@MikeM8891 delivered from orbit no less!

[@rock3tcatU233]

I would love some BO panties!

[@jeffvader811]

I'm looking forward to seeing this fly! More competition between private companies is what drives development, lets hope we see more competitors soon!

[@kayrosis5523]

This new Space Race is just awesome! I can't wait to see them continue to outdo each other!

[@shortywiese]

I know their moto, step by step ferociously, but damn I cant wait to see something other than another rendering.

[@satyam0303]

I can’t wait for New Glenn and New Armstrong. Awesome Blue Origin!

[@kirkc9643]

Sequels to the cartoon we just watched?

[@satyam0303]

Kirk Claybrook pretty much, but in real life.

[@McDonnellDouglasMD11a183]

Falcon 9 vs New Glenn

[@RandomUser311]

Good luck. Can't wait to see the next generation of launchers from new space.

[@korneliuseg]

Please show something real from this rocket. A little bit tired of 3D animation of future plans.

[@117odstHalo]

Дмитрий Балов they have shown off there BE4 engine test firing multiple times, and the engine is pretty much the most important part in any rocket

[@marvinkitfox3386]

@@117odstHaloAnd it DOES NOT WORK YET. Yes, they are designing good stuff.. But like their flying dildo, by the time they actually get around to building, testing and using it operationally, it will be absolutely obsolete. Slow and Steady may be safe, but it's no good if it takes you so long to bring it to life that the competition is already working on the replacement for the device that made yours obsolete, before you fly your the first time.

[@117odstHalo]

@@marvinkitfox3386 Im not sure how you have come to that conclusion on it not working when it clearly does, they have test fired it at full thrust for the duration of a flight. Yes its not on a flying rocket but it WORKS! Plus how will it become obsolete the rocket produces 2.4 millon newtons of thrust which is twice as much as the merlin on FH and on F9 and it will be reusable upto 100 times.

[@RWBHere]

One thought: Is New Shepard a prototype for the second stage design of New Glenn? One would think so, because that would make good economic sense, whilst waving the carrot of low-cost passenger flights past the Karmann Line.

[@marvinkitfox3386]

@@RWBHere New Shepard is no more a prototype for NewGlenn second stage, than a Model-t ford was a prototype for Concorde

[@MrAzazel666]

Can't wait to see it launch! It's gonna be a thing of beauty.

[@NikitaWolf1776]

Now this actually looks promising. It looks like real time, effort and care is being put into the development of this rocket. Now that is the kind of thinking I can respect.

[@giganetom]

Some interesting new details on the landing legs :)

[@hipreplacer7]

Even though I have more interest in SpaceX's plans I am still very interested in the new glenn. Especially with blue origin's history of reusability

[@snuffeldjuret]

same here. It is just boring to be interested in New Glenn. Not much news to follow :P.

[@MrAlexRadic]

that ship landing is going to be beautiful!!

[@user-sq5ry9it3b]

I love this

[@draymer72]

No re-entry burn?

[@brianhabing5076]

Wings and fins allow for a more shallow re-entry. A shallow (low angle) re-entry results in less intense heating over a longer time. This means they don't have to do a re-entry burn to slow down to keep from heating up too quickly.

[@thomaslinz8528]

Brian, not sure about that. A to shallow re-entry was already a space shuttle issue. I think, the re-entry burn is just missing in that video.

[@draymer72]

Brian Habing the re-entry burn does more than slow it down... it also creates a subsonic flow region around the booster that decreases aerodynamic loads, pressure, and heating. It pretty much was one of the missing pieces in getting F9 boosters back in decent condition. I would be skeptical of BONG coming back even on shallow entry. Even the shuttle has to do S turns to burn off that speed & heating and it was TPS’d to the gills.

[@Mr_Friendly_B]

@@thomaslinz8528 BO always said that they don't intend to do a reentry burn. And the speed of the first stage will be far less than the speed of the shuttle.

[@leeswecho]

@@draymer72 Shuttle re-entered from orbit, whereas NG booster will be coming back from MECO/Sep, substantially below that.

[@eliasgallegos3058]

Can’t wait to see it fly...

[@MariusRenn]

Wow, great to see the reusable rocket space heating up! What a time to be alive!

[@shenzh0u]

New Glenn looks so good! Can't wait for the maiden flight in 2021!

[@ironcheater1012]

yeah... about that

[@PotaeDESU]

Lmao😂

[@mattbarr2321]

Can't wait to see this monster of a rocket launch! Mars colony in my lifetime please and thanks! Great work Blue Origin!!!!

[@alexn8219]

By the time this first launches spacex will most likely have completed the first BFR test launch and mars colony missions by 2024 i think

[@Star-Man]

alexn310 Starship will definitely be finished before New Glenn, no hate intended btw. Starship is just further on in development, with SN4 passing the cyro test yesterday meaning we’ll have a 150m hop soon and SN5 will see 3 raptors fitted to the prototype. What I love about SpaceX is how transparent they are, if something fails they’ll say it, Blue Origin is a bit more private (nothing wrong with that) but it just makes it harder to follow the news.

[@mattbarr2321]

@@Star-Man I love SpaceX too, wish the best for both companies

[@eve_avery]

They aren't really doing much for mars(yet).

[@jocularjohn9807]

id think theyre planning taking it to mars so i think you should be looking at space x like me

[@dragos5640]

More like "New Glenn: Catching up"

[@MayuriK_it]

Nice, finally new info of New Glenn. Can't wait 2021!

[@theastronerd4090]

Can’t wait to see New Glenn flying!

[@Antares2]

When are you making the "New Cochrane" ... with warp drive?

[@rektangel333]

jeff who?

[@ansh6370]

Jeff Goldblum.

[@vijeshkumar692]

Jeff mama

[@ammarzidan4799]

jeff doodledo

[@jxla3515]

Beff jezos

[@YaItxSmoothy]

@@jxla3515 seff bezoj

[@silkyz68]

Sweet! I especially like the idea of a landing ship that is in the trajectory path, and not require the stage to 180° and fly back to the launch site

[@MrShoorf]

Yeah, that's exactly what SpaceX did. I mean Just Read the Instructions.

[@johntheux9238]

+Silky Z By doing that you save fuel so you need less thrust for the same payload so the engines will cost less. But at the same time if you reused 1000x the engines it's better to make a slightly bigger rocket but a rocket that can be reused in under 24h The Be-4 is "only" designed to be reused 40 times, that explain the lack of boostback.

[@tixx7492]

Now THIS is Epic Music, Engine Sound and Announcer voice together = bae

[@Drumsgoon]

Very cool, hope to see New Shepard soon!

[@1231legomaniac]

Drumsgoon new glenn* new Shepard was last gen

[@Drumsgoon]

@@1231legomaniac it is the smaller rocket that has not even flow to space yet

[@1231legomaniac]

Drumsgoon if you look up new Shepard on google you’ll see it right there on a landing pad

[@theuncalledfor]

@@Drumsgoon If by space you mean orbit, then I hate to break it to you but New Shepard was intentionally designed to be unable to reach that, ever. If you mean the Karman Line, then I think you're wrong. AFAIK, they did unmanned test launches into suborbital trajectories with apoapses above the Karman Line.

[@Drumsgoon]

I know it is suborbital only, but thought it had only tested to lower heights. At least it is not yet operational, the first paying customers have not flown yet. They will this year.

[@erikengheim1106]

Despite being a huge SpaceX fan, I cannot help but thinking Blue Origin rockets look much cooler. Interesting change to the landing legs. Anyone have any info of what the benefits are?

[@anthonydomanico8274]

Get a merchandise store! Go Blue!

[@suryamani1235]

Very interesting! New fairings, landing legs, different second stage engine configuration? Very nice!

[@snuffeldjuret]

would be cool to hear a motivation from them on this design change.

[@michaczajka3854]

-Space X release StarHopper prototype -Blue Origin release New Glenn animation 1:0 Go on guyes!

[@goldenlink10]

🤣

[@jack5exe312]

space isn't about promoting races

[@michaczajka3854]

​@@jack5exe312 Why not? I think if we will develop space industry market it will be race of competition which leads to upgrowth of our borders. Same as trans atlantic ships, that were races... Are you happy with what it gave us? I am

[@jack5exe312]

@@michaczajka3854 ship races are completely different, racing to complete a rocket is basically rushing yourself on a test, its done fast but errors are made. Putting a man on a partially tested rocket could mean deaths. Also even without a race the companies are innovating, rushing is no the key

[@michaczajka3854]

@@jack5exe312 Alright about safty errors you are right. Yet i mean that companies have to improve themselvs more and more to be better than another also in safty. And I hope no one is so stupid to rush project underestaminating security systems.

[@likhiiiii]

Woah!! That’s two engines on the upper stage...Need more info on that..😁🤟🏽

[@Trex531]

Can’t wait to see New Glenn fly! 👏👍

[@atlasenergy6804]

can't wait and congratulations on 100K Subs

[@butterydawg5135]

work overdrive give up trying to stop spacex and focus on the grind you have right now until it works

[@jeremycastro8223]

So pretty much the same rendering we saw before but with new legs and higher resolution...

[@yennarni2709]

Let’s go Blue Origin !🚀💙🛰 P.S. I am from Russia, don’t give up ! Cooperate with SpaceX or use them technologyes, if too hard ! Pls don’t stop ur work ! MORE SPACE COMPANIES - FASTER WE LAND ON MARS !!! 🚀

[@mediumpimpn]

Just a few more animations & you got it!

[@chickenpermission]

Hopefully we'll get awesome shows from these launches as we do from spaceX

[@MPHammer]

That awkward moment when you've been preparing for years to have the most powerful rocket on the market, but along rolls Elon Musk, and, quite literally, fucks everything up.

[@AirborneVisualsNL]

Even tho I'm a HUGE SpaceX fan and actually a bit obsessed with them, I must admit, I love this spacerace! Now atleast we know we'll get progress, I mean this competition is normal, ofcourse there isn't gonna be only 1 company flying consumers to space. Imagine there only being 1 airlines company

[@morbus5726]

this aged well

[@NikitaWolf1776]

Now this is a design that I can respect!

[@Skirbiy]

You can't LMFAO, its literally a copy of the starship, just white and like a few more unnecessary features.

[@sinecosine7493]

I find it interesting there is no re-entry burn shown in the video. Even Falcon 9 has to do that for an RTLS. But shown here is a full ASDS like landing, which means the booster is traveling much faster as it’s on a ballistic trajectory. Maybe it’s just for the marketing bluff though.

[@RoshanPKoshyOE8]

No. It's ballistic. The first step is always hard. I m sure they will try and learn.

[@David-hx4gw]

Not doing a re-entry burn saves fuel and might allow them to advertise a higher payload capacity to orbit. Perhaps on the first test flight they will try this and if it fails they may resort to taking the performance hit and require a re-entry burn.

[@sinecosine7493]

David Manning I don’t really see any heat protection on New Glenn, most areas where there will be a lot of heat is white like Block 4 F9. A re-entry burn is required, the heat and aerodynamic stresses are too much.

[@sinecosine7493]

David Manning Also look on a block 4 Falcon 9. On their aluminum gridfins, you can see that they can be in extremely bad shape. Plus, not doing one also makes the landing burn much more risky. It won’t be able to glide as well in the atmosphere while smashing through the atmosphere meaning that it would not be able to make course corrections as well. Falcon 9, being much slower can move without too much stress and that allows for it to divert if an issue arises. CRS-16 for example.

[@glenblank2355]

@@sinecosine7493 The New Glenn uses its strakes (those big fin-like things near the base) to provide lift that makes the New Glenn's re-entry far more gradual, resulting in far less heating. It does a "boostback" burn to null out most of the downrange velocity, then uses the strakes to provide a lofted, gradual low-heat entry profile. Its entry should be a lot gentler than an F9. So, no, no re-entry burn should be needed.

[@Edwinoo]

This is the falcon 9 but with alot of blue

[@andrewparker318]

0:21 Satisfaction at its finest

[@TheRuz123]

Cant wait for this. More rocket launches and landing the more awesome moments we get to witness, how fucking awesome is that. We are literally the first people to see these kinds of craziness. History is being made.

[@user-qf7nh3bm5f]

Браво!

[@softwaretech1527]

I like blue origin but hate its owner. Can anyone explain the reason??

[@stratosphere0038]

Because Blue Origin is developing innovative and reusable rockets, but the owner is doing it only for money :|

[@softwaretech1527]

@@stratosphere0038 Close but ~$ command not found

[@petermaree]

Question.....why dont you put the second stage engines into orbit track to use as a buildup to a bigger rocket for moon or mars... like a cluster design rocket or booster engines....i know fuel is an issue but even what is left in them can be used as reservoir.... just an idea.

[@andrewparker318]

I’m beginning to think that Blue Origin spent more on that smoke simulation than they have on the actual rocket

[@johnleicester3812]

beautiful cartoon

[@kerbal1851]

XD

[@YaItxSmoothy]

Lol toxic spacex community

[@VlekSoT]

God speed, New Glenn. Heh, that's a nice touch.

[@angusgrier5677]

This an amazing new idea

[@enriqueayala8252]

Amazon Prime shipping now with Blue Origin! (Delivery to anywhere in the world within 30 min upon processing.) Seriously though, great job guys! We could use always more aerospace companies developing new technologies. I'm very excited for Blue.

[@summerpropulsion]

Btw the Starship will land its booster back to its original launch site.

[@thethirdman225]

Starship is a concept at the moment. It does not exist. All the engineering for New Glen is done and the concepts have been proved in New Shepard.

[@jeffvader811]

@@thethirdman225 Neither New Glenn or Starship are entirely conceptual, hardware (engines, test vehicles, landing barges, etc) have been / are being built for both.

[@thethirdman225]

@@jeffvader811 New Glenn is already in train. The construction shed has been build and the support infrastructure, like the water tower is already under construction. New Glenn is a lot further down the track than Starship. The difference is that we don't get a lot of information from Blue Origin about what they're doing, compared with blizzards of Tweets from Musk.

[@jeffvader811]

@@thethirdman225 Yeah, I'd say New Glenn is probably about a year or two closer to orbit than Starship. Still, I don't think it's fair to call either vehicles conceptual.

[@thethirdman225]

@@jeffvader811 I have never heard a description of what Starship's mission is. That's what bugs me. To me it's a solution looking for a problem. Jeff Vader? Can I get your autograph?

[@mihaelpanjkrc7870]

What a great idea to land on droneship!

[@kerbal1851]

Nobody Has Ever Had That Idea Before So Original!!!!!11

[@BUDDY-6861]

I dont know if u noticed but blue origin patented that idea before spacex did...

[@aelux4179]

What happens to the second stage after payload deployment? Does it get sent to burn up in atmosphere, left as space junk or are you attempting recovery?

[@xa-xii4865]

Why is it that Blue Origin are NEVER mentioned ANYWHERE? SpaceX and NASA have their fair share of mentioning on the media but Blue Origin are rarely ever mentioned on the media.

[@starwarsweexplain6380]

Well considering that Spacex and NASA are actually doing space related news worthy things, while BO are still dicking around with a mostly useless sub-orbital rocket. I believe that this might be a satisfactory answer to your question.

[@tylerleblanc520]

I'm so excited to see new Glenn liftoff. But I am concerned about them having crew on the boat where the booster will land, look how often SpaceX Fails a landing.

[@kiwifruit9997]

If the booster crashes on a boat and people get hurt I wonder how BO would respond to that

[@jonathandezoete9113]

Yo, B.O., I'm really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but I just got to say Falcon is one of the best rockets there is!

[@TheRedbeardpirate]

Does this mean that they’ve done away with the smaller fairing on the two stage version? Is there still a thee stage.

[@iMeatbag]

Love it! But I'm curious as to why the wings on the booster stage. I understand the guidance fins at the top but the wings down either side of the booster just look like they'd cause unnecessary drag and be unnecessary weight.

[@expatxile]

First flight delayed by end of 2022

[@JLS_999]

Space X really building something (Starship Hopper)..and Blue Origin animating..

[@thethirdman225]

@Frank Castle SpaceX is building flying rubbish bins in Uncle Elmer's barnyard in Boca Chica, one of which blew up the other day. Blue Origin is building New Glenn in a huge building in Texas and will launch it either in 2020 or 2021. Starship is a long, long way off and doesn't even have a mission. Both have proven their engineering for landing and reusing their hardware; SpaceX with Falcon 9 and Blue Origin with New Shepard.

[@thethirdman225]

@Frank Castle Both have flown to space. New Shepard has crossed the Karman Line.

[@thethirdman225]

Frank Castle Not recognised? The Karman line is 100 kilometres. That’s a metric measurement. Do you read this stuff before you post? “Real space”... this stuff is totally wasted on you, isn’t it?😂😂😂

[@thethirdman225]

Frank Castle it’s a metric measurement!!

[@thethirdman225]

Frank Castle Furthermore, it is recognised by the Federation Aeronatique Internationale, which is based in France. Don’t you research anything?

[@MrMaelstrom07]

That first stage landing wasn't via hoverslam. Does that mean the thrust of one engine is less than the near empty weight of the first stage?

[@Michael_Scott_Howard]

One hell of a hobby Jeff.. 👍👍

[@thedavinciedits2530]

If it succeeds Jeff Bezos:"Hi Musk😜" Musk:"Hi copycat😒"

[@powerfulduck]

Haha so funny 😐

[@CassioExtremo]

Where is the engines?👀👀

[@tutorials1978]

Being built, and 2 flight ready engine are being mounted onto the Vulcan rocket for its first test flights in a few weeks from now

[@andersonwu4304]

Love me some space competition!

[@stjabraham]

What happen to the "silver lipstick" upper-stage of the previous animation?? That looked cool

[@SethGibbens]

*elon musk has entered the chat*

[@prashanthcm3333]

Jeff Brazos left the chat

[@oferkrupka]

@@prashanthcm3333 Jeff who?

[@CentralAerospace]

@@oferkrupka brazos

[@theanalymous]

Didn't know Blue Origin was a SpaceX simulator..

[@PunchAPeach]

They actually came before SpaceX, but their R&D mentality is much more patient, which is why SpaceX got to orbit first.

[@williamgreene4834]

@@PunchAPeach When they launch to space and land a booster on a ship without crashing I'll agree with you. Patience is not always a virtue.

[@varun2250]

I believe the word you are looking for is 'emulator'. But no, SpaceX was not the first one to land an experimental booster. But credit should be given to spaceX for landing an operational one, though!

[@aoistera]

@@PunchAPeach r/woooosh

[@PunchAPeach]

@@williamgreene4834 They did, that's partly why the New Shepard booster always decerates off-center from the landing pad as it comes to a hover. The software controls and sensor equipment that allow it to translate to the center of the pad is probably, more or less, the same as will be used on New Glenn. It doesn't really maller if the landing pad is stationary or in motion, wind shear has to be accounted for anyway. I think the idea is that a windy stationary pad is no different than a ship in motion. Blue Origin's boosters retain more propellant for landings than Falcon 9's do, for improved control during landing.

[@jakesmith9987]

Looks good, can't wait!

[@Blarnix]

Gotta love Sci-Fi!