The Architect of New Shepard

Gary Lai will fly to space in the vehicle he spent his career designing and building.

[@dr4d1s]

I wonder if this is the first time that an engineer that designed a rocket is getting to ride it to space? Congratulations Gary, you definitely deserve this!

[@Nowhereman10]

Gary is launching on both a rocket (the PM booster) and spacecraft (the capsule) that he himself helped to design which is probably a first since the only other example I know of is the late Konstantin Feoktistov who, while not responsible for the R-7 rocket, was responsible for designing the Voskhod spacecraft that he flew in.

[@dr4d1s]

@@Nowhereman10 I kind of thought that was the case. Thank you for confirming for me. I am going to have to look into Konstantin Feoktistov. I have never come across him in my travels through space history. Thanks for letting me know about him. Have a good one.

[@wesleyhale4472]

Very inspirational for all of us aspiring aerospace engineers to realize that the future is one where we may get recognized for our achievements by getting to ride on the vehicle we worked to develop. Congrats!

[@B0tch0]

It's a cheap way to recognize someone's accomplishments while showing off. The company would have preferred advertising a big Hollywood starts instead, for a $250000 bookings. It's a PR stunt for recruiting...

[@RogerM88]

@@B0tch0 at least Blue Origin recognizes and promotes their Staff work, while in SpaceX, Musk seems to get all the attention and credit for the Team work.

[@md.mohaiminulislam9618]

@@RogerM88 if you live on the internet , that's what you're hearing

[@mg6192]

Out of all the engineers who worked on the project, he's the only one that gets to ride in it. I would say that's a really low probability.

[@sjay4673]

A big congratulations, Gary Lai! We'll all be cheering you on. You deserve this!

[@bblod4896]

Safe journey aboard your creation.

[@StMyles]

Clear Skies and Happy Landing.

[@StingerNSW]

Your the man Gary, hope your flight was everything you ever dreamt of 👍

[@mralekito]

Fair play to you. You stuck with it and finally got see your rocket getting to space - and be on it.

[@Pottery4Life]

Best wishes.

[@tgn2502]

I Wonder what he was watching while coming up with that shape

[@flyhighxia3235]

This is so cool that Gary lai is The designer of new Shepherd! He is literally going to space on his own rocket that he designed!!!

[@slyphendrivevlog8765]

Godspeed gary!

[@petersampson5202]

GOD BLESS YOU GARY. I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU AND VERY HAPPY FOR YOU. I HOPE ALL OF YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE MY FRIEND. I HOPE YOU HAD THE BEST AND HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. GOD BLESS EVERYONE AT BLUE ORIGIN. I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU AND VERY HAPPY FOR YOU. I HOPE ALL OF YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE MY FRIENDS. I HOPE YOU HAD THE BEST AND HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. I LOVE BLUE ORIGIN. 🙏 GOD BLESS YOU JEFF. I AM VERY PROUD OF YOU AND VERY HAPPY FOR YOU. I HOPE ALL OF YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE MY FRIEND. I HOPE YOU HAD THE BEST AND HAPPIEST CHRISTMAS OF YOUR ENTIRE LIFE. I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL. I ABSOLUTELY FEEL LIKE CRYING. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN A MIRACLE AND FAR BEYOND MY WILDEST DREAMS. I LOVE YOU JEFF AND I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL AND THANKFUL. I FEEL LIKE CRYING! I ABSOLUTELY FEEL LIKE CRYING! I HAVE NEVER EVEN DREAMT OF ANYTHING CLOSE TO THIS MAGNIFICENT HAPPENING TO ME AND I WANT EVERYTHING TO COME TRUE WITH ALL OF MY HEART! I WILL BREAK DOWN AND CRY! I ABSOLUTELY LOVE MR. ESPARZA AND ALL OF MY BEAUTIFUL FRIENDS AND I TRULY AND SINCERELY CANNOT THANK GOD ENOUGH. THANK YOU SO VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY MUCH JEFF. 🙏🎁🌲🎅🙏

[@summerbeemeadow]

You just keep on capitalizing every word. It makes taking your comment seriously so much more likely.

[@soumyojitpal3399]

Geez dude calm down

[@LSF17]

Jeff who?

[@caseykaplan5168]

This is very wonderful for blue origin, because 5 paying customers and 1 employee are flying to space.

[@ARDiesel]

You haven't done anything yet but develop a $250,000 amusement park ride ticket.

[@Kim_Jong_Un1254]

Jeffy Studios proudly presents:

[@EyeBDaMD]

This is what space exploration is about. Godspeed Blue!

[@matthewpeck4016]

Blue Origin aren't exploring space. They're building short-duration rollercoasters.

[@KsNewSpace]

@@matthewpeck4016 99.999% of the people who have ever worked in the space industry have never been in space themselves let alone orbit. They are still space explorers in my opinion. New Shepard gives those people a real chance to get up there even if it only is a brief moment. Also: Don't judge new Shepard by what it does today, think ahead and imagine what it could lead to in the future. You have to start somewhere.

[@Nowhereman10]

@@matthewpeck4016 New Shepard, even though it only flies to suborbital space can be used to carry and has carried experiments to space and back.

[@EyeBDaMD]

@@matthewpeck4016 come on Matt! I'm sure you'd say the Wright Bros. We're only gliding, not flying, right?

[@EyeBDaMD]

@@KsNewSpace thank you! The expansion of access, even at the suborbital level is pioneering.

[@josealbertogutierreznavas9036]

👍👍👍👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@34.cat22]

Not on LEO yet. C'mon

[@Lumineer_Cars]

Wow cool

[@replica1052]

(every mars garage will have an orbital rocket)

[@petitpoucet100]

WHERE ARE MY ENGINES JEFF !?

[@Nowhereman10]

Did you order engines from Blue Origin?

[@LSF17]

JEFF WHO??

[@TheMarcusGomez]

Cool Free? Or did he pay?

[@level-rebel5978]

I also designed a rocket, but smaller than this one!🤫

[@charlech]

Guy sounds like Jordan Peterson lol

[@jerichom11x]

How many more videos of marketing guff are we going to see before any real new hardware or something that hasn't already been done in the 60s?

[@Michael-sg7nf]

Bezo's flying Osiris phallus, just like every Amazon package you get with curved circumcised phallus viewed from underside stamped on the sides of boxes.

[@wysochunky2110]

Do a be4 update

[@DTHRocket]

That would require they actually do some work on BE-4

[@Nowhereman10]

@@DTHRocket They are. They're now firing the dev engines 3 times a week and the first two production flight engines are nearly complete up at Kent. Huntsville for a year was supply BE-4 parts to Kent to get them on track but is now focusing on building their first sets of production engines.

[@summerbeemeadow]

@@Nowhereman10 U huh. Still waiting for BO to fulfil its contract for engines. They've been "testing" them for years, but can't master them or produce them. ULA will believe them when they see them, and they have flown successfully. Gullibility does not create reality, no matter how often repeated.

[@_mikolaj_]

They already did BE-4 update several weeks ago

[@doodooswirl]

He was very inspired by what he found under his wife’s pillow.

[@RogerM88]

Wonder why in SpaceX the Engineering Teams doesn't have the same highlight time as Blue Origin do to their Staff. While their CEO gets all the credit while playing nonsense on Twitter.

[@LSF17]

Because SpaceX wants to make Blue Origin feel special and unique! In reality though… their far from it

[@terrestrialcreature7481]

Since they have actual results they dont spend time on these marketing videos. Watch some Elon interviews at Starbase (none published by SpaceX) and youll see that every once in a while he appears with a couple engineers to expand on what he misses.

[@cezaram.m.h2o535]

💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌💌

[@thedarkside13]

*"Roses are red, violets are blue, It's 2022 and I'm still waiting for my engines though."* ~Tory Bruno

[@JayJayAviation]

😂

[@sexy42069]

Roses are Red, violets are blue, the is sad but true ~Saryus

[@TheSpaceflightGuy]

Roses are red, violets are blue, i ordered my engines 3 years ago and its 2022

[@ankitkawale9748]

Roses are red, where tf are my engines blue

[@RogerM88]

Starship didn't even flown orbital yet, plus not even a final prototype been build yet. Not a surprise if Vulcan Centaur be ready for commercial flights first.

[@dailyrandomjokes9141]

Buddy must of had some “outside influence” during the design process

[@LSF17]

LOL

[@dailyrandomjokes9141]

@@LSF17 hey! I’ve seen ur vids!

[@LSF17]

@@dailyrandomjokes9141 hey wow really? lol

[@dailyrandomjokes9141]

@@LSF17 yeah lol, I literally watched ur SFS Soviet moon landing video yesterday 😂

[@CochinKerala]

I'm sure my grandchildren will get to see Blue Origin finally get into orbit. Till then we have some great promo videos to watch. 😄👍

[@Nowhereman10]

What, are you a rat?

[@theKam0087]

haha pp rocket

[@jerichom11x]

Why even talk about exploration? 100km directly up is not exploring. If you think the edge of "space" is great, imagine what actual ORBIT would be like.

[@LSF17]

Yeah going up and down is nothing to be excited about. But hey… it’s always incredible to watch

[@TinyHouseHomestead]

When are you guys gonna build a fully reusable vehicle? I mean I get it this one is to learn how to do orbital, but for sub-orbital we want a turn and burn vehicle for PTP! 🤐😲🙃🤪😝

[@Nowhereman10]

New Shepard IS a fully reusable vehicle. The capsule and booster both land, get recovered, and then refurbished. New Shepard 4, the vehicle that Gary Lai is going to fly on, has already flown five consecutive times now.

[@TinyHouseHomestead]

@@Nowhereman10 Baaaaaaaannnn, nope that is NOT FULLY reusable, unless it can be turn like a jetliner, you are just trying to snow me dude! 🤣🙃🤪

[@Nowhereman10]

@@TinyHouseHomestead That's no definition that I know of as a requirement for defining reuse. Even Starship/SuperHeavy won't be capable of that.

[@TinyHouseHomestead]

@@Nowhereman10 you said it yourself, NS is "REFURBISHABLE" not reusable. What is U ignant! 🤣🤪🥸😆😁 Thanks for playin, next! 😁

[@Nowhereman10]

​@@TinyHouseHomestead You're pretty ignorant, actually. Even aircraft have to undergo checks and some minor refurbishment. They aren't pulling engines or doing anything like that with New Shepard. There's mostly inspections involved and some minor replacement of expended items. So, most of everything on New Shepard vehicles flies again the next mission. And by your "definition", SpaceX's Falcon 9 boosters aren't reusable nor will Starship and SuperHeavy be.

[@aFRANK.]

Jeff Is like real life Dr evil with the shape of his rocket and his bald head

[@LSF17]

YES!!

[@JerrSpud]

more videos > more BE-4s

[@sexy42069]

Have does it feel to be still Stuck at suporbital?

[@KsNewSpace]

Don't you know the answer? We are all stuck suborbital.

[@_mikolaj_]

@@KsNewSpace actually we are all stuck grounded

[@summerbeemeadow]

Congratulations on your good work, Gary Lai. BUT - The commercial space industry years ago moved well beyond New Shepard. Blue Origin has yet to progress beyond this small, suborbital flight-for-profit project. New Shepard and B.O.'s first effort, the hydrogen peroxide thrusters powered New Armstrong controlled landing demonstrator of years ago, are the only flight hardware B.O. has built. All else are broken contractual promises and paper vaporware for PR, only. B.O.'s inability to perform and their demonstrated willingness to sue NASA if they are not selected for programs - and thereby set America's space program back by at least 6 months - are clear reasons not to allow Blue Origin to participate in future program selection processes, at least until they have developed a good record of delivering as contracted (ULA) and have developed new, reliable vehicles on their own. Bezos is obviously in it for Bezos, country and ULA be damned. This condition must have consequences.

[@_mikolaj_]

Honestly, i think suborbital tourist market had bigger demand than orbital tourist market, for simple reason. Its cheaper and takes less time, so more millionares can afford it.

[@johnvonludd1738]

meh

[@lasersbee]

Just a very expensive Up and Down Amusement Park Ride...IMO

[@KsNewSpace]

There are many space haters who say exactly the same about all space. You're not an inch better than them..

[@summerbeemeadow]

@@KsNewSpace Pipsqueak ride & no more

[@_mikolaj_]

That's how space tourism works if you didn't notice

[@lasersbee]

@@KsNewSpace Many Clueless poeple don't know that this Amusement park ride can only be purchased by very rich people. It accomplishes nothing to help further space exploration. Get a clue.

[@KsNewSpace]

@@lasersbee Many clueless people don't know that in order to become cheap it has to first be expensive. However, it's still orders of magnitute cheaper than a ride on SpaceX which costs tens of millions. I don't think you're qualified to assess what furthers space exploration and what doesn't. You're just an internet troll.

[@phenix3st]

Lol. You can’t sue your way into space.

[@Bluenoser613]

please get rid of those aweful shiny flight suits

[@BlueJazzBoyNZ]

New Shepard is Just an E-Ticket at Disneyland for aging Billionaires #SAD When will the BE4 engine be flight proven tick tock goes the clock Vulcan is waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and waiting and...

[@Nowhereman10]

Wow, what a shitty thing you are. Trolling a video about a guy who's got nothing really to do with BE-4 and who's deservedly getting to enjoy the fruits of long years of hard work.

[@_mikolaj_]

I mean, that's literaly what space tourism is about lmao Millionares going up and down for some period of time

[@Jaiden_floydlive]

wen new gleen orbit lol 2050?

[@astrospacebit440]

Omg nice spelling bro

[@Jaiden_floydlive]

@@astrospacebit440 is supposed to be wen lol you dont get the joke?

[@Nowhereman10]

@@Jaiden_floydlive Maybe if you had something funny or original...

[@astrospacebit440]

Ok I get the joke but you spelled everything wrong

[@LSF17]

I am from 2130 and Blue Origin is still waiting for it’s BE-4 engines

[@TrueVisionery]

Musk is much better

[@matthewpeck4016]

It's terribly unfortunate that what, on the surface, is a cool gesture to a lead engineer is, in reality, yet more empty marketing gimmick from a company that remains incapable of delivering on anything useful. You've been made a pawn, Gary. You aren't being recognized, you're being used.

[@leomainwaring8828]

I Fully agree, and can we have a be-4 update? or just admit its a failure like blue origin is

[@Nowhereman10]

@@leomainwaring8828 There has been one. And Ars Technica's Eric Berger reports that the first two flight engines are near completion at Kent. Meanwhile, the dev engines are being fired at a rate of 3 times per week.

[@squerlicious]

He designed new shepard and this whole video is new shepard flying. Tf u mean hes been made a pawn? Hes literally gonna fly the rocket he helped design

[@summerbeemeadow]

@@Nowhereman10 Tell that to ULA and Space Force. Throw in a reach-around, too.

[@Nowhereman10]

@@summerbeemeadow Don't need to, my boy. They already know all of this.

[@WilliamMulligan]

I'm sorry but that was totally uninteresting. You had a job designing and building a rocket and you told us absolutely nothing about it,

[@Nowhereman10]

There's already a video where he goes into detail about that. This is about him and how he's going to ride to space on what he designed and built.

[@summerbeemeadow]

This video is not about Gary Lai. This video is all about BO making yet another shiny PR production to try to save their butts. Gary Lai is no doubt a good man who has done good work. It must feel terrible to know that he is being used by BO for their own PR purposes.

[@Nowhereman10]

@@summerbeemeadow Sure looks like it's about Gary Lai. And why can't Blue, like any other company, make a little bit of PR for themselves in the process?

[@WilliamMulligan]

@@summerbeemeadow Sadly, I know.

[@robbhahn8897]

Big millionaires club. Should we care?

[@terrestrialcreature7481]

Yes because these advancements have potential to benefit us all. Look how much we have obtained so far thanks to rocket science. Obviously Blue Origin is useless when compared to others and they aren’t the ones leading the charge but at least they somewhat try.

[@Thefutureofspace]

SOS Help , The higher the temperature, the more the oceans will evaporate, then there will be more humidity and more precipitation, the desert will decrease plants regarding moisture and carbon dioxide will grow faster, the history of the earth is such that if global warming was antiquity, then it was a paradise for the biosphere,. .and when global cooling was then the evaporation of the oceans would decrease and precipitation would decrease, the desert would increase, this would collapse for the biosphere.The largest desert Antarctica, the hottest place the rainforests. Read the history of the earth, ancient times in global warming for the biosphere was a paradise. For plants, food is carbon dioxide, the more carbon dioxide, the more plants and more animals, carbon dioxide is not evil but good, without carbon dioxide there would be no life, that's a fact!.

[@summerbeemeadow]

Thousands of scientists worldwide have spoken, but you have the real truth. Hmmm.

[@MrOmen_]

I like smelling my farts