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Right now, Blue Origin is trying its best to create more flight-capable BE-4 engines than ever before. With current and future demand soaring, what once was an engine stuck in development, is now the backbone of hundreds of future missions. This bump in production will need to be nearly perfect as rockets such as ULA’s Vulcan and eventually New Glenn begin to fly.
Blue Origin has two main factories producing these engines among others, one in Washington and one in Alabama. Recently we learned that one of the company’s relatively new factories is starting to outperform the other and a lot faster than expected. This is a good sign for the company and a pattern they will need to keep up.
While the BE-4 engine test stand explosion a few months ago was not ideal, Blue Origin and Tory Bruno assured everyone that it was human error rather than a problem with the engine itself. By now they have moved past that anomaly and are focusing on maximizing engine production. Here I will go more in-depth into the current engine production, what the future demand will look like, whether or not Blue Origin can keep up, and more.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:53 - Factory Progress
3:40 - BE-4 Development