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https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-spacecraft/blue-origins-new-glenn-rocket-explodes-in-massive-fireball-during-prelaunch-test
Nobody was injured, Blue Origin said in an update on X on
Thursday night. But damage to the pad rCo Launch Complex 36
(LC-36) rCo could be extensive, judging by the extent of the
explosion, which multiple rocket-watchers captured on video.
. . .
BIG badda boom !
It's why you launch rockets somewhere far away
from everybody else.
In any case, NASA had just contracted Blue Origins
to deliver some moon-base "starter kit" stuff to
a site near the lunar south pole. It would have
used this exact kind of rocket to do that.
So what's this MEAN for the space effort ?
Musk keeps working on his giant rocket, and it's
getting better, but even he doesn't see it as
reliable enough to fill with real StarLink sats.
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