that's got to be somewhat nerve racking when moving those huge sections for the NASA team

I would be all over that, moving and especially assembly in the VAB soot. I was born way too early

Having watched the Apollo moon landings I wanted to be a part of that so when it came time, 10th grade - 1973, I talked with the high school counselors. They put me in a science curriculum to start my climb up the ladder. Their idea of setting me on the right path was to put me in with 11th and 12th graders in a physics class. I failed miserably and had to drop out of that curriculum putting a stop to my dreams of becoming an astronaut for the time being. Later on down the road I came to realise they didn't know what they were doing. Today I would sweep the floors for free and maybe work my way into turning wrenches. Well that's not gonna happen so I sit on the sidelines and watch

But, your bottom line there says "It's never too late!" Have you inquired if they need a floor sweeper?

Blue Origin has a contract with NASA to deliver one of the lunar landers. Launching on their New Glenn rocket the lander was to be tested docking with the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis III mission next year. The other contract is with SpaceX. New Glenn was to carry 48 internet satellites for Amazon's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband constellation. During pre launch testing Thursday on Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station the rocket exploded. This is the second disaster for Blue Origin. The first incident was on April 19th when the New Glenn rocket suffered a problem during its second burn trying to reach a low earth orbit. It did not ignite. It stranded the payload, the BlueBird 7 satellite for AST SpaceMobile, in an orbit too low for the spacecraft to recover from. AST had to deorbit the satellite. It burned up in the atmosphere. Millions of dollars was lost. The FAA grounded Blue Origin until they could show what happened, why and a fix. They were allowed to fly again having done so and now this

Personally I would not trust a lunar lander by Blue Origin. There is no way I would trust the lives of NASA astronauts with any of their spacecraft with this track record. SpaceX using the Starship to launch its lunar lander is still in its very early phases of testing

Blue Origin allowed to launch again

New Glenn Explodes - watch the YouTube video to the end

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CNN

Orlando News Coverage of the Blast

* Changed - NSF Views of the Blast

The Launch Pad - "This is one of the single largest non nuclear explosion in human history"

I thought about you when I saw this. Personally, I wouldn't trust either of those clowns!

I'm with oldbroad! I would trust anything run by those clowns.

I agree with Drac and oldbroad. I don't trust anything they have to do with. We were in the Keys when it happened.

I agree Blue Origin needs to get their act together or get out of the space race before they cost lives. Amazon has no business toying with rockets. As of lately their program can't be trusted and I'll bet NASA is having second thoughts of using their New Glenn rocket to send supplies to the moon in preparation for Artemis IV, landing humans back on the moon. On the other hand SpaceX is doing very well with their Falcon 9 launching satellites into space and their autonomous Dragon spacecraft launching astronauts and supplies to and from the ISS landing the first stage of these craft wherever they please

Space travel has always been a very dangerous occupation. All involved know it yet are willing to take that risk especially the ones going for the ride

NASA lost 17 astronauts during the Apollo and Space Shuttle programs. You can only hope there will be no more lost lives or setbacks but the odds are against it

I'm with you, Orion! I think Elon and his SpaceX are limitless in their capabilities and I appreciate his mind behind it. They actually are rated higher than NASA. I can't wait to see what both NASA and SpaceX can do, though. I've loved all things space since early childhood. Blue Origins reminds me more of a rich man's toy.

All of them are destined for failures though, because that is how we learn. No such thing as perfection.