New Glenn has NO Launch but wants to BEAT SpaceX flight 7, Musk laughs...
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New Glenn has NO Launch but wants to BEAT SpaceX flight 7, Musk laughs...
If the achievements of SpaceX’s Starship are measured by its test flights—OFT-1, OFT-2, OFT-3, Flight 4, Flight 5, Flight 6, and soon Flight 7—then what people talk about regarding Blue Origin's new orbital rocket program, New Glenn, is the years of delays: 1 year, 2 years, 3 years, and by the end of 2024, it will mark 4 years with the rocket still grounded.
However, Jeff Bezos’ company refuses to accept this outcome. They remain confident and have boldly declared that New Glenn might still launch in 2024: “Blue Origin’s payload for New Glenn’s first mission, NG-1, is ready for launch this year.”
New Glenn has NO Launch but wants to BEAT SpaceX flight 7, Musk laughs...
Interestingly, SpaceX's Starship Flight 7 is also likely to take place during the remaining weeks of December. This timing seems to reflect a determined effort by Blue Origin to keep pace with SpaceX, setting a firm target for its engineers to match.
But will they be able to achieve this goal?
As of the third week of December, in stark contrast to the ongoing activities and progress of SpaceX's Starship program at Starbase, Blue Origin's New Glenn remains stationary, with no testing conducted on the two stacked stages.
New Glenn has NO Launch but wants to BEAT SpaceX flight 7, Musk laughs...
To explain this delay, Dave Limp, CEO of Blue Origin, stated that the testing requires FAA approval, and they are waiting for those approvals: “While we wait for regulatory approvals for hot-fire and launch”.
From my understanding, once Blue Origin secures this permit, they could both conduct the static fire test and proceed directly to launch. If you think about it, this process seems more straightforward compared to SpaceX, which has to apply for permits for each individual Starship launch, right?
What do you think about this? Share your thoughts in the comments below!

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