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12:00p, 4/17/26
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Booster 19 was just lifted off the launch mount. About to head back to production.
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In reply to normaleagle05 • 3:30p, 4/17/26
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normaleagle05 said:
Booster 19 was just lifted off the launch mount. About to head back to production.





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In reply to PJYoung • 4:23p, 4/17/26
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Remember a couple of years ago when this dude -- CEO of ULA mind you -- tried to call out SpaceX for posting an incomplete picture and then Shotwell posted of picture of it firing... LOL Pepperidge Farm remembers.

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In reply to PJYoung • 10:00p, 4/17/26
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PJYoung said:
normaleagle05 said:
Booster 19 was just lifted off the launch mount. About to head back to production.





https://x.com/colleenliedtke

Cleaner than the spoon after Tory Bruno finishes his Kraft mac n cheese.
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In reply to normaleagle05 • 10:13p, 4/17/26
normaleagle05 said:
PJYoung said:
normaleagle05 said:
Booster 19 was just lifted off the launch mount. About to head back to production.





https://x.com/colleenliedtke

Cleaner than the spoon after Tory Bruno finishes his Kraft mac n cheese.


How do the spring mechanisms work so the individual jet systems are able to balance themselves into synchronicity?
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In reply to RED AG 98 • 12:59a, 4/18/26
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RED AG 98 said:
Remember a couple of years ago when this dude -- CEO of ULA mind you -- tried to call out SpaceX for posting an incomplete picture and then Shotwell posted of picture of it firing... LOL Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Now at Blue Origin trying to help win defense launches.
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6:52a, 4/18/26
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He had (has?) a lot of clown takes and that one was his worst
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7:26a, 4/19/26
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Blue Origin lands the second booster.

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10:06a, 4/19/26
Much different landing style compared to space x.

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In reply to will25u • 10:29a, 4/19/26
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will25u said:
Much different landing style compared to space x.


Seems like it would be a lot harder on the ship.
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10:57a, 4/19/26
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It took SpaceX 20 tries and years to get this right. The dynamic control software took a long time to get right. I wonder how much of that code is in everyone else's package now. I suspect a lot.
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In reply to Mathguy64 • 11:02a, 4/19/26
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Mathguy64 said:
It took SpaceX 20 tries and years to get this right. The dynamic control software took a long time to get right. I wonder how much of that code is in everyone else's package now. I suspect a lot.


Don't forget Blue Origin used New Shepard as a path finder for booster re-use and for development of manned flight technology.
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In reply to will25u • 11:10a, 4/19/26
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will25u said:
Much different landing style compared to space x.

The Merlin engines on the Falcon boosters can't throttle down enough to hover when empty so they have to reach zero velocity at zero altitude. New Glenn is a much larger/heavier rocket and can hover so they don't have to aim right for the barge.
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11:50a, 4/19/26
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2:07p, 4/19/26
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Blue Origin delivered the payload into an off-nominal orbit Wonder if this is a second stage issue? Or something else?

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3:05p, 4/19/26
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NASA SPACE FLIGHT reports that AST confirms loss of the satellite due to lower than required orbit

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3:12p, 4/19/26
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Welp, I guess they have their peenis rocket back to try again
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3:24p, 4/19/26
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Yep. Second stage issue.

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3:30p, 4/19/26
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What was the loss in dollars?
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In reply to jt2hunt • 4:36p, 4/19/26
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jt2hunt said:
What was the loss in dollars?


Insured for up to $30M, seems earlier version satellites were about $22M and this was bigger/more advanced.
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In reply to Mathguy64 • 4:47p, 4/19/26
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IDK about that! Would like to hear from an insider. These are relatively simple dynamics equations to solve with a PID controllers and that part of code would naturally be similar. The rest of it would probably be custom to match Blue Origin's likely bespoke hardware controller which is driving their own bespoke engines, fuel setup, etc. I doubt stealing SpaceX's would help that much. I am not in that world though.
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7:17p, 4/19/26
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In reply to will25u • 7:38p, 4/19/26
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Looking at the moon…. All I can think of thank the lord we have an atmosphere.
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In reply to File5 • 8:23p, 4/19/26
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File5 said:
IDK about that! Would like to hear from an insider. These are relatively simple dynamics equations to solve with a PID controllers and that part of code would naturally be similar. The rest of it would probably be custom to match Blue Origin's likely bespoke hardware controller which is driving their own bespoke engines, fuel setup, etc. I doubt stealing SpaceX's would help that much. I am not in that world though.

Exact code... No. But they certainly have folks on the team that they hired away from SpaceX.
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In reply to txags92 • 8:27p, 4/19/26
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txags92 said:
will25u said:
Much different landing style compared to space x.


Seems like it would be a lot harder on the ship.

Yeah, it's a more like a super heavy booster landing into the chopsticks. I imagine that barge is pretty toasted.
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In reply to AtlAg05 • 8:30p, 4/19/26
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AtlAg05 said:
jt2hunt said:
What was the loss in dollars?


Insured for up to $30M, seems earlier version satellites were about $22M and this was bigger/more advanced.

Does that include the cost to launch? It is that like a non-refundable ticket on the Titanic.
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In reply to Kenneth_2003 • 9:36p, 4/19/26
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Kenneth_2003 said:
AtlAg05 said:
jt2hunt said:
What was the loss in dollars?


Insured for up to $30M, seems earlier version satellites were about $22M and this was bigger/more advanced.

Does that include the cost to launch? It is that like a non-refundable ticket on the Titanic.


Hopefully BO gave a launch fee refund! But that was only the cost for the satellite.
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9:50p, 4/19/26
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Already posted.
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8:07a, 4/20/26
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Everyone be on the lookout for some spaceship parts in a few days

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In reply to Sea Speed • 8:12a, 4/20/26
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Everyone be on the lookout for some spaceship parts in a few days


Free sky candy!
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In reply to Sea Speed • 8:16a, 4/20/26
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Everyone be on the lookout for some spaceship parts in a few days


36N is roughly the Oklahoma/Nebraska border.
What's the going rate for an in tact COPV crashing into your living room?
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In reply to OnlyForNow • 8:59a, 4/20/26
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OnlyForNow said:
Looking at the moon…. All I can think of thank the lord we have an atmosphere.

Except for explorers like these astronauts who push the envelope, all living things are surrounded by stuff that keeps them alive. Otherwise they wouldn't be alive to be thankful of it.
No, I don't care what CNN or Miss NOW said this time
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In reply to TexAgs91 • 9:06a, 4/20/26
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TexAgs91 said:
OnlyForNow said:
Looking at the moon…. All I can think of thank the lord we have an atmosphere.

Except for explorers like these astronauts who push the envelope, all living things are surrounded by stuff that keeps them alive. Otherwise they wouldn't be alive to be thankful of it.



We are all breathing in tree exhaust.
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In reply to Burdizzo • 9:32a, 4/20/26
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Polluting *******s.
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