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They are close to finishing New Glenn, their next rocket that is better than ULA's Vulcan in pretty much every way. They will probably launch this year. Currently they are testing the launch hardware. There is an update from today:

https://www.blueorigin.com/news/blue-origin-debuts-new-glenn...

Yes, ULA will have finished Vulcan about a year earlier, but otherwise Blue Origin seems way ahead of ULA in terms of technology. ULA didn't even develop the Vulcan first stage engines, the most complex part of a rocket. I really don't see what Blue Origin expects to get out of ULA. Blue Origin doesn't need Vulcan, they will soon have something that is better in every way: New Glenn will have a reusable first stage and a higher launch mass.

> In 24 years, they haven’t gotten one gram to orbit.

ULA has launched a lot, but mostly with over 20 year old rocket designs that are based on even older rockets.

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blkhawk2y ago

>> In 24 years, they haven’t gotten one gram to orbit.

> ULA has launched a lot, but mostly with over 20 year old rocket designs that are > based on even older rockets.

by that metric the butcher around the corner here is better than ULA. He makes model rockets as a hobby and just tested one he just build and designed last year. And since it was designed last year and not a decade ago its also a newer design than New Glen. so its better?

Yes if New Glen works as designed and they can launch it it will probably better than what ULA now has. But that doesn't change the fact that BO has nothing yet.

cubefoxOP2y ago

It still seems pretty likely that New Glenn will be launching relatively soon. Within one year probably, despite them not having launched an orbital rocket ever before. That wouldn't be far behind ULA's Vulcan, which first launched in January. Though Blue Origin also has a lot more employees than ULA: 11,000 vs 2,700.

blkhawk2y ago

sure - probably yes. but blankly giving them the benefit of doubt and just saying that they actually are better if they haven't lauched anything to orbit when comparing them to another company that launches stuff is not wise.

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https://www.blueorigin.com/news/blue-origin-debuts-new-glenn...

> In 24 years, they haven’t gotten one gram to orbit.

ULA has launched a lot, but mostly with over 20 year old rocket designs that are based on even older rockets.

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blkhawk2y ago

>> In 24 years, they haven’t gotten one gram to orbit.

> ULA has launched a lot, but mostly with over 20 year old rocket designs that are > based on even older rockets.

Yes if New Glen works as designed and they can launch it it will probably better than what ULA now has. But that doesn't change the fact that BO has nothing yet.

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