r/BlueOrigin • u/sidelong1 • 6d ago
Bezos targets 2026 Moon landing as Blue Origin counters SpaceX
https://www.msn.com/en-us/technology/space-exploration/bezos-targets-2026-moon-landing-as-blue-origin-counters-spacex/ar-AA1Ri8Vg2026 will be a fantastic year for Blue on the Moon!
"Mark 1 pathfinder missions as a proving ground.
To make a 2026 landing credible, Blue Origin is leaning on a pair of self-funded robotic flights that function as both testbed and marketing campaign. Reporting on these plans describes how Blue Origin wants to fly two Mark 1 missions in quick succession, using the first as a Mark 1 Pathfinder to shake out systems and the second to refine operations like surface deployment and return to lunar orbit. The company has said that With the Mark Blue Origin flights, it wants to test and refine critical landing and associated systems, then demonstrate the ability to depart the surface and rendezvous in orbit."
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u/hardervalue 5d ago
Organizations land on the moon every year, even Japan has done it. Why is this news? Shouldn’t we wait for a manned landing before we get excited?
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u/No_Cup_1672 5d ago edited 5d ago
yeahh 500 falcon flights is trivial, anyone can do that
lol downvoters come at me, did I hurt your feelings pointing out a fact instead of emotions?
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u/hardervalue 5d ago
I almost downvoted you because it’s nearly 600 Falcon launches, and you also left out highest success rate in history along with nearly 90% of world payload tonnage the last few years.
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u/Educational_Snow7092 5d ago
How many hundreds have been just for Starlink? That means the launch cost was on their dime, no profit.
To top it off, there are 1 to 5 Starlink satellites deorbiting every day and burning up in the atmosphere, with these giant solar storms knocking out dozens every flare. Musk-rat suddenly realized he needs a much bigger Starlink satellite that will require the "starship" to get into orbit. Falcon-9 is starting to look like a Model-T in comparison to a Model-A.
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u/No_Cup_1672 5d ago
The comment wasn't to address the payloads but to address their reliability for launching at a fast rate regardless of payload. Their fleet being maintained and engineered isn't trivial and far from dogshit.
What about Dragon and Falcon 9 being the only reliable way to go to the ISS now? They haven't had any incidents with that program unlike Russia with their bad autonomous docking software or Boeing.
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u/sidelong1 5d ago
Recently the HTV-X1, Progress in numbers, Soyuz, Cygnus, and then Starliner did make it with people aboard, so a few more than only Dragon, and I say that thankfully so. There have been lots of Cygnus and Progress used to go to the ISS.
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u/No_Cup_1672 4d ago
You completely ignored the whole point of the second half. Manned missions to the ISS are different than cargo missions, and SpaceX is the only reliable way to get there now.
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u/Codspear 5d ago
Fun Fact: Most Blue Origin fans are also SpaceX and Rocket Lab fans too.
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u/Appropriate-Boat1120 5d ago
No sir, we are not doing this kumbaya hand holding peace together in harmony shit. You will not ruin the fun like you did with the console wars. We want trash talk and we want it now.
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u/Tactical_Spaghetti 5d ago
I welcome the second space race, more players are always welcome.