🚨 do you understand what just happened at cape canaveral in the last 24 hours..
> blue origin's new glenn rocket exploded on the launchpad during a hotfire test at launch complex 36.. not during flight.. on the ground.. before it even left the pad..
> blue origin called it an "anomaly".. all personnel accounted for.. but the vehicle at lc-36? catastrophic damage.. that first stage is gone..
> this was the rocket prepped for ng-4 in early june 2026.. the mission carrying amazon satellites into low-earth orbit for project kuiper.. bezos's answer to starlink.. now delayed indefinitely..
> this follows ng-3 in april 2026 which suffered a second-stage anomaly and stranded its payload.. that's two consecutive missions with major failures..
> new glenn first stage: 322 feet tall.. seven be-4 methane engines.. hundreds of millions in development and test costs.. a single pad explosion during static fire is a 100% loss of that asset..
> elon musk replied within minutes: "most unfortunate. rockets are hard."
> faa investigation now required before any resumption.. weeks to months of schedule slip minimum before a re-flight attempt is even possible..
> amazon's project kuiper is already behind starlink in deployment.. every month of delay widens that gap.. the constellation can't compete if the rockets keep failing before they launch..
every major blue origin milestone in 2026 has ended in an anomaly.. and this one happened on the ground..
if you're not following me you're finding out about this 48 hours late from someone who read my post..
True story: placed an offer on a home last summer that was listed for 2.25X higher price from just 5 years ago with zero improvements made. Still we loved the home, and have a young family. Seemed worth pursuing
The market was stale - the relative cost of financing this home was 3.65X vs 2020 - and the home had the highest $/sq foot ask in over a year. Unsurprisingly it sat unsold for 30 days, at which point we bid a mere 10% under ask. Their counter? 0.6% reduction. Basically their version of "we don't negotiate with terrorists."
Told them LMAO SMD. The home sat unsold for another 90 days with zero meaningful reductions before owner pulled the listing
10 mounts later I discover it was sold off market to an LLC based in FL (a Boomer or investor no doubt) and boxed my family out of a good home. The search continues
Moral of the story: you don't hate this crop of home owners enough
Orlando’s dynamic duo gets the job done in Game 3 🤝
@Pp_doesit: 25p, 12r, 9a, 3s, 2b
@DBane0625: 25p, 7r, 7-9 3pm
The @OrlandoMagic have a 2-1 series lead!
Javier Milei hits leftists with the hard truth,
“When you tell a socialist the truth, they cry, claiming it’s hate speech. No, it’s not hate speech. It’s that you’re useless people who have ruined the planet.”
Weird that ICE are operating in dozens of states, but it only gets violent in the one where we just uncovered a billion dollar fraud ring with probable links to the governor.