David Hodges

Space nerd and sports lover. Helping achieve the dream of millions living and working in space. Posting about space and sports
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[David Hodges @dhodges89]

I'm trying to post here more regularly. I love BYU/sports, space and going to theme parks. I would love to follow some more people and grow my circle here. Give me a follow and comment on this post and I will follow you back.

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

We’re committed to returning New Glenn to flight this year. Read more about the path forward here: https://t.co/xDZgJ1aSbc

[Dave Limp @davill]

600+ feet of crane assembled incredibly fast by the team. We will start pulling down the tower (segment by segment) so we can modify each piece in parallel.

[Dave Limp @davill]

Quite a sight to see the progress this team has made since May 28. Wreckage recovery from start to finish was completed in 9 days, and all debris has been cleared from Launch Complex 36. Huge shoutout to the team who have been working 7x24. We have started reconstruction and still plan to fly again this year. Will have more details on the new conop soon.

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

Continuous sunlight is scarce on the Moon unless you know where to look. 🌑

The lunar poles contain "peaks of eternal light," areas bathed in near-continuous sunlight. Power Tower mounts on Blue Moon MK1's top deck and extends solar arrays to 26 meters total height to capture that energy and deliver sustained power for Moon Base operations.

Check out this video of Power Tower during a successful deployment in an analog lunar environment.

The infrastructure era of lunar exploration starts now.

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

One week later, incredible progress. It’s a 24/7 operation with a solid path forward to launch this year, helped by a lot of luck. @NASA and @USSpaceForce have both been extremely helpful.

This team. Never tell them the odds.

[Sawyer Merritt @SawyerMerritt]

Blue Origin CEO: "We will fly again before the end of this year."

[Dave Limp @davill]

Some LC-36 updates. Now that we’ve had access to the pad and integration facility we can share a bit of good news. The propellant farm, oxygen, liquid hydrogen and LNG tanks are all in good shape. This is good luck because these are very long lead items. The water tower is also good. The big support tower is damaged, but it can be repaired in place rather than torn down and replaced. The booster “Never Tell Me The Odds” and the three GS-2s that were onsite in the integration facility also look good.

I’ve seen some speculation that we might move directly to the 9x4 configuration, but we won’t do that. Rate manufacturing of 7x2 is going well, and we’re going to continue that at pace as planned and store the stages for use. In addition, we had already been working for some time on eliminating our transporter-erector in favor of an alternative vertical conop, and we’ll now go directly to that; so we don’t need a new transporter-erector.

We will fly again before the end of this year. Gradatim Ferociter.

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

Thank you for being here today. Your support means a lot to the whole team. We will get back to flight, and we will get to the Moon. Gradatim Ferociter.

[Dave Limp @davill]

Inspiring. Thanks for all your support. We will return to flight as soon as possible!

[Jeff Bezos @JeffBezos]

All personnel are accounted for and safe. It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It’s worth it.

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

🚀 Launch Alert | New Glenn's fourth launch will send 48 @AmazonLeo satellites into low Earth orbit as part of their growing broadband constellation. More details to come soon.

[Dave Limp @davill]

Exciting mission coming up! NG-4 will launch the most satellites at one time for @AmazonLeo in our 7-meter New Glenn fairing. Couldn't be prouder to support the Leo team on this mission.

[Amazon Leo @AmazonLeo]

Up next for @BlueOrigin: Leo New Glenn 1 (LN-01).

LN-01 is the first of 24 Leo launches on Blue Origin’s new reusable, heavy-lift rocket, and will be our largest payload yet with 48 Leo satellites on board.

Our four-tier stack is fully encapsulated in New Glenn’s 7-meter fairing and ready for transport to Blue Origin integration facilities at LC-36. More soon.

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

"No, It's Necessary" has met its match.

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

The FAA has approved our NG-3 report, and corrective measures have been implemented. Prior to our second GS2 burn, we experienced an off-nominal thermal condition, and, as a result, one of the BE-3U engines didn't achieve full thrust to reach our target orbit.

NG-4 preparations continue—updates coming soon.

[AJ Dybantsa @AJ_Dybantsa]

Thank you BYU 💙

[AJ Dybantsa @AJ_Dybantsa]

See y'all on draft night

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

Welcome back to the Space Coast, again, "Never Tell Me The Odds."

[Scott Manley @DJSnM]

Again, the team at Blue Origin should feel some pride for this, even if there were problems with the second stage.

[Blue Origin @blueorigin]

Here’s a glimpse of the New Glenn-3 flight profile.