Trump is so fucking dumb that when he heard that semiconductors use "transistors," he thought they said "transgenders."
That's how fucking stupid our President is.
We're not rebuilding the same pad for New Glenn. We're moving to a horizontal/vertical hybrid configuration to get us flying again this year at 36A. We were already working on something similar for 9x4 at 36B. Let me explain what that means. We mate the stages horizontally in the Integration Facility (IF). Then we bring the integrated vehicle out to the pad, use a crane to perform the vertical breakover, and mate the payload once New Glenn is vertical. This new ConOps has the added benefit of increasing our flight cadence as well.
@davill Great news! really interested to hear what the vertical conop entails. I assume this was the plan with 9x4 due to the size of the vehicle, but wasn't aware that the 7x2 was also going that route eventually.
@Tygget@SpaceDavenport Not a crater- pad concrete and GSE doesn’t look terrible. The total loss of the TE is the set back. You’d think they’d have a back up in stores somewhere, but at this point they may push ahead with the 9x4 launch facility. Redundancy is the key.
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@LibertyCigars@Erdayastronaut I don’t doubt it. I have worked closely with Blue for several years and this is a huge set back, despite having a flight proven booster being refurbished.
@Erdayastronaut Sounds like everyone there is accounted for. The launch infrastructure and the transporter erector can’t be in good shape, either. All of the GS1 and BE4 in various stages of production are going to have to be examined.
This is the Secretary of Defense campaigning in KY while on duty being paid by US taxpayers. It is a completely lawless gangster government in every area at all levels.