Comment by frakkingcylons

11 hours ago

Eric Berger of Ars Technica:

> I'm hearing that it is possible that Blue Origin decides to go directly to the larger 9x4 variant of New Glenn after this failure. Obviously no decisions like that will be made without more data review.

https://xcancel.com/SciGuySpace/status/2060190522539401631#m

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wongarsu  4 hours ago

This is their only New Glenn launch pad, but the pad for the 9x4 is already under construction. Depending on the damage sustained to the pad that might be a factor in the decision

bombcar  10 hours ago

I know it's not, but darned if that doesn't sound like "it exploded real big, so build a bigger one!"

  • laughing_man  8 hours ago

    It makes some sense. If they're not going to be able to launch for a year because the pad is being rebuilt anyway, projects that were going to take a year may as well go to the front burner.

  • locknitpicker  8 hours ago

    > I know it's not, but darned if that doesn't sound like "it exploded real big, so build a bigger one!"

    To me it sounds like "alright, it's silly to waste time and energy on duplicate effort. Let's focus on getting this one right instead."