ALEX
@ajtourville · Aug 16, 2024
Blue Origin's New Glenn is a *very* expensive rocket to manufacture in comparison to SpaceX's Starship.
e.g. all that CNC milling to “remove 90%” of the material from those thick aluminum-lithium alloy plates is extremely time-consuming, costly, and inefficient compared to using
Everyday Astronaut@Erdayastronaut· Aug 15, 2024Join @JeffBezos for a tour inside @blueorigin's New Glenn Production Facility at Cape Canaveral, Florida. This video was shot on May 30th, 2024.
00:00 - Intro
00:40 - Interview Starts [Lobby]
05:20 - Recovering Saturn V Engines
08:35 - Tank Production
16:40 - Second Stage
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
It is how most of the space industry makes rocket tanks. Works, but is expensive and production is slow.
06:34 AM · August 16, 2024 · 56.2K views
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