Massachusetts Digital News 6/28/2022
Blue Origin's huge updates on the BE-4 engine but a disaster to compare with SpaceX Raptor 2
In recent years, Blue Origin is absolutely spiraling down to the bottom.
While SpaceX seems to be constantly innovating and pushing forward with new technology every year, a lot of people can’t help but think that Blue Origin is putting in more effort than they’re getting out of the results.
To save the company, Jeff Bezos stepped down as the CEO of Amazon and focused more on Blue Origin.
So, is the company making any progress now?
What exactly is Blue Origin doing?
Let’s expose everything about this in today’s episode of Alpha Tech:
Blue Origin has been working on the BE-4 engine for quite a while now. This process has had its ups and downs.
Over these past few years, delays had been accruing in the program, including turbopump problems, combustion instability, overheating, and a shorter than planned engine life, just to name a few. In addition, company management issues in the past left insufficient hardware to build development engines, leading to extended periods where no testing could be done. These among other issues have continued to delay the completion and release of these next-generation rocket engines. However, recently it seems the company has been making better strides with the engines.
On Jun 22, Blue Origin shared shots of its BE-4 rocket engine in an important test phase. Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos is awaiting engine readiness before his company’s New Glenn rocket can take flight, and United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno needs BE-4 engines for its Vulcan Centaur system.
“For the first time, our Huntsville engines team has installed a BE-4 engine into Blue Origin’s refurbished and historic MSFC Test Stand 4670 preparing for commissioning tests,” the company said today. Alabama is not only home to NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center but also Blue Origin’s engine production facility.
More:
https://massachusettsdigitalnews.com/blue-origins-huge-updates-on-the-be-4-engine-but-a-disaster-to-compare-with-spacex-raptor-2/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AaYPe7GKvM
