Here’s why Blue Origin just ended its suborbital space tourism program
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/heres-why-blue-origin-just-ended-its-suborbital-space-tourism-program/
Here’s why Blue Origin just ended its suborbital space tourism program
https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/01/heres-why-blue-origin-just-ended-its-suborbital-space-tourism-program/
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* spoiler * cause it looks like a cock
Lol, TLDR is they’re basically waiting for SpaceX to fuck up the moon lander, so they can swoop in with a valid replacement.
Damn, now I’m going to have to find a place on Earth to visit, but I just wanted to get away from it all.
Gotta love Bezos’ arrogance. Boeing with decades of experience could safely get a crew into orbit and back. Blue Origin hasn’t even made it to orbit and he’s like “close enough, let’s go to the moon”. He’s more detached from reality than Elon on a ketamine binge.
“I’m so excited that we get to share this part of our life together. One day we’re going to be enjoying the most incredibly juicy and tender roast and we’ll have it all. Today… is not that day. Wanna go to (insert restaurant here)”
Whatever you do, make sure you show gratitude for the meal she attempted to make. Thank her for her time and effort and make her feel loved.
Because it’s expensive and a huge distraction.
(And it looks like a giant dick)
Sounds like it wasn’t really making them money. Bezos wants to devote people and resources to where the real money is: government contracts at NASA
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
|Fewer Letters|More Letters|
|——-|———|—|
|[BO](/r/Space/comments/1qrmnl2/stub/o2pob72 “Last usage”)|Blue Origin (*Bezos Rocketry*)|
|CST|(Boeing) Crew Space Transportation capsules|
| |Central Standard Time (UTC-6)|
|[CoM](/r/Space/comments/1qrmnl2/stub/o2rvzfd “Last usage”)|Center of Mass|
|ETOV|Earth To Orbit Vehicle (common parlance: “rocket”)|
|[HLS](/r/Space/comments/1qrmnl2/stub/o2r52vt “Last usage”)|[Human Landing System](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program#Human_Landing_System) (Artemis)|
|[IM](/r/Space/comments/1qrmnl2/stub/o2pob72 “Last usage”)|Initial Mass deliverable to a given orbit, without accounting for fuel|
|[JPL](/r/Space/comments/1qrmnl2/stub/o2qfw1x “Last usage”)|Jet Propulsion Lab, California|
|[LEO](/r/Space/comments/1qrmnl2/stub/o2r52vt “Last usage”)|Low Earth Orbit (180-2000km)|
| |Law Enforcement Officer (most often mentioned during transport operations)|
|[LV](/r/Space/comments/1qrmnl2/stub/o2r52vt “Last usage”)|Launch Vehicle (common parlance: “rocket”), see ETOV|
|[NET](/r/Space/comments/1qrmnl2/stub/o2rbiix “Last usage”)|No Earlier Than|
|[NG](/r/Space/comments/1qrmnl2/stub/o2pkxdy “Last usage”)|New Glenn, two/three-stage orbital vehicle by Blue Origin|
| |Natural Gas (as opposed to pure methane)|
| |Northrop Grumman, aerospace manufacturer|
|Jargon|Definition|
|——-|———|—|
|[Starliner](/r/Space/comments/1qrmnl2/stub/o2qdss8 “Last usage”)|Boeing commercial crew capsule [CST-100](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_CST-100_Starliner)|
|[hypergolic](/r/Space/comments/1qrmnl2/stub/o2re1pe “Last usage”)|A set of two substances that ignite when in contact|
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Probably just ran out of people willing to shell out cash for a “this-is-totally-space” experience.
38 launches and 36 landings… That does not sound good. Are two still hanging in space or did they not actually land but crash?
Why is the lander so difficult? The Apollo LM used hypergolic fuel. No pumps, just valves. It left a sizeable chunk on the surface, which is nice if you need stuff to construct a (primitive) base.
No refuelling. Is it a size-of-crew thing?
The idea of starship landing on the moon. There is this giant structure landing on its tail, bouldered terrain, no prepared infrastructure to catch and secure it. It is straight from Tintin, except that had a broader base. I just can’t imagine starship landing on the Moon or Mars without it slowly starting to topple over.
I ridiculed Musk for his idea of launching, landing and reusing a *rocket*, only to be completely in awe when they pulled that off. I’d be happy if that happens again with Starship landing. I just do not see it happening, but I dare not ridicule the plan anymore.