What Is Blue Origin’s New Glenn Landing Plan?

Blue Origin is in the process of manufacturing and testing various New Glenn hardware with the goal of launching for the first time next year. This next-generation launch vehicle has been under development for over a decade now and features a large design, payload capacity, reusable first stage, and other complex features. All of which have contributed among other reasons, to the extensive development of this hardware.

One particular area of interest for many has been the first stage downrange landing pad. In this case, as we have seen with the Falcon 9, certain missions require a landing platform in the ocean as the first stage doesn’t have enough propellant to return all the way back to land. In Blue Origin’s case, the plan for this process has changed quite a bit over time.

What started as a massive cargo ship meant to be converted into a mobile landing platform, changed to drone ships similar to SpaceX. This being said, following Blue Origin’s theme of keeping a lot of info to themselves, we haven’t heard practically anything on these platforms in a long time. Here I will go more in-depth into Blue Origin’s landing plan, the initial difficulties, progress, and more.

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:57 - Ship To Drone Ship
3:42 - New Glenn Progress

[Oldman]

NASA acknowledged that in flying Escalade on New Glen next year they were taking on additional risk. That has got to be the understatement of the year.

[RidiculousRocketry]

At 6:02 those two guys sitting on the ground playing Dungeons & Dragons..

[MichaelWinter-sslx]

Are they scaling up production now? I saw a rather small hall, filled with elemental parts and pieces. After 12 years, i must say: they have come far. Will they rent another hall to scale up horting of the parts now?

[haydentravis]

Getting a bit ahead of ourselves, Blue.

[codeblocks]

Man Chess Engine & AI from the Unity asset store is sick.

[MrEd]

I really do hope New Glenn launches in 2024 for Mars. I am skeptical based on past lack of performance and secretive development.

[toxickremedy]

Still going to have bad payload without a catch tower. Gona need to really dial in the cost of carrying the extra fuel to land and not destroy the legs, then cost and time to refurb. They’re designing something that’s already behind starship.

[MichaelWinter-sslx]

Nice, nice ! I'd shure love to see them practice landing dat ding before they try to fly it.

[stevengaming]

Watch this comment section get Blue ranters and many SpaceX fans. Can we just be happy that we're getting more launchers?

[o-wolf]

Its ironic that elon got his idea for a private space company from Bezos &Blue Origin even teased the sea landing idea before Spacex, but now every eloon stan and their mom thinks theyre copying spacex, funny how life works

[Krell]

To land a rocket you have to launch the thing.

[jamess.]

Blue origin better just pray it doesn’t go bad on the first launch, it’ll be another 10 years of building

[davidalldred]

Is it still a next gen if its been in development for so long?😂

[RidiculousRocketry]

I'm not rooting against Blue Origin but lacking major accomplishments and success in 2024 they will lose ALL of their top talent to SpaceX who is hiring like crazy.

[WWeronko]

Considering that Blue Origin initially sued SpaceX for the barrage landing concept and lost, it demonstrates the difference in mentality at SpaceX for not suing Blue Origin for contracting with LAD Services for a "a nut and bolt copy of their previous SpaceX barges." It nice to see a company that isn't excessively litigious.

[ThavaMaths]

Pixar is getting a tough fight with Blue origin.

[matthewwiemken]

hmm.. With enough X SpaceX employees, New Glenn could be slightly less capable compared to Falcon heavy lol:) Must be nice to always go sideways on progress while relying on other younger companies creating roadmap to success:)

[goodwinter]

New
What a terrible name!!!!

The feather

JEFF BEZOZ NEEDS TO SACK THE ENTIRE MARKETING DEPARTMENT

[chrismanes]

Maybe in ten years we'll see it fly

[sandbridgekid]

SpaceX and Tesla can handle just about everything thrown at them, but COMPETITION

AND...Legitimate Government Oversight.