NASA's pricey mission to send U.S. back to moon faces technical challenges | 60 Minutes

American astronauts aren’t heading back to the moon just yet. NASA’s pricey Artemis mission is facing technical challenges. The space agency is now working with both SpaceX and Blue Origin.

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[jeffsnell]

Missed the part where you said "Blue Origin has never made it to orbit, ever."

[Wowi]

You can’t compare blue origin and space X. Blue origin has never been to orbit and space X has hundreds of flights to orbit

[Garryck-]

@ 9:15 *"Bezos' Blue Origin has far fewer launches than Musk's SpaceX..."*

Yep. Since its founding in 2002, SpaceX has had over 300 successful launches to orbit. Blue Origin, on the other hand, which began operation 18 months *before* SpaceX... has had ZERO. Heck, BO still hasn't even *tried* to reach orbit. But 60 Minutes fails to even mention that little detail.

[Zingier]

This seems more like a hit piece to discredit Nasa & SpaceX's brilliant work, leaving out important details about how their development cycles operate and distorting information to paint a bad picture of both organisations.

[Tazmanx]

Why not talk about SpaceX being the ONLY US company to send humans to the ISS?… starship is a TEST vehicle to test new technologies…

[yodafunk]

I'm all for Blue Origin... but they don't just have fewer launches... they've never even made orbit.

[dewboy]

SpaceX just sent Crew8 to the ISS. How many crews has Blue Origin sent to the ISS?

[Alex-gcvo]

very deceptive reporting. I thought 60minutes was better than that. you cant just say "spaceX rockets keep blowing up" and then not explain that's actually their strategy. its called iterative design and rapid prototyping. you failed to mention they are manufacturing those rockets hundreds of times faster than anyone has ever been able to build a rocket even half that size. they build, they test, they improve they build again. they don't waste time trying to think of every possible scenario on the first iteration, they let the real world show them what they need to account for.

[warmachine]

Did... did you miss the part where Starship is still in it's R&D phase? Neither of it's launches were contracted missions, they were just hardware tests for further development. Neither had payloads.

[smithjp]

Do you remember when 60 minutes did actual reporting instead of paid hit pieces? Peperidge farms remembers.

[margaretesulzberger]

Nice Blue Origin advertising video. So far they haven‘t accomplished much, not to say nothing.

[pseudotasuki]

You're implying that each and every launch of the many which is needed for each mission will cost $4.4 billion, but he was *specifically* talking about SLS. Starship and New Glenn both cost a tiny fraction of that.

[templerea]

Wait so you’re telling me you have one government entity holding space x up making them do sound tests on seals, then you have another government entity saying it’s taking too long?

[ScentlessSun]

Does 60 minutes read their comments on YouTube? Seriously, this is how your audience feels. The content you put out these days omits key details that would properly report the information you are putting out. For example, you omitted that SpaceX rockets blowing up are completely expected. They need to rapidly test their Starship rocket but are being delayed by government agencies. They literally can’t complete testing without these approvals. They operate completely different than NASA. Instead this video comes across as a hit piece on SpaceX and NASA. It’s ridiculous. There’s no need to just be negative. Focus on accuracy and completeness.

[jackpost]

How much did Jeff Bezos pay for this ad-spot for Blue Origin?

[DonaldMovies]

This is horrible reporting. After this piece, I have lost all faith in 60minutes as a credible media organization.

[nemoes]

Correction. Space x blew up their own rocket. It’s called testing

[Clint-stanley]

Why is SpaceX so far ahead of everyone? They learn faster than their competitors. Why you hear them cheering when they make mistakes. They cheer because they learn and move on to the next problem. Yesterday SpaceX launched two separate vehicles and docked with the space station. What did the others do... The bottom line is the faster they find and solve problems, the faster they go. Someone needs to go to Elon and ask him why he knows he will make it to Mars first. He has vision and does it not to make money but because it is the right thing to do. He can answer the why when you talk to him.

[Djplax]

We must ask ourselves whenever we consume information nowadays "what does this story WANT me to feel/believe?" I think this is a hit piece on space exploration. Something that is vital for humanities survival

[CoresOfAnt]

You can easily tell the Bias agasint SpaceX. Blue Origin hasn't launched a single spacecraft into orbit . . .