The perspective of other galaxies like this shot blow my mind.

100's of million stars, planets all in that one little field of view. We could be looking at a million earth like planets right there for all we know. Does this galaxy have a name?

the vastness is just a total mind fuck.

Yeah I'd agree, and good thing the risk was taken back then, just as it's good to do so now with BO

That's the point of this launch, to establish a track record

Yeah blue origin will be losing money on this launch. Seems pretty good for NASA.

Then you should know also that starship could be a complete failure too.

But I get it. SpaceX good blue origin bad. That's the thought process around here.

Starship is further along in development in that a prototype exists, but yeah they are both under development.

Blue origin has spent a billion dollars on manufacturering facilities to build new Glenn. That to me shows they are serious about building it and we should see the first prototype rolling out sometime soon

Nah, blue origin bad SpaceX good. How dare they snub SpaceX or so goes the Elon simps in /r/space

The nuances of both are different but there are similarities, and it fits with NASA strategy of helping to foster the commercial launch industry.

it's definitely risky and a stretch to rely on starship for the moon lander, there are many untested capabilities that have to be developed. It's a developmental rocket, and got the contract.

Blue Glenn is similar in that it's a developmental rocket, and got the contract.

People are criticizing NASA for contracting blue origin and a developmental rocket, but apparently ok to look the other way for NASA contracting a developmental rocket for something of much higher consequence

Blue origin has as invested billions of dollars into the development of the Blue Glenn rocket.

It's going to become another player in the commercial launch industry and NASA wants that to happen.

I don't see any problem here

Hmm.

NASA awarded pretty big contracts to spacex for lunar lander and starship. That's a platform under development and not at all proven yet.

Blue origin has a similar rocket, blue Glen. NASA wants more commercial launch providers, so a mission like this to cut the teeth of new Glen is a great thing.

I'm with this guy. People need to be more realistic about starship, where it is in development, and the high likelihood there are going to be teething pains and developmental delays due to unforeseen technical issues arising.

lol when did space become so polarized. There are the same such people rooting for SLS to fail because "insert reason"

reddit hivemind has a nuclear power boner

so a telescope that is using gravitational lensing, with a nuclear propulsion device to reach the required spot in 15 years.

you are right does sound like science fiction! Wild to think about this.

direct imaging of planets 100 light years away?! my god, I hope to live to see this.

Nothing has stopped SpaceX from doing so. It's a private company after all.