Blue Origin just launched Marsh mission

[RocketDawg]

And the booster stuck the landing on the offshore barge. 10.0 from most judges, and even the Russian judge gave it a 9.9

 

[aTotal360]

I love watching those videos. I was shocked to find out how big Starship is. Bigger than the size of the Statue of Liberty. Mind blowing stuff.

 

[RocketDawg]

Not sure where "Marsh" came from. Probably inattention, but I'll blame it on autocorrect.

 

[msudawglb]

Yeah, I was Mission Manager from 2018-2022 for ESCAPADE (the Mars mission) on that Blue Origin launch. Glad to see it have a successful launch!

 

[ZombieKissinger]

I love watching those videos. I was shocked to find out how big Starship is. Bigger than the size of the Statue of Liberty. Mind blowing stuff.

I am painfully aware of how tall all the different rockets are thanks to my two year old’s YouTube interests

 

[MStateDawg]

I was pretty shocked they stuck the landing. Their first launch of New Glenn wasn’t even close to landing the booster

 

[anon1787432961]

Two observations. 10 years behind SpaceX in doing this. And why did they add a "cheer" audio track.

Bezos is so dang odd.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Marsh mission? Did they find Dagobah?

They better not mess with…

 

[RocketDawg]

Yeah, I was Mission Manager from 2018-2022 for ESCAPADE (the Mars mission) on that Blue Origin launch. Glad to see it have a successful launch!

Cool. It was really great to see the launch succeed. I've not heard anything since the launch - are the payloads on their way yet?

 

[msudawglb]

Cool. It was really great to see the launch succeed. I've not heard anything since the launch - are the payloads on their way yet?

Yes, they did have a successful deployment of the 2 ESCAPADE spacecrafts. they have identical spacecrafts that will give them a "stereo" affect on studying the Mars solar weather. They are going to be in a heliocentric Earth orbit for about 18 months before they use the Earth's gravitational force to catapult them towards Mars.

 

[Dawgg]

Not sure where "Marsh" came from. Probably inattention, but I'll blame it on autocorrect.

I just assumed you’d been drinking heavy and that’s how you say “Mars” when you’re drunk.