[HN Gopher] Blue Origin rocket engine explodes during testing
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       Blue Origin rocket engine explodes during testing
        
       Author : justinhj
       Score  : 16 points
       Date   : 2023-07-11 20:04 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.cnbc.com)
        
       | valianteffort wrote:
       | Is blank check bezos even trying? I thought every engineering
       | problem was easily solved by paying the best engineers. And BO
       | salaries are supposed to be considerably higher than SpaceX. Does
       | no one want bigger money and responsibility at the underdog?
        
       | perihelions wrote:
       | This company is as secretive with its rocket failures as the
       | former USSR. What even is there we can talk about in this thread?
       | The CNBC writeup might as well be a LLM riffing on the empty
       | string (""), for all the substance it brings to the table.
        
         | hindsightbias wrote:
         | It would not seem outrageous to wonder if any Blue Origin
         | hardware will ever make orbit. They're making SLS out to be a
         | wild success in comparison.
         | 
         | ULAs Centaur issues should at least buy BO a couple more years
         | of gravy until Vulcan collapses.
        
       | housemusicfan wrote:
       | I'm enjoying the cognitive dissonance the mainstream media is
       | really struggling with their massive hate-boner for Elon Musk on
       | one hand, contrasted with the indisputable fact that SpaceX
       | basically owns the rocket business at this point, shooting them
       | into space on what seems like every day, and making it look like
       | child's play.
        
         | xhkkffbf wrote:
         | It is rather annoying how much they hate Musk because it
         | affects their coverage. If they want to hate him privately in
         | their rooms at night, that's fine with me. But when you can't
         | trust their coverage of things like rocketry, tunneling,
         | satellite internet or especially twitter, well, why do we need
         | them? They're just going to paint his work in the worst
         | possible light.
        
           | anyoneamous wrote:
           | He's just an easy guy to hate, which makes "his" success
           | extra frustrating.
           | 
           | Seeing Bezos fail is just a nice illustration of the fact
           | that luck is the largest part of most of these guys' success
           | stories; throwing more money at a problem can often drive
           | extra wins, but not always.
        
             | Panoramix wrote:
             | You can dislike him while recognising that there's stuff
             | besides money and luck involved.
        
           | specialist wrote:
           | Celebrity is a two-edged sword. Even if Musk was a saint,
           | after building him up, popular culture would still tear him
           | down. This was preordained.
           | 
           | Save your pity for Musk; he feeds off the drama, revels in
           | it, has masterfully wielded it to reach his goals.
        
         | notquitehuman wrote:
         | I'm not sure what you mean by "mainstream media." If you find
         | their credibility lacking, could you provide some more credible
         | suggestions?
        
           | [deleted]
        
         | Swenrekcah wrote:
         | I recommend the Economist. They do proper journalism and don't
         | fall into this "hive-mind" trap.
        
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