Examining the significance of the recently unveiled explosion of a BE-4 rocket engine during Blue Origin's testing in Texas.
The Vulcan rocket for the Cert-1 mission stands at SLC-41 during testing in Cape Canaveral, Florida, May 12, 2023.iew into the business of space exploration and privatization, delivered straight to your inbox. CNBC's Michael Sheetz reports and curates the latest news, investor updates and exclusive interviews on the most important companies reaching new heights.There's a reason the saying "that's why we test" exists. I've seen it a lot in my mentions the past few days.
Qualification: An essentially finished design. You're now verifying the margins of the engine's ability. Destroying an engine may happen, but it shouldn't be common. I don't report on every rocket engine that blows up. Most of the ones I hear about are in the first two phases. But more importantly, BE-4 is years behind schedule , and this was the third production engine. Of course it's better to lose an engine in testing than during a launch, especially on a rocket that can't lose an engine to succeed, but that's an overly dismissive way to view the loss of expensive production hardware – let alone another setback.
But ULA doesn't need just Cert-1 to fly: The company needs Vulcan to complete two launches successfully before the U.S. Space Force will sign off on it flying valuable national security missions.and many in the industry, both competitors and customers, fear a monopoly. All six of ULA's recently assigned Space Force missions are set to fly on Vulcan, since the company's currently operational rockets are retiring.
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