Blue Origin

5/28/2026 10:20:53 PM

The most casual way possible to say "THERE WAS A GIANT ROCKET EXPLOSION"

Quote :

"5/28/26 9:31 PM: An anomaly occurred this evening during a static fire test for Blue Origin. There is no threat to the general public."

5/28/2026 11:44:04 PM

Yikes and they were just picked for some kind of lunar mission

5/28/2026 11:46:13 PM

Not one carrying humans.

5/29/2026 6:15:13 AM

BIG badaboom. Like gigantic. I have coworkers at KSC that said it shook their homes. The explosion destroyed the pad. All from a static hot fire test.

Although they were just selected as one of the contractors for the new Moon Base program, as The Coz pointed out it was for an uncrewed lunar cargo lander. BUT. They are one of two vendors for the HLS program that are meant to be taking astronauts to the lunar surface from orbit. The other vendor also experienced a failure a few days ago (it didn't explode though-- not this time at least).

5/29/2026 8:23:16 AM

So, does this hurt or help the already unrealistic timelines

5/29/2026 8:30:21 AM

Video was pretty spectacular. Space flight is hard

5/29/2026 10:05:30 AM

Did a billionaire oligarch lose an inch in a dick measuring contest?

5/29/2026 10:42:59 AM

Sadly, you want Bezos to succeed here

5/29/2026 10:45:42 AM

Would love a video of the control room for this anomaly

5/29/2026 1:21:41 PM

^^ their calculations were wrong by 2.54 cm actually.

5/29/2026 1:39:36 PM

I’m sure Aleida and Margo can figure out how to get that launch pad running again by Labor Day

5/30/2026 8:19:28 AM

Launchpad problem SOLVED:

5/30/2026 8:24:56 PM

^ You called it three years ago:

Quote :

"Tears For Fears will get us to the moon and beyond every time!"

6/1/2026 8:50:59 AM

Tears for Fears never fails!

Retro post delete at the end of page 35. I guess the M6 ain't playin' around!

6/1/2026 9:46:47 AM

^ did you see what happened to Margo's boyfriend just for putting an obscene amount of ketchup on a whopper? They don't mess around at all!

[Edited on June 1, 2026 at 11:04 AM. Reason : ]

6/1/2026 11:02:24 AM

LOL! I don't want to see that fate befall you.

Protect your neck!

6/1/2026 2:17:45 PM

ISS astronauts were ordered to be ready for a potential evacuation as the Russians attempt to repair an air leak.

6/5/2026 11:09:14 AM

I would say to call in Sergei Nikulov for an innovative solution, but, well, . . . the ketchup incident. . .

6/5/2026 9:06:56 PM

Artemis III crew is scheduled to be announced today!

6/9/2026 12:28:44 PM

NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik, commander
ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano, pilot
NASA astronaut Andre Douglas, mission specialist
NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, mission specialist

6/9/2026 1:29:36 PM

Female astronauts PWNT! Stay home!

And make sandwiches.

6/9/2026 7:21:48 PM

Hopefully Luca doesn't almost drown himself this time.

Fun fact: I was an intern at JSC when that happened and had sat in MCC the EVA prior to that one.

6/10/2026 9:38:03 AM

^Oh is he the astronaut that had the water leak in his helmet during an EVA and almost drowned when he couldn't get it off of his face?

6/10/2026 1:17:17 PM

lol yes

In a sane world, we could probably send an all-woman crew to the moon.

In a sane world.

6/10/2026 2:42:05 PM

He shoulda drank the water!

6/10/2026 5:26:06 PM

^6

Douglas was one of my students in the simulator for a few training events when he was first getting started with NASA

6/11/2026 12:12:59 AM

that's awesome!

6/11/2026 11:52:54 AM