Jeff Bezos, Amazon's founder, and CEO flexes the power of Blue Origin's rocket engine. He said that it will take the very first woman to the moon once it launches.
Jeff Bezos Claims Blue Origin's Rocket Will Take First Woman to Moon! He Reveals How Powerful BE-7 Engine Is
This is interesting. @SpaceX was founded on May 06, 2000; 100 successful orbital launches of the Falcon rockets. Blue Origin was founded in Sept 08, 2000; 20 sub-orbital launches. Why the differing strategies of @SpaceX running while @blueorigin walks? #Space pic.twitter.com/Pau1RGlNcv
— UnregisteredFuturist (@UnregFuturist) November 29, 2020
He posted an Instagram video to offer a glimpse of how his rocket will perform in future moon missions.
"This is the engine that will take the first woman to the surface of the moon," he captioned, Geek Wire reported.
"The BE-7 is a high-performance, additively manufactured liquid hydrogen/liquid oxygen lunar landing engine with 10,000 lb of thrust," he further explained.
Jeff Bezos claimed that the engine was is designed to throttle its power between 2,000 and 10,000 pounds of thrust. This feature is really important since it is a key capability for executing a precision landing on the moon.
Will Blue Origin provide the Artemis' human landing system?
Jeff Bezos' space agency is currently leading a National Team of space companies. These include Northrop Grumman, the company working on the transfer element that would maneuver the lander in lunar orbit, Draper, responsible for avionics, and Lockheed Martin, the company organizing the ascent stage.
Jeff Bezos Claims Blue Origin's Rocket Will Take First Woman to Moon! He Reveals How Powerful BE-7 Engine Is
This is interesting. @SpaceX was founded on May 06, 2000; 100 successful orbital launches of the Falcon rockets. Blue Origin was founded in Sept 08, 2000; 20 sub-orbital launches. Why the differing strategies of @SpaceX running while @blueorigin walks? #Space pic.twitter.com/Pau1RGlNcv
— UnregisteredFuturist (@UnregFuturist) November 29, 2020
He also stated that the National Team is also one of the three contenders that will provide the human landing system of the Artemis program. An Alabama-based Dynetics' industry team and SpaceX are also looking to have a spot.
However, there's no confirmation yet if Blue Origin will join the three candidates. NASA also hasn't released any updates yet regarding the selected teams that will move forward to the next phase of development.
The company's origin
Jeff Bezos proposed Blue Origin's first mission with the Boeing-built NASA Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for the year of 2020.
Although Amazon's CEO previously said in 2018 that his company may develop Blue Moon on its own, the partnership still took place.
And now he reveals how powerful Blue Origin's rocket would be once it is launched into space, thanks to the company's advanced rocket engine. Republic World reported that the Instagram video received around 530,000 views.
Many commentators were amazed by its performance, which looks like a weapon shooting laser beam and them transforming into a blue flame. Some of Jeff Bezos' followers even joked that they would love to have the engine in their Toyota.
One of the commentators even said that Jeff Bezos is the king and the GOAT (Greatest Of All Time).
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Written by: Giuliano de Leon.
