SpaceX vs Blue Origin

The cluster focuses on comparisons between SpaceX and Blue Origin, emphasizing Blue Origin's slower progress and lack of orbital achievements despite being founded earlier than SpaceX.

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PHGamer May 10, 2019 View on HN

but hasnt spacex done more? i feel like blue origin is actually behind.

rqtwteye Aug 28, 2024 View on HN

Blue Origin was started before SpaceX and they still haven't delivered much. What are they doing?

greedo May 2, 2024 View on HN

Blue Origin will catch up any time now...

JshWright Jul 20, 2021 View on HN

Blue Origin actually predates SpaceX. They have been working in parallel on related ideas, so I don't think it's fair to say they "copied" SpaceX.SpaceX is definitely a lot further down the road, and what Blue Origin is doing currently is much easier. The energies involved in suborbital flights are much lower, and the fact that the rocket has a thrust-to-weight ratio low enough that it can hover makes the landing process a lot simpler.

Isinlor May 2, 2021 View on HN

Blue Origin is older company than SpaceX. Blue Origin was founded in 2000 and SpaceX in 2002.SpaceX got to orbit in 2008 without big government money 6 years after founding.Blue Origin 20 years after founding still did not managed to get to orbit and Bezos is pushing around billion dollars a year into that company.Blue Origin is obviously quite badly managed.For example Rocket Lab founded in 2006 in New Zealand is a lot more successful with many orbital launches.They are currently

exabrial Nov 28, 2017 View on HN

Blue Origin launches bottle rockets... SpaceX has been to orbit.

JanSolo Nov 16, 2018 View on HN

Interesting, yes; however in tech, products, partnerships, experience or any other quantifiable measure, Blue Origin is far, far behind SpaceX.SpaceX has launched many Orbital missions.Blue Origin has launched none.SpaceX has two functional, tested, orbital spacecraft in production.Blue Origin has a sub-orbital pod with goldfishbowl windows that's not quite ready yet.SpaceX has successfully partnered with NASA for commercial cargo missions to the ISS.Blue Origin has not.<p

oskarkk Feb 16, 2025 View on HN

Blue Origin was founded before SpaceX (in 2000). SpaceX launched their first small orbital rocket successfully in 2008, and is launching Falcon 9 since 2010. At that time Musk had no significant power and he was less wealthy than Bezos (and that was true until 2022 or something, SpaceX also makes up like half of Musk's wealth). SpaceX is in the position it's in because it's been delivering for the last 15 years. There is no "Blue Origin's demise", because they never

ericcumbee Mar 31, 2017 View on HN

I'm not sure how valid it is, but i read somewhere that Blue Origin and SpaceX are both shooting for the same target, but taking different paths. Blue Origin is doing Reusability first and orbital second. SpaceX went Orbital first and Reusability second. although to me it seems spacex is clearly ahead.

throwAGIway Jun 8, 2024 View on HN

Blue Origin is newspace, isn't it? It's definitely a big outlier among LM, NG, Boeing etc...