Monday, September 12, 2016

Blue Origin Looks To Build Bigger Rocket Than SpaceX, ULA

Blue Origin, the space rocket firm funded by Amazon.com's Jeff Bezos, said this morning that Blue Origin plans to build its own, multi-stage versions of its New Shepherd rocket booster, called the New Glenn. According to the company, the new two- and three-stage rockets are named after John Glenn. The new rockets are bigger than both the Space Falcon Heavy, the United Launch Alliance's Delta IV Heavy, and are nearly as big as the NASA Saturn V.