Blue Origin Blows Up. Rocket Science is Hard. But is that a bad thing?

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On May 28, Blue Origin rocket New Glenn blew up during a hotfire test. A fireball destroyed the launchpad at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station as the rocket started its planned testing. Glenn's seven methane-fueled BE-4 first stage engines at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. The explosion was believed to be the most powerful rocket explosion since the Soviet Union’s N1 moon rocket was destroyed during its second launch attempt. The engine test was meant to set up New Glenn’s fourth flight scheduled on June 4, which was supposed to deploy 48 satellites for Amazon. No people nor satellites were hurt or damaged during the explosion as confirmed by Jeff Bezos personally through a post on X later that day. The explosion will significantly hurt Blue Origin's launch plans, as the company only has the single pad which blew up, whereas rival SpaceX has two operational launch pads. The explosion marked the first on-pad explosion since the SpaceX Falcon 9 blew up in 2016, which caused the model to stay grounded for over 3 months and the pad to be repaired for over a year.