Crucial Quote
Billionaire and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos commented on the incident in a X post, saying: “All personnel are accounted for and safe. It’s too early to know the root cause, but we’re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It’s worth it.”
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Responding to Blue Origin’s announcement on X, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote: “Sorry to see this, I hope you recover quickly.”
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What Has Nasa Said About The Incident?
NASA administrator Jared Isaacman wrote the government space agency is “aware of the anomaly” involving the Blue Origin New Glenn test. “Spaceflight is unforgiving, and developing new heavy-lift launch capability is extraordinarily difficult. We will work with our partners to support a thorough investigation of this anomaly, assess near-term mission impacts, and get back to launching rockets.” The statement also added that NASA will share updates on any potential impacts to the Artemis and Moon Base programs “as it becomes available.”