Dude, I was crossing myself when I saw the news! Jeff Bezos, the Amazon guy with all the cash, went boom with a rocket in Florida. For real, bro, a New Glenn rocket from Blue Origin exploded on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Thursday night around 9 PM local time.
Images of a massive fireball - you'd think it was Armageddon, not a space test. Luckily, nobody died, 'cause that's the only way they get off scot-free. Bezos wrote on social media that the teams are safe, but that "it was a very tough day."
Man, a tough day when you burn a rocket worth hundreds of millions? I'd say it's a crappy day. But he, cool as a cucumber, says it "was worth it" and they're rebuilding.
What do you know, boss - with all the money he's got, he can just buy another rocket on eBay, it'd still be cheaper. The US Space Force and FAA are there, investigating. NASA, through administrator Isaacman, said "spaceflight is hard."
Well, if it were easy, we'd be doing it from Berceni with a BMW engine and some cables from Mioara at Lidl. Last month, Blue Origin had another mishap - another New Glenn rocket was grounded after a satellite failure. Seems like they just launched a rocket successfully in November.
But now, boom! And I was thinking of sending my resume to Blue Origin, to see what it's like to have rocket money. Nah, I'll stick with Fane's terrace and my 2008 BMW - at least I know how that one blows up, it doesn't catch me by surprise.
As they say, when you've got money, you can even throw a rocket at the ground - you're still a billionaire. If our car blows up, we make payments to Relu. That's life, bro!
