Comments by "C S ~ \x5bDuke of Ramble\x5d" (@DUKE_of_RAMBLE) on "" video.

  1. re: 9 engine variant... Didn't early New Glenn have an exaggerated flared out aft, like way more than current NG...?
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  2. It's great they somewhat succeeded, but holy cow war that a boring launch/stream. At separation I learned just how spoiled we are by SpaceX's launches... 🥴 Mind you I realized this with Vulcan, too, but I figured BO would've embraced technology more and had a steal comparable to SpaceX... but nope! This just solidified that BO truly is "old space" in every way. As such, not sure I'll bother tuning in to future launches unless they decide to show us more. The two "good job"s I can hand out are for the use of the on screen info explaining what the current hold is for (boat down range), and a seemingly bit more verbose launch coordinator callouts... albeit, a deduction of said point due to the announcer talking over them... 😅
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  3.  @imaginary_friend7300  "Somewhat", because they wanted to catch it and intentionally took the show and methodical "Old Space" approach in order to ensure it would succeed at every step... However, they didn't succeed at that goal, so yes, I qualify it as somewhat for that reason. However, as Everyday Astronaut and Scott both commented about... she lumbered off the launch pad, and that's WITHOUT a bulky payload! So then, one has to ask: How much trouble will it have when it does have a full sized payload? For that reason I feel "somewhat" is also merited. Did it accomplish milestones? Of course! It still went up, so achieved the required altitudes, stage 2 did what it needed, and much data was undoubtedly collected! (hopefully lots of footage was uplinked but simply not streamed) As such, for THAT I qualify it a "success". Thus: "somewhat succeeded" 😊👍
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