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Blue Origin (BORGN), the space technology company owned by Amazon (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos, on Monday called off the inaugural launch of its New Glenn rocket, after multiple delays, due to some last-minute anomalies.

"We're standing down on today's launch attempt to troubleshoot a vehicle ...

I guess it's been delayed until the 12th.

It's about time that Bezos tried to catch up to Musk and might mean these two will finally get us into space again before I die.

New Glenn’s inaugural mission (NG-1) is targeting no earlier than Friday, January 10, from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida. The three-hour launch window opens at 1 a.m. EST (0600 UTC). NG-1 is our first National Security Space Launch certification flight.

The ...

Won't be long til ole sleepy eyed Joe is gone.

I just wonder where we would be if the last election hadn't been hijacked

Barring any shenanigans this time around, I think someone is in for a second term.

When I was out in the field Land Surveying, it often seemed like the orange cones we set out around our position were taken as more of a test for the driver's skill than as something to avoid. They often would see just how close they could come to hitting the things.

Interesting!

How's Jerry doing these days? 8-)


Jerry use to be a member of the old Cantina. When we changed digs, he never signed back up with this format. In a way it's too bad. He was a vary opinionated person and I feel he would have flourished in a free speech zone. Alas, I also feel he ...

Orpheus was a great dog. His litter mate, Trixie, was no slouch either.

She nearly succumbed to Parvo when in our ignorance about their shots (no hurry in getting them, right?) both her and Orpheus caught it around the age of two years. Being the runt of the litter, it hit her harder and the vet ...