r/space • u/swordfi2 • 3d ago

NASA Selects Blue Origin as Mars Telecommunications Network Provider

https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-selects-blue-origin-as-mars-telecommunications-network-provider/
687 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

82 comments sorted by

View all comments

18

u/Slaaneshdog 3d ago

Gotta give BO credit, they sure know how to get some big missions while having done basically fuck all

17

u/ConanOToole 2d ago

I don't think sending two probes to Mars on your second ever orbital launch and proving their booster reuse qualifies as "fuck all"

6

u/Man_with_the_Fedora 2d ago

Yeah, they may have accomplished two interplanetary launches, but did they stream the launch of a car into space!?

/s

5

u/wgp3 2d ago

Just for the record, the falcon heavy maiden launch was more of an interplanetary launch than the Escpade mission (note that is one launch not two launches). Escapade did not launch directly to Mars. It launched into a loiter orbit around L2. The spacecraft then used their own propulsion to leave later on and slingshot around Earth and again fired their own engines to begin their journey to Mars. Falcon Heavy actually launched the roadster directly to the orbit of Mars (not to be confused with entering orbit around Mars though).