Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The recent second launch of New Glenn looks quite successful, and a lot of people are already comparing Blue Origin with SpaceX just because of one single good flight. The booster launched, the mission went well, the stage landed, everyone was excited. But behind that success, Blue Origin is still dealing with a lot of problems, and in this video we are going to look at those problems and ask a simple question: does Blue Origin really have a chance against SpaceX, or is this just hype? Before we delve any deeper, please make sure to subscribe to our channel for future updates.
First, let’s look at the timeline, because the timeline itself is part of the problem. New Glenn was not supposed to appear in 2025. When Jeff Bezos first announced the rocket back in 2016, Blue Origin’s plan was for New Glenn to fly around 2020. It was marketed as a huge, reusable heavy lift rocket that would compete with Falcon 9 and maybe even Falcon Heavy. But 2020 came and went, and there was no rocket on the pad. The company pushed the first launch to 2021. Then they pushed it again to 2022. Then again to 2023. Each slip had reasons – development challenges, engine delays, infrastructure not ready – but from the outside, it all looked like one thing: Blue Origin could not get this rocket off the ground.
The recent second launch of New Glenn looks quite successful, and a lot of people are already comparing Blue Origin with SpaceX just because of one single good flight. The booster launched, the mission went well, the stage landed, everyone was excited. But behind that success, Blue Origin is still dealing with a lot of problems, and in this video we are going to look at those problems and ask a simple question: does Blue Origin really have a chance against SpaceX, or is this just hype? Before we delve any deeper, please make sure to subscribe to our channel for future updates.
First, let’s look at the timeline, because the timeline itself is part of the problem. New Glenn was not supposed to appear in 2025. When Jeff Bezos first announced the rocket back in 2016, Blue Origin’s plan was for New Glenn to fly around 2020. It was marketed as a huge, reusable heavy lift rocket that would compete with Falcon 9 and maybe even Falcon Heavy. But 2020 came and went, and there was no rocket on the pad. The company pushed the first launch to 2021. Then they pushed it again to 2022. Then again to 2023. Each slip had reasons – development challenges, engine delays, infrastructure not ready – but from the outside, it all looked like one thing: Blue Origin could not get this rocket off the ground.
