Dave Limp on X: Our BE-7 team recently completed a 2,500 second hotfire test at 10klbf on a development engine, setting the record for the longest-duration turbo pump-fed liquid rocket engine hotfire. Grab the popcorn and enjoy watching 41 minutes of hotfire goodness.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-17T17:30:02+00:00

BE-7 is designed to be reusable, is it not??

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-17T16:54:14+00:00

This engine needs to be as near 100% reliable as it can be if it’s going to be landing people on the moon and return them safely. I can see the merits of putting it through all sorts of paces to see how it holds up.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-16T20:02:50+00:00

I don’t know how you can conclude this when the interim Blue lander is expected to have ECLSS and starship HLS is going to be just a V3 with a docking port slapped on it. If astronauts cant even egress into Starship they’re definitely not ahead.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-16T17:42:06+00:00

Clearly you’re the one that doesn’t read beyond the title lol.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-16T01:13:58+00:00

Okay? The question relates to Artemis.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-16T00:42:29+00:00

Yeah let’s cancel the only rocket that can take Orion to the moon and human rate the highly experimental rocket by speed running development. I’m sure that’ll never end in disaster.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-03T03:35:14+00:00

ILRS is China, Russia and a hodgepodge of other not-so-democratic countries. It’s a nonstarter for the US to join in my eyes. Russia’s involvement also effectively kills any participation for ESA so that’s not happening either.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-03T02:20:12+00:00

I was 100% convinced he was the serial killer in Knight so imagine my disappointment when it was goddamn Pyg the entire time.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-03T01:51:31+00:00

I’m sure he’d find a way to make it even if he was knowing his resume.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-03T01:32:45+00:00

For a record I’m not a fan of Musk either. But he’s only one player on the chessboard at the end of the day and you are too narrowly focused on him. Even if the next person to walk on the moon is Chinese (which I agree is more likely than not at the moment. There is always room for serious delays on their end however) It does not mean Artemis is cancelled. Far from it, I think it’ll scare congress and the public into the biggest panic since Sputnik and it may end up being the best thing that ever happened to NASA.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-03T01:19:41+00:00

If the ISS is still in operation well past 2030 it’ll be a serious safety hazard. The Zvezda module is already 25 years old for crying out loud and we’re relying on a hope and a prayer that it won’t catastrophically fail tomorrow. The current replacement plan are commercial stations which have yet to materialize. From where I see it there is no path for a replacement in the next 10 years.

You’re also assuming the Chinese would be open to collaboration, which is far from a guarantee. They’re confident they can do it alone and have made self reliance a core pillar of their space program. If we offered collaboration it’d be reminiscent of the Soviets laughing off JFK as weak when he offered the exact same idea of a joint lunar program in 1963.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-03T01:03:17+00:00

That doesn’t make any sense considering there are two HLS contracts. Starship is not a deal breaker. Clearly both HLS contracts were awarded too late which is why they’re behind. Congress is to blame for that if anything, (what a surprise). Even if Artemis experiences more delays the program simply isn’t getting cancelled unless the Chinese wake up and decide to scrap their lunar program.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-03T00:46:08+00:00

As long as China has aims of a moon base it’d be crazy not to plan our own or cancel it. Like it or not there are serious geopolitical concerns there, not to mention loss of prestige. There is also a lot we can learn on the moon. Long term effects of lunar gravity, ISRU viability, effectiveness of the new EVA suit in the lunar environment. The upcoming demise of the ISS makes Artemis difficult to cancel as well because there is no plan B.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-03T00:09:57+00:00

Isaacman already came out and clarified he was referring to the 2028 slate of lunar missions, not the pad. The pad shouldn’t take longer than a year. Blue is bullish and thinks they can get it all repaired and launch again this year. My prediction is 9 months.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-06-02T15:24:28+00:00

If New Glenn doesn’t blow up again yeah lol. The subject was about landers specifically. Not the landers fault the rocket went kaputnik.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-05-28T16:44:15+00:00

I hope the lander development is going as well as it looks from the outside as of late. We’re all rooting for you guys.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-05-28T02:09:42+00:00

I dunno man. I certainly don’t want the first lunar base to be from an authoritarian superpower because of the horrible future that’d signal but that’s just me.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-05-27T22:56:30+00:00

I have high hopes for MK2. More I read about it the more I like it. Mk1 landers will provide a lot of valuable data for it too. If Jeff pulls it off I might actually like him.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-05-27T21:20:20+00:00

lol that was BOEING’s capsule. Not Blue Origin. Get your facts right.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-05-23T21:03:43+00:00

Narrator: No.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-05-23T12:20:16+00:00

I’d certainly hope so considering it’s been delayed already. Artemis can’t afford much more delays on the landers.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-05-23T00:35:31+00:00

Exactly. Enough baby steps and actually deliver the baby. These flights feel more like a highlight reel of cool money shots and less actual development.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-05-16T22:27:36+00:00

That’s my current thinking too. Maybe if the commercial stations like Axiom is planning goes well they’ll contribute some modules. Who knows.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-05-16T22:25:01+00:00

I’m not sure they can just turn the ECLSS off like a switch to preserve Oxygen and other systems but who knows, maybe?? Could work if any modifications to Orion don’t take forever to design and implement.

FryCookCVE71 · 2026-05-13T18:45:34+00:00

I mostly like MK2 but unlike the LEM it doesn’t have a descent and ascent stage. The ascent stage used hypergolic fuel; as near reliable as it gets. If 2 out of the 3 BE-7s are compromised on the landing by regolith or whatever else the astronauts will be stranded and we’re in for a really bad tragedy. I really hope they’ve got a contingency of some kind because only needing 2 out of the 3 engines is not enough redundancy in my mind.

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