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Jeff Bezos

12/15/23

@ Lex Fridman

The New Glenn rocket's booster is powered by seven BE-4 engines, each producing over 550,000 pounds of thrust, fueled by liquefied natural gas and liquid oxygen.

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Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin | Lex Fridman Podcast #405

@ Lex Fridman

Jeff Bezos: Amazon and Blue Origin | Lex Fridman Podcast #405

12/15/23

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Jeff Bezos

12/15/23

@ Lex Fridman

The BE-3U engines, used in the second stage of New Glenn, produce 160,000 pounds of thrust and are designed for high efficiency with liquid hydrogen as the propellant.

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Jeff Bezos

12/15/23

@ Lex Fridman

New Glenn generates about 3.9 million pounds of thrust at liftoff, which is a little more than half the thrust of the Saturn V Rocket.

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Jeff Bezos

12/15/23

@ Lex Fridman

New Glenn is a heavy lift launch vehicle capable of carrying about 45 metric tons to Low Earth Orbit (LEO).

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Jeff Bezos

12/15/23

@ Lex Fridman

The first stage of New Glenn is reusable, landing on a platform in the ocean for maintenance, while the second stage is expendable to maximize efficiency.

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Jeff Bezos

12/15/23

@ Lex Fridman

The first launch of New Glenn is scheduled for 2024, and while I'm optimistic, I'm not certain about the payload for that mission.

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Jeff Bezos

12/15/23

@ Lex Fridman

Hydrogen is a great propellant for upper stages due to its high specific impulse, but it's not ideal for booster stages because it requires large storage tanks.

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Elon Musk

03/20/13

@ TED

We've achieved a significant reduction in rocket building costs, around 75%, through innovations in airframe, engines, and launch operations.

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Y Combinator Cast

04/12/24

@ Y Combinator

Astrome Mechanica plans to focus on launching payloads into orbit as a specific use case for their versatile engine, similar to Tesla's strategy.

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Jeff Bezos

12/15/23

@ Lex Fridman

Rockets tend to be more efficient when they are larger, as parasitic mass becomes less significant and engine efficiency improves with size.