Blue Origin is going all in on the New Glenn rocket
The part that gets me is the pace: multiple flights per week by the end of the decade, off infrastructure that barely exists yet. New Glenn still hasn't made its first trip to orbit, and Blue Origin is already talking like a launch provider with a full manifest. That kind of ambition either points to real confidence in the reuse model or a very expensive bet on demand that hasn't materialized.
I'd want to know what's actually behind that cadence number. Is it two launches a week or five? Because the difference matters for what they're building on the ground, and for whether they're aiming at the Falcon 9 volume or something closer to a niche player with a big rocket. The payload side is the part nobody talks about enough: you can build all the pads and processing facilities you want, but someone has to have something to put on top.
Still, I like the direction. Treating launch as routine infrastructure, the way we treat airports, is the only path that makes sense if we're serious about a future where orbit is a place we work and build. Blue Origin's been the patient one in this industry for years. If New Glenn actually flies at that cadence, the conversation about who owns access to space changes.