Potential setback for Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin as rocket engine explodes in test

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Potential setback for Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin as rocket engine explodes in test
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The company's BE-4 engine is meant to power ULA's Vulcan Centaur rocket, the inaugural flight of which has already been delayed several times.

The Colorado-based company had originally wanted to launch its Vulcan Centaur in 2020, but the rocket was held back by the delivery of its two BE-4 engines, which were deliveredULA’s CEO Tory Bruno, however, doesn’t seem to be phased by the BE-4 engine explosion. “Many parts on a rocket, individual ATP [acceptance test] failures not uncommon,” Bruno

on Twitter on Tuesday. “Many other BE4s have passed ATP & gone on to hot fire. This one had failed an earlier ATP attempt & was reworked.”Blue Origin is no stranger to anomalies. In September 2022, the booster on the company’s New Shepard rocket

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