Ben Brockert on Nostr: Went and watched the Blue Origin launch from the beach, was glad to see it go! The ...
Went and watched the Blue Origin launch from the beach, was glad to see it go! The flickery start had me concerned, but it kept going. Louder but dimmer than an F9.
It casts a conical beam of light out the bottom unlike any kerosene rocket. Glowing ceramic nozzle coating, or just some excited chemical state only inside the nozzle? You can see it in this video screencap, it’s not an artifact, and it had a spotlight effect after flying through the cloud deck.
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