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Blue Origin Tests Liquid Hydrogen Engine

By Keith Cowing
NASA Watch
December 3, 2013
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Blue Origin Debuts the American-made BE-3 Liquid Hydrogen Rocket Engine (with video)
“Blue Origin reached a key milestone in the development of the liquid-fueled BE-3 engine by successfully demonstrating deep throttle, full power, long-duration and reliable restart all in a single-test sequence. The BE-3 is the first completely new liquid hydrogen-fueled engine to be developed for production in the U.S. since the RS-68 more than a decade ago.”
NASA Commercial Crew Partner Blue Origin Test-Fires New Rocket Engine (with video)
“NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP) has been working with the company on several aspects of the engine’s development. The program supported testing of the BE-3 under the agency’s Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) initiative and continues to offer technical support. NASA and Blue Origin also are partnered in review and tests of the company’s Space Vehicle design.”

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8 responses to “Blue Origin Tests Liquid Hydrogen Engine”

  1. BeanCounterFromDownUnder says:
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    I’m sorry but I must have missed it when BO became part of the Commercial Crew effort. So far as I’m aware, the Commercial Crew Program companies are Boeing, SpaceX and Sierra Nevada.

  2. BeanCounterFromDownUnder says:
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    One further comment, I’m sure that BO are doing great with their hydrogen engine however that’s just one engine. In the same time period of roughly a decade, SpaceX have developed and flown Kestral, 3 versions of Merlin first stage engine, 2 Merlin vacuum stage engines, and Draco engines. They are in the process of developing a SuperDraco and now Raptor. That’s just engines. When added to launch vehicles, spacecraft and infrastructure development, SpaceX leave BO looking like the amateurs.

    • savuporo says:
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      So, the logic of your statement is .. everyone that is not doing exactly what SpaceX is doing, are amateurs ?

      BO is set up as a different company with different near and long term goals. AFAIK they have not said they want to launch GEO comsats or occupy Mars for that matter.

    • Anonymous says:
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      SpaceX have their own objectives and their own way of doing thing, and yes, they’ve been hugely successful. However, that in no way suggests that their objectives and way of doing things are the only way. If Blue origin’s goals, time tables, and methodology are different, then picking any standard of comparison is a purely arbitrary and meaningless exercise.

  3. Charles Dickson says:
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    Related?: http://www.xcor.com/press/2… A slightly less impressive engine and not “production”, but also American LH2

  4. hikingmike says:
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    Great video. Keep putting those out for new developments, NASA Commercial Crew Program.