Significant fire damage to the launch pad, tower, and other infrastructure can be seen – which will undoubtably require months of repairs – while debris from New Glenn lay scattered around LC-36.
We go where we need to be, and today that was
@NASAKennedy. Some of my senior engineers and I spent time at
@blueorigin with
@JeffBezos and
@davill, (CEO @BlueOrigin. Love space and consumer electronics. Let’s build a road to space for the benefit of Earth.) speaking with the workforce and seeing the damage at LC-36 firsthand. I appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from those working through the aftermath and better understand the challenges ahead.
There is a lot of work to do, but this is exactly why people choose careers in aerospace, whether at NASA, Blue Origin, or across the industry. The talent in this field thrives under pressure and performs at its best when solving the toughest problems.
We have been saying for months at NASA that we are not going to sit on our hands and wait for the capabilities necessary to achieve the nation’s most pressing objectives.
We are going to take an active role alongside our partners, just as we did in the 1960s, to overcome setbacks, remove obstacles, and deliver the intended outcomes.
@NASA is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.
America’s greatest achievements in space were never the result of avoiding setbacks. They came from overcoming them. We have done it before, and we will do it again🇺🇸
