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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, 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🇺🇸

The aftermath of LC-36 following New Glenn's explosion during its Static Fire test last night captured by D Wise (@dwisecinema). Overview of the incident: youtube.com/watch?v=9b-ZhG…

Can Blue Moon fly on Falcon Heavy? • Blue Moon MK1 specs: 8.05 m tall × 3.08 m diameter (legs folded) — built for New Glenn’s 7 m fairing but super compact. • Falcon Heavy fairing: 5.2 m diameter × 13.2 m tall, enough clearance on all sides. • Blue Moon weighs 21.35 tons when fully fueled. • TLI capacity for Falcon Heavy (estimated from performance models and delta-v analysis): ≈ 20–22 tons in fully expendable mode. Technically this could be done with Blue Moon being fully expendable. A joint collaboration between @NASAMoonBase, @blueorigin, and @SpaceX could be an amazing opportunity 🇺🇸 Yes, this image is not completely accurate but is just a visual representation.