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Blue Origin launch pad repairs could take 'serious time', NASA chief tells CNBC
- A New Glenn rocket blew up in a dramatic hot‑fire test at Cape Canaveral, leaving the launch pad heavily damaged and repairs expected to take months — NASA said a 2028 timeframe is "within the realm" of possibility.
- Fortunately no one was hurt and the Amazon LEO satellites the flight would have carried had not been integrated, so the payloads were spared.
- The mishap is a major setback for Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin just as it tries to compete with Elon Musk's SpaceX — New Glenn is also slated to support NASA's Artemis moon missions.
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