Marcus House's weekly video

Discussion of the big explosion of the New Glenn rocket in Florida. More Starship news, and other space news.

As for the explosion, it would seem odd that Blue Origin would fuel up the upper stage for a static fire of the first stage. What purpose does it do to have fuel in the upper stage when it cannot be tested?

How does Blue Origin static fire test their upper stage anyway? SpaceX has a dedicated facility at Massey's that does that test. Does Blue Origin have something like that?