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Anpanman - Space is Hard: Analyzing the New Glenn 3 Anomaly and Bluebird 7 Loss
This episode provides a deep dive into the emotional and technical fallout from the Blue Origin New Glenn 3 mission. While the flight demonstrated a successful booster landing, the second stage failed to complete its second burn, leaving AST SpaceMobile's Bluebird 7 (FM2) in a non-sustainable elliptical orbit. The discussion covers the technical mechanics of the failure and the reality that space remains a high-stakes, low-margin environment where even the most anticipated launches can face setbacks.
Significant attention is paid to the resilience of the AST SpaceMobile government business…
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