Dick - shape aerospace producer Blue Origin has in the end revealed itsBE-4 liquid rocket locomotive engine — an engine the company has been developing for more than four eld . The BE-4s will be used in Blue Origin ’s New Glenn rocket , which founder Jeff Bezos hop will one dayshuttle humansto and from the moon . In genuine Bezos style , the announcement was madewithout noticeon his personal Twitter account .
1st BE-4 engine to the full assembled . 2nd and 3rd come faithful behind.#GradatimFerociterpic.twitter.com / duE4Tnzvkx
— Jeff Bezos ( @JeffBezos)March 6 , 2017
According to Blue Origin ’s website , not only will the BE-4 end America ’s reliance on theRussian RD-180 locomotive engine , it requires no taxpayer dollars , since it ’s entirely funded by the private sector . To top it all off , two of these bad boy cater up to 1.1 million pounds of driving force — not too moth-eaten .
While the New Glenn is just an idea mighty now ( the quickness that will reportedly build itis itself currentlyunder construction in Cape Canaveral ) , it ’ll be a brute once it ’s built . The heavy - lift orbital Eruca vesicaria sativa will come intwo size varieties — one standing 270 feet , the other at 313 feet . When it ’s done , the New Glenn rockets will be some of thelargest and most sinewy in the world . According to Blue Origin , each New Glenn first stage will be powered by 7 of the engines see below .
Here ’s one more guessing of BE-4 in its transport cradle.pic.twitter.com/T2HdZ3UtQZ
The BE-4 ’s vexer fuels the flaming of the current space race between noted billionaires Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk . Of course , when you ’re that rich , playing arugula man is probably a casual hobby .
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