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Blue Origin laying off 1,400 employees
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:09 pm
Told workers to stay home and logon to Zoom meeting. Oof. Will focus on launch operations.
Artemis and Boeing killed em.
Orlando Sentinel article
Non paywall story
Artemis and Boeing killed em.
Orlando Sentinel article
Non paywall story
This post was edited on 2/13/25 at 2:12 pm
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Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:11 pm to concrete_tiger
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Artemis and Boeing killed em.
SpaceX
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:11 pm to concrete_tiger
Aid was cutoff I guess LOL
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:12 pm to concrete_tiger
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Artemis and Boeing killed em.
What did Blue Origin have to do with Artemis and Boeing?
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:19 pm to concrete_tiger
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Artemis and Boeing killed em.
Boeing is still trying to kill themselves. The Artemis program is a fricking joke.
ETA: Boeing is laying off 400 related to Artemis. LINK
This post was edited on 2/13/25 at 2:21 pm
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:23 pm to concrete_tiger
I’m in the job market and looked into Blue Origin. They have a strict 5 day per week in office policy now. I think companies are going to use return to office policies as an easy way to thin the workforce.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:30 pm to concrete_tiger
Space X has a product they offer, Star Link. Space X launches Star Link satellites into low orbit on the regular and every satellite has to be replaced every 5 years. Space X has a business case.
What is Blue Origin's business case?
What is Blue Origin's business case?
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:33 pm to GumboPot
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What is Blue Origin's business case?
They’re developing their own satellite based internet service called Project Kuiper. Actually it may be under Amazon.
That and providing launch services for heavier payloads than Falcon 9 can generally put into orbit.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:33 pm to concrete_tiger
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Artemis and Boeing killed em.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:34 pm to HeadCall
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What did Blue Origin have to do with Artemis and Boeing?
Google it. BO was one of the lunar lander contract winners. They also had collaborations with Boeing.
Less focus on R&D and more on launches now, supposedly.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:34 pm to pjab
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I’m in the job market and looked into Blue Origin. They have a strict 5 day per week in office policy now. I think companies are going to use return to office policies as an easy way to thin the workforce.
They absolutely are. Every company instituting a return to office policy is simply shedding headcount they don’t have to pay for (in severances and unemployment fees) prior to the layoffs they’ll announce in 6-8 months.
It’s like clockwork.
Beware: if your company announces a return to office policy then you better start ensuring you won’t get the axe or start looking for new employment. Best case scenario you find a new gig you can take job right around the time your company lays you off and pays you a severance. Double dipping
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:36 pm to SouthEasternKaiju
It’s clear some of you are totally into space programs, lol.
Please share how Artemis was keeping BO afloat? Or any contracts with Boeing? What is BO going to focus on?
Thanks in advance
Please share how Artemis was keeping BO afloat? Or any contracts with Boeing? What is BO going to focus on?
Thanks in advance
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:36 pm to concrete_tiger
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Google it. BO was one of the lunar lander contract winners
SpaceX has a lunar lander contract as well. As far as I know neither SpaceX or Blue Origins landers had anything to do with Boeing.
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They also had collaborations with Boeing.
I’m unfamiliar with this. Can you please elaborate?
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:41 pm to HeadCall
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quote: They also had collaborations with Boeing. I’m unfamiliar with this. Can you please elaborate?
Can’t tell if serious.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:42 pm to concrete_tiger
Yes. I’m serious. What are they collaborating with Boeing on?
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:46 pm to concrete_tiger
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Please share how Artemis was keeping BO afloat?
I think you're missing the point. Boeing and Artemis have their own issues. That BO is laying off people while Boeing is warning about downsizing its own SLS program is telling.
The one who has been producing at a breakneck speed is SpaceX .
This post was edited on 2/13/25 at 2:51 pm
Posted on 2/13/25 at 2:49 pm to concrete_tiger
I stopped at a little diner while traveling through West Texas a couple of years ago. The place was jam-packed with oilfield workers and Blue Origin engineers.
The Blue Origin folks really stood out.
The Blue Origin folks really stood out.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 3:02 pm to concrete_tiger
BO isn’t directly impacted by the SLS cancellation, but could potentially be hit by any changes to Artemis (the overall moon program). Currently there is still a plan to use the lunar gateway, and while SLS is being canceled, they’ll still need a ship to get the astronauts there, and it’s assumed to be Starship. From gateway, 2 lunar landers are being developed, one from SpaceX and one from BO. If gateway is eliminated, it might default to Starship only. None of this has been determined yet. My guess is that this is more related to the new management that was brought in awhile ago. The former head of BO ran the operation more like Boeing (thus all the delays), they’re running a leaner operation now.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 3:06 pm to concrete_tiger
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Artemis and Boeing killed em.
seriously dude? give me a break.
Posted on 2/13/25 at 3:11 pm to CAD703X
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seriously dude? give me a break.
Are you slightly retarded?
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