Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos had planned to transform a secondhand ocean freighter into a seaborne rocket recovery site.
In a December 2020 ceremony, Bezos announced that the 600 foot long cargo ship would be turned into a re-enactment facility for Blue Origin's first stage boosters.
After every flight, the first stage of New Glenn will return to the Jacklyn. Mom has always given us the best place and best heart to come home to, and that's why it's called it.
The vessel was christened with a bottle of sparkling wine by his mother.
It looks like some gifts are too expensive for mom. Blue Origin is abandoning the project on account of cash, and as the New Glenn endeavor is already years behind schedule, they likely need a new solution very quickly.
Linda Mills told CNN that the company is looking for more cost effective means of rocket recovery.
The ability to recover first-stage rocket boosters is important for private organizations that want to compete with Musk's company. Musk's enterprise uses drones to catch its Falcon 9 boosters, an innovation that reduces the price of space travel.
It looks like Blue Origin is going to get a New Glenn craft into space by the end of the year, though without a recapture site, that might be hard.
What will happen to the Jacklyn is not clear. If Bezos wants to make it up to his mom, we think he should change his yacht's name.
Jeff Bezos' ship will not be used to catch rockets.
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