Hello and welcome back to Max Q!
In this issue:
- Relativity scrubs first Terran 1 launch attempt
- Claims of age discrimination in hiring at Blue Origin
- News from Starfish Space and more
One scrub, one abort during Relativity’s launch attempts of Terran 1
Relativity Space called off the first launch attempt of the Terran 1 rocket last Wednesday, a little more than half an hour before the close of the launch window. A few days later, on Saturday, the rocket hit an automated abort due to the fuel pressure on the second stage. They now join every other space company in history in not launching their vehicle on the first attempt.
Launching rockets is hard! It would’ve been astounding if they’d pulled it off on the first — or even second — try.
“The team went HARD today and we intend to do so during our next attempt. M...
