In light of the recent New Glenn hot fire test failure at LC-36 I wanted to share some thoughts about Blue Origin, the challenges of rocket development, and what this all means for us as humans. I worked at Blue Origin in a variety of roles for several years, but I won't go into more detail to remain anonymous. First I want to say that the people I worked with at Blue Origin were the best of the best. Everyone I worked with there was kind, incredibly smart, and hard working. I look back on my time there as some of the best of my career. Seeing NG-4 blow up on the pad was gutting. I want to extend my condolences to the people at Blue Origin who put in loads of hard work, late nights, and persevered through many technical challenges to get NG-4 ready for launch. Seeing such a dramatic failure is a huge morale killer. Beyond that, losing their main/only launch site will cause months (or more) of delay to multiple programs. I really hope that Blue Origin and everyone there can bounce back quickly.…