Bezos Wants Rockets Every Minute — Five Months After His Exploded
New Glenn lifts off on its second flight (November 13, 2025, the successful ESCAPADE mission) — Bezos now promises a return to flight in December 2026 after the May pad explosion. (Photo: U.S. Space Force, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) "Our goal is to fly every day. And then once we're flying every day, we want to fly every hour. And then once we're flying every hour, we want to fly every minute." That was Jeff Bezos, on Fox News, five months after his rocket exploded on the launch pad. The man has either seen the future or lost the plot — and both are worth taking seriously. The interview — Bezos's first extended sit-down at Blue Origin's Cape Canaveral facility — was ostensibly about his vision for American spaceflight. What it actually delivered was a credibility bet: a December return-to-flight promise, a first-ever mention of a Blue Origin IPO, and an FAA filing that would quadruple his launch allowance. The smart money says December is impo...