Perhaps in the final present, Jeff Bezos surprised his mother, Jacklyn Bezos, by revealing the name of the recovery boat for his space company Blue Origin, calling it Jacklyn in his honor. Although the 600-foot ship was purchased in 2018, it was refurbished and now renamed to its new post as a floating landing zone for the first stage of Blue Origin’s next heavy cargo rocket, known as New Glenn.
Bezos spread the news by posting on his Instagram the video of his mother christening the boat with champagne.
O Jacklyn it is necessary because the New Glenn first stage is reusable. In fact, the first stage of the rocket was designed to be reused up to 25 times. Much like the SpaceX drone recovery ships Of course I still love you and Just read the instructions working to retrieve the company’s Falcon 9 thrusters, Jacklyn will be positioned in the Atlantic Ocean so that New Glenn’s first stage thruster can land on the boat when rockets start launching from Kennedy Space Center later this year, if all goes according to plan. planned.