This is CBS. I on the world. I'm John Batchel. Bob Zimmerman keeps the website behind the black,

a double launch on one day, and finally we have what we've been longing for. Competition in

commercial space to low Earth orbit, the Earth moon system, and beyond. Bob, a very good evening to

you. Blue Origin launches

new Glenn, and SpaceX launches number seven starship super heavy. We'll begin with Blue Origin because

that is new. Blue Origin, I'm told, reached orbit, and that's the success. What else did you see that surprised you, Bob,

because so much of it you anticipated over a long period of time.

Good evening.

There were no actual surprises, John.

The law origin had been priming to this launch for almost a decade.

The rocket was first proposed in 2016. It was being developed

relatively aggressively for about a year, and then Jeff Bezos hired a CEO who for five years

basically shut his company down. They accomplished Blue Origin, accomplished nothing, from about

2017, 2017 to about 2023. And then in 23, and the end of the year, he finally, that guy resigned,

maybe was removed, and they replaced him with a new guy, David Limp, who, since that date,

there's been real activity at Blue Origin, real movement.

And they finally got New Glen assembled and stacked and tested.

And so this week they completed its first launch.

Hallelujah.

And it's better wait than never.

After five years behind schedule, it is now up a proven rocket.

It's only one launch.

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