{"id":17601,"date":"2021-01-27T22:34:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T14:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/jeff-bezos-kicks-back-with-full-thrust-firing-of-blue-origins-be-4-rocket-engine-in-texas\/"},"modified":"2021-01-27T22:34:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T14:34:16","slug":"jeff-bezos-kicks-back-with-full-thrust-firing-of-blue-origins-be-4-rocket-engine-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/jeff-bezos-kicks-back-with-full-thrust-firing-of-blue-origins-be-4-rocket-engine-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos kicks back with full-thrust firing of Blue Origin\u2019s BE-4 rocket engine in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Blue Origin\u2019s BE-4 rocket engine lights up for a full-thrust test firing in Texas. (Jeff Bezos via Instagram)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you\u2019re hanging out in West Texas during a pandemic, there are few fireworks shows more thrilling than a test firing of your very own rocket engine. At least that\u2019s the way Blue Origin\u2019s billionaire founder sees it.<\/p>\n

\u201cPerfect night,\u201d Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who created the Blue Origin space venture more than two decades ago, wrote in an Instagram post. \u201cSitting in the back of my pickup truck under the moon and stars, watching another long-duration, full-thrust hot-fire test of Blue Origin\u2019s BE-4 engine.\u201d<\/p>\n

The post featured a shot of Bezos and other spectators looking on at the rising rocket plume from afar, as well as a video with closer perspectives of the firing.<\/p>\n