Comments on: Bob Smith out at Blue Origin https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/bob-smith-out-at-blue-origin/ Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:25:05 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Concerned https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/bob-smith-out-at-blue-origin/#comment-1428715 Wed, 27 Sep 2023 04:25:05 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=98855#comment-1428715 If Amazon starts to slow, maybe even just a bit, Blue will be sold off so fast, it will be the first agile thing Bezos ever did.

]]> By: Jeffrey https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/bob-smith-out-at-blue-origin/#comment-1428701 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 22:12:29 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=98855#comment-1428701 Well, he will probably get hired at NASA. He is about their speed.

]]> By: Tom https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/bob-smith-out-at-blue-origin/#comment-1428675 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:34:45 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=98855#comment-1428675 Blue Orin’s development strategy was/is NOT transparent nor is it “Agile”. The first is tolerable (just ask the Chinese) but not doing the timely testing and sifting through the enlightening failures is just inexcusable. The blame may lie a level or two above Mr. Smith’s pay-grade but he owned the project plan.

]]> By: Ray Van Dune https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/bob-smith-out-at-blue-origin/#comment-1428674 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:27:47 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=98855#comment-1428674 FTA: “Alexa, put something into orbit.”

Alexa: “I’m sorry Dave, but I’m afraid I can’t do that.”

]]> By: Jay https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/bob-smith-out-at-blue-origin/#comment-1428673 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 15:26:20 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=98855#comment-1428673 About time.

]]> By: Gealon https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/bob-smith-out-at-blue-origin/#comment-1428668 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 13:05:00 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=98855#comment-1428668 I could make a joke about Smith’s performance being Limp, but I won’t. We’re adults after all. :P

]]> By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/bob-smith-out-at-blue-origin/#comment-1428648 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 04:43:25 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=98855#comment-1428648 This reminds me of a rapper who wanted a manager (part of reality TV).

What he really wanted was someone to tell his crew “no” when they asked for money—so he wouldn’t sound like the bad guy.

Bezos likes being rich
Musk likes being a futurist–who happens to be rich.

What Blue Origin needs is the anti-Smith.

When I think of the kind of executive Blue needs—I imagine Charles Dance’s Tywin Lannister as the hand looking down on Bezos and saying “if you’re quite done fondling your little play-toy Bubbles there, we have business to discuss.”

Someone with stones not afraid to make his boss mad.

]]> By: Mitch S. https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/bob-smith-out-at-blue-origin/#comment-1428647 Tue, 26 Sep 2023 04:26:10 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=98855#comment-1428647 Poor ol’ Bob Smith. He was doing fine by the old space industry standards.
Judged against the the performance of programs such as SLS and Ariane 6 he was hitting the marks.
He’s probably admired among many industry CEOs for managing to keep his job for so long in the face of such poor performance (The Jet’s Zack Wilson should be jealous).
Just his bad luck that Musk became interested in space and created SpaceX.

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