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Blue Origin isn't vaporware. They have engines, they have rocket bodies, they have tooling, etc.

But they are, apparently, firmly in development hell, with no public indication of trying to change that.

The point is that Blue Origin isn't going to have anything ready by 2023 which is the year the crewed Artemis 2 mission should get the go. They might not be vaporware, but they're still several years behind SpaceX.

What 2023? Is there even a lunar lander prototype built yet? Launching a manned mission to the moon next year does not seem realistic to me.

Edit: lol forgot it was 2021 not 2022, still seems unreasonable to me though.

The definition of vapoware is things that are delayed continously after they should have been released.

The BE-4 fits into that.

vaporware is a product that has been announced but never materializes.

Right, like the BE-4 engine.

A project is not vaporware until it gets canceled without delivering.

Wikipedia: "announced to the general public but is late or never actually manufactured nor officially cancelled"

Is official cancellation necessary?

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