With the destruction of the launchpad, Blue Origin may not be able to participate in Artemis III.

“Spaceflight is unforgiving, and developing new heavy-lift launch capability is extraordinarily difficult,” the NASA administrator, Jared Isaacman, wrote on X. “We will work with our partners to support a thorough investigation of this anomaly, assess near-term mission impacts, and get back to launching rockets.”

He added, “We will provide information on any impacts to the Artemis and Moon Base programs as it becomes available.”