NASA to assess impact of Blue Origin rocket explosion accident
Blue Origin experienced a significant explosion during a static fire test of its New Glenn rocket on May 28th. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson acknowledged the incident, emphasizing the low tolerance for error in spaceflight and pledging NASA's full support for a thorough investigation with Blue Origin. The explosion's impact on upcoming missions will be assessed, with the goal of resuming rocket launches as soon as possible. Separately, TrendForce has significantly raised its global memory market value forecasts for 2026 and 2027, driven by the shift in AI development towards agentic AI and inference, which is expanding memory demand. AI
IMPACT The shift towards agentic AI is driving significant growth in the memory market, with forecasts for 2026 and 2027 substantially increased.