Amazon 's satellite internet chief sent a memo to staff addressing last week's dramatic Blue Origin rocket explosion, which threatens to disrupt the internet giant's most important space project.

Blue Origin says critical fuel tanks and other vital components of its massive New Glenn rocket and launch pad were spared during last week’s explosion at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

Flying over the Cape Canaveral site, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman had a birds-eye view of the charred debris and toppled infrastructure that remained where once a $1 billion launch complex stood.