There are reports to the effect that Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin outfit performed a test launch at their spaceport in Texas yesterday, but that’s about all we know – the extent of the test and whether it was successful are still open questions that we’ll probably have to wait for some official statement to answer. One thing seems apparent, though – that the neighbours aren’t exactly enamoured of Bezos’ extremely tight-lipped approach to local relations. Apart from the ones who were bought out for undisclosed sums, of course …