From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, Jeff Findley queried:   
   > In article ,   
   > jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca says...   
   >>   
   >> Watching a Scott Manley video on the end of the Atlas and Delta IV rockets.   
   >>   
   >> Apparently, Blue Origin is having some delays delivering first BE-4   
   >> engines that ULE needs for the Vulcan rockets that is to replace the   
   >> older ones.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Out of curiosity, from a development project point of view, would   
   >> comparing SpaceX Raptor to Blue Origin BE-4 be fair or is BE-4  in sucn   
   >> a different lcass that it is normal it would take much longer to develop?   
   >   
   > BE-4 isn't a full flow staged combustion engine.   BE-4 is an oxygen-   
   > rich staged combustion engine cycle.  So, bragging rights to Raptor.   
   >   
   >> Asking my buddy Mr Google, apparently BE-4 is only 10% more powerful   
   >> than Raptor.  So woudln't that be considered to be in same class?   
   >   
   > If all other things were equal.   They're not.   
   >   
   >> SpaceX seems to have gotten Raptor off the ground (litterally) very fast   
   >> compared to Blue Origin.   
   >>   
   >> Is the Blue Origin much more complex and taking longer to develop, or is   
   >> this a case of working out all the bugs before delivering to Boeing/ULA   
   >> whereas SpaceX started to launch before engine was finished and worked   
   >> out the bugs with its iterative testing? (some of those busg were   
   >> related to tanks/pressure for relighting during landing, so not quite   
   >> engine related).   
   >   
   > BE-4 development was never hardware rich.  They are still reportedly   
   > fighting turbopump issues.   
   >   
   >> Or is this a case of SPaceX having much mroe experience building engines   
   >> with Merlin vs Blue Origin starting from scratch?  SpaceX is just about   
   >> to unveil its version 2 of Raptor with a lot of design optimizations.   
   >   
   > You seem to have answered your own question.   
      
   Count the Raptors (even if you limit yourself to ones not scattered   
   across the beach).   
      
   /dps   
      
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