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|    The Running Man to snidely.too@gmail.com    |
|    Re: Blue Origin - New Glenn    |
|    29 Dec 24 05:34:30    |
   
   From: running_man@writeable.com   
      
   On 29/12/2024 02:54 Snidely wrote:   
   > The Running Man wrote on 12/28/2024 :   
   >> On 28/12/2024 19:31 Alain Fournier wrote:   
   >>> Blue Origin will probably launch New Glenn in early January. Like   
   >>> SpaceX's Falcon rockets the first stage is reusable. I think it is great   
   >>> that a second company in the satellite launch market will be reusing   
   >>> stages. It will force SpaceX to keep up doing great work if they don't   
   >>> want to be surpassed.   
   >>   
   >> Are they attempting to land the first stage on the first try?!   
   >   
   > Yep.   
   >   
   > They do have some experience landing, but with a single hydrolox motor,   
   > and a different trajectory. We'll see soon how much of a difference   
   > that makes.   
   >   
      
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