From: snidely.too@gmail.com   
      
   Alain Fournier blurted out:   
   > On 2024-12-29 12:34 a.m., The Running Man wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Risky. The could lose the barge.   
   >   
   > The first stage landing ship has left Port Canaveral for the Atlantic Ocean.   
   > I still haven't seen any official launch date announced, but Friday seems the   
   > likely launch date. Of course, the first launch of a new type of rocket is   
   > quite frequently delayed.   
   >   
   >   
   > Alain Fournier   
      
   Yes, the 10th seems to be the consensus of observers pending official   
   announcements.   
      
   The status of Starship flight 7 is similarly expected to be around the   
   10th pending official announcements.   
      
   /dps   
      
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