From: alain245@videotron.ca   
      
   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   
      
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