So now there seem to be two operationally reusable rockets.
Great news for lunar landings, hope we’ll see Blue Moon on Shackleton rim later this year!
CrapDepot on
Good fucking news. Onwards to the moon!
Fuzzy-Mud-197 on
Super impressive, new glenn is going to be a workhorse in the future, but for now given the size of it it seems a bit underpowered but luckily they have already said they are gonna keep updating the engines similar to how spacex have done with the falcon 9
catonbuckfast on
Are they all using Culture ship names now for luck?
Significant-Ant-2487 on
This is not really cutting edge technology, the Grumman-built NASA lunar module landed on its exhaust plume on the Moon in 1969. A feat that has been compared to balancing a pencil on its point. And of course landing a rocket steered only by its exhaust plume isn’t conceptually different than launching a rocket steered only by its exhaust plume.
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So now there seem to be two operationally reusable rockets.
Great news for lunar landings, hope we’ll see Blue Moon on Shackleton rim later this year!
Good fucking news. Onwards to the moon!
Super impressive, new glenn is going to be a workhorse in the future, but for now given the size of it it seems a bit underpowered but luckily they have already said they are gonna keep updating the engines similar to how spacex have done with the falcon 9
Are they all using Culture ship names now for luck?
This is not really cutting edge technology, the Grumman-built NASA lunar module landed on its exhaust plume on the Moon in 1969. A feat that has been compared to balancing a pencil on its point. And of course landing a rocket steered only by its exhaust plume isn’t conceptually different than launching a rocket steered only by its exhaust plume.