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TLDR: Blue Origin did a soft landing from above the Karman line. SpaceX is trying to do that from orbit. The former involves speeds 10x less and energies 100x
by Florin_Andrei 11y ago
TLDR:
Blue Origin did a soft landing from above the Karman line. SpaceX is trying to do that from orbit. The former involves speeds 10x less and energies 100x less than the latter.
Still a hard thing to do no matter how you look at it, but the two goals are not trivial to compare.
- ecobiker 11y agoI see so many people complaining about the comparison but no explained it more clearly, thanks! Quick question though, isn't SpaceX trying to land just the first stage?
- Florin_Andrei 11y agoI believe they want to eventually land and recover all pieces.
- jccooper 11y agoWell, kind of. The F9-1 would be on it's way to orbit, but not there. It's a first stage after all. It would certainly have much higher energy, and is huge in comparison.