To give people an idea, this is the difference of scale: http://i.imgur.com/RVOKED2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RVOKED2.jpg Blue Origin's achievement is nice; just

To give people an idea, this is the difference of scale: http://i.imgur.com/RVOKED2.jpg http://i.imgur.com/RVOKED2.jpg Blue Origin's achievement is nice; just as older prototypes that achieved suborbital landing (Grasshopper, DC-X), but it's unclear yet what it meant for the industry (hope they keep going though, they're a good track). SpaceX's landing is a landmark for space travel, rapid reusability is now much closer. I'm much more confident now this will change the cost structure of the whole industry, seeing how launch is a dominant factor.