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Uh, Grasshopper went < .5 miles up, Blue Origin went into space.
by schwap 11y ago
Uh, Grasshopper went < .5 miles up, Blue Origin went into space.
- logical42 11y agoThey actually had a successful 1km test.
- raisedbyninjas 11y agoTBF, 1KM is less than 100KM and Falcon 9 Dev didn't successfully land until 2014.
- fvdfogi 11y agoBlue Origin technically went into space for about ~30 seconds. The space officially starts at the Karman line (100 kilometers) and they reached 100.5 kilometers for a split second.
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- derekp7 11y agoToo bad Blue Origin can't actually put anything into space that stays for a while (such as 11 satellites). The only thing Blue Origin exists for is to give millionaires a thrill ride that lasts a few minutes. BTW, this isn't fanboyism -- I really fail to see how the suborbital rockets will advance humanity's future in space -- whereas getting down the cost to orbit (and remember, leo is halfway to anywhere) is what is going to open up a new future for mankind.
- DougWebb 11y agoIf the millionaire gets out and jumps at apogee, they might stay in space for a while. But that'll use up Blue Origin's market pretty quickly.