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It sounds like Blue Origin rockets are only capable of sending payloads to space for just an instant, before gravity pulls them back down to earth. They're nowh
by raldi 11y ago
It sounds like Blue Origin rockets are only capable of sending payloads to space for just an instant, before gravity pulls them back down to earth. They're nowhere near close to capable of putting anything into orbit.
Is that correct? If so, what are they good for?
- josephagoss 11y agoSpace tourism.
- pjscott 11y agoThey're a smaller-scale test platform for figuring out how to do propulsive landing and re-use, similar to SpaceX's grasshopper rockets. Blue Origin is also developing an orbital rocket, which will hopefully be more impressive.