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The Dragon Launch Escape System was successfully tested in May last year. It is Blue Origin who are catching up.
by coob 10y ago
The Dragon Launch Escape System was successfully tested in May last year.
It is Blue Origin who are catching up.
- mariusz79 10y agoBut not on a rocket that flew five times.
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- sfeng 10y agoThis is a much simpler rocket than the Falcon 9. For one, it's suborbital. Its flights are so much simpler than the full orbital injections and hypersonic reentries the Falcon flies. A quick list of things Blue Origin hasn't done yet: - Sent anything to orbit (much less paying cargo) - Sent anything to geosyncronous orbit - Landed a ship coming back from orbit - Docked with the ISS
- ceejayoz 10y agoDragon hasn't done an in-flight test with a firing booster, though. They're each ahead and behind the other in different ways. What SpaceX is doing is for the most part more challenging, but I don't mind some competitiveness if it gets everyone pushing for greatness.