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It has nothing to do with the height. Both rockets go 'up' a similar amount. The difference is how far sideways Falcon 9 has to go (since it is launching a payl
by JshWright 10y ago
It has nothing to do with the height. Both rockets go 'up' a similar amount. The difference is how far sideways Falcon 9 has to go (since it is launching a payload to orbit).
https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/ https://what-if.xkcd.com/58/
- pricechild 10y agoHave Blue Origin gone 'up' further than ~100km ?
- JshWright 10y agoThey're in that ballpark. I know the capsule exceeded 100km. I don't know if the first stage technically broke that or not, but it was closer if it didn't.
- pricechild 10y agoI think SpaceX are in a much higher ballpark?
- JshWright 10y agoNot really... A few dozen km altitude difference doesn't mean a whole lot. The _much_ more significant difference is that Falcon 9 is traveling sideways at several times the speed of sound. New Shepherd is "just" going sight up and coming back down.