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The final cage match to settle dominance between Musk and Bezos is going to be so epic.
by heyflyguy 7y ago
The final cage match to settle dominance between Musk and Bezos is going to be so epic.
- Diederich 7y agoAll hyperbole aside, I am looking forward to seeing Blue Origin's offerings actually operational. Having said that, my understanding is that BO has nothing even planned for full re-use. They are going for 1st stage re-use only, similar to what Falcon 9 is doing right now. SpaceX Starship, which is well under development, and has had two very short test hops, is fully re-usable. Musk said that each Starship flight to orbit and back costs a TOTAL of $2m, including fuel and operational overhead. The currently expendable 2nd stage on Falcon 9 costs several times more than that, and Blue Origin's 2nd stage should be in the same cost category.