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All hyperbole aside, I am looking forward to seeing Blue Origin's offerings actually operational. Having said that, my understanding is that BO has nothing eve
by Diederich 7y ago
All 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.