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How are you distinguishing Falcon/Starship style recovery? Blue Origin actually attempted first-stage propulsive recovery with their first orbital test, with a
by DennisP 1y ago
How are you distinguishing Falcon/Starship style recovery? Blue Origin actually attempted first-stage propulsive recovery with their first orbital test, with a hydrogen second stage. (It didn't work, but neither did SpaceX's first attempt.)
- bryanlarsen 1y agoYes, "impossible" was unreasonable hyperbole on my part. Blue Glenn stages much higher and further than Falcon; it's caught much further off shore. More significantly, it doesn't have a return to launch site option like Falcon does and Starship always uses.