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Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ... by valuearb on Friday July 28, 2017 @09:54AM (#14874272)
The BE-4 blew up on the test stand a couple months ago when they tried to test it. It's not complete because they are likely redesigning to fix that. We know it hasn't had a successful test or they and especially ULA would be trumpeting it.

The subscale Raptor was successfully tested nearly a year ago and is twice the power of anything BO has ever made.

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Re:SpaceX Is Now One of the World’s Most Valuable Privately ... by nickik on Saturday July 29, 2017 @11:52AM (#14881749)
Sorry that is wrong, the BE-4 did not blow up. A test of a component failed, problems like that are normal and they are still within the planed time line.

The idea that if the had success they would 'trumpet it' is simply wrong, this has not been true in the past for Blue Origin and nothing has changed.

Raptor might be further along now but we don't have the information.

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