Re:America has more new spaceships on the way
by valuearb on Monday June 01, 2020 @03:47PM
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Press releases aren’t progress.
Work on the New Glenn started in 2012. It was publicly announced in 2016. It’s still at least a year from flight.
Work on the BE-4 started in 2011. It’s first public planned release date was 2017, it’s at least 4 years late.
Re:America has more new spaceships on the way
by mr_toad on Monday June 01, 2020 @09:30PM
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Raptor engine development started in 2009. It took ten years for one to actually fly.
Re:America has more new spaceships on the way
by valuearb on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @01:03AM
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The Raptor was a tiny project at SpaceX, behind the Merlin, Falcon 9, and Falcon Heavy in investment in its first years, and commercial crew in later years.
BE-4 is the #1 project at BO, which is funding R&D at $1B a year.
Re:America has more new spaceships on the way
by whatshisface on Monday June 01, 2020 @03:12PM
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I think the slow-and-steady branding is kind of funny when the competition appears to be fast-and-steady.
They've been making a lot of progress. The BE-4 engine is under development. And their orbital rocket and lunar lander were announced within the last few years.
It's a slow-and-steady approach, sure, but they're making tangible progress.