After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rocket is ready to fly

Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by ternnoburn on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @11:04PM (#42563870)

Smaller launch to a specific orbit. As an analogy, freight trains are one of the most efficient, cheapest ways to move freight. But moving my laundry to the laundromat is better served by another vehicle.

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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by zizee on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @05:04AM (#42565076)

This changes if SpaceX can get full reusability working, which they have been making very steady progress towards.

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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by avmich on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @01:43PM (#42568086)

Yeah, that's the main proposition Starship has for the market. Going to analogy with laundromat, you need to include the cost of single-use laundry cart and remember that your laundromat is on another end of the same asphalted road which the truck nearby can easily drive on.

Not sure at all if costs - and hassles, of course - of buying a cart are less than some change for the costs of the fuel - the truck is autonomous, of course.

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