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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by wombatpm on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @11:14PM (#42563904)
Boeing will probably buy one of the also rams to improve their offerings
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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by dylan604 on Tuesday December 31, 2024 @11:22PM (#42563930)
Can an also ran buy another also ran? Does that even make sense?
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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by OhMeadhbh on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @01:15AM (#42564285)
The moment SpaceX is sold to Boeing is the moment Musk doesn't get to go to Mars. And while he may never be able to have the martian colony he seems to covet, he still seems to believe he can do it, so there's zero motivation to sell.

Also... Boeing? They've been having some issues lately.

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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by wombatpm on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @01:49PM (#42568127)
I was thinking that Blue Origin was a more likely target.
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