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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by DrBazza on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @11:08AM (#42566878)
Not all profiles end up in orbit. At this point in time, reusuability sacrifices delta-v for fuel. If you want to launch scientific missions you want to escape Earth orbit. If we're going to land on Mars, we're going to need a lot of stuff sent there first.
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Re:After a 24-second test of its engines, the New Glenn rock... by baq on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @03:25PM (#42569010)
But it doesn’t matter if you can launch 10x the mass for the same price to LEO and light your stage 3 to get anywhere you’d like to be. Stage 3 will have enough delta v and starship’s doesn’t matter as long as it gets you to the parking orbit.
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