THEY'RE DOING IT LIVE
Launch webcast begins at 9:45 Eastern, with launch at 10:15
https://www.blueorigin.com/
I bet they prepared an amazing CGI to show off their round earth lies again.
well this is gonna be a disaster
So many jabs at SpaceX with a tiny rocket.
IF this isn't overcompensating I don't know what is
>>8151616
Why the fuck do they hover it that much?
I mean it's fuel that could be used to send the fucker higher up.
>>8151751
they are not competing for height or payload; they want margin to safely fly 6 people, nothing more then that. The system is not designed for or looking for heavier payload.
it does one job, with margin. Thus, the engineers can take and install margins like hovering, excess fuel capacity, etc.
>>8151751
It's only a few seconds of hovering a nearly-empty rocket. The mass of propellant needed for that is negligible.
SpaceX does a "hover slam" landing more because they can't throttle their engines far enough down to hover the empty vehicle than to save fuel.
HAPPENING
>>8151623
Stay mad flatcunt
>>8151616
why don't all these companies band together and use each others INUVATIONS to create a superior launching system?
Just watched the stream replay, that was cool as hell
1km above the karman line, cutting it close
>Jeff's gonna be telling us a lot more about the booster and the various moving components on it.
>Yeah those are 8 giant doors, that deploy
Fucking top notch commentary. All in all it is really cool.
