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originally posted by: Kurokage
a reply to: Guyfriday
It reach approx. 250,000 ft
originally posted by: Guyfriday
originally posted by: Kurokage
a reply to: Guyfriday
It reach approx. 250,000 ft
That's what I thought, but that not even close to going into space (that's just under 50 miles up, to qualify as going into space it needs to get at least 62 miles up)
I guess it was a good launch and recovery, but I'm still not that impressed with what Blue Origin has shown.
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Guyfriday
They're sub orbital with this rocket. Their Glenn rocket will be their orbital rocket. It will use a reusable first stage, which is why they're perfecting it with this rocket.
They were testing their capsule as well as flying some experiments on this flight.
originally posted by: Guyfriday
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Guyfriday
They're sub orbital with this rocket. Their Glenn rocket will be their orbital rocket. It will use a reusable first stage, which is why they're perfecting it with this rocket.
They were testing their capsule as well as flying some experiments on this flight.
Ok, I guess I was under the impression that this was suppose to be a more substantial test, then just tossing their stuff up in to air and watching it land. I get it that they should have obtained a lot of data from the launch, but the hype around the test didn't match up to what was shown.
This still leaves me confused as to why they are still being toted as competition for SpaceX.