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The race is on!!!! America now has two economical methane reusable heavy lift rockets while the rest of the world has zero.
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It wasn't all perfection as the New Glenn first stage is designed to land and be reused like the SpaceX Falcon rockets, but in this morning's test that didn't happen. They tried, but something went wrong and the booster was lost. Still, it is great showing for a first attempt.
Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin launches massive New Glenn rocket into orbit on 1st flight (video)
New Glenn just earned its wings.
It wasn't all perfection as the New Glenn first stage is designed to land and be reused like the SpaceX Falcon rockets, but in this morning's test that didn't happen. They tried, but something went wrong and the booster was lost. Still, it is great showing for a first attempt.