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[–] 5 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I guess escapade being tiny gave them a lot more margin

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago* (4 children)

    The Glenn's first stage can hover. Even nearly empty, the booster is heavy enough and the BE-4 can throttle low enough that it doesn't need to do a suicide burn. Instead, and as they just demonstrated, it can just gently lower itself down on the deck.

    Takes more prop to do so, but for a second attempt, the decision to play it safe was perfectly sound. It's practically guaranteed that they'll dial the margins in with more flights. This might be the softest landing that a New Glenn ever experiences.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    I wonder if they'll go with for full Falcon 9 style suicide burn at some point.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I assume that's a method of using the minimum amount of thrust and time in the air? So, full blast at the last possible second?

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