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27 minutes ago, tater said:

 

I think that a certain commenter on this article put it most succinctly.

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Gentlemen, we are witnessing a race. It is a race to build the last expendable launch vehicle. It is a race the participants don't want to win.

 

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4 hours ago, Canopus said:

Blue Origin won‘t have to copy the incredible shrinking Starship, they will already have New Glenn when it launches.

New Glenn isn't in the same league with Starship. Smaller, not fully reusable, not refuelable, not designed to fly with crew.

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1 hour ago, sh1pman said:

New Glenn isn't in the same league with Starship. Smaller, not fully reusable, not refuelable, not designed to fly with crew.

just wait for some inevitable design revisions on „Starship“ and they will be.

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2 hours ago, Canopus said:

just wait for some inevitable design revisions on „Starship“ and they will be.

You do realize starship v3 is larger than v2, right? 

One thing I haven't been able to figure out is whether the fins on Themis are retractable or not. The video shows long, high aspect ratio fins, but it seems like that would be the worst setup based on my knowledge of supersonic aerodynamics.

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