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Posted: 1/24/2016 12:47:32 PM EDT
The very same New Shepard booster that flew above the Karman line and then landed vertically at its launch site last November has now flown and landed again, demonstrating reuse. This time, New Shepard reached an apogee of 333,582 feet (101.7 kilometers) before both capsule and booster gently returned to Earth for recovery and reuse.
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https://www.blueorigin.com/news/blog/launch-land-repeat

I think this is pretty cool. Elon Musk/SpaceX will say that "space is not orbit", but it does demonstrate reusability (and in a relatively short timeframe). Competition is a good thing.
Link Posted: 1/24/2016 12:53:50 PM EDT
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Very cool.

This is the reason .gov sucks. No competition. Now that companies are doing this we will be in space a whole lot sooner than if .gov was the only show in town.

I mean look at how we are using Russian stuff. We have sanctions on Russia. But we have to use their stuff to get to space. Some fucking super power we are. NASA should be shut down. The worthless picture drawing faggots.
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