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[โ€“] Bimfred@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 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.

[โ€“] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 months ago

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