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submitted 1 week ago by threelonmusketeers to c/spaceflightmemes

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

New Glenn can do a nice, slow, inefficient, boring, regular hover for landing instead of a suicide burn

[–] threelonmusketeers 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Given that New Glenn has fewer engines than Falcon 9, does that mean that a BE-4 can throttle lower than a Merlin 1D?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Hmm, Wikipedia says they both go down to 40%. Maybe they're just being more cautious.