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Blue Origin Launches and Lands the Same New Shepard That Few In November (blueorigin.com)

MarkWhittington writes: The commercial space race between Blue Origin and SpaceX got more interesting on Friday. In November, Blue Origin launched its New Shepard booster on a suborbital flight, and then successfully landed it afterward. On Friday, Blue Origin relaunched the same New Shepard spacecraft to a height of 101.7 kilometers, and then landed it a second time. Blue Origin has therefore accomplished a first by flying a vertical takeoff and landing rocket into space twice in a row. The company has taken another step toward its goal of taking the rich and adventurous on suborbital jaunts for fun and profit.

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  1. Re:holy crap by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

    In his defense, he's very drunk.

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  2. Re:holy crap by msauve · · Score: 3, Funny

    Elisa could pass the Turing test if the competition was timothy.

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  3. Re:holy crap by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Hay, take it easily! The spiel chuck said it wash OK! PROUST EEL!

  4. Just goes to show by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    America has become so cheap it has to reuse its rockets!! DAM OBAMA !!