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After years of resisting it, SpaceX now plans to go public. (arstechnica.com)

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This might be the beginning of the end for the whole Mars plan…

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[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 weeks ago

I don't buy that. Based on payloads, New Glenn 7x2 is in the class with Falcon and Vulcan. That landing should make ULA panic about someone showing up to steal their #2 spot and NSSL and Amazon launches.

New Glenn 9x4 (in a few years?) will get closer to Starship payloads, but I still think the only direct competition between the two will be for the rare payloads that need a big fairing.