Watch Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Successfully Launch And Land A Rocket For The First Tim

[Peter1469]

They saved the engine. Can it be reused?

[Chris]

They saved the engine. Can it be reused?

I don't know enough to answer for sure but that would be my guess, that the launched can be re-used. The savings will cut costs and make space venture an attractive investment.

[Don]

I like the fact that these young entrepreneurs are investing in the future and even competing with each other to make it happen. They will win and we will win.

The capsule made a landing on ground instead of at sea. It seemed to hit kind of hard. I wonder if retro rockets fired just before it hit the ground to soften the impact like Russian capsules do. Remember when rockets returning to earth and landing vertically was science fiction?

[Peter1469]

As the saying goes, I am a fan of man.

[Don]

I don't know enough to answer for sure but that would be my guess, that the launched can be re-used. The savings will cut costs and make space venture an attractive investment.

Not to mention cluttering up of the space around earth with junk. Cleaning that mess up before it gets to the point where the space is unusable needs to be another task that the entrepreneurs will take up.

[Peter1469]

Not to mention cluttering up of the space around earth with junk. Cleaning that mess up before it gets to the point where the space is unusable needs to be another task that the entrepreneurs will take up.

Great startup business. Use the laws of the sea claims based off salvage.

[Don]

Maybe in the future they can develop tiny computerized solar powered rocket motors that could attach to the junk and gently push it away towards the sun or Venus. Or maybe the moon where it could be recycled after we establish settlements there.

[Chris]

Same rocket reused and relanded...

[Crepitus]

I remember watching the moon shots on TV as a small child, maybe 4 or 5 years old and I've been a fan of space exploration ever since. I'm glad we are still making progress.