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Khourieat t1_jan0jm5 wrote

Reply to comment by Topsyye in After flying four astronauts into orbit, SpaceX makes its 101st straight landing — ‘I just feel so lucky that I get to fly on this amazing machine.’ by marketrent

Doesn't blue origin land every booster for its tourist hops?

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Jones1135 t1_jan2gte wrote

What's being referred to here are rockets that put a payload into orbit or further, that return the first stage to land for reuse.

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Topsyye t1_janbbcy wrote

True I actually forgot about that completely.

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bullett2434 t1_jaovl1c wrote

The difference in difficulty between BOs hops vs SpaceXs orbital flights is not even worth comparing. Reaching Orbit is exponentially more difficult than going up 80 miles and then falling right back down.

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Alan_Smithee_ t1_jaoqmx2 wrote

You would hope so, since it’s an all-in-one craft.

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FutureMartian97 t1_jaot95g wrote

The booster and capsule separate. Booster landing doesn't affect the crew capsule.

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Alan_Smithee_ t1_jaoukud wrote

You’re talking about New Shepherd, correct?

I thought the suborbital joy flight was a single stage.

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FutureMartian97 t1_jaovqma wrote

> You’re talking about New Shepherd, correct?

Yes. The capsule separates right after MECO. If you watch the streams you can see that the booster lands first followed by the capsule a few minutes later under parachute.

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