New Glenn rocket introduced

Started by Legend, Mar 08, 2017, 11:19 PM

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Legend


It's basically just a Falcon 9 but still cool to see competition.

DD_Bwest

yea looks like f9 basically..  but kinda surprised to see fins at the base and also regular fins for landing rather than deployable grid fins

Legend

Quote from: DD_Bwest on Mar 08, 2017, 11:26 PMyea looks like f9 basically..  but kinda surprised to see fins at the base and also regular fins for landing rather than deployable grid fins
They give it a better lift profile. Might not need to do a reentry burn.

DD_Bwest

Quote from: Legend on Mar 08, 2017, 11:36 PMThey give it a better lift profile. Might not need to do a reentry burn.
ah okay that makes sense