It seems that Blue Origin has successfully performed VTOL of reusable rockets, beating SpaceX to land a used rocket.
Jeff Bezos beats Elon Musks SpaceX in the reusable rocket race
One point of note is the much slower speed of the Blue Origin rocket - could the BO rocket deliver payloads at the lower speeds noted in the article? Or was that just a test and they'd have to go much faster?
To me, it would be logical that spacecraft would need the faster speeds to drive payloads and that the slower speed couldn't be used for anything other than a test?
(Asking as a completely clueless but interested observer...)
Jeff Bezos beats Elon Musks SpaceX in the reusable rocket race
One point of note is the much slower speed of the Blue Origin rocket - could the BO rocket deliver payloads at the lower speeds noted in the article? Or was that just a test and they'd have to go much faster?
To me, it would be logical that spacecraft would need the faster speeds to drive payloads and that the slower speed couldn't be used for anything other than a test?
(Asking as a completely clueless but interested observer...)