Elon Musk's rivals might have a few more tricks up their sleeves. 🚀 engineering
BE-4 rocket engine, which will power Vulcan Centaur, might cause the launch to slip back into 2023.Powered by a pair of BE-4s, Vulcan will reportedly be capable of launching 60,000 lbs to low Earth orbit while achieving a nominal thrust of 550,000 lbs at sea level. Future launches include the maiden"Enterprise" mission and a mission to send a lunar lander by private firm Astrobotics to the moon. of its massive New Glenn rocket, citing the U.S.
not to use New Glenn to launch national security payloads. Reports say Blue Origin is currently working towards an internal target of a 2023 launch for New Glenn, though the company officially says it is aiming to launch in Q4 of 2022.New Glenn will be able to launch payloads of 90,000 lbs to low Earth orbit using
seven of the company's reusable BE-4 engines, which will enable the rocket's first stage to generate 3.85 million lbf of thrust at sea level.Space Launch System , designed in collaboration with Boeing, has so far cost nearly triple the $10-billion projected development cost when it was first announced in 2011. Before the rocket's first flight, NASA has alreadySLS will carry a payload capacity of 190,000 lbs up to LEO.
While the claim that all other rocket programs in the U.S. will become obsolete is likely exaggerated — Starship hasn't launched to orbit yet and Elon Musk has a — a side-by-side comparison does show that SpaceX is undeniably ahead of the curve and that its competition has some catching up to do.Stay ahead with the latest science, technology and innovation news, for free:
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