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The new generation of heavy lift rockets is rising to challenge SpaceX

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Who remembers when SpaceX wasn't "the undisputed leader in launch"? Amazing how time flies.

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Putting SLS on the list couldn't be any more out of touch. Most of these companies are building Falcon competitors while SpaceX is pushing to the next gen with Starship. Other than Stoke, none of them are trying full reuse.
- Other than Stoke, none of them are trying full reuse.
  Blue Origin are also investigating the feasibility of a reusable upper stage for New Glenn, at least for now. Jeff touched on this briefly in his recent interview with Tim Dodd (timestamp 46:15).
  
  "Investigating" while SpaceX has been doing it, approximately 300 times.

It still is. Come back in 10 years.

Rising? Like an 80-year-old's penis?

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