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👀 Nayuta Space updated the design of Space Chaser 1 (XuanNiao-1). Steering fins instead of grid fins on the 1st stage (New Glenn) Caught by a tower with “chopsticks” (Starship) Nayuta estimates 2~4 tonnes of capacity increase with the new design https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/BlfIySbYsPCBCFSLfPYydg

It looks like a methalox Falcon 9 clone with New Glenn’s fins and a Starship-style chopsticks booster catch.

  • threelonmusketeersOPM
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    3 hours ago

    Not sure how I feel about that render of a booster reentering on its side, engulfed in plasma…