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minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoNew Glenn can do a nice, slow, inefficient, boring, regular hover for landing instead of a suicide burn
minus-squarethreelonmusketeersOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoGiven that New Glenn has fewer engines than Falcon 9, does that mean that a BE-4 can throttle lower than a Merlin 1D?
minus-squareburble@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoHmm, Wikipedia says they both go down to 40%. Maybe they’re just being more cautious.
New Glenn can do a nice, slow, inefficient, boring, regular hover for landing instead of a suicide burn
Given that New Glenn has fewer engines than Falcon 9, does that mean that a BE-4 can throttle lower than a Merlin 1D?
Hmm, Wikipedia says they both go down to 40%. Maybe they’re just being more cautious.