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[Eric Berger] To reuse or not reuse—the eternal debate of New Glenn's second stage reignites (arstechnica.com)

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[–] burble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

And potentially $100 mil for the 4 engine variant of the upper stage. The rumor was that the real costs were uncompetitive, but I wouldn't have guessed this much.