Blue Origin aims to land next New Glenn booster, then reuse it for Moon mission

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Yui

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They literally stated that is not what they are planning.
Yes, they say that they will reuse it and within months, but Blue Origin says a lot of things. Do they always keep their word?

BO can reuse some engines, and almost certainly will. But the structure itself? After the engineers have had their way with it, that thing will only be fit for a museum. The data is too invaluable not to acquire.

SpaceX's first booster to land ended up in Hawthorne:

https://spaceflightnow.com/2016/08/20/spacex-puts-historic-flown-rocket-on-permanent-display/
 
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Yui

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Because SpaceX had a barn full of newer and better boosters waiting to fly. They intentionally expended a bunch of Block 4 Falcons.
Those better boosters (Block 5) were designed and built with data from tearing down B1019. Which proves the point that sane engineers will not pass up the opportunity of inspecting flown hardware. Simulations only go so far.
 
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