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		anovikov on Sept 16, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Blue Origin’s Rocket Engine Nears Debut, Ending US... In reality, reliance on Russia ended years ago as SpaceX rockets are now certified to launch every kind of government payload and Atlas rockets are only kept on life support because of political reasons...

SMVS on Sept 16, 2022 [–]

This. It's amazing how every Blue Origin "first" is something SpaceX did a decade prior.

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