With #Tenacity in a payload fairing, it will sit on top of the rocket which will help protect the vehicle from #debris. #SierraSpace’s #crewed 👨‍🚀 #SpacePlane variant will be launched in a similar configuration but without a fairing, which will still offer protection from debris since the #rocket will be located below the vehicle. https://www.sierraspace.com/newsroom/blog/dream-chaser-vs-space-shuttle

#DreamChaser vs #SpaceShuttle

💲🤑 "There is no rush ... #Boeing has the #lead contract to develop the upper stage, and it likely will be a lucrative one as #NASA awarded it under "cost-plus" 💰💵 terms. Although #Artemis III—the first #crewed landing—is nominally scheduled to occur in 📆 2025, it will almost certainly be #delayed. This means that Boeing will likely be able to #stretch the development contract for the Exploration Upper Stage, which uses the RL-10 #engine, out for nearly a #decade"
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/04/rocket-report-falcon-9-says-aloha-to-hawaii-blue-origin-to-abandon-ship