00:00Less weight generally means lower manufacturing and maintenance costs as well.
00:05Both engines use methane and liquid oxygen.
00:08The perfect choice for future missions as methane can be produced on Mars.
00:13And here's probably the starkest difference.
00:15While the BE-4 has only flown 11 times so far, 267 Raptor engines have already been tested on real
00:27missions.
00:27SpaceX produces engines on an assembly line, while Blue Origin is at the beginning of the ramp-up phase.
00:34Bottom line, Raptor is more compact, more efficient and cheaper, but also riskier.
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