That statement and amazingly low price point for a heavy lift vehicle was predicated on all three first stage cores being flight-proven Block 5 Falcon 9s coupled with payload fairing reuse and ...

Falcon Heavy last rose into the Florida sky in late ... The payload, in this case the NOAA satellite, is encased in fairings ...

A new fairing would need to be designed and manufactured ... from the original mission parameters, it looks like the Falcon Heavy alone could potentially push the Orion most of the way towards ...

Falcon Heavy Payload Fairing But why? The short answer is, of course, that space travel is monstrously expensive. It’s also dangerous and complex, but those issues pale in comparison to the mind ...

though it falls short of the Falcon Heavy's 63.8-ton capacity. However, New Glenn has a unique edge: its wider payload fairing, which can accommodate larger objects. It "has the largest capacity ...

larger than that of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy. Henry said Blue Origin likely opted to outfit New Glenn with such a large fairing in order to help fulfill Bezos’ vision of the future.