Move over SpaceX: China and Japan flex reusable rockets

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The recoveries herald a new era of reusability in spaceflight, which experts say will increase competition globally and could dramatically lower the cost of launching rockets into space.
A photo shows the RV-X, a small Reusable Vehicle Experiment.
The RV-X, an experimental reusable rocket, at the Noshiro Rocket Testing Center in Noshiro City, Japan, on July 11. Hidenori Nagai / The Yomiuri Shimbun via AP

For nearly a decade, SpaceX stood alone in its ability to recover rocket boosters after a launch and reuse them on subsequent missions. Last year, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin managed to pull off the same feat, successfully landing its booster on an offshore platform.

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