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by ozzy6009 3543 days ago
Not quite yet, orbital missions are much higher energy than lobbing something to space. Specific energy of New Shepard booster at apogee: ~1000 KJ/kg Specific energy of Falcon 9 booster at MECO: 2500 - 3400 KJ/kg
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Yeah, and Falcon 9 is several times the size of New Shepard. There are several nice graphics here that explain the differences between Falcon 9 and New Shepard: http://space.stackexchange.com/a/13188