The New Glenn makes it safely into orbit for the inaugural test flight of a rocket that could rival those in Elon Musk's SpaceX fleet.

Granted, Rocket Lab's Electron rocket doesn't have nearly ... Granted, Neutron isn't as big as Falcon 9. It can only carry a payload of 13 tons. Still, for a $50 million price tag, that works ...

A more interesting question, though, is how Rocket Lab manages to "beat" SpaceX in any way at all? Image source: NASA. Big rockets can't compete with SpaceX At advertised prices, SpaceX's ...