This graphic aptly shows the differences in complexity between the two flight plans, but it doesn't show the biggest difference between the two rockets. When the Falcon 9, enters space at the height of 100 km, it is traveling at 5000 km/h with 125 metric tons of payload[0]. Blue Origin's New Shepard, the best I can tell was traveling at ~0 km/h at that height, as it reached apogee at the height of 100.5 km and began falling back to Earth.<p>According to Musk[0], a first stage of a rocket is judged by the energy it can impart to its payload at the standardized height of 100 km. Merely getting to 100 km is the easy part. The Falcon 9 is able to deliver 120 giga-joules to its payload at the height of 100 km, while performing a return to launch site landing. While it appears the New Shepard had ~0 joules left at 100 km.<p>[0] - <a href="http://www.spacex.com/news/2015/12/21/background-tonights-launch" rel="nofollow">http://www.spacex.com/news/2015/12/21/background-tonights-la...</a><p>[1] - <a href="https://www.blueorigin.com/news/news/blue-origin-makes-historic-rocket-landing" rel="nofollow">https://www.blueorigin.com/news/news/blue-origin-makes-histo...</a>