China lands reusable rocket
China lands reusable rocket
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dukeboy749r

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239 months

Friday 10th July
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dukeboy749r

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3,751 posts

239 months

Thursday 20th August
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Having previously landed their first rocket out at sea, another Chinese rocket company has landed its booster on land: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-s...

My first post didn't get a comment, I wonder if people think the Chinese doing this merits no interest?

I, personally, believe that China will start to become a major player in delivering payloads to space and may even beat the US back to the Moon with humans at this rate.

P2KKA

396 posts

89 months

Friday 21st August
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dukeboy749r said:
Having previously landed their first rocket out at sea, another Chinese rocket company has landed its booster on land: https://www.space.com/space-exploration/launches-s...

My first post didn't get a comment, I wonder if people think the Chinese doing this merits no interest?

I, personally, believe that China will start to become a major player in delivering payloads to space and may even beat the US back to the Moon with humans at this rate.
I wonder if SpaceX have any involvement or they might be copying their homework. I think China getting involved is a good thing, unless it leads to WW3 biggrin

hidetheelephants

35,695 posts

222 months

Friday 21st August
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Once one organisation does something it's pretty normal for it to spread to others in the same sector if it offers advantages, given china's manufacturing capacity it was always a matter of when rather than if.