{"id":122137,"date":"2024-11-05T00:11:45","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T17:11:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122137"},"modified":"2024-11-05T00:11:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T17:11:45","slug":"chinas-long-term-lunar-plans-now-depend-on-developing-its-own-starship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122137","title":{"rendered":"China\u2019s long-term lunar plans now depend on developing its own Starship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>When Chinese space officials unveiled the design for the country&#8217;s first super heavy lift rocket nearly a decade ago, it looked like a fairly conventional booster. The rocket was fully expendable, with three stages and solid motors strapped onto its sides.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the Asian country has been revising the design of this rocket, named Long March 9, in response to the development of reusable rockets by SpaceX. <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2022\/11\/china-is-scrapping-plans-for-an-sls-like-rocket-in-favor-of-reusable-booster\/#gsc.tab=0\">As of two years ago<\/a>, China had recalibrated the design to have a reusable first stage.<\/p>\n<p>Now, based on information released at a major airshow in Zhuhai, China, the design has morphed again. And this time, the plan for the Long March 9 rocket looks almost exactly like a clone of SpaceX&#8217;s Starship rocket.<\/p>\n<h2>This looks familiar<\/h2>\n<p>Based on its latest specifications, the Long March 9 rocket will have a fully reusable first stage powered by 30 YF-215 engines, which are full-flow staged combustion engines fueled by methane and liquid oxygen, each with a thrust of approximately 200 tons. By way of comparison, Starship&#8217;s first stage is powered by 33 Raptor engines, also fueled with methane and liquid oxygen, each with a thrust of about 280 tons.<\/p>\n<p>The new specifications also include a fully reusable configuration of the rocket, with an upper stage that looks eerily similar to Starship&#8217;s second stage, complete with flaps in a similar location. According to a presentation at the airshow, China intends to fly this vehicle for the first time in 2033, nearly a decade from now.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"ars-img-shortcode id-2060090 align-fullwidth\">\n<div>\n                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/006aWhMSgy1hvadxeblkyj31400u0ajj.translated.jpg\" class=\"fullwidth full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/006aWhMSgy1hvadxeblkyj31400u0ajj.translated.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/006aWhMSgy1hvadxeblkyj31400u0ajj.translated-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/006aWhMSgy1hvadxeblkyj31400u0ajj.translated-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/006aWhMSgy1hvadxeblkyj31400u0ajj.translated-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/006aWhMSgy1hvadxeblkyj31400u0ajj.translated-980x735.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/>\n                  <\/div><figcaption>\n<div class=\"caption font-impact mb-4 mt-2 inline-flex flex-row items-stretch gap-1 text-base leading-tight text-gray-300\">\n<div class=\"caption-content\">\n      A translated slide from a presentation on China&#8217;s latest plans for the Long March 9. <\/p>\n<p>              <span class=\"caption-credit mt-2 whitespace-nowrap text-xs\"><br \/>\n          Credit:<\/p>\n<p>                      <a class=\"caption-credit-link text-gray-400 hover:text-gray-300\" href=\"https:\/\/weibo.com\/5658451754\/5097057303924135?layerid=5097057303924135\"><\/p>\n<p>          Weibo<\/p>\n<p>                      <\/a><br \/>\n                  <\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>In related news, last week, a quasi-private Chinese space startup, Cosmoleap, <a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/chinese-launch-startup-cosmoleap-secures-funding-for-rocket-featuring-chopstick-recovery-system\/\">announced plans<\/a> to develop a fully reusable &#8220;Leap&#8221; rocket within the next few years. An animated video that accompanied the funding announcement indicated that the company seeks to emulate the tower catch-with-chopsticks methodology that SpaceX successfully employed during Starship&#8217;s fifth flight test last month.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s be real for a minute. These are not the first times Chinese rocket programs have emulated SpaceX, such as when Space Pioneer planned to develop <a href=\"https:\/\/spacenews.com\/chinas-space-pioneer-raise-funding-for-its-falcon-9-class-rocket\/\">a Falcon 9 clone<\/a>. Both the state-run rocket agency and the company&#8217;s private industries are copying the best practices of SpaceX as they seek to catch up. At this point, China&#8217;s launch industry is basically hanging out in the SpaceX waiting room to see which ideas it should swipe next.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/space\/2024\/11\/chinas-long-term-lunar-plans-now-depend-on-developing-its-own-starship\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Chinese space officials unveiled the design for the country&#8217;s first super heavy lift rocket nearly a decade ago, it looked like a fairly conventional booster. 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