China Aims To Build World's Largest Rocket

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On Apr 18, 5:42*am, Jeff Findley wrote:
In article ci.org,
says...



http://news.xinhuanet.com/english201...c_13759948.htm

China is planning to build a rocket that surpasses the mighty Saturn V
in payload capacity (130 metric tons). Intended for a manned Moon
landing and deep space exploration the new rocket is currently in the
design stage and won't be ready unti 2020-2025 is my guess. The Chinese
are currently still working on the Long March V, which at 25 metric
tons to LEO has about half the payload capacity of the Falcon Heavy.

The key sentence is the first: *China is studying the feasibility of
designing a powerful carrier rocket...

In other words, it's a paper study. *The Chinese aren't building
anything like Saturn V, at least not yet.

Jeff
--
" Solids are a branch of fireworks, not rocketry. :-) :-) ", Henry
Spencer 1/28/2011

Exactly, because when they finalize it'll likely become a production
run of at last 1000.

B.S. There is absolutely no historical basis for this wild assertion.
In fact, the Chinese recently admitted that they're baffled by SpaceX's
low cost, saying that they can't beat their launch prices.

They might even consider going with the William Mook fly-by-rocket
plan.

Sure they might Brad, sure they might.

Jeff
--
" Solids are a branch of fireworks, not rocketry. :-) :-) ", Henry
Spencer 1/28/2011