China Aims To Build World's Largest Rocket

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On Apr 17, 7:16*am, Anonymous wrote:
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.

they have the bucks and thus the buck rogers.

Not really. Their space program has been very modest to date. This
article about a Saturn V sized rocket is reporting on a study being
done, not an actual project being funded. Studies are done all the
time, but very few of them eventually result in actual flying hardware.

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

On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:55:50 -0400, Fuddy Dud
wrote:

They will be the first to have an orbiting space station wheel, a moon
base and mars settlements. We'll be wiping the dust of our faces.

At the rate of three manned flights in eight years (the period it took
the US to go from no manned spacefight to Armstrong on the moon)?
Don't hold your breath.

Brian

On 4/18/2011 7:04 AM, Brian Thorn wrote:
On Sun, 17 Apr 2011 17:55:50 -0400, Fuddy
wrote:

They will be the first to have an orbiting space station wheel, a moon
base and mars settlements. We'll be wiping the dust of our faces.

At the rate of three manned flights in eight years (the period it took
the US to go from no manned spacefight to Armstrong on the moon)?
Don't hold your breath.


They're like a Norwegian Blue Parrot. They're feigning death to lure us
into a false sense of security...then VOOM! They'll tear your bloody
face off, mate!

Pat

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.

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

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In article 3f58bcf1-9224-4c8f-85fc-1b079a8dc0d2
@f31g2000pri.googlegroups.com, says...

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