China Studies Moon Rocket

"China is studying the design of a Moon rocket
in the class of the Saturn V, as the Obama
administration proposes canceling the U.S.
successor to the Apollo launcher, Ares V."

See:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gener...headline=China
Studies Moon Rocket&channel=space

wrote in message
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"China is studying the design of a Moon rocket...

Big hairy deal. The US has studied all sorts of things. The problem is
getting funding to make one of those studies into reality.

Jeff
--
"Take heart amid the deepening gloom
that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National
Lampoon

On Mar 9, 10:02*am, "Jeff Findley"
wrote:
wrote in message

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"China is studying the design of a Moon rocket...

Big hairy deal. *The US has studied all sorts of things. *The problem is
getting funding to make one of those studies into reality.

Jeff
--
"Take heart amid the deepening gloom
that your dog is finally getting enough cheese" - Deteriorata - National
Lampoon


Maybe Chinese groups will enter and win the Lunar X Prize?
http://www.googlelunarxprize.org/

Note on the WSJ article featured in that link: I read that article in
the WSJ, and on the same or adjoing page they had an opposing opinion
article. Not to willingly diss the hopes of future private space
exploration, myself. But the other opinion is out there.

I got an error when I tried your link. Here another one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_Hu

On Jul 19, 4:09*am, "Dr.Smith" wrote:
I got an error when I tried your link. *Here another one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wan_Hu

Does this link work?:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gener..._p0-209773.xml

Yes that works.

On 7/19/2010 1:34 PM, wrote:

Does this link work?:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gener..._p0-209773.xml

That one works.
3,000 tones lift-off thrust seems a bit light for a single launch Moon
flight like Apollo, so are they thinking of a multi-launch approach with
either orbital assembly or refueling, or building a large space station?
A rocket of that size could be used for either.
Encyclopedia Astronautica has an article about their new rocket designs
he http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/cznglv.htm

Pat

On Jul 19, 9:14*pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
On 7/19/2010 1:34 PM, wrote:

Does this link work?:

http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/gener...p?channel=spac....

That one works.
3,000 tones lift-off thrust seems a bit light for a single launch Moon
flight like Apollo, so are they thinking of a multi-launch approach with
either orbital assembly or refueling, or building a large space station?
A rocket of that size could be used for either.
Encyclopedia Astronautica has an article about their new rocket designs
hehttp://www.astronautix.com/lvs/cznglv.htm

Pat

You don't need any stinking 3000 tonnes worth of lift-off thrust if
utilizing the zero Delta-V of our Earth-moon L1, and especially while
having roughly half the inert mass to deal with is obviously where an
Apollo like mission could be easily accomplished with fuel and payload
to spare.

~ BG

On Jul 19, 7:16*pm, "Dr.Smith" wrote:
Yes that works.

Except that you don't need any stinking 3000 tonnes worth of lift-off
thrust if
utilizing the zero Delta-V of our Earth-moon L1, and especially while
having roughly half the inert mass to deal with is obviously where an
Apollo like mission could be easily accomplished with fuel and payload
to spare.

~ BG