TheAltWorld China Passes Landmark Spacecraft + Rocket Test
This month China launched its new Mengzhou manned spacecraft for a max-Q abort test (the capsule escapes from the rocket at maximum speed/pressure in the atmosphere).
Not only was the abort test & sea landing successful, the Long March 10 rocket continued downrange for a soft propulsion landing in the sea, next to a recovery ship designed to eventually catch it.
Mengzhou will enable manned missions to the moon as well as ferrying personnel to and from China’s space station in low earth orbit.
While upset Westerners are claiming this is a “copy” of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 – because both are superficially shaped like a cylinder and performs similar flight maneuvers – Long March 10 has no technical resemblance to the Falcon 9.
It is a completely different type of rocket engine with completely different functions, specifications, & requirements.
It would be like claiming Toyota copied Chevy because both cars have 4 wheels, engines, & drive down the road.
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