Details of Chinese Moon Rocket Emerge 138
MarkWhittington writes "AmericaSpace has published the results of a study of Chinese rocket development by Charles Vick, a noted expert on the Russian and Chinese space programs who works for GlobalSecurity.org, using Chinese language sources. Of note are the developing concepts for a super heavy launch vehicle designated as the CZ9 or Long March 9, capable of taking Chinese astronauts to the moon and points beyond. 'Liang outlined several new Long March versions, virtually all of them testing elements that would eventually find their way into the Long March 9 that has 4 million lb. more of liftoff thrust than the 7.5 million lb. thrust NASA Saturn V. Forty-three years ago this week a Saturn V propelled the Apollo 11 astronauts to the first manned landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969.'"
Oh God the name... (Score:5, Funny)
AmericaSpace
That's not the WORST name for an organization I've ever heard. But really? You're THAT unimaginative?
Re:Cue the melodramatic space nutters.... (Score:5, Funny)
Chinese Characters (Score:4, Funny)
You know those inscrutable aliens in sci-fi films that have indecipherable glyphs on the sides of their spaceships: They're Chinese.
Actually, someone found a stone tablet, somewhere near Siberia. They carbon dated it, and it supposed to be like more than 5 millions year old
On that stone tablet were carvings that looks very much like some ancient Chinese characters
I had the link once, but unfortunately I lost it (hard disk crashed).
I tried to search for it, to no avail.
Re:Oh God the name... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:meh (Score:4, Funny)
Awww, how cute is it that "people" living outside of the U.S. think they're human? Silly foreigners.