Posted on 09/17/2022 2:39:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Chinese engineers have conducted a successful hot fire test of a new, powerful engine for the nation's planned super heavy-lift rocket for moon missions.
The closed-cycle rocket engine uses liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen for propellant and can generate 25 tons of thrust, making it one of the most powerful such engines ever made, according to the engine’s developer.
The engine was developed(opens in new tab) by an institute specializing in liquid propulsion under the ownership of the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), China’s state-owned main space contractor.
The engine is believed to be designed to power the third stage of China’s planned Long March 9 rocket. The launch vehicle is in development for missions to the moon and even Mars, and will be comparable to NASA's iconic Saturn V or the larger versions of the American space agency's huge new deep-space rocket, the Space Launch System.
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Should help that MIRV platform get to orbit.
I mean, lunar vehicle to the Moon.
Likely to explode. Just a hunch.
Why not use what got us there 50 years ago... we clearly haven’t used it in the past century.
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Is 32 days long enough for a long March? (/jk)
Getting to the moon is in one sense like driving a car. The technology necessary to get to the moon and back is over a half century old, so in theory we could ride a 1970 Apollo if we wanted, just as I could drive my first car, a 1967 Dodge Dart, just as well as my daughter’s 2015 Dodge Dart, and either would get me to my destination. So the only issue is how much newer technology is desirable to make the ride safer and more pleasant, the way the 2015 Dart’s ride is safer and more pleasant. The Chinese are probably unconcerned with safety or pleasantness; they just want to get there before we do (again), which is essentially a urination competition.
You must be a youngster, or got lucky with your first car. Mine was a 1953 Chevy sedan. Weighed more than a ton, literally.
Meanwhile here, Biden is promising all electric moon rockets by 2035.
Rather lower tech, but fun for a Saturday evening:
“China is painting Mountains Green to fool Environmentalists - No, Really”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cvc7VymDa4c
The closed-cycle rocket engine uses liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen for propellant and can generate 25 tons of thrust, making it one of the most powerful such engines ever made, according to the engine’s developer.That's why.
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