Thread 63873432

>A dozen chinese reusable rockets are going to make their maiden flight soon
>Probably 2-4 years for China to catch up and surpass SpaceX's launch rate and payload to LEO
>There's already half a dozen mega-constellation plans in the works, from satellite internet to data centers to earth observation, with satellite production in full swing, just waiting for the reusable rockets


Golden dome is gonna to have competition if America really does decide to build it. Also, the cope of "Well, the chinese might have their carrier killer missiles, but they can't sink the carriers if they can't find them" isn't gonna to work when China has tens of thousands of LEO recon satellites providing 24/7 real time coverage of every square meter of earth.

wake me up when/if they make these maiden flights successfully

As someone that follows rocket launches regularly I've been hearing about Chinese reusable rockets will "soon" take on SpaceX.... two more weeks.

>>63873432 (OP)
> look at my bottle rockets
> implessive

>>63873432 (OP)
>chinese might have their carrier killer missiles
They don't.

What blew up in Russia/Iran?

Someone post that web of the "accidental" launch that hit a village?

>>63873442
You just have to wait a few months
>>63873457
Chinese launches are somewhat comparable to SpaceX, even with expendable rockets. They will skyrocket past them once they get reusable rockets

>>63873509
Existing chinese launchpads are inland, so some launches crash on populated areas. New launchsites and resauble rockets are supposed to fix this problem

>>63873432 (OP)
>A dozen chinese reusable rockets are going to make their maiden flight soon
My condolences to all the villages downrange of the launch sites.

>>63873774
The whole point of reusable rockets is that they land safely, on a barge or back on the launchpad

>>63873781
Body slamming population centres generally isn't a design aim of any civilian rocket, can we have an non autistic wumao please?

>>63873805
Why are you referencing a 30 year old incident like it's relevant?

>>63873814
30 year tradition you mean?

>>63873829
That's gonna end once reusable rockets take over

>>63873836
>>63873814
>>63873564
why don't those chink niggers just move their launch pads to the coast, they are perfectly situated to be showering japan and worst korea with space debris instead of their own people

>>63873977
They are already doing so, the issue is that most of the existing launchpads are inland, a legacy from the cold war when most of China's launch infrastructure was constructed. The existing coastal launchsites are new and are still being expanded and not enough yet to take over from the decades old inland launchsites that had decades to expand. There's the Hainan and haiyang spaceport, both are still undergoing major expansion efforts.

>>63873432 (OP)
soon

>>63873537
China invented the "booster catch" Elon stole. Turns out regular chopsticks don't work, that's all.