That concludes my analysis! There are also many other details that I could not include due to word limits
All of my research is summed up in this website I made called "Chinese Reusability In Spaceflight" You can also see the progression on each rocket!
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Some LC-36 updates. Now that we’ve had access to the pad and integration facility we can share a bit of good news. The propellant farm, oxygen, liquid hydrogen and LNG tanks are all in good shape. This is good luck because these are very long lead items. The water tower is also good. The big support tower is damaged, but it can be repaired in place rather than torn down and replaced. The booster “Never Tell Me The Odds” and the three GS-2s that were onsite in the integration facility also look good.
I’ve seen some speculation that we might move directly to the 9x4 configuration, but we won’t do that. Rate manufacturing of 7x2 is going well, and we’re going to continue that at pace as planned and store the stages for use. In addition, we had already been working for some time on eliminating our transporter-erector in favor of an alternative vertical conop, and we’ll now go directly to that; so we don’t need a new transporter-erector.
We will fly again before the end of this year. Gradatim Ferociter.
We go where we need to be, and today that was @NASAKennedy.
Some of my senior engineers and I spent time at @blueorigin with @JeffBezos and @davill, speaking with the workforce and seeing the damage at LC-36 firsthand. I appreciated the opportunity to hear directly from those working through the aftermath and better understand the challenges ahead.
There is a lot of work to do, but this is exactly why people choose careers in aerospace, whether at NASA, Blue Origin, or across the industry. The talent in this field thrives under pressure and performs at its best when solving the toughest problems.
We have been saying for months at NASA that we are not going to sit on our hands and wait for the capabilities necessary to achieve the nation’s most pressing objectives. We are going to take an active role alongside our partners, just as we did in the 1960s, to overcome setbacks, remove obstacles, and deliver the intended outcomes.
@NASA is committed to helping the Blue team recover, continue to advance their lunar lander and get New Glenn back to launching as soon as safely possible.
America’s greatest achievements in space were never the result of avoiding setbacks. They came from overcoming them. We have done it before, and we will do it again🇺🇸
Long March-12B maiden flight succeeds today with the 10th Qianfan Constellation satellites. LEO payload: ~20 tons. No recovery test this mission; first-stage recovery tests to follow.
@Moonage Didn't matter at all given that the second starship was not ready yet. And still doesn't change the fact that NG has clearly lost more pad infrastructure.
Colleagues at SpaceX are about to become millionaires while Blue Origin just lost their only pad and likely a lot of contracts. Morale is at an all time low.
@Moonage You clearly don't know anything about spaceflight. Bezos is actively losing money with Blue Origin (and has been since 20 years ago). Of course Bezos would pour more money in to repair everything, but that does not change the fact that morale is low at NG.
@Moonage Also, it is no secret that Blue Origin employees have been dissatisfied with the lack of information about its stock plan. Meanwhile SpaceX is about to IPO, which will make their colleagues very comfortably financially.
@Moonage Ah yes because blowing up the test stand versus NG's only launch pad is the same thing. Of course SpaceX needed to make an adapter to static fire the ship but that is a few month delayed compared to NG's pad out for the rest of the year at least.
Hello everyone! I decided research which Chinese company / agency will succeed at achieving reusability first!
Among the list are CAS Space, DeepBlue , Galactic Energy, Interstellar Glory, LandSpace, SAST, Space Epoch, and Space Pioneer.
Sit back and enjoy!
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