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Several news sources are reporting the successful test of the Chinese Space Plane. If true this explosive story would make the story about the J-20 (Black Eagle) as insignificant as that of a paper airplane.
In April of 2009, the U.S. successfully tested the US Spacecraft. Also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle 1, the X-37B is comparable tobut much smaller thanNASAs space shuttles. The craft was originally a NASA project before the US Air Force took it over. Today the U.S. has no capability to deter Chinas potential use of military space planes as far as can be determined the U.S. does not have weapons packages for the Space Shuttle. Nor does anyone else. The X-36B is as close as it gets.
If these technologies on the vehicle prove to be as good as we estimate, it will make our access to space more responsive, perhaps cheaper, and push us in the vector toward being able to react to warfighter needs more quickly, Gary Payton, the Air Force deputy undersecretary for space programs.
This marks a new era in space exploration, and we look forward to the launch of the second vehicle in 2011, Paul Rusnock, Boeings vice president of experimental systems and program director for the X-37B.
This is cutting edge technology with which the US is experimenting with.
Now according to press reports China is also testing a similar spacecraft and is making progress in building an upper-atmosphere jet fighter, an official said last week, adding to a flurry of speculation about Chinas growing air power.
Chinas first efforts at human spaceflight started in 1968 with a projected launch date of 1973. In the September 2005 issue of Contol Technology and Tactical Missile, a journal sponsored by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, three experts from the Center for Precision Guidance Technology of the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics noted, The greatest advantage of a space-based ground attack weapon system is its high speed and short re-entry time. It is extremely difficult for the enemy to intercept such a weapon. The first unmanned flight of a spacecraft was launched on November 19, 1999.
One more to kick start the new year. Happy new year to all!
In April of 2009, the U.S. successfully tested the US Spacecraft. Also known as the Orbital Test Vehicle 1, the X-37B is comparable tobut much smaller thanNASAs space shuttles. The craft was originally a NASA project before the US Air Force took it over. Today the U.S. has no capability to deter Chinas potential use of military space planes as far as can be determined the U.S. does not have weapons packages for the Space Shuttle. Nor does anyone else. The X-36B is as close as it gets.
If these technologies on the vehicle prove to be as good as we estimate, it will make our access to space more responsive, perhaps cheaper, and push us in the vector toward being able to react to warfighter needs more quickly, Gary Payton, the Air Force deputy undersecretary for space programs.
This marks a new era in space exploration, and we look forward to the launch of the second vehicle in 2011, Paul Rusnock, Boeings vice president of experimental systems and program director for the X-37B.
This is cutting edge technology with which the US is experimenting with.
Now according to press reports China is also testing a similar spacecraft and is making progress in building an upper-atmosphere jet fighter, an official said last week, adding to a flurry of speculation about Chinas growing air power.
Chinas first efforts at human spaceflight started in 1968 with a projected launch date of 1973. In the September 2005 issue of Contol Technology and Tactical Missile, a journal sponsored by the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, three experts from the Center for Precision Guidance Technology of the Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics noted, The greatest advantage of a space-based ground attack weapon system is its high speed and short re-entry time. It is extremely difficult for the enemy to intercept such a weapon. The first unmanned flight of a spacecraft was launched on November 19, 1999.
One more to kick start the new year. Happy new year to all!
No offense to Indians buy you've got change to become as advanced as China. Unless India starts its own version of a :"Great Leap Forward" it won't even come close to a third of Chinese economy even by 2030.
