Chinese Long March 5 heavy-lift launcher ready for January 2019 comeback flight

[Han Patriot]

Yes the satellite was delivered and the rest is guessing and politically motivated speculations made by people who may not know much about what they are claiming. Who cares about that now. Everyone said what they wanted to say.

I hope you are not calling me the troll here. No one is trolling less than I am in this discussion.

I am calling that gangu a troll, not you. You have the right to comment, but I am correcting your assumption.

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

The China Long March 5 rocket is currently in an invincible state in the world, and is even stronger than the Falcon 9 of United States. Of course, the subsequent improvements of the Long March 5 rocket will be even stronger.

 

[lonelyman]

The China Long March 5 rocket is currently in an invincible state in the world, and is even stronger than the Falcon 9 of United States. Of course, the subsequent improvements of the Long March 5 rocket will be even stronger.

Indian troll has pathetic payload (less than 1/6 of long March 5) and at least 40 years behind but came here to boast

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

The Chinese should not be complacent. The American Falcon heavy rocket also poses a threat to China. The Chinese Long March 9 launch vehicle (with a launch weight of 3,000 tons) is the real beast. I am impatient to see China's super launch vehicle as soon as possible, surpassing Saturn V.

 

[Han Patriot]

The Chinese should not be complacent. The American Falcon heavy rocket also poses a threat to China. The Chinese Long March 9 launch vehicle (with a launch weight of 3,000 tons) is the real beast. I am impatient to see China's super launch vehicle as soon as possible, surpassing Saturn V.

Yes, we are nothing compared to their capability. Saturn was carrying 140 tonnes LEO. CZ-5 is nothing compared to that, hope for the CZ-9 soon.

 

[serenity]

American space technology is definitely dominate the world at the moment. SpaceX and Falcon heavy and next generations of rockets engines will be incredible. If they deliver what is promised. China along with everyone else is also progressing but everyone at different rate. Long March 5 is a good rocket for China because it is currently China's most heavy lifter until Long March 9. I believe the research teams are trying to develop different propulsion to try and catch up to USA's lead in those research fields. Cryogenic engine technology now left to the standard engineering teams.

CAS higher ups and labs are looking at alternative methods of propulsion to catch up to Americans. Otherwise stuck forever with conventional rocket engine even if we manage to get closed cycle and ability to use different fuel types with closed cycle. This will forever limit what humans can do with space. But Chinese researchers have only not long ago started making more investigations. Rockets are still best, most reliable and cheapest to get something into earth orbit and into sun orbit. After that, they need to play with different technologies. So yes LM5 is indeed good for China now but it is no Falcon heavy. We will have heavier lifters in future but primary concern with delivery systems now is affordability and how quickly it can be manufactured. Landing rockets could be another area for development to cut costs. Space station, research labs, and moon human landing and base are all big future space projects. No point to have xx ton lifter if it is expensive and takes years to build.

 

[Han Patriot]

American space technology is definitely dominate the world at the moment. SpaceX and Falcon heavy and next generations of rockets engines will be incredible. If they deliver what is promised. China along with everyone else is also progressing but everyone at different rate. Long March 5 is a good rocket for China because it is currently China's most heavy lifter until Long March 9. I believe the research teams are trying to develop different propulsion to try and catch up to USA's lead in those research fields. Cryogenic engine technology now left to the standard engineering teams.

CAS higher ups and labs are looking at alternative methods of propulsion to catch up to Americans. Otherwise stuck forever with conventional rocket engine even if we manage to get closed cycle and ability to use different fuel types with closed cycle. This will forever limit what humans can do with space. But Chinese researchers have only not long ago started making more investigations. Rockets are still best, most reliable and cheapest to get something into earth orbit and into sun orbit. After that, they need to play with different technologies. So yes LM5 is indeed good for China now but it is no Falcon heavy. We will have heavier lifters in future but primary concern with delivery systems now is affordability and how quickly it can be manufactured. Landing rockets could be another area for development to cut costs. Space station, research labs, and moon human landing and base are all big future space projects. No point to have xx ton lifter if it is expensive and takes years to build.

We have a very high benchmark. It's always about overtaking US, sometimes I think it is tiring. Why can't we just stick to 'better than India'. =)

 

[Jlaw]

Indian troll has pathetic payload (less than 1/6 of long March 5) and at least 40 years behind but came here to boast

Indian Chanakya strikes again. But better to report HariPussy than engage him...hmmmm HariPussy

 

[faithfulguy]

We have a very high benchmark. It's always about overtaking US, sometimes I think it is tiring. Why can't we just stick to 'better than India'. =)

China would need to sleep for another 40 years before it can be categorized as “just better than India”

 

[Adam WANG SHANGHAI MEGA]

China would need to sleep for another 40 years before it can be categorized as “just better than India”

China will show the world how to build space battle ships engines!!!

The essence of Chinese culture is that the Chinese never admit defeat. Fighting is the fate of the Chinese. It doesn't matter if China fails once, because China will definitely rise again.

The era we are in is the era of China’s rise again, just like the 秦帝国 Qin Empire, the 汉帝国Han Empire, the 唐帝国Tang Empire, and the 明帝国Ming Empire!

 

[Han Patriot]

China will show the world how to build space battle ships engines!!!

The essence of Chinese culture is that the Chinese never admit defeat. Fighting is the fate of the Chinese. It doesn't matter if China fails once, because China will definitely rise again.

The era we are in is the era of China’s rise again, just like the 秦帝国 Qin Empire, the 汉帝国Han Empire, the 唐帝国Tang Empire, and the 明帝国Ming Empire!

I never doubted that. Fail once, do it again until you succeed. We were supposed to have failed economically and collapsed 20 years back.