Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

China Aims To Build World's Largest Rocket

Posted by timothy on from the one-up-man-space-ship dept.

hackingbear writes "Back in March, China revealed it is studying the feasibility of designing the most powerful carrier rocket in history for making a manned moon landing and exploring deep space, according to Liang Xiaohong, vice head of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. The rocket is envisaged to have a payload of 130 tonnes, five times larger than that of China's current largest rocket. This rocket, if built, will eclipse the 53 tonne capacity of the planned Falcon 9 Heavy from SpaceX. It will even surpass the largest rocket ever built, the 119-tonne Saturn V. China's next generation rocket Long March 5, currently scheduled to debut in 2014, has a payload capacity of 25 tonnes to LEO."

2 of 250 comments (clear)

  1. "manned moon landing" by Arlet · · Score: 0, Troll

    What's the point ? All you can do on the moon is walk around, and then leave again.

    1. Re:"manned moon landing" by Arlet · · Score: 0, Troll

      That's because there's is also no point in (people) being on Mars, or making endless circles in low earth orbit.