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China Will Attempt 30-Plus Launches in 2019, Including Crucial Long March 5 Missions (spacenews.com)
New submitter starmanaj shares a report: The main contractor for the Chinese space program is planning more than 30 launches in 2019, with major missions including the crucial return-to-flight of the heavy-lift Long March 5 rocket in July. The China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), announced Jan. 29 that it would aim to loft more than 50 spacecraft on 30-plus launches this year. Among these will be the third launch on the Long March 5, a 5-meter-diameter, 57-meter-tall heavy-lift launch vehicle which failed in its second flight in July 2017, delaying the Chang'e-5 lunar sample return mission and the construction of the Chinese Space Station. The mission will take place in July at the coastal Wenchang Satellite Launch Center on Hainan island, CASC vice president Yang Baohua said at a Jan. 29 news conference in Beijing, which also saw the release of a "Blue Book of China Aerospace Science and Technology Activities."
you can't steal things that Elon has copylefted. Elon's philosophy is that people who steal your tech are followers, and they ultimately won't be able to compete. They'll always be 2 steps behind, analyzing what you're currently doing. Elon copylefting everything is a clever trap.
"Prediction: within 10 years, Windows will be a Linux distribution." Me, 7-6-2016
I doubt they're going to get 30+ launches done in a year, unless they've been playing things really close to the vest. But I am delighted to see someone else get into what used to be called the Space Race in a big way.
A shame that no one from NASA can (officially) collaborate with them...
"Don't meddle in the affairs of a patent dragon, for thou art tasty and good with ketchup." ~ohcrapitssteve
Why would the USA give free access to more of its tech under the cover of "science" and some need to "collaborate" with a Communist government?
Thats all tech the USA had to pay for and test.
Dont just give it all away to nations that supported North Korea, Vietnam as policy against the USA.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
I know over the years, there have been some discussion on whether or not spaceflight should be big government funded (von Braun was a big proponent of this) or leave it to entrepreneurs/adventurers. While Paul Allen's Stratolaunch is somewhat in limbo now, it seems like in the US the trend is to go with entrepreneurs with SpaceX, Orbital and Blue Origin leading the way. Hopefully the SLS development effort will be retired, as will the Ariane 6 both being too costly compared to the commercial options meaning that the only big government launches will be from Russia and China.
I picked SpaceX, Orbital and Blue Origin because if you total their launch manifests for 2019, they'll have at least 30 - There will be multiple manned missions in there (by Blue Origin and SpaceX) and quite an array of different capabilities.
It's one thing for the second biggest economy in the world to have 30 launches but I think it's a lot more impressive that private capital will provide the same number of launches
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Actually, Elon's philosophy is that he doesn't mind if another company beats his to achieving things if that makes the things be achieved faster. He's been urging automakers to go electric for ages, he's been rooting for Blue Origin and all the little rocket companies, etc. Certainly hasn't ever taken any steps to harm competitors. He started his current companies because he was a rich guy who wanted to solve more interesting/important problems, not to make money.
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Erm, China launched 37 times last year. How is aiming for 30+ this year any sort of stretch or doubtful thing? They've been "playing things really close to the vest" by launching 37 times and then planning 30 for the following year?
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China has 250+ satellites in orbit already... way more than Russia, way more than any country except the USA. If they really care about you so much, they've known what they want to know for a long time.
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SpaceX launched 19 last year. China launched 37. SpaceX fanboys are delusional.
Elon has copylefted nothing with regards to SpaceX. The main source for information is off-the-cuff announcements via Twitter. No papers describing the rocket, much less CAD or source code. This has to do with ITAR legislation (which makes it a crime to publish such information).
You're thinking of Tesla, which did publish information on the Supercharger design.