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China's "rocket choice" for a manned lunar program: three alternatives

At the end of November 2020 in the US edition of the network SpaceNews ( «Space News") flashed the article the journalist Andrew Jones ( Andrew Jones ) about China's plans still continue to develop super-heavy class rocket to fly to the moon.





The first official presentation of the CZ-9 project

This super-heavy launch vehicle is named " Changzheng-9" Changzheng 9, CZ-9 (Long March 9, LM-9, in Russian: Great March 9) - this is the same launch vehicle, which was first presented to the public back in May 2018 at a lecture in Beijing .





The lecture was delivered by Long Lehao, Chief Designer of CALT (China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology) - China Missile Research Institute.





Chief Designer Long Lehao ​​reports on new CZ-9 rocket project
Chief Designer Long Lehao ​​reports on new CZ-9 rocket project

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The appearance of the CZ-9 rocket and its two simplified versions
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Schematic diagrams of two new alternative variants of the CZ-9 rocket with a hull diameter of 9 meters
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Comparisons of rockets for the US and China lunar program: SLS Block 1 manned, SLS Block 2 and CZ-5B manned, CZ-9
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For a country with such a long history, a delay of some 5 years is not a delay at all.





The main thing is to come to the moon seriously and forever, to realize that some geopolitical competitions are far from being a sprint race, and the exploration of the moon is not sticking a national flag into it.











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