China's Space Program News Thread

[SamuraiBlue]

Re: China’s Manned Military Space Ambitions

Hell! wont it be just beautiful to bomb some country with a nuetron bomb from outer space? :nana:

Deploying WMD's from such positions where most countries cannot counter is one big advantage. Further if there was a space sniper cannon (lets say one with 105mm cannon) taking out high prioprity targets would be much easier than sending bombers to dodge enemy radar and A.A. to bomb targets like weapons factories or enemy V.I.P.'s

If its possible man will build it... enough said.

There is an international treaty in which I believe PRC is a signatory of that bans that kind of behavior.
Basically you are not allowed to maintain a WMD platform in orbit.

 

[by78]

Some close-ups...

 

[Skywatcher]

There is an international treaty in which I believe PRC is a signatory of that bans that kind of behavior.
Basically you are not allowed to maintain a WMD platform in orbit.

Space based weapons are also expensive as heck, and well, people can see them.

 

[Rettam Stacf]

Okay, so there were two payloads on this mission.

The primary, important payload was the new spacecraft capsule, which will be doing an elliptical orbit and has yet to do re-entry. This spacecraft is the primary payload, and its success or failure could alter the speed with which CNSA may have a new generation manned spacecraft for use in the future.

The secondary payload which is separate from the first payload, and which we only discovered was present on the mission as the rocket launched, is a small return capsule with an inflatable heatshield, developed to test inflatable heatshield technology. This payload is much smaller than the first and is arguably much less important than the first.

Bltizo and Dolcevita, thanks for the clarification.

 

[Equation]

Spacecraft landing

Dang it, I wanted to see the air bags actual deployment during the landing from the video. Anyway the mission was a great success.

 

[Prietocol]

¿Es ese el nuevo barco tripulado de China?

That base is closer to Ecuador than Cape Canaveral

 

[Rettam Stacf]

¿Es ese el nuevo barco tripulado de China?

That base is closer to Ecuador than Cape Canaveral

You mean Equator and not Ecuador ?

 

[PikeCowboy]

^ it looks like Wenchang is at 19 flatitude and cape Canaveral is at 28

 

[SciNews]

Recovery operations, the spacecraft was transported to the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center for inspection

 

[by78]

More high-resolution images from the recovery operation... Note the yellow inflatable air cushions for soft landing.