I have seen the pic of the launch pad(May be the launch pad). It seems that the vehicle could launch with it's own engines. and it's cryogenic
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I though that both a carrier and orbiter have now landed on runways, so both have to have wheels.
Very much. Landing gears are necessary for both.it'd make it one of a kind new system. But we don't know if both are recoverable or has been recovered.
@tiancai8888 says he has seen the launch pad and that it's cryogenic. We also know that it was a suborbital test. What would be the size of this system?
The configuration "A Rocket 1st stage + Spaceplane 2nd" is from a 2006 paper.Your second picture is taken from that paper.
However, this configuration disappeared in Long Lehao's paper in 2018.
It is more likely that it was the "A Rocket with wings piggybacked by a Spaceplane" tested, partially of course.
A first stage rocket with wings that launches vertically and lands horizontally should be more fuel efficient and more controllable than Space X's solution of vertically landing the first stage. Are there any advantages to Space X's solution of using vertical landings to recover the first stage?
You gonna disappoint. The launch “tower” or vehicle support arm is about 3.5 meters (Two man's height). In the rocket world that is mini. Since it's a experimental vehicle to verify the theory. IMO that's ok.
Microwave oven and refrigerator for the Chinese space station.
The microwave:
The fridge:
China was the first country to put a microwave oven into space, which just made me feel sorry for the astronauts on ISS. Surprised they never actually bothered to solve that issue.
No that's definitely not true, there was a microwave on Skylab. In fact wasn't microwave specifically invented for space station use first before it went to become consumer product (and often touted as an example of tech invented for space program but eventually benefiting everyone)?
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