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anzha

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The US X-37B has landed after 908 days in space.

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The US Space Force awarded a contract for what could be the 'Cislunar Highway Patrol System:'

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NASA is having problems even with its unmanned missions these days:

Venus mission delayed 3 years:
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Psyche Mission Delayed (and there are problems at JPL):
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Lunar Trailblazer is over budget:
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Boeing continues to futz things up with the Starliner slip from February to April:

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I seriously hope a much better team is working on the SLS ... which is also a Boeing led project. Speaking of which...

NASA is looking at the 16th for the latest SLS attempt:

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taxiya said:
Clearly a political decision in competition with China. Artemis 4 is in 2027. Just in April or May CNSA announced CZ-5DY maiden flight after 2026 and moon landing before 2030.
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I know that China does have an excellent low Earth orbit spacecraft in Shenzhou and an iteration of the Long March Series of launch vehicles capable of launching the Shenzhou into Low Earth Orbit, but has it developed any launch vehicles of thrust and power comparable to the Saturn V and the Artemis Programme's Launch Vehicle that can launch manned spacecraft into orbit of the Moon.
 
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Weaasel said:
I know that China does have an excellent low Earth orbit spacecraft in Shenzhou and an iteration of the Long March Series of launch vehicles capable of launching the Shenzhou into Low Earth Orbit, but has it developed any launch vehicles of thrust and power comparable to the Saturn V and the Artemis Programme's Launch Vehicle that can launch manned spacecraft into orbit of the Moon.
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Let's not further drag "China vs. US" into this thread. The quick answer to you is yes, CZ-5DY as I have mentioned is equivalent to SLS block 1 which just launched Orion few days ago. Both CZ-5DY and SLS block 1 are 27t TLI (LTO). It was announced in April that CZ-5DY will be ready for maiden flight in 2026, just one month after NASA published its plan of Artemis 4 without moon landing in March, few months later NASA changes its mind. This is why my post.

It is CZ-5DY vs. SLS crew and CZ-9 vs. SLS block 2 cargo, all of them are under development with very close progress, therefor the competition, real or not, announced or not.
 
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taxiya said:
Let's not further drag "China vs. US" into this thread. The quick answer to you is yes, CZ-5DY as I have mentioned is equivalent to SLS block 1 which just launched Orion few days ago. Both CZ-5DY and SLS block 1 are 27t TLI (LTO). It was announced in April that CZ-5DY will be ready for maiden flight in 2026, just one month after NASA published its plan of Artemis 4 without moon landing in March, few months later NASA changes its mind. This is why my post.

It is CZ-5DY vs. SLS crew and CZ-9 vs. SLS block 2 cargo, all of them are under development with very close progress, therefor the competition, real or not, announced or not.
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Artemis 4 relies on Starship to do the moon landing part.

The moon capsule carrying CZ-5DY would require another rocket possibly another CZ-5DY to carry the moon lander.
 
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