{"id":28541,"date":"2018-10-24T12:55:49","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T07:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28541"},"modified":"2018-10-24T12:55:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T07:25:49","slug":"china-aims-to-outstrip-nasa-with-super-powerful-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/china-aims-to-outstrip-nasa-with-super-powerful-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"China aims to outstrip NASA with super-powerful rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-life\/china-aims-to-outstrip-nasa-with-super-powerful-rocket\/article24316033.ece\">China aims to outstrip NASA with super-powerful rocket<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>China is working on a super-powerful rocket that would be capable of delivering heavier payloads into low orbit than NASA.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2. By 2030, the Long March-9 rocket under development will be able to carry 140 tonnes into low-Earth orbit<\/p>\n<p>3. This compares to the 20 tonnes deliverable by Europe\u2019s Ariane 5 rocket or the 64 tonnes of Elon Musk\u2019s Falcon Heavy.<\/p>\n<p>4. It would also outstrip the 130 tonnes of NASA\u2019s Space Launch System, which is due to become operational in 2020.<\/p>\n<p><u>5. About Long March-9<\/u><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>China\u2019s Long March-9 would have a core stage measuring 10 metres in diameter and boast four powerful boosters, each with a diameter of five metres.<\/li>\n<li>The rocket could be used in manner lunar landings, deep space exploration or constructing a space-based solar power plant.<\/li>\n<li>China is also working on a reusable space rocket, which is expected to make it maiden fight in 2021.<\/li>\n<li>The first stage and the boosters will be retrieved after a vertical landing.<\/li>\n<li>China is pouring billions into its military run space pogrammes, with the aim to finally catch up with the U.S. and Russia.<\/li>\n<li>China is also planning to build a base on the moon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China aims to outstrip NASA with super-powerful rocket News: China is working on a super-powerful rocket that would be capable of delivering heavier payloads into low orbit than NASA. Important facts: 2. By 2030, the Long March-9 rocket under development will be able to carry 140 tonnes into low-Earth orbit 3. This compares to the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/china-aims-to-outstrip-nasa-with-super-powerful-rocket\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">China aims to outstrip NASA with super-powerful rocket<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704906310},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}