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Guess we’re jaded, but if it happened 10 years ago... I found this Reuter’s story on the launch. Exciting, if they meet their goals. https://www.reuters.com/
by melling 7y ago
Guess we’re jaded, but if it happened 10 years ago...
I found this Reuter’s story on the launch.
Exciting, if they meet their goals.
https://www.reuters.com/article/space-exploration-china-linkspace/update-1-chinese-space-startup-revs-up-for-reusable-rocket-race-idUSL4N256069 https://www.reuters.com/article/space-exploration-china-link...
“The Beijing-based company aims to launch its next-generation RLV-T16 next year that will be capable of reaching an altitude of up to 150 kilometers, Hu said.”
“LinkSpace previously told Reuters it hoped to charge no more than 30 million yuan ($4.25 million) per reusable launch.”
- mabbo 7y ago"Altitude" is a weird metric for rockets because going up is useless- you immediately fall back down. Achieving orbit requires a horizontal velocity many times higher than the vertical velocity achieved.
- liability 7y agoThey may well have provided more relevant figures which the reporter or editor failed to understand the value of and consequently emitted in favor of the figure that played to their "space is up" worldview.