I hope they sent up more wings. Those might have been the tastiest wings ever because zero-g means all of the juices stay on the wing instead of dripping off.
China's Space Program Thread II
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I hope they sent up more wings. Those might have been the tastiest wings ever because zero-g means all of the juices stay on the wing instead of dripping off.
wait for ZQ-3 as well..
hard to say, but the ZQ-3 was the first to be erected.
I reckon CZ-12A has better chance than ZQ-3, CASC had that one prototype rocket which they flew VTVL test flights several times already. The test flights weren't totally successful but they probably gained some good experience and the engine relight part worked just fine:
But probably don't get your hopes up too much for either of them.
At this point it's not really important if it's Landspace or CASC or some other group that achieves the first VTVL.
It's more relevant that there's like half a dozen efforts that are likely to make their first attempt at VTVL in the next six months which is of significance. The breadth of efforts means that eventually someone is going to get it right even if it's not their first go.
Can you list the half a dozen. Landspace and CZ-12 are two. What are the other 4 in the next 6 months? Genuinely curious.
Supposedly TL-3 but the initial ones don't have landing legs so unknown how long will it take them to work it out, CZ-10A will be launched next year and will be a crewed reusable rocket. So far all I can think off