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Do you know the thrust and lift capability of this new hydrogen-oxygen engine is?
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this is the first official news release from calt about the new hydrogen-oxygen rocket engines, but I think this is the up-graded upper stage using gas-generator cycle, not the main engine which is speculated to be using staged-conbustion tech , many people, including wiki have confused the two.
 
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LesAdieux said:
this is the first official news release from calt about the new hydrogen-oxygen rocket engines, but I think this is the up-graded upper stage using gas-generator cycle, not the main engine which is speculated to be using staged-conbustion tech , many people, including wiki have confused the two.
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If you're talking about the YF-75D there is another news release for it.
 
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If you're talking about the YF-75D there is another news release for it.
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thanks, I've just found it on calt11.

2012年5月16日，北京航天动力研究所设计的长征五号火箭芯一级试样状态第三台氢氧发动机520秒长程试车圆满成功，此次试车为确定发动机首飞技术状态奠定了基础。
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the third YF-75D engine has acomplished the 520s test successfully on may 16.
 
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CCTV-13 has released a report on some concrete applications provided by Ompass. An early warning system associated with the mobile phone that allows: seniors to alert the center in case of health problem which can track their movements; to know the real time position of some 6,000 fishing boats from Hainan Island; vehicle owners to track the position of their vehicles stolen from their mobile or tablet and cutting electricity and fuel until the intervention of the police ...

[video=youtube;5jxBNbFMoO8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jxBNbFMoO8[/video]
 
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European astronauts could hitch a ride into orbit aboard Chinese spacecraft before the end of the decade, a senior official at the European Space Agency said Tuesday.

The head of ESA's human spaceflight division said his agency is exploring the possibility of joint space missions with China as part of a wider cooperation with the country. In 2003, China became only the third nation to launch a human into orbit after Russia and the United States.

"I would welcome a European astronaut flying aboard a Chinese spaceship," Thomas Reiter told The Associated Press in an interview on the sidelines of the ILA Berlin Air Show.

The German former astronaut said ESA is planning to slowly deepen cooperation with its Chinese counterpart and could aim for joint missions in "the second half of this decade."

"In fact, some of our astronauts have started Chinese language training," he said.

Despite being a member of the International Space Space program, ESA doesn't have its own means of getting astronauts into orbit but has instead paid for seats aboard Russian and American spacecraft.

Since the end of the U.S. shuttle program ESA has had to rely on Russia to get into space.

Reiter said the 19-nation agency plans to hold a series of meetings with its Chinese counterpart, the China National Space Administration, that will explore closer cooperation in the areas of astronaut training, spacecraft docking and developing life support systems.

"Then I think it's a question of political negotiations at a higher level to see if really a common mission could be achieved," he said.
Eventually, ESA would also like China to become a member of the ISS program if U.S. objections can be overcome.

"As I would welcome a European astronaut flying aboard a Chinese spaceship it would be of course a very, very powerful political sign to have China on board the ISS," said Reiter.
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