China's Space Program News Thread

[by78]

This is tangentially related to the thread. I'm putting it here because I couldn't find a better place.

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) has cooperated with the Chinese national swimming team on sports performance. CASC used a wind tunnel to simulate the flow field experienced by swimmers and to measure their performance. The data was further analyzed to help the swimmers improve their performance.

 

[by78]

Does it have hopping capability like the Chang'e 7 isotope detector?

Unlikely. This is a manned lander/rover and therefore weighs significantly more, not to mention the added complexity of hopping might be a step too far for an already complex piece of equipment that not only has to land on the moon and move around it but also has to sustain the humans onboard for extended periods.

 

[siegecrossbow]

A concept manned moon lander-rover combo.

I’m no longer expert but this design looks a bit top heavy.

 

[by78]

I’m no longer expert but this design looks a bit top heavy.

It is top heavy, but moon has reduced gravity (1/6) so the legs don't have to support as much. That and the legs are far apart when deployed, which imparts additional stability.

 

[taxiya]

A concept manned moon lander-rover combo.

Together with this crewed mobile lander, there is proposal of mobile lunar base module from another article.

 

[taxiya]

I’m no longer expert but this design looks a bit top heavy.

Beside what @by78 has said, the lander will lower its height when moving.
Slow 2.5m:

Faster 1.2m:

Crawling 4m barrier:

 

[taxiya]

Here is the article that I have found if anyone is interested in more details.

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However it is not the same article that by78 took the figure 6.

 

[siegecrossbow]

Launch of the Tianhe core module is tentatively scheduled for April 29th. Don’t ask me where I found the info.

 

[JSL]

Just wondering.

How big will the new Chinese Space Station be?

Weight and size?

 

[by78]

More re-usable spaceplane concepts from various studies.

An RBCC single-stage earth-to-space reusable spaceplane:

A small reusable launch vehicle for small/micro satellites, similar in concept to DARPA's XS-1:

Yet another reusable spaceplane concept. Note the rubbers integrated into the wings: