China's Space Program News Thread
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A concept study on using nets to clear space junk.
The net is attached to a spacecraft. After a piece of debris is caught in the net, the spacecraft tows it to a higher orbit dedicated to space junk. The spacecraft then moves onto the next target to repeat the process.
Ground test/verification of the concept:
The net is attached to a spacecraft. After a piece of debris is caught in the net, the spacecraft tows it to a higher orbit dedicated to space junk. The spacecraft then moves onto the next target to repeat the process.
Ground test/verification of the concept:
High-resolution images from Mars, including a 360 view.
This looks like it was take by the rover while it was still on the lander.
High-resolution images from Mars, including a 360 view.
The overhead composite shows quite a large number of notably light colored pebbles around the lander. There seems to be no light colored pebbles farther away. This suggest the light color pebbles were either sand blasted by the dirt thrown up by landing rocket exhaust, or they were excavated by the landing rocket exhaust from below ground and then tossed outwards as the rocket landed.
Manned lunar mission hasn't been approved yet?
Perhaps they'll announce it in 2025 depending on how much progress they've made.
It would be interesting to see the currently planned mission profile of Chinese Mars sample return mission. The previous tentative mission profile China published involved the use of a single huge (mass at earth departure = 30+ tons) and extremely complex probe that requires the use of the planned long match 9 rocket to lunch. If that mission profile is still current, then it means LM-9 has to be in service by that time.
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