China's Space Program Thread II

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gadgetcool5

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I'm a little late to the party, but there seemed to be a hole in the parachute of Shenzhou 16 and Shenzhou 18.

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I understand it's typically not a problem, however it could make the landing a bit harder. Does anyone know why this happened and how it can be prevented in the future?
 
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Yazzinra

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gadgetcool5 said:
I'm a little late to the party, but there seemed to be a hole in the parachute of Shenzhou 16 and Shenzhou 18.

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I understand it's typically not a problem, however it could make the landing a bit harder. Does anyone know why this happened and how it can be prevented in the future?
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"Holes" in parachutes are normal. Numerous designs use them, especially round or jellyfish shaped ones.
 
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gadgetcool5 said:
I'm a little late to the party, but there seemed to be a hole in the parachute of Shenzhou 16 and Shenzhou 18.

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I understand it's typically not a problem, however it could make the landing a bit harder. Does anyone know why this happened and how it can be prevented in the future?
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A quick search on Wikipedia would have saved that Twitter blogger from asking such stupid question.
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In short, parachutes are designed with holes to provide directional stability. They make landing safer.
 
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taxiya

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gadgetcool5 said:
I'm a little late to the party, but there seemed to be a hole in the parachute of Shenzhou 16 and Shenzhou 18.

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I understand it's typically not a problem, however it could make the landing a bit harder. Does anyone know why this happened and how it can be prevented in the future?
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This is knowledge that you should have learnt from middle school physics and experiment. I am shocked that you asked this kind of question in this forum.
 
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taxiya

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For anyone interested. CZ-12 is the outcome of Lunar rocket proposal from 8th academy of CASC, a competing proposal to CZ-10 in 921 program.

Personally I don't expect CZ-12 to be extensively used since it is not going to be used in high payload demanding (expendable mode) missions. In commercial market CZ-12A would be the one to stay.
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Cybertron42

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taxiya said:
For anyone interested. CZ-12 is the outcome of Lunar rocket proposal from 8th academy of CASC, a competing proposal to CZ-10 in 921 program.

Personally I don't expect CZ-12 to be extensively used since it is not going to be used in high payload demanding (expendable mode) missions. In commercial market CZ-12A would be the one to stay.
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Where is this image from and which LM series are those 4 engines core??
 
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