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>>12799648
I'm really curious what direction China's space program is going to go. Long March 9 like a waste of effort with reusable rockets proving themselves and Starship nearing completion.

I think they have a couple companies working on Falcon family clones, but they don't seem very far along.

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>>11826975
Source? Everything they've said until now has indicated some time in the 2030s. Maybe Starship is making them antsy, and they decided to go without Long March 9?

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If Starship works, what effect do you think it could have on the Chinese moon program? Would they scrap Long March 9 and plan a lunar landing around existing rockets and in orbit assembly? Would they forget about a moon mission until they have a Starship competitor? Would they just stay the course and build Long March 9?

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Somebody earlier was asking about future Chinese Moon plans and I just randomly came across this graphic of a Chinese crewed lander design from CAST (China’s biggest state-owned space contractor).

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