China successfully copied SpaceX Tech and closing Gap in low-cost space flight after its second test
flight China's technology for reusable rocket engines is at practical stage according to its
developer it was recently put to the test in a launch marking the first time China had reused
a rocket engine the engine is comparable to those used by SpaceX on its Falcon 9 rockets and can be
utilized for vertical takeoff and landing and with this being said what could be the reaction of the
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk let's find out hello everyone and welcome back to Elon Musk Evolution where we
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any of our amazing videos and let's begin Diana's completed a second test flight of reusable rocket
engine similar to those used by SpaceX Bridging the technological gap of the United States on
affordable space travel the liquid oxygen and kerosene rocket engine was recently tested in Ohio
launch and safely return to Earth according to a statement made by the xcn Aerospace propulsion
Institute and shared on its WeChat social media account on Tuesday no other information on the
flight was provided but according to the Institute it was the first time a rocket engine had been
reused in China The Institute is a division of the government-run China Aerospace Science and
Technology Corporation the engine was put back together for the most recent flight after being
inspected and maintained after serving as the primary propulsion system for the first launch
in 2021. our engine reuse technology has advanced to the application stage thanks to this successful
verification this allows us to concentrate more on the engine's high performance cheap cost and
high dependability according to Shang jojun the institute's director who was mentioned
in a China new service report on Wednesday the primary power source for space flight consists
of liquid oxygen and kerosene rocket engines they are able to function in both an atmosphere of
air and a vacuum because they can carry their own oxygen additionally they feature a boost
thrust to use non-toxic Fuel and produce little pollution the Chinese engine is comparable in
technology to the Merlin 1D engine that SpaceX uses on its Falcon 9 rockets and can be used for
vertical takeoff and Landing the first was the repeat ignition technology required for vertical
Landing according to the Xi'an Institute which stated that researchers working on the engine
had to overcome technical obstacles at every step of flight according to the flying mode the process
may vary but the engine must cool and Purge the tank before a second ignition to remove combustion
and leftover fuel from the first flight according to the Institute it discovered a way to purge and
pre-cool the tank during ground testing and was able to achieve three continuous ignitions the
return flight's difficult laning procedure is brought on by the vehicle's Progressive weight
loss from the remaining propellant to accomplish control deceleration or gentle Landing the
engine's thrust must be adjusted in a variety of ways according to the Institute this was
also a part of ground testing and an earlier test with a Long March 8 rocket the engine needs to be
shielded from Impact and heat when used repeatedly and when it is ignited since the return stages
outside air pressure fluctuates the importance of sealing materials is indicated by the fact that
the second test flight showed their effectiveness according to the Institute it's crucial to have a
strategy for evaluating the engine's dependability before reusing it The Institute claimed to have
created and modified online real-time technology to assess an engine following emission offering
a quick and inexpensive means of Performing inspection and maintenance according to Zhang
the advancement China has made in repeatedly deploying the liquid oxygen and kerosene engine
is of great significance he claimed that the second test flight had given important experience
and laid the path for the later construction of a more powerful reusable liquid oxygen
and kerosene engine in China he continued that will be a significant leap from ground zero and
what do you think is the tech Billionaire's response to this issue well let's find out
Elon Musk claims that SpaceX stays away from utilizing patents while creating Rockets since
they are for the weak and stifle Innovation Elon Musk CEO of SpaceX has once more criticized
the use of patents and stated that his company generally continues to avoid utilizing them musk's
stated that employing patents in manufacturing is a sign of weakness in an interview with CNBC musk
gave TV host Jay Leno a tour of spacex's Star based facility in Texas and showed him some of
the businesses Raptor engines which are made to fit the Starship spacecraft he said that SpaceX
in California was responsible for the engine's construction the billionaire has challenged the
use of patents before he said in a 2012 interview with wire the SpaceX has almost no patents and
that it would be farcical for the business to make them public because the Chinese would just use
them as a recipe book eight years ago musk stated on a Tesla conference call that the presence of
patents was a symptom that the business was not innovating quickly enough musk claim to SpaceX
made the rocket using stir 30 stainless steel in the CNBC interview musk responded no when asked if
the business owned any patents on the substance he informed the publication of SpaceX doesn't
actually patent stuff patents are for the week in an interview musk claim the patents were typically
utilized as a blocking strategy to prevent other companies from developing during the tour he told
Leno that they just prevent others from following you most patents are BS his most recent remarks
on Patton's coming SpaceX gets closer and closer to launching its enormous Starship spacecraft it
was very likely that the vehicle would debut in November musk wrote in a tweet on Wednesday China
U.S space Tech race without achieving its intended capability of being reusable for 55 flights in
practice before being retired with a space shuttle in 2011 the U.S space Shuttle main engine or ssme
only partially accomplished reusability in the 1980s the average number of flights each ssme made
was around 10 according to Mark Adler a former NASA JPL system engineer even though they were
each intended to fly 55 dimes the vertical Landing rocket a reusable vertical takeoff technology
created by SpaceX utilizes the most Cutting Edge reusable launch vehicle technology available on a
c platform it made its first successful Landing in 2015 and a second one in 2016. by 2025 China wants
to create its own reusable spacecraft and by 2035 and once all of its spacecraft to be reusable the
Long March 8 a medium-sized launch vehicle of the country's New Generation performed a successful
First Flight in the December 2020 and is thought to have the potential to be reusable in the future
the successful First Flight of the reusable liquid rocket engine according to Zhang xiaozun director
of the Xi'an Aerospace propulsion Institute indicates that China's engine reusability
technology has advanced to a workable level in order to further assist the nation Space Program
he also stated that the research team would keep looking for technological Alternatives meanwhile
52 more starlink satellites are launched by SpaceX and her Rockets Lane to C 43 orbital missions have
been launched by SpaceX this year as of Saturday's launch the company SpaceX successfully completed
a rocket landing at Sea while also launching 52 more starlink Broadband satellites into
orbit on Saturday September 24th leaving Florida's Cape Canaveral space force station
at 7 32 pm on Saturday was a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 52 star league spacecraft aboard it
after a precise touchdown on spacex's drone ship a shortfall of Gravitas which was positioned in
the Atlantic Ocean the Falcon 9's first stage returned to Earth just under nine minutes later
according to a SpaceX Mission description it was the fourth launch in landing for this specific
booster as anticipated the 52 star leaks were released by the Falcon 9's upper Stage 15 and
a half minutes after liftoff according to a tweet from SpaceX the starlink mega constellation which
delivers internet connectivity to people all around the world is still being built
out following Saturday's launch by SpaceX the business has already launched roughly
3 400 starlink satellites and has thousands more planned and that's going to do it for today guys
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