China has gone on a very nasty attempt to copy practically all of the design of SpaceX
starship, and that has sparked many rumours around town, especially among spacex enthusiasts
who have an undying passion for Elon Musk.
But China refuses to relent.
They've already begun strolling on spacex, maybe with one of their spies working there,
and Elon Musk may be unaware of the traitor.
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During the period China celebrated its sixth "National Space Day" in Nanjing, one of the
country’s capital eastern provinces.
As part of the celebrations, Chinese space authorities emphasized the Chang'e-5 mission's
recent return of lunar samples, some of which were on display, and revealed the name of
China's first Mars rover, and that’s the well-known Zhurong.
This is an idea where a vehicle launches from Earth, travels into suborbital space, and
lands halfway around the globe in less than an hour — of course, this is a wonderful
and welcome means of transportation.
But right now, China has taken a different move.
Their Starship rocket idea is interesting not just for its resemblance to SpaceX's Starship—the
vehicle's surface is shiny, similar to Starship's stainless-steel design, and the first and
second stages are similarly seamless—but also for its purpose.
So, the secret news spread and was promoted through the Chinese social network Weibo,
showing two different concepts for achieving this point-to-point transportation suborbital
flights we're talking about, and what's interesting about such video is that the first concept
gives a striking look about a large vehicle capable of vertical takeoff and vertical landing,
and that depicts what the SpaceX starship actually looks like.
Perhaps the only thing left for China to copy right now is SpaceX's chopstick carrier, which
will catch the starship in midair as it flies from orbit.
The first revelation of China's first "Earth to Earth" concept came in September 2017,
through a video released at the time that showed a suborbital flight time on Starship
from New York City to Shanghai of just 39 minutes and advertised the capability of "anywhere
on Earth in less than an hour," though people have begun to believe in China's space capabilities
since then.
The video, titled "One Hour Global Arrival in the Space Transportation System," was presented
by the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, one of China's major state-owned rocket makers.
China did not neglect to study the possibility for rocket systems that might supply suborbital
point-to-point transportation services, similar to what Musk and SpaceX have suggested for
the Starship, and from what was shown in the video.
Two potential plans for attaining suborbital passenger flights, which China has promised
to make operational by the 2040.
Eric Berger, a senior space editor at Ars Technica who covers SpaceX and NASA news,
took this video to heart and later published it on YouTube so that it may reach a broader
audience.
The animations seen in the video begin with a spaceport and many launch pads nearby.
On each, a two-staged vertical takeoff and landing was visible around rockets that resembled
the Starship and Super Heavy.
Furthermore, the first stage of the China rocket returned to Earth, much like the SpaceX
Starship did after separation, suggesting that it is a completely reusable vehicle.
Remember Elon Musk's ambition for SpaceX starship and how he desires to make them reusable.
Passengers' viewing perspectives included a presentation of Earth as well as a space
experience of temporal weightlessness before the spaceship began its powered descent.
The flight ended with the spacecraft landing in a big city that is obviously many time
zones distant, since the landing took place at night.
Aside from its style and arrangement, the animation resembled a similar "Earth to Earth"
concept video released by SpaceX in September 2017.
It was a typical starship that transported passengers from a platform at sea off the
coast of New York to a similar platform off the coast of Shanghai in only 34 minutes,
and the procedure was rather wild, and it sparked the curiosity of many people.
The Chinese animation's second point-to-point design depicts a horizontal takeoff and landing
vehicle released through an electromagnetic rail.
Once launched into the air, the spacecraft initiates what looks like hybrid-propellant
rocket engine to accelerate from Mach 2 to Mach 15, moving from supersonic to hypersonic
speed to accomplish suborbital flight, which could theoretically climb the globe.
Both of these concepts incorporate technology and ideas that are currently popular with
both space agencies and commercial space firms like NASA, the ESA, SpaceX, Blue Origin, Sierra
Nevada, Reaction Engines, and other federal and private programs.
Additionally, multiple reusable rocket and spacecraft concepts are currently under development,
and China is ready to milk the entire space industry dry.
What we're talking about right now, is not the first time Chinese space program has taken
inspiration from SpaceX.
They have always been following SpaceX from its inception, with special interest in SpaceX's
intentions to reuse rocket first stages.
During the company's first launch in 2006, according to how it was described in the book
Liftoff, a Chinese spy boat was in the middle region of water where the Falcon 1 rocket's
first stage was supposed to return, and we suspect that may the spy monitoring SpaceX
technology from afar.
In 2019, the Chinese Long Mach 2C rocket used "grid fins" - similar to the ones seen on
the first stage of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket - to direct itself through the atmosphere
during the reentry phase.
China plans to build the Long Mach 8 rocket to land on a sea platform, similar to how
the Falcon 9 booster landed.
Semi-private Chinese enterprises like LinkSpace and Galactic Energy seem to be replicating
SpaceX launch technology as well.
As a result, China is not the only copycat on the league.
It's unclear if China will construct a Starship-like space vehicle for interplanetary travel, as
SpaceX and Elon Musk have planned to do — an active flight that would take passengers to
any place on the earth in a matter of minutes.
For the time being, China intends to create the Long Mach 9 rocket, a more traditional
super heavy lifter, as well as a triple-core booster similar to SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket.
Once everything is in place and China is ready to go commercial, its spacex rocket-like space
vehicle could be a space shuttle craft, which will transport passengers from London to New
York, or between any nation or city.
Consequently, if that occurs, Elon Musk and SpaceX will have to buckle up in order to
stay relevant as the world's most important and result-oriented space company.
And please remember that companies like Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin are fighting to dominate
all space shuttle operations if Elon Musk stops working his ass off while sleeping on
his office sofa to keep SpaceX at the helm of space venture, and deny subordinate rivals
the opportunity.
Honestly, space corporations all recognize that there is a lot of money to be made on
the occasion of any space launch, which is why all space companies are keeping their
feet firmly planted on earth in order to show something to the public.
Economists has also estimate that the space tourism business, which is now worth roughly
£300 billion, will be worth more than £600 billion by 2030, and that’s load of cash
that will be siphoned to these private space firm, particularly spacex.
No wonder Elon Musk is having sleepless night and cracking his head to take technology to
space.
Meanwhile, it is unclear if China's intentions to create a Starship-like rocket would entail
outfitting it for trips to the Moon, even though they may be tempted to undertake point-to-point
sub-orbital travel at times.
However, the frequent trips to the Moon and Mars could also be China’s agenda, for now,
now one knows what the copycat company has at the back of their mind.
It will be kind of shameful that China intends to adopt Spacex starship design and mission
profile throughout their space endeavours.
One thing is certain: China aspires to be the space superpower by the mid-twentieth
century, not just one of many.
While they have some rocket catching, and reusability technology do so as to meet up
the target.
China may not stop imitating SpaceX anytime soon; Blue Origin as well as Boeing are all
copying SpaceX; nevertheless, Virgin Galactic seems to operate in a very different way.
Right now, we can anticipate China's road track or the setting of space shuttle records
to be news or a frequent update, but at least they are hell bent on watch out spacex technology.
How do you think Elon Musk’s response will sound like if China ultimately clones the
exact SpaceX starship structure?
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