Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 Rocket CLONE In China Just EXPLODED!

China intends to create reusable rockets that resemble the Falcon-9 and attempts to imitate SpaceX. In 2021, China had won the space race with a record 55 launches beyond Earth’s orbit, including two astronaut missions to its Space Station that was still under construction. Beijing now has new benchmarks in mind as it works to create reusable rockets similar to SpaceX’s Falcon-9. To get crew and supplies to the Tiangong space station, the next generation of launch vehicles will be used. And currently with 50 launches this year. But, in the first ever attempt to launch a methane-fueled rocket into orbit, the Chinese launch company Landspace failed on Wednesday. What really happened? And do you think China will be successful in launching Falcon 9-like rockets? Let’s find out!

SpaceX must be really delighted with the Chinese space program if imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

In a presentation earlier this year, Wang Xiaojun, president of the country’s Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), unveiled a design for a two-stage methane-liquid launch system that, as SpaceNews noted, had a disturbing number of similarities to past designs.

To put it simply, the pictures in the slides seem remarkably like SpaceX‘s Starship spacecraft. In all fairness, there are variations as well. In contrast to SpaceX‘s massive spacecraft, which is intended to transport a whopping 100 tons, CALT’s launch system is only capable of lifting about 20 tons into low-Earth orbit. As noted by SpaceNews, there also seem to be variations in the engines’ methods for producing thrust.

In conclusion, there is a fair likelihood that CALT used some practical short cuts to demonstrate an early design for its intended methane-LOX launch system. Additionally, there is a good chance that its design aesthetic will evolve over time.

As an illustration, graduate students from CALT demonstrated a massive launch vehicle called the “Mars Express” that can travel to the surface of Mars. A pretty crude cartoon depicts a spacecraft that, other from being somewhat long and pointy, bears no resemblance to SpaceX’s Starship.
The academy’s ambitions also signify a renewed emphasis on cost and reusability, a goal that more space programs outside of SpaceX and NASA are beginning to pursue.

Particularly when it comes to its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket, SpaceX has been a pioneer in recovering and reusing rocket stages.
Now, several nations are attempting to follow suit, including Europe’s ArianeGroup, which unveiled a reusable mini-launcher last year.

In July 2020, the Russian space agency Roscosmos unveiled drawings for the Amur reusable rocket, which appeared to be a far more obvious copy-paste of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket.

At the time, Musk tweeted, “It’s a step in the right direction, but they should actually aim for 100% reusability by 2026.”

And just recently, failure follows the historic first launch of a Chinese private rocket powered by methane.

Around 3:30 in the morning at EST of December 14, the Zhuque-2 methane-liquid oxygen rocket blasted off from freshly built facilities at the national Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi Desert.

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