Sina: Commissioned engine with a thrust of 500 tons will allow the first Chinese citizen to land on the moon by 2030
The Chinese press reports that the PRC is systematically following the path of developing and improving its space program. In recent years, China has been actively launching its ships into near-earth orbit, launching research vehicles to the Moon and Mars, and creating its own orbital station.
The publication Sina writes that the development of technology makes it possible to achieve the possibility of sending a manned mission to the moon within several years.
From an article in Sina:
The Chinese press notes that it is the creation and introduction of a suitable thrust and other parameters into the operation of a rocket engine that makes it possible to implement new ambitious space projects.
From the material:
It is noted that the implemented technologies made it possible not to increase the total weight of the engine itself by unacceptable values.
The statement is made by the deputy head of the heavy rocket engine research and development department of the 6th institute aviation and astronautics of the PRC Chen Hui:
For reference: the thrust of the Russian rocket engine RD-180 is (in vacuum) 423,4 tf.
- China Aerospace Agency
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