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Beijing government releases commercial space action plan (spacenews.com)

submitted 9 months ago by threelonmusketeers to c/spaceflight

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They're talking about that shitty photoshopped thumbnail image. That rocket, 1.) has no top, and 2.) looks like a residential water heater. And there's no fucking way it launched that close to that building and the building is still in one piece/not on fire.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

That's the Zhuque-3 hopper. Like the Falcon 9 Grasshopper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtougIK585o

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Are you saying it needs to be pointy? I think perhaps some of your information about rockets is coming from cartoons.

The buildings are in the background; the rocket hovered at about 350m so they are a long distance from it.