Disaster! China can’t STOP COPYING SpaceX Rockets, making laugh to Elon…
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If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Elon Musk’s SpaceX must be very pleased with the Chinese space program.
CAS-SPACE had an opening ceremony of their manufacturing base in Nansha, Guangzhou on JAN.09. And this is their new crew capsule presented.
If you think have you deja vu while looking at this image, you’re not wrong. The new Chinese spacecraft resembles another spacecraft that has carried astronauts into space for three years.
That’s right; it looks similar to SpaceX’s Dragon capsule.
To wit, China seems Cloned SpaceX Dragon!
And with this being said, what could be the reaction of SpaceX CEO Elon Musk?
Find out everything about this in today’s episode of Alpha Tech:
CAS Space, a commercial spinoff from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), is already developing rockets for commercial satellite launches and announced in 2021 that it wants to send people up into space, albeit briefly.
According to the press release, CAS Space is working on a single-stage reusable rocket that would take as many as seven passengers on a 10-minute ride up above the Kármán line at 62 miles (100 kilometers), which is generally held to be the boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space.
Its name ZK6, high 15m; Diameter: 3.35m with 4 windows;
ZK6 is powered by 5 15t XY1 engines;
It can reuse more than 30 times.
All of us can see that the ZK6 remarkably resembles SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule, right?
In addition, ZK6 also has grid fins near the top of the rocket, which would guide the rocket’s descent. And instead of landing legs, the rocket would be “caught” by an arm attached to the launch tower, following a concept unveiled by SpaceX for its massive Starship Super Heavy rocket.
The crew capsule will meanwhile descend to Earth with the aid of three parachutes.
Disaster! China can’t STOP COPYING SpaceX Rockets, making laugh to Elon…
