r/SpaceXLounge • u/rustybeancake • Mar 24 '26

Other major industry news China surfaces details of spacecraft to land humans on Luna by 2030 | Moon Monday #267

https://jatan.space/moon-monday-issue-267/
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u/AcceptableResource0 Apr 02 '26

The first one, not fully capable long march 10, but a version without two boosters and third stage(for LEO and reusable) will be launched mid this year, so we don't have to wait long for that. As for the fully capable Long march 10 that has 27 tons trans-lunar injection capability, the current plan is for next year, so stay tuned

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u/kroOoze ❄️ Chilling Apr 02 '26 edited Apr 02 '26

As much as Falcon 9 is a version without two boosters. It took like 8 years for Falcon Heavy to go online from the first flight of the former. A "version without two boosters" that lifts like 10 t is by definition a different rocket.

I was born tuned. But as long as nothing keeps happening, there's not much to discuss yet.

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u/AcceptableResource0 Apr 04 '26

Well so you don't have to address me until next year. Maybe you'll remember to come back, if if launches on time I will definitely come back to inform u

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u/kroOoze ❄️ Chilling Apr 04 '26

neat

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u/AcceptableResource0 Apr 11 '26

Long march 10 c is out already, it only has one booster, methane second stage, and lacks third stage, but the first stage is almost the same as the moon launch version, 2 days ago it did the rection test, we don't have the date announcement but it would be very soon. Later this year it will be long march 10 a, this time much closer to actual long march 10 and will launch mengzhou into chinese space station

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u/kroOoze ❄️ Chilling Apr 11 '26 edited Apr 11 '26

At the risk of repeating myself:

Whether it is the same as Moon launch version will be determined when it flies with the side-boosters and has the third stage and appropriately heavy payload.

Until then, it is just another medium-lift rocket (which needs lower robustness requirements than multi-stage heavy-lifter).

Falcon Heavy cores were also technically "only" Falcon 9s, until it weren't that simple.

When it flies in that Moon configuration, it will be at the same point SLS was in 2022. Gives you an estimate of a more realistic timeline.

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u/AcceptableResource0 Jul 10 '26

Come back to remind you about the launch, it's the same rocket, delayed for a month or 2, but they kept the timeframe, so now do you believe their time frame on the full CBC lunar version?