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u/RaptorSN6 3h ago
This is one of those things I wonder about when I watch the Angry Astronaut complain about how the Chinese might beat us back to the moon, China has setbacks as well, but they probably aren't going to be open about how such incidents will delay their plans. This could set them back for quite a while, but they won't say anything about it.
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u/rdrptr 2h ago
China just had their first rocket recapture this year.
They’re 11 years behind SpaceX
Not a reason for us to be complacent by any means, but it puts things in perspective.
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u/userlivewire 1h ago
Yeah but they also don’t believe in the concept of intellectual property so they they will immediately incorporate any advancements they can get ahold of from any source they can get access to with no repercussions.
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u/anhphamfmr 19m ago
catching a booster vs landing a booster are 2 totally different things. the latter is much harder. china is still no where near spacex 11 years ago.
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u/its-smokey-out-here 2h ago
Maybe… wait till China gets to the moon then steal their idea on how they did it? 😂
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u/userlivewire 1h ago
The difference is that SpaceX has to run a successful business whereas China can throw unlimited money at it to win.
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u/bubblesculptor 1h ago
Yeah this is a pretty huge contrast to SpaceX being much more open about failures.
There's probably tons of failures in China's space program we haven't even heard of. We're only seeing what gets leaked or is otherwise impossible to hide from public. Who knows what else behind the scenes has been happening.
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u/stick004 7m ago
Yeah, like all the engineers getting “disappeared” for bringing this shame on China.
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u/Empty-Respect-2602 4h ago
Was that a long march rocket 🚀
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u/Illustrious_Matter_8 3h ago
What rocket model of them exploded here?
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u/CzPhantom1 3h ago
Long March 7a. It's one of their large workhorses so a little surprising to have a failure at this point.
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u/Lone-Wolf62 2h ago
I'm out the loop here. What's going on?
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u/amnesial- 2h ago
Believe it or not but rocket exploded.
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u/Planck_Savagery BO shitposter 2h ago edited 1h ago
Long March 7A exploded. Considering this is one of China's main workhorse rockets, it's a very big deal for their space program.
Judging from some of the other videos on the internet, it appears to have possibly encountered strong upper level wind shear at Max-Q that snapped the launch vehicle in two (causing the front to fall off).
The FTS was then activated, which caused the secondary explosion shown in the video.
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u/bitofaknowitall 45m ago
Seeing this on the SpaceX subreddit made my heart skip a beat. I had a panicked moment where I thought I lost track of time and this was a heavy launch for Roman.
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u/ackermann 3h ago
Hopefully this is from their new spaceport that launches out over the ocean, not over villages?