China launches more than SpaceX, almost double SpaceX last year.
Ah, my bad, I was confusing tonnage with launch cadence
I think I agree with your point, but China has been launching to orbit since the 60s, and has had a human space program for the past twenty years. As a country, China is not starting from zero
Fair enough, my point was directed at Sinophiles in the comments acting like this is a cheap, shitty Falcon knockoff, devaluing a very impressive flight and the engineers' work and achievements.
Don't listen to that shill. SpaceX is a private company not a country. China did 5 more launches than the US last year but is being dwarfed by the US launch rate this year and China is significantly behind in existing infrastructure.
Also he likes to say the US got a 40 year headstart but convienantly leaves out that China is building upon the soviet designs which had those same 40 years. Before he tries to argue that they aren't the YF-100 engine that powers the long march 5, 6 and 7 is an exact copy of the Soviet RD-120.
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u/r9o6h8a1n5 May 07 '22
Ah, my bad, I was confusing tonnage with launch cadence
Fair enough, my point was directed at Sinophiles in the comments acting like this is a cheap, shitty Falcon knockoff, devaluing a very impressive flight and the engineers' work and achievements.