Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoChina’s New Heavy Lift Rocket Looks a Whole Lot Like SpaceX’s Starshipwww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down110
arrow-up129arrow-down1external-linkChina’s New Heavy Lift Rocket Looks a Whole Lot Like SpaceX’s Starshipwww.wired.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Space@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-218 hours agoI believe that render is outdated. The Long March 9 has undergone a quite a few redesigns over the years. The original ARS Technica article this Wired article was based on includes a more recent mockup of Long March 9:
minus-squareDarkThoughts@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 hours agoYes but the stages before that are all kinda the same looking as they’re obviously just tubes holding rocket fuel. Virtually all rockets look the same if we go by that metric.
I believe that render is outdated. The Long March 9 has undergone a quite a few redesigns over the years.
The original ARS Technica article this Wired article was based on includes a more recent mockup of Long March 9:
That’s just the top, isn’t it?
Yes but the stages before that are all kinda the same looking as they’re obviously just tubes holding rocket fuel. Virtually all rockets look the same if we go by that metric.