China launches first methane powered rocket to space....

[Jan Panteltje]

China announces advance in space rocket technology
A firm from Beijing has successfully launched the world’s first methane-powered rocket on Wednesday
https://www.rt.com/news/579625-china-space-rocket-technology/

Beats the US and SpaceX

 

[wmartin]

On 7/12/23 21:59, Jan Panteltje wrote:

China announces advance in space rocket technology
A firm from Beijing has successfully launched the world’s first methane-powered rocket on Wednesday
https://www.rt.com/news/579625-china-space-rocket-technology/

Beats the US and SpaceX

A flying cow?

 

[a a]

On Thursday, 13 July 2023 at 22:40:06 UTC+2, wmartin wrote:

On 7/12/23 21:59, Jan Panteltje wrote:

China announces advance in space rocket technology
A firm from Beijing has successfully launched the world’s first methane-powered rocket on Wednesday
https://www.rt.com/news/579625-china-space-rocket-technology/

Beats the US and SpaceX


A flying cow?

Methane stays for what ?

 

[a a]

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Darius the Dumb has posted yet one more #veryStupidByLowIQaa article.

 

[John S]

On 7/12/2023 11:59 PM, Jan Panteltje wrote:

China announces advance in space rocket technology
A firm from Beijing has successfully launched the world’s first methane-powered rocket on Wednesday
https://www.rt.com/news/579625-china-space-rocket-technology/

Beats the US and SpaceX

That stinks!

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 2:59:09 PM UTC+10, Jan Panteltje wrote:

China announces advance in space rocket technology
A firm from Beijing has successfully launched the world’s first methane-powered rocket on Wednesday
https://www.rt.com/news/579625-china-space-rocket-technology/

Beats the US and SpaceX

It\'s one more liquified-petroleum-gas-fired launcher. Not as interesting as the liquid hydrogen liquid oxygen rockets that have been around for quite a while.

https://www.nasa.gov/topics/technology/hydrogen/hydrogen_fuel_of_choice.html

It\'s going to have different trade-offs than the others, but nobody sane is going to get all that excited about it.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Friday, July 14, 2023 at 11:34:41 AM UTC+10, John S wrote:

On 7/12/2023 11:59 PM, Jan Panteltje wrote:

China announces advance in space rocket technology
A firm from Beijing has successfully launched the world’s first methane-powered rocket on Wednesday
https://www.rt.com/news/579625-china-space-rocket-technology/

Beats the US and SpaceX

That stinks!

It wouldn\'t, even if the methane came from a pigs digestive system. Liquid methane is cold enough that smelly sulphur-containing contaminants would left as frozen solids on the bottom of the storage tanks and wouldn\'t make it into the rocket.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney