A Red Moon via the lifters on hand

On the other hand, perhaps rather than emulating Apollo with a huge expenditure on a seldom used and very expensive to operate giant heavy lifter, China may go to the Moon via the wild and wacky concept of maximizing use of its existing (or soon to be) rockets:
/-- China space program shoots for moon - Washington Times
/-- China To The Moon? - Transterrestrial Musings

While Constellation's mourners keep bringing up the "threat" of a Chinese lunar landing, it's a bit ironic that the architecture the Chinese may use looks far more in the style of the new exploration philosophy that with Apollo on Steroids.

Posted 02/08/10 | 12:19:18 by TopSpacer | Filed under: Chinese Space Transport

Comments

Indeed, they have learned from our mistakes. We just keep attempting to repeat them. Insanity.

Posted by Jason at 02/08/10 13:02:14

The Maginot Line mentality.

Posted by John Kavanagh at 02/08/10 13:31:04

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