Wednesday, March 10, 2010

China's Moon Rocket May Take A Cue From The Saturn V

Saturn V A behemoth rocket to reach the moon NASA

From Popular Science:

My rocket is almost as big as your rocket.

China's new moon rocket design is in the class of the old Saturn V that once launched U.S. Apollo astronauts to the moon. The China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology says that the proposed rocket would have a thrust of 3,000 metric tons, just shy of the 3,470 metric tons of thrust generated by the Saturn V's first stage, Aviation Week reports.

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