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| 3Q2018: "Modified Chang'e 5 mission fails."; This is why you don't rush planning for space exploration. | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 20 2018, 06:13 PM (37 Views) | |
| Cloud Strife | Jun 20 2018, 06:13 PM Post #1 |
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China's internally leaked rumors that a lunar launch was eminent had been capitalized upon by President Trump for his own ambitions; in truth, such rumors were only for domestic consumption. The authorities in Beijing were not unable to backdown because of the American's bellicose ambitions towards space. The Chang'e 5 mission, which had been geared towards a lunar soil sampling mission was turned into a jury-rigged Apollo program. The Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on Hainan Island was pushed to make all the necessary arrangements to strap a lunar module to Long March 7 rocket designated for use. Unfortunately, the Long March 7 has proved not be the equivalent of the US' Delta IV Heavy and a repetition of 2017's failed launch using the Long March 5 has brought the entire Chinese space program into question. Observers who followed the launch, broadcast live by Chinese television, noted a plume of gas late in the first stage burn, which suggested the failure was linked to an issue with the stage’s engines or other elements of its propulsion system. Chinese officials waited until 30 minutes after the launch to announce the launch had failed and the lives of three Taikonauts had been claimed. Tian Yulong, secretary general of the China National Space Administration, refused to comment on why the launch had failed. Source close to party officials are pointing the finger directly at President Xi Jinping for accelerating the program cycle beyond "feasibility." Authorities have announced a scaled-back mission for later this year, which will proceed with the original Chang'e 5 mission profile of carrying China's first lunar sample return mission. That spacecraft will land on the moon, gather samples and return them to Earth in the first such mission to the moon in more than four decades. Edited by Cloud Strife, Jun 20 2018, 06:16 PM.
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