Comments on: China completes launch abort test of Mengzhou capsule; also vertically lands Long March 10A 1st stage in ocean https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-completes-launch-abort-test-of-mengzhou-capsule-also-vertically-lands-long-march-10a-1st-stage-in-ocean/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:41:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-completes-launch-abort-test-of-mengzhou-capsule-also-vertically-lands-long-march-10a-1st-stage-in-ocean/#comment-1628679 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 21:41:24 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=121483#comment-1628679 Unlike how Kurita turned tail at Leyte, China shows no sign of backing off—“Novel Bond Coat Material Enables Thermal Barrier Coatings To Operate At 1,200 C°”

If hexanitrogen can somehow be used as a monopropellant, such coatings might last longer as exhaust liners where no hot oxygen exists to attack materials.

]]> By: Dick Eagleson https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-completes-launch-abort-test-of-mengzhou-capsule-also-vertically-lands-long-march-10a-1st-stage-in-ocean/#comment-1628675 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:13:29 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=121483#comment-1628675 Robert Zimmerman,

Given how much squelching is going on in other sectors within the PRC these days, your speculation anent its “commercial” space sector could easily be true. Pooh Bear seems more than usually peevish lately and such types usually shorten the reins across the board at such times.

]]> By: Robert Zimmerman https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-completes-launch-abort-test-of-mengzhou-capsule-also-vertically-lands-long-march-10a-1st-stage-in-ocean/#comment-1628667 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:26:14 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=121483#comment-1628667 All: I notice no one has commented on my analysis of China’s space industry below the fold of this post. Have I hidden it too successfully?

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