https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-says-long-march-5-will-resume-launches-in-2018/ Fri, 03 Nov 2017 21:47:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/china-says-long-march-5-will-resume-launches-in-2018/#comment-1020970 Fri, 03 Nov 2017 21:47:31 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=48617#comment-1020970 It’s only been four months since July. That’s long enough for SpaceX to investigate an accident and return to flight, but this is a government space agency we’re talking about here. Long March 5 is key to China’s manned space program just as Shuttle was to ours. If LM5 really does launch again next year, that’ll be a considerably quicker return to service for a man-rated vehicle following an accident than anything NASA has managed since the Apollo 1 fire even if it seems pokey by the standard SpaceX has set.

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