Comments on: Two Chinese pseudo-companies pursuing suborbital tourist market https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/two-chinese-pseudo-companies-pursuing-suborbital-tourist-market/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 05:04:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jeff Wright https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/two-chinese-pseudo-companies-pursuing-suborbital-tourist-market/#comment-1347681 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 05:04:42 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87639#comment-1347681 DLRs “Spaceliner” is similar

]]> By: GaryMike https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/two-chinese-pseudo-companies-pursuing-suborbital-tourist-market/#comment-1347621 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 00:55:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87639#comment-1347621 Having spent significant time in China, it took little time to realize that they take great pride in their abilities to expropriate.

“If you can’t keep it for yourself, we deserve all your stuff.”

I welcome their new ‘original’ space plane. It might be worth copying.

]]> By: Concerned https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/two-chinese-pseudo-companies-pursuing-suborbital-tourist-market/#comment-1347593 Wed, 24 Aug 2022 22:53:56 +0000 https://behindtheblack.com/?p=87639#comment-1347593 “ If successful, Space Transportation will have have done something almost unprecedented for China, building something from an entirely original design.”

As you’ve correctly and repeatedly reminded readers, there are no independent “commercial” aerospace firms in Red China. They all operate at the behest of the military. This hypersonic “transport” is nothing more than unclassified cover for research into boost glide body research for military application. The cartoon at the link shows intercontinental reach that could never happen without a very large boost stage that is not shown, unless of course they’re developing an advanced engine powered by unobtainium.

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