China wants rockets for its astronaut launch missions to be reusable like SpaceX ones - The Independent

New rocket’s first stage would restart its engines and decelerate using grid fins similar to SpaceX’s Falcon 9

China is planning for the astronaut launch vehicles in its future missions to its space station and the moon to have reusable first-stage rockets similar to the one pioneered by SpaceX. The reusabl… [+2550 chars]

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