New Chinese Space Station

[MartG]

Infographic on the planned Chinese space station - of course how much of this is accurate is unknown, but they have been talking of a new station for a while now...

[Eric Mc]

They already have launched two space stations, I thought.

[hairyben]

Eric Mc said:

They already have launched two space stations, I thought.

didn't one come crashing back only the other week?

Probably had the same xtrons nav unit as mrs hairys e46.

[Eric Mc]

hairyben said:

didn't one come crashing back only the other week?

Probably had the same xtrons nav unit as mrs hairys e46.

They all come back eventually.

China has launched two space stations so far, Taingong 1 and Tiangong 2. Tiangong 1 re-entered and burned up just over a week ago. Taingong 2 is still orbiting and as far was we know is still active, although not inhabited at the moment.

The Tiangong stations are broadly similar to the early Soviet Salyut and Almaz space stations of the early to mid 1970s.

[MartG]

Mockup due to be unveiled at November's airshow

https://gbtimes.com/china-to-unveil-chinese-space-...

[Eric Mc]

They need to get their Long March 5 rocket running properly first.

[Talksteer]

Eric Mc said:

They need to get their Long March 5 rocket running properly first.

I don't doubt that they will have the resources to do that, the space station also fulfills a geopolitical role in that once in place China will be inviting many different countries to join the programme.

This assumes that it gets into space before a Bigelow commercial space station launched by BFR flys.

[Eric Mc]

I'm sure they have the resources to make the Long March 5 work. They've only launched one so far and it failed. They need at least one successful launch before they commit to putting a high profile and important payload on board.