Why China Keeps So Many Different Rockets Active 

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China's space development is amazingly impressive. More interesting stories from 2023. Keep up the excellent work.

I can't wait to see the reusable rockets.

Fantastic content as always, concise and clear. Both you, Marcus House and Scott Manley help us keep up with the rapid pace of rocket development. It's pretty incredible to see just how crowded the field is getting as this new space race heats up. Thank you for your hard work!

another succinct and beautifully explained video. happy new year.

Eine interessante Entwicklung die Du hier aufzeigst. Leider werden die Aktivitäten Chinas in Europa nicht oder nur sehr unauffällig gezeigt. Es ist gut das es Dich gibt!

Well explained

Keep up the content! Really great videos from your channel, the only thing is that this deserves more likes and views!

China needs to push hard to develop reusable strap-on boosters. In terms of difficulty and benefit, It’s a good stepping stone towards first stage reusability plus would ramp up payload capacity for many of the rockets. A strap-on booster does not need the complexity of a high efficiency pump&engine. It returns from a lower speed and altitude and down range distance than a first stage. It’s smaller than a first stage making landing easier and stress loads smaller. One strap-on booster design can be used with minor mods on many different rockets plus multiple strap-on boosters allows for a scalable difference. And with a widely used strap-on booster, economies of scale are achieved plus learning curve is completed faster and more complete. A shortage of launch pads can be mitigated by strap-on boosters to double payload sizes

🎉🎉🎉good perspective!

Glad to see the video👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Man I was waiting for your new upload,... Your videos are always good

Another great video, really interesting

Another terrific video as always!

Thank you for the informative video🙏👍🙂

notice that the US also includes commercial rockets.

Great content, thanks Jean

Love the China focus of this channel!! Really makes it stand out

More info about space launch site please and their expansion!

In China, a man named Ma Chao said that China has too many medium-sized rocket models, far exceeding the sum of the United States and Russia. We should concentrate on developing a rocket similar to Falcon 9, which will completely replace the complicated models.

Great video !

I like Chinese rockets! More! Preferably with modular strap-on boosters; can't get anywhere without those..

Very simple, each type is assigned to a specific function, more economical

Please provide point to point sub orbital space craft which will change the whole aero space competition.

Great insight! Besides technical explanation you mentioned in the video, perhaps there is a more tangible reason from politics perspective. Given there is a R&D team behind each rocket type, ranging from PM, chief designer from the top down to front line engineers, their career is tightly tied the rocket they are working on, more missions for a rocket means a lot for those peoples. It's always been much harder to decommission a rocket than asking for more money to develop a brand new rocket, so the curve in the video might have very long flat tail .... 😄

China is working toward keeping the world in peace in many difference areas.

*First country to land a man on Mars wins the Modern Space Race* and makes the 1969 Moon landing look like a hop over a puddle in the road.

在中国，有一个叫马超的人，说中国的中型火箭型号太多了，远远超过美俄两国之和。应该集中精力，开发一款类似猎鹰9号的火箭，全部替代掉繁杂的型号。

More to come I suppose.

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Fantastic video, and very informative. Keep up the good work

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Sir ISRO🇮🇳 have 2 more rockets in addition to the rockets you have shown 0:12 namely SSLV & NSLV, moreover ISRO is currently developing Heavy & Super Heavy Lift Launch-Vehicle, I know that China will still have more number of rockets even after adding two more rockets & I appreciate that, but I wrote this so that every space enthusiast know of right info & full info. Extra info: If you are thinking that whether ISRO is also working on reusable rockets or not, than yes it is working but at a slow pace and I think Indian private space companies will develope reusable rockets before ISRO. Love watching your videos Sir! You are the only hope to get detailed info about Chinese Space Program. Thanks for posting 💕

I can't wait for China Atlantis ✌️✌️✌️

Regarding the "there isn't enough room for 15 different commercial launch startups to coexist" issue, I'm going to disagree with you. When the Chinese government demands competition in a specific market, it will make sure that it happens. This is why Alibaba and Ant and so on were deliberately broken up: because the Chinese government felt that these companies had grown too big for the public good and had to be knocked down a peg or two.

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'cuz China economically can! easy! China can explore all possibilities to suit both immediate and long term needs! just logical! China has mastered keeping old systems maintained (great for training design engineers) China does the same for its many military systems (and adds expertise to help other countries to keep older systems in ship shape operating order)

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I thought Japan don't have their own rocket

Good to have different ones to carry different warheads.

Great China rocket is for self defence.

Because too many rocket scientists in China.😆😅🤣😂

Cuz they have PTSDs of being bullied by other countries so they became a bunch of try-hards (on everything)😂😂😂

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The reason is simple. China spends the money for making missile to make rickets 🚀

Why are you people so much against China?

Taiwan is a country

I am a Chinese and I think you may have made some mistakes. First of all, we are conservative in everything we do. The first task is to complete the task, not to adopt any new technology. It is not that we do not have new technology. If some country comes up with a better technology, we won't mind using it, the road that others have already taken and proven will be a shortcut, which will save a lot of work. Everyone else is collaborative and we are basically doing it alone because of all kinds of prejudices and hegemonism. This makes our research and development very difficult. The advantage is that we don't have to look at anyone, and we can get everything done within our territory. We're still a little bit behind the world's top industries, and that's not scary because we're trying to catch up. Basically, we're one country competing against every industry category in the world. Because if we can't do one thing, those who are biased will think that we are not skilled, it is ridiculous to think. But it doesn't matter, now it is our country except the US. The US is hegemonic by guns and guns, but we always think about how to cooperate with each other to win. This is a fundamental difference in thought. We're thinking about the long term.

❤❤Very enlightening.. thanks Jean🙏😘㊗️🧧❗️