China studies Saturn V class rocket

[Sam Fraser]

The Chinese space industry is studying a Moon rocket in the class of the Saturn V ... Chinese space engineers appear to be planning to assemble manned lunar spacecraft in orbit with two or more launches per mission ... An official from the Chinese space industry base under construction at Tianjin said last year that the plant could be adapted to handle rocket diameters of 8-10 meters. The Saturn V’s first-stage diameter was 10.1 meters.

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