China's 'biggest and heaviest' space rocket set for launch

[AntiMatter]

People hate it when you tell them Goddard did it first. More than likely he'll ignore your comment.

[eujeeves]

I think it's better this way. Competition drives innovation.

[violincrafter]

I think the US should just go for another Saturn V launch for the heck of it.

[Chris]

They claim it is cheaper to build, but safety is not assured.

[charlesgabbard]

Holy crap! He should be awarded "Best Video of the Year, "Man of the Year, " And president of the world! Forget Canada and the US, he could be the ultimate inspiration for mankind! I'm just rock, Commander, you rock!

[NegativeNumbers]

You know what they are like...

They have already mass produced 10, 000 of these things already...

[klatu]

The first man on mars will be eating chow mein

[GFYT]

Lol now US is going to restart the Space Missions just cuz they see all the other kids are doin it.

[hammerdown]

I don't care who goes there i just want to see it happen.

[jebkerman]

I'd like to think that one day they would add multiple races of kerbals so they can have a space race.

[peppernickelly]

I'm an American but I don't care were I come from. I don't care were anyone comes from. We all come from Earth. Why be one sided? "East or West?" we need to stop asking ourselves that and start asking "Where to go next?" Technology is growing faster and faster everyday. Within my life, a computer will be able to feel more emotion than I have ever felt. Yes we need to go to space but if we can't work together as one then we're not worth to effort we all put in everyday of our working lives.

[toocoolforu]

@VanillaSnow23 dynamic range. I'm into photography actually. And it's not because in movies they show stars, that it is the case in reality. Basically the brightness of the sun reflected on Earth is too big to make tiny stars appear, even at night with your eyes you need some seconds to see the stars... Just look at some recent ISS photos or videos to back this up. That's an easy one really!

[gianniveeful]

152 meters roughly 300' tall, less than half the size of the Saturn V which put man on the moon. Roughly comparable to the Titan III series which launches many US satellites. But the best way to judge rocket capability is the weight of the payload it can put into orbit. In rocketry, size does not matter, but the weight able to be put in orbit. Bigger is not always best.

[huazhou]

The US steals the alien technology in area 51

[holkn]

you do know there are two koreas right? South and North?

[cbsk]

@diulesing7 The film was placed in a container specially-made to keep radiation from damaging it. I could make a radiation-resistant pinhole camera myself with a few simple items and some lead sheets.

[Whnw]

@GuanYu89
Britain has launched several rockets and satellites. The Ariel programme developed 6 satellites between 1962 and 1979, all of which were launched by NASA. Development of a British launch system to carry a nuclear device took place from 1950 onwards, both in the United Kingdom and at Woomera in Australia. Falstaff, a British hypersonic test rocket, was launched from Woomera between 1969 and =)-

[thegreatbungholio]

True. But to the extent of refining them to where payloads can be put in orbit and trips to the moon taken were furthered by us.

[emmanuelgaldes]

152 meters roughly 300' tall. Oh yeah? Says who? You? Don't you know that a meter is roughly 3 feet 3 inches therefore at the very least 152 x 3 = 456' + (152 divided by 4 = 38') for a total of 456+38 = 494. Maybe you should be debating something else if your math is so darned poor.

[SectopodTerrorist]

Goddard did it first, but the Germans didn't "copy" him.

Also, do you really believe that guided missiles had already been developed but no one made them? Yeah, maybe the germans just said "hey, I think we should take all this already developed but unused revolutionary technology lying around and actually make the first missile ever".

Dude, give me a break. The Germans had the first ICBM because they developed it. Then the USA took the people and the tech with them.