A Closer Look at China's Epic Space Mission: Project 921
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- Опубликовано: 3 фев 2023
- Learn about China's ambitious space program, from its formation in 1958 and first successful launch in 1970 to its current goal of putting a living human being in space and constructing a space station. See how China is catching up with the US, Russia, and other space-faring nations with Shenzhou missions, spacewalks, lunar orbiters, and more.
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You know what's wild. Building your own space station all by yourself after being barred from the ISS 😮😮😮 that is crazy👏👏👏
China brings all of the world's best ideas into reality.
@@michaelcondon8286Yep, along with a boatload of the world's worst. China's a complicated place.
No matter what you think of the Chinese government, Chinese people are the embodiment of "fuck this, I'll do it myself"
I'm not surprised, they have more people than Oceania, North America and the whole of Europe including Russia combined.
Translations:
Shenzhou 神舟: "Celestial boat"
Tiangong 天宫: "Heavenly palace"
Tianhe 天和: "Harmony of the sky"
Tianzhou 天舟: "Sky boat"
Wentian 问天: "Asking/Demanding to the sky"
Mengtian 梦天: "Dreaming of the sky"
If we were to be a bit more poetic in English as the names themselves are in Chinese, perhaps "Celestial Gondola", "Heavenly Peace", "Heavenly Gondola", "Perspicuous Sky", and "Heavenly Dream" would be more apt.
@@VicariousVoyager Celestial Arc, Heavenly Arc are perhaps even better
Tian can also be read as heavens. So for wentian, it can be translated as question to/for the heavens. I think it sounds better than asking to the sky.
So poetic. I knew there was some nice meaning behind. Ty for TLs
heaven 翻譯成sky，那可真蠢
Honestly, well done China. I’m an American and I understand there is an atmosphere of competition here, but credit where due. Wouldn’t it be amazing if the great powers of the world treated each other with respect instead of fear. Imagine what would be accomplished.
If only US politicians think like that unfortunately Neocons rule the roost.
Sitting across the chessboard doesn't necessarily make people enemies. I always believe cooperation is way better than isolation.
As long as it’s healthy competition, it’s always good for humanity!
USA is too busy making weapons of mass destruction, provoking wars to sell these weapons off, building more military bases all over the world, instead of spending the money on their taxpayers improving infrastructure, making food, public transportation, education more affordable. That’s why USA is owing so much debt to China. China is spending money on improving the lives of their own citizens, and building around the world, whereas USA is bombing around the world with their fake “under threat” reports. I’ve been in USA for three decades. It’s crazy to hear these fake news about USA always “under threat.” USA is protested by two vast oceans in both sides. It’s the last nation on earth to be “under threat”, especially with its massive nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction in their store. They are just making up excuses for wars, and are provoking wars all over Eurasia using Eurasia as the battle ground.
Tell China to stop threatening the South China Sea region and the the countries with ties to it as well at to blame America for the world’s pollution when they’re the biggest polluters on the planet.
If you guys think that the copyright of everything belongs to the inventor of the first original version, then it is obvious that rocket technology originated in 1260, Song Dynasty , China
But that copyright expired over 700 years ago : )
Aye, but a copyright is different than a patent, and neither last forever, even under Chinese law.
@@NoahSpurrier When the West is advanced, it invented Copyrights and patents to maintain its advanced, but when the West is backward, Copyrights and patents will be an obstacle to the West, and the West will not hesitate to tear it up, just like Swiss banks，Commitment has always been for the weak.
It's a dumb argument anyway. The us stole and reverse engineered Soviet tech to get our own satellite back in the 50s. This shit ain't new.
@@marcmcreynolds2827 hahah
You didn’t mention that Qian xueshen helped started the NASA jet propulsion lab, alongside Wernher von Braun.
... you shouldn't expect more than 10% of information about China is correct, accurate and comprehensive from a western propaganda lens. Especially just a simple youtuber.
@@LanNguyen-kw8hb at least u have heard of the manhattan project? he was in that project as well
@@LanNguyen-kw8hb for someone called "lan nguyen", you surely has a lot of audacity to make fun of someone else name. Pathetic.
hes like a legend back home
If anyone sees this from China! From the United States, this is the competition I am 1000 percent for! I wish you the best and hope one day our differences will bring us together for humanity! What China did is a impressive feat and is due its respect.
Hopefully this will put a fire under NASA and the US to invest more into space instead of the military industrial complex.
Are you implying China isn't doing this for militaristic aims??? LOL get outta her WUMAO
@@chasefrancis8742 loosen your tin foil hat, its a little tight and stop being afraid of everything in the world.
@@The_PaleHorseman well said, competition alway create innovation.
@@chasefrancis8742 isnt every country use space for some form of military purpose?
what make china any different?
@@chasefrancis8742 right, cause everybody is a blood thristy nation.
Seriously, look at the research Chinese Academy of Science funds, a lot of it is space habitation/space colonization.
(and yeah, Xi seems content keeping to themselves the past 70 years, only seem to get riled up if someone lands troops near them.
And as someone old enough to talk about Taiwan, well. shit only happens during election cycles (in Taiwan, or when say, someone need a midterm win in the USA).
Not only the current and future projects. China managed to significant progress in space programs last four decades. We're barely aware of that cause the media is not mentioning that so much, which is normal. They are just yelling out regarding China's human rights records.
Well yeah. The west’s entire existence hinges on its abuse of the global south. Baseless accusations against China distract incredibly uneducated US citizens from the fact that our country invests heavily in the military to keep imperialism alive
China's quick push into space isn't from their own research or innovation tho. It took a long long time for NASA to successfully develop a rocket that could get into space, that wouldn't explode while igniting or in mid flight or in space. What they're doing isn't remarkable, they're just copying others is all.
Yep. When you realise that china was more technologically backwards than India in the 50s, and even today India still has not even put one Indian into orbit for even one second, and China also basically gutted out their educated populace during great leap and cultural revolution in 60/70s, then yeah. China's progress has been impressive. China has even overtaken Russia already since russias has never managed to land a working drone on Mars, and no one has ever landed on far side of moon, not even USA.
The Western invasion of China more than a hundred years ago plunged China into a painful and chaotic era. Every Chinese knows this history. After the founding of New China, China's territorial area was almost a quarter smaller than that before it was invaded by the West. China has to face not only the territorial disputes of neighboring countries, but also the blockade of Western countries. The Western impression of China is still stuck in the agricultural society more than a hundred years ago. The Chinese are far more diligent than the West in both study and work. Our efforts are to make the country stronger and not to repeat the situation of more than a hundred years ago. The West always shows off its force to China, but we are not afraid.
Exactly. Fuck human rights. We want IPhones!
The Chinese space program is impressive. Not mentioned here were noteworthy events like landing a rover on the far side of the moon and successfully landing a rover on Mars, on their first attempt.
Wonder how much info they stole from the west?
@@allantremmel1527 Agreed. Easier to avoid mistakes.
It looks even more impressive when you compare the space program budget. The whole moon program from probe to lander/rover and sample return is less than 1billion usd. The entire space program budget since the begining is only 1/50 compare to NASA(Although NASA started a few decades earlier)
@@qiyuxuan9437 they use their money right ,they plan properly their mission .
It is impressive, but without a doubt the most impressive budget-to-missions ration is isro-indian space research organization, their budget is miniscule compared to NASA and their lunar probes,mars probe, and now they got some incredible missions coming up such as the first crewed mission, a lunar lander with rover, Venus orbiter, the second mars orbiter...on the budget they have they really accomplished the impossible
A lot of people in the West either don't know or forgot that China faced nonstop foreign invasions from 1839 - 1949 that left the country in ruins and on the brink of total collapse. The US also imposed a Total Trade Blockade on China from 1950 - 1972 for joining the Korean War which set them back another 20 years. China didn't get to industrialize until 1980, while UK & US began industrializations since 1850s. In other words, China was behind the West by at least 140 years. This is why what China has achieved in the last 40 years is nothing short of miraculous.
A lot of Westerners' knowledge of Chinese history can be summarised as " Mao Tse Tung / Cultural Revolution / Tian An Men/Xi Jin Ping, blah blah"
Arrogant westerners don't think they need to know this because they think they are honored to have entered industry first and invaded China
Good to see someone treating the Chinese space program rationally, and not hysterically.
Chinese Space program is decades ahead of Capitalist pigs. Its Greatness is on display for all the world to see. All smiles upon the Heavenly Palace!!
oh you seemed to have forgotten about the US government...
@Joyce-gk9hm no, but as an American, I've had to watch as my government's 'plans' for what we will do on the Moon change direction almost as fast as a dog chasing squirrels. So if I had to bet, it would be on America frittering away any chance we have of setting up the first lunar colony/ research outpost.
I like Chinas approach to spaceflight, slow and steady hands, one step and a time quietly learning and moving on to the next
We need channels like this just facts of how things evolve not hysteria and that clouds our minds and living in past glory
I regret to inform you that all presentation of facts is motivated by narrative.
but these are not... facts. Simon didn't quite did his research properly.
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@@dredeth based on what?
Clouding minds and living in past glory... That sounds very familiar to the Chinese, because that's what the Chinese were like in the late 1800s.
1:43 predecessors and formation
5:49 1. launch and return
8:50 2. laboratory and rendezvous
14:47 3. Tiangong-3
17:27 into the future
Time stamp people are the backbone of society
Thank you
@@saelesbonsazse9919 it's only 20mins
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What a journey China has been through. It has been a lonely and hard long march indeed.
Thanks for your understanding words. Tough but worth.
Wow, I always thought the "Long March" title was a reference to a Chinese word (like the space station meaning heavenly body) but your comment made me realize what it actually means❤
@@johndawson6057it’s “heavenly Palace”😊
Seeing this the day after the 'Chinese spy balloon' is just a little bit of irony. 😂
Thinking the same thing right after it was shot down. 😄
How far behind China are we in balloon technology?
@@makeracistsafraidagain they seem to have harnessed the hot air part pretty well. We might be a week or 2 behind. GG some might say
NOT, irony, Toby.
@@Darth-Claw-Killflex Ok. Fine. Strangely coincidental, particularly considering episodes get recorded and set to upload weeks in advance. Aaaaaaaanyways.
The way they are evolving, I wouldn't be surprised at all when they are the first humans to set foot Mars...
Honestly, the level of unnatural determination these ppl seem to have towards goal oriented tasks is insane.. they wanted the world's best national infrastructure.. they built it
They wanted drones on the moon.. they did it
They wanted a probe on mars.. they did it
They got kicked out of the ISS.. they just built their own 😂
They're really not playing around &I see why the state department is working so hard to stymie their ascent to the "number 1" world power
Well. Chinas gov is kinda hated in the west. But overall its a very deterministic gov and ultra capable to adapt very fast to new tasks. They may not have the exact same freedumbs like we in the west but its highly efficient and as long as peolpes life gets better, noone cares there actually. Funfact is in the guide for Empire Earth 1 there is a talking about the VFAR a huge union with china as lead like the USSR kinda back than, they are the first ones to reach and put humans on mars and moving forward to other stars and working hard to leave this system. Education in China is ultra important and its kinda a national sport to get accepted to universitys or move aboread and study there. I cant see the west actually competing against china in the current stands. But as far as we know the west, we will probably stop that with war or weird accusations and big sanctions.. as usual, the western empire wont fall silent.
@@semiramisubw4864 yup. they have the stench of we will burn it all to the ground before we let u overtake us allover them &I REALLY dont like where that means we're inevitably headed 💀
Cool! When I was in middle school (we called it Junior High then) I used to pour over books in the library that had artist conceptions like this of giant space wheels, cylindrical space stations miles wide with lakes, rivers forests inside. The "Under Construction" wheel with scaffolding was new in 1969, when we saw it in 2001 A Space Odesseyl That was in the early 1970s. SpaceX will launch a rocket this month (or early March) that carries 250 tons into low earth orbit. The entire ISS is only 460 tons, so 2 launches will put 40 more tons in space that the entire ISS! ISS has a habitat volume of 388 cubic meters, Starship has 1,100 cubic meters of payload space, most of which would be habitat. I LOVE that another country is getting humans into space. Congrats to China. I remember how I felt when my country was doing the things you were doing for the first time 50 years ago. I hope you all find the same joy as I did.
The space habitat you're referring to in the beginning of your comment is called an O'Neil cylinder.
@@Tubepoacher Thanks! I love that artist rendition. Believe me: in 1972? With the last of the moon launches and Skylab and the Space Shuttle? By 2023 we'd at least have the 2001 Space Wheel up there! Heck, in 1984 "Back to the future" had us in flying cars by 2015!!!
@@lawrenceallen8096 if you like this stuff, you should check out Isaac Arthur's channel or SFIA. Mindblowing
@@lawrenceallen8096 my theory is you can't trust people with flying cars. Can you imagine how many buildings would get hit. Would they force everyone to get a pilot licence to fly a car?
@@TheZeagon I was actually wrong. We do have flying cars. The coolest one I've see is this one: ruclips.net/video/aSwfmrZDeeo/видео.html But you are right: I'd like to be in traffic with flying cars as much as I'd like to be on the set of "Rust" with actors being tasked with determining if their firearms are safe.
3:05 One interesting point, Qian Xuesen is also one of the 7 founders of NASA’s JPL
I appreciate how USA decoupled from China as equal human beings with NASA, now they have their own Space Station and real sense of independence they really need!
A little known detail is that on China's first manned mission Shenzhou 5, the spacecraft experienced very intense resonant vibrations (either during launch or reentry, I cannot remember), which left its sole astronaut very unwell. But he knew he was on live broadcast and was the face of the nation of the moment, so he didn't say anything. There were no mission-ending injuries but it was scary. "I felt like I was going to be martyred", said Yang in later interviews.
On landing the microphone also crushed up on his mouth so his face was bloodied. Recovery crew were concerned because it looked scarier than it actually was, but he insisted on making a quick appearance on camera to conclude the mission.
Those issues were addressed and fixed for later missions, so this was the closest China ever came to losing an astronaut, at least as far as we know.
Edit: correction on some details. Thanks @Daniel Shen
source?
@@swaggerpinto9777 RUclips seems to hate my long comments so I'll have to keep this short. This incident is pretty well publicised, just not in English. Wikipedia's article on Shenzhou 5 (Chinese version) mentions this incident with linked sources.
@@scheimong
Your jealous is showing ...😋
It's not surprising. First manned mission!
这个事情是杨利伟接受采访时亲口说的，说震到他感觉要顶不住要死了，试想一下接受过严格训练的飞行员也顶不住，那种共震是多么的可怕，换作普通人可能已经死了，后来慢慢就缓和了，所以他受得起这份尊敬，真是用命换来的数据。
Qian Xuesen - "being educated in the United States".... huge understatement. This guy was the top student of Von Karman, co-founded the propulsion lab (which led to NASA), was a decorated Army Lt. for his research and was the chief interrogator of Von Braun. And oh yes, he was a dedicated Chinese nationalist and communist who publicly announced his plan to go back to the Red China DURING McCarthy, which got him immediately imprisoned (rather than expelled as the video said since his intellectual is considered too important to fall into enemy hands). The US only released him after China surrendered dozens of US POW from Korea in exchange. Before he passed away during the 90s Qian literally designed the entire Chinese rocket/missile program, including the latest DF17 which was the first missile able to fly the theoretical "Qian Xuesen trajectory".
作为中国人，我很好奇为什么你们都认为中国会进攻泰国/老挝/柬埔寨/越南
For all the naysayers, remember that Henry Ford wasn't the first to build an automobile, he was the first to bring it to commercial scale, like SpaceX. Soon after followed all the competition, and Ford isn't number one anymore. Copying is part of learning, it's how everybody learns to write, read, play music, etc. The thing a lot of space programs lack is willpower to fund it, and China has had that in abundance.
To all the naysayers... all the international space programs share data willingly... especially when it comes to safety.
Wumao little pink " for all the naysayers", you're hopelessly transparent. You know why? Because you respect nothing that isn't Chinese. But we know everything about you.
Unfortunately for China, they are about to enter economic free fall, and soon after that, complete economic collapse as the house market sputters, their demographics continue to spiral downward, and globalism continues its decline. China, more than any country in the history of the world, is utterly reliant on global trade and growth to feed its expansion. Those things are all rapidly coming to an end, and with it, China.
And one of the first things they'll be forced to cut is their space program. It won't be long before feeding their rapidly aging and massively untenable population becomes impossible.
Dark days ahead for China, indeed.
@@TheBeardedWonder23 Doesn't the US have a wolf thing rule where they can't share space tech with China? Like the whole reason China can't into ISS is bc of that, even though every other country is ok with it.
@@NightPhoenix.Y Yes, we do. All it really is... a pact that China won't use information & data shared with them from the U.S. space programs will not be used to advance China's weapons programs.
Many thanks for sharing!
China, on the journey of exploring the universe, you will be lonely because you are isolated and discriminated against by some countries, and your task is destined to be difficult. But don't give up. any exploration things always belongs to those brave and minor peoples
"Outer space is the common wealth of humanity, and it is a pursuit of mankind to explore, develop and utilize outer space peacefully." -- President Xi Jinping
Another re-run. 60 years earlier:
"For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace. We have vowed that we shall not see space filled with weapons of mass destruction, but with instruments of knowledge and understanding." ...
"We set sail on this new sea because there is new knowledge to be gained, and new rights to be won, and they must be won and used for the progress of all people." ...
"Well, space is there, and we're going to climb it, and the moon and the planets are there, and new hopes for knowledge and peace are there. And, therefore, as we set sail we ask God's blessing on the most hazardous and dangerous and greatest adventure on which man has ever embarked. "
President John F. Kennedy, 12 September 1962, Address at Rice University.
Great show!
Fantastic video ❤️
I love the idea of them servicing their space telescope with Taingong. A bit like the shuttles going to work on hubble
Since they are doing the proverbial _"standing on the shoulders of giants"_ they have been able to make many improvements to the logistics.
Our space telescopes are massively oversubscribed. Highly qualified PhD candidates have to wait years for telescope time. I hope that the Chinese launch a fleet of telescopes, as this will encourage our side to do the same.
Great presentation, as always. I enjoy your videos and insught.
Tell him to stop mumbling.
Great video
Hello and Good Morning Simon 😊
It's crazy watching Simon not go on tangents or funny quips like on Brain Blaze and The Casual Criminalist. He's actually staying on script which is wild.
Thank you for that. No wonder their children are inspired to be astronauts having lessons from space.
Wow! This is by far the best documentary about Chinese space program ❤ I can imagine the sheer amount of efforts
Great to see the Chinese space program get some more coverage, especially in such a mature and intelligent way. It's a real thing- a big, real thing- that exists. Get used to it!
I may not like their government but I do give credit to the Chinese space program. Hopefully they will achieve great things that will better humanity’s knowledge of the cosmos.
And hey, maybe this will scare or sting the us Congress’s pride enough to get them to finally fund NASA appropriately.
@Random Guy I wasn’t aware their orbiting space station and launch vehicles were made out of paper.
@@bigginsd1 how is the sour grape?
@Random Guy lmao, the moon landings also fake?
@Random Guy oh boy...you are still living in the 1970s.
also, if the USA have acknowleadged their space efforts (and Elon Musk as well), well, I guess we should go with "Random Guy" then.
Absofuckinglutely LOVE your videos man!! Beyond brilliant 🍺🍺
Brilliant video Simon👍
一-->T-->工-->王-->田-->?-->華-->???
This is how Chinese Space Station evolves.
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Kudos to them!
Fantastic, super glad to see this is going well. From Canada, gg CNSA!
you are stupid to celebrate the chinese.
Epic is one way to put it.
The Chinese designed the Tesla's FSD source code and not to mention Tesla, SpaceX, Solar city are all Chinese rebranded technology incase you didn't know.
Thank you for linking together the historical elements in a timeline for the Chinese space station. Amazing what they have achieved after starting 30 years behind the US and Russia. US efforts to "contain China" to maintain hegemony will fail and must be recognized.
Just imagine the progress which could have been achieved if the US government was in co-operation with China rather than creating another enemy.
Historically speaking, when major powers cooperate the result has often been the carving up of less powerful countries. Whether literally or in practical effect.
At least by my assessment of payload capabilities, pressurized volume to orbit, and scientific payloads deployed, China used to be 40 or so years behind the USA or Russia, and is now more like 30 years behind the USA and Europe. In the early 80's I figured they would be largely caught up in about another 20 years, but it's ended up going a lot slower than that. Even civil aviation still challenges them in the details, as evidenced by some rather mundane technologies they're still trying to get foreign help with (e.g. hydraulic actuators).
I was waiting for the 50-cent army to make an appearance.
@@seandillon6093 you must be one of the mass shooting army 😂😂😂
@@seandillon6093 50-cent army no more, they just got pay increment and are now called 60-cent army due to the high inflation. 😄
Interesting video. We need to spend more on space tech
man i love your beard
Such a good coverage of China's space missions.
Chinese space program when it called "Tian" something, it means for cargo; "Shen" something, it means for carrying humans.
Tian means sky...
“神”是神仙（可以理解为上帝）的意思
The government has been preaching what every young Chinese knows: Our goal is the sea of stars
That's so inspiring bro, short and powerful
我们的目标是星辰大海。
Such an exciting time to be alive :)
What an amazing tribute to the hard work of the Chinese people to come so far so quickly. Thank you for this great explanation and chronology.
China is the oldest society that has existed more or less continuously since the first Emperor, Shi Huangdi, 200BC or around the height or Rome.
Modern day Italians remember their Roman ancestors; but they aren't directly extending Rome's rule. Iranians today remember their ancestors conquests of much of the Middle East... came close to conquering Classical Greece, too, when it was just starting, in the 500BC and in the 400BC; but today's Iranians aren't directly advancing their ancestral Persians achievements.
Ditto for modern Greeks, Egyptians, Cambodians, Mayans, Aztecs et al.
But, again, the Han Chinese --- despite plagues, conquests, being conquered by outsiders for brief periods (from the Mongols to the Manchus to the Brits and Japanese et al, despite governance change, with each ruler & his elites naming their system in different names: from Imperial, to Democracy, to Communism, etc) --- have continued to maintain a high connection to their ancient past...
From being the first people to invent paper and paper currency and toilet tissues, to printing, to gun powder, to fireworks & rocketry, to silk worms... the Chinese have been recording everything.... from ruler to ruler, one generation to the next generation... bad times and good times.... since the first Imperial ruler to the current Communist Emperor Xi...
My point here is: If the Chinese were more systematic than they've been so far, they would have, they COULD have, reached the stars (going into high space) decades before the US and Russia.
As a group, the Chinese ALWAYS have been very hard working and scholarly. Remember, they were the first and most reliable, when it came to observing and recording STARRY EVENTS in the cosmos... they did it as natural phenomenon, whereas the Christian-influenced West, during the Dark Ages (once they burnt down all the scientific books of the Greeks), thought of such things, if they saw any, as "signs" Jesus or his Dad were sending them holy or divine messages, etc.
Corruption, a non-systematic approach to doing things (even good things), & doing things on the whims of autocratic, absolute rulers ----- whose dictates (both good & bad) were EASILY nullified by other autocratic & absolute rulers who rose to the top right after them ---- those have been the things that have delayed the Chinese rise to the top for as long as they have...
Towards the end, Simon mentions a "new telescope" but at first I thought he said a "nutellascope" 🙂
That's sound delicious :D
It's called xuntian(sky patrol) telescope. It'll be launched in 2024 and it will be the satellite of the Chinese space station.
😂
Well timed for engagement by the big brain
If I'm not mistaken, every mission has been successful so far.
In fact, China's rocket launch has failed 12 times:
On November 11, 1974, the Long March 2 rocket was launched for the first time. It took off for only 6 seconds. Because of the control signal breaking, the rocket's flight attitude immediately lost control. After 20 seconds, the rocket crashed
On January 29, 1984, the Long March 3 rocket was launched for the first time, and the third-stage engine failed to fire twice. Fortunately, the Dongfanghong 2 experimental communication satellite loaded on the rocket finally entered orbit through self-rescue.
On March 22, 1993, the Long March 2 rocket was launched again. The rocket was extinguished and shut down after 7 seconds of ignition. The reason for the rocket launch failure was that there was a 0.15mg aluminum scrap left on the contact of the electrical components, which caused the failure of the rocket launch.
On December 21, 1992, the Long March 2 rocket was launched again. This time, like the rocket launched on March 22, it was also loaded with the Opus B1 communication satellite. The launch of Long March 2 failed again. The rocket exploded 48 seconds after its flight. The fairing of the rocket also separated prematurely. Even if the rocket had a series of problems, the satellite debris still entered the predetermined orbit. The two sides have different views on the cause of the rocket accident, and the cause of the accident is not uniform.
From 1992 to 1995, the Long March 2 rocket was loaded with the communications satellite of Hughes Corporation of the United States. The launch of the rocket in 1995 also failed.
On February 15, 1996, the Long March 3 rocket was launched for the first time and ignited successfully. However, after 22 seconds of liftoff, the rocket tilted in the air and then began to lose control. The final result was the rocket explosion. The cause of the rocket explosion was also found out afterwards. It turned out that the electronic component responsible for correcting the state failed, which caused the rocket to tilt in the air, causing the rocket explosion. The accident was very serious. After the rocket was launched and flew for 50 seconds, the satellite and rocket exploded at the same time and were all destroyed.
The rocket explosion caused very serious consequences, resulting in 6 deaths and 57 injuries. Fortunately, all the people around were evacuated, and there were no casualties. All the injured were staff.
On August 18, 1996, the Long March 3 rocket was launched. This time, the launch failed again. All the rockets launched within six months failed. It's incredible. The reason for the rocket launch failure was the same as that of the rocket accident on January 29, 1984. The three-stage engine failed to ignite twice, and the engine was shut down in advance.
From August 18, 1996 to December 12, 2013, there was no rocket launch failure. Until 2013, the launch of the Long March 4 rocket failed. The reason for the failure of the rocket also shows that the engine was blocked in the pipeline, which caused the engine to shut down in advance. Therefore, the flight speed of the rocket was not enough, and the satellite could not enter the orbit. Thirty minutes after the rocket occurred, the rocket exploded with the satellite and fell into the South Pacific.
From 2016 to 2017 to 2019 to 2020, rocket launch failure occurred once a year
oh very much no... There many controversies behind their launches, most being lies to the world.
@@dredeth yeah sure, under us surveillance.
@@kira4434 what do you mean exactly?
@@dredeth US surveillance satellite will sure notice any unusual explosions and release the event to the Western press, won't they?
Do one on hypersonic balloons.
yeah do that! wait is that even a possibility? isnt there a problem here, with balloons in this atmosphere requiring volume and a hypersonic vehicle requires minimal volume?
@@ZionistWorldOrder well it's a balloon, except it's wedged shape and made of metal. Also , jet powered.
@@Tubepoacher that why it call "hypersonic balloons" 😂😂😂😂
lol back to the beginning
No such thing as hypersonic balloon. Hypersonic = going at 5 times the speed of sound or faster etc..
Congratulations china. Scientific achievements should be applauded no matter which country does it.
Chinese unmaned probes are also impressive, for example the moon sample return probe.
Impressive for 1990s, yes, today it's an infantile joke compared to NASA
@@PlumSack79 ARTEMIS took multiple fail before it can launch. yes NASA is a joke
At least NASA acknowledges and shares data of its failures. China covered up a rocket failure that erased a village and killed 100s of people.
Delete your comments wumao. It's cowardly in my opinion. Allegedly.
They also recently landed a rover on Mars and a satellite in its orbit, simultaneously I might add, and the first one to reach Mars surface with no accidents.
Holy crap, that timeline they're looking at is aggressive!
It makes "before this decade is out" look like the measured steps of a doddering old man, and while yes, the US pulled it off, it was an extremely bold claim to make in 1961 - by that point the US had only managed one suborbital spaceflight (meaning the craft crossed the border of space as it was defined, but didn't hit the speed necessary to stay in orbit).
That said, if China's bringing classic space race energy to the table along with modern computing and rocketry, it's definitely possible. Modern NASA is very much the old man of space exploration - they do things slow and careful and on a reasonable budget (by spacefaring standards). China is not all that far behind in terms of tech, but they're going at this with the aggressive enthusiasm (reckless abandon, perhaps) that NASA had in the 60s. Hopefully things go even better for China and we don't get any more Apollo 1 type tragedies.
Ya, their progress the last decade has been impressive. And their ambitions, although aggressive, aren't unachievable either. Especially given their success thus far.
I think the only thing that could keep the US ahead, or at least on par are our private space companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin. I think NASA is too bureaucratically weighed down to maintain an effective lead.
@@iowafarmboy A good chunk of NASA's issue with speed is that they've been burned by several mistakes, including a few bad enough to cost human lives. They know how easy it is to screw up and how costly it is to their prestige so they don't let that happen anymore. Ever. Everything they do aside from driving to and from work is ridiculously safe. NASA sending a rocket into space is safer than me walking to my mailbox and back. Possibly even when that is my email box.
This means taking things slowly, quintuple checking everything and double checking the checking procedures. Which, all in all, means you have a very effective but very slow organization - one that will get things done, eventually, but is definitely not winning any races if they have any real competition. An attitude which, honestly, I have massive respect for.
@@iowafarmboy USA is too busy arguing about what a man and a woman is, and gender pronouns. 🤣. Spending way too much on developing weapons of mass destruction and nuclear weapons and stationing oversea military bases in Philippines, Japan, Korea, Taiwan province and India. That’s why USA is bankrupt and just keeps printing paper money, which, btw, is also a Chinese invention.
Competition drives innovation as they say.
Hope they don’t go at it with the reckless abandon of the Soviets in the 60s 😂 But rest assured the Chinese will do their very best (or they are already doing it) to keep any tragedies hidden from the world just like the soviets did.
We really need to expand space industry and infrastructure, as in literally building space based structures for supporting spaceships. We should build a moon mining station for fuel and some raw resources that can be reasonable turned into useful alloys and set up some sort of space station for constructing purely space based ships.
I have a low key hatred of how slow we have been expanding to space, like even if I had 100 billion dollars, it's not nearly enough to do what I want to do.
The United States also needs trillions of dollars in infrastructure, military, investing on (potential) allies (to constrain China) at the same time...Where does all the money come from?
@@shinha The advancements in electronic and medical technology alone more that paid for what NASA spent since it was founded. Not to mention weather satellites and all of the DOD needs that have been met. Or the internet that lets you talk to anyone in the world, or do business across oceans. Investing in technology is always a good investment - you wouldn't be reading my post or watching RUclips if no one invested in science and technology.
Well done 🙏
The feat is especially impressive considering just how much the US and it's allies have been trying to hold back and suppress China's development. Having NO fatalities during any of these Chinese launches also puts the previous US efforts to shame.
Ahhh, little Chinabot.
Unfortunately, you're taking things slightly out of context. China stood on the shoulders of giants and copied their work. Simon literally stated that they based a lot of work on stuff like the Soyuz capsule. Without that work and the 50ish years of work done by America, Europe, Russia, etc. There would have been a LOT of deaths in the Chinese Space Program and it absolutely would not be where it is today without the US and it's allies.
Also, weird flex coming from an American.
less impressive considering how much of the information and technology they stole
@@nnel2765 more impressive considering how much they made US and it's slave nations cry day in and out, so much so that western media was way too terrified to report on China's space success
@@nnel2765 既然禁止合作了？请问他们怎么窃取技术？谁告诉你的？你的意识形态吗
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China is a pragmatic and trustworthy country. The plan and commitments it has formulated have basically been fulfilled.
The Tianhe Module was launched on 29th April 2021, not 2001 as you stated.
Thank you for covering this! I have been fascinated by the Chinese Space Program for many years, however honest and accurate information is somewhat hard to come by. I know there is probably a lot missing from this due the secretive nature of these tings, but at least it is a glimpse through the looking glass! :D
secretive not really each success they achieve they celebrate just like the west celebrate first man on the moon. it secret to westerner as good thing china achieve almost never mention in western media
@@jetli740 Not meaning to be rude, I had a little difficulty understanding what you said, but I think I got what you mean... Anyway, it's a two way street. It's not just that a lot of what the Chinese Space Agency does is censored by China, it is also censored here. I don't know why, but it is hard to get much of any information at all. I wasn't blaming China for the lack of info, although it would be nice to have a clearer window into what is happening. :)
China has done what the USSR never did, devote its scientific knowledge for its people and the world
I Love the Idea of China with the Same expectations and excitement all of US had in the 60's and 70's watching our country pull it off!
I always thought that the spirit of the years when the Americans went to the moon was absolutely human light, but sadly, then the United States turned to war
@@user-kf5jm4ty6n me too! I SAT INSIDE Scorched Gemini and Apollo capsules as a kid who grew up Next Door to Rockwell Downey! then on the Same street got my hair cut at a barber who cut astronauts hair.
Hope China will keep going, not only send humans to the moon but also build the first base on the moon for scientific research.
Wonderful people the Chinese. Awesome achievements in such a short period of time.
Simon, great video as always! I’d love to see you cover the Antonov an-225 Mirya in a future video. Given it’s destruction in the invasion of Ukraine it seems like a perfect time for your channel to tackle it. And giant mega huge planes are kinda exactly up your alley so….
Oops. You already covered it lol 😂. Thanks I’ll go watch and like that video now.
Brown nose
You should do a video on the bass pro shops pyramid
A potential follow-up vdeo could be Xuntian which would be launched in December 2023. :D
Qian Xuesen, the key architect of China's space program, was not only educated in the U.S. but also a founder of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Co-founder
@@trygd100 That's why I said "a founder". Same thing.
I used to thought Simon is a China hater, I changed my mind now after watching this, Simon has an independent and objective opinion.
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If the Congress didn’t forbid China from participating in ISS, to this day it only play a much minor role in ISS. Instead they have mastered the entire suit of technology plus more futuristic ones. This proves collaboration is a better way to slow China down. See you in 30 years.
“slowing China down” is the first thing in your mind. Why don’t get a mentality of “Speeding America up” instead of “Slowing China down”?
In a race between two people, the first place runner always tries to trip the second place runner, rather than running desperately to the finish line. This approach will definitely cause his body to lose balance and be overtaken by the second place runner.
@@user-zq2xu8wb3h would America and Russia combined be more than enough to slow China down?
@@merafirewing6591 Your assumption is difficult to establish. If the United States and Russia stand together, then Russia will definitely be a member of NATO. So Russia and the United States will compete for NATO leadership in the first place, is this the result that the United States hopes to see?
16:23 Just a month later, huh?
Fook Mi, that was fast!!
In order to visit space you do not need to get out of Earth's orbit, you just need to get high enough and move fast enough sideways
What a successful thought to functioning approach. My applause to their dream and ambitions so very well shown in this presentation. Can't help but admire their planned approach and safety. Mucking about seems to be our limiting factor for achieving results.
That's all it is though, plans, empty promises and lies. As with all national scale projects in China under the CCP.
are you insane? they dont give a shit about ppl
Actually Japan launched its own first satellite just days prior to China’s first, but later China caught up both in quantity and quality in the 90s.
You didn't pay attention to the video. It wasn't who was first to send a satellite. It was about sending a crew up in space and have them return safely. China was the third to do it behind USA and Russia.
So he said China is the only 5 countries that sent spacecraft to the space not said the only 4
Quality. Lol. Quality space junk just like everything else. All talk. No bite. Because if it bites. It falls apart
@@4lyfMotorhead ？
@@4lyfMotorhead you junk like your artimis took multiple try before it can launch?
You have a good taste
Fascinating. I love all things space including what China is doing. Thanks Simon.
Strangely enough I am very impressed with the development. Excellent quality of engineering that I wouldn't have believed.
Well done China space station. 💪💪👏👏👍👍💯💯❤❤
Let’s united the world. Less wars less killing more harmony
Also the chance of finding these electonic parts for new cars even when the car is new urm unobtainium unless you buy directly from the dealership (they often wont sell them) they will sell you a new car though with the same issues
With China’s brutal efficiency and almost flawless execution, China is on the path to a new world in space. China’s space agency has less than half of NASA budget per year yet carries out more successful missions.
Hint: US is the land of CORRUPTION.
Very interesting! China has advanced technologically a lot due to this.
Well....yeah.....and also no. One of the main reasons they're not allowed on the ISS, is because the USA knows China "advances" are met mostly by just hacking US and European companies, stealing the research data and then using it for free. Every couple of years, it's discovered a huge chinese hack on Boening, or Airbus, or Lockheed, etc.
Another example is China's airship carrier, which was made after basically stealing two old soviet carriers, reverse engineer it, and then make it as a base for their own, basically copying entirely on design, without ever paying Russia anything.
You can also see this on their own orbiter, which is basically a Soyuz. I'll go as far as saying that so far, there hasn't been a significan "new" concept made by China. Almost everything they have, as impressive as it is, was basically based on USA and Russia models. There's no "Falcon9" or "N1 prototype" types of inovations or bold prototypes from China so far. May be in the future, when stealing is no longer an option.
1:45 - Chapter 1 - Predecessors & formation
5:55 - Chapter 2 - Launch & return(Phase 1)
8:55 - Chapter 3 - Laboratory & rendezvous(Phase 2 )
14:50 - Chapter 4 - Tiangong 3 (Phase 3)
17:30 - Chapter 5 - Into the future
Ha ha...another teacher's pet beat you to it.
THANK'S!!!
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it's crazy how almost no one in the US now knows anything about qian xuesen. He should have been a national hero for both US and China. He took part in the manhattan project and co-founded NASA. Then he was sent back to mainland China during the Korean War for his connection with the CCP. Then he helped the CCP develop their own missiles and spacecraft. This man deserves a video of his own and certainly deserves more recognition from Americans.
@@LanNguyen-kw8hb yes, my mistake, he cofounded the nasa jpl, not nasa. im not denying he got all of his knowledge from us, im just saying he should deserve more recognition.
Nah, he is a footnote in the USA. Nobody gives a shit. He is a hero in China.
Good topic, often overlooked in history. Well displayed. Did they contact you after the Tibet segment on the other channel?
Chinese have made very rapid progress and space and putting humans into orbit now they have space station and their ambitions is even greater to also have perhaps a base on the moon and maybe a settlement on Mars as well as perhaps mining asteroids as well. They are on a rapid moved.
i actully agree and actully thank you
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那是中国未来十年的计划
@@GodsDad98 赛博遮天是吧，control yourself😂
@@yiruiwen5114 仙路尽头谁为峰，一见元始道成空😏
I celebrate any successful space mission, moving humankind a little bit closer to conquering space, no matter what country we are talking about. (Even the US, lol)
You need to use a compressor in your audio chain to help prevent your voice from sounding too quiet or too loud. It will make your videos easier for your audience to understand.
The local space of our solar system is the inheritance of all humanity regardless of nationality or political ideology. Since no single nation in Earth can lay claim to the celestial landscape, then we must, regardless of politics, unite and work together for the benefit of all. We, as humans, must set aside our immature and child-like stubbornness to come together to advance our understanding of our discoveries in order to benefit everyone, equally.
With politics and nationality aside, I whole-heartedly and with great reverence congratulate and welcome China and her people into the spacefaring community. May all of their knowledge and discoveries benefit all of humanity going forward as we all work to explore our galactic neighborhood.
You guys should do a video about the LISA project. It's planned to launch in 2034 if I remember correctly, so it's a while to go, but it's very interesting. It's a Laser Interferometer Space Antenna, that is meant to be the next generation of gravitational wave detectors following the success of LIGO, Virgo and KAGRA.
Cool look in that history of theirs
Note: inner Mongolia is not Mongolia, just like new Mexico is not Mexico.
This would be with all your videos of course, not just this one.
Interesting
How many channels does this guy have? I swear I've seen him in atleast 3 different channels on completely different topics.
As soon after you said Red Scan and expelled I thought, "Qian Xuesen would be an interesting Boigraphics video."
Outstanding coverage of Chineses advancement in space
Tell me all about it, Mr. Skellington!