Calt Studies Rocket For Deep-Space Manned Missions

ZHUHAI, China—Chinese launcher builder Calt is studying designs for a rocket for manned missions beyond Earth orbit, apparently as a steppingstone toward a proposed Moon landing. In a concept design presented here at Airshow China, payload to trans-lunar injection would be 25 metric tons; the...
Bradley Perrett

Bradley Perrett covered China, Japan, South Korea and Australia. He is a Mandarin-speaking Australian.

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