This read more like a “increase defense budget plz” than a serious strategic analysis.

Thank you.

Thank you.

…and, of course, paywalled.

I mean, I could think of this as an extension of existing space infrastructure, allow using the spaceport as hub for extra-fast delivery.

The problem is this require said spaceport to existed in the first place, which we still have exactly zero of it.

Chinese commercial launch sector is very, very competitive area, where at least a dozen company still fighting over each other to find their own niche to fulfill. Land launch, sea launch, solid fuel, Lox/LH2 rocket, Lox/Methane rocket, expendable, reusable, Falcon 9 clone, mini-falcon 9, small payload rocket, gigantic rocket, and more. And this is only the commercial sector. I haven’t even touch what the CASC and other state-own agencies are probably working on. (probably, because a lot of what they are working on is dual civilian-military program, which came with fuck tons of secrecy as a result). My guess is this is their attempt to gain investors and find their own place, nothing more.

Curiously, compare to more prominent players like Deep Blue Aerospace, LandSpace, Galactic Energy, or iSpace (seriously?), I don’t think the name Space Epoch came up very often. Like with almost ALL Chinese commercial launch companies, what they will produce, if it went anywere, remain to be seen.

If they tried to get there again, I hope they didn’t neglected to put toilet facilities onto their spacecraft this time.

They’ll probably be tons of “This is proof that Ukrainian don’t have Nazi problem because they talk with Isn’trael” from the west after this.

This have the same energy as “If Steiner attacks, everything will be alright”.

[why is New Journey playing in my head when reading this]

A crushing revelation to be sure, but a welcome one.

On the other hands…

Basic physics : “Always ensure you have the most accurate measurement and conditions to get the most accurate result”

Advance physics :