British media: China developed the world's largest space plane can carry 20 tourists | | |-British space aircraft in China media _ news
Original title: British media: China developed the world's largest space plane capable of carrying 20 visitors
Reference News October 5 British media said even China cannot resist the attraction of space tourism. As far as we know, a Government-backed China Institute is working on a giant space plane. The plane can carry up to 20 tourists, and fly to the edge of space in a single day – its commitment to carrying tourists outnumber any other commercial aerospace companies now.
United Kingdom in the New Scientist magazine, October 3, experts from the Chinese Academy of launch vehicle technology recently in Mexico at the International Astronautical Congress, held said, the Academy has devised a simple integral space plane, designed to carry more passengers.
The Institute's design team wrote in the report: "more and more people are interested in space flight. "The report also said that the project is very attractive to bosses and businessmen.
Allegedly they had designed a winged rocket could take off on its own power. Which makes it different from United Kingdom Virgin Galactic's "spaceship, second", which must be carried by ship to carry to a certain height in order to launch.
The team in charge of Han Pengxin (voice) says: "space plane will take off vertically like a rocket, and landed on the runway, without intervention of any ground or airborne equipment. ”
The team has designed two versions of the space plane. First the weight of 10 tons, wing length 6 m, will be able to carry 5 passengers and with a maximum speed of Mach 6 flight to 100 km/h level--this is the height of the space flight began, and 2 minutes of weightlessness flights.
And the other wing is 12 meters long, weight 100-ton space plane is expected to carry up to 20 passengers, flies at Mach 8 to 130 km of altitude, and 4 minutes of weightlessness flights. This model also in the plug with the help of rockets sending small satellites into orbit. Han Pengxin says, this capacity will reduce ticket prices for tourists.
Design team hopes the space plane can be repeatedly used, so each aircraft's flight frequency will be 50 times. Han Pengxin says space flight time of the plane has been ahead of schedule. He said: "the test will be completed in the next two years, almost all ground tests completed, all subsystems working well in the tests. "He says, expect a space flight would cost between 200,000 to 250,000 dollars.
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英媒:中国研制世界最大太空飞机 可载20名游客|中国|太空飞机|英媒_新闻资讯
原标题：英媒：中国研制世界最大太空飞机 可搭载20名游客
参考消息网10月5日报道 英媒称，就连中国也无法抗拒太空旅游的吸引力。据本刊了解，一家有政府背景的中国机构正在研制巨型太空飞机。这架飞机最多可搭载20名游客，并在一天之内飞抵太空边缘——其承诺搭载游客的人数大大超过目前任何其他商业宇航公司。
英国《新科学家》周刊网站10月3日报道，中国运载火箭技术研究院的专家最近在墨西哥举办的国际宇航大会上称，该院已设计出简单的整体式太空飞机，其设计旨在搭载更多的乘客。
该研究院的设计团队在报告中写道：“越来越多的普通人对太空飞行感兴趣。”报告还称，该项目对老板和商人非常有吸引力。
据称他们已设计出一款可依靠自身动力起飞的带翼火箭。这使其有别于英国维珍银河公司的“太空船二号”，后者必须通过运载飞船携带至一定高度才能发射。
该设计团队的负责人韩鹏新（音）说：“太空飞机将像火箭一样垂直起飞，并自动在跑道上着陆，不需任何地面或机载设备的干预。”
该团队已设计出两种版本的太空飞机。第一种的重量为10吨，翼长6米，将能搭载5名乘客，以最大6马赫的速度飞行至100公里的高度——这是太空飞行正式开始的高度，并进行2分钟的失重飞行。
而另一种翼长12米、重量达100吨的太空飞机预计可搭载20名乘客，以8马赫的速度飞行至130公里的高度，并进行4分钟的失重飞行。这款机型还能在外挂火箭的帮助下将小型卫星送入轨道。韩鹏新说，这种运载能力将降低游客的机票价格。
设计团队希望太空飞机可被反复使用，因此每架飞机的设计飞行次数将达到50次。韩鹏新说，太空飞机的试飞时间已被提前。他说：“试飞将在未来两年内完成，几乎所有的地面测试已完成，测试中全部子系统运转良好。”他表示，预计一次太空飞行的费用将在20万至25万美元之间。
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