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Re:China's new Long March-8 rocket makes first flight by jabl on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @05:51AM (#25516357)
Nice to see China continuing the transition to kerolox lower stages + hydrolox uppers.

If nothing else, less disastrous when a stage drops down on some poor village.

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Re:China's new Long March-8 rocket makes first flight by valuearb on Wednesday December 23, 2020 @10:36AM (#25518637)
Those side boosters burning out before main stage, and hanging on as dead weight seems pretty inefficient.
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