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China’s New Heavy Lift Rocket Looks a Whole Lot Like SpaceX’s Starship (www.wired.com)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

From what I can find the March 9 is just about twice as long, proportionally, looking nearly the same otherwise. It does not look anything like this thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I believe that render is outdated. The Long March 9 has undergone a quite a few redesigns over the years.

The original ARS Technica article this Wired article was based on includes a more recent mockup of Long March 9: