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- Strategic competition
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First-stage recovery could reduce Chinese launch costs and help China challenge SpaceX. SpaceX currently carries 80–90% of Earth-to-space payload.
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Reusable launch capability could strengthen China’s competition with SpaceX
First-stage recovery could reduce Chinese launch costs and help China challenge SpaceX. SpaceX currently carries 80–90% of Earth-to-space payload.
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Reusable launch capability could strengthen China’s competition with SpaceX
China aims to challenge that dominance now that it, too, can recover first stages.
First-stage recovery could reduce Chinese launch costs and help China challenge SpaceX. SpaceX currently carries 80–90% of Earth-to-space payload.
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