T+338: Zhuque-3, Long March 10B, Chang’e-7 (with Andrew Jones)
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T+338: Zhuque-3, Long March 10B, Chang’e-7 (with Andrew Jones)

B1IntermediateAugust 27, 202648 min

Andrew Jones returns to the show to catch up on the Chinese space industry—the landings of Zhuque-3 and Long March 10B first stages, Chang’e-7 and its delay, and more. This episode of Main Engine Cut Off is brought to you by 32 executive producers—Steve, Joakim, Ryan, Tim Dodd (the Everyday Astronaut!), Joonas, Josh from Impulse, Fred, Will and Lars from Agile, Miles O’Brien, Natasha Tsakos, Lee, Warren, Russell, Stealth Julian, Kris, The Astrogators at SEE, Frank, Matt from Built, Theo and Violet, Joel, Donald, Pat, David, Jan, Matt, and four anonymous—and hundreds of supporters...

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Hello and welcome to Manage & Cutoff. I'm Anthony Clangelo. Today we've got an old friend with us. We've got Andrew Jones, a correspondent at Space News, writer at Space.com, elsewhere

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on the internet covering all things spaceflight in China. It's a pretty expansive category because it's everything from national policy to the new private or commercial companies that are starting up in China, the state organizations that are operating the Long March vehicles, the Chang'e missions, so much going on lately

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to talk about. Most importantly, a couple of newly recovered first stage boosters, JUQ-3, Long March 10B have landed and been captured successfully in the last couple of months. We've got a Chang'e 7 mission coming up to the South Pole of the Moon that's been

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