Upstart SpaceX now has the most powerful rocket AND largest proven manned Spacecraft in the World.

[Hamartia Antidote]

With the safe Crew Dragon landing Elon Musk's SpaceX has leaped passed everybody.

Early Crew Dragon pic with 7 people in seats

Falcon Heavy


Next on the list:

 

[F-22Raptor]

4 astronaut Crew Dragon set to launch at the end of September!

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Soviets also started out leading with Sputnik and then Yuri Gagarin.

 

[ayodhyapati]

With the safe Crew Dragon landing Elon Musk's SpaceX has leaped passed everybody.

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Early pic with 7 people in seats



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Falcon Heavy

wow .

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Soviets also started out leading with Sputnik and then Yuri Gagarin.

Their spacecraft and 1st landing dates acknowledged in this thread.
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/spac...l-design-since-the-1981-space-shuttle.678989/

However after 1966 they didn't do much.

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Their spacecraft and 1st landing dates acknowledged in this thread.
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/spac...l-design-since-the-1981-space-shuttle.678989/

However after 1966 they didn't do much.

Exactly. A temporary advantage does not guarantee permanent advantage.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Exactly. A temporary advantage does not guarantee permanent advantage.

So far everything else is just vaporware. Nobody other than SpaceX has even announced anything that can carry dozens of people. Meanwhile SpaceX is publicly building/testing prototypes in front of live cameras.

 

[Nan Yang]

Errrr. No. SpaceX crew capsule mass is only 13 tons.

When China's LM5 launched it's new generation space capsule it's mass was 21 tons.

Right now the heaviest payload launched into space by a SLV that is operational (not retired) is the LM5.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Errrr. No. SpaceX crew capsule mass is only 13 tons.

When China's LM5 launched it's new generation space capsule it's mass was 21 tons.

Right now the heaviest payload launched into space by a SLV that is operational (not retired) is the LM5.

Read the headline again. That new China capsule has not been proven to safely transport people. SpaceX has been flying the Dragon for YEARS (2010!!) but always unmanned. This is the first time it has a proven manned ability instead of just theoretical.

The LM5 is only slightly more powerful than a SpaceX Falcon 9. It is nowhere close to a Falcon Heavy. So don't embarrass yourself mentioning it in the same sentence.


SpaceX: Falcon Heavy
Payload to LEO 63,800 kg (140,700 lb)
Payload to GTO 26,700 kg (58,900 lb)






US: Delta IV
Patload to LEO 28,790 kg (63,470 lb)
Payload to GTO 14,220 kg (31,350 lb)

Russia: Angara 5
Payload to LEO 24,500 kg (54,000 lb)
Payload to GTO 7,500 kg (16,500 lb)

China: Long March 5 (cz5)
Payload to LEO 23,000 kg (51,000 lb)
Payload to GTO 13,000 kg (29,000 lb)

SpaceX Falcon 9
Payload to LEO 22,800 kg (50,300 lb)
Payload to GTO 8,300 kg (18,300 lb)

 

[Nan Yang]

Read the headline again. That new China capsule has not been proven to safely transport people. SpaceX has been flying the Dragon for YEARS (2010!!) but always unmanned. This is the first time it has a proven manned ability instead of just theoretical.

The LM5 is only slightly more powerful than a SpaceX Falcon 9. It is nowhere close to a Falcon Heavy. So don't embarrass yourself mentioning it in the same sentence.

Have Space X Falcon Heavy launch any payload greater than 20tons ? Just asking. No offense intended.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Have Space X Falcon Heavy launch any payload greater than 20tons ? Just asking. No offense intended.

The single Falcon 9 routinely launches 15 metric tons of Starlink satellites.

The Falcon Heavy test sent his little 1.5 ton car passed the orbit of Mars.
It's capacity is 16.8 metric tons to Mars and 3.5 tons to Pluto.

 

[Nan Yang]

The single Falcon 9 routinely launches 15 metric tons of Starlink satellites.

The Falcon Heavy test sent his little 1.5 ton car passed the orbit of Mars.
It's capacity is 16.8 metric tons to Mars and 3.5 tons to Pluto.

Read the headline again. That new China capsule has not been proven to safely transport people. SpaceX has been flying the Dragon for YEARS (2010!!) but always unmanned. This is the first time it has a proven manned ability instead of just theoretical.

The LM5 is only slightly more powerful than a SpaceX Falcon 9. It is nowhere close to a Falcon Heavy. So don't embarrass yourself mentioning it in the same sentence.


SpaceX: Falcon Heavy
Payload to LEO 63,800 kg (140,700 lb)
Payload to GTO 26,700 kg (58,900 lb)






US: Delta IV
Patload to LEO 28,790 kg (63,470 lb)
Payload to GTO 14,220 kg (31,350 lb)

Russia: Angara 5
Payload to LEO 24,500 kg (54,000 lb)
Payload to GTO 7,500 kg (16,500 lb)

China: Long March 5 (cz5)
Payload to LEO 23,000 kg (51,000 lb)
Payload to GTO 13,000 kg (29,000 lb)

SpaceX Falcon 9
Payload to LEO 22,800 kg (50,300 lb)
Payload to GTO 8,300 kg (18,300 lb)

Just keeping track of the world's heavy operational launcher. That is all. Nothing more nothing less.
Have a nice day .

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

Just keeping track of the world's heavy operational launcher. That is all. Nothing more nothing less.
Have a nice day .

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haha fair enough..so far none of the Falcon Heavy launches have targeted LEO.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Their spacecraft and 1st landing dates acknowledged in this thread.
https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/spac...l-design-since-the-1981-space-shuttle.678989/

However after 1966 they didn't do much.

First space station. First landing on another planet. First landing on Mars. First rover on the moon. Seems quite a roll after 1966.

The US only has first man on the moon, but it is considerably more risky because sending a man on such a mission could result in the death of the man.