Hackingbear writes "Back in March, China revealed it is guess the attainableness of foreseeing the most potent carrier rocket in history for making a manned moon landing and exploring deep space, as it should be to Liang Xiaohong, vice head of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. The rocket is envisaged to have a payload of 130 tonnes, five times larger than that of China's current largest rocket. This rocket, if built, will eclipse the 53 tonne size of the planned Falcon 9 Heavy from SpaceX. It will even surpass the largest rocket ever built, the 119-tonne Saturn V. China's next generation rocket Long March 5, currently chosen to debut in 2014, has a payload bulk of 25 tonnes to LEO."

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