China is researching and building a spaceship similar to CEO Elon Musk's

China is researching and developing a two-stage booster rocket system similar to the reusable Starship cargo spacecraft of billionaire Elon Musk, the world's richest man today. It is known that China's new type of missile can carry a payload of up to 20 tons. 

The project of the new spaceship system was launched by Mr. Wang Xiaojun, president of the China Rocket Technology Research Institute. The first floor will land vertically, while the second floor will land thanks to the wing system. Before landing, the 2nd floor also opened its wings to land vertically.

"We are doing research in the field of rocket launch systems using methane and liquid oxygen ," Wang Xiaojun said at the International Symposium on Prospects and Cooperation in Manned Space Flight in China. low Earth orbit, held on February 17 in Beijing.

According to Mr. Wang, China's rocket can carry a payload of up to 20 tons to low-Earth orbit. Meanwhile, the super-heavy Starship rocket of billionaire Elon Musk's company SpaceX can transport loads of up to 100 tons. The reason for such a difference is due to the gas-powered engine of the Chinese rocket.

The company SpaceX is supposed to let tourists try the spacewalk this year, one of the most dangerous for even astronauts.