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[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago

It looks whole lot like a rocket. It's almost like there is a shape that works well for the job.

[–] vzq@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

I’m getting Ariane 5 tbh.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Two machines designed to do the same job in the same environment look similar? Nah, that doesn't track.

[–] Dequei@sopuli.xyz 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

That's because the stock image Wired used is of a Long March 5, not Long March 9.

[–] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

From what I can find the March 9 is just about twice as long, proportionally, looking nearly the same otherwise. It does not look anything like this thing.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I believe that render is outdated. The Long March 9 has undergone a quite a few redesigns over the years.

The original ARS Technica article this Wired article was based on includes a more recent mockup of Long March 9:

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 3 points 7 months ago
[–] orl0pl@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago
[–] Landsharkgun@midwest.social -1 points 7 months ago