This result is very gratifying.
Even if the cost of the last Cloud Ascend breaches 3 billion New Yuan, its convenience and rapid response are much greater.
Even if in terms of single flight economy it may not have an edge over traditional spacecraft—perhaps even higher—but the significance of what Cloud Ascend represents cannot be denied: it is SSTO.
Single-stage to orbit, apart from fuel it does not abandon anything, and can fully return to the ground!
It has almost ushered in a new era of the space age; such a product may encounter some troubles in the early stages, but its prospects are unimaginable.
Telling the truth, when the aerospace bureau switched from a two-stage to a single-stage orbit with the Cloud Ascend project, there was considerable nervousness, extending the timeline from 2025 to 2030, and even 2035 would have been acceptable. Nobody expected progress to be this fast to the point where targets could be set!
