China wants to catch up to US rockets in 2020
and then get nuclear spaceships in 2045:
"China plans a fleet of nuclear carrier rockets and reusable hybrid-power carriers by the
mid-2040s. They will be ready for regular, large scale interplanetary flights, and carrying
out commercial exploration and exploitation of natural resources by the mid-2040s.
China plans to catch up with the United States on conventional rocket technology by
2020.
If Spacex and Elon Musk achieve fully reusable rockets with the Falcon 9 or the BFR in
the 2020-2022 timeframe then China would be 13-15 years behind if they hit their
target for reusable rockets in 2035.
By 2030, China will put astronauts on the moon and bring samples back from Mars."
See:
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/1...s-in-2045.html