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Chapter 678 The Lunar Orbital Space Station (Second Change, Ask for a Monthly Ticket)
The service of the 300-ton transport aerospace plane announced that China's "Double Ring Space Station" and "Moon Base" plans have ushered in a new construction climax. Many materials, equipment and instruments that could only be launched by rockets in the past now only need It can be transported by Dapeng aerospace plane.

After all, the cargo hold of the Dapeng aerospace plane is much larger than that of the 'Shenlong' aerospace plane.

And because of the cooperation between the European Space Agency and CNSA, in this year, two astronauts from the European Space Agency took the "Shenlong" aerospace plane to the "Tiangong" space station, and will be on duty at the "Tiangong" space station .

As for going to the moon, I'm sorry, except for Chinese astronauts, astronauts from other partners can't go. After all, during the construction period, there are many secrets, and these secrets are not suitable for the outside world to know.

I don't know how many people watch the news, and they are envious and jealous of Huaxia Aerospace. There is really a huge gap, and the gap is so big that it almost makes people despair.

Now that the European Space Agency is cooperating with CNSA, NASA is precarious, and it is estimated that it will be impossible to launch space activities in a short period of time. The other is the Russian Space Agency, which is still insisting on launching space activities independently.

On January 2032, 1, CNSA officially announced a news that CNSA officially built a medium-sized space station in lunar orbit, which will be used as a hub for the Earth-Moon communication system, and at the same time, it will allow astronauts to be on duty in lunar orbit for a long time. Learn about the space of the moon.

For a while, all eyes were on CNSA, and NASA engineers were extremely complicated.

At the beginning, in 2017, NASA and the Russian Space Agency signed a joint statement: they will cooperate to build the first lunar orbital space station, called the "Deep Space Gate", to explore the solar system in depth and send humans to Mars base of the moon.

As the name suggests, the 'Deep Space Gateway' will serve as a gateway to explore the lunar surface and the depths of space.Specifically, the two parties will jointly build a large living module, which can be used for long-term manned missions and scientific experiments. Its launch requires the use of the American Space Launch System's super-heavy launch vehicle and the Orion spacecraft.

Compared with the International Space Station, the Lunar Space Station operates in lunar orbit, not Earth orbit.At the same time, the lunar space station will also use more advanced technologies, such as the use of electric propulsion technology, and can be transferred between orbits near the moon, etc., which can be described as an upgraded version of the International Space Station.

This 'Gate to Deep Space' plan even gave a timetable. According to the plan, the early stage of the space exploration journey is divided into two parts: 'Gate to Deep Space' and 'Deep Space Spaceship'.

On the one hand, the two parties will develop and build the "Deep Space Gate" space station around 2026, and on the other hand, they will build the "Deep Space Spaceship" around 2030 and conduct a one-year Mars simulation flight in lunar orbit.

That is to say, the lunar orbital space station has been built as a transfer and supply station, and will be mainly used to test and improve the spacecraft for deep space exploration-deep space spacecraft.

It's a pity that this plan, in the turbulent international situation, the "Gate to Deep Space" is stopped every two years, and it can't go on at all.After all, one side is pressing every step of the way, and the other side wants to protect its own strategic bottom line. In just a few years, it is almost torn apart. Naturally, the cooperation with "Deep Space Gate" was suspended, shelved, and still stayed on the PPT.

It turned out to be a good thing, the 'Gate to Deep Space' was put on the shelf and stayed on the PPT. Huaxia was already building the 'Double Ring Space Station' and 'Moon Base' plans, and now it has a lunar orbital space station.

Of course, unlike the 'Gate to Deep Space', the lunar orbital space station is not a transfer station or a supply station, but a hub for astronauts to explore deep space in the space station for a long time. The hub, with the 'Double Ring Space Station' and the Lunar Orbit Space Station as the two starting points, realizes the exchange of information.

It is conceivable that the 'moon base' plan is not just talking, but it really needs to show its hands and feet, otherwise there is no need for the lunar space station as a hub station.

When the Dapeng aerospace plane officially took off with two space capsules on board, all the world's famous aerospace experts, professionals from aerospace companies, and managers in the aerospace field all set their sights on CNSA and the moon.

NASA, Satellite Control Center.

A meeting room, hundreds of people in this meeting room, the atmosphere of the scene is quite depressing, a pair of eyes on the big screen in the meeting room, converged into a point.

Everyone was staring at the same position, as if waiting for a result.

No one thought that Huaxia did not send the core module components of the space station to the lunar orbit through a super-heavy carrier rocket, but directly used the Dapeng aerospace plane to transport the core module components and went directly to the lunar orbit.

Although it is divided into three missions to build a lunar orbital space station, everyone feels terrible. Three missions can be built in less than half a month. A space station with a mass of 400 tons can be built. This kind of transportation and construction capabilities are absolutely Call it horror.

The success of this mission will not only make China the first country in the world to launch a space station in lunar orbit, but also the only country in the world that has been proven capable of constructing lunar orbits.

This is obviously not good news for NASA.

They originally proposed the "Gate to Deep Space" plan, which on the surface meant to explore deep space and contribute to the exploration of the depths of mankind and the universe. Own.

And once CNSA successfully establishes a lunar orbiting space station, then similarly, this lunar orbiting space station also has the ability to lock the moon and prevent other spacecraft from going to the moon.

Thinking about the gigantic "Double Ring Space Station" hanging above the earth's orbit, they felt that it was not a space station, but a sword of Damocles hanging above their heads, making them dare not sleep deeply , I am afraid that the next moment, the missile will bombard from above.

The atmosphere in the meeting room was terribly depressing!
As early as CNSA announced the news, NASA's earth satellites and moon observation satellites were tightly locked on to the lens. Although the satellites of the United States are not as advanced as China's, tracking and observation are still no problem.

"How long will it take to reach the lunar orbit?" NASA's new director Thomas asked in a deep voice. As a layman, Thomas was very painful when he was transferred to NASA. The entire NASA seems to be still there, but in fact it is no longer there. That said, it takes a lot of time and effort.

In the past nearly a year, NASA has not launched a satellite, which is a clear proof.

"According to our calculation and analysis, they still have about 10 minutes to reach the lunar orbit," Jackson, the director of the satellite control center, opened the folder in his hand and said quickly.

Originally, Jackson was just a staff member in the satellite control center. He was not outstanding. He worked conscientiously. With a salary of 10 US dollars a year, he supported his family. He was most afraid that he would be laid off suddenly, and then his house and car would be taken away by bankers. , his wife divorced him.

Unexpectedly, a storm swept through NASA, and a large number of people were investigated, reviewed, and arrested. As a result, he, an ordinary employee, was favored by the new leader and directly promoted to the director of the satellite control center.

"Jackson, I don't understand why it takes us three or four days to go to the moon and the earth-moon migration orbit, but it only takes eight or nine hours for CNSA?" Thomas said in a deep voice.

He studied business administration, but he didn't do very well later, so he joined politics and joined the campaign team. The leadership of NASA was swept away, and he also got the opportunity to be transferred to the director of NASA.

However, NASA is responsible for the aerospace field, which is highly technical. Thomas is a layman and doesn't understand it at all.The people he promoted may not necessarily have outstanding abilities, but they have a characteristic, that is, honesty and duty, not seeking merit but seeking no faults. At this time, nothing can happen again. Those people died before they died, but The person he promotes must not be tainted, otherwise he will not be able to sit securely in this position.

"Boss, this is because they chose a different earth-moon migration orbit. They have adopted electric propulsion technology. With advanced electric propulsion technology, they don't need to use the earth's rotation speed to accelerate, and directly abandon the traditional method." Jackson said. , Regarding this point, after continuous research, NASA already knows why CNSA can reach the lunar orbit in such a short time.

"Damn, this position is really like a fire pit." Thomas complained in a low voice. The level has been raised, but the pressure is also very high, as if sitting on a fire pit, and I don't know how many people are staring at him.

Coupled with the fact that Thomas is now in the eye of the storm, everything seems very cautious.

"Look, they have reached the orbit of the moon!" At this moment, a person yelled, and then saw the Dapeng aerospace plane cutting into the orbit of the moon in his own satellite observation. One step, CNSA is actually already half the success, the next step is to release the space capsule and let the space capsule connect and combine.

Unlike NASA's "Deep Space Gate" project, the "Deep Space Gate" is connected under the control of the ground command center, but Huaxia is different. Their astronauts and engineers are directly on the aerospace plane to carry out You can control it, and there is no problem of signal delay at all.

Seeing this, some outstanding astronauts who love spaceflight and have made remarkable achievements for their own space field can't help but shed tears from the corners of their eyes. They all know that once CNSA's lunar orbiting space station is successfully built, they will completely lose the moon, because They lost all the right to speak on the moon. You can only go if people are willing to let you go, and you can't go if they don't let you go.

Coupled with the 'Double Ring Space Station', the earth is simply locked. It can be said that they lost, and they lost in a mess!

(End of this chapter)