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Chapter 575 573.BFR
The heat of Houyi No. [-] seems to have passed so unknowingly.

Now, the eyes of the world are on one place - Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Vandenberg Air Force Base, located on the coast of southern California, is the largest rocket launch site on the West Coast and the second largest space launch center in the United States.

However, the reason why it is famous is not because of its size, but because the company SpaceX used this place as a launch site, where it successfully sent the "Falcon 9" into space, and carried 64 rockets in one breath. Satellites are launched.

Due to its special geographical location, it can launch high-inclination orbit and polar orbit satellites to the west, so it was selected as the space shuttle launch base on the west coast of the United States in 1972.

Unlike the Kennedy Launch Center, Vandenberg Air Force Base does not support civilian launches and is an experimental launch site for the Air Force.

however……

Well, SpaceX is not an outsider for what the military is not, is it?
At this time, in the southern area of ​​the Vandenberg Air Force Base, this huge monster is being erected on the newly built No. 972-S Space Launch Operation Platform.

It is a super-heavy launch vehicle that has only heard its name but has just been unveiled not long ago-"BFR Big Falcon One".

Or called StarShip, starship.

An unlucky name that was dissed crazily by fans.

Vandenberg Base has launched the American historical landmark Thor medium-range ballistic missile, and has also launched a number of Hercules launch vehicles, witnessing the most glorious moment of the United States.

Even SpaceX's Falcon 1 was successfully launched here.

Now, SpaceX is challenging the limit again, and the Falcon series rockets have returned to the global vision after a long time of disappearance, announcing to the world the ambition of the King of Aeronautics to return to the top.

Musk stood under the launch pad, looking up at the giant launch vehicle in front of him, with a look of satisfaction in his eyes.

Over the years, a large sum of money has been invested and countless time-consuming secret researches have not been in vain until now.

The White House believes that it is very necessary for them to show their strength globally as the global space exploration boom heats up.

But Musk doesn't think so.

For him, the so-called moon landing is just a child's play, and he and the consortium behind him are not interested in such a little bit of petty profit.

The abbreviation BFR of the Big Falcon series rocket belongs to the general name of a system, including BFR and BFS: Big Falcon Rocket BFR+ Big Falcon Spaceship BFS, which correspond to ITS launch vehicle + manned spacecraft respectively.

The BFR has a total height of 118 meters and a diameter of 9 meters.Whether it is in low-Earth orbit, or in the orbit of the moon or Mars, the maximum capacity of BFR can reach 100 tons.

Big Falcon Rocket BFR - 63 meters high, 9 meters in diameter, 31 Raptor engines.

Big Falcon Spaceship BFS - 55 meters high, 9 meters in diameter, 7 Raptor engines.

But this is not the full capability of the Big Falcon series of heavy launch vehicles.

The Super Heavy Eagle and StarShip, designed and designed by Diego, are currently the most powerful heavy-duty launch vehicles on Earth.

The total length can reach 130 meters, and the diameter of the first-stage rocket is 15 meters, which is a circle larger than the Saturn 5 that sent astronauts to the moon, and the rockets at all levels can be recycled and reused. The most powerful capability of the Falcon family of rockets.

Now this temporary mission is just to transport the probe, and there is no need to use the super heavy eagle for the time being.Of course, its mission is not to land on Mars, but to transport the "Yeti" space-based weapon platform.

Once the follow-up plan is implemented, it will carry this epoch-making industrial miracle into space, deploy it in outer space, and use hypersonic missiles to form a deterrent.

If necessary, they can also use small launch vehicles to carry the space-based laser weapons under development and even nuclear warheads to the platform to carry out precise strikes on satellites in space and any corner of the earth.

This is the true face of the Bingjing Project.

What is exposed today is only the tip of the iceberg.

Xihuang's achievements in space exploration, Houyi-[-]'s successful docking with the space station, intelligent robot-assisted space research...

One by one, this has brought tremendous pressure to the Pentagon.

Under constant pressure from the other party, Musk then unified the acceleration of the ice crystal project and released part of the news in advance, so as to show his muscles and fight against the news boom caused by Xihuang Aerospace.

The plan is crazy, but in order to maintain the advantage, you have to take risks.

Fortunately, this time it is only a tentative launch of the probe and the flight around the moon. For SpaceX, it is almost pediatrics.

"It's the moon again. Isn't it enough to fly around the moon last time? If you need a breakthrough, you should directly choose to go to the moon."

Diego came to Musk's side, his expression can be described in three words, that is "dissatisfied".

"It's just for errands, don't pay too much attention to it." Musk looked at the engineer next to him, and asked with a smile, "Are you ready to launch?"

"Yes." Diego nodded.

Musk has long been accustomed to Diego's indifference, so he jumped into the waiting car, and the group drove to the control center.

The launch control center was already overcrowded at this time. In addition to the staff of the Air Force Base and SpaceX, there were also many experts sent by NASA to assist. In order to maximize the success rate of this launch, they made the most adequate preparations.

At this time, the atmosphere in the launch center was a little tense.

Because of the need to compete with Xihuang, this launch also adopted the form of a full media live broadcast.

Absolutely not to be missed.

The preparations for the launch were completed, and through the large screen in the control center, they could clearly see the lonely BFR leaning on the launch tower.

Musk sat quietly in the position, his palms overlapped unconsciously, and quietly watched the commander announce that he was ready to launch.

"3..."

"2..."

"1..."

"emission!"

Musk raised his heart, and the others stared at the big screen with nervous expressions.

"boom--"

The rocket was ignited successfully, and the flames exploded suddenly, pushing the huge rocket to rise slowly beside the smoky launch tower.

Everyone's gazes rose as the rocket rose, and they didn't dare to breathe, as if they were afraid that the heavy breathing would blow out the flames.

Under the gaze of everyone, the BFR slowly lifted into the air, gradually accelerated, and gradually turned into a small black dot.Only when its shadow could no longer be seen on the ground did everyone relax a little.

The moon landing program once consumed a superpower.And now, the global public once again has the opportunity to witness a historic lesson that once happened.

They are all waiting.

Xihuang didn't respond, and even the ongoing space live broadcast marathon was not affected in the slightest.

As a result, the global atmosphere has become more and more delicate as the SpaceX lunar exploration rocket successfully entered the predetermined orbit.

Exploring the moon is just a prelude to landing on the moon.

How will Huaxia Company, which is surrounded by powerful enemies, react?

(End of this chapter)