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China Space Administration, a meeting is being held.

Qin Yuanqing was listening attentively. This meeting was about the lunar orbit space station project.

Since China established the Earth Space Station, the 'Double Ring Space Station' has continued to advance rapidly. Last year, it even achieved a manned moon landing. Whether to establish a space station in the lunar orbit has been put on the agenda. There is no doubt that compared with the 'Tiangong' No. 1 space station and lunar orbiting space station, at the same scale, the technical difficulty and cost will be much higher.

However, it is very necessary to build such a lunar orbiting space station, so that the lunar orbiting space station and the scientific research base on the lunar surface can form a mutual response. Once the lunar orbiting space station is completed, astronauts can directly work on the lunar orbiting space station. Going back and forth to the scientific research station on the lunar surface enables long-term work and mission execution, instead of having to return to Earth in a short period of time.

This lunar orbiting space station is named the ‘Moon Palace’ space station, which echoes the lunar surface base named ‘Guanghan Palace’ project.

It can be understood that the 'Moon Palace' space station is a transit station to the 'Guanghan Palace'.

With such a 'Moon Palace' space station, it will be relatively simple to develop the moon in the future.

Therefore, the three previous meetings have demonstrated from all angles that the Moon Palace space station is extremely necessary.

"I suggest that the core module of the Lunar Palace be sent up first this year. If the core module operates stably, the launch mission of the node module and work module will be put on the schedule as soon as possible!" A NASA director put forward his own suggestion.

The 'Moon Palace' space station does not directly go to the 'Double Ring Space Station'. After all, the cost of building the 'Double Ring Space Station' is too staggering, and the difficulty is too great. So from the beginning, the target of the 'Yuegong' space station was the 'Tiangong' space station.

The core module of the Lunar Palace is the core component of the entire lunar orbiting space station. It can provide multiple functions such as power supply, propulsion, navigation, communications, attitude control, temperature control, and pressurized microclimate environment.

In this regard, after the operation and testing of the Tiangong space station, the relevant technology has become quite mature.

In addition to the above basic functions, the outside of this core module is equipped with four spacecraft docking devices, which can dock with other work, experiments, and node modules.

The core module mainly relies on solar energy to provide energy. After all, the solar energy resources in lunar orbit are quite abundant, and this part of the solar power generation technology is already very mature on the Tiangong space station.

Of course, the controllable fusion device 'Golden Crow Device' could also be used, but this plan was quickly rejected. It is very simple. Even the small 'Golden Crow Device' provides still very large energy, and the 'Moon Palace' space station is too If it is small, only a small part of the energy can be used, and most of the energy will be wasted.

Moreover, in terms of cost, the ‘Golden Crow Device’ is also much more expensive. Overall, it is more cost-effective to use solar power.

After all, in technology, we never consider the most advanced, but the most suitable, and the most suitable is the best.

"After this period of demonstration, even if the existing technologies are mature technologies, the 380,000-kilometer journey still keeps the cost high. It is expected that the cost of the 'Yuegong' space station will reach 40 billion yuan, which is as high as that of the 'Tiangong' space station. The cost is about the same." A middle-aged man said in a deep voice: "According to the current CNSA funding, it is far from being able to complete the construction of this project. We need to apply for special funds from higher authorities and include them in the budget review of the March meeting. Otherwise, We simply won’t be able to launch the core module this year.”

As soon as these words came out, many people suddenly looked bitter.

Although CNSA's funding has grown very objectively in recent years, you must know that CNSA's aerospace projects are also divided into many parts. Moon-related aerospace projects are only one part. The expenses for lunar-related aerospace projects are quite limited, and most of them are used for Manned to the moon.

Now adding a "Moon Palace" space station will cost no less than 40 billion yuan. Even if it takes five years to complete, the average annual cost will be as high as 8 billion yuan.

Although after their argument, the 'Moon Palace' space station is very necessary, this is what they think and what they argue. Whether people outside believe it or not is completely different. The country can only allocate so much money every year. All walks of life across the country They all need money. If you take more, others will take less. It is not easy to compete for funds from others.

Look at the military in the past, in order to get more military spending, all kinds of misery, why the eighth master continues to serve, performing the old man's wretchedness. What kind of old warship that has been in service for more than thirty years is still emitting black smoke. Why is the army using old tanks to launch a desperate charge?

As for them, it is not easy for CNSA to increase some funds. CNSA's funds have continued to increase in recent years, but this has caused dissatisfaction among relevant departments.

The family is big and the business is big, but the landlord’s family has no surplus food.

Many people couldn't help but look at Qin Yuanqing, hoping that this god-level figure could help. Anyway, even the 'Golden Crow Project' and the 'Double Ring Space Station', such major projects of the century involving a cost of several trillion, have been completed, with a funding of 40 billion. It's not a piece of cake.

It's just that Qin Yuanqing already knew it in his heart, and looked like he was thinking about it, as if he didn't even see their bitter expressions.

To be honest, when talking about funding, Qin Yuanqing already knew the purpose of CNSA inviting him to participate in this meeting. Although Qin Yuanqing believed that the money that should be used for technical projects could not be saved, he did not want to be used as a gunman. What do you think? If you want to build the 'Moon Palace' space station, then you have to fight for the funds yourself, and you have to rely on yourself for everything. Then what value do you people have?

And to be honest, Qin Yuanqing believes that the value of the 'Yue Palace' space station is far inferior to that of the 'Tiangong' space station.

Not to mention that after the first phase of the 'Double Ring Space Station' project is completed, the 'Moon Palace' space station will be equivalent to being abandoned. Just say that after the aerospace plane officially enters service, the manned moon landing will no longer use a spacecraft like the Chang'e spacecraft, but an aerospace plane. Under such circumstances, the safety and speed will be greatly increased. The moon will become much easier, so the value of the Moon Palace space station will be greatly reduced.

However, Qin Yuanqing did not explain much. After all, he was the only one who controlled many aerospace technologies and aerospace missions. Moreover, this was not a matter of technical skills. It also involved many very complex games, and Qin Yuanqing was not willing to get involved at all.

Some people at CNSA felt quite sorry when they saw Qin Yuanqing like this, but they did not dare to say anything. After all, Qin Yuanqing's status was extraordinary. To put it bluntly, despite the fact that CNSA leads the country's aerospace work, But in fact, the power is far less than that of the 'Double Ring Space Station' command. In a certain sense, CNSA is under the jurisdiction of the 'Double Ring Space Station' command.

Once the "Double Ring Space Station" command headquarters document is sent to CNSA, CNSA must cooperate unconditionally and implement it unconditionally.

This includes the aerospace technology verification arranged by the 'Double Ring Space Station' headquarters for CNSA, as well as personnel deployment.

After all, even the top leader of CNSA only serves as the deputy commander-in-chief of the 'Double Ring Space Station', not even the standing deputy commander-in-chief.

After attending this meeting, Qin Yuanqing went to the space center. The next launch mission of the 'Chang'e' spacecraft has been arranged and will be held in December 2027. During this process, the 'Chang'e' spacecraft will be constructed and the rocket will be built. And the training and selection of astronauts for the Chang'e-2 spacecraft.

Compared with the first 'Chang'e-1' spacecraft, the 'Chang'e-2' spacecraft will have more and more arduous tasks. In addition to building a second scientific research station on the lunar surface, astronauts also need to bring back mined materials. Helium 3, and the construction of the corresponding communication base station. Once the construction of this communication base station is completed, it will lay a solid foundation for China's long-term scientific research activities on the moon.

At the same time, the Chang'e-2 spacecraft will initially use anti-gravity devices for manned landing on the moon. The anti-gravity devices will be applied to the spacecraft and scientific research stations on the lunar surface.

It can be said that compared with the manned landing on the moon by the 'Chang'e 1' spacecraft, the 'Chang'e 2' spacecraft will make a qualitative leap. The astronauts' stay on the lunar surface is expected to last for one and a half months.

There is no doubt that although NASA has been claiming that it is still the leader in the aerospace field, in fact, CNSA is the leader in the aerospace field. China’s aerospace technology is still developing at a rapid pace.

Once the Chang'e-2 spacecraft's manned lunar landing mission is completed and the corresponding technology is certified, the first aerospace aircraft will be officially built soon and enter the first flight process. It will start a two-year process before it is officially put into service. Testing, including various test flights, provides the basis for large-scale mass production of aerospace aircraft.

In Qin Yuanqing's view, this is business. As for the lunar orbiting space station, it is a somewhat informal matter. He can participate in technical discussions, but he is not willing to be used as a gun to apply for funds.

However, it is obvious that some people are still unwilling to give up and have begun to test public opinion. Space experts continue to appear on TV programs to publicize the necessity of the construction of the "Moon Palace" space station and how big a role it will play.

The result is that it has attracted great attention internationally. Everyone thinks that China is serious about it, continues to increase its investment in the aerospace field, and completely conquers the blue ocean of space, thereby winning the race for the future.

As a result, NASA, which had just begun to rejoice because the "Pathfinder" probe returned to the surface of the earth, suddenly felt uncomfortable. Damn it, you have finally completed the launch of a probe, and you have to build a lunar orbiting space station. Once After you build a lunar orbiting space station, it will not be easy to carry out manned lunar landings or lunar exploration in the future. After all, the commanding heights are controlled by others. To put it bluntly, they can choke you at any time.

And this kind of thing in space will choke you and make you powerless even if you want to be angry, because people have too many reasons, and these reasons make you invulnerable.