Rebirth of science and technology academic master - Chapter 684

c678 Lunar Orbital Space Station (Second update, please vote for me)

The commissioning of the 300-ton transport aerospace aircraft heralds a new construction climax for China’s “Double Ring Space Station” and “Moon Base” plans. Many materials, equipment and instruments that could only be launched by rockets in the past can now be Transportation via Dapeng aerospace aircraft is sufficient.

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

Due to the cooperation between the European Space Agency and CNSA, this year, two astronauts from the European Space Agency took the “Shenlong” space 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 to say that except for Chinese astronauts, astronauts from other partners cannot go. After all, there are many secrets during the construction period, and these secrets are not suitable for the outside world to know.

I don’t know how many people watch the news and are envious and jealous of China Aerospace. There is really a huge gap. The gap is so big that it is almost despairing.

Now that the European Space Agency is cooperating with CNSA, NASA is in a precarious situation, and it is estimated that it will be impossible to carry out space activities in the short term. Others, including the Russian Space Agency, are still insisting on carrying out space activities independently.

On January 1, 2032, CNSA officially announced that CNSA would officially build a medium-sized space station in lunar orbit to serve as a hub for the earth-lunar communication system and also allow astronauts to be on duty in lunar orbit for long periods of time. Learn about lunar space.

For a time, everyone’s eyes were on CNSA, and NASA engineers were extremely complicated.

Back in 2017, NASA and the Russian Space Agency signed a joint statement: They would cooperate to build the first lunar orbiting space station, called the ‘Deep Space Gate’, as a means to deeply explore the solar system and send humans to Mars. lunar base.

As the name suggests, the Deep Space Gate will serve as a portal to explore the surface of the moon and the depths of the universe. Specifically, the two parties will jointly build a large residential module that can carry out long-term manned missions and scientific experiments. Its launch will require 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 rather than Earth orbit. At the same time, the lunar space station will also use more advanced technologies, such as electric propulsion technology and the ability to transfer between orbits near the moon. It can be said to be an upgraded version of the International Space Station.

This ‘Deep Space Gate’ plan even gives a timetable. According to the plan, the early stage of the space exploration journey is divided into two parts: ‘Deep Space Gate’ and ‘Deep Space Ship’.

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

In other words, the lunar orbiting space station was built as a transit and supply station, and will be mainly used to test and improve spacecraft for deep space exploration – deep space spacecraft.

It is a pity that this plan, in the turbulent international situation, has stopped every two years and the “Gate to Deep Space” has been unable to proceed at all. After all, one side is pressing forward step by step, and the other side wants to protect its strategic bottom line. In just a few years, they almost fell out. Naturally, the cooperation on the ‘Deep Space Gate’ was suspended and shelved, and it still stayed on the PPT.

In the end, this turned out to be a good thing. The ‘Deep Space Gate’ was shelved on the shelf and stayed on the PPT. China was already building the ‘Double Ring Space Station’ and ‘Moon Base’ plans, and now it has also built a lunar orbiting space station.

Of course, unlike the ‘Gateway 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. This is only one aspect, and more importantly, it is an Earth-Moon hub, with the ‘double-ring space station’ and the lunar orbit space station as the two starting points to realize the exchange of information.

It is conceivable that the “Moon Base” plan is not just talk, but it must be really demonstrated. Otherwise, there is no need for a lunar space station as a hub station.

Just when the Dapeng space plane officially took off with its two space capsules, 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.

There were hundreds of people in a conference room. The atmosphere was quite depressing. A pair of eyes converged into a single point on the big screen in the conference room.

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

No one thought that instead of sending the core module components of the space station to the lunar orbit through a super-heavy launch vehicle, China directly used the Dapeng aerospace plane to transport the core module components directly to the lunar orbit.

Although it takes three missions to build a lunar orbiting space station, everyone feels terrible that a space station with a mass of 400 tons can be built in less than half a month after three missions. This kind of transportation and construction capabilities are absolutely It can be called terrifying.

If this mission is successful, China will not only become the first country in the world to launch a space station in lunar orbit, but will also become the only country in the world with proven lunar orbit construction capabilities.

This is obviously not good news for NASA.

They originally proposed the “Deep Space Gate” plan. On the surface, it meant exploring deep space and contributing to human exploration of the deep and the universe. In essence, they hoped to directly lock the moon through the “Deep Space Gate” and occupy the moon as a own.

Once the CNSA successfully establishes a lunar orbiting space station, the lunar orbiting space station will also have the ability to lock the moon and prevent other spacecraft from going to the moon.

Thinking about the huge thing of the ‘Double Ring Space Station’ hanging above the earth’s orbit, they felt that it was not a space station, but the Sword of Damocles hanging above their heads, making them afraid to sleep deeply. , for fear that in the next moment, missiles would bombard them from above.

The atmosphere in the conference room was horribly depressing!

As early as CNSA announced the news, NASA’s earth satellites and lunar observation satellite lenses were firmly locked. Although American satellites are not as advanced as China’s, tracking and observation are still no problem.

“How long will it take to reach the lunar orbit?” Thomas, the new administrator of NASA, asked in a deep voice. As a layman, Thomas was very painful when he was transferred to NASA. The entire NASA seemed to be still there, but in fact it was no longer there. Reorganizing NASA was not It’s just talk, but it requires a lot of time and energy.

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

“According to our calculations and analysis, they have about ten minutes to reach the lunar orbit,” Jackson, director of the Satellite Control Center, opened the folder in his hand and said quickly.

Originally, Jackson was just a staff member at the satellite control center. He was not outstanding. He worked conscientiously and earned a salary of US$100,000 per year to support his family. He was most afraid of being laid off suddenly and having his house and car taken away by bankers. , his wife divorced him.

Unexpectedly, a storm swept across 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 was 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 move into the Earth-Moon Migration Orbit, but CNSA only takes eight or nine hours?” Thomas said solemnly.

He studied business administration, but later he really didn’t do well, so he went into politics and joined the campaign team. He worked hard along the way, and he also received generous reports. First he went to serve as the director of a department. As a result, a storm at NASA almost The leadership of NASA was wiped out, 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 does not understand it at all. The people he promoted may not necessarily have outstanding abilities, but they have one characteristic, that is, they are honest and do their duty. They do not seek merit but seek no faults. Nothing can happen again at this time. Those people who died in the past will die, but The people he promotes must not have any stains, otherwise he will not be able to sit firmly in this position.

“Director, this is because they have chosen a different Earth-Moon migration orbit. They have adopted electric propulsion technology. With advanced electric propulsion technology, they do not need to rely on the earth’s rotation speed to accelerate and directly abandon the traditional method.” Jackson said , regarding this, 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 had been improved, but the pressure was also great. It was like sitting on top of a fire pit with countless people staring at him.

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

“Look, they have reached the lunar orbit!” At this moment, a person shouted, and then he saw the Dapeng space plane cutting into the lunar orbit in his own satellite observation. Everyone knew that when they arrived here In the first step, CNSA is actually half successful. The next step is to release the space capsule and allow the space capsule to be connected and combined.

Unlike NASA’s “Deep Space Gate” plan, “Deep Space Gate” is connected under the control of the ground command center, but China is different. Their astronauts and engineers conduct the connection directly on the space plane. Just control it, there is no signal delay problem at all.

Seeing this, some outstanding astronauts who love aerospace and have made remarkable achievements in their own aerospace field couldn’t help but shed tears. They all know that once CNSA’s lunar orbiting space station is successfully built, they will completely lose the moon because They have lost all right to speak about the moon. You can go only if they are willing to let you go, but you cannot go if they don’t.

Coupled with the ‘Double Ring Space Station’, it simply locked the earth. It can be said that they lost, completely!