Chapter 357 Slow work and careful work
Meriken returns to the live broadcast room of the moon rocket launch mission.
Its launch plan is also to launch two rockets in one day, and then two sets of spacecraft docked in Earth orbit and then fly to the moon together.
It's exactly the same as Tianxia's launch mode two weeks ago.
Not only is the same in the launch mode, but the things contained in the two rockets are similar.
The official SLS rocket of the SAFE is equipped with an Orion manned spacecraft and a one-small lunar orbital compartment.
The orbital cabin is five meters in diameter and five meters long, not as big as the core cabin in Tianxia, but it is enough to give astronauts a little more space to move.
The New Glenn rocket of Deep Blue Origin is carried by the National Team lunar landing ship, which is not as powerful as the Pilot Company's Penthouse spacecraft.
In addition, their launch time was two weeks late and their modes were the same, so it was inevitable that they would fall under the influence of ordinary netizens.
But there is one thing they are still relatively strong, that is, two rockets can appear in one shot.
Both rockets were launched at the Kaka Space Launch Center in Merecon, but at different launch positions, you can frame the two rockets into one lens by pulling the lens away.
However, since the Rockets have not been launched yet, their live broadcast rooms are full of chat content between Tianxia and the Navigator.
There is no way, the "Good Show" version of human moon landing has just begun. Just yesterday, the moon-span spacecraft returning from the moon docked on the Tiangong Space Station.
On the same day, an orbital shuttle modified by Tianxia Aerospace Technology Group took off and was also docked on the Tiangong Space Station and began to accept things brought back from the moon.
"I have to say that it is convenient to have an orbital shuttle in Tianxia. If you want to go to space, go to space. The reaction speed is too fast!"
"Yes, although our Adventure Star Skyplane is larger, its reaction time is too slow. It is faster than traditional liquid rockets. Compared with orbital shuttles, there is really no preparation speed advantage."
"The three astronauts who are going to the moon space station have already entered the space station. They will adapt to the Tiangong Space Station for a week, and then stay at the moon space station for a month and a half."
"Where is the Pilot's side? Has the identity of the mysterious astronaut been announced yet?"
"Not yet, very confidential."
"Following the news, there are quite a lot of things brought back from the moon this time. The total amount of lunar soil and lunar rock must be about 1 ton. It seems that the moon ice has also been brought back half a ton. With the cooling device, there are also 1 ton in total, and there are also some fragmented minerals, iron, titanium, aluminum, potassium, rare earths, phosphorus, etc., and there are almost half a ton of them."
"Ah, this? Is it a ton to transport things from the moon to the earth now?"
"1 ton of lunar soil? I don't know how many grams of helium-3 can be extracted, and I don't know where the nuclear fusion experiment in Tianxia has been carried out?"
But this is Mirecon's space launch live broadcast? So the topic finally returned to Mirecon.
People knew about the data of the Orion manned spacecraft, the lunar orbital compartment and the National Team lunar landing ship very early? The main scientific research projects and missions for returning to the moon were also announced a few days ago. After discussing Tianxia and the Pilot? People began to discuss these.
But as long as there is data and there are similar devices in the world? It is definitely necessary to make a comparison.
So while chatting, I unconsciously involved the pilot.
There is no way, now the human space industry cannot avoid the navigator.
People have found that the national team's moon landing spacecraft is very different from the moon landing spacecraft.
The National Team has been said many times before. Although Deep Blue Origin has been promoting how advanced its lunar spacecraft is? But most people know it? It is the enlarged version of the Apollo lunar spacecraft, at most it is the first generation lunar spacecraft plus.
On the other hand, the Pilot's Moon-Roading Moon Spaceship is different, it is considered the true second-generation Moon Spaceship.
It can not only land and take off on the moon, but also fly back to Earth orbit by itself without the power of a manned spacecraft.
It can also be refueled in the Earth's orbit before flying to the moon to land.
Apart from being unable to land on the earth? It can be regarded as a "earth-moon system ferry".
It is said to be a ferry, because it can not only transport people? It can also transport goods by pushing.
This time, it will return to the moon. In addition to sending four astronauts to the lunar space station and the surface of the moon, it will also transport a lunar space station compartment to the lunar orbit, and the whole process will depend on its own power.
Only then can everyone know the ability of the Moon Issue.
When it first landed on the moon, its fuel was not used up at all? It was fine even taking off into the moon's orbit. It was just that it could not fly back to Earth without the moon's gravity, and it could not brake when it was near the earth.
The fuel that was replenished in those days was the fuel for the interstellar flight stage.
After a few days of docking at the Tiangong Space Station, the pilot will transport fuel. At that time, the fuel tank and the Benyueqi will connect to the Tiangong Space Station, and use the node compartment to carry fuel internally.
Then Tianxia will launch the lunar space station cabin and connect the lunar moon to it. In terms of flight direction, the lunar moon is behind and the space station cabin is in front.
The rest is to set off for ignition.
The Deep Blue Origin National Team Spaceship is not good.
Not to mention carrying large cargo with its own ability, it does not even have the ability to fly back to Earth orbit, because its fuel tank is only so small and its power is so small that it cannot hold excess fuel or provide strong power.
But no matter what, it's good to land on the moon.
As the launch time approached, people gradually stopped discussing it and were all focused on watching the live broadcast.
The former Ace Pigeon SLS rocket was launched first because its first-stage core rocket was orange, so it was also called the Orange Can SLS.
Its load capacity is quite good, and in order to adapt to this task, some modifications were made.
It's just that it doesn't have the help of the pilot, so it never recycles the rockets, it's one-time.
It was a real one-time. After launching this time, the Orange Can SLS Rockets were retired, followed by the Starship Rockets and Lin Glenn, as well as some old rockets and new small rockets.
Of course, there is also the Adventure Star "Sky Plane".
The launch of the Orange Can SLS rocket was very successful, and the Orion spacecraft and orbital module were successfully sent into space.
After the three astronauts checked the equipment and reported that there was no problem, they landed on the moon... Oh, the lunar module, netizens have now called the national team's lunar equipment "lunar module", just like the original Apollo spacecraft lunar module.
In their recognition, the first generation of lunar landing equipment is such a thing. It doesn’t matter whether it is big or small. The second generation of lunar landing equipment must at least be similar to the lunar landing spacecraft of the lunar landing.
Space docking technology is not a difficult task for a space power now, so the docking of the two sets of equipment in the earth's orbit was very smooth. After checking again, the Orion spacecraft ignited and flew towards the moon.
Of course, the people watching the fun were excited. The commander also felt good after watching the live broadcast on the spot. He praised many people, especially in the end, he was able to launch a day in advance, which was very good!
But no one told him that this was the result of extreme rush work.
The new equipment is moved and installed and used, but the number of test runs specified previously did not reach the previous ones.
Engineers from other companies join the workflow when they come, and they are not familiar with the original engineers. New engineers work rigidly according to the instructions.
The final assembly test was done, but in order to achieve the purpose of launching one day in advance, both the test intensity and the test steps were deleted.
The engineers wanted to keep improving, slow down and do it a few more times, but the think tank of the commander could no longer wait.
"Why can the pilot build so fast, test so fewly, and succeed in every launch?"
"It's because it's different now than decades ago."
"Times have changed. We have updated technologies, more accurate detection tools and more efficient simulation systems. Some rigid and redundant processes are not needed at all!"
"Slow work produces meticulous work, just a quibbling of insufficient ability!"
Chapter completed!