Chapter 530

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SLS is the abbreviation of space launch system. SLS rocket is the mainstay of a series of heavy-duty rockets in the United States. Since the first successful launch test in 2017, SLS rocket has become a synonym for the super heavy rocket booster of the United States. The SLS is 122 meters high, with a maximum carrying capacity of 165 tons. This thrust exceeds any other carrier rocket in the United States, including the famous super rocket in the "Apollo program" - Saturn 5 number.

The goal of SLS rocket was very clear at the beginning of its birth, hoping to send human beings to the moon, especially Mars, through SLS.

Now, ten years later, SLS rocket technology is more mature.

However, 165 tons of strong transport capacity in the world can only rank second in the world, the first carrying capacity of the rocket is from Russia's "Angara a5g" super heavy rocket booster.

Today, at dusk in Florida, the SLS rocket will carry the 158 ton Noah core module into Earth's low earth orbit.

Under the global attention, the countdown of the last second resounded in the ears of all the American people on the scene. Subsequently, everyone saw the shocking scene of the moment when the launch site ignited. The speed of light was faster than that of sound. The fire and white smoke enveloped the whole launch site in an instant. Soon afterwards, the deafening sound and the frequency of earth tremor were heard To the people watching the perimeter of the launch site.

The SLS rocket slowly takes off, the afterglow of the sunset shines on the continuous rise of the super rocket, and the smoke ejected from the tail of the rocket in the sky and its shock.

All the American people on the ground cheered. The SLS rocket not only carried the 158 ton core module of Noah, but also carried the entire American people's "Mars dream".

The core module of Noah was sent to the established docking port in low earth orbit. In the next few months, it will orbit around the earth, because there are more flight groups to be sent into outer space to complete the assembly of Noah.

Three days later, Vandenberg Air Force Base on the west coast of California will also carry out a key launch plan. The famous Hercules heavy carrier rocket will send the Orion spacecraft into the orbital platform, and complete the rendezvous and docking with the core module of Noah, which has entered space.

The Orion spacecraft will become an important vehicle for landing on Mars, which can fly back and forth between Mars and outer space.

SpaceX's recoverable launch vehicle "Falcon" series will also be launched successively. These small and medium-sized launch vehicles will send another important component of Noah, centrifugal capsule, into outer space.

"Noah" also has a centrifugal gravity manufacturing chamber, which is naturally incomparable with the centrifugal gravity cabin on the "Tiangong ring orbit star harbor". However, centrifugal gravity manufacturing is an indispensable and important part. At present, the existing scientific and technological means can not achieve the artificial gravity system in theory, but it is not difficult to obtain centrifugal force by simple rotation, which is not a technical problem The question is mainly about how much to invest. But obviously, in addition to the nearly 20 billion US dollars allocated by Congress to NASA this time, and there are so many local technology giants involved, the money is certainly not a problem.

On the way from the earth to Mars, at the current speed of mankind, it will be a long journey of about half a year. During this period, it is not a good thing for astronauts or scientists on board to keep weightlessness.

SpaceX is not only responsible for sending the components of the centrifuge module into outer space one by one, but also responsible for all the fuel and supplies needed for landing on Mars, including the "beam inflatable capsule" produced by Bigelow Aerospace Company. In the construction of Mars sentinel base, the low-cost, efficient and convenient "beam inflatable capsule" is undoubtedly the best The choice of.

The recent frequent space activities of the United States have been seen by the world, and it is known that this space race will enter a white hot stage, and the media in the United States have made extensive reports on it.

On the other side of the Pacific, China's matrix CMSX and CNSA of the National Aeronautical administration did not stop. The so-called plan can't catch up with the changes has been confirmed again. Sometimes you can't play with a single machine if you want. This series of actions of NASA also put a lot of pressure on CMSX and CNSA. The United States has begun to set up Noah in outer space, and a series of progress, together with Sun Li, the core module and the Orion spacecraft, have been sent to outer space to complete space rendezvous and docking.

However, China matrix CMSX's "Tiangong ring orbit star port" has not been put into space, and the "Gemini project" has been announced vigorously, but it is an indisputable fact that there is no actual result. Numerous people and media at home and abroad are staring at him. It is impossible for Liu Yuliang to have no pressure. Although he can completely ignore it, it is obvious that in the final analysis, the invisible pressure brought by the outside world can not be ignored.

Just after NASA completed the Noah core module and Orion spacecraft successfully launched into space and completed space rendezvous and docking, a week later, China matrix CMSX and NASA CNSA finally made headlines under the global vision.Wenchang satellite launch base located in the South China Sea area, the first core module of "Tiangong ring orbit star port" will be launched at night. The rocket booster is the latest "long march series" carrier rocket independently developed by the Republic of China. It is also the largest thrust booster of domestic launch vehicle so far, which can carry 155 tons of materials or space station into the earth's near earth orbit berth 。 Although the carrying capacity of the SLS rocket is slightly inferior to that of the United States, considering that the country started decades later in the field of space exploration, it is enough for the world to look at such achievements.

After the specific launch date was announced, countless people or tourists came to the surrounding area of Wenchang launch base in admiration, and the tourists also carried out outdoor live broadcast. All these behaviors are permitted. All the people who come to the scene should observe the spectacular launch feast with their own eyes. In addition to the public and tourists, there are also press conferences from major media and newspapers around the world Situation report.

As the launch day approached, another piece of news immediately caught the attention of global vision.

On the same day that NASA launched the Orion spacecraft, Liu Yuliang had already taken a special plane under matrix technology to fly to Moscow, the capital of Russia, to discuss cooperation with Russian space agency.

On the 22nd, Liu Yuliang, on behalf of China matrix CMSX company, reached a huge deal of up to 2.9 billion US dollars with soenzev, general manager of Russia's State Aerospace affairs group and "energy" rocket aerospace group.

The second core module of "Tiangong ring orbit star port" under China matrix CMSX will be launched into outer space by "Angara a5g" super heavy rocket booster of "energy" rocket aerospace group. The second core module of "Tiangong ring orbit star port" weighs 178 tons. At present, only Russians can carry out this tonnage transportation capacity.

Lao maozi is the successor of the former Soviet Union, who inherited 90% of the former Soviet Union's "heritage". We should know that in the last century, the Soviet Union occupied a great advantage in the space hegemony struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union. Many human firsts were completed by it. The "upright" Soviet people apparently won the victory, but they were also "Yin" dead by the Americans. On the one hand, they were too poor to uncover the pot, on the other hand, they were hard to uncover the pot However, it is not surprising that they have devoted themselves to the military and space arms race.

The Soviet Union fell, but his technology was not lost. Basically, it was inherited by the Russians, and it has been developing steadily.

However, Lao maozikong has a whole body of technology, but no money is the eternal pain of "polar bear". The legacy of the former Soviet Union has always warned the polar bear, but now he can only be in this embarrassing situation. Kongzi has a powerful technology, but in this hot space race in the new century, he can only become the second echelon, watching others play happily, while he can only be reduced to eating melons The masses and Russians are sure to refuse to accept it, but they can also join the ranks if they are not satisfied. As long as you have money, however, the fall of the Soviet Union makes old maozi extremely shocked.

This time, Liu Yuliang went to Moscow and was ready for a massive hemorrhage. As expected, the lion's big mouth old maozi finally absorbed 2.9 billion dollars from CMSX.

China matrix CMSX once wanted to give up the help it sought from Russia to complete its own launch. However, the huge volume of the second largest core module is there. The current transport capacity of domestic rocket booster is really limited. The maximum capacity of "arc Hawk" space transport aircraft is 60 tons. Although it leads the world in small and medium-sized rocket boosters and American space shuttles, it is aimed at The goals are completely unequal.

CMSX scientists and engineers once suggested that the second core module should be divided into parts and put into operation through the "arc Eagle series" space transport aircraft and arc launch tower.

But the plan was quickly overturned because there wasn't enough time to split up on earth and regroup in space. This will overturn a lot of plans, which not only require a lot of energy, but also re design the entire core module. The situation is better than people, CMSX can only endure, cheap old maozi once.

In a few years, such a situation will not happen again when the super operation and investment ability of oneself is up.

The Russians are also interested in this point, knowing that there are not many opportunities. They can pit as many as they can, and there will be no chance in the future.

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