Chapter 1230： back to the moon

In the history of human spaceflight, the only visit to an alien planet is to land on the moon!

The moon is the closest celestial body to human beings, only 380,000 kilometers away, and the reverie about the moon is also the most. The story of Chang'e is a beautiful legend.

If you want to land on the moon, what you need most is a large launch vehicle. The Americans succeeded because of the high reliability of the Saturn 5 rocket. The Soviet Union failed because there was no large rocket engine, and only small engines were used. In parallel, the complexity of the system has been greatly increased, and as a result, the launch has repeatedly failed and has to be terminated.

And now, the Soviet space technology has been further developed, and there is already an energy rocket!

In terms of direct data, the "Energy" carrier rocket is about 60 meters long, with a total weight of 2,400 tons and a take-off thrust of 3,500 tons, while the "Saturn 5" is about 110 meters long, with a take-off weight of 2,950 tons and a take-off thrust of 3,400 tons.

From this data, it can be seen that the total weight of the energy number is small, but the take-off thrust is very strong. Of course, all this is because the energy number appeared later, so the applied technology is stronger! The most important of which is his rd-170 engine, which is far stronger than the Saturn V's f-1 engine, and not only has strong thrust, but also the most important indicator: the specific impulse is much higher.

The Soviet Union is the first country in the world to conquer the oxygen-enriched supplementary kerosene engine. The rd-170 is his masterpiece. The advanced engine is the condition for the success of the Energy.

The carrying capacity of these two rockets in low-Earth orbit is about 100 tons, but the Saturn V used a three-stage rocket scheme for landing on the moon, while the Energy is a two-stage rocket.

It is normal to use the energy number to launch a spacecraft to land on the moon, and it can enter orbit at one time! At the same time, the technology of the Soviet lunar landing module was almost used.

In that year, in order to land on the moon, the Soviet Union did its best. The Soviets launched several lunar exploration satellites to analyze the lunar surface and find a suitable landing site. Wait, the Soviet Union has also made them, and they are waiting for the rocket to send them up. As a result, unfortunately, the rocket does not have this ability!

At the same time, landing on the moon also requires huge financial support. Back then, the Apollo program of the United States almost mobilized the power of the whole country and put 20% of the expenditure in this program.

And now, for the Soviet Union, the huge country has enough economic foundation to support them! If nothing else, just controlling the global oil supply made the Soviets the richest country! It can even be said that the extortion of funds from the United Kingdom was enough to complete the Soviet Union's moon landing.

Back to the moon!

The Soviet aerospace scientists sat together in the large conference room in the Kremlin. All of them were excitedly discussing. When they learned that the Soviets were going to return to the moon, they were extremely excited.

Especially for Chelomian!

Now, Che Luomian is the person in charge of the Soviet landing on Mars. Now, the landing of the unmanned probe has been successful, and the landing operation with humans will take several years.

During this time, a first lunar landing operation will be a rehearsal for landing on Mars, which will be of great benefit to them.

It's just that no one knows how huge the Soviets' mission to land on the moon is.

"Everyone, I called everyone here, mainly because I want to hear the analysis of the feasibility of our landing on the moon." Finally, after finishing other things, Andre came here, and the meeting was officially held.

"General Secretary Andre, more than 20 years ago, our moon landing plan had to fail because our space technology at that time was still flawed, especially, our rocket technology was backward, so We ultimately failed. And now, our space technology is developing rapidly, landing on the moon, we do not have any technical problems." Chelomian said.

There is no technical problem. Now, it depends on how confident the country is!

"If we don't just take off on the surface of the moon for a few hours or a few days, as the Americans do, but instead build a long-term manned base on the moon, just like our Mir. ?" Andrei said.

On the moon, build a base! Andre's words made everyone excited for a while.

The experience of the Mir combat space station shows that Soviet astronauts can live in space for a long time. Now, the longest time has been living on the space station for more than a year!

It can be used on a gravityless Mir, then has a lunar surface with one-sixth the gravity of the earth, so it is not difficult to build a base!

In the eyes of countless scientists, they are full of fantasies about space exploration. Space immigration and space colonization are what many scientists are looking forward to most. Now, finally, the Soviet Union is going to take the most important step, which is to establish a real base!

"If this is the case, then we must design a new lunar spacecraft that can take off and land on the moon, break free from the moon's gravity and come to Earth's orbit." Lightning Design Bureau, Blizzard Space Shuttle Now, Demenkiev, the head of the design bureau, analyzed: "We can't be like the American lunar module, and we can't be like the lunar module we designed before."

The Soviet Union designed the lunar module, but because of the limited thrust, the Soviet lunar module is quite simple and can only accommodate one astronaut. During the process of landing on the moon and taking off again, it is undoubtedly very dangerous. big.

Of course, on the other hand, the sacrifice is also the smallest. After all, when Armstrong and Aldrin landed on the moon, they were prepared. If the lunar module could not take off, they could only stay on the moon and wait. die.

And now, the advancement of technology has greatly reduced this risk. Since the requirement is to establish a base, then like the Mir space station, there is a means of transportation that can travel to and from the earth and space at any time!

"I suggest that we can use the Mir space station as a base." Chelomian followed up: "This kind of lunar lander, flying between the moon and the Mir space station, can greatly reduce the difficulty."

The gravity of the earth, so that most of the energy of the rocket is consumed in overcoming the gravity of the earth! If it is transferred from the space station, the difficulty will be greatly reduced!