Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

As the last sheet of alloy was welded, the robotic arm extending outward from the Lunar Palace was finally retracted, and the true face of the entire colonial vessel Xufu was finally displayed in front of the world.

Overall, it's shaped like a light-headed dumbbell.

The larger one, on the front end, is the core area of the entire colonial ship - that is, the part of the colonial compartment that has not yet begun. The smaller end is located on the back end and consists mainly of a complex and sophisticated array of space components, such as power systems, interplanetary communication systems and energy units.

When the colonial ship enters the Mars orbit, the massive front-end structure will act as a separation from the entire colonial ship and head toward the Mars surface with the help of a chemical thruster.

The remainder will remain in Mars orbit as communications satellites and meteorological observation satellites, providing at least two decades of interplanetary communications, meteorological observations, positioning and navigation services for the ground colonizers, etc.

Although this design does not conform to aerodynamic principles, it is natural that these things need not be considered in space. Instead, this unique design makes it look like a cyberpunk.

Looking at the magnificent ship, Professor Pearson, standing next to the starboard window, had lost his words in surprise and it took a while to mutter to himself in a difficult tone.

“How many tons does this take...”

“I don't know...” Professor Yan Xinxue said with a shocking look on his face, swallowing his mouth spit. "But look at this volume, it has to be twice the size of the Xuanqiao, at least twice the tonnage, right? Forget it, I'm still not guessing... I'll wait and see tomorrow's news. ”

It wasn't just the crew on the Lunar Palace who were shocked.

There are also astronomical observers from the Arizona Astronomical Observatory, as well as astronomical observatories located in other countries that are tasked with tracking the ignition plans of China.

Since the establishment of the Guangdong Special Administrative Region, almost the vast majority of countries and organizations that have established trees in the field of space have upgraded the lens of optical observation satellites in order to learn from the successful experience of the Moon ascent project in China.

Even if you can't get there for the time being, you have to find a way to steal something from Guangdong City and the Moon Palace.

And that's why the action on the Lunar Palace naturally didn't escape their eyes.

Both the flexible robotic arm and the huge size of the finished assembly called the Xu Fu shook their eyes.

This is probably the largest spacecraft in human history with long-range navigation capability, and if you compare the Apollo and BFS spacecraft to the Gallen and Windseal warships of the Great Navigation Period, then this Xufu is like a carrier sailing in space.

If anyone has doubts about the success of this firing program before...

Almost no one will suspect that this expedition, which has a total cruise of more than tens of millions of kilometres, could fail in any way.

Just as the space agencies who had the privilege of witnessing the scene were shocked by the amazing operation on the Moon Palace, the atmosphere on this side of the Golden Mausoleum Space Launch Center was also a hot sight.

Almost as soon as the news of the successful “groundwater” of the colonial vessel Xu Fu returned to Earth, exciting cheers erupted within the ground command centre.

Whether it's the staff standing in front of the console or the central television and media reporters waiting by their side, everyone's face is filled with excitement and joy.

A lot of people wave their fists excitedly, unable to control the excitement in their hearts, or even take off their hats and throw them on the ceiling.

Successfully assembled the colonial ship Xu Fu!

The first phase of the Manned Fire Program was successfully completed!

While this is only a small step towards Mars, it is also the toughest one. In the future, all they had to do was load the astronauts and the materials needed for the colonial production of life onto the colonial ship and ignite the colonial ship's engines, so that they could wait for the good news to come from tens of millions of kilometres away.

“Everything is ready. We only owe the east wind. ”

With a comforting smile on his face, the Ark looked at the large spacecraft landing on the large screen in the command room and smiled and said, "The next step is to send our astronauts up. ”

Staring at the magnificent starship on the screen, Director Li's face had an unfailing look and couldn't help but say.

“How much do you think this thing has to weigh? ”

“Almost 500 tons. ”

Upon hearing this number, Director Li took a hiss and said.

“Five hundred tons… this is faster than the near-Earth orbit payload of our Long March series of rockets, all added up! ”

“Tonnage means nothing, not to mention any comparability between chemical rockets and starships. For the Xu Fu, these 500 tons are just net weight. When our astronauts board, the ship will be replenished and the weight will exceed a thousand tons.”

Speaking of which, the Ark laughed and looked at the command room screen, continuing with some divine tone.

“… but it won't take long, and the kiloton scale is nothing. ”

“Subsequent spacecraft scores are discussed in two scenarios, one for aerodynamically designed spacecraft sailing between near-Earth orbit and the surface of the planet, and the other for large- and medium-sized spacecraft travelling only outside the atmosphere. ”

“The former, our Jinling high-tech park, has come to the forefront of the world, and the latter, when our Guangdong District develops and moulds, let alone thousands of tons, even tens of thousands of tons and millions of tons of giant ships, will not talk! ”

Tens of thousands of tons of spacecraft…

When he heard this, Director Li opened his mouth and his chin didn't close for a while.

Even the biggest rocket in human history, Saturn Five, weighs only 3,000 tons from head to toe. And that rocket, when it stood up, was a hundred meters tall!

Thousands of tons of spacecraft have approached the boundaries of his imagination, and as for tens of thousands of tons of spacecraft, he can't even imagine what that would look like.

As for the million tons mentioned behind the ark...

And he totally ignored it.

Looking at the ground command center that had been plunged into the ocean, the ark did not take care of Director Li, who had been surprised that he could not speak, but looked at the standing director beside him and said.

“The final launch mission is ready to begin. ”

“If a reporter from Central Television is going to interview me later, you can handle it for me, or let them wait for me in my office for a while. ”

“I'm going to the bathroom. ”

Go ahead, the ship turned away from the ground command centre.

However, when he had just arrived on the first floor and was about to turn to the bathroom for a moment, he saw Director Li chase him from upstairs.

At first, the ark didn't care, just because the old man wanted to be convenient, he didn't care about him.

However, when he came out of the bathroom, he found himself walking somewhere, and the old man followed him not far behind.

Finally, the ship stopped and turned around to ask.

“Is there something wrong with you? ”

I have no idea how lame the level of my tracking is.

Arrested a serious Director Li, also tried to argue cunningly, pretending to be foolish.

“Ah? What... what is it? I just walk--”

“You're almost a mile away from me, is that what you call walking? ”

Seeing that he couldn't keep it from himself, Director Li finally gave up his cunning argument and coughed up.

“Well, Master Lu...”

“What's the matter? ”

“Have you been doing well lately? ”

“It went so well. ”

“On the emotional side? Is there a conflict with your… object? ”

“No.”

“What about mood? Is there anything I can't think of? ”

Upon hearing this, the expression of the ark suddenly grew more serious.

“I'm in a terrible mood, and if you circle with me again, I may not be able to think about it at any time. ”

Upon hearing this, Director Li seemed to finally realize how bad his behavior was, and the expression on his face gradually became embarrassing and he was embarrassed to say it.

“Nothing really happened on my side… just a while ago, I heard the Permanent Director say that you changed the number of the first colonizers of the fire plan from three to five? ”

“… so what's the problem? ”

Reading the speechless expression on the face of the ark, Director Li waved his hand and said with a smile.

“No, no, no problem! I'm sure I support you! It's the one where conditions on Mars are tough and, most importantly, insecure. You also know that only astronauts who have been rigorously screened and trained will be able to perform this dangerous task. Even if you may be interested in it, my advice is to wait until the time is right to consider it. ”

Speaking of which, the old man changed his tone of negotiation.

“Why don't you… think about it and go for a spin on the moon? It's fun there, too. ”

Ark: “…? ”

What the fuck?