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Meriken returned to the live room of the lunar rocket launch mission.

Its launch plan is also to launch two rockets in one day, and then make two sets of spacecraft dock in earth orbit, and then fly to the moon together.

The launch mode is exactly the same as Tianxia two weeks ago.

Not only is the launch mode the same, but the contents of the two rockets are similar.

The official SLS rocket of NASA is equipped with an Orion manned spacecraft and a small lunar orbital module.

The orbital module is five meters in diameter and five meters in length. It is not as large as the core module in Tianxia, ​​but it is enough to allow astronauts to move a little more.

Deep Blue Origin’s New Glen rocket is equipped with the "National Team" moon landing ship, which is not as powerful as the Navigator’s Benyue spacecraft.

In addition, their launch time is two weeks late, and the modes are all the same, so in the eyes of ordinary netizens, it is inevitable that they are inferior.

But there is one thing they are relatively strong, that is, two rockets can appear in one shot.

Both rockets were launched at the Kajiao Space Launch Center in Meriken, but at different launch positions, the two rockets can be framed into one lens by zooming out.

However, since the rocket hasn't launched yet, their live broadcast rooms are full of chats between Tianxia and Navigator.

There is no way, the "good show with Taiwan" version of the human landing on the moon has just begun. Just yesterday, the Benyue spacecraft returned from the moon docked on the Tiangong space station.

On the same day, an orbital shuttle refitted by Tianxia Aerospace Science and 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 for Tianxia to have an orbital shuttle. If you want to go to space, go to space. The reaction speed is too fast!"

"Yes, although our Adventure Star Skyplane is bigger, its response time is too slow. It is faster than traditional liquid rockets, but there is really no advantage in preparation speed compared to orbital shuttles."

"The three astronauts who are going to the lunar space station have already been stationed in the space station. They will adapt to the Tiangong space station for a week, and then go to the lunar space station to stay for a month and a half."

"Where is the leader, hasn't the identity of the mysterious astronaut been announced?"

"Not yet, very confidential."

"Looking at the news, there are really a lot of things brought back from the moon this time. The total amount of lunar soil and moon rock is about 1 ton, and the moon ice seems to have brought back half a ton. With the cooling device, the total is 1 ton. There are scattered minerals, iron, titanium, aluminum, potassium, rare earths, phosphorus, etc., and there are almost half a ton."

"Ah, now, is it calculated in tons to transport things from the moon to the earth?"

"One 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 on Tianxia is going?"

But this is after all the live broadcast of Merrican's space launch, so the topic finally returned to Merrican.

The data on the Orion manned spacecraft, the lunar orbital module, and the National Team Lunar Lander have been known for a long time. The main scientific research projects and missions of the return to the moon were also announced a few days ago. After discussing Tianxia and the Navigator Things, people began to discuss these.

But as long as there is data and there are devices of the same type in the world, there must be a comparison.

So while chatting, I unconsciously involved the leader.

No way, now the human aerospace industry can't get around the navigator.

People found that it is also a moon landing spacecraft, and there is a big difference between the national team moon landing spacecraft and the moon landing spacecraft.

The National Team has been said many times before. Although Deep Blue Origin has been promoting how advanced its moon landing spacecraft is, most people know that it is an enlarged version of the Apollo moon landing spacecraft, at best it is the first. On behalf of the moon landing spacecraft plus.

On the other hand, Navigator’s Flying Moon spacecraft is different, it is the real second-generation moon landing spacecraft.

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 fly to the moon and land after refueling in the earth's orbit.

In addition to being unable to land on the earth, it can be regarded as a "Earth-Moon System Ferry".

Said it is a ferry boat, that is because it can not only transport people, but also transport goods by pushing.

Returning to the moon this time means that in addition to sending four astronauts to the lunar space station and the lunar surface, it also needs to transport a section of the lunar space station cabin to the lunar orbit, relying on its own power for the entire process.

At this point, everyone knows the ability of the Moon Moon.

When it landed on the moon for the first time, its fuel was not used up at all, and it even took off into the lunar orbit without any problems, but it could not escape the lunar gravity and fly back to the earth, and it could not brake when it reached the earth.

The fuel supplemented in those few days is the fuel for the interstellar flight phase.

During the days of docking at the Tiangong space station, the navigator will bring the fuel up. Then the fuel tank and Benyue will be docked on the Tiangong space station, and the node cabin will be used to transport fuel inside.

Then Tianxia will launch the lunar space station cabin and dock with Benyue. From the perspective of the flight direction, Benyue is behind and the space station cabin is in front.

All that remains is to set off the ignition.

The National Team spacecraft of Deep Blue origin will not work.

Not to mention the ability to carry large cargo on its own, it doesn't even have the ability to fly back to earth orbit by itself, because its fuel tank is only so small, its power is so small, it can't hold excess fuel, and it can't provide strong power.

But anyway, it's good to be able to go to the moon.

As the launch time approached, people gradually stopped discussing, and they were all staring at 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 Orange Tank SLS.

Its load capacity is still good, and some modifications have been made to adapt to this mission.

It's just that it doesn't have the help of the navigator, so it has never recovered the rocket, one-time.

Really one-off. After launching this time, the Orange Tank SLS rocket will be retired, followed by Starship Rockets and Lindgren, 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 Tank SLS rocket was successful and successfully sent the Orion spacecraft and orbital module modules 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 now call the national team’s lunar landing equipment "lunar module", just like the original Apollo spacecraft The lunar module is the same.

In their determination, the first-generation lunar landing device is such a thing, and it doesn’t matter whether the big or small is big, and the second-generation lunar landing device should at least be similar to the moon landing spacecraft of the Moon.

Space docking technology is not a difficult task for aerospace powers, so the docking of the two sets of equipment in the earth orbit is very smooth. After checking again, there is no problem, the Orion spacecraft ignites and flies toward the moon.

Of course, those who watched the excitement were rejoicing, and the leader felt good after watching the live broadcast. He praised a lot of people, especially in the end, it was even possible to launch one day earlier. Very good!

It's just that no one told him that this was the result of extreme rush work.

The new equipment was brought over and installed and used, but the number of trials previously specified was not reached.

Engineers from other companies join the work process when they arrive, 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 goal of launching one day earlier, both the test intensity and the test steps were deleted.

Engineers want to keep improving, slow down, and come back a few more times, but the chief think tank can't wait.

"Why can the Navigator build so fast, test so little, and succeed every launch?"

"It's because it's different now from decades ago."

"The times have changed. We have updated technology, more accurate inspection tools and more efficient simulation systems. Some rigid and redundant processes are not needed at all!"

"Slow work and careful work is just a sophistry of insufficient ability!"