The start of science and technology
Chapter 48
Time flies, and two months pass in a flash.
During this period, Du Xingyu''s research progress on the lunar spacecraft has reached 71%, which should be completely completed in another month.
At this time, Huaxia space agency finally announced the updated space program.
In the plan, in addition to some meteorological and communication satellites, the most obvious is the plan to land on the moon this year!
Relevant departments have also issued a new message. In the future, the budget of 20 billion yuan will be increased every year for Aerospace Science and technology research and development, which will increase year by year.
In the previous decade, the cost of China''s national aerospace research was less than 50 billion.
In contrast, the annual budget of the US space agency is about $20 billion, and the budgets of the European Space Agency, the French space agency and the Russian space agency are a little higher than those of China.
As soon as the news was released, it immediately aroused widespread concern in the society.
People''s newspaper: "the Ministry of space announced the latest space program, and the moon landing program will be ten years ahead of schedule! The proposed plan: the annual investment budget for space research in the future will increase by more than 20 billion!"
Frost morning: "support!"
Black egg: "landing on the moon ten years in advance, 666!"
Little g: "it seems that the moon landing is coming!"
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With policy support, the lunar landing plan is also much smoother.
"Start the research and development of the last few parts. Now it should be... The research and development of lunar rover." Du Xingyu began to throw energy points into the science and technology simulator.
"Start rover simulation..."
The lunar rover will be the main vehicle for lunar astronauts on the moon, including light machinery, mechanism, remote control and so on.
Because of the large temperature difference between day and night on the lunar surface, the materials for manufacturing the lunar rover should also be specially designed. Fortunately, NASA has cooperation with hundreds of universities and thousands of enterprises in China. As long as there is a demand for materials, it can be arranged.
Due to the complex lunar gravity and surface environment, the performance of the lunar rover is stronger than the earth''s military off-road vehicle, and the lunar rover is also suitable for carrying the lunar module!
It is worth mentioning that in 2013, chang''e-3 launched by Huaxia space agency has sent an unmanned "Jade Rabbit" lunar rover to the moon.
Chang''e-5, which was last launched, also has a small unmanned lunar rover, which is responsible for collecting and transporting soil and rock samples on the lunar surface.
Du Xingyu''s research and development this time is a manned lunar rover driven by astronauts, which is relatively complex.
He directly imported the existing data of the Lunar Rover from the space agency. On the science and technology simulator, the research progress of the lunar rover soared to 75%.
"Considering the complex conditions such as entering the meteorite crater, the power of the battery engine is not enough, and the ejection system must be added..." Du Xingyu slowly improved the function of the lunar rover. "The main body adopts the folding design to save space in space transportation."
"The main car can take six people, so it also needs to design a folding container to transport materials."
"The payload must be miniaturized, so the installation and power problems of detection instruments and excavation samplers also need to be improved..."
With the investment of millions of energy points, Du Xingyu pushed the research and development progress of the lunar rover to 90%.
"The design of some system control parts has been completed... However, it is best to add two folding lunar motorcycles so that in case of any accident, astronauts can quickly rescue or deal with the crisis."
Du Xingyu continued to add the function of the lunar rover. A day later, he completely simulated the lunar rover.
"The main body design of the lunar spacecraft is basically completed, the main body design of the lunar module is also completed, and the accessories of the Lunar Rover are also designed. Next, only manufacturing is left." Du Xingyu knows that manufacturing is often more difficult than design.
At that time, he will have to use science and technology simulator to simulate, transform and design materials and manufacturing design.
The lunar landing engineering team began to frantically promote the manufacturing speed of lunar spacecraft... At the same time, the space administrations and scientific research institutions of other countries were not idle.
It is still the US space agency. After the world aerospace Congress, they announced three things at one time.
The first is to jointly build a new generation of space stations with other countries; The second is the American plan to return to the moon, which they call the "Artemis plan".
Artemis is the goddess of the moon in Greek mythology, which is used by the United States to distinguish the previous "Apollo moon landing program".
NASA announced to the world that the United States will return to the moon in the shortest time! They have this technology and strength!
Fifty years ago, the United States landed on the moon and succeeded in landing on the moon six times!
Today, space technology in the United States is more developed, and landing on the moon will be easier! This plan has been implemented. The blue origin company founded by American Amazon founder Bezos, as well as the space exploration technology company and American power systems company founded by musk will cooperate with the American space agency.
The third thing is that NASA officially announced its plan to land on Mars and began to recruit cooperative companies with related orders of more than several billion dollars. Top international aerospace companies including Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon also joined the competition.
NASA''s action is huge. Once it is announced, it will attract global attention!
On the Internet of the United States, there is a sound of celebration. The American people are proud of the strong Aerospace strength of the United States.
Even the owner of the White Palace proudly announced at the press conference: "we have been to the moon several times. Maybe we should go back to our hometown and tell others that there is already a master here."
The speech of the American boss naturally caused a huge debate. Scientists and space administrations of other countries criticized one after another, saying that the moon belongs to all mankind and does not belong to any country.
Of course, they also know that this thing can be said orally. Whoever has the ability to land on the moon, the resources of the moon are his!
Like the previous era of great navigation, it''s time to grab territory on the moon. Anyone who is a little late will be abandoned by the space age!
Star City near Moscow, Russia, where the Federal Space Agency is located.
"Landing on the moon is imperative!" romonosov shouted in the conference room. "The moon is not the property of the Americans, nor is it the property of the Chinese. There should be a space territory of Russia!"
"We want to get ahead of the United States and the Chinese space agency!" everyone was full of fighting spirit in the conference room.
"We also have moon landing technology!" one said. "If Korolev hadn''t died, we would have landed on the moon as early as the last century!"
During the space competition between the United States and the Soviet Union, the former Soviet Union also invested a lot of funds and scientific research to go to the moon.
Korolev, the chief designer of the lunar landing program, was a space hero of the Soviet Union. Under his plan, the moon landing rockets and spacecraft were only the last step.
But just before the implementation of the moon landing, Korolev died of illness, and the failure of the former Soviet Union to land on the moon has become a heart disease in the hearts of Russian astronauts.
In any case, they retained the technology at that time. After so many years of research and development, they are also confident to land on the moon.