Chapter 1707 Moon Ambition
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After the Space Shuttle Future No. 1 completed the release of the space capsule of the future space station, and released hundreds of satellites of various sizes in one breath, it flew directly towards the moon.
The power system of the space shuttle is fully deployed, and it flies directly to the moon dozens of kilometers away from the earth's farthest synchronous orbit.
And the activities on the ground are all over here. In the future, space shuttle No. 1 will return to the earth after a month, during which time there will be a month-long manned interstellar voyage.
This also created the longest human space flight, and the last time was when American astronauts successfully landed on the moon.
The monitoring of the space shuttle on the ground is also over, and the projection screen of the augmented reality is also stopped.
Cai Ruichen did not continue to discuss technology with everyone, but let everyone move freely and visit all the equipment in the non-important areas of the entire space launch center.
Cai Ruichen returned directly to the base, and the next activities will be at night.
When Cai Ruichen returned to the base, the future No. 1 space shuttle was approaching the moon at a hundred times the speed of sound.
It only takes about three hours for the space shuttle at one hundred times the speed of sound to reach the moon, but in fact, the speed of the space shuttle is more than one hundred times the speed of sound.
Flying in space, because of the gravitational force between various planets, it can be accelerated with the help of the gravitational force of the planets.
Therefore, a hundred times the speed of sound is only a relatively basic speed for the space shuttle. If it is not for the excessive consumption of helium-III fuel at the increased speed, the time from the earth to the moon would not even take an hour.
If it is going to Mars, the future No. 1 space shuttle will return to the earth, and then go around in the direction of the earth's rotation in the orbit farthest from the earth's gravity. Like the hammer ball going out, under such gravitational acceleration, if the future No. 1 space shuttle can have enough helium-3, it will only take less than a month to reach Mars.
And the space shuttle with a total weight of tens of thousands of tons can carry enough cargo to meet the needs of immigrants from planets farther away.
This is the case that Cai Ruichen is unwilling to increase the power of the nuclear fusion reactor. If it is the limit speed, the speed can even reach a faster speed in the absence of air resistance in the starry sky.
In fact,
Under its own power, when the speed can reach one hundred times the speed of sound, it has completely exceeded the 60,000 kilometers per hour of the third cosmic speed. That is to say, without the need for refueling, the future space shuttle No. Take a flight away from the solar system and fly to the real galaxy.
And with the help of the gravitational effect between the planets, the speed can be even faster after leaving the gravitational force of the solar system.
This is the powerful charm of nuclear fusion power, but it is too difficult to realize.
At present, the Future Technology Group has no way to build a complete nuclear fusion reactor by itself, and all nuclear fusion reactors are still built at the base.
Entering the space field is of great significance to the base, and this significance is no less than a historic revolution.
Cai Ruichen, who returned to the console, also immediately established the connection between the space shuttle and the base.
This kind of establishment is not a simple communication establishment, but the connection of the whole system.
In fact, Cai Ruichen can completely override the flight of the space shuttle in the base, just like playing a video game.
But the space shuttle still needs someone to operate it. The people inside and the astronauts are all elites carefully selected from the Red Police Corps, and they are all the top technical talents.
Engineers account for a relatively large proportion, and other arms also have them. It is necessary to ensure that talents in every aspect can maintain normal navigation at critical times.
As for the stability of the equipment, this is what Cai Ruichen is most assured of. Although the future No. 1 space shuttle has never conducted a test flight, Cai Ruichen has always believed that the production of the base must be a high-quality product.
The future space shuttle is no exception. With an aircraft of tens of thousands of tons and such a complex construction, the base can completely guarantee that there will be no technical failures or equipment problems.
This time the space shuttle went to the moon with only one purpose, that is to go to the back of the moon and establish the first lunar base.
Tidal forces between the Earth and the Moon effectively slow the Moon's rotation so that the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth. The far side of the Moon is never fully visible from Earth (18% of the back is visible due to Libra), and is therefore called the far side of the Moon.
Looking up at the night sky, people can see the "beauty" of the moon. However, what people see is only the front side of the moon, that is, the side of the moon facing the earth. But the back of the moon has never lifted its mysterious veil.
NASA announced an "ambitious" plan a few years ago. In the next 10 years, the United States will send astronauts to the far side of the moon.
Under the plan, NASA will build the largest rocket ever built to help humans land on the far side of the moon.
The giant rocket responsible for transporting the mother ship and the lunar lander will dock with another small rocket carrying astronauts in Earth orbit. After successful docking, the astronauts will take the mother ship and go straight to the back of the moon, while the giant rocket will stay in Earth orbit. Fly around the earth.
The scale of this moon landing program is much larger than that of the "Apollo" program, and the entire program will cost about 56 billion US dollars.
NASA also plans to transport astronauts to the mountains on the surface of the moon and the south and north poles of the moon.
In doing so, the United States would create a system that would allow astronauts to go anywhere on the lunar surface.
Because the back of the moon is far away from the earth, it has always been an unknown and mysterious area. According to scientific observations, the back of the moon is covered with huge craters.
Under the technical conditions of the "Apollo" era in the United States, it was impossible to land on the back of the moon. What's more dangerous is that when the spacecraft lands on the back of the moon, it will lose radio communication with the earth.
My hometown is also in a hurry, and a satellite dedicated to landing on the back of the moon will be launched soon, and Chang'e-5 will be specially used to detect the back of the moon.
Chang'e-5 will realize four firsts since its hometown launched space activities: the first time to realize automatic sampling on the surface of the moon; the first time to take off from the moon's surface without a launch site; An unmanned docking in the orbit of the outer moon; the first time to return to the earth at a high speed close to the second cosmic speed.
The reason why countries are keen on the back of the moon is extremely simple, they all go for the isotopes on the north side of the moon, even Cai Ruichen is no exception.
(To be continued.)