Chapter 1095 Successful Return

Qin Tao smiled helplessly. Max had been in the East for many years and could already speak the Eastern dialect proficiently. At the same time, because he had many old men under his command, he could also communicate in Russian. However, these were only used for communication and were not It is not used to learn the history and culture of a country.

Max didn’t know much about the history of the East. Although he had gone to see the Terracotta Warriors and Horses, he only had a quick look at them. As for the mythical figures of the East, he knew very little about them. Of course, he knew about Chang’e and the Jade Rabbit, otherwise he wouldn’t have given them to him. His own moon landing was named the Chang'e Project.

However, no matter how much, I don’t understand.

"In our ancient legends, Wangshu is the goddess who drives the moon, so Wangshu is referred to as the moon. As for the chariot, it is an ancient means of transportation in the East. After Xi Zhong of the Xia Dynasty built a chariot, there were chariots in the East. , now, this Wangshu chariot means the chariot on the moon.”

After hearing Qin Tao's explanation, Max nodded: "Okay, let's call it this, Qin, and follow the plan you said!"

Although the Americans have already built a lunar rover, an Eastern lunar rover must have Eastern elements in it, and its name must be Eastern. The vehicle must be full of science fiction. Max has a hunch that this kind of vehicle will definitely become the moon. Get on state-of-the-art transportation!

Max was relieved when he handed the car over to Golden Sun Company. He believed that Golden Sun Company would not let him down and would definitely be able to build an advanced lunar rover!

He has to manage the base, but the base can be put away first. After all, the previous few moon landings were all about going to the lunar rover at most, and the construction of the base is still behind.

However, there are still many projects for him to worry about.

"The lunar extravehicular spacesuit is in the development stage. I hope the relevant departments can seize the time and not delay our Chang'e plan." Thinking of this, Max continued: "Mr. Qin, every time I go to urge them, I still want to quarrel with them. Please coordinate."

Starship Company is only responsible for building rockets and spaceships. It is already too busy and they cannot take care of other projects. Although they have always announced that they will develop space suits, they have never officially developed them.

In previous space activities, they used astronauts trained by the national team and spacesuits developed by the national team. Even the extravehicular spacesuits were developed by the national team.

But now, if we want to go to the moon, we can’t use the previous one, we have to improve it.

There are several types of space suits. Among them, the ones inside the cabin are the simplest. They are mainly worn when the spacecraft is launched, returned, and in the event of an accident such as depressurization of the closed cabin during orbit. The most important function of this kind of space suit is to pressurize and pressurize. , this is also the result of bloody lessons. A similar accident occurred in Lao Maozi's spacecraft back then, resulting in the death of all three astronauts after returning.

The extravehicular space suit is complicated. In fact, it can be said to be the smallest manned spacecraft. In addition to having all the functions of the in-vehicle space suit, it also has added functions such as radiation protection, heat insulation, micrometeorite protection, and ultraviolet protection. It has to have a liquid cooling system, which is relatively bulky, and there is also a backpack-type life support system at the back.

So, is there any difference between an extravehicular space suit and a space suit used for landing on the moon?

Of course, there is no need to walk in the extravehicular spacesuit, and the feet are suspended in the air, but for the moon landing, you have to jump and walk on the surface of the moon, so you need soles. It would be tragic if it was punctured by a hard rock.

At the same time, micrometeorite impacts on the lunar surface will be more frequent, so the outer layer needs to be harder. At the same time, in order to avoid contamination with tiny fragments of lunar soil, dust-proof components are also required.

Therefore, space suits for moon landings must be specially developed, which takes time.

Max is impatient and can yell or even curse at his subordinates, but this space suit is for people to help research, and if he has a bad attitude, conflicts will easily arise.

"Okay, let me ask for you." Qin Tao nodded. He knew that the relevant domestic departments must also be working hard on research and development, and they would never be held back. It must be too technical and has no results for the time being.

On the surface of the moon, the Dragon spacecraft continued to orbit. On the eighth lap, Zhao Dong began to prepare for return.

"Qiao Busi, it's time for us to say goodbye to the moon."

"Really? It's really too fast!" Qiao Busi said regretfully: "I really want to go up and have a look!"

Some things are just like that when you haven't done them. But if you do them and find pleasure, you will think about trying them again. With this experience of space flight and orbiting the moon, Qiao Busi has a deep love for the moon. I am even more interested and look forward to one day being able to actually step on the moon. Even if I spend hundreds of millions of dollars, it is still worth it!

There was nostalgia on Qiao Busi's face, feeling the spacecraft start up. As the engine behind them spurted out blazing flames, they began to accelerate on the moon's orbit. The original circular orbit turned into an ellipse, and then they headed straight for the earth and moon. At the gravitational equilibrium point, they embarked on their return journey!

The Capital Aerospace Measurement and Control Center is a busy scene. The aerospace measurement and control ship sailing in the Pacific is closely tracking the trajectory of the spacecraft to ensure that it is sailing correctly. This is a matter of thousands of miles. If it flies on the wrong track, more will be wasted. of fuel, and may not even come back.

But so far, everything is normal.

"Track tracking normal!"

"The spacecraft has passed the gravitational equilibrium point!"

"The spaceship is accelerating towards Earth!"

As reports came one by one, Max's nervous expression gradually relaxed. He certainly knew that this launch was a bit hasty, but as a private enterprise, they had to race against time!

The spacecraft entered the Earth's orbit, changed from an elliptical orbit to a large circular orbit, and then continued to slow down and entered the atmosphere.

Grassland recycling site.

"The United States' spacecraft recovery is generally designed to be at sea, which is a manifestation of immature technology. We designed it to be recovered on land, which is perfect." Max said to Qin Tao beside him while waiting for the spacecraft to return.

The land is hard and the ocean can buffer, so the US spacecraft splashed directly into the sea, which can reduce the technical complexity, but this is not the main reason why the United States chooses ocean recovery.

It's mainly convenient. There are oceans on both the east and west sides of the United States, and many recycling sea areas can be designed. Moreover, the United States has a strong navy and a strong maritime rescue force.

For example, when the Mercury flight plan was first implemented, they designed 32 planned splashdown areas and 51 emergency splashdown areas, and 171 aircraft were deployed at 30 airports and 2 aircraft carriers around the world. Recovery could be completed in any sea area around the world. As for the later Apollo spacecraft, 4 sea landing sites and 4 emergency splashdown areas were designed, and the main landing site deployed aircraft carriers, 3 helicopters, and 2 aircraft.

Neither the East nor the Russians have this advantage. Both countries are traditional land powers. If they want to splash down at sea, they can't find a suitable splashdown area. When launching a carrier rocket into the Pacific Ocean, the equipment cabin was almost salvaged by others. If the launcher landed at sea, it might be taken away by others first, which would be embarrassing.

Therefore, both countries use land recovery.

Compared with recovery at sea, the biggest problem of recovery on land is the last step of buffering. When the spacecraft is brought down by parachute, the final landing speed is still very high, so when it is one or two meters away from the ground, there will be a recoil rocket ignited to further reduce the speed and land smoothly.

However, for the Dragon spacecraft, it is not so complicated. After the previous test flights, the eight engines on the side walls of the Dragon spacecraft have been proven to be stable and reliable, so it does not need to use parachutes in space, and can completely use this side wall engine to land.

Of course, there are parachutes, which is a double insurance.

After Max finished speaking, he raised his arm and looked at his watch: "The return time is still too slow, Mr. Qin, do you think we can use the return mode of the old Russians?"

The national team's Shenzhou spacecraft initially used an 11-circle return mode, which took 16.5 hours to land. Later, it used a 5-circle high-speed return mode, which only took 9 hours for the whole process. From the sky to the ground, nine hours is not much.

However, it is incomparable with the Russians. The fastest return record of the Russians is 3.5 hours. The fighting nation is really not covered. They are anxious to return home and return directly by ballistic means.

But is this method good?

Of course not. Once an accident occurs, it will be difficult for gods to save it.

In later generations, the beautiful astronaut Li Suyan trained by South Kimchi was ruined in this way. The original ballistic landing method had a gravity acceleration of about 7G, but this time it was not well controlled, so the gravity acceleration was as high as 10G. It can be seen that it is necessary for astronauts to receive training exceeding 11G during training. However, it is still too big for the delicate South Kimchi astronauts.

The landing point also deviated 420 kilometers from the scheduled landing point. When Li Suyan was carried out of the cabin, she felt that her whole body was ravaged and fell apart, and there was no way to continue to participate in the subsequent reception, etc.

The normal return time of the Dragon spacecraft is 6.5 hours, which is already a relatively radical plan. The Russians still cannot learn many things.

Compared to the several days of orbiting the moon, this little time to go home is worth waiting.

The sound of the radio floated over the landing field.

"The target has entered the ionosphere."

"The target has restored communication and the signal is normal now."

"The target is still landing!"

"The landing engine has started, and the deviation from the landing point is expected to be within five kilometers!"

If it is an ordinary parachute landing, the landing point deviation will indeed be large, because this thing is completely uncontrollable, but using the engine is different, it has a precise landing function.

In the return capsule of the spacecraft, Qiao Busi was still a little frightened. Just after entering the atmosphere, he clearly saw the flames burning outside the porthole on the screen. Will this spacecraft become a meteor? Until now, I finally saw the blue sky and white clouds, and I felt relieved.

Well, I'm back safely.

The landing was so smooth that Qiao Bushi didn't even know the spaceship had landed. When he saw the screen in front of him turn black, he shouted anxiously: "Zhao, what's going on? Did the spaceship system stop working?"

"It has landed. All we have to do next is wait." Zhao Dong said: "The rescue team will arrive in about three minutes."

In less than three minutes, as soon as he finished speaking, there was a noise from the hatch. A minute later, the hatch opened, fresh air poured in from outside, and a person's head appeared there: "Are you all right?"

"We are fine. Mr. Max, I didn't expect you to come in person." Qiao Bushi was very surprised.

"Yes, I want to be the first person you see when you return to Earth. Don't move by yourself. Wait for our people to carry you out!"

Qiao Busi was carried out first, followed by the remaining two people. When Qiao Busi came down, he wanted to take two steps, but he tripped and almost fell just after taking a step, so he had to sit down.

The three of them sat together, with the burnt Dragon spacecraft behind them, facing the camera lens.

Click, click!

The first circumlunar flight of the Chang'e Project was a complete success! The three astronauts have successfully returned! The news quickly spread around the world.

The three took a passenger plane back to the capital, where a large number of reporters were waiting.

"Mr. Qiaobusi, do you have anything to say about this space trip?"

"For me, this is an unprecedented experience. When I looked at the earth from the lunar orbit, at that moment, I felt like I was on earth!"

This is a real perspective from the earth. Even astronauts on the space station will not have this feeling. After all, the space station is too close to the earth to see the whole picture of the earth. Only when you reach the lunar orbit can you see the whole picture of the blue planet, just like looking at the moon from the earth. This feeling is very strange.

"Do you regret not stepping on the moon?"

"Yes, it is a pity, but after returning to Earth, I will continue to exercise actively and strive to buy a ticket in the manned lunar landing program. I want to stand on the surface of the moon myself! No, I want to be the first to go down, I want to be the first person to step on the moon!"

"Mr. Qiaobusi, are you overlooking something? The first person to step on the moon was Armstrong."

"Who is Armstrong? I don't know." Qiaobusi said: "There is nothing over the Sea of ​​Tranquility!"

This remark spread all over the world and to the United States. People at NASA were furious. If someone else had slandered them, it would be fine, but now it was Americans who said such words!

"The current polls show that no more than half of the people think we have landed on the moon." Rust said angrily: "Most people think that our moon landing is a hoax. Ladies and gentlemen, we should provide more evidence to tell the world that we have landed on the moon!"

"What evidence?" Casey said: "Is it those documentary films? Films can be faked! Moon soil? It can also be faked! The parties involved? Even if the parties involved are still alive, they can lie!"

When Casey said this, he was extremely angry. The other party had blocked all their ways. No matter how they proved it, it was meaningless. The other party could say that they were faking it!

The only thing that can be proved is that they return to the moon and use facts to tell everyone that the United States is still the strongest in aerospace technology.

But now, is it easy to return to the moon?

Of course not! Thinking of the success of Starship Corporation and the slow progress of their own side, Casey's face was full of haze.

Now that they have produced evidence, it will only become a manifestation of trying to cover up.

In the east, the closing meeting of the lunar orbit project in the Chang'e Plan was held in a lively manner. At the meeting, Max was passionate and declared how bright the future Mars plan would be.

Qin Tao attended the meeting on the side, looking at everyone with a smile, waiting for the meeting to end and announcing a bonus for everyone.

When the meeting ended, Xu Zhengyang whispered something in Qin Tao's ear, so Qin Tao stood up with a smile: "Everyone, our great success has caused a major response in the world. Now, people from the Russian Federation Space Agency have come to congratulate us in person!"

The reactions of various countries were different. Some despised, some envied, and some came to ask for leadership, but there was no real congratulation. At this time, the congratulations from Russia seemed very precious.

Moreover, the leader of the team was Anatoly Perminov, the head of the Russian Space Agency.

They started their journey after the Dragon spacecraft landed, so they just caught up with the celebration meeting here.

Max was also very excited. He stood up and walked to the door with Qin Tao, and everyone's eyes also looked at the door.

Perminov's tall figure appeared at the door, followed by other people, a group of eight people, including leaders and scientists.

"On behalf of the Russian Federation Space Agency, I congratulate you on your achievements and look forward to your landing on the moon!"

"We will."

"I hope we will have more opportunities for cooperation in the future." Perminov continued: "Our Russian Space Agency will also restart the moon landing plan, and we hope to cooperate in related fields."

For Russians, the failure of the moon landing is a lesson that will never be forgotten. At that time, they used the unreliable N1 rocket, which exploded every time they tried, and many rocket experts were killed. This operation had to fail.

Now, Starship Corporation, a private space agency, can successfully fly to the moon, and their space agency with a long history is also tempted.

"Really? How do you plan to cooperate with us?" Max was very calm. If he still asked for a joint effort like the French and then seized the dominant position, then forget it. He didn't want to worry about these things. Max personally had a strong desire for control, so how could he tolerate others interfering with his leadership.

"We plan to develop the Angara-100 launch vehicle, which has a near-Earth orbit carrying capacity of more than 100 tons and a lunar orbit carrying capacity of more than 30 tons. After modification, it can reach more than 50 tons. We hope to undertake the construction of your lunar base in the future."