Chapter 450 Set Sail Colonists
The entire lunar colonization plan is divided into three steps.
In order to show the space power of Starlink Trade to the public, the entire colonization process will be broadcast live 24 hours to the world on the official website.
The first moon landing rocket launched is named Xinghuan 4, which is the carrier rocket with the largest load capacity of Xinghuan trade. As a rocket for landing on the moon, unlike other rockets in the Halo series, it adopts a three-stage propulsion mode similar to normal rockets. As the first rocket, it will carry the tools, materials, some daily necessities and two drivers for the colonists to build the base.
For the arrival of this day, Kerwin and the staff of the space launch center have been preparing for too long.
In the launch center, not only the staff, but also journalists from various flat and three-dimensional media, observers from the United Nations Space Agency, the United States, France, China, Russia, Britain and other countries, as well as Jiang Chen, the chairman of Future Group.
When the order to ignite was issued, under the eyes of everyone, the dense fog quickly dispersed from the launch site. With a long trajectory, Halo 4 carried the hope and pride of the people of the whole country, and flew into the blue sky.
Landing on the moon has been a long wait.
After the rocket is launched, it does not fly to the moon in a straight line, and it has to go through several orbit changes on the way.
Halo 4 first entered the standby orbit, which is a circular orbit around the earth, where the spacecraft operates like a satellite. The two pilots conducted various inspections on the spacecraft, and after confirming that all equipment was normal, they decided whether to head for the moon. If something goes wrong, return to Earth and cancel the launch.
Everyone's hearts were in their throats, and their eyes were fixed on the holographic screen directly in front of them and the green dot surrounding the earth.
After several hours of waiting, the "everything is fine." feedback came from the standby track.
Kerwin let out a sigh of relief, wiped the sweat from his palms, and ordered in a deep voice.
"Everything is normal on Halo 4, heading to the moon!"
"……receive."
After receiving the order from the ground command center, "Halo 4" ran in the standby orbit for a week and a half, and the third-stage rocket ignited again, grasped the timing, and entered the lunar orbit at a speed of nearly 11 kilometers per second.
So far, more than half of the entire launch plan has been successful.
Kerwin breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat off his cheeks.
Even though he hadn't done any strenuous work, he felt drenched all over.
Reporters from major media came forward one after another, carrying cameras and microphones to interview him. But he just waved his hand, gave the opportunity to speak to his assistant, and walked towards the lounge.
"Congratulations, Mr. Jiang. So far, the launch process has gone smoothly. If there are no accidents in the next sixty hours, you will become the second country in the world to successfully send humans to the moon." Go In front of Jiang Chen, UN special observer Henry smiled and extended his hand.
Since Star Ring Trade launched the first rocket, he has been stationed on Koro Island due to the frequent space activities of Xinguo. At first, he was quite resentful about this, but Jiang Chen provided him with delicious food and drink here, so he couldn't say anything to complain about. Over the past two years, he has gained a lot of weight, and he has also gotten used to life in Xinguo.
After the completion of Penglai City, he simply bought a house on it, and planned to settle here instead of going back to New York after retirement.
It can be said that he watched Xinguo's spaceflight from its inception to the present manned moon landing. Regardless of his position, he is sincerely happy for the Star Ring trade.
"Thank you for your kind words." Jiang Chen said with a smile, glanced at the reporters who were trying to break through the interception of the bodyguards, and then said, "Let's eat something together, I haven't eaten a single grain of rice since morning. "
"Me too." Henry said with a smile, and walked to the cafeteria with Jiang Chen.
Because there were a lot of foreign guests, the staff in the cafeteria also cooked a sumptuous dinner at a super standard. Jiang Chen saw people from the American delegation sitting in a corner, munching on the pork chops, fried shrimp, and ham, while talking about the launch of the Starlink trade today.
Obviously, they were shocked that the launch of the Star Ring trade went so smoothly.
Although they successfully sent people from the earth to the moon in the 1960s, they only managed to do it from the failed Apollo 1 to the 11th. How much sweat, sacrifice, and budget have been paid in this process, only NASA themselves know.
However, the most difficult obstacles to landing on the moon were so "easily" surpassed by the star ring trade, which made them feel deeply frustrated while being shocked.
Perhaps as the officials of the Ministry of Defense revealed to them, the Halo trade has already surpassed the United States in missile technology, and the launch vehicle is just another manifestation of this technological advantage.
After dinner, Jiang Chen met with representatives from the United States, France, China, Russia, Britain and other countries. Regardless of their position, they also congratulated him first. But at the same time, these representatives from various countries also asked about the next step of the Star Ring Trade.
As far as the information that can be revealed, Jiang Chen has said it bluntly.
As for the content involving corporate secrets, Jiang Chen would never reveal anything, no matter how insinuating the other party asked.
Until ten o'clock, reporters from major media were still lingering in the reception hall of the launch center. Instead of spending time on these reporters, Jiang Chen came to the dormitory arranged by the staff. He will stay on the island these days until the entire launch mission is completed.
How could he miss this moment of witnessing history?
Representatives from other countries also thought the same way, they turned down the hotel arranged by Xinghuan Trading for them, and asked the staff to arrange dormitories for them. Even though the accommodation environment was a bit rough, no one complained.
The next day, "Halo 4" shuttled in the dark space, the third-stage rocket had been extinguished, and the speed was getting slower and slower. When traveling to the middle of the earth-moon transfer orbit, the speed has dropped to 3 km/s,
On the third day, the "Halo 4" three-stage rocket was re-ignited and entered the moon capture orbit.
By this time, "Halo 4" had reached the closest point to the moon,
It didn't start landing right away, however. At this time, its speed is quite fast, and it needs to adjust its phase several times on the elliptical orbit, descending from a 12-hour orbit to a 127-minute orbit, and then it can start landing.
The ground command center and the astronauts on the rocket have also ushered in the most critical moment before landing!
If the speed of the rocket is not well controlled at this time, the rocket will easily go out of orbit if you are not careful, and the remaining fuel is not enough to correct the orbit. The final result is that the entire rocket becomes an uncontrolled "space junk". They can only lie down in the dormant cabin, wait for many years when the technical conditions permit, and then be picked up by later generations to end the dormancy.
Fortunately, there were no accidents.
According to the orbit calculated by the quantum computer, Halo 4 successfully hit the scheduled landing site on the lunar surface.
It took sixty-seven hours.
At the moment when the moon dust rose, all the staff including Kerwin, as well as the observers from the United Nations Space Agency and the United States, France, China, Russia, Britain and other countries, all couldn't help shaking their fists, applauding and applauding. .
Even though they have different nationalities, at this moment, as a human being, they are looking up at the first step of human beings towards the Milky Way. (To be continued.)