Chapter 130: Lunar Habitation Module and Space Habitation Module
From the very beginning, Tianxia's manned lunar landing plan was not a "tourist-style" manned lunar landing.
The so-called "tourist-style" manned lunar landing is actually the kind of manned lunar landing that Merrican engaged in decades ago.
Landing on the moon with manned lunar landing equipment, landing on the moon out of the capsule, announcing that human beings have finally landed on the moon, and then moving on the surface of the moon for a few or more hours, and finally bringing some souvenirs, that is, returning to the earth with some lunar soil.
This is the "tourist-style" manned landing on the moon.
Of course, this is actually a bit inaccurate and a bit of political irony, after all, this kind of manned moon landing still has some scientific value.
However, it is also limited.
Because he has only been active on the lunar surface for more than 20 hours, there is too little time, and because of the limitations of the lunar landing equipment, there are too few scientific experiments that can be done.
It is understandable that Tianxia does not want to do this kind of manned landing on the moon, after all, the politically significant title of grabbing "human first" has been taken by Merriken, so it is better to do something more practical.
Therefore, Tianxia's plan skips the "tourist-style" manned landing on the moon, does not do those repetitive but meaningless things, and goes directly to the lunar base, so that astronauts can stay on the moon for a long time.
Once successful, the residency time skyrockets, with an initial plan of one year.
In the process, equipment can be transported there, which can allow astronauts and scientists to better survive and do scientific research on the moon.
It is very important to study the psychological and physiological problems of human beings staying on alien planets for a long time, as well as the geomorphological structure, historical causes, and resource division of the moon, so as to establish a permanent base in the future and better develop and utilize the moon.
This plan was originally to be carried out ten years later, but after obtaining Tang Chao's full set of Long March 9 technology, the manned lunar landing program was greatly advanced, but the design, verification, and manufacturing speed of the lunar base habitation module could not keep up.
Fortunately, it has already begun, and because of the technical success of the new generation of manned spacecraft, it should be able to catch up.
It's just that they didn't expect Tang Chao to surprise them again.
Originally, the test flight of the first Long March 9 rocket was supposed to carry a test satellite platform to verify various technologies, but its tonnage was too small, so it would be verified whether the Long March 9 could fly.
Think about how many test flights the famous lunar rocket "Saturn V" made in the early stage in order to achieve a manned landing on the moon, which can be seen from the mission number of "Apollo 11", which achieved the first human landing on the moon.
Even if the first time the Long March 9 delivered to the moon was an unmanned lunar base habitation module, and Tianxia didn't have the money to do so many experiments, it would have to try at least two shots.
Who can withstand this?
And his reasons are......
"I provided the technology of the Long March 9, I know its capabilities, and I believe in your manufacturing capabilities, I think you have simulated it many times, what is the success rate?"
What is the success rate?
Although they have not yet been actually launched, they have simulated more than a thousand times, with a success rate of 99.28%.
That's a pretty good value, even if it's just a simulated value.
After getting Tang Chao's "Long March 9" technology, they made an all-round comparison with the Long March 9 technology they were researching, and they found that the technology provided by Tang Chao was better than what they were researching.
Not only is the technology more perfect, but even he has provided the technology for manufacturing equipment.
Due to the long-term blockade of science and technology, many related cutting-edge manufacturing equipment cannot be bought, so you can only make it yourself, but because of the problem of technology accumulation, the equipment you make yourself is always almost meaningless, and the parts made with these self-made equipment can also imagine the problem.
Now that Tang Chao has given these technologies, China will be able to build those top equipment by itself, and then the quality of the parts made with these top equipment can also be imagined.
This superposition of positive factors has of course greatly increased the success rate of the "new" Long March 9, and even the performance has increased a lot.
They calculated the latest data, increasing the low-Earth orbit carrying capacity to 190 tons, and the lunar orbit carrying capacity to 55 tons.
This is not yet the final data, and there is still a lot of room for improvement in the Long March 9, and even the first improved version has been put on the agenda.
After Tang Chao's reminder, they came back to their senses, in fact, the success rate of the first flight of the Long March 9 rocket was quite high, but they undertook the national task and have been taking a safe route.
Now that Tang Chao has made this request, he wants to borrow the test flight mission of the Long March 9 to transport the lunar base habitation module to the moon, they are naturally ...... Agreed.
Originally, the experimental satellite platform used as a test load was also quite valuable, and it was also a helpless move to launch with an experimental rocket.
But once the experimental rocket fails, the test satellite platform will also become fragments, plus the cost of research and development, design, manufacturing, etc., hundreds of millions, billions of dollars will not be able to stop.
"So that's it?" Tang Chao asked.
"Yes, we can decide this," said the person from the space group, "but some details still need to be discussed in a meeting, you prepare the materials, and we will find time for a meeting." ”
"Okay, that's fine, how about a week from now?" Tang Chao is more straightforward.
"Yes."
After receiving the reply, Tang Chao nodded, and then said: "This matter is said to be good, then the next one, ten days later, and the core module will be launched, and our company also has a space station plan, or a space capsule." ”
"You also know that our company plans to engage in space tourism, so we want to give tourists a place to settle in orbit, and there is a space capsule in the early stage, and we plan to dock on the Tiangong space station, I don't know if it can?"
A commercial capsule docked to the Tiangong space station?
After listening to Tang Chao talk about this question, the two people in the video were stumped, because it was difficult to say, it was not the same as using the Long March 9 to launch a lunar habitation module.
There is no one in the lunar habitation module for the first time, and the use of the Long March 9 launch belt to test the nature is equivalent to taking a car, or taking a car that is being tested, and the Navigator company has also taken a certain risk.
But docking the commercial space capsule to the Tiangong space station is different, it is for tourists, and the Tiangong space station undertakes a lot of experiments and experiments, which is very important for Tianxia.
Not to mention whether there will be problems with the Tiangong space station itself, in case there is a problem with this cabin, and even the Tiangong is destroyed, the loss will ...... That's not just a matter of losing money.
Even if there are no technical problems with this cabin, the tourists who stay there are not professional astronauts after all, and if something happens to them, the consequences will be just as bad.
And people have already explained that it is a commercial cabin, and they will send it themselves, so it will not be possible to conduct a review like selecting astronauts, and if someone deliberately breaks the monster, the consequences will be even worse.
So they can't make a decision on this matter.
However, it was Tang Chao who proposed it, so the people from the space agency said: "That's it, Comrade Tang Chao, you also prepare the plan materials for the space capsule, and we will discuss it together when we meet in a week, how about it?" ”
"After all, this matter is more difficult to handle than the previous one, I hope you can understand, we also have to have an internal meeting in advance."
Hearing this answer, Tang Chao smiled, as long as he had the opportunity.
"Of course, the cooperation must be mutually beneficial, and the situation of both parties must be taken care of, so that's it, we'll see you in a week."
"Okay." (Recommended reading: Reading Files 2013)