The "Wentian" experimental module was successfully launched, and the three astronauts in the space station finally had a special scientific experiment module, and there was no need to do simple experiments in the "Tianhe" core module.

The name of the core module "Tianhe" refers to the core of the Tiangong space station, which includes three parts: the node module, the life control module and the resource module.

It has a total of 3 docking ports and two docking ports, the docking interface is used for manned spacecraft, cargo spacecraft and other vehicles to access the space station, the docking port is used for the assembly of two experimental modules and the core module to form a space station assembly, and there is an exit hatch for astronauts to go out of the capsule activities.

It has an axial length of 16.6 meters, a diameter of 4.2 meters for the large column section and a diameter of 2.8 meters for the small column section, which is mainly used for the unified control and management of the space station, as well as the life of astronauts.

It is not an aerospace laboratory like Tiangong-1 and Tiangong-2, which are for testing, so the functions are complete and simple.

The core module is part of the overall space station, and the space station has a special cabin for experiments, so it doesn't have to be so comprehensive, and it has the ability to do experiments, but that is to avoid wasting space.

Now that the special "Wentian" experimental module has come up, the space station can finally do higher-level experiments.

The axial length of the "Wentian" experimental module is about 15 meters, and the maximum diameter is 4.2 meters, which is a weight class with the core module, both of which are more than 20 tons.

By the way, this "Wentian" experimental module is not a planetary exploration mission of the "Tianwen" series, nor is it a "Tianwen-1" Mars exploration mission, don't get confused.

Immediately after the successful launch, the space center held a regular press conference, and after summarizing the gains and losses of the mission, it began to release some plans to be implemented in the later stage.

For example, the launch time of the "Mengtian" experimental module, the construction of the second Long March 9, the manned landing on the moon next year, and so on.

This information has attracted considerable attention from the media, but what has attracted the most attention from the media is the information about the "new Long March 9" super-heavy launch vehicle.

After a rocket comes out, it will definitely not be qualitative, and there must be various modifications, adding a suffix such as "ABCD".

Many reporters have done their homework and know that the original Long March 9 also has two types, "A" and "B", that is, the corresponding number of boosters are removed to achieve the effect of changing the carrying capacity.

For example, the removal of two boosters reduces the carrying capacity to 100 tons.

Remove all the boosters and reduce the carrying capacity to 50 tons.

In this way, the use of the Long March 9 is more flexible, because some goods are large enough, but the weight is not large, and it is very wasteful to use the complete Long March 9, and the Long March 5 cannot be transported, which is troublesome.

The "A" and "B" types of the Long March 9 do just that.

But this press conference is different, it does not say these two new models, but directly says the "new Long March 9", which is strange.

Immediately afterwards, another piece of news was thrown out, and the Long March 5, which had been executed several times, also added a "new" word, and its engine was also replaced, replaced with a new material engine.

On top of that, it even has to be recycled.

According to the understanding of the reporters, this rocket never thought of recycling it at the beginning!

And its recovery is very exciting, it is the core stage with four boosters for recycling, in order to achieve this purpose, the length of the core stage has to be adjusted.

The first level has been adjusted, and the second level will also be adjusted.

Therefore, in addition to the appearance of the recycled version of the Long March 5, which looks similar to the original, there are also more landing brackets at the bottom, and in fact, there are many new things inside.

Seeing the follow-up transformation plan of the Long March 5, the reporters suddenly related to the situation of the Long March 9 in front of them.

"Long March 9 is also going to be recycled?!"

Thinking of this possibility, the reporters couldn't hold back their minds and immediately began to ask questions, but they didn't get accurate information, which made them scratch their hearts.

However, they have already determined in their hearts that the Long March 9 will definitely be recycled.

It's just that why should this super-heavy rocket be recycled?

At present, it seems that the only thing that is engaged in the recovery of super-heavy rockets in the world is the starship launch system of the space fork company in the commercial aerospace field.

The purpose of the Starship launch system is to save launch costs.

If it can't be recovered, you will have to go bankrupt if you have more launches.

This can refer to the former Saturn V, a one-time super-heavy rocket launch can knock out an aircraft carrier, even a super-powerful country like Meriken can't stand it, let alone a private company.

And after it can be recycled, the more launches, the cheaper, which is very much in line with the needs of the Space Fork Company, because they plan to use the Starship Launch System as an aircraft in the future, and you can imagine the number of launches it has.

By the way, some time ago, Merrican announced that it would not build another SLS rocket, because it was too expensive, and instead fully supported a private super-heavy rocket, that is, the Starship Launch System.

New Glenn Rockets ...... It's barely counted, plus, after all, people's diameters are large enough, and the height is high enough.

So in other words, there will be a large number of launch missions after Tianxia, and the number is so large that it is impossible to save costs?

Many reporters are excited, and it doesn't matter if they don't make it clear, they have already made up a lot of brains.

They even had a lot of headlines in mind!

"There will be a large number of launch missions in the future, and a new space race has begun! 》

"Tianxia and Merrican have developed recyclable super-heavy rockets, and a new space race is inevitable! 》

"International space launch missions surge, recyclable rockets dominate the next era!" 》

The Space Race Begins Again, Where Is the Future of Mankind? 》

It doesn't matter if it's right or not, if you don't make it clear yourself, then we'll just make it up...... Phew, how can the news be called a blind fabrication, this is called reasonable speculation!

In fact, these were all expected by Tianxia, and they were waiting, waiting for Merrican's side to react first.

Under normal circumstances, Tianxia would plot and then move, occupy the moral high ground, and make himself famous, but this time the fishing line and hook were thrown out, and Merriken didn't bite the hook.

After all kinds of messages were sent, Merriken's side was silent.

It's not silent, Merrican is still promoting the return to the moon, as well as the progress of the Martian sample return plan in the future, and the concept of a manned landing on Mars later.

Then there are the business plans of private companies, such as commercial space stations, space tourism, and so on.

Although he has been exporting influence, he is no longer targeting Tianxia, he is simply promoting himself.

Even the plans for private space tourism have gone awry, and the "Manned Dragon" of the Space Fork and the "Starliner" of Poyin have begun to take orders, but no one has bought tickets at all.

The plutocrats are waiting for "Dart X".

That's weird.

When Tang Chao had a secret meeting with the bosses of those aerospace companies before, they said that Merrican was going to take action against the Navigator Company in the near future.

Tang Chao also asked them to take the initiative to arch the fire after they went back, let Merrican attack him, and then provoke a more fierce space race.

But left and right, there has been no movement on Merriken's side.

In order to deal with the possible "attack", the pilot company has tensed its nerves and made preparations, but the nerves cannot be tense all the time, and it will become neurotic after a long time.

Even if the Navigator flies the "Dart X" every two days, seeing that it is getting closer and closer to success, and the eyes of the international tycoons are becoming more and more eager, no one has bought tickets for the space tourism that Merrican Private Space Company has already started, and they are just as calm and have no reaction at all.

So after a while, he can't relax if he doesn't want to, he can bear it himself, but the whole company can't do that.

As the saying goes, "there are a thousand days to be a thief, but there is no thousand days to prevent thieves", it will definitely not work if it goes on like this.

So Tang Chao thought, how to take the initiative to "lure the snake out of the hole" once......

Soon, the opportunity came.

"The 72nd International Astronautical Congress will be held in the capital of the Sakura Country!"