The previous wave of human landings on the moon was more than 50 years ago, when Merrican and Lao Maozi were competing for hegemony, and since they found that the moon landing was not of much benefit, human beings have not landed on the moon again.

Or that Merrican no longer needs to use the moon landing to increase his influence and show off his strength.

After all, the first manned moon landing really didn't mean much to most human beings.

Even for Merrican's top management, as long as you win the first time, the next few times obviously belong to the category of "loss".

The main reason is that the opponent at that time was not angry, and in the early stage of the space race, Merrican was pressed and beaten, and as a result, Lao Maozi was stuck when he went to the manned moon landing, and later Merriken soared into the sky, and Lao Maozi did not have a manned landing on the moon until he died.

If the opponent does not go to the moon, it is equivalent to giving up, and it will be a big fool for Merrican to spend money on the moon landing project, so the two sides opened a new battlefield and fought again in the field of space stations.

Naturally, the moon landing was forgotten.

It's just that with the development of technology and the progress of the times, the importance of the moon has become more and more prominent.

Not to mention the fact that nuclear fusion projects are getting closer and closer to success, there is a large amount of non-polluting nuclear fusion fuel on the moon, enough for human beings to use until they die.

For this, it is also the turn of the moon to occupy the territory.

Not to mention the alien thing.

The aliens are honestly staying on Mars at the moment, but who can say if they have summoned a fleet or not?

If there is really an interstellar war, the moon, a satellite that revolves around the earth, is a strategic location.

If a military facility could be built on the moon, it would definitely become a bridgehead for humanity to resist aliens.

Even internally, it is a military fortress that is absolutely bullish.

To control it is to control the air supremacy of modern warfare.

At the beginning, the manned lunar landing programs of the two countries included this purpose, but it was not easy to use the technology at that time, let alone build on it, and the moon is close on a cosmic scale, but it is still too far from a human perspective.

For several days of going back and forth at a time, a few hours is too long for mankind to talk about "quick strikes" to fight around the world, and the military operation time of the lunar base is unbearable.

It's just that I haven't cared about the moon for decades, and I don't want to spend 10 billion to do 100 million things, so the crude rocket and the same rough lunar landing equipment will definitely not work, but it will take time to redesign and manufacture cheaper rockets and lunar landing equipment.

Fortunately, at this time, private aerospace forces appeared, which was much better than the previous situation, so there was a phenomenon of the national team paying money, and then various private aerospace companies grabbed orders.

Gradually, the current situation has emerged.

At present, there are several new types of lunar landing equipment in the world, but the equipment of Maozi, Europa and Peacock is still in the design stage, and the most is PPT at present, and the three that have really been remanufactured are the three on the Merrican side and one in Tianxia.

Tianxia's side is naturally the navigator's "Moonshot" moon landing spacecraft.

Among these four spaceships, netizens are most optimistic about the navigator and the space fork.

Because the average netizen is the most face-watching and the group that likes the new and hates the old.

Merrican's other two moon landing devices seem to have a high success rate, because their essence is not much different from the equipment used for decades to go to the moon, and although the technology has certainly been upgraded, in terms of appearance, it is still the ultimate pragmatism.

Typical "building violations" style.

Many people in the original Merrican manned lunar spacecraft felt sorry for the word "spaceship" because they looked aesthetically unaesthetically pleasing, many of the equipment was bare, and the landing legs, reinforcement rods, and antennas were also stretched wantonly.

The most important thing is that the manned cabin is because it has to live in people, to put equipment, to wrap the fuel tank, that is really a protruding piece here, and a concave piece there, in order to reduce the weight and reduce the difficulty of manufacturing as much as possible, it does not make any arcs, and directly slams the flat plate up.

In this regard, the old Maozi lunar spacecraft that may not have successfully landed on the moon is more beautiful, its power injection module is a little rudimentary, and the fuel canisters are exposed, but the manned cabin is beautiful.

Compared with the messy polyhedral manned capsule of Merriken, which has no idea how many faces, at least the manned capsule of others has been designed, and the overall appearance looks like a spherical shape.

Of course, the main thing is that Lao Maozi's lunar spacecraft is relatively small, weighing only 5 tons, carrying only one astronaut, and the design is "relatively" simpler.

The U.S. lunar spacecraft weighs 16 tons and has to carry two astronauts, so there are naturally more requirements, and in order to complete the mission, other aspects naturally have no time to take care of it, so it must first be able to fly, land, and carry people.

Now the other two moon landing spacecraft are similar to the spacecraft at that time, and they are also more technologically advanced, but the appearance is ...... Very traditional.

Most of the netizens are Yan Gou, the so-called "three views follow the five senses", some netizens look at people like this, and look at technological equipment like this.

Of course, people and machines are incomparable, people who look good are not necessarily good people, but the appearance of machinery is high, which really means that the technology content is high, and the "combat effectiveness" is stronger.

In this regard, the starship moon landing spacecraft of the space fork wins, it maintains the usual "bullet" shape, smooth and concise, and the whole body is snow-white, which looks very beautiful.

And it can also be reused, take off from Earth with a booster, and then launch two refueling "Starships" to refuel it, and it can fly to the moon.

After landing on the moon, unload people and cargo, refill the fuel and take off and return to Earth.

The idea is good, but ...... There is too much preparation required.

Therefore, in the eyes of industry insiders, the other two "retro" programs have a high success rate, just in terms of returning to the moon.

However, the progress of the three plans is about the same, although the Starship rocket has won in low earth orbit, but on the moon, the victory or defeat of the three has not yet been decided.

The date of Meirui's definite return to the moon is also approaching, and I don't know which one will be chosen in the end.

On the navigator's side, the "Lunar Moon" lunar spacecraft has already inspected the last few items, and it can be transported to the launch center after the inspection.

The "Lunar Moon" lunar spacecraft is 12 meters tall, 4 meters taller than Yuegong-2, which is already on the moon without solar panels, but weighs 10 tons less, only 40 tons.

Because the diameter of Yuegong-2 reached 6.5 meters, and the diameter of the "Moon" lunar spacecraft was 5.5 meters.

It is also because it has to carry people, so its "belly" is relatively empty, at least it does not cram into eight lunar rovers.

Its shape is also similar to that of a bullet, but compared to the completely sleek Starship Lunar Landing Spacecraft, it also has a lot of external equipment added to its outer shell, so it is a design that is somewhere between an "old-fashioned Lunar Landing Spacecraft" and a "Science Fiction Lunar Landing Spacecraft".

This makes it beautiful and powerful, and it can be easily manufactured by the Navigator Company.

From the beginning to now, it has not been a year.

Compared with the "telephone pole", it is quite tall, the manned cabin is still at the top, and the starship lunar spacecraft that has to rely on an elevator to land on the moon is much shorter, plus the fuel tank and thrusters are hung around, so that its hatch can be placed at the bottom, and the landing can be completed by walking three or four stairs.

And it's also reusable.

As long as it is refueled on the moon, it can easily travel between the Earth's orbit and the lunar surface.