The upgrading of space telescopes is very troublesome.

The Harper telescope has been in orbit for thirty years, and it hasn't been maintained or upgraded since the shuttle was decommissioned, so it's old.

Originally, its successor, the Webb telescope, was supposed to be launched several years ago, but for various reasons, it has been pigeon and pigeon until now, and the pigeon has been launched into orbit by the "Sky Survey" telescope.

In fact, the launch of the "Sky Survey" telescope is not easy, and even its name should be "Sky Survey" telescope or "Sky Survey Optical Module".

When Tianxia first planned the Tiangong space station, the two sides of the core module were not exactly the same two experimental modules, but one of them was the experimental module, and the other side was a "survey module", and the core equipment of this survey module was a space telescope with a diameter of two meters.

That is, in the original version of the plan, the Sky Survey Telescope was part of the space station and was "communal".

However, in the later research, it was found that the operation of the space station itself, the activities of its internal personnel, and the docking of spacecraft may bring a certain vibration to the space station, and excessive vibration will have a serious impact on the imaging of the space telescope.

Therefore, in the later design, the telescope was removed from the planning of the space station, and an independent "optical cabin" flew with the space station in an orbit at an altitude of 400 kilometers, so it became a "co-orbital flight".

Although the Survey Telescope is no longer part of the space station, the Tiangong space station still allows it to retain the name "Sky Survey".

After all, when it comes to repairs, overhauls, supplies, and upgrades, it will dock with the space station and become part of the space station again.

With the development of human space science and technology, it is becoming easier and easier to manufacture and launch artificial space equipment, so much so that the number of space equipment has begun to skyrocket.

There are even tens of thousands of artificial satellites that are planned to be launched as soon as they are launched, although they are very small, but they cannot support a large number, and the number of artificial satellites in one plan may exceed the total number of artificial satellites launched by mankind before.

With more and more man-made devices in space, astronomical telescopes on Earth are suffering.

Originally, the atmosphere is a major enemy of ground-based space telescopes, which block the telescope's observation of space, as if the telescope has a "cataract".

Now countless artificial satellites are flying in space, reflecting all the time, as if there are many cars driving opposite you, and these cars are still driving away and flashing you.

If you can still see the road, then you are a real bull!

And at this time, it is much better to have a space telescope.

First of all, the influence of the atmosphere is minimized, it does not disturb the image, it has a very high degree of vision, there is no background light scattered by the atmosphere, and it does not absorb ultraviolet rays by the ozone layer, etc., and there are many benefits.

And the space telescope is also in space orbit, like artificial satellites, as long as it is not hit, it will not have an effect.

It's just that there will definitely be more and more artificial satellites in the future, which is irreversible, because mankind needs more and more artificial satellites.

As for those astronomical telescopes on the ground, there is no way to do it, except for letting the telescopes adjust their operating hours to avoid the most influential constellation of artificial satellites, and then let the satellite manufacturing companies make the appearance of the artificial satellites "dark" so that the reflection of the artificial satellites is not so powerful.

In addition to these, you can only launch more space telescopes, and those who can't afford to launch them will wait for more space telescopes and spend money to rent them.

In fact, there will only be more and more man-made facilities in space orbit, and just a few days after the launch of the survey optical module, the inflatable space station on Merriken's side was launched.

The inflatable space station is launched in a compressed state, inflated when it reaches its intended orbital position, and after a few hours it swells into a behemoth.

Its diameter has reached 10 meters, the length has reached 17 meters, and the habitable space has directly reached more than 1,000 cubic meters, which instantly exceeds the habitable area of the Star Inn and won the title of "the largest single space cabin of mankind".

All of a sudden, Merriken Aerospace raised its eyebrows.

After being suppressed by Navigator Aerospace for so long, they can be regarded as a game back.

Although space technology knows no borders, and every progress in space technology represents the progress of human space science and technology, when it comes to reality, there are still big differences between the two sides.

Before the official said anything, netizens on both sides got involved.

"Haha, you navigators are not very powerful, but unfortunately we are even more powerful, and your space station single record has only been held for a few days."

"Heh, your space station is very powerful, it's just an empty shell, what's the spirit, you better decorate the rough room into a hardcover room."

"Envy is envy, now there is no decoration is nothing, our foundation is big enough, how to decorate when the time comes!"

"That is, no matter what you say, it can't change the fact that the Gro space station is more than twice as big as yours, and it's still just a capsule, and the combination of two identical capsules is just a complete body!"

"What about the combination of two capsules, you can use one capsule first, at least the Navigator space station has been used, the manned equipment has also been used, and commercial space travel will start this month."

You come and go on both sides, Tang Chao also sees it with relish, but some of the information is not very accurate, such as one that says "Navigator Space Station".

The space station of the Navigator company is obviously called "Star Inn", and the small space station is still far from using the company's name directly.

If you want to prefix the name "Navigator", it must be at least at the level of a space fortress or a space city.

However, Gro's inflatable space station is indeed big enough, but it is only big enough, and it is empty, like a big balloon.

It's not that it's not safe enough, it's that it takes too long from launch to official operation, because it doesn't have anything in it, and all the equipment needs to be transported for installation, but the efficiency in space is far less than on the ground.

One is that the weightless environment is very unfriendly to delicate installation work, and the other is that astronauts are not as good as professional space station manufacturing engineers.

Add two by two, and the efficacy and efficiency directly hit the bottom.

The most important thing is that you need to ship things up many times, so that not only does it take a long time, but the transportation cost does not decrease, and may even increase.

The only thing you get is the huge space station space.

After such a toss, it can cost a lot, and the service life of the space station is limited, and the inflatable one is shorter than the use time of the traditional space station.

Coupled with its positioning as a commercial space station, not only does it want to return to its original cost, but it also wants to make money, then its pricing will definitely be a trade-off.

If it was before, its price would definitely be lower than that of the International Space Station, plus the space is large enough, and the competitiveness is quite good.

Not only will it attract commercial space tourists, but it may also get orders from some countries.

But now it's different, the space station of the Navigator Space Company has already gone to the sky one step ahead, coupled with the use of the orbital shuttle, so that the price on the Navigator's side is terrible to a terrible place.

Well, relative to the traditional price in the space industry.

In this case, Gro's commercial space tourism plan, I wonder how it will respond?