"I think...... Navigator Aerospace This is in the connotation of Merriken. ”

"Why?"

"You see, Merriken's Mars spacecraft is 60 meters long, called Enterprise, the typical protagonist ship name, and must be given high hopes, and the Mars spacecraft of the Navigator, 120 meters long, is called Spore, don't you feel very picturesque compared to the size?"

"Good guy, there's a picture."

"It's not all, you look at the Enterprise spaceship, there are two modules, and the combination has no resemblance to the spaceship in the science fiction movie, and then look at the Spore spaceship, good guys, the pilot module, the experimental cabin module, the simulated gravity module, the ion thruster, and it is also equipped with two landing craft and two living cabins, this is a far-reaching spaceship in a science fiction movie!"

"Not really."

"I didn't expect the Navigator to assemble this far-going spacecraft in a month, and I think it has a good idea to take that step for humanity. Its technology has indeed arrived, and the Spore in charge of 'taking this step' is a complete voyage development spacecraft, all aspects have been taken into account, and there is enough technology to be responsible for making it happen, not a broken ship that is cobbled together, forced to sail away, irresponsible for the lives of astronauts, and still thinking about going to war. ”

"You're right."

"Wait, why do you keep praising me, let's put this aside and talk about cross talk?"

"What do you think?"

"Good guy, if we really talk about cross talk together, you must promise me one thing."

"What did you say?"

"Hey, I'm excited when I say this, you go and get a perm, I'll shave my head."

"I'll you!"

Well, they're really talking about cross talk, as soon as the Spore spacecraft of the Navigator Aerospace was assembled, someone started to work on it, and this video is one of the many works on it.

However, there are two things that have the same effect and also come from different companies, and those who have leisure and leisure will of course have to make a comparison between them.

In many cases, there is no clear result in the comparison, because it will turn into a scolding war and a big chaos, but this time the result is different, and the victory of the navigator is too great.

Especially when the navigator began to publish some information and data of the Spore Number, there was no suspense that the Spore Number would win.

It is 120 meters long and 50 meters wide at its widest point.

This 50-meter width is not just the width of the solar array, it is the actual width of the available space, which is reached by the medium-sized simulated gravity rotating module, and even the node module that docks the two Martian living modules has this width.

These large modules, large space, and large solar arrays directly piled up the mass of the spore number to 500 tons.

These 500 tons are its base mass, and if you add the two Martian landing craft and two Martian living modules on board, its mass can reach 820 tons.

The four things carried alone have a mass of 320 tons, not to mention that there are many non-pressurized cargo compartments hanging outside the comprehensive experimental module in the middle of the Spore.

These non-pressurized cargo compartments can hold a lot of things, such as orbital probes, landing probes, deep space probes, relay communication satellites, astronomical telescopes, and so on.

Spore itself is a long-distance exploration spacecraft, and it goes to places that humans have never touched before, like Mars, the target this time.

Humans initially explored Mars by launching rockets from Earth and then consuming a lot of fuel to fly to Mars.

If handed over to Spore, it can fly directly to Martian orbit and then release orbital probes and landing probes in unpressurized cargo compartments to explore Mars from multiple dimensions.

Even if the astronauts on Spore were to land, it would be simple.

Select a suitable landing site from the data detected by the orbital probe, then control the orbital probe to focus on the pre-selected landing site, and finally launch a landing probe to carry out approach reconnaissance and landing reconnaissance of the pre-selected landing site.

Because they did not fly from the earth by themselves, but were transported by the Spore, they do not need to carry excess fuel and deep space propulsion platforms, they are directly the probe itself, which can naturally be very small, and a one-ton landing probe can carry a small rover and a small helicopter to land on Mars.

And there are orbital probes in orbit, which are easy to contact with Spore, so they don't need to walk autonomously, which is too slow, and astronauts can remotely control them on the spacecraft with almost no delay, allowing them to quickly explore various places.

Once everything is clear, if the conditions are right, then the astronauts can land on Mars.

There are landing spacecraft and ground survival module, and astronauts can carry out long-term scientific research missions with peace of mind.

If it is not suitable, then it can be turned into an unmanned exploration site, allowing rovers and helicopters to explore independently and continue to contribute to scientific research, and the astronauts choose another landing site.

And it's all here, it's much easier to launch a deep space probe in orbit around Mars than directly on Earth.

Mars is closer to "deep space" than Earth, and it is already in orbit, so you don't have to resist gravity to take off or anything, you can just launch a deep space probe.

In this case, the deep space probe can fly a longer distance in less time and maneuver for a longer time with less fuel, which is very good.

Allowing the spacecraft to carry equipment, use it at any time, and launch it at any time not only saves labor, but also reduces the non-mission wear and tear of equipment.

Just like before Tianxia, in order to allow Chang'e-4 to land on the far side of the moon, a relay satellite was launched in advance.

It's just that this satellite was launched a little early, half a year ahead of schedule.

Originally, its intended life span was three years, but it was done for half a year, and it did not carry out any relay tasks for half a year.

Moreover, Chang'e-4 is still working, and when the relay satellite is scrapped, Chang'e-4, which is on the far side of the moon, will lose contact with the earth, and there will be no way to transmit continuous scientific research data and data back to the earth.

This is the effect of premature wear and tear of equipment.

If there's one of the best guys on the Spore, it's got to be its ion engine.

The ion engine it uses is called the "Super Accelerator", which is a super upgraded version of the ion engine technology used in the previous "Unmanned Mars Spacecraft", but unlike the test item, this time it is already a universal version of the ion engine of a large long-distance spacecraft.

Because it is powered by solar panels, it cannot use 100% of its power, and it will only be able to exert its full power when the fusion device can be installed on the spacecraft.

Even so, it's enough.

When the location of Earth and Mars is right, it only takes 20 days to fly from one side to the other.

So don't look at the Enterprise driven by the "protagonists" has been off for a month, but as long as the Spore departs in the next few days, it can "catch shrimp households" next to them, and then arrive on Mars two months earlier than them.

So is the Spore number ready?

Of course!

After all the modules were assembled in place, and then the unmanned started and operated autonomously, and all the data box modules were in good condition, the astronauts took the orbital shuttle into space.

Because the four docking ports of the node cabin are docked with additional equipment, the rail shuttle is docked to the front-end cab.

The Spore wheelhouse is a conical module, not a flat-headed or round-headed one, and at first glance it is the piloting module at the front of the spacecraft, which is very consistent with the structure of human beings for flight facilities.

When its cone tip opens, it's the fifth external device interface on the ship.

And the first person to enter the cockpit of the Spore was Tang Chao!