Merrican returns to the live broadcast room of the lunar rocket launch mission.

Its launch plan is also to launch two rockets in one day, then have two sets of spacecraft dock in Earth orbit, and then fly to the moon together.

It's exactly the same as the launch pattern of Tianxia two weeks ago.

Not only the launch mode is the same, but even the contents of the two rockets are similar.

NASA's official SLS rocket houses the Orion manned spacecraft and a small lunar orbital module.

The orbital module is five meters in diameter and five meters long, not as big as the core module in Tianxia, but it is enough to make the astronauts move a little bigger.

Deep Blue Origin's new Glenn rocket is carrying the "National Team" lunar landing ship, which is not as powerful as the Navigator Lunar spacecraft.

In addition, their launch time is two weeks late, and the patterns are the same, so it is inevitable that they will fall behind in the eyes of ordinary netizens.

However, there is one thing that they are still relatively strong, and that is that two rockets can appear in one shot.

Both rockets were launched at Merrican's Cape Space Launch Center, but at different launch positions, and the two rockets could be framed into one lens by zooming out of the camera.

However, since the rocket has not yet been launched, their live broadcast room is full of chats between Tianxia and the Navigator.

There is no way, the human version of the moon landing version of the "good show" has just begun, just yesterday, the moon spacecraft returning from the moon docked on the Tiangong space station.

On the same day, an orbital shuttle modified by Tianxia Aerospace Science and Technology Group lifted off and docked on the Tiangong space station and began to accept things brought back from the moon.

"I have to say that it is convenient to have an orbital shuttle over there in Tianxia, if you want to go to space, you can go to space, the reaction speed is too fast!"

"That's right, although our Adventure Star Sky Plane is larger, but the reaction time is too slow, it is faster than a traditional liquid rocket, but compared to the orbital shuttle, there is really no speed advantage."

"The three astronauts who are going to the lunar space station have already been stationed on the space station, and they will acclimatize to the Tiangong space station for a week, and then go to the lunar space station for a month and a half."

"What about the Navigator, hasn't the identity of the mysterious astronaut been revealed yet?"

"Not yet, it's very secret."

"Look at the news, there are really a lot of things brought back from the moon this time, there are about 1 ton of lunar soil and moon rock, and half a ton of lunar ice seems to have been brought back, plus the cooling device, there is also 1 ton as a whole, and there are some fragmentary minerals, iron, titanium, aluminum, potassium, rare earths, phosphorus, etc., there are also about half a ton."

"Ah, is it now a ton to transport things from the moon to the earth?"

"1 ton of lunar soil, I don't know how many grams of helium-3 can be extracted, and I don't know where the nuclear fusion experiment is going in Tianxia?"

However, this is the live broadcast of Merrican's space launch after all, so the topic finally returned to Merrican's side.

The data of the Orion manned spacecraft, the lunar orbital module and the national team lunar landing ship have been known for a long time, and the main scientific research projects and missions for the return to the moon were announced a few days ago.

But as long as there is data, and there are similar types of devices in the world, there will definitely be comparisons.

So chatting and chatting, I unconsciously involved the navigator.

There is no way, now the human space community can't get around the navigator.

It was found that there is a big difference between the same lunar spacecraft, the national team lunar spacecraft and the lunar spacecraft.

The national team has said many times before, although Deep Blue Origin has been promoting how advanced its lunar spacecraft is, but most people know that it is an enlarged version of the original Apollo lunar landing spacecraft, at most it is the first generation of lunar spacecraft plus.

On the other hand, the Navigator's Lunar Landing spacecraft is different, it can be regarded as a real second-generation lunar spacecraft.

Not only can it land and take off on the moon, but it can also fly back into Earth orbit on its own, without the power of a manned spacecraft.

It can also be refueled in Earth orbit before flying to the moon and landing.

In addition to not being able to land on Earth, it can be regarded as a "Earth-Moon System Ferry".

It is said that it is a ferry, and that is because it can not only transport people, but also transport goods by pushing.

This re-entry to the moon means that in addition to sending four astronauts to the lunar space station and the lunar surface, it also has to transport a lunar space station module to the lunar orbit, all under its own power.

At this point, everyone knew about the ability of the Moon.

When it landed on the moon for the first time, it didn't run out of fuel at all, and it didn't even have a problem taking off into lunar orbit, but it couldn't fly back to Earth out of the moon's gravity, and it couldn't brake near the Earth.

The fuel replenished in those days was the fuel for the interstellar flight phase.

During the few days of docking at the Tiangong space station, the navigator will transport the fuel, and then the fuel tank and the moon will be docked on the Tiangong space station, and the fuel will be transported internally with the help of the node module.

Then Tianxia will launch the lunar space station cabin, and the moon will dock with it, in terms of flight direction, the moon will be in the back, and the space station module will be in front.

All that's left is to ignite and set off.

The National Team spaceship of Deep Blue Origin is not good.

Not to mention carrying large cargo on its own, it does not even have the ability to fly back to Earth orbit on its own, because its fuel tank is only so small, and the power is so small that it cannot hold excess fuel and cannot provide strong power.

But anyway, it's good to be on the moon.

As the launch time approached, people gradually stopped discussing it and stared at the live broadcast with full attention.

The former ace pigeon SLS rocket was launched first, because its first-stage core rocket is orange, so it is also called orange can SLS.

Its load capacity is still good, and some modifications have been made to adapt to this mission.

It's just that it doesn't have the help of the Navigator, so it has always not recovered the rocket, disposable.

It's really a one-off, after the launch this time, the orange can SLS rocket will be decommissioned, and then the starship rocket and Lindgren, as well as some old rockets and new small rockets.

And, of course, the adventure star "Aerospace Plane".

The launch of the Orange Can SLS rocket was a success, successfully sending the Orion spacecraft and the orbital module into space.

After the three astronauts checked the equipment and reported that there was no problem, the moon landed and flew ...... Oh, the lunar module, netizens now call the national team lunar landing equipment the "lunar module", just like the original Apollo spacecraft lunar module.

In their identification, the first-generation lunar landing equipment is such a thing, it doesn't matter whether it is big or small, and the second-generation lunar landing equipment must at least be similar to the lunar spacecraft.

Space docking technology is now not a difficult task for space powers, so the docking of the two sets of equipment in the Earth's orbit went smoothly, and after checking again that there was no problem, the Orion spacecraft ignited and flew towards the moon.

Of course, the people who watched the excitement were rejoicing, and the Grand Commander also felt good after watching the live broadcast on the spot, and praised many people, especially in the end, he was able to launch a day earlier, which is very good!

It's just that no one told him that it was the result of extreme rush.

The new equipment was moved over and put on use, and the number of test runs stipulated before was not met.

Engineers from other companies join the workflow when they come, and they are not familiar with the original engineers, and the new engineers work rigidly according to the instructions.

The final assembly test was done, but in order to achieve the purpose of launching one day earlier, both the test intensity and the test steps were deleted.

The engineers wanted to keep improving, slow down, and come a few more times, but the commander's think tank couldn't wait.

"Why can the Navigator be built so fast, tested so little, and successful every launch?"

"It's because it's not the same now as it was a few decades ago."

"Times have changed, and we have newer technology, more accurate inspection tools, and more efficient simulation systems, and some rigid and redundant processes are not needed at all!"

"Slow work and meticulous work are just quibbles of insufficient ability!"