About the successful launch of the Long March 5
Yesterday, the Long March 5 was successfully launched, and everyone has the impression that the success rate of China's rocket launch is relatively high...... Why is the Long March 5 (referred to as Fat Five) directly on the hot search this time?
First of all, popularize science, this is a heavy-duty rocket, the previous launch success rate of the rocket, are not heavy-duty rockets, like what long three, long three, are medium-sized rockets, very old models, mature technology, experienced, has been reused, the probability of failure is of course very low.
However, the old rockets in the past had limited capabilities and were increasingly unable to adapt to China's aerospace needs, so Fat Five became the only seedling in the village.
This is a new rocket, with new technology, capable of delivering much more, and the cost of launch, of course, is significant.
Since there has been a failed launch before, if it fails again this time, many of China's space programs will be delayed, and it will also deal a blow to the confidence of astronauts. A person's life is very short, and if he fails again, he will make mistakes for a few years, redesign for a few years, and make a few more years, and the youth of these scientific research workers will pass in this way.
The question is, what will the success of Fat Five bring?
1: September 2020 - In-orbit testing of a new generation of manned spacecraft in low earth orbit.
2: Q4 2020 – Chang'e-5 lunar sample return mission.
Note that after Chang'e-5 reaches the moon, it will have to jump back again.
How stingy the Americans are, after the moon landing, only gave China 1g of lunar soil, scientists studied 0.5g, and 0.5g can only be placed in museums.
But this time, let's take it ourselves, and study as much as we want!
3: 2021 - Launch of the core module of the Chinese space station - codename: Tianhe
4: 2021 - Launch of the Chinese space station 1 test module - codename: Wentian
5: 2022 - Launch of the experimental module of the Chinese space station 2 - code: Mengtian
If these projects are completed, it will also be possible to replace the ISS, but these are inseparable from heavy rockets.
6: 2024 – Chang'e-6's second lunar sample return mission.
7: 2024 - The Chinese space telescope at the level of the Hubble Telescope in common orbit with the space station will be completed - codename: Sky Survey
8: 2024 – SPORT Program - Humanity's Strongest Solar Polar-Orbital Space Telescope.
As a melon eater, the first contribution is to pay taxes.
The second contribution is to popularize science, so that everyone knows about it, and that is enough.
Although there is still a big gap between my country and the United States, I think the main reason is that the money burned is too little, and the cost of the Saturn 5 is equivalent to a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier!
And the Saturn 5 was launched 13 times and burned 13 aircraft carriers. Together with R&D expenses, it is equal to 15 aircraft carriers.
And the money burned by our aerospace industry may add up to not a single aircraft carrier. So it won't be able to catch up for a while, it's nothing, there are so many disciplines to develop, such as nuclear fusion, artificial intelligence, etc., and it is impossible to allocate all the funds to aerospace, and there is no need to repeat the work of the Americans.
But I believe that in the future, this will get better and better.
Okay, the science is over, tomorrow will double the monthly pass, if you have a monthly pass, you can keep it, and see if there are any red envelopes to grab in the red envelope area.
If you don't have a red envelope, vote for me tomorrow, you don't have to vote today!