Chapter 244: Questions and Answers

“…… When it comes to the sea of stars, we mean it. ”

Earnest? You're not fooling people, are you?

Back then, the old hairy bear believed in the evil of the rice grain family, and was crippled by the Star Wars plan, and finally the economy collapsed and disintegrated.

"Next, let's move on to the reporter's question session."

After Wang Tu finished speaking, he motioned for Zhao Hongxing to come up and answer together.

The first is of course a reporter for national news, and this is something that can't be shaken.

"Excuse me, when will the timber construction project start and when is it expected to be completed?"

Zhao Hongxing replied with a smile: "The construction plan will start in February this year and is expected to be completed by the end of this year or January next year." ”

Hearing this answer, everyone thought: too fast!

A reporter from Science and Technology Daily stood up and asked:

"In the timber construction plan, a vacuum pipeline with an internal diameter of 96 meters and a vertical length of 60 kilometers will be built, how will this vacuum pipeline be realized?"

Wang Tu pointed to the vacuum pipe in the holographic projection and explained:

"We will use carbon nanotubes and some new materials to complete, this vacuum pipe is the technical demonstration has been completed, and we are confident and determined to complete it."

Obviously, Wang Tu's words are half-true, and the vacuum pipe in the holographic model is in an excited state, which means that no one will know that the cable is a vacuum pipe before it is put into use.

And this kind of half-truth is the most difficult to distinguish.

In particular, there is a construction animation next to the holographic model, which shows construction workers building vacuum pipes.

This kind of flickering is terrible, and if you are not careful, you may lose a lot of money.

A reporter from Yangcheng Daily asked: "May I ask, what are the specific parameters of the Qinglong manned spacecraft and the Xuanwu transport spacecraft?"

"Look at the holographic projection!" Zhao Hongxing clicked on the holographic projection, and the conceptual models of the Qinglong-class manned spacecraft and the Xuanwu-class transport spacecraft appeared in it, with some parameters on them.

"This is the conceptual model and specific parameters of the Qinglong manned spacecraft and the Xuanwu transport spacecraft."

The audience reporters took pictures and videos inside, and Elon was watching the live broadcast?? Musk, looking at the parameters on the model, suddenly frowned.

With a total weight of 100 tons, it can transport 8 people and 21 tons of supplies, or 61 tons of supplies.

With a low Earth orbit (LEO) payload of 63.8 tons and a maximum take-off weight of 1,428 tons, the Falcon Heavy has a load factor of 0.0447 (i.e., a payload of 4.47%).

The Falcon's Synchronous Orbit (GTO) carrying capacity factor is as high as 0.0187 (1.87%).

However, compared to the Qinglong-class manned spacecraft, the payload of the Qinglong-class is 21% plus 8 astronauts; The payload of the Xuanwu-class transport ship is 61%.

Although the payload of the Basalt class and the Falcon Heavy is almost the same, and even slightly exceeds that of the Basalt class.

But Elon?? Musk was not too happy, because the Xuanwu class can be launched quickly, judging from the information disclosed by Wang Tu, the Qinglong class and the Xuanwu class will not take more than 10 hours from preparation to launch.

He didn't know how the Eastern Tang people did it, but if it was true, the advantage of the heavy falcon would be gone.

After all, the Falcon Heavy rocket uses liquid fuel, that is, kerosene/liquid oxygen, and even if SpaceX improves the refueling of fuel and oxidizer, there is not a week that will not go to the sky.

In the face of the Qinglong level and the Xuanwu level, which can be launched two or three times a day, there is no comparison at all.

In addition, whether the payload of the heavy falcon can really reach 63.8 tons is still a debatable question.

SpaceX's Falcon launch vehicle technology, which was originally the crystallization of NASA's technology, Elon?? Musk's team has optimized and commercialized it, which is essentially the foundation laid by NASA.

But no matter how good NASA is, it has never dared to engage in this kind of strange 27 parallel engines, because the fire of the N1 explosion of the woolly bear can really blind the dog's eyes, so the development of a high-thrust rocket like Saturn V is the king.

The heresy of the Heavy Falcon itself also shows that the Mi Li family now wants to revive the aerospace heroism, and can only use this opportunistic method to show the world their muscles, or chicken.

Through this structure of many engines in parallel, it is announced to the world that its rocket control technology is advanced, or even better, supplemented by the prospect of commercialization, and contrasts with the development of the Mirijia aerospace industry.

However, the heavy Falcon flight had a very serious injury, and that was the Tesla sports car.

You must know that the test flight of heavy rockets must carry counterweights and instrument compartments for flight performance verification.

But the Heavy Falcon only flew a Tesla with more than 2 tons, and if you want to prove the load capacity of the Heavy Falcon, Musk has to launch a Caterpillar excavator to explain the problem.

Unfortunately, the heavy falcon load compartment does not seem to be able to accommodate such a large payload.

I don't know how the heavy falcon will develop after that, if it is still used as a load compartment on the top of the rocket, the heavy falcon must overhaul the fairing to accommodate such a load, which requires long-term experiments to complete.

Unless it takes to the sky with a load on its back, like the Woolly Bear Energy, it can play the carrying capacity advertised on paper of the existing layout.

Judging from Musk's fear of the first flight of the Heavy Falcon, which only carried a load of 2 tons, he has no bottom on the reliability of the Heavy Falcon.

So the first flight also changed the rocket load to a Tesla car, otherwise it was really tied to a 60-ton counterweight, and God knows what moths these 27 Merlin engines would make.

Thinking about Dongtang's fat 5, the reliability of the ten engines is still stumbling, and the 27 engines of the heavy Falcon are really difficult to say how reliable they are.

Whether it is the carrying capacity or the overall reliability, the Heavy Falcon is up for debate, otherwise why would the Mi Lijia astronauts go to the space station on the Soyuz rocket of the Mao Bear?

The Soyuz is a product of the 50s, and it has been in service for more than half a century now, longer than the Smith water heater, and the reliability of space activities is not blown on the PPT, it is really spent money to buy peace.

Musk also knows the problem of his own heavy Falcon, if the Qinglong class and Xuanwu class are true, the Falcon launch vehicle may have to hit the street.

As soon as he thought of this, he was one head and two big, Tesla can barely live now, or Galaxy Technology is holding up a noble hand.

SpaceX seems dangerous.

……

A reporter from the Global Times stood up and asked, "Excuse me, is this program open to all countries to apply for?"

"Of course, as long as we meet the standards, we will not turn down any like-minded friends." Zhao Hongxing replied with a smile.

As for whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway.

A reporter from the Mirror asked: "Will such a large-scale investment affect social and economic development?"

This question made domestic reporters dare not ask, and everyone immediately pricked up their ears.

Zhao Hongxing had expected it, and replied with a smile:

"This problem is groundless, our investment is divided into five years, that is, equivalent to 1 trillion yuan a year, this investment amount, will promote social and economic development"

A New York Times reporter stood up and asked, "Does this plan have a special-purpose component?"

"The nature of our program is the same as the nature of Mi Lijia's space program." Wang Tu spread his hands and replied.

......The New York Times reporter was speechless, of course he knew Wang Tu's subtext, that is, Mi Lijia can, and I can too.

As for whether there is a special purpose on Mi Lijia's spacecraft, you can ask NASA.

In the last century, Lao Mao Xiong and Mi Lijia have launched, and there are not a few nuclear-powered satellites, as for whether these satellites are real satellites, God knows.

Recently, the Mi Lijia has withdrawn from the group in various ways, and it seems that they have plans to withdraw from the "Outer Space Treaty" and the "Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty".

A reporter from the Higashido Daily stood up and asked, "Excuse me, does the Jianmu Project have a commercial promotion plan?"

"Yes, we're going to develop programs like space tourism." Wang Tu replied.

With the end of this issue, the joint press conference between the space agency and Galaxy Technology officially came to an end.

However, the follow-up impact is constantly fermenting.