Whether it is a rural mountain village, a bustling city, no matter men, women and children, whether it is an urban white-collar worker or a rural farmer.

At this time, everyone has only one thing to do, which is to hold their mobile phones.

Everyone watched as the graceful figure of the Moon Invitation swept through the clouds and headed towards the distant moon.

At this moment, I don't know how many people raised their glasses to drink, and I don't know how many people cried with joy.

And on the Internet, it has long fallen into madness.

Regardless of China, all the live broadcast platforms were instantly full of messages, and there was a brief downtime.

"Salute to the motherland's aerospace! Salute to generations of astronauts of the motherland! ”

"I'm going to cry, please come on!"

"I'm already crying! I didn't expect to be able to see the fusion engine go to the sky in my lifetime! ”

"The fusion engine is in the sky, is interstellar travel still far away? Give me a pretty answer! ”

"Raise a glass to invite the bright moon, the end of the world at this time. Brothers, I'll do it first! ”

"From now on, the galaxy is far away, and it is no longer a distance."

"Our journey is the sea of stars, pay tribute to the motherland's aerospace!"

"A thousand words converge into one sentence: the motherland is awesome!"

……

Meanwhile.

Kennedy Space Center.

The Inviting Moon has successfully lifted off for 20 minutes and has entered the cruising phase.

For the audience, it also means entering "garbage" time.

But all the engineers and aerospace experts who attended the meeting did not leave, but left their positions and stood at the front of the big screen.

On the big screen, start replaying the takeoff footage.

In the picture, although when it is about to take off, there is a "launcher" that supports the entire spacecraft raised, so that the spacecraft meets the sky at an elevation angle of 60 degrees. But there are indeed no "wheels" on the contact surface between the bottom of the spacecraft and the launch rack.

The absence of wheels means that the ship's landing gear will rub directly against the launcher.

"Frame-by-frame playback."

"Pause!"

"See? At the end of takeoff, the spacecraft attitude engine did not output much power, but the spacecraft's attitude changed. ”

The crowd was silent.

Needless to say, even middle school students know that it is impossible to "lift" a cargo weighing several thousand tons by relying on the plasma jet sprayed by the Hall attitude engine.

What is shown in the picture is also that although the attitude of the spacecraft changes very slightly, everyone can still see it.

The landing gear was completely detached from the launch gear.

Then I thought of the phrase 'the force field device is good' in the self-test response of the control center before......

Everyone fell silent.

In silence.

Director Bowers let out a long sigh.

Now that the anti-gravity force field has been dealt with on the other side, all the problems are solved.

"Looks like they're planning to lock down the force field technology." Director Bowers looked at Musk, and he knew that the reason why the latter brought everyone from SpaceX to watch the live broadcast with his own people was not only to satisfy his "curiosity", but also to gain experience from this launch.

After all, this is the first launch of a self-propelled engine spacecraft, not those fuel rockets that have long matured beyond maturity.

Any frame of take-off and landing is precious.

But now......

What experience can you have?

"We're more than a generation behind." Musk's eyes are deeply sunken, and the look in his eyes is extremely complicated.

"Previously, even if we were on different sides, I still hoped and would like to congratulate them on their successful arrival on the moon. But now ......"

Musk said and closed his mouth.

The aerospace experts present, all of them had the same expressions as him.

As a scientist and engineer who aspires to a career in aviation.

The naïve thinking of most people is to look at the launch of the Moon Invitation from the perspective of the future of the entire human race - they admit that they will be a little sour, but they really want to say that they hope that the other side will fall...... This kind of thing still can't be done.

But now, after the other party showed the force field technology that had been hidden......

Just then, the door to the conference room opened.

A communicator from the command center stood at the door.

"Gentlemen, there is news from Artemis that they want to carry out Plan B, carry the material module into lunar orbit, and in doing so, complete the landing a day earlier, as well as carry more supplies."

Director Bowers immediately turned his head: "What? ”

"They learned about the situation of the Invitation Moon and strongly demanded that the plan be carried out."

Director Bowers immediately frowned.

There can be no single plan and scheme for any space mission.

In particular, this feat of sending 18 people to the sky - not surprisingly, this will be the last time that mankind will use a high-thrust rocket with traditional working fluid to carry out a moon landing.

It is all the more necessary to be cautious and prudent.

Artemis, who is currently orbiting the Earth and docking with the material module, proposed Plan B, which is actually the original Plan A, a scheduled plan - this plan will carry more supplies and reach the moon faster.

However, due to the increased difficulty of landing in this plan, the current plan was adopted later.

And, of course, there is Plan C - the mission is aborted to orbit.

It's the equivalent of a space rescue plan. (Note, there really is.) ）

If at the current pace...... A fact emerges that is difficult to accept.

It was Artemis that took off five days early, but landed a day behind.

Just when everyone was silently thinking, another commander came to the door.

"Director, call from the White House."

……

White House.

"Sir, I just need you to answer me, is it according to the original plan, that we are going to land before them?"

"Yes."

"Then why modify?"

"Because ......"

"Okay, you don't have to answer, there are two paths in front of us now, the first is to set foot on the moon first, and the second is to launch missiles to shoot down that ship - you choose!"

“…… Yes, sir. ”

"Then tell the girls and boys on the spaceship, I'm for them! Day workers support them, the whole country supports them! ”

……

European Aviation Agency.

"We support the implementation of the original plan."

JNA.

"We agree to Plan B."

Alitalia.

"If it's the astronaut's choice, we agree."

*

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Xichang Satellite Launch Center.

Invitation Moon launch command room.

Since the launch and ignition, Ye Ming has maintained the posture of standing and looking up at the big screen, even if there is a boss standing next to him, he has not been distracted at all.

Even when the Yueyue was successfully ignited and successfully lifted off, he only applauded lightly with everyone.

Then, calm returned to the entire command hall.

Only data from radar stations, satellites, and the Invitation Moon Campaign itself.

For ordinary people, it is possible to party today.

But for those in the command hall......

Ignition and take-off is just the beginning.

The real difficulty is the release of satellites into orbit, the deceleration of orbit transfers, and the derailment and landing.

Only a safe landing on the moon is worth celebrating.

to really raise a glass!

Until then, no one can and must not let up.