Moon surface, South Pole.

In the Aitken Basin, the life support unit was finally opened.

Even if it knew what this adversary wanted to do, NASA still had no means to stop it.

Unless they choose to tear their skin apart and abandon the humanitarian principles that have always been maintained.

But this is a bigger loss for them, after all, the United States has been a country of immigrants since its founding, relying on an excellent system to absorb scientific and technological talents from all over the world.

If this principle is broken, the loss will be much more than just a life-support unit.

After replenishing oxygen and supplies, and taking a 'tour' of NASA's life support unit, Zhai Zhigang and Chen Dong walked towards their 'Lanyue 2' lunar module with the two rescued astronauts.

They didn't spend much time on the moon, and they didn't leave time for Smedley Moore and McAdam Julia to miss the crashed lunar module and the accident site.

On the one hand, there is a docking time limit for returning to the lunar orbit, and if the first round of docking is missed, then they need to stay in the lunar orbit for at least a few dozen minutes before waiting for the second wave of docking.

On the other hand, there may be a shallow titanium-rich ore in the Eikent Basin.

A shallow, easy-to-mine, or rich titanium ore is too important for today's lunar development.

The longer they stay at the wreck, the more likely it is that the news will be exposed in advance.

So to be on the safe side, after visiting the life support unit of the United States, they simply left neatly.

"Call Xinghai, this is the Lanyue 2 rescue team, and our team will officially ignite and return to the lunar orbit in five minutes."

On the ground, Zhai Zhigang pressed the contact signal on his helmet, and after all the preparations were placed, he contacted the Xinghai that was operating in the lunar orbit.

"Xinghai will arrive over the south pole of the moon in seventeen minutes, please prepare for docking."

"Roger."

Zhai Zhi just responded, and twisted his posture in the lunar module with difficulty.

The original design of the lunar module, which could only carry two or three people, was crammed into four people, and its space was naturally much narrower.

Five minutes is not a long time, and after all the preparations have been made, with the press of the engine start button, the Lanyue-2 lunar module sailed into a silent starry sky.

In the distance, a silver-white space shuttle was slowly heading towards them.

"Docking successful, hatch open!"

With a pleasant sound, Lanyue 2 returned to the embrace of the Star Sea.

At this moment, the Xiashu Space Base, which is 380,000 kilometers away, also held a press conference to announce the successful completion of the 'lunar rescue operation' and the news that the two astronauts are alive and returning to Earth.

When the eight big words of 'the rescue operation was successfully completed' were loudly transmitted to the scene of the press conference and the live broadcast room, in an instant, the tide of applause was encouraged on the scene.

In the CTV live broadcast room that broadcast the manned landing of Xinghai on the moon, countless thumbs up were given.

Of course, it is not only Huaguo's netizens and viewers who are hotly discussed and praised.

On the Internet, many Mi netizens who paid attention to this action couldn't help but praise themselves for this beautiful rescue operation.

Regardless of the real situation, and regardless of the exchange of interests behind the lunar rescue. At least at this moment, not giving up on the spirit and humanity of any one deserves everyone's praise in this rescue.

It's not just Huaguo's rescue operation that has won everyone's praise.

Even NASA and White House, because they did not give up the lives of the two astronauts and asked their competitors to carry out rescue operations, were praised by many people as a manifestation of the spirit of the United States, and even won a lot of hearts for the authorities.

Of course, in fact, what is the situation of NASA and the authorities, ordinary people can hardly see.

When the space shuttle Xinghai returned to Earth with two astronauts from his own family and NASA, on the other side, in the Xiashu Space Base, Xu Chuan, who had been watching the rescue operation, also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the astronauts have not yet returned to Earth, it can be said that the matter has been a complete success at this point.

As for the navigation and landing between the earth and the moon, it is not a difficult task for the tried and tested Xinghai.

In the general control room, Wu Yuankang of the Space Agency also breathed a sigh of relief, and after glancing at the Xinghai that was returning on the screen, he turned to look at Xu Chuan with a smile and said, "This time it's really troublesome for you." ”

There are still some differences between the Xinghai Research Institute and traditional aerospace groups, such as aerospace science and technology, aerospace science and industry.

The latter belongs to a subsidiary company of the Space Agency, but the former is currently a cooperative relationship, and the Space Agency cannot directly issue instructions to the Xinghai Research Institute.

For example, this lunar rescue operation is a request from the space agency.

If the Xinghai Research Institute is not willing to save it, to be honest, the space agency can't do anything about it.

Glancing at him, Xu Chuan smiled and replied: "It's nothing, the success of the rescue is the best thing." ”

After a pause, he asked curiously, "By the way, how much did you charge for this rescue?" ”

This time the lunar rescue operation, although nominally a humanitarian rescue operation, they are not an international humanitarian relief organization.

And this rescue was mentioned to them by White House and NASA, so naturally some rescue fees will be charged.

Wu Yuankang said with a smile: "Actually, there are not much, this rescue operation has a humanitarian nature, and the above is more important in terms of the international situation and international image." ”

"In terms of rescue expenses, in fact, it is a symbolic 200 million meters of gold, as compensation for the interruption of our own scientific research work on the moon for this rescue operation."

After a slight pause, he continued: "In addition, the rescue cost of 200 million meters of gold will be paid to the Xinghai Research Institute by the Space Agency, which will be regarded as a subsidy for the forced suspension of your scientific research activities." ”

A lunar rescue operation will naturally cost less than 200 million meters of gold.

Counting all the personnel, fuel, working fluids, the second set of lunar landing equipment, etc., for the Xinghai Research Institute, it is about 10 million yuan, or RMB.

200 million meters of gold is enough for them to carry out more than double-digit manned lunar landing activities.

As for the suspension of scientific research activities on the moon, that is just a reason.

After all, the manned moon landing and related scientific research activities are open to bidding and have a fee.

For example, sending two astronauts to the moon, such as excavating 20 kilograms of lunar soil, mining 10 kilograms of lunar rock to bring them back, every scientific research work, the Xinghai Research Institute has received funds from the space agency.

However, high-tech enterprises are the foundation of a country and the future of a country, and it is not a matter of subsidizing them with some money or something.

In particular, the Xinghai Research Institute led by this one is a scientific research institution that attaches great importance to it.

Of course, for the country, this time the lunar rescue was not without gains.

On the contrary, compared with the rescue fee of 200 million meters, this lunar rescue operation has played an important role in changing their international image and national prestige, and even the future world space pattern.

Compared with the rescue fee, the top management values these things more.

After all, such an opportunity is rare and not available all the time.

If there is such an opportunity, let alone only asking NASA for 200 million meters of rescue money, they are willing to do it if they themselves subsidize 200 million meters of rescue money.

Listening to Wu Yuankang's words, Xu Chuan nodded with satisfaction: "200 million meters of gold, it's not bad, it should be almost enough to build the next generation of Xinghai." ”

He originally expected to be able to get tens of millions of billions, after all, it was a humanitarian rescue operation, and it was worth it to go to the other party's lunar module and life support unit to take a lot of looks, but he didn't expect the space agency to ask for 200 million, which doubled or tripled.

Tsk, two or three hundred million is not much. Sure enough, in front of the eyes of the country, money is really not money.

"The next generation?"

Standing aside, Wu Yuankang keenly noticed Xu Chuan's words, and asked with some curiosity.

Xu Chuan nodded and said, "Well, this manned lunar landing and lunar rescue operation made me see some of the shortcomings of Xinghai. I'll have a meeting here to study it, and I'm going to improve it again. ”

Practice brings true knowledge, before the manned landing on the moon and into space, before this lunar rescue operation, he was still very satisfied with the design of Xinghai.

But as soon as the rescue operation began, he saw where the shuttle was lacking.

It just so happens that now that the second space shuttle is being prepared for manufacturing, it can be redesigned.

"Oh, that's it, then I won't bother you here." Wu Yuankang responded and took the initiative to leave.

He still knows a little about aerospace, but he is confused about scientific research. It can't be said that he can sit in the position of director of the space director, and he still understands the general things.

It's just that in front of this, he's a primary school student, cough maybe a primary school student is not as good.

In the Xiashu Space Base, taking advantage of the time when the Xinghai returned to the sea, and also when most of the scientific and technological backbones of the aerospace research institute were there, Xu Chuan sent a message in the group and held a small scientific research discussion meeting.

After everyone arrived, he stood up and said: "First of all, thank you for your efforts and dedication during this time, our Xinghai is returning home, and the manned moon landing is about to come to an end. ”

When the words fell, the conference room burst into warm applause.

For everyone here, sending astronauts to the moon and realizing the manned landing on the moon belonging to China is everyone's dream, and even some people have been working hard all their lives.

However, dreams are dreams after all, and reality still has to be lived.

The success of this manned landing on the moon will undoubtedly add a heavy stroke to everyone's resumes.

For everyone, this is undoubtedly something to celebrate and rejoice in.

Waiting for the applause to pass, Xu Chuan cleared his throat and continued: "This manned moon landing has come to an end, and it has been proved that our Xinghai design is quite successful. Not only does it have the ability to send our astronauts to other planets, but it even has the ability to carry out rescue capabilities for astronauts from other countries. ”

"However, judging from this manned lunar landing operation and lunar rescue operation, I think there are still some flaws and problems in Xinghai, as well as some areas that need to be improved and optimized."

"This meeting is more urgent, and the specific situation is in the report in front of you, so let's spend ten minutes first and briefly read it and then discuss it."

Hearing this, the conference room suddenly resounded with the sound of squirming through documents and reports.

Ten minutes was not a long time, but it was enough for everyone present to go through the entire report that had been improvised in front of them.

After waiting for everyone to read the report, Xu Chuan re-spoke: "Regarding this meeting, there are two themes, on the one hand, the improvement of the Xinghai, and on the other hand, the construction of the lunar base. ”

"Judging from this lunar rescue operation of NASA, there is no doubt that there are risks in landing the moon by dropping a lunar module."

"Whether it is the launch of the lunar module or the docking with the space shuttle, these are all joint points with unstable working conditions, which are more prone to accidents."

"In order to solve this problem, I thought about it, and I thought that we could directly land our Xinghai on the moon as a whole by omitting the landing link of the lunar module."

Hearing this, a look of surprise suddenly appeared in the conference room, and the discussion sounded quietly.

Soon, a technician raised his hand and asked: "But there is almost no atmosphere on the lunar surface, even if we can build a runway on the lunar surface, the take-off and landing of the Xinghai need to rely on the wings to provide a certain amount of lift." ”

Xu Chuan nodded and said in agreement: "Indeed, the lack of atmosphere on the surface of the moon is a problem. However, with the take-off and landing of the Star Ocean, our eyes cannot be limited to this point. ”

"You can turn to page seven of the report."

After a slight pause, he continued: "Regarding the design of the space shuttle, we need to consider not only the transfer on the ground, but also the working environment of outer space and alien planets. ”

"For example, the low-gravity environment of the Moon and Mars. In this case, we can also change the design thinking and adopt a take-off and landing method similar to that of the Harrier fighter and the F35 fighter type. ”

"These two vector thrust jet engines have two important features, the first is a vector that can change the direction of the jet and produce thrust. Second, vertical take-off and landing can be achieved by creating a lifting force by jetting downward. ”

"If it is applied to our next-generation space shuttle, it can theoretically achieve the function of vertical take-off and landing in a lower gravity environment."

(End of chapter)