Chapter 71: We did
The space agency soon issued a notice to several subordinate academies:
Xinyuan Aerospace Power will participate in the overall national aerospace project, what tasks can you use to complete your research and research?
Of course.
First of all, the Fifth Academy, threw out a lot of plans and handed them in, and the top was the space station.
According to the original plan, Huaguo's space station is divided into three steps, the first step is Tiangong-1 to verify the in-orbit docking technology, the second step is Tiangong-2, which is scheduled to be launched next year, which is a backup and proficiency of Tiangong-1, and the third step is to build a large space station belonging to Huaguo in the future with the help of Long March 5.
The classic three-step strategy is also a pragmatic plan based on the space agency's capacity.
But now that Xinyuan-2 is swinging there, the Fifth Academy, which is in charge of the space station, can't sit still.
This is a heavy rocket that can hit a load of 45 tons into low earth orbit, and the limit of the long five is only 30 tons, which is not a grade at all.
Tiangong-2 actually has a certain amount of helplessness, which is limited by the capacity of the Long March-2F.
But now, if you can use Xinyuan-2, why not start building a large third-generation space station in one step?
The diameter of Xinyuan-2 is 6 meters, so the diameter of the space station can be 7 to 8 meters, and the length can reach 30 meters, and with a weight of more than 40 tons, the internal space will casually exceed 500 cubic meters, which is more than ten times that of Tiangong-1!
Even the original plan for the third-generation space station was limited by the Chang 5, and now it seems that it can be bigger and heavier.
The Fifth Academy, which does not need to worry about capacity limitations, directly let itself go, and rushed out a few days of the third-generation space station plan, as for Tiangong-2, it is only a module in the future plan, if you are not afraid of waste, you can directly throw it away.
In the past, due to the limitation of the diameter and weight of the rocket, the docking interface of the space station was designed as a space-saving 85cm diameter round mouth, with low efficiency and small area, but now it is directly changed to a large square mouth of 2x2m, which is beautiful and practical.
The tonnage of the core cabin is only 22.5 tons? Directly doubled to 45 tons, two hexahedral node cabins, expansion capacity MAX.
Even the big guy saw the long-term plan for the rotating centrifugal module and made a preliminary demonstration for the Mars landing spacecraft???
The big guy just skipped it and put it aside, and picked up the following one, and the result was even more terrifying.
"China Manned Moon Landing Project"
Put it down and pick up another one:
"Lunar Resident Research Station Program"
Put it down and pick up the next one:
"Extremely Demonstrative Study on the Concept of a Manned Spacecraft for Mars"
The big guy stopped turning it over, and felt that the five courtyards were really floating.
Let's take a look at the other hospitals.
The first hospital only handed over two symbolic cooperation tasks, and the main idea is: the big guy begs you not to give up on the Long March 5, let us struggle again.
Skip it and talk about it later.
Sixth Academy: Can we jointly develop a new engine?
Reply: Get out, it's useless!
Eighth Hospital: The long six multiplex type is a bit difficult, can you cooperate......
Close and toss aside.
There is nothing else, because the other research institutes mainly send people to the West, which has little to do with them...... What is it? A digital code research institute?
The big guy opened it curiously, and then found that this is to study reusable spacecraft, referred to as unmanned space aircraft, for military use.
They found H1's technology to be very important and helpful to the project, but because the level of secrecy was too high, it was left to the superiors to decide.
The big guy couldn't make his own decision, so he put a corner aside and decided to have a chance to discuss it again.
I just felt that there was too much trouble after opening the opening, and the office door that was pushed open was suddenly knocked, it was Li Wei.
The big guy asked tiredly, "It's Captain Li, is there something wrong with coming to me?" ”
"That's right, the players usually train very hard, and many of them have already reached the heavenly standard, but they have been dragging their feet...... I heard that the H1 can be reused, and if we can use it to train astronauts, it will greatly enrich ......"
Li Wei talked for a long time, from standing to sitting, and then to standing in front of the big guy's table.
"Li Wei, we discussed this matter with the comrades of the Manned Space Office, and the superiors have decided to let us adjust the plan, which is possible......
After a long time of finally sending Li Wei away, the big guy looked at the closed door, picked up the wooden model signed by the chief engineer of the Progress sent by Lin Ju when Xinyuan 2 was launched, simulated the route of re-entry into the atmosphere in the air, and slowly landed on the table that imagined it was an airport.
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On June 6, the sixth Falcon 9 of the new year was erected again at the air base in Cape Caravelle.
Lao Ma stood with a group of specaX R&D personnel under the scorching sun.
"Are you assuring me that this rocket will be recovered?"
"Of course, Mr. Ma Yilong, this time we have improved by 25%, which is the most stable Falcon 9 rocket."
The old horse nodded, not looking very interested.
The success of the first launch and recovery of Xinyuan 2 left a huge psychological shadow on him, and he went to NACA overnight to verify whether Guo Shen took away the top secret technology of the Space Administration, and if so, he also wanted a copy.
NACA: I also want to know where I got these technologies.
Originally, he also thought that the recovery of Xinyuan-1 was not too troublesome, after all, the Falcon 9 was a medium-sized rocket with a LEO capacity of 20 tons, and Xinyuan-1 was completely incomparable.
As a result, Xinyuan-2, which was 800 tons heavier than Falcon 9, was successfully recovered, which dealt a major blow to him at once.
Spicy is a big rocket, and the outrageous recycling method of Spicy can actually be done?
Ma Yilong, who has not successfully recovered the Falcon 9, does not have the confidence he has later, and even looks at his own employees with a little more suspicion, and directly fires 7 Ah San engineers last month before stopping.
Caravel called the officers and GIs at the base for a long time, but fortunately the expensive supplies and planes here had been diverted, otherwise they would have been blown up by the Falcon 9.
The spare parts warehouse that collapsed last time has just been cleared out now, and as a result, Ma Yilong can't wait to launch rockets again.
The specaX engineers expertly entered the launch procedure, and the Falcon 9 was quickly lifted into the air, and then recovered on the same trajectory countless times.
The Merlin 1 engine, which had been changed to the D model, ignited, the rocket speed slowly decreased, the support legs expanded, the height continued to decrease, and the engine was shut down.
Falcon 9 stood on the landing field, and although it deviated by more than ten meters, it still stood firmly.
The old horse holding his chin didn't react to what was happening for a while, and when he saw the end of the recovery, he got up and wanted to walk with his head stuffed as usual, and after walking more than a dozen steps, he suddenly turned his head, looked at the Falcon 9 standing in the distance, and then looked at the silent employees with wide eyes, and finally understood.
“W…… WOW, wow wow wow (wow)! We did it! Wei did it!"
“we…… did it!"
"Ahahahaha!"
Lao Ma was almost in tears at the moment, 8 months, do you know how I came over these 8 months!
8 months, 7 Falcon 9, in order to ensure that the monthly expense of the feat of one per month almost doubled, the employees of the empty fork worked desperately overtime to build rockets.
And now, he Ma Yilong can finally say that Aramco has broken through the technical blockade and mastered the independent rocket recovery capability!
At this time, the netizens who were watching the launch of the Lao Ma rocket were also boiling, and the Lao Ma would broadcast live every launch mission, and after performing 6 consecutive bombs, the Falcon 9 was successfully recovered? !