June 25, 11 a.m., Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.

The Long March-6 multiplexed Yao-2 rocket is erected on the launch tower, and the 3.5-meter fairing on the top makes the rocket look a little top-heavy.

Why not launch at the Bingzhou Satellite Launch Center? Because it's still being rectified because of the last Harukichi explosion accident.

The Jiuquan base was also very nervous after hearing about this, and looked at the Long March 6 as if it was something terrible, and kept persuading He Ruo.

"Lao He, the cost of our space agency's rockets is not high, what do you say you are tossing this thing for, how much money can you save if you recycle it so small? Is it in your bag? ”

"Director Qin, believe me, Ma Yilong has blown up so many times, we have only failed once, and the experience of last failure will never be repeated!"

Director Qin of the launch center finally looked at the erected Long March 6, shook his head and left, leaving He Ruo to clench his fists and mutter: "Chang Liu, Chang Liu, you have to fight for the Eighth Academy." ”

One hour later, a news break was broadcast at noon:

“…… China's newly developed Long March-6R recoverable carrier rocket successfully made its first full-state maiden flight at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, successfully sending eight scientific experiment satellites into a 500-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit. The recovery failed due to mechanical failure during the recovery operation and capsized at the intended landing site, causing no casualties or major property damage......"

In the CZ6R-Y2 mission, at 11:42 on the same day, due to the abnormal operation of the attitude stabilization system, the correction amplitude was too high, and the support leg fell to the ground after touching the ground, and the arrow body broke off and exploded.

The explosion did not cause significant damage to the landing site, but there was too much debris to clean up, and the director of the launch center said that it would take at least three months to clean up and revise the safety specifications, and he could no longer undertake the Chang-6 launch mission.

When Lin Ju saw this news, he could only silently wish the Eighth Academy good luck in his heart.

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"Slow down, slow down, this thing is expensive, this one is really not backed up, if it's gone, it's gone."

"I'm afraid of a fart, is this earthquake resistant? Aren't you afraid of the vibration of the rocket launch, but you're still afraid of this bump? ”

At Xinyuan City Airport, a group of researchers from the Fifth Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology in white coats are supervising the dragging of a 3X2.5X4 super-large experimental cabinet from the transport plane, and its surface is wrapped with a thick protective layer.

In order to complete the scientific payload task specified by the system, Lin Ju has been trying to find a way to make up 3.6 tons of scientific payload, but he can't say it clearly.

So he took the lead and brought a few colleges and universities to prepare to make a stupid big black stuff and send it up, anyway, the weight is up to standard!

As a result, the space agency couldn't stand it.

They first saw that Xinyuan No. 2 Yao-2 mission sent a sports car up, and then learned that Xinyuan No. 2 Yao-3 continued to send cars, and scolded in their hearts for wasting capacity.

Then I asked what Yaosan was going to send on the mission, and I inquired about the "space multi-functional large-scale vacuum-radiation joint test bench" in several colleges and universities, with a total weight of 3,950 kilograms.

It sounds decent, take a closer look at the indicators, the space agency has collapsed, what kind of joint test bench is a messy combination of a bunch of experimental instruments, the load of nearly 4 tons is completely redundant, and it is enough to make a satellite 1 ton, which is simply a waste of capacity.

The space agency felt that it was not possible to let these unprofessional people fool around, so it intervened forcefully and moved out of the backup comprehensive test platform prepared for Tiangong-2.

The projects that colleges and universities want to do will be added to this comprehensive test bench, and the space agency will provide technical support, and 800 kilograms will be allocated to you, and the rest of the space agency will be on its own.

Lin Ju did not object to this, but there was a requirement that the total quality of the platform should not be less than before.

The space agency says this can also be a problem? I have only seen the weight reduction but not the weight, so I simply increased the final mass to 4,200 kilograms, which is 90% of the load capacity of Progress.

On June 28, the large-scale comprehensive test platform was transported to Xinyuan City, which is designed to fit perfectly into the cargo hold of the Progress, and can be connected to the interior of the Progress through communication lines, and use the operation console in the crew cabin to conduct scientific experiments.

This would require a small makeover to Progress, but it would take four or five days at most to complete without any impact on safety.

And this time, he was accompanied by Academician Zhao Liang, the deputy chief engineer of Tiangong No. 2.

While arriving at the Xinyuan factory to cooperate on the renovation project, he also learned about Xinyuan's space station plan.

At present, Xinyuan's actual plan is only the XS-62 tourist module, which can be guaranteed to be used alone, and the plan is to build only two modules to be enough for commercial space use, and the H1 space shuttle can undertake the replenishment task in the future.

However, Xinyuan has also preliminarily formulated its own space station standards, including basic parameters such as air pressure and temperature, as well as communication protocols, among which the latter and the size of the interface surprised Zhao Liang.

The first is the communication protocol, he found that the entire Xinyuan company uses the RX01 data bus, which is completely internal standard, and has some compatibility problems with the dockable module in active space.

The second is the interface, because the diameter of the module has reached an astonishing 7.6 meters, and the size of the interface of Xinyuan has reached an exaggerated 2.5 meters X 2.5 meters square, which is much larger than the 1.2 meters square mouth of the International Space Station and the 0.85 meter round mouth of Huaguo.

Of course, these are all trivial things, the most popular thing for astronauts like him is such a huge space station, a space of 620 cubic meters is already two-thirds of the total volume of the International Space Station, 15 times that of Tiangong-1, there is not a high-value scientific research equipment, all used for space tourism.

Of the 42 tons, 30 tons are for enjoyment, and everyone can enjoy a curved independent bedroom of 10 cubic meters, 2 meters wide and 3 meters long, and there are four such bedrooms! It is even specially equipped with a separate porthole to sleep with the starry sky, which is simply extravagant to the extreme.

In comparison, the self-designed sleeping pod of the space station seems to be comparable to the small compartment of the morgue......

However, in terms of cost, the XS-62 is much cheaper, and one expensive scientific research equipment on Tiangong-2 can build two XS-62s, but it is still psychologically unbalanced!

Although Xinyuan officially entered the national aerospace project more than half a month ago, it only got a few small satellites that are better than nothing, and the large-scale plan is still being discussed and adjusted because there are too many departments involved, and the space station of the Fifth Academy is one of them.

For example: for example, Chang 5 was developed for space station missions and unmanned exploration of the moon and Mars, and now it is not needed, and it is okay to use Xinyuan-2, but who is the early investment?

So the space agency is now also in a mess......

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On July 3, the H1 No. 2 "Unity" was launched by the reconditioned Xinyuan-2 Yaoyi, successfully sending the luxury SUV of Nanfang Automobile worth 88 million into space.

Nanfang Automobile began to comprehensively publicize itself, and firmly grasped the aerospace industry to elevate its brand status, and faintly had a tendency to become the first brother of domestic cars.

In addition, the Xinyuan-1 family also carried out two commercial satellite launches, but both were submerged in the scenery of Xinyuan-2.

Now the domestic feeling is numb to the launch of large rockets, Xinyuan-2 has three launches in 40 days, although it is two alternates, but it is enough to prove the ability of Xinyuan Aerospace.

At the same time, Xinyuan officially announced its own commercial manned space program, and the first group tour flight composed of Chen Weizhang and another coal boss and island billionaire Beiqian Zhiyou is expected to take place in April next year, with a total price of 930 million yuan, equivalent to about 150 million US dollars.

On average, each person spent only $50 million to experience a seven-day trip to the space station and a daily out-of-cabin activity, which is a bargain compared to the past few paid trips by the rich.

After internal accounting, as long as Lin Ju receives 6 billionaires for two missions in a row, the average cost will not exceed 230 million yuan, with a single profit of nearly 700 million yuan, and a profit margin of up to 300%; The first two flights flattened the cost of the space station, and each subsequent order could earn an additional 60 million, and the profits were even more terrifying.

Lao Ma also saw Xinyuan's manned business plan, and he also made some calculations, and roughly concluded that Xinyuan's profit margin was between 65% and 85%, and the profit was quite not low.

He also found that the most attractive of Lin Ju's business plan was the exclusive luxury space station and the out-of-cabin project, but both of which SpecaX was fully capable of accomplishing.

So just 10 hours later, the empty fork also immediately announced its new manned space station travel plan, but their cabin is smaller and can only accommodate 3 people, that is, two rich people, with an average price of 50 million US dollars for 7 days.

Although it is more expensive than Xinyuan Aerospace, after all, it is the home field of Aramco, and Lao Ma is still confident that he can attract people.

Since then, Blue Origin, Sierra Nevada, Virgin Galactic and many other Aramco private space companies have expressed their manned commercial space programs, and all of them have moved closer to Lin Ju.

Xinyuan Aerospace has forced commercial space to roll up on its own, and if it wants to make as much profit as before, it must use recyclable technology, forcing each company to upgrade its own technology.

The only one who is still immobile on the surface is the space agency, which can only pretend not to hear, anyway, they don't have a so-called paid manned commercial project, so let's solve the internal affairs first......