The spokesman of China's Aerospace Development Committee officially announced in Beijing that the manned landing exploration plan for the moon and the construction plan of the relevant lunar research station will be launched.

Landing on the moon is a dream of our country since ancient times, thousands of years ago there was a story of Chang'e flying into the sky, in the poet Su Shi's water tune song head, there are also poems imagining the scenery of the moon.

China's astronauts have always adhered to the idea of safe and reliable aerospace, and since the launch of the 921 Project, 10 astronauts have been sent to space for China, and a number of achievements have been achieved, and great success has been achieved.

To this end, the Aviation Development Commission has decided to launch China's own lunar exploration program after a resolution, and it is reported that it will use the Long March 10 new-generation giant carrier rocket of completely independent design to complete the lunar landing.

It is reported that the Long March 10 rocket was actually expected as early as the sixties and seventies of the last century, and it was a super rocket designed by Academician Qian Xuesen, China's aerospace leader, to carry out a manned landing on the moon.

Today, China's lunar landing and subsequent lunar programs will continue to use the synonym 'Dawn', and give the name of Long March 10 to the newly developed lunar landing rocket, in order to commemorate Qian Lao's ardent expectations for China's aerospace and make up for past regrets.

In this regard, the space agency said: It is necessary to carry forward the spirit of hardship and hard work, the spirit of innovation without fear of difficulties, and resolutely complete the ......"

An hour after the announcement of the Dawning Plan, Baidu's hot search was at the top, and Weibo's hot search was at the top, which swept a huge public opinion on the Internet.

And when the central news is broadcast in the evening, the people of the whole country will know: The Chinese are going to land on the moon!

The news was no less shocking than the first person to fly into space, the first satellite to ascend into space, and the first atomic bomb to explode.

In the evenings of countless universities and factories, in the food stalls and grilled fish hot pot restaurants on the side of the road, people can be heard talking about the moon landing.

You know, according to the previous plan, the space agency should only complete the last unmanned lunar exploration around 2025, and then carry out a manned lunar landing around 2030, which is now 10 years ahead of schedule!

In particular, the speeches of the bigwigs and important leaders of the space agency have shown the importance of the moon landing.

In the forums of space enthusiasts, with the announcement of the Long March 10, a large group of netizens gathered to discuss the space agency's plan to land on the moon, and at the same time, conspiracy theorists continue to believe that the second space race has begun.

An article titled "The Cold War Restarted, Huaguo and NACA Snatched the First Person to Return to the Moon a Year Ahead of Schedule!" The article was reprinted everywhere, this was an ordinary self-media compilation article, but as a result, shit luck hit the heat, and many people believed it.

What's even more outrageous is that some people suddenly began to call for donations for the space agency's moon landing that night, and several space agency foundations received more than 100 million yuan in donations within 12 hours, so frightened that the person in charge reported overnight to find a way to deal with it.

As for whether anyone said that the moon landing was not as important as people's livelihood? Yes, but before they could make a sound in the face of the enthusiasm of the people, they were drowned out.

In addition to eating, the people of China will yearn for the starry sky, and the rescue program for children in the mountains does not need to embezzle the funds for scientific research.

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"Really...... Against all odds. ”

At the branch of the Aviation Development Commission, Lin Ju communicated with the special personnel sent by the Space Administration, and looked at the Long March 10 rocket model with emotion.

As for the reason why the 2921 project was suddenly implemented to the moon, the big guy privately conveyed it to Lin Ju, who also understood it.

The higher-ups can accept being surpassed by Aramco, but they must not accept being overtaken by private spaceflight, which is too much at stake to challenge stability.

But Lin Ju can't help, anyway, the Long March 10 is preparing to land on the moon in April 2018, less than three years, and the system has given 48 months, and it won't get in the way when you wait.

Moreover, the Long March 10 has been analyzed and evaluated by system engineers, and the conclusion is:

The technical difficulty is indeed not too high, most of them are mature, and they can indeed meet the requirements, and they are still excellent giant rockets before the 10s;

But it is not recyclable, the design concept is behind the times in terms of efficiency and future, and the space agency cannot hold back such a rocket.

However, the 2921 project is not a one-man work of the Space Administration, and the plan was issued by the Aviation Development Commission, which means that the manned lunar landing project will still involve private companies such as Xinyuan, but it must be dominated by the Space Agency, and important components will be developed and produced by them.

After the initial communication, the space agency subcontracted some electronic devices and subsystems, and the value is really not small.

But this matter is actually very beneficial to Lin Ju, because the "fly higher" system mission that has nowhere to start, which requires the expansion of aerospace influence and the world's exploration of aerospace, has now taken a big step forward obviously?

Space agencies are desperately trying to land on the moon in three years, but what about NACA? Lucia? ESA? Anyway, you have to do something.

Pulling a hair and moving his whole body, when he thought that the world had started a fierce space race again, Lin Ju felt that he could laugh out loud in his dreams.

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Aramco, Congress.

The incident happened suddenly, and Ami felt that her neighbor across the Pacific Ocean had always been stable, so why would she suddenly announce that she was going to go to the moon?

And according to their character, when it comes to landing on the moon, it is really necessary to land, but it is not like NACA's procrastination.

After many verifications, they finally got an official confirmation and a positive reply:

"This moon, my rabbit is settled, as I said, it's not easy for anyone to come."

Then the senators realized the seriousness of the problem, and before Claire could clean up, she was hurriedly dragged to the Congress to be questioned by the old men.

First of all: China said that it wants to land on the moon before 2019, can they do it?

Claire showed her housekeeping skills at this time, analyzed them together in Congress, and then said: Yes, with the scale of their investment, they can land on the moon in September 2018 at the earliest, exactly three years.

Again: what about our return to the moon? How long will it take?

Claire: The rocket SLS is available, the Orion spacecraft completed a test last year, but there is no lander on the lunar surface, the external bidding has not yet been determined, and the specific lunar landing plan has not yet been determined, so it will be 2020.

That's right, at this time, Lao Ma's starship has not yet been born, so the idea of an Orion-starship combination landing on the moon does not yet exist.

The congressmen were anxious: "Director Claire, we have invested tens of billions of dollars in NACA since 2000, but your progress is slower than that of Huaguo, which is starting now, and you are suspected of dereliction of duty!" ”

Claire: "That's not a lot of that tens of billions of dollars spent on SLS, and it's not NACA's responsibility to keep delaying. ”

After a lot of shirking the blame, the lawmakers found that the moon landing still had to rely on Claire, and finally gave up the idea of impeaching him and turned to the serious topic: NACA, you think of a way to send people to the moon before the Chinese.

Claire had already prepared, and he also knew that it would be too late to make a radical plan if he rushed for time, so he quickly gave his own plan:

"The first flight of the SLS rocket was supposed to be completed as early as 2018, but for the mission, at least four SLS rockets need to be built by November 2018, preferably five.

The first launch must be tested aboard the Orion spacecraft by December 2016, followed by two launches in 2017 and early 2018, one to launch the lander and returner, one manned flight around the moon, and finally a fourth moon landing in mid-2018. ”

Senator: "Then go ahead and build it, it looks like we're a little bit more advanced." ”

Claire: "I'm afraid that's not the case, NACA's manufacturing capacity has been greatly reduced, and in fact, even if we start now, we will only be able to build two and a half SLS at most by 2019, and Aramco is not half a century ago when we can't mass-produce giant rockets." ”

Senator: "We have to find a way, I'm the director of NACA, and we'll approve the funding." ”

Claire: "Then we can't just rely on SLS, the other heavy rocket we can use is the heavy Falcon rocket that specaX is developing, which can put a 26-ton payload into lunar orbit without considering multiplexing, and two launches can cover one SLS, so we can almost get together four or five SLS targets." ”

Senator: "Then go to them, and now, please show the attitude of half a century ago and send the Amis to the moon for the second time!" ”

Claire: Pull out a 12-figure budget application form.

Congress: Approved.

Federal Reserve: India.

USD: Bigger and higher.

"Aramco is facing the worst challenge ever!"

This is Aramco's response to Project 2921 and the embodiment of its attitude.

SpecaX, Blue Origin, Northrop Grumman, Sierra Nevada, Rockdyne, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and many other aerospace manufacturers were all pulled into the Artemis program to return to the moon, and immediately began to study the moon landing program.

Subsystem projects such as landers, lunar rovers, and research stations were distributed one by one, and then Aramco's lunar landing plan was assembled based on existing rockets:

In December 2016, an SLS carried the Orion spacecraft into the air for testing;

In February 2017, a Falcon Heavy rocket was not recovered, sending tons of the lunar orbital space station "Portal" (the first part) to lunar orbit;

In October 2017, an SLS carried the SLS and four astronauts on a manned flight around the moon;

In December 2017, a Heavy Falcon rocket was not recovered to send the lunar landing section jointly manufactured by specaX, Blue Origin, and Boeing to lunar orbit;

In May 2018, a Falcon Heavy non-recovery rocket sent the second part of the Portal to lunar orbit;

In August 2018, the first SLS carried out a mission to the moon.

A total of six rockets, with an interval of slightly plus a little faster rocket build, also met the pre-2019 target.

If accelerated, the task can be completed 3 to 4 months earlier.

The Artemis program finally decided to add a total of $60 billion to build a lunar base by projecting 90 to 100 tons of mass into lunar orbit, just like China.

These changes were officially announced on September 25, four days after Project 2921 was announced, on Monday and Friday, which was known by the media as the Lunar Week.

Because at the same time, Lucia, India, and the island nation also showed their plans to go to the moon, and finally ...... Xinyuan also announced its plans.

Lucia's moon landing plan looks very perfunctory, using the RD181 rocket to save a PPT, India's natural needless to say, the island country's aerospace is also half a pound and half a tael with India.

Only Xinyuan's plan can feel the huge technical ability behind it from the PPT alone.

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