"Lucia is going to give up the Yenisei Rocket?!"

When Lin Ju and Seryov learned that RKA was likely to pick up Energy 2 again and fulfill the Alliance's legacy, they didn't know what to say.

Although the potential is much smaller than that of vertical recycling, it is still a viable method, but it reinforces the mythical theory that Lucia's technological development depends entirely on archaeology.

However, Lin Ju thinks it's very good, archaeology is archaeology, and it can be regarded as putting some pressure on the world.

Now Aramco, ESA, India/Island Country, Space Agency, Lucia, Xinyuan, a total of 6 lunar landing programs in the 20s, it can be said that the second space race is too lively, and the sense of competition is much stronger than the first one.

And the level has also risen, and now the latest version is comparing a large number of non-professional astronauts to space, which was not possible last time.

On December 6, Solidarity ushered in its most scientific launch.

Five experts from the space agency from various fields embarked on a seven-day journey into space aboard Solidarity to launch into space.

The launch mission used the Xinyuan 5B rocket, which was as stable as ever, and the commander of the launch mission was Li Sheng, the aerospace hero of the Space Administration, escorting 5 scientists.

In addition to him, the average age of the five people reached 57 years old, and the oldest was 62 years old, which is not too old to care, and no one felt unwell until they entered the space, and their physical condition remained good throughout the whole process.

Their special point lies in their own identity, which integrates almost all aspects of rocket and spacecraft design and manufacturing, and the combined aerospace strength of a small country is not necessarily stronger than that of a five-person group.

It can be said that these 5 people can do everything when they go out independently to open a space company, and if they are sent to Mars, maybe they can try to build a rocket on the spot?

What's even more special is that in addition to the usual suicide note, the five people also left a special item - the drawing of the Mars landing spacecraft: "Zhurong" (MAV, abbreviation of Martian Atmospheric Vehicle).

The Zhurong landing spacecraft weighs about 50 tons, which is actually a short and thick vertical landing recovery rocket, which can carry 7 crew members to take off from the surface of Mars to dock with the spacecraft in Martian low earth orbit and land work, and can also carry out rapid maneuvering on the surface of Mars to achieve large-scale reconnaissance.

The Zhurong landing spacecraft has carried out a simple basic configuration design, but it is indeed very careful to consider the factors and is relatively comprehensive. MAV。

The last jointly designed spacecraft as the last remnant of the space before going to space can indeed make people feel the unique romance of astronauts.

However, Lin Ju knows that this thing will definitely not be needed to land on Mars, the XN-90 spacecraft is much stronger than the MAV, and the gravitational force of Mars is small and the atmosphere is thin, so that is the real stage of XN90.

In the gravitational environment of the Moon and Mars, the usable payload of XN90 is not as pitiful as the 20 tons on Earth, and can even reach about 100 tons.

NACA must have to use this design, they don't have an engine like NAPE, unless they also plan to use a starship as a lander.

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Kennedy Space Center.

"The SLS rocket has 7,300 items that need to be tested for quality, and I want you to check it 7,300 times to make sure that it is as powerful, sophisticated, complex and reliable as Saturn V, and does not pose any risk to our astronauts!"

Claire, with red eyes and a white hard hat, walked around the SLS assembly plant, spot-checking inspection items from time to time, and it was already 10 o'clock in the evening.

On November 29, the day before the launch of Vanguard, the SLS rocket arrived at the Kennedy Space Center for final assembly.

From the Space Shuttle to Ares V to SLS, it shouldn't take that long to trace the origins of SLS, but it will take a considerable amount of time to gradually restore manufacturing and R&D capabilities, which is fast enough.

But for NACA, the thrill of the other side of the ocean stuck like a needle in their backs, forcing them to run forward.

On November 27th, the Lightnings were launched, and on the 30th, the Pioneer was launched, and Lucia also stirred up the situation to resurrect Energy 2, and the pressure was overwhelming.

The final assembly of the SLS rocket and the Orion spacecraft has been completed, but Claire insists on 10 days of repeated troubleshooting, even at night, and the rocket must be absolutely reliable.

Although they are all mature technologies, the new development of the core-level arrow body is not a small change, and the time is unprecedentedly urgent, Claire is very worried about accidents.

Even if it is delayed for another month, it is better than blowing up this rocket, otherwise the time wasted is likely to be half a year.

The launch date of the Artemis 1 mission has been confirmed, and the first flight is expected on December 12, exactly four months after the first flight of the Long March 10.

It's a little late, but there's good news.

After a year of frenzied funding, the manufacturer that supplies SLS components began to expand its staff and equipment, with NACA's workforce soaring by 25% and manufacturing capacity growing rapidly.

According to internal calculations, the manufacturing cycle of the second and third SLS will be 8 months and 7 months respectively, and the fourth SLS rocket may make its first flight as early as July 2018, and the manufacturing time will be shortened to 4 months!

Of course, this is still not as good as NACA's peak, considering that NACA launched a total of 19 Saturn V missions from 1967 to 1970 in the Apollo program, and the average manufacturing time for each one was less than 2 months, which is frighteningly fast.

Even if the rocket-making capacity is rapidly increased through the US dollar, NACA will not have that production capacity in the short term, but it will be enough.

Other military-industrial complexes have also discovered this situation and are urging Congress to continue producing SLS to replace Lao Ma's Starship program.

The Artemis program's six SLS rocket launches were based on a total of 24 RS25 engines removed from the shuttle and stockpiled, with four thrown for each flight, but Rockdyne said new RS25s could be produced.

The old RS25 is expensive to reuse in the shuttle, and the price of a single unit is more than $60 million, and Rockdyne said that the one-off version of the RS25E can increase the thrust by 18% while reducing the unit price to about $12 million to $20 million to support more SLS launches.

They also gave a reason to continue the production of SLS, according to the current use of Artemis program funds, the cost of a single launch of the first four SLS rockets will be as high as 4.8 billion US dollars, and the more launches, the cheaper!

Claire knew that they wanted the Mars program to continue using SLS rockets, but he still felt that it was too expensive, and Lao Ma's entire Starship project cost only $3 billion.

However, all he can do is support the development of Starship-Super Heavy as much as possible, hoping that the SpecaX will bring surprises like the Falcon 9.

Isn't the Hexagon preparing the Starlink program? Let's give the Falcon 9 all the launch tasks.

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