"The Blue Moon lander has completed refueling in lunar orbit."

"Yesterday the Artemis program's HLS human landing system docked with the late-launched fuel refueling module in lunar orbit and successfully transferred more than 22 tons of fuel, according to a NACA spokesperson.

This is the first in-orbit refueling mission of a spacecraft in lunar orbit, and the spokesperson said: "The complexity and sophistication of the Artemis 2 mission can be called 'the most in history', and it will be further ......."

Academician She lowered the volume of his notebook, and always felt that something was wrong when he took out the satellite image.

The SLS rocket arrived at the launch station two days earlier than expected, and preparations have been underway for almost a week, but NACA still hasn't announced the launch time.

It's already the morning of June 30, and there are still 24 hours left before the launch of Dawn 3.

Amiko's mind is not easy to guess, but his own first is already half in his hand, and there is a turbulent undercurrent under the calm tide of the world.

Looking at the time, he walked out of the guest house and prepared to go to the launch site for an interview.

Ten minutes later, CCTV reporters and videographers, led by the staff of the Launch Administration, carefully avoided various work areas and collected the footage that had been broadcast in the evening.

Academician She walked unhurriedly at the forefront, and now he is standing at the top of the assembly building, almost the same as the fairing of the Long March 10 Yao-3.

Now that the fairing has been closed, it is being sprayed with the words CNSA and CADC.

Because the diameter of the Dawning spacecraft is the same as that of the rocket body, and there is a lander on it, a fairing with a larger diameter is covered, and there is no need for an additional fairing when the spacecraft is only launched.

Academician She stood still in front of the rocket and sighed slowly:

"In 1970, our first satellite, Dongfanghong 1, went into space, when the island nation launched a small thing of a few kilograms to disgust us and snatched the name of Asia's first satellite.

But what's there to grab here? Eight or nine years before that, the Alliance and Ami sent humans into space, and in 69 years they sent humans to the moon.

At that time, Qian Lao designed two manned spacecraft based on the Long March 2 rocket, and planned to develop a giant rocket capable of landing on the moon in the next decade, which was the original Long March 10, and the whole program was called the Dawning Project.

The first astronauts were selected from that time, but it took thirty years to see our country's astronauts go into space. ”

Reporter (whispering): "This shouldn't be recorded, right?" ”

"Haha, it's just my feelings, I was a young man back then, and I'm about to retire now."

Academician She coughed twice and began to get to the point:

"The success of the New Dawn Plan is determined by the great development of science and technology brought about by our 40 years ......of opening up, and it is also inseparable from the improvement of spiritual outlook and overall material needs.

……

"May you tell me the exact launch date of the Artemis II mission?"

"We're going to launch it in the near future."

"How long is it in the near future?"

"The near future is the right time."

The TASS reporter took a deep breath and asked one last question with a strained face:

"How is the right time determined?"

"NACA has its own schedule of programs, please be patient."

The spokesman's bunch of nonsense drew a "boo" from the reporters, who shook their heads one after another.

Just now, the Aviation Development Commission announced that the launch date of the Long March 10 Yao-3 rocket has been finalized on the morning of July 1, and the three astronauts have also appeared in Qiongzhou.

Now that the world is talking about the moon landing, everyone already knows the exact date of Dawn 3, but what about NACA's?

NACA said it was going to hold a press conference last night, but after waiting for two hours, it was suddenly canceled, and it was only in the morning that it was temporarily held again due to the strong dissatisfaction of the reporters.

I thought that such a change must be big news, but the latter read a few marginal news and was about to slip away, but was stopped by reporters in time to ask - and then the above scene happened.

The spokesman knew that he had been scolded by the reporters for being a son of a bitch, and he also scolded Claire in his heart with the same words.

Late at night on June 29, Aramco time (the morning of the 30th in Beijing), the SLS rocket began to refuel, and Claire officially confirmed that Artemis 2 had been able to meet the launch requirements, and asked to disclose the news to the public at 20 o'clock in the evening, giving a scare to the counterparts on the other side.

At 7:54 p.m., the spokesman was notified that "the plan has changed, wait for the time being".

In order to calm down the reporters who had returned to no avail, the spokesman could only come out the next morning to make an appearance, and he himself was in a bad mood now, and the director of the bureau was slow to set a specific launch date, and he was under a lot of pressure as a public figure.

But you can't talk nonsense, you can only be a repeater, and then find an opportunity to slip away.

Just as he was about to leave quietly, the intern rushed to the stage and handed over a document, and his furrowed brows finally relaxed after opening it.

The speaker's demeanor reappeared on him, knocked on the table and said loudly:

"The launch date of the Artemis II mission has been announced, and it will launch in 24 hours, on June 30 at 22 p.m. Central Time!

NACA will lead all citizens on a journey to the moon again! ”

The reporters, who were still dissatisfied, were silent for a moment, and then exploded like boiling water, scrambling to raise their hands:

"Mr. Spokesman", "...... Speaker", "Excuse me......"

……

"His grandmother's is too deceitful!"

As soon as Academician She finished the interview and was admiring the rocket that had fully entered the launch readiness state with a strong excitement, he heard the news that 10 minutes ago, NACA officially announced the launch time of Artemis II.

At 22 o'clock in the evening of the 30th, that is, at 8 o'clock in the morning of July 1, Beijing time, 3 hours earlier than 11 o'clock in the dawn of Shuguang 3!

If it weren't for the July 1 launch, he would have wanted to call the astronauts over and launch the rocket right away.

NACA: What are you doing?

Before Academician She continued to get angry, the big guy's phone called:

"Hello? Lao She, did you see the news? ”

"I saw it, this son of a bitch, bullying us to open the time first? No more, no less, exactly three hours in advance! ”

Big Guy: "No, you should think about why they are three hours early. ”

"In advance? Not to ...... with us Hmm, I kind of get it. ”

Under the prompting of the big guy, Academician She quickly figured out what he wanted to express, and scolded fiercely after reacting.

"Doggy Yankees, I know, they don't have enough time at all, the original launch time is definitely not early July, at least late July or August, they are rushing, they are desperate with us! I fought hard to grab these three hours! ”

Big guy: "I'm not afraid that they will land on the moon ahead of us, they were actually going to hold a press conference yesterday but canceled it, I guess it should have been earlier, but because of some problems and forced to postpone, it was finally set three hours before us."

No matter what it is, it shows that Artemis II is too hasty, and it will kill people to engage in spaceflight like this! ”

Academician She: "Then let's persuade them to launch late?" It can't be either. Or don't care about them, we launched earlier, the state of the long ten is very good, and it can be launched at any time. ”

Big guy: "Stabilize first, I'm communicating with my superiors, and there are things related to human life, we can't do nothing." ”

(End of chapter)