Seryov's meaning is very clear: the purpose of the Huayin Pact Organization is so lofty that the other 11 members together are not as good as doing it alone, and nothing can be done without China.

In this case, you should give full play to your own advantages, you can be aggressive in negotiations, and it is a great opportunity not to take advantage of this time to knock on a bargain.

Not to mention the fact that now the country has the crushing advantage of heavy reusable rockets, and it should be staking in space as much as possible before other countries have this technology.

The superior picked up the report of the simple summary of the two and looked at it, and made some decisions in his heart.

……

July 4, four o'clock in the morning.

"Start braking!"

The ground command center sent an order to the Dawning 3, and there were more than 100 staff members here at this time, and they did not slow down in the slightest because of the dark sky, and from time to time you could see people in a hurry entering and exiting the gate.

Academician She, the commander-in-chief, and Yun Hongjun, the chief designer of Changshi, sat in the center of the hall, staring intently at the screen with headphones on.

On the large screen in the foreground, the simulated animation of Dawn 3 has been captured by the moon's gravity and is decelerating and braking.

The three astronauts were all firmly anchored in their seats, their eyes unconsciously looking out through the portholes, even though there was nothing outside.

At this time, they traveled to a position exactly 5,400 kilometers in the shade of the moon, detached from the rays of the sun, and most of the moon merged with the darkness, and only a little bit of illumination could be seen.

69 hours have passed since departure.

The combination of the Aurora spacecraft (deep space) with a mass of 22.6 tons and the lander with a mass of 25 tons and a total weight of 47.6 tons entered the lunar orbit, surpassing the Apollo spacecraft carried by Saturn V.

Zhang Zhiguang's breathing was so light that he couldn't even feel it, but fortunately he couldn't see the moon now, otherwise his attention would have to be attracted to it.

Arriving about an hour earlier than expected, he and Fang Lin had slept for almost six hours before waking up at three o'clock, and they were in very good spirits.

Ding Jihua, who stayed on the lunar track, has not slept and has been working intermittently for 8 hours, but he is in good condition.

Decelerated several times, and on the second deceleration and braking, Aurora-3 finally saw the day on the moon.

At this time, the distance is still relatively far, and the details of the lunar surface are not yet clear, only a whitish gray can be seen, and a few areas are brighter, which may be the reason for the abundance of metals.

During the two-hour deceleration and braking process, Shuguang-3's communication with the ground was quite stable, thanks to the "Queqiao" at the Lagrange point and several other "Laurel" satellites in orbit, which could ensure its smooth communication at any time.

At 6:21 a.m., Shuguang-3 completed its final deceleration and entered an elliptical orbit of 89 kilometers at perilunar perigee and 140 kilometers at apogee, and now it only takes two hours for them to fly around the moon and an hour to fly over the sunny side illuminated by the sun.

Zhang Zhiguang confirmed that the other two were still wearing seat belts, and slightly activated the RCS to deflect the spacecraft by 15 degrees, and the largest porthole was facing the lunar surface.

Now, he can see the craters clearly.

"Report to the command center, Dawn has entered orbit, the spacecraft is in good condition, the vital signs of the personnel are good, over!"

Hearing these words coming out of the astronaut's mouth, Academician She let out a sigh of relaxation, picked up the microphone and said:

"Dawn, please establish communication with the 'Black Rabbit' space station as planned."

In order to reduce unnecessary risks, Dawning-3 will not dock with the space station until the moon landing is completed, and the two astronauts who landed on the moon will first dock to the spacecraft on the ascender to complete the transfer, and then abandon the ascender to dock with the space station, and leave the spacecraft after completing a few days of observation tests.

At this time, they still have to establish stable communication with the space station, and the "Black Rabbit" is equipped with the latest generation of integrated navigation system provided by Xinyuan, and together with the unmanned probes of various landing sites on the lunar surface and the satellites in lunar orbit, it can accurately guide the Dawning spacecraft to carry out automatic rendezvous and docking, which is very important later.

This work was supposed to be done by Ding Jihua, but Zhang Zhiguang asked him to go to the rest meeting and asked Fang Lin to check the lander.

In fact, according to the most primitive plan, the spacecraft would not land on the moon until it orbited the moon for at least 24 hours, but the rapid landing was also in the training subject, and this time the space agency decided to complete the landing operation within today.

Because just as Aurora 3 was decelerating and braking, NACA also sent out images of the moon taken by Artemis 2, which was almost more than an hour later than Aurora 3 in terms of time and perspective.

More than an hour is nothing here, and it would take two or three hours just to check the lander.

Therefore, the Shuguang-3 crew adopted the method of rotating rest, and Ding Jihua, who had a lighter mission, worked longer, so that the remaining two lunar astronauts could get enough rest.

While they were making preparations, Lin Ju finally arrived at the command center.

After glancing at the track parameters on the screen, he slowly walked over to Academician She and sat down, while putting down a bag of coffee.

Academician She: "I don't drink this thing, it's too bitter, and people are old, and they are not sleepy." ”

Lin Ju: "I bought it in a bubble tea shop, and it added more sugar than ground coffee. ”

Yun Hongjun next to him was not surprised to pick up a cup and drink it:

"This kind of thing bought outside is not grinded by ourselves, where can the little girl who bought these drink bitter coffee, and the little sugar that my daughter bought for me is sweet and greasy."

Academician She took a sip with a sigh of relief, and with the sugar and calories, his spirit improved a lot.

"Has the landing time been decided? Afternoon or evening? ”

"If everything goes well, it's about 16 o'clock in the afternoon, and the astronauts have to rest a little longer, and at 9 or 10 o'clock, they will be announced."

Lin Ju nodded, this should be much faster than Artemis II.

Although they didn't know that the "Blue Moon" was still waiting for the four astronauts to repair it, the Orion spacecraft had to go to the "Gateway" space station to dock before it could follow up the work, and this process alone would take at least three or four hours, plus the arrival time of Aurora 3 was faster, so it would not be a problem to lead Artemis 2.

So even if it is launched at the same time, the Dawning 3 of the monolithic spacecraft has more advantages.

Academician She got up and moved his body, and at the same time talked to Lin Ju about the Huayin Conference:

"You know, late last night, our superiors asked us a lot about it, and we planned to make some more changes to the treaty.

You Seryov is a capable man, and he was easily convinced. ”

Lin Ju hurriedly shook his head: "He only provided technical advice in the past, and it is not you and me who really make decisions, not to mention that space speaks by strength, either with technology or money, we have both sharp weapons, and it is natural to make some choices." ”

"That would represent a more serious antagonism."

"It's as if you objected to the Skydome 2 mission discussion."

“……”

(End of chapter)