At 10 a.m. on July 9, a fiery meteor first appeared over the South Asian subcontinent.

It was the command module of Dawn 3, which was decelerating in the atmosphere at about 20 times the speed of sound, and its altitude was constantly fluctuating.

The Yuanwang 5 survey ship, which had just finished docking and replenishing in Marais, accurately calculated the intended landing area of the spacecraft, which almost coincided with the intended location.

But the astronauts on the spacecraft didn't know this, the spacecraft was not a space shuttle, and now it was difficult for them to know exactly where they landed, and they were still recovering their brains from the tumbling attitude they had just had.

Victor and Koch were completely relaxed, they were wearing spare spacesuits that Ding Jihua took from the "Black Rabbit" space station, although they could be worn but they didn't fit well, and it was a little uncomfortable to fix on a bunch of flexible packages.

Fortunately, this time the spacecraft will be very comfortable when it is splashed down at sea, and the command module with the air shield falls into the sea at a speed of less than 10m/s, which makes people feel like being thrown by the waves.

Zhang Zhiguang rested for a few minutes, and opened the hatch with some difficulty, and the sunlight outside and the moist air with salt immediately poured in.

Two helicopters had already appeared in the sky, and if you looked closely, there were also shadows of ships on the sea level.

The first to come were the two lifeboats on the Liaoning, and they carried the five astronauts onto the lifeboats one after another, and then drove to the side elevator of the aircraft carrier, where they were put up by the cranes.

Although the fleet is accompanied by an integrated supply ship and a 071 amphibious landing ship, in terms of comfort, it is better to have a larger tonnage aircraft carrier.

Of course, this is more to highlight the importance of the first moon landing, and by the way, show off your muscles.

Victor and Koch also never thought that they would be able to board the aircraft carrier, and looked east and west curiously.

He had been a naval pilot before, and he was very familiar with the sea.

"Hey, your carrier-based plane is so big, more than half the size of the plastic bug, can I take a look?"

The ground crew stopped Victor, who was trying to approach the J-15 in the hangar, and cast an inquiring look at the captain next to him.

The latter waved his hand to show permission, and this thing couldn't see anything at it, and the confidentiality was average.

Victor walked around the fighter plane with great interest, and then curiously climbed into the cockpit to observe, and saw a lot of unfamiliar electronic devices in the cabin at a glance, indicating that this is not a stupid big black and thick big guy, it is more delicate than expected.

Looking at the hangar again, it is much cleaner than the aircraft carrier he served, and it is not at all obvious that it is an old ship.

The five astronauts were then taken to the deck to blow the wind, and it wasn't long before Victor saw a familiar shadow in the distance: an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.

The Argentine U.S. warships finally arrived, and the lone DDG-107 "Graveley" quickly approached the fleet to find out, and then was tried to be driven away by the outermost Yinchuan, and the two sides kept turning and changing direction next to each other, and the scene was extremely lively.

Zhang Zhiguang: "Victor, it seems that you are very curious. ”

Victor: "Maybe they just want to visit me and Koch?" ”

Zhang Zhiguang: "I'm afraid I'll have to wait until you have a good rest." ”

Victor: "Zhang, how much do you think John will pay for us?" ”

Zhang Zhiguang: "This is gratuitous, and human beings should support each other in space." ”

"I don't believe it."

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The fleet would first sail to Qiongzhou and dock, then drop off five astronauts and let them fly to the capital.

Reporters who followed the fleet recorded the good mental condition of the five astronauts and the sunbathing activities on the deck, announcing the complete success of the moon landing mission and the incidental rescue operation.

Bringing back two human astronauts, the harvest is more than the inorganic samples.

Artemis 2, which is closely behind, is still hovering in low-Earth orbit and will have to wait a few more hours for Aramco to land after dawn.

This made the Aviation Development Commission completely relieved, the astronauts and the black box were all in hand, and the superiors had to leave Huayin for a short time to meet the five astronauts in the capital:

Artemis 2 and Aurora 3, all the astronauts who landed on the moon in the return of mankind to the moon in the new century are now in the country and are the first to be received by their superiors.

As soon as he thought of the scene where the astronauts of the two countries were wearing red and hanging colors in the Great Hall, Lin Ju couldn't help but laugh.

Academician She is also extremely emotional, the harvest of the Dawning Plan has far exceeded the investment, at least in the short term, no one will object to continue to throw money at space.

However, Lin Ju found a problem when he looked at the fleet's search and rescue astronauts at sea:

"Didn't you bring two Z-8s on the aircraft carrier this time? Why do you still use a lifeboat to fish for people, why don't you just hoist it up and send it to the deck like Ami? ”

Academician She: "We have done direct lifting exercises, but the practice is relatively small, and it is safer to use a boat, and helicopters are prone to accidents."

However, I am afraid that we will not have many times to recycle at sea in the future, and it is more convenient on land. ”

"Well, I thought the helicopter was unreliable."

"That's not it, although the power is a little worse but the quality is still very good, what, do you have any good suggestions?"

"I'm going to get rid of the Aero Power Department."

Lin Ju spoke amazingly, as if he was talking about a trivial matter:

"The base is too crowded and crowded, and I plan to transfer all the parts including engine manufacturing in the atmosphere and aircraft design and manufacturing to form a new company to develop independently, and aircraft like C810 will also be built by them.

The new company's business is mainly small and medium-sized aircraft and engines, turbofans, turbojets, turboshafts and gas turbines, and the relevant production lines in the base are packaged, ready to find a site nearby to settle down. ”

"Then this company is not small."

Since it is completely eliminated, the engines supplied to domestic passenger aircraft and military aircraft in the future must also be made by this new company, and these orders alone can make them rapidly grow into world-class products, coupled with the strong research and development capabilities that Xinyuan has long been known for, it is estimated that it will not be bad after independence.

Lin Ju nodded: "Yes, I plan to let Androv take the lead, he plans to develop a more economical high-thrust turbofan engine to replace the XW30, and he is also going to plug in the helicopter that no one has made in China to build a high-power turboshaft engine." ”

Academician She: "There is indeed a lot of demand for helicopter civil aviation in China, and there are a lot of power grids and emergency rescue and fire fighting, which is the right direction."

Your passenger aircraft manufacturing is now the first in China, plus helicopters, which is equivalent to General Motors and half of Boeing, I'm afraid there will be no shortage of money in the future, right? ”

However, Lin Ju sighed, and a sad expression appeared on his face:

"She Lao, moon mining is in big trouble."

"What's the trouble?"

"It's 200 kilometers from the mine we've found to be the easiest to mine to the nearest ice harvest, and it's impossible to transport water by pipeline, and smelters need a lot of water to synthesize chemical feedstocks, so you say, how much does it cost to build hundreds of kilometers of highways on the moon?"

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(End of chapter)