After hurting each other for a while, the starship finally ushered in its second launch.

This time, there was no more terrifying scenario of "launch and loss of contact", and the engine of the B7 booster core stage smoothly started sequential ignition after receiving the ignition command, and the signal connection was quite normal.

Because of the distance and angle, neither of them could see if all 33 engines were working properly, but they could see something wrong for the time being.

It was not until the booster pushed the 120-meter-high rocket body completely out of the smoke range that the condition of the first stage tail was fully demonstrated.

All engines are ...... No, a piece is missing in the middle, and a piece is missing in the outermost part.

Musk is very sure that this time there will be no deflector debris entering the engine to cause damage, which can only indicate that it is the problem of the rocket itself.

Two engines failed, 31 working and still within his acceptable range.

But immediately after that, another engine opposite the peripheral failed engine was also shut down, this was to balance the thrust, and the outermost engine could not be corrected by yaw, they were fixed.

Although the thrust of the three engines was lost, the remaining engines were throttled to a maximum of 110%, and the total thrust was still 6,100 tons, which was about the same as the normal operation of all 33 engines.

After that, there was no engine stoppage, and the assembly flew upwards on a predetermined trajectory, and the people around it cheered.

Soon the tail flame is getting smaller and smaller because of the rise in altitude, and because of the air pressure, you can clearly see the spectacular traces of the tail flame after the dispersion, according to Musk's experience, the altitude is now more than 70 kilometers.

Maybe this time it can be done into orbit?

Just as he was thinking this, the bright spot in Skyrim suddenly went out, and then a much dimmer bright spot appeared:

The Starship ship of the second stage separated ahead of schedule.

The first booster, which had all engines turned off, continued to rise by inertia, but immediately began to deflect due to the loss of power.

Because there was still a lot of fuel stored in the rocket body, the drastic attitude change caused the fuel to start flowing, and the pressure of the tank was partially unbalanced, which led to an explosion after just a dozen seconds.

This is the most classic scene in spaceflight, and it is also the reason why rockets explode after lodging, and Starship's booster is obviously no exception.

The second stage, which was separated in advance, apparently also will not have enough speed to enter orbit and can only self-destruct after a while of flight tests.

Musk immediately dialed the control room and learned another piece of bad news:

The second level of the starship ship has lost contact, but it can be determined that the self-destruct command has been issued and will never pollute the ocean.

When he looked up, sure enough, there was only a large cloud of mist in the sky that had spread after the explosion at a high altitude.

Wayne also raised his right hand and watched the whole thing.

"Elon, do you think it's a success...... Test? ”

"It's already successful without exploding on the launch pad."

“……”

"Just kidding, this time it's already a lot better than the first, Wayne, SpecaX will definitely launch a third starship in two months, in fact we now have two semi-finished products that are 90% progressed."

"Then I'm looking forward to your good news."

……

4 days later, the Mukara launch site.

King Hammad waved enthusiastically to hundreds of thousands of people chanting his name, and now the Mukara cosmodrome is once again breaking records, and even many non-believers are on the scene.

Even Persia pinched his nose to congratulate the launch and symbolically donated some money to the local temple.

After finally meeting with representatives from all walks of life, Hamand hurried to the launch tower, where Reana and Alkarli were already waiting to get on the elevator.

When they saw the king coming, they subconsciously bowed to their chests, but were stopped by Hamand in time.

"I'm also an active astronaut, and we're both trained in the 507 Institute."

As he spoke, Hamand raised his right hand and gave a military salute, and the two hurriedly responded.

They all know that the king's obsession with going to space has not dissipated, and he may even have the idea of going to the moon, but this is not something they can control, and they dare not continue after saying a few words of thanks dryly, so as not to be attacked for the crime of "bewitchment".

Hamand had to look at the chief engineer of Huaguo who was in charge on the side, and asked directly in Chinese:

"Lee, how long has it been since Storm arrived on the space station?"

"Your Royal Highness, the docking has just been successful, and the time of the launch of the Storm was five hours ago, and after the time difference, the two sides were actually launched almost at the same time.

As soon as the two astronauts aboard Mecca arrive, they will set off for the moon.

Congratulations, Abel is about to become the third country to land on the moon! ”

"Thank you, thank you, and the same friendly Chinese friends, I always thought that it would be Lucia or the country that would have our chance......

Faisal, did you give a gift to our friends? ”

The attendant on the side hurriedly replied, "Of course, everyone has at least 100,000 dollars." ”

Hamand was dissatisfied: "Too little! Double it all, and Lee's remuneration cannot be less than a million dollars! ”

Li Gong: "Your Royal Highness, I can't ......"

Hamand: "Lee! It's a gift from friends, don't you want to be friends with me? ”

“……”

Before Chief Engineer Li came, he was warned by a colleague who had been to Abel on a business trip that the current situation might occur, but he never expected such an exaggeration.

According to the previous practice, the country recognized that this is a legitimate income, and all of it is privately owned, doesn't this mean that his worth will immediately increase several times?!

Evil dogs......

After reviving the local tyrant of the dog, Hamand showed the friendly image of the people in the camera for a few minutes, and then returned to the observation deck, where the two astronauts also entered the space shuttle for launch.

……

Tiangong space station.

"They're coming!"

The station's radar has picked up the self-Mecca, which is slowing down and preparing to approach in parallel, to make contact and provide guidance.

Although the mission crew of Tianmu-2 is only four, the space shuttle will actually send seven people to the moon.

During this launch, the Storm took five crew members with it, and three rookies from the space agency will hitchhike into the space station for their maiden trip, and then two Xinyuan and one astronaut from the space agency on the "Tiangong" will be transferred to the space shuttle and go to the moon together.

At that time, it was still Deng Lei, Li Wei, and Reyana who landed on the moon, and Alkarli and a total of four of them stayed on the "Black Rabbit" space station for observation missions.

While waiting for the docking from Mecca, Deng Lei and Reyana were communicating with the ground.

The four priority advertisers of Tianmu No. 2 Mission: Byte Provocation, Xin'an Automobile, Huawei and Cestbon.

Except for the small advertisements printed on the surface of the space shuttle and lander, all four advertisements have active renditions and lines.

For example, it is necessary to cooperate with Xin'an to develop a lunar rover with an XCX sports car shell; Open Douyin with a special Huawei Mate12 (vacuum-available version) and shout the classic line "Record your life", and finally show Cestbon mineral water (Moon Special Edition) when resting in the landing module.

I can't ignore it, just the advertising cost of the four big heads is billions, and I earned back the investment in this task in one go, plus dozens of other small advertisements, and I realized a lot of profits by advertising before I opened the mine.

If it weren't for the space agency's dissatisfaction, the base would have even wanted the spacesuit to do the same as the racer for full-body advertising bidding.

(End of chapter)