Qiongzhou.

The Tengyun aerospace aircraft was towed to the start of the runway at the Xinyuan launch site, where it was undergoing final checks before takeoff.

Since the end of last month, it has moved here, and the Aviation Development Commission has used its greatest strength to complete the construction of supporting facilities as quickly as possible, so that Tengyun can take off near the equator and improve its performance a little.

However, the main reason for its expulsion from the interior was the unanimous protest of the base and the inhabitants of the interior - this thing is too disturbing.

Not to mention that it passed through dense and loud people all the way south, and it basically had to harass the masses once a week, and the life of the base was also seriously affected, so Tengyun was ruthlessly expelled to Qiongzhou.

Most of the area that takes off from here is the vast sea, and at most it will pass through a few islands in Luzon, and the hinterland residents will finally not hear the roar of tearing the sky.

Since October, Tengyun has flown 11 missions and sent 214 people into space, setting a new world record for manned flights at an astonishing speed.

If it weren't for the fact that the Aviation Development Commission had not been worried about carrying out an early mid-term inspection, it would have even been able to fly two more flights.

After all, the Aviation Development Commission did not press the fuselage according to the design limit, but still aimed at "weekly flights" and required to be able to carry out a mission once a week, and both the military and the space agency loved this groundbreaking space aircraft.

Cheap, convenient, safe, and reusable Long March-7 + Dawning spacecraft combo are all a bit disgusting compared to one of them, and some people have even said that they will retire traditional spacecraft and small space shuttles and build large space planes with all their might.

Although the Aviation Development Commission has not taken a position, Fengtian's Shenfei Group has already begun to build a new plant with the Great Wall 1, and will focus on the production of spacecraft, including aerospace aircraft and space shuttles, in the future, and apparently the top management also has this idea.

Deng Lei stroked the rudder in the palm of his hand, and there was an indescribable sense of satisfaction.

It is now 14 o'clock on the 19th, just three hours ago, the refueling capsule carrying 120 tons of hydrogen and oxygen fuel was successfully launched, and it is expected to arrive in lunar orbit and dock with the Wutu space station on the 23rd.

This time, Tengyun carried four astronauts, including him and Li Wei, who will take an aerospace plane to the Tiangong space station, and transfer to the Dawn-1 spacecraft parked there to enter the Wutu space station in advance.

Then Liming-1 returned to the Tiangong space station, and after being refueled by the cargo spacecraft, it flew to the moon with nine follow-up personnel on the 26th to carry out an expedition mission.

Before that, the unloaded Jiuzhang will return to lunar orbit to dock with the Wutu space station and refuel, and the astronauts who arrived early will also inspect and familiarize it with the operation.

Of course, the most important thing is to carry out a login mission, and the time limit specified by the system is only ten days left, and if you don't do the task, it will expire......

Landing early can also give the expedition team members more preparation, after all, those experts have limited astronautical expertise.

The mission is expected to last 15 to 20 days, with a total of 13 people, and all the fuel is enough for the Jiuzhang to carry a lot of cargo to complete four landings and take-offs and landings, and will carry out three landing plans according to the combination of two astronauts and three experts at a time.

Each landing is expected to stay on the moon for 3 to 5 days, which is enough to complete the initial exploration mission.

During the stay on the moon, the food and accommodation of the landers are all in the Jiuzhang spacecraft, and its huge living module can support a maximum of 12 people, and there is no problem at all to supply 5 people to survive.

Waiting for the Tianmu-3 mission to return is only the first batch of expedition members, and the four astronauts are still staying at the Wutu space station, waiting for the arrival of follow-up astronauts and supplies.

In particular, the prefabricated modules that were expeditedly manufactured will together build the first long-term camp on the moon, and will not be considered to return until the completion of the Tianmu-4 mission.

But Deng Lei knows the current mental state of United Mining, and in order to give an explanation to those crazy lost funds as soon as possible, the current CEO Wu Yi even can't wait to rush to the moon to mine in person.

According to the grapevine, United Mining has been pinned on high hopes from above, hoping to improve the continuously sluggish stock index in the A-share listing, and not to keep the Shanghai Stock Exchange at 3,100 points.

Deng Lei is convinced of this, and recently he has watched a lot of videos of an expert surnamed Li, and is ready to copy the bottom at the current 3240 points.

The thought of seeing a patch of red on the moon during the New Year is ......

"The runway has been emptied, the airspace is in good condition, and you can take off!"

"Huh...... Got it! ”

The sound of the tower brought Deng Lei back to his senses, and after simply sweeping the bridge, he pushed the throttle valve to the end, and then released the wheel brake.

The climb was as light and powerful as usual, and the numbers on the altimeter were jumping fast.

When the color of the sky changes from light blue to deep blue and then to deep black, he knows he's back in space.

Moon, here I go again.

Deng Lei muttered to himself in his heart, but suddenly thought of the Artemis III mission.

Although the explosion of the third hydrogen bomb and the launch of Artemis III were both on the 20th, they could not actually be counted as the same day.

According to the news from the base's intranet forum, the clean-up plan is based on the Pacific Fleet's daytime, that is, at 11 a.m. on the 20th in the Eastern Hemisphere, and the Artemis III mission is in the early morning of the 20th Central Time of Aramco, which is actually the early morning of the 21st in the Eastern Hemisphere, and it is about to be half a day late.

Artemis III arrived on the moon on the 25th, and it was supposed to land on the 26th and 27th, which is Ami's Christmas Eve, and it was about these two days for them to recheck and land on the Chapter 9, so ...... After five months, the time of the two moon landing teams coincided again?

This question triggered Deng Lei's deep thinking, and then told Li Wei on the side, which made the latter also fall into thought.

Li Wei suddenly remembered something he heard from his relatives and children some time ago...... It seems to be called red and blue CP since ancient times?

With two moon missions next to each other, the element of luck cannot be ignored.

"Brother Li, do you think we should go to the door? The lunar rover is also a matter of one foot on the accelerator, and it doesn't take much time. ”

"This ......"

Li Wei thought for a while before he said uncertainly:

"I'm afraid it depends on their wishes, but this kind of thing is really possible, and I want to see what their lander looks like."

He was obviously also very interested, after all, the Sky Canopy series of missions were all purely commercial in nature, and they did not have much sensitivity.

"I think they'll agree, but we may have to wait a little longer, and NACA locked the speed at 25 kilometers per hour during the Apollo program to prevent astronauts from racing, and I don't know if it's unlocked now.

Wait, maybe we can sit on the excavator over and pretend to dismantle their lander? ”

(End of chapter)

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