Chapter 285 The Lunar Exploration Project Completed Perfectly
After returning from the Space Technology Research Institute, Xu Yuan was not idle. Based on the information provided by He Luping and Chen Jianfang, he began to study the design of the new generation of spacecraft.

Including the Long March 10 carrier rocket, the Mengzhou manned spacecraft, and the Lanyue lunar lander.

This is the key to whether the manned lunar landing project can be realized.

As for the Riemann hypothesis research team, the five team members have not yet arrived.

And it takes a certain amount of time to get used to each other, but it won't cause any conflicts.

And the next few days.

Xu Yuan's visits to the Space Technology Research Institute have obviously increased a lot compared to before.

Discuss and analyze with the research team in the institute.

So much so that Academician He Luping chose to stay temporarily and did not return to the Shanghai Aerospace Technology Research Institute immediately.

The main thing is that I can get something new every time I communicate with Xu Yuan.

If I go back to Shanghai, I won't have such a good opportunity. After all, the two cities are not very convenient.

But it must be said that with the joining of Xu Yuan, the research progress of the new generation of space vehicles has been significantly improved. The designs of the Long March 10, Mengzhou manned spacecraft and the lunar lander have become increasingly perfect and are about to officially enter the next research stage.

Other researchers at the Institute of Space Technology, including Xiao Xinbin, were also very happy.

Everyone is well aware of Xu Yuan's level. Now with Xu Yuan's help, they will naturally be able to realize the dream they have longed for for thousands of years very soon.

that's it.

Time quickly entered August.

For the development of human civilization's space industry, this is definitely a day worth remembering.

Because China is going to launch a lunar probe, land on the moon, collect lunar soil samples and return safely to Earth.

This helps humans understand the moon more clearly.

At the same time, accumulate experience for manned lunar landing.

Although there are already two countries in the world that have successfully carried out the lunar soil collection and return experiment.

But decades have passed.

For today's young netizens, it is really too far away.

Because of this, one can imagine the amount of attention this lunar soil collection will receive around the world.

In fact, this is exactly the case.

With the official announcement of the exact time of the lunar soil collection test by the Manned Space Engineering Office, it soon sparked discussion on the global Internet.

First of all, domestic netizens sent their blessings as soon as possible and expressed their great anticipation for this lunar exploration mission.

The only thing left is to worry about when to land on the moon.

"I wish this lunar soil collection mission a complete success!"

"Finally, there is new progress. We can collect samples on the moon, so sending people to the moon will be soon."

"Can you see Chang'e?"

"Can I get a share of the collected lunar soil?"

"Thanks to the hard work of aerospace researchers, our aerospace industry has finally taken another step forward."

"Although two countries in the world have already collected lunar soil, I'm afraid we are the only ones who can still collect lunar soil and return it safely at this stage."

"What does it mean to be a great power in aerospace?"

"When will we be able to witness the moon landing? Is there still no news about our new generation of spacecraft?"

……

After switching the network to the external network, overseas netizens left messages under the relevant news videos.

There are more complaints about its own aerospace industry.

And the unstoppable sourness.

"I think it's too early to praise them now. Who can guarantee that there won't be any problems during the mission?"

"Why our spaceflight has stagnated."

"Starship is the greatest."

"Only if we place our hopes on China's aerospace technology can we have the opportunity to witness a manned moon landing."

"Even if they succeed in collecting lunar soil, it will be impossible to achieve a manned lunar landing."

"NASA can go to the moon at any time. Our space technology is the most advanced."

No matter what the external noise is, it will not affect the scheduled launch time. After all, there are requirements for the launch of the rocket.

Zero window emission must be achieved.

2019 8 Month 8 Day.

Thursday.

It is the beginning of autumn, and all staff members in the Yanjing Flight Control Command Center are on high alert.

Don't dare to be careless in the slightest.

Because in a few dozen minutes, the Long March 5 carrier rocket will ignite and carry the probe into space.

Xu Yuan had previously promised Chen Jianfang that he would participate in the final battle of the lunar exploration project, so he naturally would not change his mind at the last minute.

At this moment, he, Chen Jianfang, He Luping, Gao Duo and others were sitting in the back seats, looking calm.

There wasn't much tension on his face.

With the development of domestic aerospace technology to this day, the lunar exploration project has evolved from the initial lunar orbit exploration to the current lunar soil collection and return test. The relevant technology can be said to be very mature.

We are even more confident about today's launch.

There is no chance of anything going wrong.

"Xiao Yuan."

"I heard from Yu Ran that you have been busy until very late recently. You must pay more attention to rest."

Sitting in his seat, Chen Jianfang seemed to remember something and suddenly turned to look at Xu Yuan with concern.

He Luping, who was standing next to him, was also quite worried when he heard this, and quickly took over the conversation and echoed it.

"We really need to take good care of our health. If we collapse because of a certain project, it will be a huge loss to the country."

During this period, Xu Yuan basically focused his energy on the design of the next-generation spacecraft. Sometimes, because he had new ideas and progress, he was immersed in deep learning and did not take a rest in time. It was not something to make a fuss about.

I guess it was just Chen Yuran who brought the child back and mentioned it casually during the conversation.

So Xu Yuan, with a smile on his face, quickly explained to the two great academicians in the aerospace field beside him.

"I'm fine."

"It's just that I slept a little late because of some breakthroughs in the research on the Long March 10 engine and the thermal control system of the lunar lander."

Originally Xu Yuan answered in a calm tone, but after these words reached the ears of the two.

His eyes widened instantly.

There was no attempt to conceal the surprise that quickly appeared in his expression.

Without saying a word, he immediately asked further questions.

"Xiao Yuan, what did you just say? Are there any new developments in the rocket engine and lander thermal control system?"

"This is good news, tell me quickly."

Although Xu Yuan was a little surprised by the two people's reactions, it was normal when he thought about it carefully.

After all, these things are stuck in their hands.

However, this was not an appropriate occasion at the moment, so he thought about it for a moment before replying.

"There are indeed some new breakthroughs. I will talk to you two in detail after the rocket launch."

"It's settled then." He Luping agreed hastily.

At this time Gao Duo couldn't help but look over, and the look he gave Xu Yuan was also filled with a happy smile.

"I said that as long as this kid comes over, there will be nothing that can't be solved."

He was not stingy with his praise at all.

Then, as time passed, it reached the scheduled time of 4:30.

With the ignition command issued, the Long March 5 carrier rocket successfully took off.

After about 2200 seconds of flight, the probe was successfully sent into the predetermined orbit.

In the next few days, the probe will make several orbital corrections, enter the lunar orbit, and brake at the perigee, changing from an elliptical lunar orbit to a near-circular lunar orbit.

When the rocket was launched successfully and the probe entered the predetermined orbit, there was a burst of warm applause in the flight control hall.

As for Xu Yuan, before he had time to feel the joy, he was pulled by He Luping, Chen Jianfang, Gao Duo and others to the conference room to discuss the latest developments in the design of the new generation of spacecraft.

It is worth mentioning that from the time the probe entered orbit to the time the lander and ascender combination landed on the lunar surface.

It takes about six or seven days.

This period is relatively boring, and the staff of the flight control center need to command the probe to change its trajectory.

So it didn't cause much heat on the Internet.

Until the day when the lander and ascender combination are ready to officially carry out powered descent.

At 8:14 on July 22.

All personnel in the command hall of the flight control center were concentrating on paying close attention to the status of the detector, and various command broadcasts were heard in the hall.

"The current position is about 15 kilometers from the lunar surface."

“Starting to lose momentum.”

……

"Self-completed posture adjustment."

"The landing site has been selected."

"Begin obstacle avoidance descent and slow vertical descent."

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23:11.

The lander and ascender combination made close contact with the lunar surface for the first time.

It also announced that the lunar landing was a complete success.

"The Chang'e probe successfully landed in the area north of the Rumker Mountains on the moon."

Almost at the moment when this announcement sounded, everyone in the hall stood up, applauded and cheered, briefly celebrating the joy brought by the moment.

However, next, the drilling and sampling of the lunar soil and the final packaging work need to be completed.

For the staff, it is not yet a complete success.

This work on the moon will last nearly twenty hours.

Then the ascender's engine will work, carrying the packaged lunar soil samples back to complete docking with the orbiter and returner combination.

Although it will take some time before we can actually get the lunar soil samples back to Earth.

But it does not affect the celebration of the majority of netizens.

People even started discussing the collected lunar soil, and many joked that a portion should be put aside for a lottery.

"Jincheng Little Doctor Kindergarten sent a congratulatory message!"

"Congratulations on the successful completion of the third phase of the lunar exploration project, and we look forward to the next manned lunar landing." "The lunar soil has been collected, is it time to land on the moon? I hope it can be done quickly."

"To be honest, looking at our space launch mission now, there is basically no suspense at all. We know that it will be successfully completed in the end."

"The aerospace industry in India is still interesting. Anyone who understands it will understand."

"I think we have collected quite a bit of lunar soil this time. Can we give some to everyone for the lucky draw?"

"Good fellow, you're bringing this lunar soil that other countries don't have, for a lottery, right?"

"Whether it's real or fake, I absolutely support it."

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at the same time.

The news that the lander had successfully touched down on the moon and would collect lunar soil for return soon appeared in overseas media.

Originally, many overseas users were not optimistic about the product because of jealousy.

It is believed that a space accident may easily occur during the first lunar soil collection and return experiment.

But the end result was a complete success.

This undoubtedly slapped the faces of many people who had previously questioned it.

As a result, some users in later regions who are unable to collect lunar soil can no longer hide their jealousy.

While boasting about their own aerospace technology, they also want to request lunar soil samples.

"We can't catch up anymore."

"Hope it's not fake, doubt them after all."

"We in India will soon be able to land on the moon and become the fourth country in the world to collect lunar soil."

"The moon does not belong to any one country alone, and the lunar soil samples collected should be divided equally."

"The study of the moon is a matter for all human civilization. China should share the lunar soil, which will help mankind's exploration and research of the moon."

“We shouldn’t be so selfish when it comes to studying the moon.

Later, as the news spread, the Ou Space Administration, the Neon Space Research Administration, and the Indochina Space Agency also publicly stated that they hoped the Manned Space Engineering Office would share lunar soil.

When these situations were reported back to China, they were mercilessly criticized by netizens.

He simply called it shameless.

You should know that since the development of the space industry in China, we have hoped to grow through cooperation with the international space industry, but we have been kept out due to various agreements.

The International Space Station project is the best example.

Now we are independently developing space technology and have achieved some results, becoming the third country in the world to collect lunar soil and return it.

As a result, the international space industry is like a cat that smells fishy smell and opens its mouth to ask for the hard-earned lunar soil. However, there is no such good thing in the world.

In addition, the lunar soil has not yet returned to Earth, so the domestic space agency has not responded.

In the blink of an eye, it is the end of the month.

From the launch of the rocket to the landing of the return capsule on Earth, after more than 20 days, the mission was finally successfully completed.

This also marks the successful completion of the third phase of the lunar exploration project.

The next time there’s space news that makes a global sensation, it will probably be a manned moon landing.

On the day the return capsule was recovered, the space agency also officially responded to interviews from various news media.

A space conference will be held later and the lunar soil will be handed over on site.

Record this historic moment.

As the saying goes, some are happy while others are sad, most of the time people do not have the same emotions with each other.

NASA headquarters building.

In the head's office, Bolsons is meeting with Mr. Fwalker, a member of the House of Representatives.

"You should ask them for the lunar soil instead of keeping silent like you are doing now."

Fwork spoke to Borsons angrily, expressing his dissatisfaction with NASA's approach in successfully collecting lunar soil.

Now, because of the previous incidents with the lithography factory and hypersonic missiles, the House of Representatives has begun to plan quantum computing and quantum communications, a field related to the future development of science and technology. It has not hesitated to carry out a number of international collaborations and invested a lot of resources in it.

It is precisely for this reason that space projects, which are expensive and consume huge amounts of resources, are gradually losing support from the parliament.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the current development in the aerospace field can only rely on the space technology exploration of this commercial company.

I hope the development of the starship can be realized.

But we did nothing and watched helplessly as the other side made increasingly outstanding progress in the field of aerospace.

It seems that manned lunar landing is about to be realized.

It's inevitable that I feel a little uncomfortable.

Want to do something.

That's why he asked Bolsons to ask for lunar soil from the other side.

At this moment, after hearing what Fwork said, Borsons couldn't help but complain in his heart.

He himself was very clear about what happened at the time and knew that it was the document issued by the parliament that did not allow cooperation with the other side, which later led to the emergence of the world's second in-orbit space station, Tiangong.

Every time he mentioned this, he even felt a little regretful.

If we had agreed to the other party joining the International Space Station project, its development progress would definitely have been faster.

Unlike the current members, who are completely a drag.

It doesn't have much effect at all.

Under such circumstances, he had no nerve to ask for lunar soil. He really couldn't find an excuse to ask.

These thoughts raced through his mind, and after a two-second pause he was able to organize his words and answer.

"Senator Fvok, we have no cooperation with the other side on the space project."

"I'm afraid I'm not qualified to ask for lunar soil."

As if he had already thought of a solution, Fwork listened to the answer in its entirety and spoke out without any hesitation.

"Who said we are not qualified? As the head of the space agency, have you forgotten that we once gave them a piece of lunar soil?"

Bolsons had already felt that this matter was inappropriate, and after being reminded of this by Fwork, he felt even more embarrassed. He really didn't know how the other party had the nerve to say it out loud.

Although the donation of lunar soil was done by the previous person in charge, he still knew the situation.

The so-called donated lunar soil actually only weighs 1 gram. To be honest, I am embarrassed to give it away.

But just when Borsons wanted to refuse again, he heard Fwork say mysteriously:

"There's one more thing I want to tell you."

“Although the Senate is not optimistic about restarting the moon landing plan, perhaps we can cooperate with Space Technology Exploration Company.”

“Returning our astronauts to the Moon with Starship.”

If we were to say what is the biggest temptation for Bolsons, then restarting the moon landing would undoubtedly be ranked first.

He is clear about the starship developed by Musk's company, which will be used to land on Mars in the future.

Although it is still in the research and development stage, if it succeeds, landing on the moon will become very simple.

Maybe they will even land on the moon before China.

By then, they will still be the world's most powerful superpower in the field of aerospace technology.

After all, there has been no news about China's research and development of a new generation of spacecraft, and it is impossible to achieve a manned lunar landing relying solely on existing rockets and manned spacecraft.

Therefore, it will be difficult for the other side to achieve manned lunar landing within at least ten years.

Compared to this, the starship is undoubtedly more worth looking forward to.

Soon when the thought stayed here, Bolsons made a decision in his heart.

After taking a deep breath, he finally nodded and agreed to ask the other side for lunar soil.

"I will negotiate with China's space agency and ask them to share the lunar soil collected this time."

"I believe they will give it to you." Fverk said with a smile on his face.

As soon as he finished speaking, he took over the conversation and continued speaking.

"At present, due to the existence of Xu Yuan, our international influence has been greatly reduced."

"Since we cannot fight each other, we must plan ahead to regain our advantage in the future high-tech field and suppress the other side to enhance our momentum."

"For example, this competition to prove the Riemann hypothesis."

“Although we don’t have much support in the field of aviation technology, we still have to play a role.”

Having said that, Fwork raised his hand and patted Bolsons gently on the shoulder.

After that, after telling this story, Fwerk did not stay here for too long. He left after giving his instructions.

When Bolsons was the only one left in the office, he returned to his seat.

He looked a little lonely.

Looking back decades ago, they had the most advanced aerospace technology in the world.

Thanks to their efforts, human exploration of the moon and space has experienced explosive growth.

But now, so many years have passed, the former glory no longer exists.

Instead of making new achievements, their aerospace technology has been regressing.

Apart from building the international space station, even the task of collecting and returning lunar soil is difficult to carry out, which really makes him, the person in charge, feel ashamed.

However, after thinking about it for a while, he picked up the phone on the desk and made a call, preparing to arrange personnel to negotiate with the Chinese Space Agency and ask them to share the lunar soil for joint research.

And on the same day, NASA also issued a public statement, again calling for the sharing of lunar soil.

Domestic netizens were extremely angry when they saw that the initiator of the project, who was originally rejected from joining the International Space Station project, actually had the audacity to ask for a share of lunar soil.

So they all climbed over the firewall to leave comments, and they used the traditional sarcastic tone very well.

He said that as NASA has landed on the moon many times in history, it is impossible for it to lack lunar soil research.

There should be at least a few hundred kilograms in the laboratory.

How dare you ask for it?

As these remarks gradually spread and caused considerable heat on the Internet.

Even overseas users can’t stand it.

Later on, he joined the team of complainers, directly pulling off the fig leaf and publicly speaking out about the original agreement and the exclusion of China from joining the International Space Station.

After seeing those comments online, although Bolsons was in a very bad mood, he could not find any suitable reason to fight back. After all, that was the fact.

In the end, I had no choice but to remain silent and wait for a response from the space agency.

After all, no matter what, they had donated lunar soil in the past, so it is reasonable for them to ask for sharing now.

If you really don't give it, it will seem that the other party is doing something wrong.

Xu Yuan has been paying close attention to the lunar soil issue these days. After all, it is quite a hot topic internationally.

Of course, whether to share lunar soil should be made clear in a public statement at a press conference.

Therefore, at the press conference of the lunar soil handover ceremony, reporters from all walks of life were very much looking forward to covering big news. And since the subsequent space planning needed to be explained at the meeting, Xu Yuan, who was already responsible for the design of the new generation of spacecraft, naturally also attended the meeting in person.

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(End of this chapter)