Chapter 931 A Historic Moment, China Officially Enters the Manned Space Station Era

In August, Guangzhou was extremely hot.

Even if you were not standing in the sun, you would still feel hot.

You would not be able to live without air conditioning.

This was completely different from the situation in the imperial capital.

Qian Junfeng should have a say in this.

However, even though the weather in Guangzhou was very hot, Qian Junfeng flew over with a team to discuss with Venusstar Technology about the next step of astronauts entering the Chang'e space station.

After a month of operation, all operating parameters of the Chang'e space station had reached the design values, and it was ready to accept astronauts.

Aerospace Technology was naturally eager to arrange for astronauts to enter the space station, so that China could officially start the space station experiment.

"Mr. Cao, our Chinese manned space engineering has determined three development steps in 1992."

"The first step is to launch a manned spacecraft, build a preliminary supporting experimental manned spacecraft project, and carry out space application experiments."

"The second step is to break through the rendezvous and docking technology of manned spacecraft and spacecraft after the successful launch of the first manned spacecraft, and use the manned spacecraft technology to modify and launch a space laboratory to solve the problem of space applications with a certain scale and short-term manned care."

"The third step is to build a manned space station to solve the problem of space applications with a large scale and long-term manned care."

"On September 25, 2010, the relevant departments approved the "Implementation Plan for the Manned Space Station Project" at a meeting, and the manned space station project was officially launched."

"According to our plan, the construction of the space station will not be completed until at least 2020."

"I didn't expect that you, Venusstar Technology, would advance this time by at least six years."

Qian Junfeng didn't expect that he would be able to witness the successful use of the manned space station during his tenure.

This is definitely beyond imagination.

Fortunately, China has had experience in manned spaceflight since 2003.

So far, the Shenzhou V, Shenzhou VI, Shenzhou VII and other spacecraft have sent more than ten Chinese astronauts into space, accumulating rich relevant experience.

Therefore, the use of the manned space station this time is not particularly difficult for Aerospace Science and Technology.

Even Venusstar Technology has selected ten engineers with good physical fitness to go to Aerospace Science and Technology for relevant training to prepare for the next step of entering the Chang'e Space Station.

As for the astronauts entering the Chang'e Space Station for the first time, they can only rely on Aerospace Science and Technology for support.

This kind of investment is very little to get the opportunity to enter the space station, and Aerospace Science and Technology will naturally cooperate with it.

It can be said that Aerospace Science and Technology is much more active than Venusstar Technology in this manned spacecraft launch.

"We Chinese have accumulated a lot of experience and worked hard for so many years. It is natural that we can catch up with the world's pace."

"It's impossible that others are always ahead in everything, right?"

Cao Yang naturally attaches great importance to this manned spacecraft launch.

After all, the Chang'e space station will need astronauts to live there for a long time in the future.

Otherwise, so much money will be wasted in vain, and the best experimental results will not be achieved.

In order to cooperate with some experiments on the Chang'e space station, Nanshan Chemical has even set up a project team responsible for biological experiments.

At that time, research on various seeds and various biological experiments can be carried out in the space station.

This advantage alone can attract many talents to join Nanshan's enterprises.

After all, for some scientific researchers, if you want to achieve results, you must have some basic experimental conditions, otherwise it will not work if you rely entirely on imagination.

And the experimental conditions in outer space are not something that any institution can provide.

To be frank, as long as you join the biological laboratory team of Nanshan Chemical and take advantage of the experimental opportunities of the Chang'e space station, you will have no pressure to publish several papers in "Nature" and "Science" every year in the future.

Even this team has the strength to cultivate an academician in the future.

"Over the past two decades, we have conquered and mastered a large number of cutting-edge core technologies, built a basically complete and complete research and development test system, and accumulated valuable experience in the organization and management of large-scale system engineering."

"Related projects have driven the innovation and development of many fields and industries and industrial upgrading, forming a huge pulling and radiating effect; condensing, cultivating and creating a new generation of aerospace high-tech talents."

"The various achievements that have begun now are indeed a matter of course."

Qian Junfeng felt Cao Yang's confidence and vigor, and couldn't help adjusting his mentality.

There is no reason why China can't do what polar bears and America can do.

"Exploring the unknown world is the eternal driving force of human civilization and progress, and it is the inevitable choice for humans to expand their living space."

"Looking at the history of human social development, every expansion of its activity territory and living space has greatly enhanced human beings' ability to understand and transform nature, and promoted the leapfrog development of productivity."

"Just as humans entered the ocean from land and flew to the sky, entering outer space and heading into deep space, recognizing, developing and utilizing space resources is an unavoidable historical mission for humans. The unremitting exploration of the vast universe will always accompany humans to move towards a higher level of civilization in the future."

"Venus Technology once said that our goal is the sea of ​​stars, the moon, Mars, the solar system, and the Milky Way."

"However, all this must start with the normal operation of the Chang'e Space Station."

Cao Yang and Qian Junfeng chatted for a long time, and then went to listen to the technical team introduce the specific launch plan.

This time, the manned spacecraft was launched for the first time using the Venus 9 MAX, and the site was located at the Qiongzhou Launch Site.

For the sake of safety, only three astronauts were arranged to enter the Chang'e Space Station for the first time.

After everything is confirmed, more astronauts will be arranged to enter the space station for experiments in the next batch.

Not to mention, some work in this area does require cooperation with aerospace technology to achieve better results.

For example, during the process of manned space launch, how to ensure that astronauts eat, drink, defecate and urinate in space is actually a very important issue.

In the special environment of outer space, if a small detail is not considered clearly, it may have a very bad impact.

It may directly lead to life-threatening situations.

"As long as our astronauts successfully enter the Chang'e space station, there will definitely be a place for it in this year's National Science and Technology Award."

In Qian Junfeng's view, the National Science and Technology Progress Award is still a very important award.

Unlike Nanshan-based companies, which can win some awards every year, everyone has taken it for granted.

"Now that all preparations have been completed, we will launch as soon as possible according to the plan."

For Venustech, rocket launches are really commonplace.

Now there is at least one launch mission every week, and even more exaggeratedly, a rocket will be launched every day for two or three consecutive days.

This frequency has definitely refreshed many people's cognition.

The recyclable performance of Venus 9 has also been fully utilized.

The Venus 9 with the most launches has now been used more than a dozen times.

At this pace, this year will break through the exaggerated threshold of twenty repeated launches.

"No problem. There will be a suitable window next week. We will let everyone witness the scene of Chinese astronauts entering the space station to work."

Qian Junfeng is naturally as excited as Cao Yang about the next launch mission.

Even though Chinese astronauts entered space eleven years ago, the situation was completely different from now.

Not to mention the various situations in 2003, just the astronauts turning around in space for a few times and living in space for ten days and a half months are completely different concepts.

According to the current plan, the first batch of astronauts will stay in the Chang'e space station for a month.

The subsequent astronauts will stay there longer.

…

The development of various projects of Venusstar Technology has always been based on the strategy of publicity first.

This approach, which is very different from traditional Chinese enterprises, has played a very good effect so far.

Many people are full of expectations for the development of Venusstar Technology.

Even Venusstar Technology is already a representative of high-tech enterprises in China.

As long as Venusstar Technology is mentioned, everyone thinks of it as a high-tech company.

To exaggerate a little, even if Venustech produces a bottle of mineral water now, everyone will think that this mineral water must be very different from those produced by other companies, and there is a lot of science and technology in it.

This can be regarded as the effect of publicity to a certain extent.

Of course, if the strength is strong enough, everyone will not be disappointed every time, and the boasts can be realized, which is also an important reason why Venustech has such a prestige today.

Otherwise, if it is boasting every day, everyone's feelings will be completely different.

"I'm looking forward to the moment when the astronauts enter the Chang'e space station!"

"Our astronauts have been launched so many times, and this time they can finally live in space for a month."

"Hello! Space! We're here!"

"Venus Technology is really awesome. It has opened the era of manned space stations so quickly."

"I watched "The Wandering Earth" last week and thought it was very good. At that time, it was said that there were many experts from Venus Technology in the expert advisory team of this movie. Now it seems that it is precisely because of this reason that "The Wandering Earth" can be filmed so well."

"Our space industry has entered a new historical stage. Are you jealous?"

...

With the joint official announcement of Venus Technology and Aerospace Science and Technology that they will launch a manned spacecraft next week to send astronauts to the Chang'e space station, this news has become a hot search.

Although there are many netizens who curse this and that on the Internet.

But most netizens are actually patriotic.

Few people don't want their country's strength to become stronger.

The manned space station is undoubtedly an important symbol of national strength.

With this news on the hot search, all kinds of comments naturally filled the Internet.

With such a big commotion in China, countries around the world will naturally have some reaction.

Especially the space agencies of various countries, the mood is even more complicated.

"Dmitri, do you think China can successfully get astronauts into the Chang'e space station this time?"

Grogin had also visited Venustech before and discussed some cooperative projects with the other party.

Now many high-end carbon fiber materials of Polar Bear United Rocket and Space Company are purchased from Nanshan Carbon Fiber.

Some gallium nitride power components are purchased from Nanshan Semiconductor.

The two sides even cooperated in the field of high-thrust aerospace engines.

So Grogin's attention to Venustech has not decreased at all in recent years.

"The Chang'e space station has been operating in space for a month, and Venustech is probably familiar with all the situations inside."

"Manned aviation is not a particularly big problem for Aerospace Science and Technology, and they are also experienced."

"In this case, the biggest problem may be the moment when astronauts enter the Chang'e space station from the spacecraft."

"Especially these manned spacecraft are currently under the responsibility of Aerospace Science and Technology, not built by Venustech itself."

Dmitri immediately grasped the key point.

As the top rocket expert of Polar Bear, Dmitri is very familiar with the situation of every link in the space launch mission.

He knows when problems are most likely to occur and what causes each problem.

For astronauts entering the space station, entering and exiting is undoubtedly the most dangerous.

After all, if there is any accident at this time, the astronauts are estimated to be in danger of their lives.

"When the Chang'e space station was established, the United States should have made some small moves."

"The other party certainly does not want to see China have its own manned space station."

"Do you think NASA will make any small moves this time?"

Grogin is very familiar with the United States's little thoughts.

Polar Bear has been competing with the United States in the field of aerospace for sixty years.

They have a relatively deep understanding of each other.

Although the strength of Polar Bear is no longer what it used to be, it is still one of the best in the world.

"It's a bit hard to say. Normally, NASA should not be so crazy as to make any small moves at this time."

"Especially when NASA made small moves before, Venus Technology immediately retaliated and paralyzed one GPS satellite."

"Before the United States finds a better response plan, I think they should not be so stubborn to provoke Venus Technology."

Dmitri's judgment is obviously still very logical.

We are all people wearing shoes, and we must be logical when doing things, not just doing it on a whim.

"You're right. America will probably just have to watch China's space industry develop step by step."

"If we really do something unfavorable at this time, I guess Venustech has taken precautions, so it may not have any effect."

"On the contrary, it will completely ruin our reputation."

In Grogin's view, although Americans are shameless, they still need some basic face.

At least in 2014, the situation was still like this.

Dmitri naturally agreed with this.

...

While Dmitri and Grogin were guessing NASA's reaction, Griffin, as the director of NASA, was not idle.

He was discussing with Robert, the president of Lockheed Martin, about building a new generation of space stations for America.

"Robert, the current International Space Station is already a bit overwhelmed. The original plan was to scrap it next year, but now the result of the discussion among all parties is to postpone it for five years."

"According to the current situation, the space station consumes 7.5 tons of fuel each year, and the cost of asking Polar Bear to replenish these fuels has reached 200 million US dollars."

"Adding other costs, the total funds spent on the International Space Station each year exceed 1 billion US dollars, and this is not counting the amortization of the overall construction cost."

"Otherwise it will be far more than this number."

Granfin originally did not have many opinions on the current operation of the International Space Station, but there is no harm without comparison.

The construction cost of the Chang'e Space Station of Venusstar Technology is less than 10 billion US dollars, which is much lower than the International Space Station.

The annual maintenance cost is only a fraction of the International Space Station.

In this case, the International Space Station seems to be useless.

So he thought about communicating with Lockheed Martin to see if they would consider a new space station plan.

Lockheed Martin is very professional in the construction of space stations.

Many components of the previous International Space Station were also designed and produced by them.

"There is nothing we can do about it. After all, the International Space Station was designed and launched in the 1990s, and many situations at that time were completely different from now."

"For example, the current market price of solar panels is less than one-tenth of what it was back then."

"The price difference of high-end carbon fiber is even more exaggerated."

"So it is normal that the various maintenance costs and launch costs of the International Space Station are relatively high."

Robert felt that he still had to explain.

After all, the construction of the International Space Station cost nearly $100 billion.

A lot of the money was spent on Lockheed Martin.

If it wasn't explained clearly, Griffin would have thought that Lockheed Martin made a lot of money.

Even though Lockheed Martin did make a lot of money, it was at least not as exaggerated as Griffin imagined.

"I know this situation, so the Chang'e space station in China can have its construction cost greatly reduced while its performance in all aspects has been improved."

"Instead of spending a lot of money on the International Space Station every year, it's better to restart the new space station construction plan."

"According to the current situation, I think $20 billion can almost complete the construction of the new space station."

Griffin directly expressed his thoughts.

The use of the International Space Station has been extended for a few years, and it is just right to build America's own space station in these few years.

At that time, there is no need to waste money on the International Space Station.

Especially since the leading countries of the International Space Station are the United States and the polar bear, the relationship between the two sides is becoming increasingly rigid, and there are also various different voices within the United States.

Griffin did not want to become the target of public criticism.

"If it is 20 billion US dollars, is it not enough?"

Robert naturally hoped to increase the budget funds at this time, so that they would have less pressure from all aspects when they built it.

Money can be spent casually.

Is there anything more enjoyable than this?

"Robert, the situation is completely different now."

"Let alone the price of solar panels and high-end carbon fiber materials I just mentioned has dropped significantly, the situation is completely different just for the cost of rocket launches."

"With the reusable Falcon 9 rocket of Space Exploration Technologies, our launch costs have also dropped significantly."

"The budget of 20 billion US dollars is actually not low, which is two or three times that of Venus Technology."

Griffin's face looked a little ugly.

He felt that Lockheed Martin's appetite was a bit too big.

Even with a budget of 20 billion US dollars, he had no confidence in persuading relevant domestic departments to approve the budget in this regard.

If it is to be increased now, it will be even more difficult.

Although America has a lot of related expenses every year, there are also many places where money is spent.

"Granfin, we have always cooperated with Hershey in high-end carbon fiber materials, but do you have any company that promotes the latest solar panels?"

Robert did not argue with Granfin, but asked a question with a hint of meaning.

Granfin is not stupid.

The other party asked this question to ask him to find a company to sell solar panels to Lockheed Martin.

It doesn't matter even if this company just resells the products.

The huge profit in the middle is the benefit fee for Granfin.

There are many similar things in the use of many funds in America.

Granfin has been the director of NASA for many years, and he must also consider his life after leaving office.

In order to maintain a high quality of life, money is definitely something that cannot be lacking.

Now that Lockheed Martin has given him the opportunity, he must cherish it.

"I'll try to see if I can increase the budget by 20%, but it's definitely not easy, I hope you can help."

"Especially let some people stop staring at the situation at Venustech all day and compare our two companies."

"Otherwise it will be difficult to explain the huge difference in funding."

After Griffin said this, Robert showed a smile that everyone understood.

Sure enough, there is nothing that money can't solve.

If there is, then add money!

"No problem, whoever has any opinions, let me handle it!"