Technology Bigshot Chapter 535: ：The “polar bear”]

sls, short for "spahsystem". The sls rocket is the mainstay of a series of heavy rockets in the United States. Since the successful first launch test in 2017, the sls rocket has become synonymous with the American heavy rocket booster. The sls is as high as 122 meters and has a maximum carrying capacity of 165 tons. It has taken any previous launch vehicle in the United States, including the famous stage rocket Saturn 5 in the "Apollo Program".

The goal of the sls rocket was very clear at the beginning of its birth, hoping to send humans to the moon, especially Mars, through sls.

Now, ten years later, sls rocket technology is more mature.

However, the 165-ton powerful rocket can only rank second in the world, and the rocket with the first carrying capacity is the "Angara a5g" heavy rocket booster from Russia.

Today, at dusk in Florida, the sls rocket will carry the 158-ton Noah core module into low-Earth orbit of the earth.

Under the focus of global attention, the countdown to the last second resounded in the ears of all the American people at the scene. What followed was that everyone saw the shocking scene at the moment when the shooting field was ignited. The speed spread faster than the sound, and the sky-high fire and white smoke instantly surrounded the entire shooting field. Soon after, the deafening sound and the frequency of the earth trembling reached the people who were watching in the outer area of ​​the shooting field.

The sls rocket lifts up slowly, the afterglow of the setting sun illuminates the continuous ascent of the stage rocket, and the smoke from the tail of the rocket in the sky is shocking.

The American people on the ground cheered. The sls rocket not only carried the 158-ton "Noah" core module, but also carried the "Mars dream" of the entire American people.

The Noah's core module was delivered to its intended berth in low-Earth orbit without a hitch, and it will orbit the Earth for the next few months as more flight components remain It has to be sent into outer space successively to be assembled into a complete "Noah".

Three days later, Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on the west coast will also conduct a key launch plan. The famous American "Hercules" heavy launch vehicle will send the "Orion" spacecraft to the orbital platform, and complete Perform space rendezvous and docking with the "Noah" core module that has entered space.

The "Orion" spacecraft will become an important vehicle for landing on Mars, which can fly back and forth between Mars and outer space.

The "Falcon" series of retractable launch vehicles under spae's company will also be dispatched successively. These small and medium-sized launch vehicles will send another important component of the "Noah" into outer space.

"Noah" also has a centrifugal gravity manufacturing cabin, which is naturally incomparable to the centrifugal gravity cabin on the "Tiangong Ring Orbit Star Harbor", but centrifugal gravity manufacturing is an indispensable and important part. The existing scientific and technological means cannot achieve the theoretical artificial gravity system, but it is not difficult to obtain centrifugal force through simple rotation. It is not a technical problem. In addition to the allocation of funds, with so many local tech giants participating, money is definitely not a problem.

On the way from Earth to Mars, at the current speed of human beings, it will take about half a year of long journey. During this period, it is definitely not a good thing for the astronauts or scientists on the spacecraft to remain weightless all the time.

In addition to being responsible for sending the components of the centrifuge into outer space one by one, spae is also responsible for delivering all the fuel and supplies needed to land on Mars, including the "Bigelow Aerospace" products. "beam is an inflatable space capsule", the low-cost, efficient and convenient "beam inflatable space capsule" is undoubtedly the best choice for the construction of the Mars outpost base.

The recent frequent U.S. space activities have been seen by the whole world. Everyone knows that this space race is about to enter a white-hot stage, and the American media has carried out overwhelming reports on it.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, the Chinese matrix sa also did not stop. The so-called plan can't keep up with the changes has been confirmed again. Sometimes you can't play with peace of mind if you want to play on a single player. This series of actions by NASA in the United States has also put a lot of pressure on Sa. The Americans have begun to form the "Noah" in outer space, and a series of progress and Sun Li, the core module and the "Orion" spacecraft have been sent to outer space to complete the space rendezvous and docking.

And the "Tiangong Ring Orbit Star Harbor" under China's Matrix ms has not yet sent any components to space. The "Twin Plan" was announced vigorously, but it is an indisputable fact that there is no actual result. Countless people at home and abroad and outside media, with countless eyes staring at it, it is impossible for Liu Yuliang to have no pressure. Although he can completely ignore it, obviously, in the final analysis, it is impossible to ignore the invisible pressure brought by the outside world.

Just after NASA completed the successful launch of the Noah core module and the "Orion" spacecraft into space and completed the space rendezvous and docking, a week later, the Chinese matrix sa finally made headlines under the global vision.

Located at the Wenchang Satellite Launch Base in the South China Sea, the first core module of the "Tiangong Ring-Orbit Star Harbor" will be launched at night. The rocket booster is the latest "Long March series" carrier rocket independently developed by the Republic It is also the largest thrust booster of the domestic launch vehicle so far, which can carry up to 155 tons of materials or space stations into the earth's low-Earth orbit berth. Although the carrying capacity of the sls rocket is slightly inferior to that of the United States, considering that this country started decades late in the field of space exploration, it is enough to make the world pay attention to such an achievement.

After the specific shooting date was announced, countless people or tourists came to the outer area of ​​the Wenchang shooting base, and the tourists also broadcasted live broadcasts outdoors. In addition to the public and tourists, press conferences from major media and newspapers around the world also arrived at the scene to report live on the feast.

As the sun approached, another piece of news immediately gained global attention.

On the day that NASA launched the "Orion" spacecraft, Liu Yuliang took a special plane under Matrix Technology to Moscow, Russia, to discuss cooperation with the Russian Space Agency.

On the 22nd, Liu Yuliang, on behalf of China Matrix ms, reached a huge deal of up to 2.9 billion US dollars with Sontsev, the general manager of the Russian State Space Affairs Group and the "Energy" Rocket and Space Group.

The second core module of the "Tiangong Ring Star Port" under China Matrix ms will be sent to outer space by the "Angara a5g" heavy-duty rocket booster under the "Energy" Rocket Space Group. The second largest core cabin of the "Hong Kong" weighs 178 tons, and only the Russians can currently handle this tonnage transportation capacity.

Lao Maozi is the successor of the former Soviet Union, inheriting 90% of the "heritage" of the former Soviet Union. You must know that in the last century, the United States and the Soviet Union had a great advantage in the space hegemony. Completed, the "upright" Soviets seem to have won the victory on the surface, but they are also "yin" dead by the Americans. On the one hand, they are poor and difficult to expose the blame, and on the other hand, they are eagerly involved in the military and space arms race. , it is strange not to die.

The Soviet Union fell, but his technology was not lost, it was basically inherited by the Russians, and it has been steadily developing.

It's just that Lao Mao Zikong has a lot of technology, but lack of money is the eternal pain of "polar bears". The footsteps of the former Soviet Union have always warned polar bears, and now they can only be in this embarrassing situation. Kong has a powerful technology here. In the fiery space race of the new century, you can only be reduced to the second echelon, watching others have fun, while you can only become a melon eater. Join the ranks, as long as you have money, and the fallen Soviet Union makes the old man tremble.

This time, Liu Yuliang went to Moscow and was ready for a big hemorrhage. As expected, Lao Maozi, who opened his mouth with a big lion, finally sucked 2.9 billion US dollars from ms.

The Chinese matrix ms once wanted to give up the help it sought from Russia and complete the autonomous launch, but the huge volume of the second largest core module is there, and the current capacity of domestic rocket boosters is really limited, "Arc Eagle The "Department" space transport aircraft has a maximum capacity of 6o tons. Although it leads the world in small and medium-sized rocket boosters and the US space shuttle, its targets are completely unequal.

The scientists and engineers of the ms company once suggested that the second core module should be divided into scattered parts and put into operation by the "Arc Eagle Series" air and space transport aircraft and arc launch tower.

But this plan was quickly overturned due to lack of time, splitting up on Earth and regrouping in space. This will overturn a lot of plans, not only will these require a lot of energy, but also the design of the entire core cabin will have to be redone. The situation is stronger than people, MS can only endure it, and cheap Lao Maozi once.

In a few years, when my level of transport investment ability goes up, this situation will not happen again.

Russians have also taken a fancy to this point, knowing that there are not many opportunities, and if they can make a wave, they can cheat as much as they can, and they will have no chance in the future.

(To be continued.)

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