Chapter 1533 Start
Jiang Yanhai’s decision will actually be based on the final detection results. In the third month of Jiang Yanhai’s entry into the Daqin Research Elementary Stargate, the first re-returnable lunar module was completed, and there were a total of 3 astronauts. Will go to the moon of this world.
In fact, no one thought that the first moon landing in China was not on the moon in their own world, but on the moon in Daqin's world.
The area they are currently in is the Tianhuo satellite launch center about 150 kilometers away from the star gate. The reason why it is named Tianhuo is because a long canyon nearby is named Tianhuo in this world.
That canyon should be formed by the fall of meteorites tens of millions of years ago.
At the Skyfire Satellite Launch Center, the Long March 20 high-thrust launch vehicle is used to carry out this flight mission. It is currently the largest thrust in the Long March series, and it also has the largest carrying capacity.
However, the Long March series is no longer ready to continue to develop. As for why you say this, you only need to look at the entire Tianhuo Satellite Launch Center. The construction here is different from all traditional satellite launch centers in China.
The building here is more like a large airport.
And the runway and the huge landing area here are extremely large, which is for the first domestic space shuttle in the future. Its longest runway is as long as 10 kilometers, and it is different from other space shuttles in that it does not need any other aircraft to carry it to take off, it can taxi and take off directly by itself.
Moreover, it is also the first nuclear-powered space shuttle in China, which uses new special materials and completely solves the problems of nuclear radiation and other nuclear-powered space shuttles.
Its nuclear reactor and chemical dyes to assist its thrust allow it to fly around the moon and then return autonomously.
Of course, it is necessary to turn off the engine and fly by inertia.
However, this is still the most advanced aircraft in human history. Of course, because of this, its size is also huge.
It is a circle larger than the largest and latest transport aircraft in China before, and its wings do not use the wings of traditional civil aviation aircraft in order to be strong. Instead, it uses a tail delta wing similar to that of a fighter jet. The entire fuselage is like A giant triangle.
Coupled with the most advanced wing-body fusion technology and materials, such an airframe structure is extremely strong and can withstand some maneuvering overloads at speeds up to Mach 10. Of course, this does not mean that it can maneuver at such a high speed , but to avoid problems with the engine, causing it to maneuver and cause problems such as breakage.
Its fuselage structure is arguably the strongest in human history.
However, because of nuclear power, its loading capacity is not too large, at least not comparable to the current Long March 20 launch vehicle, but it can be reused, and the fuel and nuclear power make it much cheaper.
The Long March 20 carrier rocket is a one-off, so there will be a huge gap between the two for such a sum.
However, this space shuttle still needs several tests, although its body structure has been simulated in the Pangu system for an unknown number of times.
This space shuttle has been officially named Xianhe. The biggest difference between it and foreign space shuttles is that it can take off at any time to perform missions like civil aviation aircraft, and can return with its own power at any time.
However, it is not available for the time being, so the first mission is carried out by the Long March 20 carrier rocket.
The Long March 20 is actually developed for the exploration of Mars. The satellite itself has a certain flight capability, and it will not directly and completely separate from the landing module after leaving the earth's atmosphere. Its three-stage rocket will carry the lander all the way to lunar orbit.
Then the landing module is released to carry the astronauts to land on the lunar surface, and then collect relevant lunar soil and other resources on the lunar surface and return to the landing module, then the landing module is lifted into the sky, and then connects with the rocket on the orbit, and finally the rocket pushes the landing module back to the earth track.
When the earth orbits, the last stage of the rocket will be completely useless, and only the landing module will return to the ground in the end.
However, although they are also landing pods, the volume of this landing pod and the materials it can carry are much larger.
Although there are only 3 astronauts this time, the entire landing module can return with a mass of nearly 10 tons of lunar minerals. This alone shows its size and its advanced nature.
And it can also ensure the safety of astronauts to the greatest extent.
The execution speed of the moon plan was very fast. On the day of the launch of the rocket and satellite, Jiang Yanhai and the others rushed to the launch site. In fact, there was nothing to say about the launch process. The whole launch went very smoothly.
And different from the previous moon landing plans, the previous moon landing plans all had to enter the earth orbit first, and then fly around the earth orbit for more than ten hours to find the most suitable angle before flying to the moon.
What is different this time is that because the current technology has advanced too much, and the fuel on the rocket is extremely sufficient, the rocket will go straight to the moon after leaving the earth, saving other ways, and it will fly to the moon. During the process, the speed of the aircraft will also far exceed the previous speed.
According to the current overall plan, it only takes about 50 hours for the rocket to reach the moon from launch to orbit.
So the overall plan can be completed in about 7 days.
In other words, after 7 days, they will probably know whether the moon in this world has helium 3 or not.
However, Jiang Yanhai felt that there was at least an 80% or 90% probability that it did, because the environment of the moon was very similar to that of the earth.
The seven days basically passed in a flash, and the landing module returned to the ground smoothly. Jiang Yanhai and the others did not go to join the team. Professionals were required to analyze minerals.
But the good news came very quickly. On the day the landing module returned, Jiang Yanhai and the others received the latest news. There was indeed Helium 3 on the moon in this world! And not only there, it seems that the reserves are even more than those on the earth!
And not only helium 3, there are many extremely rare precious minerals on the moon. You must know that there are some minerals that are not found on the earth, and the number of Daqin is also extremely rare, but these minerals are very abundant on the moon of Daqin!
After analyzing the data, Jiang Yanhai and the others immediately made a decision.
Everything must be carried out according to the latest technical information. After knowing the results, Jiang Yanhai and the others immediately decided to directly build the second-generation controllable nuclear fusion reactor.