Technology: Breaking the Global Monopoly

Chapter 2445 Daxia Aerospace Group's Third Moon Landing

mid-October.

At the Wenchang Launch Center in Daxia, the sea breeze blew the carbon fiber shell of the spare launch pad, while on the main launch tower not far away, the Long March carrier rocket stood tall.

At the top of the rocket, the new model of Shenzhou manned spacecraft was waiting quietly, and the six astronauts inside were ready.

"30 minutes to prepare!"

The command from the command center broke the silence.

The entire technical team entered the final inspection state, and the data stream on the big screen scrolled like a waterfall. There were drones and various working dogs on duty around the launch site.

The astronauts confirmed the status with the ground through the communication system in the cabin, and every response was calm and firm.

In the viewing area far away from the launch site, there were tens of thousands of people who had arrived to watch the scene. Some held up telescopes, some held the Great Xia Dragon Flag tightly in their hands, and there were children riding on their fathers' shoulders, their eyes wide open, staring at the steel buildings in the distance.

"Dad, dad, haven't we already landed on the moon many times? You can also watch the live broadcast of the moon construction on the Jiuzhou Entertainment Platform..."

"Why is the design of this Moon Chaser, oh no, this Shenzhou spacecraft so Jiuwei-style? The designer must have gone to Jiuzhou Star Sea for further studies, right?"

"If we succeed this time, we will be the country that has mastered two sets of technologies to land on the moon. This feels a bit magical, haha."

This is the third official autonomous lunar landing by Daxia Aerospace Group. Unlike the previous two times, the interval this time is shorter and the number of astronauts carrying out the mission has doubled.

And according to the official statement of Daxia Aerospace Group, this time they used fully independently developed equipment without any outside help.

Amid the anxious waiting of countless people, the countdown finally sounded.

"10, 9, 8, 7..."

When the "ignition" command was given, orange-red flames immediately gushed out from the bottom of the Long March rocket, and thousands of tons of thrust slowly pushed the huge rocket body away from the launch pad.

In these first few seconds, the rocket's rise seemed abnormally slow, as if time was stretched at this moment.

However, when the rocket's attitude stabilized and it left the launch pad, the rocket engine suddenly accelerated, quickly dragging a tail flame hundreds of meters long straight into the sky, tearing a streak of light on the blue sky curtain.

The shock wave generated when the rocket passed through the low clouds formed a spectacular sonic boom cloud, and the telemetry center not far away was continuously transmitting data.

"The first stage separated successfully... the escape tower was jettisoned... the fairing separated..." The success of each key node would trigger a brief applause in the command center.

Under the sunshine, the rocket climbed safely according to the established process. When the tail flame gradually changed from orange-red to blue-white, and finally turned into a star in the sky, which many people could no longer see with the naked eye, many people at the scene felt a special emotion brewing in their hearts.

Soon after,

When the news came back that the Shenzhou spacecraft had successfully entered orbit, the entire command center immediately erupted in thunderous applause.

On the big screen, six astronauts waved to each other in the weightless environment, and the Great Xia Dragon Flag slowly fluttering in the cabin was particularly eye-catching.

A reporter from Xiahua News Agency said during the report: "The sea of ​​stars is the direction of exploration that Daxia will never stop. With the realization of regular lunar landings by multi-frequency lunar landings, the aerospace industry in Daxia has opened a new era of alien planet exploration!"

As a reporter of Xiahua News Agency who knew some inside information, he understood how important it was for Daxia Aerospace Group to achieve two moon landings in one year without using any other external equipment.

This means that the Daxia government will have more say in lunar exploration and lunar city construction projects; it means that Daxia's overall scientific and technological strength is no longer "one flower in full bloom", but a gathering of many.

This means that in the future, these official technology manufacturing companies of Daxia will no longer need to rely on Jiuzhou Technology for the supply of lunar materials as they do now, but can rely on "their own supply" to complete their research and development and manufacturing work.

There are restless emotions in everyone's heart.

And on the distant moon, the advance team engineers "dispatched" by the Daxia Aerospace Group were also watching the launch of the Shenzhou spacecraft simultaneously.

Tang Yi, a bioengineering expert, waited for the host to announce that the spacecraft had successfully entered orbit before he loosened his hands, which had been clenched until they turned white.

Beside him, mechanical engineer Zhou Jue also began to whisper in the small group voice channel: "Under normal circumstances, the flight time for a spacecraft to fly from the blue planet to the moon is about 3 to 4 days. It will first circle the blue planet dozens of times, gradually accelerate, escape the blue planet's gravity, and gradually decelerate when it is about to enter the moon's orbit, and finally be captured by the moon. The whole process takes about a week in total. This time, the power of our rocket engine seems to be a little different from before. I don't know how long it will take."

"I don't care how long it takes, as long as we can get to the moon safely. Besides, didn't the engineers of Jiuzhou Xinghai inform us in advance? As long as we can reach the moon, even if there are problems with the spacecraft later, they are willing to accept these six heroes and wait for the next Lunar Starship flight back to Blue Star. They even gave us some space payloads and allowed us to bring things back."

"It would have been great if Jiuzhou Technology had accepted official investment in the first place. We wouldn't have to be so cautious. Even for the moon landing, the sum of the two would be greater than the sum of the two. To be honest, I personally feel that this approach is a bit of a waste of resources. If all the resources could be used together, maybe we could even land on Mars."

"Any problem should be viewed dialectically. Jiuzhou Technology has been able to develop to its current technological scale and height because it must have its special advantages. Mr. Gu was able to resist so many temptations and stick to his own development direction. To some extent, this is not a problem. Moreover, our Daxia Aerospace Group should have studied the data provided by Jiuzhou Xinghai Company to a considerable extent during the three moon landings. Otherwise, I don't believe that even the first two landings could have been so smooth."

"That's right. After experiencing the Moon Chaser transporting dozens of people to the moon and Jiuzhou Xinghai providing such a complete moon landing service, I actually tend to think that Jiuzhou Technology's overall technology has taken a completely different path from other companies and institutions on our Blue Star. In particular, the research on the human body in low-gravity and zero-gravity environments gives me a very special feeling, as if they have been researching in this field for decades. There are some problems that we have not considered."

"I heard that Xiawei Technology is also going to build a signal base station on the moon. I actually admire Xiawei's engineers. Even in this situation, they are still trying to catch up with Jiuzhou Technology..."

(End of this chapter)