This star is going to the moon

Chapter 403 The value of Lu Yun as an "entertainment industry role model" is still rising!
Since the end of Russia, the United States has become the sole superpower, so its every move attracts the attention of the whole world.

Not to mention something as significant as changing the president.

Especially since its two sides, the donkey and the elephant, are at odds, there will definitely be something funny to watch when one side takes over.

Looking at it now, it is indeed the case!

[How interesting! They withdrew from the Paris Agreement four years ago, and now they're joining again. What do they take the Paris Agreement for?]

[Exactly, they can come and go as they please, like it's a public restroom?]

The US's practice of flipping the wheel at the highest levels of decision-making is just...more like it!

This move is indeed quite bizarre, but considering Trump's previous mental state and now Deng's physical condition, I really wonder what might happen to the US later...

It's hard to say. Old Deng is too old. If something happens to him, then that female deputy commander who likes to laugh out loud will take over.

[That's true, but I've heard from some political content creators that this old man, Deng, is even more insidious than Trump, and might pose a greater threat to us.]

Well, there's not much to say about that. They definitely won't let us have an easy time. Just prepare for what's to come.

[Exactly, the Americans are very strong, but we're not that much worse off. Things aren't like they were decades ago.]

[Who can argue with that? The year after the US launched the Apollo manned moon landing mission, we didn't launch our first artificial satellite. Now, the US's manned spaceflight technology can't compare to ours, and our unmanned moon landing technology is ahead; our manned technology doesn't seem to be as effective.]

[When it comes to manned lunar landing, we have to look to Lu Yun. The basic version of the Long March 10 rocket is scheduled for its maiden flight next month. If successful, the Long March 10 heavy-lift rocket, consisting of three Long March 10 first-stage rockets bundled together, will certainly be just around the corner. It feels like our manned lunar landing is just around the corner!]

Indeed, the outcome of this manned lunar landing race is still uncertain...

Many people have been looking forward to it ever since Lu Yun announced the maiden flight date of the Long March 10 basic rocket.

After all, if its maiden flight is successful, it will become the most powerful and technologically advanced of the currently operational rockets without a payload capacity.

There's no way around it; humans are quite obsessed with the word "best."

Terms like "largest" and "most advanced" always get people excited.

The basic Long March 10 rocket has a single-use low Earth orbit payload capacity of 32 tons, and a recovery low Earth orbit payload capacity of 25 tons.

The most powerful rocket currently in service is the Falcon Heavy, but it is not a bare rocket; it has two additional Falcon 9 first-stage boosters strapped to both sides.

In that case, its theoretical one-time near-Earth orbit carrying capacity can reach 63.8 tons.

However, it does not actually launch large payloads to low Earth orbit because the rocket body structure cannot support them and the fairing size is too small, so it only launches slightly heavier high-orbit payloads.

The subsequent heavy-lift Long March 10 also has this configuration, with a theoretical near-Earth orbit carrying capacity of nearly 100 tons.

The Falcon 9 rocket alone has a low Earth orbit payload capacity of 22.8 tons, and a recovery capacity of more than 17 tons.

This is much smaller than the Long March 10 rocket.

Moreover, the Falcon 9 rocket has a body diameter of 3.7 meters and a fairing diameter limit of 5.2 meters.

The Long March 10 rocket has a body diameter of 5 meters, and its maiden flight will use the mature 5.2-meter diameter fairing from the Long March 5 rocket.

Of course, as a reusable rocket, its fairing also needs to be recovered, so it is somewhat different from the fairing on the Long March 5.

The fairing of the Long March 10 rocket will be upgraded to a super-large diameter fairing with a diameter of 7 meters in the later stage.

A larger fairing can carry a larger payload, fully releasing its recovery capacity of more than 20 tons, and even carrying a massive payload of more than 30 tons when needed.

For example, a larger space station module.

The diameter of current space stations is limited to just over 4 meters. Once the 7-meter diameter fairing of the Long March 10 rocket enters service, we can consider manufacturing space station modules with a diameter of more than 6 meters.

That would not only allow for more experimental equipment to be installed, but also significantly improve the living experience for astronauts.

However, people did not expect that such an exciting thing would happen during this short one-month waiting period.

Even more unexpectedly, just two days later another amazing thing happened.

While everyone was talking about the crazy woman's two children, another celebrity's child has emerged. A certain singer, known as "Master Hua" in the Chinese music scene for his ritualistic singing style, said: "Yes, we have a child."

After the story of the crazy woman's child was exposed, someone revealed that Master Hua and actress Zhang also had a child.

But because everyone was busy enjoying the gossip at the time, and the person's revelation didn't have much solid evidence, everyone ignored it.

Or perhaps you just see it as a farce designed to gain attention.

As a result, Master Hua himself admitted it in an article.

This surprised the fans.

Because these kinds of popular celebrities rely heavily on fan economy, there's an unspoken rule for them: "They can't date," let alone "get married."

One of the jobs of popular celebrities is to "fulfill the fans' fantasies about sex".

And guess what?

Master Hua and Ms. Zhang are not married, and they will co-parent their child under the premise of "no marital relationship".

This surprised netizens as well.

[666, you can even do that?]

[How come there are so many juicy gossip stories every day?]

[As expected of the entertainment industry, it's amazing, absolutely amazing!]

This whole thing isn't that explosive; it's only really impactful for the fans. For someone like me who's just watching the drama unfold, it's just...so-so.

Indeed, it's nothing like what happened a few days ago.

Anyway, I think the value of Rowoon as a "role model in the entertainment industry" is still rising!

[That's true. Lu Shen and An Fangfei officially announced their relationship a long time ago and often show their affection in public, even going so far as to flaunt it in space.]

It's said that their relationship is the envy of many celebrities who can only date and marry in secret.

[That's for sure, but Lu Shen and An Fangfei are special cases; other celebrities can't replicate that.]

Forget about them, there's nothing interesting about Master Hua's affair. Let's wait for Lu Yun's Long March 10 rocket's maiden flight.

[Yes, I want to see the Big Rocket! The Big Rocket!]

However, Lu Yun's big rocket will have to wait a while, as Elon Musk on the other side of the ocean has already done something big.

On January 24, his company's Falcon 9 rocket launched carrying 143 satellites, setting a record for the most satellites launched in a single mission.

The previous record holder was India.

In 2017, India launched 104 satellites into space in a single launch using its own rocket.

However, most of the satellites were very small. Apart from the main satellite, which weighed 754 kilograms, most of the other satellites weighed only a few kilograms, with the smallest weighing only about one kilogram. Therefore, the launch was jokingly referred to as "throwing potatoes into space".

This Falcon 10 launch is slightly more significant because it includes 10 of its own Starlink satellites among the 143 satellites, which together weigh 2.6 tons.

The others were similar to what happened with the third brother; they were mostly mini satellites weighing a few kilograms.

In addition, this place also has some connection with Wan Chai.

This launch included two mini-satellites named "Flying Squirrel" and "Yushan".

The "flying squirrel," weighing 4.4 kilograms, can be used to study the plasma properties of the space ionosphere and understand how it interferes with satellite and ground radio communications, thereby improving GPS positioning accuracy.

The "Yushan" weighs 1.6 kilograms and can be used for purposes such as dynamic monitoring of ships and vehicles, traffic control, and disaster relief.

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