This star is going to the moon

Chapter 466 Space enthusiasts rubbed their hands excitedly as filming of "Dream Record" wrapped up and Lu Yun celebrated his birthday!

With the successful maiden flight of the X-33, it was now October.

Meanwhile, America began to heavily promote its space capabilities, claiming they had not weakened!
America's propaganda machine is probably the most powerful in the world. Once it gets going, other countries have no choice but to passively accept it.

Even with the Great Firewall in place, many official government, news, and school websites in Amerinda are still freely accessible without needing a VPN.

After all, the purpose of building a wall is to filter out harmful information as much as possible, not to isolate information altogether.

For example, in the previous 25 years, many people went to the White House website every day to see how Achuan won.

What kind of president has led us to keep winning, winning without becoming complacent? In the first 50 days of his term, we won 50 times!
Then hang up a huge photo of A-Chuan, and the vibe is really strong.

Of course, it's not Trump yet, it's Deng.

The successful maiden flight of the X-33 has indeed satisfied many people, and Lockheed Martin has also mobilized a lot of space enthusiasts to praise it!
That's how business warfare works.

Lockheed Martin itself hasn't said anything, but its space enthusiasts have described the X-33 as something no less impressive than the Kite-class space shuttle.

Although its cargo payload is several hundred kilograms less than that of the Muyuan-class, it can claim that its takeoff mass is 20 tons less than that of the Muyuan-class, so it is normal for its payload to be slightly less.

As for why there are no windows, it's because the X-33's autopilot technology is so advanced that the driver doesn't need to look at the windows at all.

You asked if the X-33 can carry people?
That depends on future needs.

After all, everyone knows that the US already has the reusable Crew Dragon spacecraft, and the equally reusable Starliner is also preparing for its next test flight, so there is not much need for another manned spacecraft.

Of course, if absolutely necessary, the X-33 can also be converted into a manned vehicle.

However, if you really want a spacecraft that is both affordable and offers an excellent riding experience, you can wait for the ultimate form of the X-33, the "Adventure Star," which is the real answer!
Ultimately, the X-33 was a technology demonstrator for the "Adventure Star" program.

Moreover, since the X-33 has already successfully completed its maiden flight, proving the United States' space capabilities, there is no need to say anything more.

The main reason is that space enthusiasts also know that the X-33 is not a space shuttle.

So since we can't compete with China's Kite-class space shuttle on a spacecraft that's only 20 meters long, let's promote the big one!
The "AdventureStar" single-stage-to-orbit space shuttle, which is over 40 meters long!
Even though the "Adventure Star" is not exactly a space shuttle, its large size makes it far more cost-effective than the Kite-class space shuttle.

While the primary purpose of the "Adventure Star" was to develop an unmanned satellite launcher, it was also given other secondary and optional uses, namely serving as a passenger aircraft.

And the initial design was mainly for long-distance intercontinental flights.

While a regular commercial airliner takes more than ten hours to fly, the "Adventure Star" arrives in just one or two hours.

Because the "Adventure Star" is designed to be unmanned, passengers will be treated as "cargo" being transported by the "Adventure Star," just like artificial satellites.

In simpler terms, the "Adventure Star" was envisioned as a low-cost launcher capable of rapid round trips to space, with a modular launch system design.

Therefore, the vehicle can be a man-made satellite or a passenger.

It can also travel between Earth and the space station to transport essential supplies to the space station.

Leaving aside its cargo-carrying capabilities, its 26-ton payload capacity could be converted into passenger capacity to carry at least dozens of people.

The Kite-class space shuttle costs $150 million per person, so the Adventure Star program could offer a space journey for $100 million per person.

Isn't this a crushing defeat?
Chinese netizens were puzzled by this: both are 20-meter-class spacecraft, why are you comparing the X-33 to the Muyuan-class instead of the 40-meter-class "Adventure Star"?

Are you playing the game of Tian Ji's horse racing strategy?

Moreover, the Laos and the Chinese also have good horses. Lu Yun had long ago said that he wanted to build a larger space shuttle that could carry dozens of people.

The current progress is estimated to be quite fast.

However, when netizens rushed to Lu Yun's Weibo to inquire, Lu Yun did not reply to them.

After all, Lockheed Martin didn't make any moves; he was just letting some space enthusiasts hype it up, so there was no need for him to make any moves.

Lu Yun estimates that Lockheed Martin is waiting for the 72nd International Astronautical Congress in late October.

The venue for this conference is Lu Yun's home ground, namely the world's aerospace tourism center – Binhai City! In order to build itself into a world-class aerospace tourism center, Binhai has put in a lot of effort, not only attracting various domestic aerospace companies to build launch sites, but also organizing various aerospace activities.

So they went to great lengths to secure the hosting of the prestigious International Astronautical Congress, which was held at the newly built Binhai International Convention and Exhibition Center, near the Binhai Space Airport and Binhai Aerospace Museum.

China and Laos will not play the "visa blocking" trick to prevent the US space team from participating in the conference. On the contrary, they welcome international cooperation and exchanges.

Laos and China are embracing globalization with great enthusiasm!

On the contrary, the Americans have shown some anti-globalization sentiment in recent years.

But no matter what, since the Americans are coming to China's territory to participate in the International Space Conference, they certainly can't afford to lose face.

Not only Lu Yun, but many colleagues felt that the Americans were going to announce some big projects at the conference.

The Chinese side naturally had to make some big moves as well.

And space enthusiasts think the same way!

So this year's International Astronautical Congress is sure to have some exciting things to see!
Space enthusiasts rubbed their hands together in excitement!

In this anticipation, time seemed to fly by.

On the 14th, Laos and China launched the "Xihe" solar probe, which is Laos and China's first solar probe.

It also achieved the world's first space exploration with solar Hα band spectral imaging.

On the 15th, a blockbuster movie was released, one of the nightmares of Lu Yun's previous life.

That is—Turandot: The Curse Begins!
(Okay, could you translate this for me?)
In his previous life, Lu Yun played a role in the film, and after its release, he was heavily criticized and his reputation was ruined.

Rowoon has been criticized quite a bit. Although everyone is used to him acting in bad movies, and he was already quite obscure at the time, this movie is really too bad.

The fact that everyone was criticizing him actually gave him some traffic.

In this life, Lu Yun only noticed this when he heard An Fangfei talking about the movie that was released that day while filming the last scene of "Meng Hua Lu".

Even though a lifetime had passed, Lu Yun still got goosebumps when he heard this name.

After all, it's a fantasy epic war romance drama that grossed 1800 million RMB!

It's a Sino-foreign co-production blockbuster.

The cost was 3 million RMB!

Fortunately, Lu Yun had nothing to do with this lousy movie in this life. On the 20th, he peacefully finished filming his last scene in the "Dream Record" crew, and then his scenes with Sister Fei were completed.

It was also Lu Yun's birthday that day, so the crew celebrated his birthday as well, and many friends gave him birthday gifts.

An Fangfei, however, did not send any.

When Lu Yun returned to the hotel that evening, he discovered a fairy in flowing robes dancing in front of the French windows. The hazy moonlight made Lu Yun's eyes dazzle.

To be fair, An Fangfei's period drama costumes are truly exceptional.

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Seeing Lu Yun's stunned expression, An Fangfei smiled gently, then lightly lifted her skirt with her slender hand and said, "Husband, aren't you going to open your birthday present?"

"..."

Now it's the moonlight's turn to shine on Lu Yun.

He wants to transform into a werewolf...

(End of this chapter)