This star is going to the moon

Chapter 477 Old Chinese, the rovers running on the moon are all yours, and you still say you have no designs on the moon?

The fact that the number of Starlink satellites in orbit has surpassed that of the earlier-launched Starlink satellites is not simply due to the addition of a larger rocket.

Also because the Lao-Chinese have started to ramp up their production capacity!
After all, Elon Musk's Falcon 9 rocket could carry 60 Starlink satellites at a time, while Yun Loo's Wanhu rocket could only carry 30 Starlink satellites at a time, so two launches would be needed to offset one launch from the Falcon 9.

Later, as the production capacity of Xingdou satellites increased, Wanhu rockets began to launch three times a month, capable of launching 90 Xingdou satellites.

With the addition of the Long March 10 rocket, it can launch 80 rockets at a time and ensure a launch once a month.

In this way, Stardust can launch 170 satellites per month!
Elon Musk's Starlink has also been upgraded. In the first half of this year, the 1.0 version was launched with a single satellite weighing 260 kg, while in the second half of the year, the 1.5 version with a single satellite weighing nearly 300 kg began to be launched.

Starlink version 1.5 is actually on par with Stardust's first-generation sub-star technology.

However, the Falcon 9 cannot carry 60 Starlink 1.5 satellites.

In June, Falcon 3 launched three Starlink 1.5 satellites in a batch for testing, and then in September launched the first batch of 51 Starlink 1.5 satellites.

The second batch will be launched in November, and each subsequent launch will consist of around 50 satellites.

After this ebb and flow, the number of stars surpassed that of starslink, and the numbers of both sides will continue to grow larger.

At the same time, Starlink had just surpassed 20 users.

This is still due to the pressure from Starlink, which has led to many promotional activities.

As for why StarDomain put so much pressure on StarChain, it's because StarDomain already has over 500 million users!
At this time, both sides opened up the international market. Starlink's home turf was North America, as well as traditional allies such as India, Australia, and New Zealand.

Xingdou's users are concentrated in remote areas of China and bordering countries, followed by Africa and South America.

Many people have commented that Starlink's development model is like "experiencing life".

Xingdou's development model resembles "poverty alleviation".

However, Starlink is indeed much cheaper than Starlink, and with equally affordable solar and battery products available in China and Laos, the combination of the three is indeed suitable for underdeveloped regions.

Of course, this is mainly because satellite internet cannot be used arbitrarily; it requires cooperation with the communication service providers of the host country. Therefore, it is actually a kind of map of friendly countries and "spheres of influence."

In addition, both sides have a few users within each other's "sphere of influence".

Then came the competition in the airplane and shipping industries.

Needless to say, Boeing, one of the two giants, is an American company, so naturally they prefer Starlink.

Meanwhile, China is vying for Airbus.

However, both the Chinese and Lao companies bought the aircraft, and they were major customers, so domestically, regardless of the brand, they all installed their own Starplanes.

Furthermore, China is also manufacturing passenger planes, and our northern neighbor, China, also has its own passenger planes. In addition, there are some small aircraft manufacturers from other countries, all of whom are potential users of the Starplane.

As for shipping commerce...

Ah, a good portion of the ships at sea were built by the Chinese.

More than half of the new shipbuilding orders are being placed by Chinese and Lao shipyards.

This leaves the Americans feeling powerless.

Because China ranks first in the world's shipbuilding market share, even the poorest countries and small nations combined can't beat China. As for the United States...

It has a small share in the "Others" category.

There's nothing we can do about it, because America's manufacturing industry has long since collapsed.

If it weren't for the need to retain some warship manufacturing capabilities, the US wouldn't even have a small share in the "other" category.

After all, making money in finance is so lucrative, who would bother building ships?
Even shipyards that build warships have invested a lot of money in finance, causing many problems for the Federal Navy's shipyards. Both their shipbuilding and repair capabilities have declined significantly... Ahem, never mind, this is a matter of the military-industrial complex, not a matter of aerospace.

After calming down and taking a step back, the space delegation realized that their chances of winning in the space field were dwindling.

Only some deep space explorations still maintain a leading position.

Even Elon Musk's renewed promotion of his 9-meter diameter "Super Falcon" rocket and his dream of colonizing Mars no longer seems appealing.

After all, his "Super Falcon" rocket is supposed to make an orbital flight next year, but it's not next year yet, so who knows what might happen next year.

As long as there is no test flight, it is about the same as the progress of Lord Rown's 10.6-meter diameter Starship rocket.

Even though Lu Yun's "starship" only showed the engine under development and the 10.6-meter diameter fuel tank metal ring.

Anyway, they haven't even had a test flight and entered orbit yet.

Of course, the general public's attention was still drawn to the "mysterious cube on the far side of the moon".

After all, it doesn't sound serious.

There are also many American domestic alien, UFO, and moon landing conspiracy theory groups that are actively promoting these ideas.

What's more, these American groups have considerable international influence thanks to the US's propaganda capabilities.

Thanks to their vigorous promotion, it received a global response!
The American space delegation must be furious.

"You're promoting Chinese culture for Laos!"

Elon Musk's dream of colonizing Mars is to transform humanity into an "interplanetary species."

If this is successful, then theoretically, humans could become their own "aliens".

But that hasn't been successful yet, and who knows when it will be successful? It's not as attractive as the "lunar alien civilization" that's already generating a lot of buzz!
The American space delegation is now experiencing both headaches and joy.

The headache is how to explain to the White House and Congress after returning to the federal government that China's space power is "more, better, and stronger".

The good news is that Laos and China's space capabilities have indeed become "more, better, and stronger," so the "Laos-China space threat theory" is valid, and they can also take this opportunity to become "more, better, and stronger"!
US space program: "Congress, please give me more funding so that the federal space program can be better and stronger!"

Knowing they could ask for money again, and that Congress was unlikely to refuse this time, the US space delegation was in a better mood.

So they slept peacefully in Lao Zhong's place for one night, and then took a plane back to the Federation early the next morning.

That evening, the Shenzhou-17 and Shenzhou-16 crews held a handover ceremony at the Tiangong space station.

On the 30th, the Shenzhou-16 crew separated from the space station aboard the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft. The next time a spacecraft docks with the space station will be the Muyuan-class space shuttle.

On the last day of October, the Shenzhou-16 spacecraft's return capsule successfully landed at the Dongfeng Landing Site.

With the Shenzhou spacecraft, which is clearly set to be retired and whose lifespan is "one less time to see it each time," even ordinary people are paying attention.

However, what everyone is more concerned about is the Bluestar Aerospace "Wu Gang 2" lunar lander in early November!

A few days later, seeing the "Wu Gang 2" land smoothly on the lunar south pole, and the "Yutu 5" and "Yutu 6" lunar rovers released, people were once again convinced that the Chinese had a secret on the moon!

Even if these two lunar rovers are in Antarctica, rather than on the far side of the moon.

But apart from the Yutu lunar rover, which has already completed its mission, China now has five lunar rovers operating on the moon at the same time!

Four of them are located at the lunar south pole, which is theoretically suitable for establishing a lunar base, and one is on the mysterious far side of the moon!
Even now, four lunar rovers have gathered at the lunar south pole, leading people to wonder whether they are really looking for water or something else.

"Old Chinese, the rovers running on the moon are all your lunar rovers, and you still say you have no designs on the moon?"

(End of this chapter)