Chapter 164 China's Manned Moon Landing Plan
However, if we completely imitate the Saturn V, it would cost too much money.
From the 1950s to the 1970s, during the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union launched a costly space race in order to compete for the highest position in aerospace power.
The Soviet Union was the first to enter space.
The United States was the first to complete the mission of landing on the moon.
Although both sides have achieved great results.
But at the same time, a huge price was paid for it.
Not only because of the space race, it almost consumed the entire country's efforts.
Also due to the incompleteness of some technologies, many accidents occurred, resulting in the tragic deaths of many astronauts.
This politically motivated and somewhat short-sighted space race finally ended after 18 years.
After that, no country sought to manufacture such a heavy launch vehicle.
After all, even if we have the ability to build it.
But because too much money and energy are spent on it.
Other areas of the country will inevitably be affected.
In serious cases, one may even become disconnected from the world.
In addition to the reason of spending too much money.
There was no longer any demand for heavy rockets like the Saturn V.
But for China now.
The situation is completely different now.
"Compared to Saturn V, our new generation of heavy-lift rockets will use a more efficient and lower-cost solution. While the configuration is relatively simple, its carrying capacity will be even stronger."
After listening to Hu Shucheng's story, Xu You couldn't help but want to participate in the development of Saturn 5.
"Lao Hu, do we have a chance to get in touch with this project?"
Upon hearing this, Hu Shucheng smiled helplessly.
"You think too much about this. We are interns, but we are basically here to visit and learn, and we will not really get involved in the research and development of projects. My PhD fellows can only get involved in projects such as CFD software. It's good enough to be able to get in here."
Although Xu You was a little disappointed, he also knew that they would definitely not be able to participate in the project so easily.
And after Xu You arrived at Suzhou Satellite Launch Center.
It was not as Xu You expected that any leader would come over to talk to Xu You or anything.
It can be seen that although the leaders of the Space Agency invited Xu You to come for an internship.
But in fact, no one inside the launch center took this matter as a big deal.
He's just a new intern.
Xu You didn't have any thoughts about this. After all, it felt good to have no one paying attention to him.
After that, Xu You and Hu Shucheng started their internship life together.
The group that Xu You and Hu Shucheng belong to mainly studies aerospace-related software, such as the software they previously helped those PhDs to develop.
In addition to aerospace software, Xu You and Hu Shucheng will also learn other knowledge about aerospace.
On this day, Xu You and Hu Shucheng came to the exhibition room of the launch center.
"Xu You, today we can see the model of the ZT-9!"
Zhengtu-9, which Hu Shucheng mentioned before, is China's new generation of 100-ton heavy-lift carrier rocket.
Xu You was also very excited.
The rocket model here is not just the rocket model toy on the market.
Instead, it is a real rocket model that is scaled down in proportion to the design and structure of the rocket.
It can be said that it contains all the details of the real rocket, and even the materials used are almost the same.
Xu You and Hu Shucheng followed the graduate students into the exhibition hall.
The person responsible for explaining to you today is Engineer Fan Liangzhong.
"In recent years, with the deepening of space exploration, the world's major space powers have increasingly urgent needs for heavy-load transportation and have proposed their own heavy-lift rocket solutions."
"These include the SLS and Starship of the United States, the Yenisei of the Soviet Union, the Zhengtu-9 of China, and so on."
After describing the general situation of the aerospace world, Fan Liangzhong gave everyone some detailed information about the Zhengtu-9.
"In fact, as early as ten years ago, we had already proposed the basic configuration and parameters of the ZT-9. In this version of the design, there are three different configurations. Let's take a look at the basic model first..."
Fan Liangzhong explained various information about the rocket's configuration, boosters, engines, and carrying capacity.
Xu You and Hu Shucheng both opened their eyes wide, afraid of missing any details.
All I’m short of is touching this rocket model.
"According to the current plan, we will achieve manned lunar landing before 2030. And in 2028, when we return samples from Mars, we will use the ZT-9B to carry out the main payload launch mission."
Hearing the news of manned lunar landing, Xu You became even more excited.
Although Xu You certainly would not be able to participate in the moon landing as an astronaut.
But if there is an opportunity, I would like to join .
It is enough to make Xu You proud for the rest of his life.
Thinking of this, Xu You couldn't help but have the urge to do something big at the launch center.
"Oh, I really want to get involved in key projects as soon as possible."
After returning to the dormitory , Hu Shucheng also felt itchy in his heart.
It's so close to the Rockets.
But with their current status, they can only visit and learn from the edge.
Xu You also had the feeling of having power but nowhere to use it.
When I was at Ji University, I could also start my own project and do some scientific research.
Here, we can only listen to engineers’ lectures and have few opportunities to participate.
At this moment.
There was a sudden knock on the door outside the dormitory.
Hu Shucheng opened the door and found that the person who came was Fu Cheng.
"Shucheng, Xu You, do you have time tonight? The team has a new task and we may be too busy to handle it. We need help urgently."
Upon hearing the news, Xu You and Hu Shucheng had no intention of refusing at all.
Instead, it was an expression of great excitement.
“There’s time!”
"We'll be there soon!"
Seeing the two people's reactions, Fu Cheng shook his head helplessly.
"We all think that space work is hard, with frequent overtime and a lot of chores. When you two heard about the mission, you were more ."
"Maybe all newbies are like this. Brother, when you first joined the group, you must have been quite excited, right?"
"That's true. But the excitement only lasted for three days. Well, I won't say any more. Come with me."
In fact, Fu Bencheng didn't want to find Xu You and Hu Shucheng.
For people like them who have PhDs, they are already equivalent to reserve staff, and it is normal for them to participate in these tasks.
But Xu You and Hu Shucheng are just freshmen and do not need to participate in these tasks.
