"I only heard about how big the Long March 9 was, but I have never had any accurate concepts. I still have no accurate concepts, but I probably know how big it is."

"Yes, a transport vehicle of an optical core-class rocket occupies four lanes, and this road only has four lanes at most. If only three lanes were built at the beginning, the convoy would not be able to get through."

"Actually, you can pass three lanes, but at least you have to cut down the trees on both sides of the road."

"Ah haha, that's not one or two trees cut down, but trees from the entire road from the port to the launch site."

"Super, that's worthy of four lanes."

"I guess the road designers before did not expect this to happen. A powerful weapon like Long March 9 appeared so many years ahead of schedule."

"Not to mention the road designers before, I didn't even expect that technology is developing too fast!"

"Yes, I used to say that Long March 9 felt that it would be out for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be created in one or two years."

"Haha, now the pressure is coming to the site construction side. My home is not far from the Binhai launch site, and I can see the progress of the construction site there every day."

"Hey, what a coincidence, I can see the construction of a new launch site here."

"You live together? Or are you not allowed to worship neighbors?"

"Oh, I've arrived at the launch site, I've arrived at the launch site..."

This time, the rocket transfer from the dock to the launch site was broadcast live on the official. There is no way. Even if the official does not broadcast live, in such a big situation, civilians will definitely hold up their mobile phones to broadcast live. It is better for the official to do it yourself.

Moreover, the technology used to build rockets this time is quite advanced, and some of the previous test links are useless, such as the links that test whether the cables and joints are unobstructed.

Because it doesn't have cables.

With the support of new technologies in the manufacturing process, a group of data monitoring in various aspects has been strictly monitored, and artificial intelligence has participated in computing data. In fact, many tests can be saved.

But in order to succeed, Fanxing held a meeting rigorously and felt that it was necessary to conduct some necessary actual machine tests.

The live broadcast ended when the convoy transporting the rocket parts entered the launch site, but it didn't matter, the video carefully produced by Uncle Ning appeared.

Fanxing used to be aerospace propaganda about the country, but later, after the "Dream Chasing the Sky" came out, the propaganda about the space was opened little by little.

He first used TV production equipment to shoot a high-definition Long March 5 rocket transport video, then entered the launch tower to shoot the Long March 5 standing on the mobile launch pad at close range, and finally shot the mobile launch pad after the Long March 5 launch.

This three-sequential shooting directly established his title as "the number one photographer in the domestic aerospace field", just like Brother Jie, who is known as the "ceiling of military fans".

Later, the "on-site" of various aerospace information also confirmed the appearance of Uncle Ning.

The video he brought this time is also important. I have seen the parts of Long March 9 before, but I won’t watch it this time.

Although it is a little more perfect this time, it is still a part. Let’s wait until the assembly is completed before viewing this thing.

This time, let’s take a look at the "passengers" of this first flight.

Passengers of the SLS rocket on the Free Federation already know that it is the Orion spacecraft and the microsatellites of some cooperative institutions.

Although some cooperative institutions did not ship to the launch site instantly for their own reasons, several cooperative institutions still installed micro satellites.

But the first passengers of Long March 9 were unusual, with two big guys and some microsatellites.

Needless to say, one of the big guys is the previous new generation of manned spacecraft.

The spacecraft was only tested once, but this time it was finalized, but it also needs to be tested again, because the rocket will have to carry astronauts for the second launch.

Compared with the older generation of Shenzhou spacecraft, the new spacecraft can fly farther, not only transporting astronauts to and from the space station nearly 400 kilometers from the earth, but also achieving manned moon landings 380,000 kilometers away, and even going to further planet exploration.

Moreover, in the new generation of spacecraft and Shenzhou spacecraft are not substitute relationships, but complement each other, and can be personalized according to mission needs.

For example, a new spacecraft can transport 7 astronauts into the space station at a time, but it does not require such a large capacity, so it can still use old spacecraft to transport 3 astronauts.

If the Shenzhou spacecraft solves the problem of astronauts entering space smoothly and returning to the ground safely, then the new generation of spacecraft solves the problem of how to enter space safer, more comfortable, smarter and more economical, and carry out long-distance deep space exploration.

It can not only carry people, but also engage in freight transportation. It is a type of "dual-purpose passenger and cargo" spacecraft.

Currently, the only cargo spacecraft in Fanxing is Tianzhou 1, but Tianzhou spacecraft cannot send cargo from the space station back to the ground and can only be burned in the atmosphere. With its complete thermal insulation technology, the new generation of spacecraft can transport cargo downward from the near-Earth space station.

In fact, the Shenzhou spacecraft can also transport things down, but its internal space is too small, so it can transport it, but it can only transport a little.

The new generation of manned spacecraft is very large, nearly 9 meters long, with a maximum diameter of about 4.5 meters, and a maximum launch mass of more than 20 tons, which has a considerable space.

Of course, 9 meters includes fuel compartment and thrusters. The simple inverted cone return compartment is only about half the height. Reducing various protective layers, the astronauts can stand completely inside.

The return capsule is the "home" for astronauts to work and live in space. The technicians adopt a livable design concept and take advantage of the large space in the cabin of the new generation of manned spacecraft. They have put a lot of effort into the interior decoration, equipment layout, human-computer interaction interface, and the design of the entire ship's manned environment.

Working areas, entertainment areas, dining areas and independent sanitation areas are set up in the return cabin.

In addition, the cabin is equipped with a large life entertainment screen for astronauts to relax and entertain. The wearable display instrument allows astronauts to always understand the health status of the new spacecraft.

In order to reduce the cost of entering space, the return capsule of the new generation of manned spacecraft will be reused in the future.

The return capsule is covered with a new lightweight heat-proof structure. After completing the mission, you only need to replace the lightweight heat-proof structure and after strict inspections, you can perform manned space flight missions again.

In order to achieve multifunctional use, the designers also use the same return capsule and configure different service capsule modules, just like "building blocks", so that the new spacecraft can not only go to the near-Earth space station, but also change to the more powerful service capsule while the return capsule remains unchanged, and can also go to the moon and even further deep space.

Not only can the entire ship be modular, but the return capsule is also designed in a modular manner.

The new generation of manned spacecraft can also change from a "space bus" to a "space truck" according to mission needs.

During manned transportation, environmental control, seats, instruments, manual operation and other equipment are equipped with equipment. During cargo transportation, shelves and cargo packages are equipped.

From all aspects of data, the new manned spacecraft are "long-distance" spacecraft of the same level as the Free Federation Orion spacecraft, and are the only two manned spacecraft on Earth that can fly the moon.

The second "large-tonnage passenger" of Long March 9 is amazing. It is different from the Orion spacecraft that only rotates a few times in the moon orbit and the new manned spacecraft. It is about to land on the surface of the moon.

Decades ago, the equipment used by the Free Federation to land on the surface of the moon was the lunar module. The lunar module consists of descent and upper upgrades, weighs 14.7 tons, is 4.3 meters wide, and has a maximum height of about 7 meters.

Among them, the downward stage consists of a landing engine, 4 landing legs and 4 instrument cabins, accounting for more than half of the height.

It has been upgraded to the main body of the lunar module and can accommodate two astronauts. It is the "room" where astronauts live on the moon, and the height also accounts for half of the height.

After completing the lunar activity, the astronauts drive on the upgrade and return to the lunar orbit to meet the command cabin. It consists of the astronaut "room", return to the engine, propellant storage box, instrument cabin and control system.

There are navigation, control, communication, life support and power supply equipment.

However, the astronaut's "room" is very small. It is actually not much larger than a public toilet compartment. It is just a station that can accommodate two astronauts. There is no seat for astronauts, so you can stand whatever you do.

It also needs to wrap the propellant storage box, so its appearance is very "practical". One piece is protruding here and one piece is recessed there.

However, the thing carried by Long March 9 is not a lunar module, and astronauts do not take it to the surface of the moon because it does not have the ability to take off again on the surface of the moon.

To be precise, it is a house.

A real house is still a two-story building, not a "toilet compartment".

The moon is very desolate, even more desolate than the Antarctic on Earth. At least there are penguins in the Antarctic, and you can walk outside by wearing thicker clothes, but the moon is absolutely not good. Not to mention that there are no animals, humans will die soon if they do not wear out space suits on it.

Therefore, the actions of human beings above are completely clearing up land, especially in the early stages, which is equivalent to conducting scientific research in a place with worse conditions than Antarctic.

Not only is it difficult to go, but it is also impossible to survive alone there.

But the moon is very important. The Antarctic is on the earth. The conventional routes of human beings do not pass through it at all, and most people will not even walk there. However, the positioning of the moon is equivalent to a transit station for human beings to move to the starry sky.

Even the "transit station" is said to be small. At least it is a giant base that can feed back to the earth and provide various convenient opportunities for humans to fly into deep space.

As long as humans can establish production bases on it, it means that humans have the qualification to move towards a deeper starry sky.

It has low gravity, no atmosphere, rich minerals and a large amount of water resources, which allows humans to build various facilities in space in a cheaper way, because its orbital conditions are much easier than those on Earth.

But these conveniences are late advantages, and its early survival and construction threshold is quite high!

So far, humans have not used it to go to the starry sky, but they can't even develop it, study it, or even survive for a long time.

To develop, someone must first live there, but humans have only been there a few times, and they will leave in a hurry for a short time.

When humans arrive on the moon, they are like paddling a canoe across the ocean to Antarctica. After arriving, they find that it is not suitable for human survival. Not only do they eat, drink, use, or have no houses that can shelter from wind and rain, but they even have poisonous gas everywhere and will die after a while.

I couldn't live on it for a few days, and I didn't have equipment or materials. It was impossible for me to pick up a house with my bare hands, so I had to come back helplessly.

If there is a house on a deserted island, it will feel completely different.

If you have a place to shelter from wind, rain, and poisonous gas, people can develop with peace of mind.

Unfortunately, humans can only ride canoes across the ocean to "Antarctica", and canoes cannot carry a house over.

The same is true on the moon. Humans have been planning for a long time and have been trying to build a forward base on it. For example, Fanxing is planning and building a scientific research station.

Now the "Chang'e" plan of Fanxing has been launched to No. 5, and will continue to launch No. 6, 7 and 8 later.

Among them, "Chang'e 6" will go to the Antarctic of the moon for sampling and return work, while "Chang'e 7" will conduct scientific explorations on the Antarctic of the moon, especially the water distribution of the moon, and it will be launched and carried out before Chang'e 6.

"Chang'e-8" will implement scientific exploration in the extreme areas and verify the subsequent key technologies of the scientific research station.

These three steps will take about five years to complete, and the last Chang'e-8 is to "take out a foreshadowing" for the lunar scientific research station that Fanxing and Lucia cooperate.

The construction of this "scientific research station" will take about ten years. Just like building a small town, it requires an energy system, communication and navigation system, a remote transportation system, a world round-trip system, a ground support system and a life support system.

Then it is not a professional astronaut going to "travel", but let relevant scientists move in peacefully, study everything on the moon with peace of mind, and prepare for future development.

But now that this "outpost" appears, people know that Fanxing's plan is ahead of schedule again.

The name of this "house" is called "outpost test cabin", which is used for testing to test whether the houses made by humans can stay on the dangerous moon.

If possible, human astronauts can move in.

The manufacturer of the outpost test cabin is a practical technology aerospace company. Li Wei is the chief designer. The mass of the fuel is more than 30 tons when filled with fuel, and the mass of the fuel used up after landing also exceeds 30 tons.

Yes, its fuel is made of metal hydrogen, and it is also a liquid metal hydrogen that is against the will of heaven.

For this "little bit" of fuel, practical technology consumes a lot of energy and resources.

But its benefits are also obvious.

The diameter of the test chamber reaches 6 meters. After the top solar panel and the landing gear below are fully unfolded, the height can reach 8 meters.

But the place where astronauts go out is very low, not like the astronauts in the Free Federation had to climb one-story stairs to enter and exit the cabin, nor were they like the 10-meter-high cabin door of the "National Team" lunar module, or even the 30-meter-high cabin door of the lunar version of the spacecraft rocket.

This thing needs to be equipped with an elevator, otherwise the astronauts will not be able to get out at all.

The outpost only carries a small amount of fuel, the fuel storage tank is ring-shaped, and the landing engine is also "sinked". In addition, the landing legs can be adjusted in height. The original effect was to "level" and prevent the outpost from tilting after landing on the slope.

But if the outpost lands relatively flat, then the landing legs can be "layed down" and make the hatch only 1 meter high from the month table!

1 meter high!

Ideally, there is no need to even use any stairs at this height. Astronauts can jump down directly when they leave the cabin, and jump up directly when they come back.
Chapter completed!