This is how black technology should be used

Chapter 237 Sneak attack?

"Success!"

"The Lunar Module Enterprise has successfully landed on the Moon!"

"Great!"

"Haha, we also have an outpost."

"I think it should no longer be called an outpost. That would be the same as Stars. Ours should be called the Forward Base. The height of the Enterprise is higher than the test module of Stars' Outpost!"

"really……"

The Commonwealth Mission Center for Returning to the Moon cheered, and Bald Bei heaved a sigh of relief.

He was fully involved in this manned orbit around the moon. Now the Enterprise manufactured by his company has safely landed on the moon, proving that their previous design was indeed correct and the first flight was successful.

And it was because of his persistence that the Federation regained some face, and he was very satisfied with that.

However, the Orion spacecraft was really ashamed this time. There were no major problems, but there were a lot of minor problems.

Especially when the toilet was broken, he felt sorry for the astronauts.

There is a toilet in the lunar module, but the spacecraft assembly has been flying, and when it is stuffed into the rocket, it is one in front of the other. It was not until the lunar orbiter spacecraft and the lunar module were docked that the astronauts finally took advantage of it. Taking the opportunity to check the lunar module, he went to use the toilet inside.

The design and manufacturer of the Orion manned spacecraft is Lockheed Martin, which is also one of the developers and manufacturers of the "Enterprise" lunar module. As a result, the performance on the two machines is completely different.

'This probably has something to do with who takes the lead. '

"The lunar module was led by his Blue Origin, and the Orion was led by Lockheed Martin, so Lockheed Martin can't do it, and the future aerospace industry depends on him." '

Bald Bei thought so.

The Orion manned spacecraft consists of a service module, a crew module, a launch abort system and a spacecraft adapter, weighing about 23 tons and having a diameter of about 5 meters.

Its pressurized cabin has a volume of approximately 19.5 cubic meters and a habitable volume of 8.9 cubic meters.

As far as these "traditional" manned spacecraft are on the market, it is the largest.

There are many measures to increase the available internal space, the most important ones are to increase the diameter, and to reduce the instrument panel to about 10, directly changing it to a large display panel.

Compared with the Apollo manned spacecraft used for the last manned moon landing, the command module of the Orion manned spacecraft is similar to it, but it is significantly larger and stronger, and its cabin space is twice as large as the Apollo command module .

In terms of technical performance, it is also greatly improved than the Apollo manned spacecraft, and many innovative technologies are used in subsystems and components.

The Orion manned spacecraft is powered by solar battery wings, so it has high power and long action time, while the Apollo manned spacecraft can only be powered by fuel cells for a short period of time.

And the Orion manned spacecraft has two windows, one next to the driver's and commander's seats, allowing them to have a better view.

There is only one hatch, on the side, and the docking port is on the top, which is similar to the Apollo manned spacecraft.

The biggest difference is that the return capsule of the Orion manned spacecraft has the largest heat shield in the world. It uses advanced high-temperature-resistant composite materials and is composed of hundreds of thousands of honeycomb structures, which can effectively prevent the spacecraft from approaching the earth’s atmosphere at Mach 26. High temperature up to 1763°C.

This allows the heat shield to be replaced every time it returns to the ground, and it can be reused after replacement, about 10 times.

The Apollo manned spacecraft can only be used once.

The Orion manned spacecraft is a multi-purpose spacecraft, and its flight range is farther than the moon, so the astronauts in the spacecraft face stronger cosmic radiation, so the radiation shielding system on the Orion manned spacecraft is also a key point subsystem.

The central computer on the spacecraft is the brain of the spacecraft, which is the most advanced among similar spacecraft. It can process 4.8 million instructions per second, which is 25 times that of the International Space Station, 400 times that of the Space Shuttle, and Apollo manned spacecraft. 4000 times.

The central computer can also withstand extreme high temperature and cold environments, as well as severe radiation and even vibration environments, and its restart time only needs 15 seconds.

The safety is 10 times higher than that of the space shuttle, which is another feature of the Orion manned spacecraft, which greatly enhances the survival chances of the astronauts.

The main reason is that the Orion manned spacecraft is connected in series with the rocket during launch, and has an escape device-launch abort system.

The launch abort system is a key safety design after the spacecraft enters the launch procedure.

When the Orion manned spacecraft enters the launch continuation, if the launch needs to be suspended urgently, the launch abort system in milliseconds must be activated. In an emergency, the crew module can be activated and the escape procedure can be activated, and the crew module can be separated from the rocket through the escape tower. .

Moreover, it uses liquid oxygen methane fuel, which is slightly more efficient than the hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide used in the Apollo manned spacecraft service module. Compared with hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide, liquid oxygen methane fuel has a higher specific impulse, This means that for the same mass of propellant fuel, it burns for longer and enables higher speeds.

In the future, humans may use raw materials on the moon and Mars to create methane to fuel this type of spacecraft.

This was originally a very good design, but as a result, monster spacecraft like starships appeared in the Freedom Federation, so its future will not be long.

The more fully functional a starship is, the closer it is to death.

What's more, there is also a "flying to the moon" class spacecraft, which is also a monster.

Of course, the new manned spacecraft designed and manufactured by Fanxing against the Orion manned spacecraft has also been used to the end, and their birth did not happen at the right time.

He read the information on the "flying to the moon" class spacecraft before, and found that although the thing is very small, but because of its super fuel performance, there is no need to dock the manned spacecraft at all, and the spacecraft can easily travel to and from the earth-moon system by itself Yes, it is estimated that a one-way flight can fly to Mars.

If you give it one more booster, which is not too big, and add one of its original power modules, it can fly back and forth in the Earth-Fire planetary system.

And it takes only half the time of conventional Mars rovers.

If the cargo compartment is converted into a manned capsule, the astronauts can still have a good living environment. That kind of landing plan will be similar to the Apollo moon landing plan decades ago, and it is the kind that leaves after a while.

However, if Fanxing really wants to be "No. [-] on Mars", it will be really dangerous for the Federation.

Of course, simply comparing landing on the moon with landing on fire is actually not very correct. The moon is closer to the earth, and Mars is a completely different state.

That cannot be solved by pure spaceship technology, the human problem is the biggest problem.

Speaking of which, when the Free Federation announced the landing of the Enterprise on the moon, Fanxing was almost ready for the manned mission to orbit the moon and would launch in a few hours.

So as soon as the people in the Commonwealth Return to the Moon Mission Center finished cheering, they turned their attention to the starry live broadcast.

"What do you think of Fanxing's success rate this time?"

"It will definitely be no problem to launch the rocket, and it should be no problem to fly to and around the moon. I'm just afraid now..."

"What are you afraid of?"

"I'm afraid that Fanxing will launch a sneak attack."

"What do you mean? Explain in detail."

"I'm afraid that the people in power over the stars will force astronauts to land on the moon using an untested lunar spacecraft for the sake of political achievements and international influence. This is irresponsible for the lives of astronauts and a trample on human rights and freedoms. "

"Ah this..."

(End of this chapter)