This is how black technology should be used

Chapter 276 Starship First Flight and Inflatable Space Capsule
The joint press conference of Starry Space Agency and Practical Science and Technology Aerospace Corporation has passed, but people's discussions have not ended.

After all, the super large construction plan of the cooperation between the two is amazing!

A commercial space station module launched by Practical Science and Technology Aerospace Corporation has several times the pressurized space of the International Space Station, not to mention the second phase of the huge Starry Space Station.

This new year's event is enough to shock people for a long time.

On January 83, 1, the Mukite aerospace plane officially carried out the first commercial space travel mission. The standard circled the earth orbit 10 and a half times, and the whole journey took 3 hours.

This time, the 7 passengers came from all over the world, and the air tickets were snatched as soon as they went on sale. Except for one star tourist who spent 1 million Star Coins, everyone else spent 1000 million Federation Coins.

Although the converted fare is a little bit more expensive, they are still so happy that their noses are bubbling.

They also praised Practical Technology and Aerospace for its conscience.

Because the manned dragon spacecraft space tour of Interstellar Exploration Technology Co., Ltd. started with 5500 million federal currency.

Although those space tours stay in orbit for a long time, about four days, and some can stay in the International Space Station, they believe that since they are all orbital-level space tours, they are essentially the same.

The length of time makes little difference.

Moreover, 6 million Federal currency for 200 hours, converted into an hourly price of about 33.3 Federal currency, and a 5500-day space tour of 4 million Federal currency, converted into an hourly price of about 57.3 Federal currency, is still a practical technology Aerospace companies are cheap.

The most important thing is that Practical Technology Aerospace can provide 200 million federal coins for a 6-hour tour, but Interstellar Exploration Technology will not provide more than 340 million federal coins for a 6-hour space tour.

It either starts with a ticket of 5500 million federal currency, or starts with 4 days of play.

Of course, this was the case before.

I don't know if the price and time of the manned dragon space tour will change in the face of the business grabbing behavior of the wooden kite?

The tourists who came back from Practical Technology Aerospace's first commercial space tour expressed that they were not satisfied and wanted to fly again.

However, Practical Science and Technology Aerospace Corporation considers that commercial space travel has just started, and it still focuses on safety, so it only maintains a flight frequency of once a week, and will evaluate and maintain the status of the wooden kite during the rest of the time.

The passengers of the follow-up flight are already queuing up, and they will definitely not be able to fly again in a short time.

However, later companies will launch longer space travel packages according to the situation, and they can wait and see.

Even the "Future Amusement Park" space station, which was just unveiled at the press conference, will be launched in a few months, and a better space tour package will definitely be launched by then.

But what is puzzling is that this time, the Freedom Federation didn't say anything, and it didn't take any action. It was just focusing on developing itself.

The frequency of starship testing is getting faster and faster, and the progress of various projects is getting better and better.

Soon, that is, on January 1, after the wooden kite carried out its second commercial space flight, the three astronauts of Fanxing, who had been on the moon for half a year, finally returned to Earth.

They took the combination of the moon-going spacecraft and the new manned spacecraft loaded with the second batch of lunar samples into the earth orbit, and the two separated. The moon-going spacecraft docked on the starry space station, and the new manned spacecraft plunged into the earth’s atmosphere.

After entering the atmosphere, the new manned spacecraft opened its parachute perfectly, and then stood firmly on the Dongfeng landing field, with the search personnel next to it, immediately drove the helicopter down and began to assist the astronauts to get out of the cabin.

This flight will probably be the last for the new crewed spacecraft.

As Fanxing's new generation of manned spaceship, it had a lot of burdens on it, but with the emergence of practical technology, its tasks were gradually covered.

But this also represents the rapid development of technology.

The astronauts returning from the moon in the next few days will have a comprehensive physical examination, and then resume training, and pass on the experience of living and working on the moon to the second batch of astronauts on the moon.

At the end of January, the second group of astronauts went to space on the Wooden Kite, which had deliberately postponed its commercial flight for a week, and then carried supplies to the lunar spacecraft with the three astronauts on the space station, and at the same time moved the lunar samples from the lunar spacecraft to In the wooden kite.

The 6 astronauts can already form an "assembly line", so they don't need to "fly around", just stand in a straight line, and then gently push things towards the next person.

That is to say, the astronauts in the lunar spacecraft and the wooden kite are a little busy.

After processing these things, the wooden kite will carry the second batch of lunar samples back to Earth, and the lunar spacecraft will carry supplies and a new batch of lunar astronauts to the moon.

From now on, the task of traveling between the stars and the Earth-Moon system will be left to the Moon-flying spacecraft.

After that, the commercial passengers who will be carried by the wooden kite will be happy, because before them, the lunar astronauts and lunar samples carried by the wooden kite will be happy!
In February, ordinary people may not be sensitive, but aerospace enthusiasts have discovered that space launches around the world, especially the two countries of Stars and Federation, have become more frequent.

Not to mention those big missions that can attract international attention. As small rocket technology continues to mature, various private aerospace companies have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

In particular, Practical Technology likes external technology very much, and has technical partners all over the world.

As long as the company is not too deeply involved with the federation, it is willing to use its technology.

And its aerospace technology is the world's number one, and it can start a small aerospace company by releasing some casually. Although there is no way to launch large things, it is enough for some countries with insufficient conditions to develop their own aerospace industry.

In addition, the current small satellite technology is also developing rapidly. If there are not too many requirements, the performance is sufficient, so the aerospace industry of small countries is developing rapidly.

Small countries are like this, let alone big countries. They already have strong aerospace technology. After the technology is released, a number of aerospace companies are established in minutes.

After all, practical technology involves technology. If you want to use it, you must have aerospace talents who can understand it.

But it's the big launches, and the big rockets that carry them, that stand out the most.

On February 2, two days before the Starry Spring Festival, the Long March 8, which was improved and upgraded into a recyclable rocket, performed the mission again, firing the first shot of the large-scale launch mission in 83.

At the same time, this launch is also the beginning of the second phase of the Fanxing Space Station construction project.

According to the naming rules of the Starry Space Station, the core cabin is called "Tianhe", and the two experimental cabins are "Wentian" and "Mengtian". It is called "Tianmen".

Now it's all right, there are two "day X" and "X day", which is balanced.

After Fanxing spends the Spring Festival here, the Federation will start performing.

The starship launch system of Interstellar Exploration Technology Company has passed the verification of the whole system!

"Great, it's finally our turn!"

"Yeah, it's been a starry show before, and we can only watch from the sidelines."

"Shet, this sounds like shit, how did our Federation become like this?"

"Who says it's not? Our Federation is obviously the most powerful aerospace power. Why is it like this now? Is it a problem with the system?"

"It's definitely not a problem with the system. The federal system is the most democratic and free in the world, and everyone can be president."

"So, on the other hand, wouldn't it make no difference to elect a mentally retarded president?"

"Uh……"

"Oh, isn't it good to have a good chat about space, why are you talking about dirty politics again?"

"Yes, let's make aerospace as pure as the starry sky."

"Fortunately, the Federation has Emalon. I think he can run for the next commander-in-chief. He can take us to Mars with the world's largest rocket."

"The starship rocket was not launched in one piece, but the booster was moved to the launch pad first, and then the starship was moved to the launch pad, and then lifted to the booster by the crane on the launch pad."

"The combination of them is so high, 120 meters!"

"With a diameter of 9 meters and a height of 120 meters, the starship rocket is the largest rocket in the world!"

"It's a super rocket!"

"That's right, the 'Big Fat' rocket of Practical Technology Aerospace Corporation is still under development, and the starship rocket is the largest rocket in the world!"

"Does anyone know what's in the starship's cargo bay? Has it been announced before?"

"I don't know. It will be clear when it is launched. Now it has started to refuel..."

When the 120-meter-high starship rocket stood up, some Federation people felt that the Federation also stood up, and finally walked out from the shadow of the stars.

In fact, this kind of thinking is very strange, and it is not surprising.

The strange thing is that the Federation is recognized as the most powerful country in the world after all, and Fanxing has been catching up no matter how fast it develops. It is too much to cast a shadow on the Federation.

It's not surprising because Fanxing developed... so f*cking fast!

Especially in the past two years, the Federation has been beaten violently in the aerospace field, in the military field, and in various fields. Anyway, it has never won.

It is normal for shadows to appear in this state.

Now, the 120-meter super rocket stands up, are there any stars?
No!

This self-confidence naturally came up.

With such emotions, it was time for the Starship rocket to launch.

In the ground command center, Emma Long and a group of senior government officials were present.

Emmaron didn't say anything, anyway, those senior government officials were waiting to show their faces after the launch was successful.

When everything was ready, all the staff looked at Emmaron, waiting for him to give an order.

Emma Long nodded and said confidently: "Light it up!"

Countdown or something, advanced super rocket is not needed.

Following his order, a gleam of fire flashed under the launch platform, and then immediately blazed brightly.

"Boom--"

The loud sound spread to all directions along with the steam cloud rising into the sky, and the starship rocket slowly flew into the sky against the backdrop of the steam cloud.

The take-off mass of more than 6000 tons is also worthy of the title of "super rocket". When it gradually accelerates to a certain altitude, the booster that retains some fuel leaves the starship.

The booster began to land, but the starship fired up and flew higher and higher.

When the starship was confirmed to have entered orbit, the audience cheered.

Mankind's first super rocket made its maiden flight!
"ohhhhhh!"

"Starship! Starship!"

"awesome!"

"It really worked, I can't believe it!"

"Let me tell you, its internal space is more than 1100 cubic meters, which is larger than the space of the International Space Station!"

"Hey, it doesn't matter if the International Space Station is decommissioned. Just launch a starship and it will be a new International Space Station."

"It's still different. After all, it is not designed according to the space station, and its radiation protection capability is not as strong as the space station."

"Don't worry about this. Anyway, the space station can last for a few years. What I care about now is what is in the cargo hold of the starship?"

"I'm also curious, it can't be a cement block, haha."

"I guess it won't be too expensive, and it's not very big."

"Not necessarily."

"The cargo door is open, that's..."

"Huh, a white square? It's still crumpled?"

"Wait, I know what that is, it's not an ordinary cube, it's a contracted inflatable space station!"

"Yes, look, it's starting to inflate!"

"This is amazing..."

General netizens are surprised, but aerospace enthusiasts are thinking.

Which model of inflatable space station is this?

As early as decades ago, the concept of an inflatable space capsule was proposed, but the technology at that time was not good enough, so it soon disappeared.

But this concept is very good, so people have been studying it.

More than ten years ago, the Space Hotel Company borrowed the missiles of the Lucia Strategic Missile Force to launch the "Founder One" private capsule into space from a base in the Ural region.

It weighs 1.36 tons and comes with four solar panels, which can provide basic electrical energy for the equipment in the cabin.

At that time, the International Space Station had already taken shape, and the space capsule was not new, let alone only weighed one ton.

But "Genesis One" is not an ordinary space capsule, it is an inflatable space capsule.

Its cabin shell is made of inflatable expansion material. Before inflation, its length is about 4 meters and its diameter is about 1 meter.

After inflating, the length can reach 4.4 meters, the diameter is 2.54 meters, and the pressurized volume in the cabin reaches 11.5 cubic meters.

After the success of Genesis One, the Space Hotel Company launched "Two."

When they were all successful, the Space Hotel Company developed larger inflatable capsules.

That is the inflatable space capsule "Beam".

It flew into space a few years ago on an Interstellar Exploration Technologies resupply mission, and then docked with the help of a robotic arm to the International Space Station's Serenity node module, the section with the dome module.

The Beam inflatable cabin weighs 1.4 tons and is made of aluminum and foldable special fabric. Before inflating, it is only 2 meters long, 2.16 meters in diameter, and has an internal space of 2.36 cubic meters.

After inflation, the length becomes 4.01 meters, the diameter becomes 3.23 meters, and the internal space increases to 16 cubic meters.

That's about the size of a small bedroom, and about the same size as some of the smaller cabins on the International Space Station.

However, when Beam was inflated for the first time on the International Space Station, because the "cloth" was too stiff, a small accident occurred, and it was not fully unfolded until the second inflation.

Beam was originally planned to serve for three years, but now it has more than doubled its operating time in orbit. All data are very good. The Federal Space Agency has twice postponed the time when it will fall into the atmosphere and burn up.

However, it is not very useful, because there is almost no equipment in it, and it is only used as a storage space.

But it’s like moving into a new home. It’s empty at first, and after a few years it’s always full of clutter. There’s never enough storage space.

It's all inflatable space capsules, yes, but this one is much bigger than the previous ones!
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