This star is going to the moon

Chapter 134 Long March , the Moon Landing Rocket

"Lao Zhang, it's been a while since we last met. Happy New Year."

"What kind of New Year is this? I didn't even rest during the New Year. I was busy working on the Chang'e 6 mission."

"Oh, are you sure you want to go to the back of the moon to collect samples?"

"We originally planned to return samples from the far side of the moon, but, as you probably know why we're here today, we decided to choose a landing site on the near side of the moon that's suitable for a manned landing. We could then have Chang'e-6 explore the area and collect some lunar soil from different locations on the near side."

"Hey, that's a good idea of ​​yours."

"Hey, Xiao Liu, you're here too?"

"Teacher Ye, you're here too. Hello, hello, happy new year."

"Isn't that a small path?"

“Is it Lu Yun?”

"Lu Yun is here."

"Lu Yun, that science fiction movie you guys made is really good."

"Yes, our unit organized a viewing. The rocket salvo at the beginning was quite good. I even saw the Long March 5."

"That heavy-nuclear fusion planetary engine design that propels the Earth is pretty... romantic, haha."

"We're having this meeting today thanks to your science fiction movie..."

On February 12, the eighth day of the first lunar month, the largest conference room in the space agency was crowded with people, most of whom were middle-aged and elderly people, with either completely white hair or gray hair, and many with a few white hairs mixed in with their black hair.

Only Rowoon has completely black hair, and it is very shiny.

"So young~"

"Being young is good, for this is the future of our country!"

The reason why Lu Yun held the meeting two days after receiving the call was because the level of this meeting was very high and many bigwigs were busy all over the country and did not take a holiday during the Chinese New Year.

What they are busy with is not something they can just leave and rush over to a meeting after receiving a phone call. It requires some planning.

After everyone sat down, Director Zhang said cheerfully, "We've gathered everyone here for a meeting during the Lunar New Year holiday for one reason: the higher-ups have, in principle, approved our country's manned lunar landing plan!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the audience started clapping and cheering.

"Okay, okay!"

"Great! I've been waiting for this day for a long time!"

"Just tell us what to do, and we will fully cooperate!"

Director Zhang held his hand, urging everyone to be quiet. "Listen to me. The higher-ups only agreed in principle, but they didn't say they'd immediately implement a manned lunar landing."

"As everyone knows, we are not participating in a space race. We will not follow the American plan to land on the moon in 2024 or 2025. After all, we don't have that kind of budget."

"What they mean is that we won't specify a specific time for the moon landing. Instead, we'll develop a moon landing rocket first. Once the moon landing rocket is nearly complete, we'll officially launch a manned moon landing program. This is also in line with our country's consistent cautious approach..."

Everyone nodded when they heard this, it was indeed true.

Generally speaking, China's aerospace technology is not as good as that of the United States. They have a huge budget, and the SLS rocket has a lot of mature space shuttle technology. They even had several manned lunar landing experiences in the last century. China is definitely not as good as them.

Since this is the case, there's really no need to be dragged into a space race with the other side. Just follow your own path. It doesn't matter if it's a little later.

After all, even if we are faster than the Americans this time, we are still second in the history of manned lunar landings.

"So, the First and Eighth Hospitals..."

Director Zhang took a look and asked, "Are you still bidding for the moon rocket? Do you want to revise your design?"

The dean of the First Academy simply waved his hand and said, "No, the Long March 9 proposal is both outdated and impractical. I think Lu Yun's proposal is excellent."

The people from the Eighth Academy also said, "That's right. Our modified Long March 5 was just for the sake of landing on the moon. It doesn't make much sense. Lu Yun's plan is indeed good."

In fact, after that meeting, they studied the designs of the other two companies and found that the designs of the national team were either too high or too low, and Lu Yun's plan was just at the optimal point.

We also use the most fashionable recycling solutions to reduce costs to an extremely low level!

It's just... magical!
I don’t know what’s going on in Lu Yun’s brain?

Is this another person like Dean Qian?

But shouldn't such a person appear once every few hundred years? It's only been a few decades.

"Well!"

Director Zhang nodded: "Then let's use Lu Yun's plan!"

He waved to Lu Yun and said, "Lu Yun, come up and tell us about the detailed data model of your moon landing rocket so that everyone can have an impression of it."

"Ok."

He reported it directly after Lu Yun reported to him last time, so not many people knew the detailed data model of the 5-meter diameter CBC configuration reusable lunar rocket.

Now that Lu Yun said this, everyone thinks this rocket is the best solution!

Looking at everyone's admiring expressions, Lu Yun's mouth twitched slightly.

The prototype of this rocket was originally a moon-landing rocket developed by the national team in the previous life. Now, after being optimized again, it is used to participate in the bidding for the national team's manned moon-landing rocket in this life. It always feels a bit... that way.

When Lu Yun finished talking about the data and was about to give the rocket an official name, he suddenly started telling a story.

But it is not as ancient as it was thousands of years ago.

After all, this is a national mission. All funds and resources are provided by the state. It is not that Blue Star Aerospace Company develops new rockets on its own.

"Some of the older generation here may have experienced the 'Dawn-714' program, also known as the ' Project', in the s and s. It was my country's first manned space program attempt."

(Online photo, Dawn-1 spacecraft and Long March 2A rocket)
"Even at the time, in order to catch up with the Russians and Americans, we also set our sights on the moon. We planned to develop our own lunar landing spacecraft based on the Dawn-1 and send our astronauts to the moon. The Long March 10 rocket was responsible for sending the astronauts and spacecraft into lunar orbit."

"The Long March 5's design is comparable to the American Saturn V. Its Earth-Moon transfer orbit carrying capacity is planned to reach 50 tons, which is even greater than the Saturn V's 5 tons. It is an ultimate dream of exploring the stars and the sea."

"Of course, everyone knows the final outcome. At the time, our space technology was so limited. The Long March 300 rocket, with a capacity of only kilograms to reach low-Earth orbit, was far from the Long March 's goal. Therefore, when the Dawn spacecraft was scrapped, the Long March was undoubtedly aborted."

"Now, my country's space technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, and the manned space program has been realized. We have once again set our sights on the moon, so I want to revive the name 'Long March 10' and give it to this new manned lunar rocket."

"Let the Long March 10 rocket, with its past and present strength, carry our astronauts to the moon and realize our long-cherished dream of a manned lunar landing!"

"I wonder what everyone thinks?"

(End of this chapter)