This star is going to the moon

Chapter 219 Boeing: Watch my performance, Starliner manned spaceship, go!

On November 26th, "Joy of Life" was broadcast.

This web series is basically one of the most successful adaptations of male-oriented online novels. Although there have been many before, none of them have been as successful as it.

Of course, the main reason is that it belongs to an alternate history, and the martial arts are at most at the level of martial arts films, not the traditional fantasy genre.

Traditional fantasy themes require too many special effects, which cannot be done without a large investment. Low-budget productions usually result in "Battle Emperors riding horses".

It's really terrifying.

Because the web series "Joy of Life" was indeed popular, even An Fangfei watched it and then said to Lu Yun, "So this is what the web novels you usually read are like, with harems?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yun reached out and pinched An Fangfei's smooth cheek: "There are so many excellent plots to watch, why did you only remember the harem story? What are you thinking about?"

An Fangfei was just joking, but Lu Yun pinched her cheek on set, making her blush.

She turned her head and looked around, only to find that the crew members were busy setting up the set and weren't paying much attention to them.

Then she reached out and twisted her arm around Lu Yun's waist.

Lu Yun skillfully stopped him, saying, "Hey, what are you doing? We're playing the role of an old married couple. I'm pinching your cheek to build up our relationship."

"Pooh!"

An Fangfei blushed and gave Lu Yun some "Tai Tai Oral Liquid" (a traditional Chinese medicine for women), saying, "You know we're an old married couple. What kind of thirty-something-year-old married couple, with kids in school, would pinch each other's cheeks so affectionately?"

"Don't people always say that 'a kiss between a middle-aged couple can give you nightmares for several nights in a row'?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yun was furious: "Hey! Apologize to someone in their thirties! Who said someone in their thirties is middle-aged?"

As he spoke, he glanced at An Fangfei's youthful face and, taking advantage of her inattention, touched it, saying, "And do you think you'll become a haggard old woman in your thirties?"

An Fangfei was originally going to punch Lu Yun in retaliation, but upon hearing this, she withdrew her hand, touched her face, and said with a quick glance, "That's definitely impossible. I'm naturally beautiful, and I'll still be as beautiful as a flower even in my thirties!"

Most importantly, she is already twenty-nine years old, or thirty if you count by the traditional Chinese age reckoning.

Lu Yun agreed with An Fangfei's statement, after all, he had seen An Fangfei when she was in her thirties in his previous life.

However, although An Fangfei's face is youthful, she often forgets that she is a female celebrity.

While other female celebrities are frantically controlling their weight, even to the point of becoming as thin as a bamboo pole, An Fangfei doesn't really maintain her figure when she's not filming.

Although she looks just right in real life, with a very smooth and plump appearance, she really looks wider on camera.

However, she controls her weight when filming, and there are many beautiful photos of her from works such as "Meng Hua Lu" and "Go to the Windy Place".

Seeing An Fangfei and Lu Yun go from playfully bickering to hugging and cuddling, her cousin couldn't bear to watch any longer and quickly came over and said, "That's enough, you two. We asked you to act as a couple, not to get married on the spot."

"If you really want to get married, I'll order your wedding dresses, suits, MC venue, and everything right now!"

Hearing what her cousin said, Lu Yun and An Fangfei began to think about it seriously.

"Ah Yun, who do you think we should hire as the MC for our wedding?"

"I think Teacher He is a good candidate, he would definitely be willing..."

cousin:"……"

Yan Xinxin chuckled to herself, then couldn't help but daydream.

If Lu Yun and An Fangfei really get married, how many celebrities will be there? She'll definitely get a lot of autographs and photos.

As December arrived, "Jumanji: The Next Level," starring Dwayne Johnson, was released.

This movie is a standard popcorn adventure film; although its rating isn't high, it did quite well.

Lou Yun recalls that it grossed over $7 million worldwide.

However, it didn't quite reach the heights of the first film, which apparently grossed over $9 million worldwide. Of course, compared to this movie, Rowun was more concerned about the unmanned maiden flight of Boeing's Starliner spacecraft.

Or rather, it's something that people in the aerospace industry all over the world are paying close attention to.

Bluestar Aerospace, which is currently manufacturing a new type of manned spacecraft, is no exception.

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The data for the Starliner and Crew Dragon spacecraft are similar, both capable of carrying up to 7 people, but typically they carry 2 to 4 people.

They all come from NASA's Commercial Crew Program, which aims to restore America's lost manned spaceflight capabilities since the retirement of the Space Shuttle.

Since the retirement of the Space Shuttle, American astronauts have had to travel to the International Space Station on Russian spacecraft.

Despite its astronauts being able to travel on Russian spacecraft, relations between the two countries are far from harmonious, and the US is currently imposing sanctions on Russia in various ways.

Even space cooperation between the two sides is subject to many restrictions, except for the fact that the US can travel on a Russian spacecraft and the US can purchase Russian rocket engines.

Would the Russians let America off the hook?

It can't be!

So the price of America's astronaut "ticket" to space has been rising, and it has now reached more than $9000 million per ticket.

The price for each "Starliner" and "Crew Dragon" is over $5000 million.

The problem now is that the Crew Dragon completed an unmanned test flight in March of this year, but the Starliner has been delayed.

It was originally planned to conduct its first unmanned flight in four months, but it was postponed to August due to a valve malfunction.

It was later postponed to November due to a helium leak.

As a result, the delay was extended to December due to valve issues.

Boeing has now decided that the Starliner will make its maiden flight on December 8th.

On the day of the launch, Lu Yun made his last inspection of the projects in Beijing before leaving the city. His last stop was the company, where he watched the live broadcast of the first unmanned flight of the "Starliner" with the "Wooden Kite" project team.

The people who worked on manned spaceflight equipment felt very sorry for the space shuttle. Although it crashed twice, its technical approach was sound.

The only problem was that it appeared too early; the relevant technology was maturing, but it wasn't mature at the time.

Just like now, under Lu Yun's leadership, they easily created the "Wooden Kite".

This demonstrates just how mature the relevant technology is.

Of course, Lu Yun is also really amazing; he can always easily break through some technologies that are right at the critical stage.

Therefore, in this atmosphere, they felt that both the "Crew Dragon" and the "Starliner" should be successful, even with the addition of reusable features, as they were basically based on relatively traditional manned spacecraft technologies.

In addition, Nevada Space Mountain Company's "Dream Chaser" small space shuttle should also be successful, but it will not be a match for "Wooden Kite".

However, the "X-33" project, which has been officially restarted, poses a bit of a threat.

Even if its vertical takeoff technology is not as good as the horizontal takeoff technology of the "Wooden Kite", it is still a single-stage-to-orbit space shuttle.

The threat posed by the X-33 also stems from its relatively low technological level.

After all, if the more technologically advanced "Wooden Kite" could succeed so easily, then the less technologically advanced "X-33" would naturally be even easier to accomplish.

Especially considering the substantial technological reserves the Americans possess.

During the live broadcast, a Boeing executive said, "Our technology is very advanced, and this maiden flight will be a perfect success. We will break the Russian monopoly on manned spaceflight and restore America's manned spaceflight capabilities with low-cost and high-quality services!"

"We will make America's manned spaceflight great again!"

(End of this chapter)