This star is going to the moon

Chapter 396 New Year's Record in the Aerospace Industry: Guo Xiaosi and Yu Zheng Apologize in the Early Morning of the Year

Every year-end, it's not just the entertainment industry that does year-end reviews and rankings; other industries do the same.

Because of the huge buzz surrounding Lu Yun, many people are not only paying attention to entertainment industry rankings and summaries, but also to the aerospace industry.

People pay more attention to the aerospace industry than the entertainment industry.

After all, Lu Yun's brilliance in the aerospace industry this year has been truly...

Like a sun!
This year, we first launched the Commercial Astronaut Trainee Program, which not only selected commercial astronauts but also produced a variety show to select astronauts.

Then came the launch of the "Zhou Tian Xing Dou Da Zhen" space internet constellation.

Then there's the space dock.

Even more significant is the first unmanned and first manned flight of the "Wooden Kite" class space shuttle, an unprecedented event in human history.

There's also a rather spectacular space proposal.

The scene of Lu Yun proposing to An Fangfei in space went viral on social media, even abroad.

Later, as the number of manned missions on the "Wooden Kite" increased, Lu Yun also announced the "Space Hotel" plan.

Simply taking a "space stroll" is already "ordinary" enough; Lu Yun is going to build accommodations in space.

However, what truly propelled the focus on space travel to its peak was the first fully commercial space tourism flight using the "Wooden Kite" class space shuttle.

On December 27th, DeepBlue Arrow Aerospace's Red Sparrow 2 rocket launched the Remote Sensing Satellite 33R and a micro-nano technology experimental satellite into sun-synchronous orbit, marking the end of the year's global space launch missions.

We'll have to wait until next year to see another space launch.

As global space launch missions come to a close, space companies and organizations begin to conduct year-end reviews.

The company inventory is not an important matter, so Lu Yun doesn't need to ask for leave to participate.

And he already has a rough answer.

Soon, a global review was released.

More than 130 rocket launches were carried out globally throughout 2020.

Among them, Chinese people participated 59 times, Americans participated 44 times, and Russians participated 17 times.

These are the world's three largest spacefaring nations; the rest are all in single digits.

For example, Europa ranks fourth with 5 appearances!
Compared to 2019, the number of launches by the old Chinese team remains the same, except that the number of launches has increased.

The second and third positions for the Americans and Russians have been swapped.

In 2019, Russia ranked second 25 times, while the United States ranked third 21 times.

Even when the Russians saw that they were in second place, they thought they were in the lead again, so they planned to double the number of launches in 2020 compared to 2019, reaching 50!
As a result, the number of launches not only did not increase, but actually decreased by 8!
The reason why the number of rocket launches by both China and the United States has increased significantly is because both countries are launching "space internet constellations".

China launched 26 times, while the US launched 14 times.

Unfortunately, the Wanhu rocket, the main carrier rocket used by Laos and China to launch the "Starship" satellite, has a small carrying capacity.

For the US Falcon 9 rocket to launch a Starlink rocket once, the Wanhu rocket would need to launch two Starcom rockets to compete.

And we haven't even made it through this yet.

This year, Starlink launched more than 830 satellites, while StarDou only launched 780.

If other satellites and probes of various sizes are included, the United States launched a total of 993 spacecraft in 2020, while China launched 856.

This year, only about 2050 satellites and other spacecraft have been launched globally. This gives you an idea of ​​just how large the number of rocket launches by China and the United States is.

This is why people say that China and the United States are engaged in a space race again.

Although they are said to be China and the United States, the core issue is actually Blue Planet aerospace and space exploration.

Because of the 59 rocket launches by Laos and China this year, 45 were "Wan Hu" rockets.

Of the 44 rocket launches by the United States, 25 were Falcon 9 rockets.

The number of launches of the "Wanhu" rocket alone exceeds the total number of launches by the United States, and the number of launches of the "Falcon 9" rocket alone also exceeds the total number of launches by the Russians.

Next year, China and the United States will launch a large number of space-based internet constellations, so next year will definitely be even more exciting.

However, this year's space launches are not yet fully reviewed, as this only covers rocket launches; the launch of the "Muyuan" class space shuttle...

No, a space shuttle shouldn't be called a launch; it should be called a spaceflight.

The "Wooden Kite" class space shuttle has conducted a total of 15 spaceflights, from the prototype's first unmanned flight in the middle of the year to the mass-produced version's space tourism flight at the end of the year.

If this is included in China's space launch record, then China has launched 74 times this year.

However, firstly, the elderly and Chinese do not need to be included, and secondly, many people feel that the epoch-making space shuttle should be listed separately, so some inventories included it, while others did not.

Next year, the "Wooden Kite" class space shuttle will carry out flight-based space tourism missions, flying once a month in the first half of the year and attempting to fly once a week in the second half of the year.

That brings us to 30 times.

Even this is the mass-produced "Lingji Yidong" (灵机一动) model. According to some internal sources, the prototype "Muyuan" (木鸢) will also carry out some non-commercial and non-flight spaceflight missions.

After seeing these reviews, netizens started to get excited.

Satellite launches aren't my concern, but I might get a ticket for space tourism next year. I absolutely have to be in Lu Shen's lucky draw! I'll trade my roommate's ten years of single life for it!

[Holy crap, you're ruthless! My roommate is such a jerk? I only got this in exchange for my sister's nine years of single life!]

[You guys are awesome! Do your roommates and older sister know?]

[Hahaha, of course they wouldn't know. If they did, would they still be able to post online?]

The thought of going on a free space trip next year makes me impatient to stay put for even a day this year. Next year, come quick! Hehe, hehe...

[Oh no, another one's gone mad...]

Whether netizens are crazy or not, no one else knows, but everyone knows that Guo Jingming and Yu Zhengshi couldn't hold on any longer, and both of them posted apologies on Weibo in the early hours of December 31st.

Guo Jingming apologized on Weibo for plagiarizing Zhuang Yu's work "Inside and Outside the Circle" in his novel "How Many Flowers Fall in Dreams" and said he would donate all the copyright income from "How Many Flowers Fall in Dreams" to Zhuang Yu.

Yu Zheng posted on Weibo, sincerely apologizing to Qiong Yao for the copyright infringement of "Plum Blossom Mark" by "Palace 3: The Lost Daughter".

The movie titles released this year are also quite interesting, including "A Little Red Flower for You" and "A Warm Hug".

The US has also officially passed the "Small Steps Act for the Protection of Humanity's Space Heritage".

The Act, whose name includes "One Small Step," was designed to protect the "one small step" Armstrong took on the moon.

To be precise, legislation should be enacted to protect the lunar landing sites of the six Apollo manned lunar missions, including the lunar module, instruments and equipment, and traces of the astronauts' activities.

This measure has raised questions about its true intentions, especially in the context of the competition for lunar resources.

(End of this chapter)