This star is going to the moon

Chapter 423 The Sixth Space Day: Setting Sail, Building Dreams for the Heavens! Mars Rover: Nezha and the Wind Fire Wheels

"Look at the bugs!"

"There's a locust plague here too!"

"It happens every year, just like sandstorms. It's been like this for ten years, but this year it's the worst..."

"...Is the technological gap between us and the Trisolarans bigger, or is the technological gap between these insects and us humans bigger...?"

"...Humans desperately tried to exterminate them, using various poisons, introducing their natural enemies, searching for and destroying their eggs, and using genetic modification to sterilize them..."

"...But! Insects! Have never! Been! Truly! Defeated!"

Wang Miao, Shi Qiang, and Ding Yi each held a bottle of beer and solemnly and silently poured the beer on the ground, then watched the locusts flying all over the sky!
Finally, the scene shifts to a person whose face is not shown writing a novel on a laptop, marking the end of the first season of the TV series "The Three-Body Problem"!
After watching the final episode, viewers were quite moved. The hashtag #TheThreeBodyProsecutorTVSeriesFinale# was already trending on social media, but the enthusiastic discussions among viewers still pushed several related hashtags to the top of the trending list.

The last part about insects was so well said; it reminded me of our more than 100 years of humiliating history.

Yes, back then, the gap between our technological level and that of foreign powers was truly like the gap between the two worlds.

Decades ago, it was often said that American technology was cutting-edge and that we could never catch up.

Yes, but looking at it now, it's really not that great. We've even had our share of wins and losses with the US in aerospace technology, and we far surpass them in hypersonic missiles.

[It seems Lu Yun is just like Wang Miao, possessing super technology capable of changing the world.]

[I wonder if Lu Yun also possesses the key materials for manufacturing a space elevator?]

I don't think so. After all, if it were true, why would they bother developing reusable rockets and space shuttles? Wouldn't it be better to just go straight to a space elevator?

[That's not necessarily true. The TV series also mentioned that building a space elevator requires an enormous amount of resources and the combined efforts of the entire world. You all know what the current international situation is like; there's hardly any opportunity for a united front to undertake such a massive space project.]

Indeed, we don't have a suitable location in China to build a space elevator; we'd have to look near the equator. And our navy can't compete with the US; they have 11 nuclear-powered catapult-equipped flat-panel aircraft carriers, while we only have two, and those are conventionally powered ski-jump carriers.

"Well, in that case, let's focus on developing rockets and space shuttles first."

Let's not talk about the machine itself, let's all be civilized!

[Ahem, let's get back to the person at the very end of "The Three-Body Problem." Do you think it's Luo Ji?]

[Who else writes novels like that, besides Tie Luoji?]

Lu Yun's portrayal of Wang Miao was brilliant! Who will play Luo Ji? If the casting isn't good, the second season will definitely be a flop.

I don't know, but among young actors, there don't seem to be any suitable candidates compared to Rowoon.

Yes, it seems that Lu Shen is not only a top expert in the aerospace field, but also one of the best among actors of his age.

[Even a top-tier actor like Lu Shen can't help it; he has too few works. Will we have to wait until next year's Spring Festival to see him in "The Wandering Earth 2"?]

Anyway, I know Lu Shen will definitely be attending tomorrow's "Space Day" event; he'll probably be giving a long talk.

[Oh yeah, it seems they're about to announce the name of the Mars rover for the Tianwen-1 probe. I voted for "Zhurong" and "Yinghuo," I wonder if they'll be chosen?]

Wow, you've chosen such grand names as "Zhurong" and "Yinghuo" for Mars. Can the solar panels on the rover withstand that? I think "Zhurong" would need a controlled nuclear fusion device to keep up, right?

We'll see about tomorrow...

April 24th is China's Space Day.

This day commemorates the successful launch of Laos and China's first artificial satellite, "Dongfanghong-1".

That was April 24, 1970, the second year after the United States successfully landed a man on the moon.

Now, in the 21st year of the new century, more than 50 years have passed, and China's space capabilities are now capable of engaging in a new round of space race with the United States. Of course, China does not admit that it is waging a space race.

This year marks the sixth National Space Day, jointly hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the China National Space Administration, and Jinling City, and organized by Jinling University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, with Jinling Institute of Technology as a co-organizer.

Therefore, Lu Yun felt like he was coming home when he participated in this National Space Day.

The theme this time is "Setting Sail and Building Dreams for the Heavens".

The aim is to call on all sectors of society to embark on a new journey in the new era, pursue dreams, dare to explore, strive to be dream chasers in the new era, accelerate the development of the aerospace industry, and contribute more wisdom and strength to the construction of a space power.

However, some people interpret it from another perspective, which is that the great man once said, "We can reach for the moon in the ninth heaven."

So does "building dreams in the heavens" mean that "the dream of manned lunar landing that has lasted for thousands of years will begin this year"?
Does this hint at an announcement regarding a manned lunar landing on Space Day?

Some people thought it was reasonable, some thought it was far-fetched, and some even translated the relevant comments and posted them on foreign websites, sparking heated discussions among space enthusiasts abroad.

Then NASA in the US took notice of this information.

This led them to pay an additional layer of attention to the Lao-China Space Day activities, on top of their already high level of interest.

The opening ceremony of this year's Space Day featured a major event: the organizers unveiled the name of the Tianwen-1 Mars rover.

The Tianwen-1 Mars rover launched a global naming campaign last year. After a preliminary selection, twenty names were chosen, followed by a second round of voting, and finally two suitable names were selected.

(Image of two Mars rovers)
"...Tianwen-1 carried two Mars rovers. After preliminary and secondary selections, the name of the larger Mars rover was ultimately chosen by online voting: 'Nezha', and the name of the smaller Mars rover: 'Wind and Fire Wheels'. Both names come from ancient Chinese mythology and are closely related to 'fire'..."

Upon hearing this name, Lu Yun, sitting below, smiled slightly.

This name is different from the "Zhurong" Mars rover in the previous life, after all, there is one more Mars rover than in the original timeline.

Moreover, the two Mars rovers, one large and one small, are clearly a matching set.

In this situation, netizens will subconsciously choose a matching name when voting.

The current situation proves this point.

The Tianwen-1 mission team later released a more precise landing time.

That is, between the early morning of the 15th and the evening of the 19th of next month, the Tianwen-1 probe will land on Utopia Planitia on Mars.

Next came a detailed introduction to the data of the "Nezha" and "Wind and Fire Wheels" spacecraft, which was presented by their respective chief designers.

After deploying its solar panels, the large Mars rover "Nezha" is over 3 meters long and wide. After raising its camera pole, the "human eye camera" is nearly 1.9 meters high and weighs 240 kilograms.

It is comparable to the second-generation Mars rover from the United States, but it is much larger than the second-generation Mars rover from the United States.

The second-generation Mars rover used solar panels and weighed less than 200 kilograms.

Of course, weight doesn't really matter. The main thing is that the US's second-generation Mars rover was launched in 2003, and the technology it used was from the 1990s.

The "Nezha" spacecraft uses the latest technology from the early 2000s.

When the "Wind and Fire Wheel" was introduced, it was Lu Yun who came on stage.

As soon as he stepped onto the stage, the cheers from below suddenly rose, and the atmosphere at the scene instantly became enthusiastic.

This made Lu Yun's lips twitch: "Yes, yes, I've designed another mini car."

"But don't worry, there's definitely a big job coming up today!"

(End of this chapter)