This star is going to the moon

Chapter 62: Landing on the Moon is Harder Than... Uh, Landing on the Moon

Lu Yun understood everything.

After witnessing the weighing of the lunar soil, he stayed at the company's headquarters in Beijing and has been leading the R&D department to manufacture the first complete "Fangfei-70" rocket engine, which will be tested in January next year.

So after he handed over the "Golden Toad" lunar rover, he left it alone, and only three roommates followed him throughout the process.

After all, that was a real space project that had already landed on the moon, and it was much more exciting than their graduate courses.

"So the Chang'e 5 lander has woken up, but not fully. But it can serve as a relay for the Golden Toad, right?"

"Yes, that's it!" My roommate said happily, "Brother Yun, your design is truly amazing. The experts here all said you've blazed a new trail for future lunar landers."

Lu Yun said modestly, "There's no such thing as a new path. There were precedents before. I just did some minor work to improve it."

Roommate: "...Brother Yun, you haven't been this... uh, calm before."

"Now I have it~"

Lu Yun chatted with them for a while, and then Academician Ye also used his roommate's phone to talk to him for a while. Then Lu Yun no longer cared about the "Golden Toad" matter, as he had more important things to do.

The main reason is that the "Golden Toad" lunar rover is too small, and it was only added to the Chang'e 5 project at the last moment, so it is not very compatible with the Chang'e 5 project.

If the combined communication capability of the Chang'e-10 lander and the Chang'e-4 orbital module with the Earth is points, then using only the lander can actually communicate with the Earth, but the communication capability will be reduced to points.

The "Golden Toad" lunar rover can also communicate with the Earth, but its capability is only 0.01 points.

The problem now is that the lander is not in 100% condition. Some of its equipment has been frozen and there are problems with its battery condition, which has reduced its ability to communicate directly with the Earth to about 3.5. Who knows what will happen on another moonlit night.

There is also the orbiter. Even if it comes, the communication capability between the "Golden Toad" and the Earth will not reach 10 points.

Because the orbiter is too far away from the "Golden Toad" and the antenna power it carries is limited, the communication capability between the two is at most 4 points.

Ultimately, it was still too hasty. The 4.5-kilogram "Golden Toad" lunar rover could only achieve this level. Since it is already a thing of the past, Lu Yun does not need to pay too much attention to it.

It is because the Chang'e-5 mission was successfully completed that its backup, Chang'e-6, will indeed be promoted to the regular role, but how to set its new mission is still under discussion.

However, there are already voices calling for Roadun to make a bigger and better lunar rover.

Of course, there are also voices within the aerospace system calling for bidding, and whoever has the better proposal will win. They were inspired by Lu Yun's "Golden Toad" design and also wanted to come up with something new.

At the same time, the Long March 5 rocket development team also said: "I know you are anxious, but don't be anxious yet."

"We have a new plan to improve rocket performance. Just wait a little longer. Perhaps the Long March 5's lunar payload capacity can be increased by dozens of kilograms!"

All of this is the impact that Lu Yun is currently having on the domestic aerospace system, and this impact has not stopped.

After all, Lu Yun has never stopped publishing papers and registering patents.

When the "Golden Toad" lunar rover was successfully awakened and sent back a photo through the "Disabled and Determined Lander", and more photos were subsequently announced by the aerospace authorities, Lu Yun's influence spread even further.

Ordinary people would think it was amazing. They would think such a small thing would die after jumping around for two days, but it actually survived the cold moonlit night and came back to life.

But when professionals found out, they discovered that Lu Yun, the entertainment star and aerospace expert, was even more amazing than they had imagined!

Or it’s better in China.

After all, the domestic aerospace system has national task allocations, while private aerospace is just starting out and has no plans for its own lunar exploration. However, some private aerospace companies abroad are really considering private lunar exploration.

Even the United States approved a private lunar exploration plan last year.

There is also the Lunar X Prize, which is a competition for private teams to explore the moon. Currently, only five teams remain in the finals.

The competition required the development of a lunar lander using private funding.

Instead of developing their own rocket, they can take SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket, but the lander is required to land on the moon on its own.

The first person to land on the moon and move at least 500 meters on the lunar surface while transmitting high-definition images will win the first prize of $2000 million, and the second place will receive $500 million. Other prizes have a total prize of $500 million.

For example, a probe that directly hits the moon can also get some bonuses.

It’s just that private lunar exploration is too difficult. The deadline for the "Lunar X Prize" lunar landing has been postponed several times, the last time to March next year, but it is obvious to the naked eye that it is still impossible for a private team to complete it.

Road Yun's "Golden Toad" lunar rover does not count.

Although it initially used Lu Yun's own funds, the national team would settle accounts with him later, and there would even be bonuses.

And the most important thing is that the "Golden Toad" lunar rover landed on the moon as a "pendant" of Chang'e 5, not on its own.

The first group to see the relevant news was the "World Space Enthusiasts Group", which includes enthusiasts who are concerned about the latest space information and can speak Chinese.

[Guys, look what I found! I went to the Chinese platform to check their official aerospace account again. The 'Golden Toad' lunar rover doesn't need an isotope heat source to survive the lunar night, and their plan is to keep it alive for six months!]

【WTF? ? 】

[Really? Steve, can you translate this into English for us?]

[Damn it, it seems I have to learn Chinese too. I need more information and I want to see Chinese platforms too.]

[Their official Twitter account also posted a message in English!]

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[Hou Lixie, Lu is a genius! The "Golden Toad" design is perfect for the lunar probe I'm working on. I'm going to search for his related papers!]

[Hey, are you sure you can understand Chinese?]

[Damn it, aerospace papers can be written in Chinese? ]

"Hey, you're a little uneducated. Are you really building a lunar probe? You know about Chang'e 5, but don't you know about their unmanned lunar exploration technology? They're already planning a landing on the far side of the moon next year!"

【WTF? ? 】

The group of aerospace enthusiasts is a worldwide group of aerospace enthusiasts, and there are many technical experts in it. Steve is not the only one who can speak Chinese, there are also international students who can speak Chinese.

They quickly found Lu Yun's relevant papers, translated the key issues and discussed them.

As a reborn person, Lu Yun has some insights that are very advanced compared to today. He also knows the development direction and actual progress of technology, and has level 4 aerospace engineering technology, so the "technology integration theory" he summarized is very terrifying.

After they finished their discussion, they scratched their heads and a horrifying realization came to their minds.

[I don't know if it's an illusion, but I think if Mr. Lu had participated in the Lunar X Prize, the $2000 million prize would definitely have belonged to him!]

[Yes, the "Golden Toad" lunar rover is definitely not his limit. Maybe he is building something even more powerful!]

Unfortunately, cross-Pacific technical cooperation is restricted by the White House, so he might not be allowed to participate, let alone take away $2000 million.

[Hell, the world should be cooperating. Based on the technology from the last space race, we should be able to go to the moon as easily as taking a flight, instead of the current "Lunar X Prize" competition where no one can take home the prize money.]

[In Chinese, it means landing on the moon is harder than… uh, landing on the moon.]

What the hell, man, what are you talking about?

Lu Yun had no idea that he had been placed with high hopes by a group of foreigners, and that he was now going to pursue his side job as a movie star.

"What a coincidence! 'The Richest Man in Xihong City' is in Ludao City, and Mai Mai's new play 'Take My Brother Away' is also there. It's a good time to visit the set..."

(End of this chapter)