I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

"XAP launches a Venus probe."

"No, it's two. They still need to take samples and return them."

Musk refuted Tom Mueller, who has been busy designing starships and is very perfunctory even when reporting on the news.

The launch of "Taibai" and "Venus 1" was not only sudden internationally, but also very sudden domestically. This project lasted too short, as if it appeared out of nowhere.

This time, the Lightning changed its position and was launched in the Indian Ocean. Taibai waited for five hours to dock with the propeller rocket. However, by this time, Venus-1 had reached the second cosmic speed and entered the transfer orbit, pulling away first. distance.

Only then did people discover that the Aerospace Development Commission had launched two more heavy-duty probes, and the destination was actually the often-forgotten planet Venus.

The "Magellan" probe launched by NACA previously flew by Venus and took many photos, but the super large optical module announced by "Taibai" can obviously bring clearer images, rather than the lowest resolution of "Magellan" Photography capabilities the size of a football field.

The landing and sample return of Venus 1 also aroused the interest of many people, but there were also many voices that ridiculed the act of collecting samples from the atmosphere of Venus. Apparently these people did not understand the fact that Venus has a gravity of 0.8G.

From "Lihuo" to "Taibai", what Musk sees is that XAP is really broadening its footprint in the universe step by step, but now SpecaX is still busy launching Starlink.

The original version of Starlink was terrible, with a bandwidth of less than 10Gbps. In the past six months, one-third of the connection had been lost due to various accidents. As a result, the International Space Organization had to mark dozens more space junk, and then criticized it in the media. A rubbish project that wastes orbital resources.

However, as a project supported by Hexagon, "Starlink" will obviously not be affected by this resistance. The second-generation platform is accelerating research and development, and the quality will be increased to 500 to 800 kilograms, which is more complete than the first generation.

"Tom, the FAA has issued a license to B6, which means we can launch it in May, but we don't have a successful starship yet, otherwise it would be much more spectacular."

Tom Mueller: "This would at least allow us to collect data on a starship instead of watching it blow up in the sky."

Musk: "Do you also think that the B6's first flight will inevitably fail? Maybe we can create a miracle. All 27 engines of the Falcon Heavy are working very well, and there has not been a single accident."

Tom Mueller: "Man, I'm different from them... I know very well how much vibration the 33 engines of the B6 will bring. Even if they start at the same time, it will be a disaster. Refusing to install baffles will increase the probability of danger by 50%. ."

Musk: "I believe in you just as much as I believe in the Dragon spacecraft."

The second-generation manned "Dragon" spacecraft has quietly obtained all the permits. The four astronauts have already put on the spacesuits designed by the Marvel superhero costume designer hired by Lao Ma. I won't comment on whether they look good or not. , but the style is indeed unique.

Compared with Dream Chaser, which is still waiting for the go-around procedure to be approved, the approval of the Manned Dragon spacecraft is much simpler. The risks of traditional spacecraft are easily controlled and there are almost no accidents.

An astronaut, an engineer and two wealthy people are already in place, ready to fly into space next week and stay in orbit for three days.

If there are no problems with this trip, the Dragon spacecraft can undertake manned transportation missions to the International Space Station.

Of course, the more important thing is that Lao Ma will fulfill the promise he made last year and fly into space on the Dragon spacecraft. With this gimmick, he has successfully sold 20 tickets, and they are all queuing up to wait to go into space.

But before going to space, Musk has to go to one more place: Magic City.

After another year of difficult negotiations, Tesla’s Magic City Gigafactory finally saw the expectation that it could be realized, with only the last bit left.

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Super large forum, aerospace section.

Today’s most popular post is: “The Dawn-3 crew has been confirmed, guess who it will be?”

Second: "Why are the Alliance and us so interested in Venus?"

Third: "The B6 will explode on its first flight. Put up a post to prove it."

Zhou Qingfeng typed on the keyboard and quickly wrote a long reply under the three posts with a hand speed that was not suitable for his age, and soon received replies from others.

"Wow, God Z is online again, breaking the news nb"

"Haha, God Z's home must be right next to the Xinyuan Base. He has posted a lot of close-up photos before. The photo of the An-1250 and the MA-600 in the same frame is really amazing."

"Do you think the B6 will explode too? Why don't I make a post and bet on how many engines will fail, and I'll give you a box of spicy chips if you guess correctly."

"..."

Well, relying on his relatively good aerospace knowledge in his spare time and the advantage of being often close to the base, junior high school student Zhou Qingfeng has become a famous "master" after being active on the forum for two years. Because his avatar is the letter Z, he is often called Z god.

Zhou Qingfeng enjoys this feeling of being worshiped by others. Who knew that behind the great forum god was just a junior high school student?

As he continued to express his key political opinions that had been squeezed out for a day, Zhou Rui's voice came to his ears:

"Qingfeng, stop playing and clear the table for dinner. Take your schoolbag away."

"immediately!"

Zhou Qingfeng pressed the space bar and was about to close the laptop screen, but then he noticed that the message prompt flashed, someone was sending him a private message.

"Is Mr. Z here? I'm a fan of You. I'm traveling to Chengdu recently. Can you recommend a good place to take pictures of airplanes near Xinyuan? I want to come over and take pictures of the An-1250."

Zhou Qingfeng was already very familiar with similar private messages, so he quickly typed the address and sent it.

The other party quickly sent a message of thanks, but just when Zhou Qingfeng was about to leave, he received another message:

"I have always liked your articles, Mr. Z. Why don't you add me on WeChat and send you a red envelope?"

Red envelopes? !

Zhou Qingfeng regained his energy for a moment, but soon fell down again. Where did he get his WeChat ID and his mobile phone?

So he endured the huge heartache and replied:

"Sorry, I don't really like adding strangers, so forget it."

Less than two seconds passed after this sentence was sent out, and the other party quickly replied:

"It's okay, it's okay. Then I'll get you a QQ membership. No need to add friends."

Zhou Qingfeng could no longer resist the temptation this time and quickly sent his QQ number. In less than a minute, he found that his QQ had a super club logo, and it was still a one-year super club!

One year super membership!

Zhou Qingfeng really didn't expect to get a one-year super membership so easily, and his favorable impression of this stranger immediately increased a lot. He offered to add a QQ account, and the other party was very happy, and the two became QQ friends.

At this time, Zhou Rui once again urged to eat, and Zhou Qingfeng left a "Let's talk in the evening" and hurried to the living room.

Some kavin...