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

Zhou Qingfeng has a best friend.

The QQ friend of that day was nicknamed "Scenery all the way". First of all, her gender was female, she was in her thirties, and she was a rare female flying friend.

She is good at chatting and can discuss almost any topic with Zhou Qingfeng, and many of her views are consistent with Zhou Qingfeng's, so the first thing the latter does after school every day is to chat with this considerate big sister.

After a few days, Zhou Qingfeng felt that he had met a particularly intellectual beauty - there were many selfies taken during travel in her space. Although they were wearing glasses or masks so that they could not see their whole face, they still looked very beautiful.

Whether it was the spring breeze style when chatting with "Beautiful Journey" or the behavior of often sending small QQ gifts to Zhou Qingfeng, Zhou Qingfeng felt that he had found the best person to talk to, and he soon became a good friend who talked about everything. .

Zhou Rui didn't notice this. In his opinion, Zhou Qingfeng was still addicted to the forum, and would occasionally scold him and stop caring.

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"SpecaX completes the first manned flight of the Crew Dragon spacecraft."

"Musk determines the implementation date of his flight plan."

“Two rich men talk about the amazing feeling of weightlessness in space.”

"Sources claim that the Dragon spacecraft may be connected to the 'Vienna' space hotel to provide more diversified space tourism services."

"..."

On April 15, at the Cape Calaveral launch base, a Falcon 9 carried the Manned Dragon spacecraft and successfully launched four astronauts into space.

The Falcon 9 that launched the spacecraft was successfully recovered through a sea recovery platform. SpecaX completed its first reusable manned flight and became a hot topic in the aerospace industry these days.

In particular, the black and white color scheme of the spacesuits worn by the Dragon spacecraft astronauts is very distinctive, and it does look very "sci-fi".

On the same day, Bloomberg quoted sources, revealing the listing time of Oriental International Space Hotel Company and stating that the Vienna Space Hotel may be open to cooperation with the outside world.

As we all know, the Vienna Space Hotel is docked and operated together with the Tiangong Space Station. It is the first fully commercial space capsule segment.

The Vienna Space Hotel has only one docking port and no node module. If the Dragon spacecraft wants to dock with "Vienna", it must dock with the Tiangong Space Station, which means that the Aramco spacecraft must dock with the Chinese Space Station.

As soon as this news came out, many people did not believe it. After all, it was intuitively impossible.

The subtle thing is that SpecaX did not respond to this, but the Aviation Development Commission said:

"The Vienna Space Hotel and the docked 'Yungong' space capsule are now in commercial operation. They are only docked on the Tiangong Space Station. The ownership rights belong to the commercial operators, and all operating activities are not interfered with by other factors."

Although it was not stated explicitly, there was no sign of opposition.

People are suspicious, but Bloomberg is obviously not a third-rate media, and they naturally have a reason for speaking.

The preparations for the listing of Oriental International Space Hotel Company are almost completed, and all major shareholders have reached a consensus, including NACA and... Hexagon.

Oriental International is an international company and is listed on Nasdaq. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that it is trying to make money by speculating on concepts.

The two cabins operated by the company are actually leased from Alenia Aerospace Company and Xinyuan Aerospace Power. They are actually empty shells, and naturally there are no sensitive points that can be sanctioned.

The current operating group of the company is the Belmond Group. They directly allowed NACA and Hexagon to obtain 10% of the shares. Then the Senate defined Oriental International as "a private space tourism company that is fully oriented to the world." It eliminates a lot of trouble and can serve all customers around the world.

However, the Aramco Hexagon is still a little dissatisfied and hopes to distribute some of the tourist launch sources to "international contractors", that is, space companies in which they have a stake, but they have not yet reached an agreement.

Bloomberg's operation is to blow the news in advance to see what the reaction will be.

As rivals in the space field, it’s normal for them to work together to operate a space hotel, right?

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"Fang Lin, Zhang Zhiguang, and Ding Jihua; meet at the entrance of the training center in 30 minutes!"

"yes!"

In Institute 507, an Air Force officer found three astronauts who were training and asked them to pack their luggage and prepare to set off.

The other astronauts who were training also paused and looked at the three people leaving with envy.

As partners who get along day and night, they know very well that what these three people are going to do is parachute emergency training, which is usually given to newcomers or astronauts who are about to carry out important missions.

Fang Lin and Ding Jihua each have two flight experiences, and Zhang Zhiguang is not to mention a space hero. He has nine flight experiences, which is a solid veteran qualification.

Moreover, Zhang Zhiguang was still a member of H2M Crew 1, but he returned to the capital after his first flight mission and began training with the other two.

Obviously, they were the three astronauts on the Dawn-3 mission, and they were backed up by the Dawn-4 crew.

Zhang Zhiguang was a little surprised when he learned that he was selected as the commander. He was also a little excited and disappointed at the same time.

What I was excited about was being able to get close contact with the moon. What I was disappointed about was that it was definitely not me on the fourth landing mission, and I missed the opportunity to be the first person in my country to land on the moon.

But as an astronaut with extensive extravehicular and flight experience, he still completed the training mission very responsibly. Even if it was just flying around the moon, it was very satisfying.

Moreover, the Shuguang-3 mission is also special in that it will conduct a sea recovery test.

The Shuguang spacecraft adopts airbag and group parachute double deceleration, and has dual recovery functions at sea and on land.

Compared with land recovery, sea recovery has a larger buffer and allows a greater descent speed. However, compared with land recovery, it also increases the difficulty of search and rescue. Generally speaking, each has its own advantages and disadvantages.

The Shuguang spacecraft gives priority to land recovery, but Shuguang 3 will conduct a sea recovery, which is an experience Zhang Zhiguang has never had.

Now they are about to go to the expected landing point in the South China Sea to conduct helicopter simulated search and rescue training.

"Brother Zhang, have you ever conducted sea recovery training before?"

The person who asked Zhang Zhiguang was Fang Lin, who was only in his thirties and was a payload expert astronaut—he also majored in civil engineering at Beijing Airlines.

Zhang Zhiguang: "Yes, the Shenzhou spacecraft has also considered an emergency landing at sea. There is also an emergency rescue device in it. Professional astronauts in previous phases have done it. However, when it came to you, it was carried out in a lake and did not go to the sea."

Fang Lin: "Hey, I really want to go to the moon. I previously proposed a plan to build a permanent residence on the lunar surface, but it's a pity that it's not possible near the Qom impact crater."

Zhang Zhiguang: "The one where space weapons bombard you? I think that one is a bit too science fiction."