Vol 2 Chapter 1632: Going to space is just the beginning, the moon is the destination

Of course, the main reason why these aerospace companies focus on suborbital flight tourism projects is that, on the one hand, the technical difficulty is relatively low. Compared with the normal low-Earth orbit at an altitude of two to three hundred kilometers, a sub-orbit of about 100 kilometers is easier to reach, and the technical requirements are much lower than the technical difficulty.

On the other hand, it is the cost reduction brought about by the reduction of technology. Because it is a suborbital flight, the cost of fuel flight alone will be much lower. In addition to this accident, the technical requirements for suborbital are slightly lower than those for 300 kilometers of low-Earth orbit, which will also greatly reduce costs.

In this way, low space travel prices will also open up a space for them in the commercial space travel market.

However, this kind of suborbital flight also has a big shortcoming, that is, strictly speaking, it has not entered into space. Therefore, the relevant space environment is definitely not as good as the low-Earth orbit of two to three hundred kilometers.

In addition, this kind of suborbital flight often takes a short flight time, only a dozen minutes, tens of minutes, or a few hours. As for low-Earth orbit flight, it can fly for a long time, a few days, a few months, or even a few years, which is unmatched in suborbital.

Therefore, in terms of long-term development, suborbital is only a transitional technology under the current form of technological development. Future space development projects will mainly rely on solid space orbit technology. This requires that you not only be able to reach suborbital and low-Earth orbits, but also be able to reach higher synchronous orbits, earth-moon transfer orbits, earth-fire transfer orbits, etc., and even farther deep space.

Only in this way can we continue to explore this vast space, and we humans can get out of the cradle, head towards the universe, and explore the unknown.

Of course, Wu Hao and the others will not give up the huge market of space tourism. Their ambitions are not limited to sending people into space and flying in a spacecraft for a few days. It's all a little joke, he doesn't like it at all.

What they have to do is to realize sky tourism in the true sense, build commercial space stations, and realize mid-to-long-term residence in space. This can not only be satisfied with some commercial space research projects, but also provide resources in this area for other companies. On the other hand, the space hotel developed from this will also accept those space travelers and allow them to stay in space for a long time. Passengers can even take their wives, girlfriends, newlyweds and husbands to the space hotel for their honeymoon if they wish.

Of course, this is only the first step. The future lunar scientific research station, the lunar city, is the focus of their development. For human beings, space stations traveling in orbit have a lifespan. As soon as their lifespan is reached, they will disintegrate and fall into the atmosphere, burn and decompose, and a small part of them will fall on the earth.

And if scientific research stations can be built on the moon to develop and build lunar cities, then this will be permanent. Although there will be a huge investment in the initial stage, if it can be started and developed, the subsequent construction and operation costs will be much lower than that.

Different from the space station, all the construction of the space station requires the transportation of modular equipment from the earth to construct, and the astronauts living in space must rely on the earth's supplies.

Lunar scientific research stations or lunar cities can perfectly solve this, because there are abundant resources on the moon, and these resources can satisfy the construction and development of lunar scientific research stations or lunar cities.

In addition to the early transportation of some equipment from the earth to the moon, the subsequent related materials can all be carried out by using the resources on the moon. For example, the minerals on the moon, the energy on the moon, the water resources on the moon, and so on.

And the service life is very long, and it can be maintained at any time. Compared with the maintenance and repair of the space out of the warehouse, the maintenance and repair on the moon are easier and more convenient. In theory, this is a permanent building.

In addition, the available space on the moon is huge, so a lunar biological farm can be established to provide food supplies for the scientific research staff stationed on the moon, which will greatly reduce the dependence on the earth's supplies. On the one hand, it can achieve a longer stay, and on the other hand, it can also reduce operating costs.

The last is the important geographic location of the moon. It is on the periphery of the earth. It is an important fulcrum for the earth to reach outer space and an outpost for entering the earth from outer space. The strategic position is very important.

In the future, if mankind wants to enter deep space, then the moon will be an unwinding link. Therefore, the establishment of an earth gateway port on the moon is conducive to the development of follow-up deep space exploration projects.

Moreover, it is much easier to launch a spacecraft from the moon than from the earth. Its microgravity environment can save a lot of fuel, carry more loads, and can fly farther.

This is one of the reasons why Wu Hao values ​​the lunar project so much. Only after conquering the moon can they proceed with a series of follow-up deep space exploration projects.

For example, many people’s mind-to-heart exploration projects on Mars require a simulation site in advance for experimental exercises. Compared with the deserts on the earth, the environment on the moon is obviously more suitable.

Therefore, Wu Hao and the others also used lunar exploration as an advance exercise project for Mars exploration. Doing a good job in the open lunar exploration project is to lay a solid foundation for subsequent Mars exploration projects.

Soon, in more than a month, their first intelligent lunar exploration and patrol vehicle will be launched on their brand-new Jianmu-7 launch vehicle~www.readwn.com~ If all goes well, it will land on the moon. , To carry out inspection missions throughout the moon.

At present, this intelligent lunar exploration patrol vehicle has completed the final field test work and has been transported to the South Island launch site for subsequent testing and assembly testing.

The Jianmu 7 rocket used for the launch of this intelligent lunar exploration and patrol vehicle has also been transported from Jiangcheng, going to sea through the golden waterway, and then transported to the South China Sea launch site for final test preparations.

For this lunar exploration project, not only Wu Hao and others attach great importance to it, but all parties are also very concerned. After all, this is our country's first civilian commercial lunar ground patrol device, and its significance is extraordinary. Even in the world, it is a look-up existence.

Secondly, the mission performed by this intelligent lunar exploration and patrol vehicle is extraordinary. If all goes well, it will create the fastest travel speed and the farthest travel distance for human extraterrestrial ground probes. Exploration missions and many other human innovations.

One of the most important and interesting exploration projects is to build lunar scientific research stations and lunar cities for mankind to land on the moon to find suitable areas.