At this moment, inside NASA headquarters,
At Kennedy Space Center, construction of the lunar landing site, specifically the Moon Palace, is being inspected.
"Professor Nelson, they're planning to build a lunar base directly."
"Yes, we don't have much time left."
If China has established bases on the surface of the moon...
Even if the US manned spacecraft successfully enters lunar orbit...
That would have meant there would be no chance for a moon landing operation.
Even if we land on the moon, it would truly mean becoming prisoners of the Chinese people on the moon.
"Has the improvement plan for Saturn 7 been finalized yet?"
"This is the latest plan."
NASA staff provided the design drawings and structural diagrams of the Saturn 7 launch vehicle.
It was handed over to Professor Nelson.
Because there is no booster for the nuclear reactor,
The Americans will have to use traditional aerospace engines again this time.
The direct route to the moon is not feasible.
However, due to the development of American aerospace engines over the past few decades,
The Saturn 7 rocket has twice the carrying capacity of the Saturn 5.
It can transport more than 20 astronauts to the moon at a time.
However, it is still quite different from the first-class, second-class, and third-class seats in Sulin, which transport hundreds of people at a time.
"Bring me the map of the moon's surface."
Professor Nelson carefully examined the map of the moon's surface.
The landing site in China was the same as the Apollo moon landing site.
Located on the near side of the moon, it receives ample sunlight.
But this is no longer a consideration.
Waiting for the Saturn 7 launch vehicle to launch successfully.
It is estimated that China's air defense missile systems have already been deployed.
The only feasible option is to land on the far side of the moon.
"Professor, the back side??? Our probes haven't even successfully landed here yet!!!"
Landing on the far side of the moon is much more difficult than landing on the near side.
The temperature, visibility, and light intensity are all extremely poor.
"There's no other way. Our only option now is to avoid the Chinese base."
First, establish a foothold on the far side of the moon.
......
At this moment, Wu Guolin led the construction workers, excluding the Chinese personnel working on the Sky Dome project.
The driver is a car transported aboard the Gravity rocket.
They are advancing in four directions—east, west, south, and north—towards the moon.
This group of people did not start a live stream.
The mission was for the "Luan Niao" aerospace carrier platform.
To build more than 200 launch sites on the moon.
The facilities related to the "Luan Bird" space-based aircraft platform developed from the moon.
It can be launched from the lunar launch site.
Significantly reduce launch costs.
This is also the most important part of whether the "Luan Bird" aerospace carrier platform can be successfully built.
Two cars arrived on the far side of the moon.
"Captain, the temperature here is 60 degrees lower than at our Guanghan Palace construction site."
The temperature reached over -140 degrees Celsius.
Traditional gasoline-powered and natural gas-powered vehicles simply cannot operate in this environment.
Even if batteries and other new energy sources are used, the driving range will still be greatly affected.
Fortunately, the Huaxia construction team uses nuclear power.
Completely unaffected.
"Turn on the lighting system!"
"receive!"
This is also the first time that the far side of the moon has been seen by researchers.
The terrain is relatively flat compared to the front.
It's very suitable as a launch site, but the ambient temperature is too low.
"Start data collection and analysis!"
Dozens of chemistry experts recruited from China's top universities,
He got out of the car carrying the chemical analysis equipment.
Wearing a specially designed spacesuit,
The lunar surface soil was injected into the analyzer.
Waiting for the analysis results.
"Command center is calling the research team. Have they reached the target area?"
The communications officer at the Houyi launch center sent an inquiry signal.
"Report! Command center, we have reached the target area and are currently collecting surface ore and sand."
There's more analysis coming in, and the results will be available soon!
Inside the command center, everyone eagerly awaited the expedition team's results.
"Principal Su, is the construction of our 'Luan Bird' space-based aircraft launch platform going smoothly?"
"We'll see what the results of this scientific expedition are."
If the minerals and soil on the lunar surface do not contain a large amount of metal,
This means that the steel and metal materials used in more than 200 launch sites
They all need to be transported from Earth using the Gravity rocket.
Feasibility is not an issue, but the workload will increase significantly.
This delays the successful development of the "Luan Niao" aerospace carrier platform.
"Captain!!! The soil test results are in!!!"
The researchers obtained the first analysis report of lunar soil from the analyzer's display.
"So? What are the ingredients?"
"The main components are potassium, rare earth elements, and phosphorus!"
Upon hearing this news, the researchers at the command center all sighed.
Potassium, rare earth elements, and phosphorus have large-scale applications in the industrial sector,
Rare earth elements were also an indispensable material for the later space fighters codenamed "Mysterious Maiden" and "White Emperor".
But the most important thing now is to find a large amount of ore to meet the construction needs of the launch site.
"Principal Su, we can only say we were unlucky."
The fact that it yielded such large amounts of potassium, rare earth elements, and phosphorus is already a good result.
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