A big country of aerospace with black technology

"Old Chen, what do you want me to do this time?"

Zhang Xingyang looked at the smiling Chen Zhongyan in puzzlement in the conference room of the Rocket Research Institute.

Now both the Beidou navigation system and the low-orbit satellite communication network are on the right track.

The first phase of the Beidou navigation project has launched two satellites, and only one spare satellite has not yet been launched into the sky.

But a spare satellite is obviously not worth Chen Zhongyan's special trip.

As for the second batch of low-orbit communication satellites, there is still a month or two before the launch time.

Even if Chen Zhongyan was worried about the launch of the second batch of communication satellites, it would be fine to come a day or two in advance.

"Is there something wrong with Beidou or the communication satellite?"

Zhang Xingyang finally couldn't help but ask.

"Of course not!" Chen Zhongyan said after taking a sip of tea.

"The Beidou is doing well, and the communication satellites of the 101 Research Institute are also good. Now the eastern region has used satellite communication!"

Putting down the teacup, Chen Zhongyan's expression became serious:

"I came to you this time because I have a new task for you."

"What mission?"

Countless space exploration missions flashed through Zhang Xingyang's mind in an instant, and he leaned over curiously, wanting to know the answer.

"Manned spaceflight, do you know about it?" Chen Zhongyan first asked a question.

At this time, Zhang Xingyang also recalled it. Chen Zhongyan probably came to him this time to inquire about Longguo's manned spaceflight.

"Manned spaceflight, there are only two countries in the world that can independently do this."

"One is Da Mao who inherits Mao Xiong's aerospace legacy, and the other is Ying Jiang."

Zhang Xingyang first talked about the two countries in the world that can independently develop the aerospace industry.

Then after a pause, he continued:

"If we want to carry out the manned spaceflight project now, there are still many difficulties."

At this time, Chen Zhongyan also showed interest for the first time: "Tell me about the difficulties?"

"First of all, the most important thing is the manned spacecraft system. In this regard, we have no technical reserves at all."

Zhang Xingyang frowned and said.

"And judging from the current situation, neither Da Mao nor Ying Jiang can give us a chance to obtain their manned spaceship technology."

If the time is pushed forward another eight or nine years, just after the separation, Da Mao, who is waiting for a while, may still let us get part of the manned spaceflight technology under the condition that we pay a high price.

But this possibility is almost gone now. At this time, Da Mao has already breathed a sigh of relief from the state of dying.

Especially in aerospace, it has established good relations with several western countries.

So he didn't think much of Long Guo, who was once his little brother.

Originally, the country still intended to take Da Mao's manned spacecraft and go into space to take a look first, but now it's nothing.

"So if the problem of manned spacecraft is not solved, everything else is nonsense."

"Old Chen, is there any progress on the manned spaceship?"

After Zhang Xingyang finished talking about his thoughts, he asked Chen Zhongyan who had never told the real reason why he came to the Rocket Research Institute.

Chen Zhongyan turned his head slightly, looked at the summer rainstorm outside the window, and said after a while:

"The current progress of the manned spacecraft is relatively smooth, and it is expected that the first launch mission will be carried out by the end of this year or next year at the earliest."

"Last month, the flight control building for manned spaceflight in Beidu was completed."

"Soon, a spacecraft simulation will be carried out in the flight control building to test the whole process from launch to safe return of astronauts."

At this moment, Chen Zhongyan glanced at Zhang Xingyang, who was still a little dazed, and paused.

"Old Chen, this matter has nothing to do with us, does it?"

"Didn't they decide to use long 2F long ago?"

The reason why Zhang Xingyang didn't put too much energy into this matter was mainly because he didn't have a great relationship with the Rocket Research Institute.

"Before it was determined to use the long 2F, but I recommended your Hongyan rocket to them at the beginning of the year."

"After half a year of evaluation, they decided to replace the original Chang 2F rocket and use your Hongyan rocket instead!"

Chen Zhongyan finally stated the purpose of coming this time, that is to use their rockets for manned spaceflight!

However, Zhang Xingyang still has some surprises. After all, there is still at most one year before the launch time node at this time.

Temporary replacement of the launch vehicle requires a lot of work to be done again.

"Old Chen, why did you suddenly switch to Hongyan Rocket?"

Zhang Xingyang asked a little incomprehensibly.

"Because your carrying capacity is stronger!"

"You also know very well that the carrying capacity of the Chang 2F rocket is only 7.8 tons even in LEO orbit."

"Your Hongyan rocket's carrying capacity is almost three times that of theirs, and there are more experimental equipment that can be launched into space at one time and various survival supplies necessary for astronauts!"

Chen Zhongyan spoke to Zhang Xingyang solemnly.

In fact, if the carrying capacity of the Hongyan rocket was not so attractive, the upper management would not replace the long 2F rocket that was originally used for manned spaceflight launches.

After all, the long 2F rocket has made a lot of special modifications for the manned plan.

For example, the escape system considered for the safety of astronauts, and the additional fault detection and processing system.

These are not available on the Hongyan rocket, if the Hongyan rocket is selected as the launch vehicle for manned spaceflight.

Then it is necessary to modify and install these systems before launching the mission.

"The most important thing is to consider the second phase of the manned spaceflight plan and the third phase of the plan!"

Chen Zhongyan explained the long-term reasons why the top management took a fancy to Hongyan Rockets.

The domestic manned space program is divided into a three-step strategy.

The first step is to launch unmanned and manned spacecraft, safely send astronauts into low-earth orbit, conduct earth observation and scientific experiments, and return astronauts to the ground safely.

This step is also the simplest step in the three-step plan. It only requires that people can be safely sent into space and returned safely.

The second step is to continue to break through the basic technologies of manned spaceflight:

Multi-person multi-day flight, astronauts go out of the cabin to walk in space, and complete the rendezvous and docking of the spacecraft and the space capsule.

On the basis of breakthroughs in these technologies, a short-term manned space laboratory will be launched, and a complete supporting space engineering system will be built.

This step is also the reason why the top management wants to change the launch rocket.

The weight of the short-term space experiment station was originally planned to be no more than eight tons, which is largely limited by the carrying capacity of the launch vehicle.

If the Hongyan rocket with a carrying capacity of 26 tons is used in LEO orbit, the weight of the space laboratory can be made even greater!

The third step is to establish a permanent space laboratory and build China's space engineering system.

"Understood, we will contact the manned spaceflight side as soon as possible, and carry out manned spacecraft transformation on the Hongyan rocket."

Zhang Xingyang agreed very happily.

In his heart, he remembered the "Tiangong" space starport in his previous life, which had a nine-story complex space structure.

It can park more than one hundred large interstellar spacecraft with a mass of more than 10,000 tons at the same time.

A super-large space port with a mass of more than 10 million tons, a miracle in the starry sky for mankind!