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Chapter 260 Heavenly Palace!
"After waiting for almost half a year, we finally waited for the launch window!"
At the desolate launch site in the northwest, the huge rocket loaded with Tiangong-1 is waiting for its launch time.
On the launch tower, dozens of engineers are doing final inspections.
in the past few months.
The rocket has been inspected and tested many times to ensure that there are no problems in all aspects.
"We are about four months slower than expected."
Zhang Xingyang frowned and looked at the watch on his wrist.
"There's nothing we can do about it. Who knew the climate change would be so intense this year."
Qin Ming said helplessly.
It's a strange thing to say.
It starts snowing in the northwest in mid-October!
The snow continued for several days.
The road transporting the rocket from the warehouse to the launch site was closed.
Several days were wasted on this.
Dozens of armored vehicles were used to clear the road between the two places.
You know, the ice that condenses after heavy snow is simply harder than steel plates!
As a result, it took more than a month.
Finally it was time to launch.
"Today is finally a good day. I hope God will bless our launch to be a complete success."
Qin Ming clasped his hands together and said to the sun in the sky.
"Don't worry, the launch is about to start. Have the control units been checked?"
After stopping Qin Ming from joking further, Zhang Xingyang asked seriously.
Tiangong-1 is an extremely important link in the three-step process of the space program.
Although it currently does not carry any astronauts, the risk potential is relatively small.
But the significance in all aspects is actually greater.
Particularly as some media see this as part of a space race between East and West.
If they fail, they will face the rejection of the whole country!
This is also an important reason why Zhang Xingyang, the general commander of the launch center, and Qin Ming, the general person in charge of the control system, both appeared at the launch site.
"I have personally tested the control system several times before, and there is absolutely no chance that there will be any problems!"
Qin Ming promised firmly.
"If anything goes wrong, I'll give you my life."
Qin Ming, who looked like an old general on the stage, frantically raising flags
Zhang Xingyang immediately stopped him and said with some disgust: "What's the point of taking your life!"
"As long as there are no problems with the control system."
Under the double-return-to-zero system, even if Qin Ming makes a mistake and doesn't find the problem, someone else will.
So Zhang Xingyang was originally relatively relieved.
However, after Qin Ming's experience of planting flags, he suddenly felt a little uneasy.
I can't wait to check it out myself.
He walked to the computer in the inspection center and took a look at the many data left behind by the control system inspection.
The inspection work of the control system is different from that of other systems.
During the inspection, analog signal inspection is usually carried out to see whether each unit can work normally.
Therefore, data traces will be left for Zhang Xingyang to see.
If it was to check the connection of structural parts, Zhang Xingyang could only look at the paper report and check it bit by bit.
After quickly checking all the data and using his super-computing brain to check it, Zhang Xingyang finally felt relieved.
He raised his head and glanced at Qin Ming beside him:
"We are all aiming for a successful launch, don't blame me for this."
Qin Ming can understand.
After all, everyone has the same goal.
All for Tiangong-1 to successfully ascend into space!
for this ideal.
You can clear the snow in the wind in October when the temperature is minus ten degrees Celsius.
For this ideal, you can also take the trouble to check various complicated processes several times.
For this reason, I did not hesitate to stay until my temples turned gray.
You know, Qin Ming is just 36 years old!
For scientific researchers, this is the time when they are in the prime of life!
Huafa has already been born!
Zhang Xingyang patted him on the shoulder and said:
"Just watch, our Heavenly Palace will definitely succeed!"
"We are currently only launching the core module which weighs less than 15 tons."
"In the future, we will launch a super-large core module and build our own 'Palace in the Sky'!"
The Tiangong-1 in this world is bigger.
This is mainly due to the development of rockets, which can send larger man-made objects into space.
Tiangong-1 is 16.4 meters long, with a maximum diameter of 3.62 meters and a mass of 14,250 kilograms.
Both the volume and mass are almost two-thirds larger than in the other world.
This means that it can carry more scientific research equipment and more necessary survival equipment.
Tiangong-1 is composed of two parts: the experimental module and the resource module.
The experimental module is mainly responsible for the work, training and daily needs of astronauts.
There are also some instruments used for space experiments.
The resource module mainly provides energy security and flight attitude control for Tiangong-1.
The inspection of the rocket was slowly completed and no problems were found.
This is also normal, after all, several inspections have been carried out before this.
If there was a problem, it would have been discovered long ago.
What can't be discovered is basically harmless.
As important commanders during the launch process, the two people must return to the command center to take charge.
"Get in the car and let's go!"
Zhang Xingyang jumped into the car first, then patted the co-pilot and said.
"Well"
Qin Ming hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly:
"How about I drive it?"
Qin Ming didn't know until this launch that someone could be so bad at driving!
The land around the launch site basically has no slope.
Logically speaking, no matter how you drive, it won't feel bumpy.
But Zhang Xingyang was stunned on this flat land, feeling like he was riding a roller coaster.
So much so that Qin Ming still has some psychological shadow.
"Don't be stunned, get in the car quickly!"
Zhang Xingyang didn't feel this way.
He just felt that driving was more troublesome than driving a spaceship in his previous life.
In the universe, the space is vast, and you can open it however you want.
Driving is not so fun.
This is also an important reason why Zhang Xingyang rarely drives.
I don't think it's any fun.
Qin Ming looked at Zhang Xingyang who was about to eject and start, gritted his teeth and got into the passenger seat.
Not even waiting for him to fasten his seat belt.
The whole car was ejected directly as if a spring was pressed on the back.
Frightened, Qin Ming immediately grabbed the armrest beside the car and swore secretly.
Even if I walk back in the future, I will never take Zhang Xingyang’s car again!
The jeep runs wildly over the Gobi desert.
On both sides of the simple road, you can still vaguely see the snow that has not melted.
This year's weather has been particularly cold.
However, Zhang Xingyang knew better that there would be colder times than this in the future.
Even in more than ten years, warm winters will occur frequently.
Even in November, high temperatures of 30 degrees can still occur in the north!
Zhang Xingyang's driving skills are not very good, but his driving speed is not slow.
In the vast desert, it is normal for no one to be around for dozens of miles, let alone speeding.
After parking the car in a dusty manner.
The two of them ran into the control center.
Outdoors in the Gobi, the temperature is actually a bit low.
It was only five o'clock, and the temperature had already dropped to about ten degrees below zero.
Fortunately, there is sufficient heating indoors, and there are even a few pots of flowers blooming.
Zhang Xingyang walked to his work station, and the launch work was just about to begin.
There is still a lot of work ahead of him.
The launch of Tiangong is not just the Dongfeng launch site that is busy.
In this world, at least tens of thousands of people are directly involved in the launch mission.
There are hundreds of thousands of related supporting personnel!
There are 21 surveying and mapping stations around the world alone.
This does not include the six ocean-going survey ships stationed in the ocean.
As well as 4 satellites in the sky dedicated to data transmission.
None of this can be done casually by any country.
This is also an important reason why, even in a few decades, there will be only a few countries in the world that can independently carry out manned spaceflight.
Behind this are tens of millions of college students and an educated population of hundreds of millions.
And how many countries in this world can do this today?
No more than one palm!
"Countdown to launch!"
The familiar launch countdown sound sounded.
Even though this voice has been heard many times before.
But every time it rang, the staff present still felt uneasy.
Not everyone is able to remain calm despite the collapse of Mount Tai.
Every launch has the possibility of failure for everyone.
Failure means that they may lose their relatives, friends, colleagues, and teachers.
Countdown to zero.
The rocket on the big screen began to spit out blazing flames.
Start rising from the tower.
Like Hou Yi's divine arrow, it shoots straight into the sky.
Inside the command center, everything was busy but in an orderly manner.
As each station reported the trajectory of the rocket, everyone slowly relaxed.
The rocket quickly flew across the continent and over the ocean.
The first stage rocket separates and the second stage rocket ignites.
Everything is not much different from the previous launch.
The only difference is that the launch load this time has almost reached the limit of the rocket's capacity.
After breaking through the 100-kilometer altitude, there is basically no possibility of failure.
After all, this height is, at most, insufficient to reach orbit.
It is no longer possible for the rocket to explode and the core module to be damaged.
After a few minutes of flight.
The core module of Tiangong-1 has reached the predetermined altitude.
"The Tiangong-1 launch mission was a complete success!"
Zhang Xingyang announced after the test was completed.
In fact, Tiangong-1 has not yet reached its working altitude.
But for everyone at the launch center.
The launch phase is over.
Their work was a complete success.
As for the follow-up tasks, the orbit of Tiangong-1 will be raised, spacecraft docking and other tasks.
Then someone else will continue.
Among the main tasks of Tiangong-1, the first is to complete the technical verification of autonomous docking of the spacecraft.
This is also a technology that will have a great impact on subsequent manned spaceflight.
After all, astronauts can enter Tiangong-1 from the Shenzhou spacecraft only if docking is possible.
Then carry out various experimental activities.
Whether it is space experiments or space lectures, they must be carried out within Tiangong-1.
Technical verification is risky.
Therefore, the first docking verification spacecraft will not carry astronauts.
It will be an unmanned spacecraft.
Only after the reliability of the docking technology is verified, a manned spacecraft launch will be carried out.
After all, it is impossible to risk the lives of astronauts.
The difficulty of automatic docking technology lies in the accuracy of docking.
Tiangong-1 is not stationary in space.
It is flying around the earth at high speed.
Even faster than the fastest planes on Earth.
And the spacecraft has to dock with such a fast object.
The speed of both parties must be kept consistent to meet the conditions for docking.
Otherwise, various accidents may easily occur.
And consistent speed is only the first step to successful docking.
The subsequent docking accuracy is the most difficult point.
The cabin sections, which are several meters in size, want to be rigidly connected together.
Millimeter-level accuracy must be maintained to ensure that there are no problems in the docking process.
Even a slight deviation may lead to failure of docking.
In the history of human space station development, such accidents have occurred.
As a result, this space station docking had to be abandoned.
As for the pressurization and decompression of the airtight cabin after docking, it is simpler.
After two busy days, Tiangong-1 finally reached its scheduled altitude of 345 kilometers.
Zhang Xingyang, who had been busy for dozens of hours, was a little tired.
Walked out of the launch site command center building.
I found it was snowing heavily outside again.
Pieces of crystal clear snowflakes fell on the ground.
The weather in the Gobi is extremely changeable now.
The sun was shining brightly two days ago, but now it's snowing again.
The snowflakes in the palm of my hand slowly turned into droplets of water.
In any case, Tiangong-1 took off seven years earlier than originally planned in history.
I gained another seven years.
These times will be transformed into a little bit of acceleration.
Let the aerospace industry develop and grow faster than before.
This year is almost over.
During this year, I still accomplished a lot of things.
Both overseas launch bases and Mars exploration plans have achieved certain development.
Continue to develop at this rate.
Next year, it may be possible to see astronauts conducting experiments and giving lectures on the space station.
Zhang Xingyang muttered silently in his heart for a few times.
Shenzhou 5 realizes space station docking technology.
Shenzhou 6 enables astronauts to live and work on the space station.
Even if this is just a temporary space station.
Even if its intended lifespan is no more than ten years.
Even if he can carry no more than 3 people
But it still makes Zhang Xingyang seem to see the day when the nuclear power star port will be realized in a few years.
On top of the dense star port pier.
Countless industrial or tourist aerospace spacecrafts are busy shuttling around.
Flying back and forth between the Earth and the Moon.
This day no longer seems so far away. (End of chapter)
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