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million kilometers...

Everyone looked at each other, it was obviously not a joke.

But it doesn't mean that the long battery life will definitely reach Mars.

"How about the payload? Can the life support system used to go to Mars be put in?" Lu Xu, the chief engineer of the Mars exploration program, was speaking. The first Mars rover, commonly known as 'Liangzi'.

To go to Mars, the life support system is the key, in addition to some entertainment facilities.

Because the journey to Mars is extremely long, the shortest distance from Earth to Mars is about 55 million kilometers, and the farthest is more than 400 million kilometers. According to previous chemical rockets, the most optimistic estimate will take more than half a year, even if nuclear energy is used. Rockets, the current mainstream view also believes that it takes 100 days.

It is not easy for a spacecraft to maintain such a long-term operation.

At least the life support system alone will not be so light.

Therefore, if the load capacity is not enough to carry the life support for Mars, even if the voyage is sufficient, the Tibetan antelope will not be able to perform the mission to Mars.

Regarding this question, Chen Shen was very calm.

"Don't worry, the carrying capacity is at least 16 tons."

To be honest, the best application scenario for a spacecraft like the Tibetan Antelope is in the Earth-Moon system, or, as in the movie, between low-Earth orbit and the ground.

If you insist on going to Mars, the life support system on it will not be able to last that long, maybe you will run out of oxygen within a few days, and the autopilot system is also lacking in this regard.

But that doesn't mean it's impossible to go to Mars.

For Chen Shen, these problems can be solved as long as he exerts his subjective initiative.

The technology is not good, so can't he make a quick change?

The weight of the nuclear-powered Tibetan antelope is about 35 tons, and the ideal take-off weight is 56 tons, and there is no need to install a weapon system, which means that the vacant 21 tons are all payloads.

Although due to technical differences, the body may weigh four or five tons, but there are still more than ten tons left.

And if the ideal take-off weight is ignored, the load capacity can theoretically be expanded to 62 tons, which is the same as the current Tibetan antelope. The nuclear-powered Tibetan antelope has the ability to fly to Mars with this weight.

It is more expensive nuclear fuel and propulsion.

That is to say, the nuclear-powered Tibetan antelope has a load capacity of at least 16 tons, and can even reach a maximum of 27 tons.

If such a load capacity plus nuclear power cannot go to Mars, then what other spacecraft can go to Mars?

Hearing Chen Shen's explanation, Lu Xu immediately felt relieved, and laughed again and again: "This weight is enough."

He felt that he picked up a big watermelon for no reason while walking on the road. If there is such a spaceship, then the progress of the Mars exploration plan he chaired will take off.

It is not a dream to launch an unmanned spacecraft next year and manned landing on Mars the year after next!

Others at the scene still couldn't accept it. The first flight of the Tibetan antelope was already shocking enough, but now they have to install a nuclear reactor on it. Things seem to be developing in a more and more outrageous direction...

Old Man Duan said cheerfully, "Now you know why we will change the development route next time, don't you?"

"Well, now it seems that the Rockets are indeed going to fall behind."

As soon as the news that the Tibetan antelope was going to be powered by nuclear power came out, even those who secretly thought that the rocket and the Tibetan antelope could develop together gave up their ideas.

If it is an electric version of the Tibetan antelope, the rocket can also be compared with its high thrust. After all, although the electric version of the Tibetan antelope is convenient to enter and exit space, it is limited by its load and battery life. If it is used to perform some large-scale space missions, the workflow and The arrangement will be very complicated, and it is far less convenient than a rocket going directly to the sky.

But once there is a nuclear-powered Tibetan antelope, these will not be a problem.

As for installing a nuclear reactor on the Tibetan antelope, will it go so smoothly?

Just look at the executor of the plan and you will know.

So far, Chen Shen has not spoken big words.

And looking at the current level of support in the country, even the moon landing plan has been stopped directly. If you wait for the nuclear-powered version of the Tibetan antelope, you will know that the two strokes of the horoscope are probably finished.

Duan Lao looked at the crowd and said: "In order to avoid unnecessary duplication of work, before the appearance of the nuclear-powered Tibetan Antelope, the lunar exploration project and the Mars project should focus on preparing for the work after landing."

Both He Wei and Lu Xu nodded in agreement.

"We still have another topic to discuss, which is to first draw a blueprint for the development of the universe industry."

Upon hearing this topic, everyone's interest was aroused again.

"When I heard that the Tibetan antelope was going to be powered by nuclear power, I felt that this problem would come sooner or later. I didn't expect it to be so soon."

"The sooner this kind of thing happens, the better."

Regardless of everyone's excitement, Mr. Duan lowered his head and read a document calmly: "The high vacuum and microgravity space can provide many technological conditions superior to the earth's environment. In space, many substances with different compositions can be well Mixing, the molten liquid has no difference between light and heavy floating and sinking, there is no convection phenomenon, and the surface tension of the object can also be well utilized..."

"This is the basic advantage of the space industry. There are many products in the fields of smelting, welding, material processing, and pharmaceuticals that are suitable for transfer to space production."

Everyone present here is an aerospace expert, so they naturally know about Cosmic Industry, but at this moment they are all patiently listening to Duan Lao's speech, as if they know what is in the express delivery, and people can still feel the pleasure when they unpack it.

Now what Duan Lao said is that "express" package.

"Since the last century, related experiments have been carried out on the north side and on the opposite side. We have also carried out related experiments in the space laboratory before, but due to limited space capacity, the whole world can only carry out theoretical research in this regard. research and small-scale experiments."

"However," Duan Lao raised his head, "this situation will be different after the appearance of the nuclear-powered Tibetan Antelope. Next, we will enter an era of relatively abundant space transportation capacity. Not only can we conduct more experiments in this area, but we can also Actions have been taken on this.”

Duan Lao raised his glasses, as if there was a flash of light, "And our development in this area is not only conducive to the progress of industrial production, but also can grasp the initiative in the space race, forcing the opponent to follow us."

When he said this, everyone reacted.

There is no Tibetan antelope on the opposite side. Once they start to build factories on orbit, the other side can only rely on rockets if they want to follow up...

Even if it is a reusable rocket, the cost to build a factory in space is too high, and the opposite side must first solve the problem of how to transport the product back to the earth...