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Upgrading space telescopes is very troublesome.

The Hubble Telescope has been in orbit for thirty years, and since the Space Shuttle's retirement, it hasn't been maintained or upgraded, so it's very old.

Originally, its successor, the James Webb Telescope, should have been launched several years ago, but due to various reasons, it was delayed again and again, until the launch and orbit of the 'Xuntian' Telescope.

In fact, the launch of the 'Xuntian' Telescope was not easy, and its name should even be 'Xuntian' or 'Xuntian Optical Module'.

When Tianxia initially planned the Tiangong Space Station, the two sides of the core module were not two identical experimental modules, but one was an experimental module, and the other was a 'Xuntian Module'. The core equipment of this Xuntian Module was a space telescope with a diameter of two meters.

That is to say, in the initial plan, the Xuntian Telescope was part of the space station and was in a 'co-flying' state.

However, later research found that the space station's own operation, the activities of internal personnel, and the docking of spacecraft could bring certain vibrations to the space station. Excessive vibration would seriously affect the imaging of the space telescope.

Therefore, in the later design, the telescope was removed from the space station's plan and made into an independent 'optical module' flying with the space station in a 400-kilometer-high orbit, thus becoming 'co-orbiting'.

Although the Xuntian Telescope is no longer part of the space station, the Tiangong Space Station still retained the name 'Xuntian'.

After all, when it comes to maintenance, inspection, resupply, and upgrades, it will dock with the space station and become part of the space station again.

With the development of human aerospace technology, it is becoming easier and easier to manufacture and launch artificial space equipment, so that the number of space equipment has begun to explode.

Some plans even launch tens of thousands of artificial satellites at once. Although they are small, the sheer number is overwhelming. The number of artificial satellites in one plan may exceed the total number of artificial satellites launched by humans before.

With more and more artificial equipment in space, ground-based telescopes on Earth are suffering.

The atmosphere was already a major enemy of ground-based space telescopes, blocking the telescope's observation of space, as if the telescope had 'cataracts'.

Now, countless artificial satellites are flying in space, reflecting light all the time, like many cars driving towards you, and these cars are all flashing their high beams at you.

If you can still see the road, then you are really awesome!

And at this time, having a space telescope is much better.

First of all, the influence of the atmosphere is reduced to the minimum. It does not disturb the image, has ultra-high visual phase, no atmospheric scattering of background light, and ultraviolet rays are not absorbed by the ozone layer, etc. There are many benefits.

Moreover, space telescopes are also in space orbit, just like artificial satellites. As long as they are not hit, there will be no impact.

It's just that there will definitely be more and more artificial satellites in the future. This is irreversible because humans need more and more artificial satellites.

As for those ground-based astronomical telescopes, there is no way. In addition to letting the telescope adjust its operating time to avoid the most affected artificial satellite groups, satellite manufacturing companies can also make the appearance of artificial satellites 'dark' so that the reflection of artificial satellites is not so strong.

Besides these, we can only launch more space telescopes, and those who can't afford to launch them can wait for more space telescopes and rent them.

In fact, that's the way it is. There will only be more and more artificial facilities in space. Just a few days after the launch of the Xuntian Optical Module, the inflatable space station on the Meriken side was launched.

This inflatable space station was in a compressed state when it was launched. After reaching the predetermined orbital position, it was inflated, and it expanded into a behemoth after a few hours.

Its diameter reached an unprecedented 10 meters for a space station, and its length also reached 17 meters. The living space directly reached more than 1,000 cubic meters, instantly surpassing the living area of the Starry Sky Inn, and won the title of 'the largest single space station module for humans'.

All of a sudden, the Meriken aerospace方面 felt proud.

After being suppressed by Navigator Aerospace for so long, they finally won a round.

Although aerospace technology has no borders, and every advancement in aerospace technology represents the progress of human aerospace technology, the differences between the two sides are still very large in reality.

The officials haven't said anything yet, but the netizens on both sides have started fighting.

Haha, aren't you Navigators very powerful? Unfortunately, our Gro is even more powerful. Your space station's single record only lasted for a few days.

Heh, your space station is powerful, but it's just an empty shell. What's so great about it? You should decorate the rough house into a finely decorated house first.

Say you're envious, just say it. What does it matter if there is no decoration now? Our foundation is big enough, and we can decorate it however we want when the time comes!

That's right, no matter what you say, you can't change the fact that the Gro Space Station is more than twice the size of your space station, and it's just a module. The complete body will be formed after two identical modules are combined!

You're still talking about combining two modules. You should use one module first. At least the Navigator Space Station is already in use, and the manned equipment is also in use. Commercial space tourism will also begin this month.

The two sides exchanged words, and Tang Chao watched with great interest, but some information and names were not very accurate, such as someone saying 'Navigator Space Station'.

The space station of Navigator Company is clearly called 'Starry Sky Inn'. That small space station is far from being able to use the company's name directly.

To prefix the name 'Navigator', it must be at least a space fortress or a space city level to use it.

However, Gro's inflatable space station is indeed big enough, but it is only big enough. It is empty inside, like a big balloon.

It's not that its safety is not enough, but the time from launch to official operation is too long because there is nothing inside. All the equipment needs to be transported up for installation, but the work efficiency in space is far inferior to that on the ground.

First, the weightless environment is not very friendly to precise installation work, and second, astronauts are not as good as professional space station manufacturing engineers.

Adding the two together, the efficiency directly hits the bottom.

The most important thing is that you need to transport things that could have been transported up once many times. This not only prolongs the time, but also does not reduce the transportation cost, and may even increase it.

The only thing gained is the huge space station space.

After such a toss, it costs a lot. The service life of the space station is limited, and the service time of the inflatable space station is even shorter than that of the traditional space station.

In addition, its positioning is a commercial space station. It not only wants to recover its costs, but also wants to make money, so its pricing will definitely be weighed back and forth.

If it was before, its price would definitely be lower than that of the International Space Station, and with enough space, it would be quite competitive.

It can not only attract commercial space tourists, but also may receive some national orders.

But now it is different. The space station of Navigator Aerospace Company has already been launched, and with the use of the orbital shuttle, the price on Navigator's side has dropped to a terrible level.

Well, relative to the traditional price in the aerospace industry.

In this case, what methods will Gro use to deal with its commercial space tourism plan?