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The "Chu Hang(初航: First Voyage) 1" is primarily white with blue texture, a color scheme consistent with domestic rockets.

The secondary stage of the rocket is printed with the words "Interstellar Navigator" and "Chu Hang(初航: First Voyage)", representing the company's name and the rocket's model, respectively.

The fairing at the top is printed with the company's LOGO: a white rocket taking off from a blue circle.

When the "Chu Hang(初航: First Voyage) 1" takes off, it will create a nesting doll effect.

The "Chu Hang(初航: First Voyage) 1" has a rocket body diameter of only 2.5 meters, with the core stage and boosters sharing this diameter, making it very common. This is smaller than the international mainstream core stage diameters of 3+ and 5+ meters, let alone 7 or 10 meters.

Moreover, it has three boosters, which is very different from the two or four booster configurations common on Earth.

Of course, there is also a rocket with the same number of boosters: the Murica's(美瑞肯: America) Atlas V rocket, which also has a three-booster configuration.

However, the three-booster configuration of the Atlas V rocket is a nightmare for perfectionists because they are not evenly placed in three directions, but rather two on one side and one on the other.

It also has an advanced version with five boosters: three on one side and two on the other.

Every time Tang Chao sees it, as a symmetry enthusiast, he feels uncomfortable all over.

Although his designed "Chu Hang(初航: First Voyage) 1" has three boosters, they are at least evenly distributed in three directions, and the line connecting the three boosters forms an equilateral triangle, which is axially symmetric.

The "Chu Hang(初航: First Voyage) 1" is only 44 meters high, with a take-off weight of 400 tons, similar to the Long March 3B carrier rocket, only 12 meters shorter and 50+ tons lighter.

Despite being a 'younger brother' level rocket, its carrying capacity is slightly better than the Long March 3B.

It is also guaranteed to successfully send "Kan Yue(坎月: Lunar Pit) 1" to the moon.

By a little after four in the afternoon, Tang Chao had already started a live broadcast in cooperation with B-site(毕站: Bilibili), although B-site's(毕站: Bilibili) live broadcasting capabilities are not as good as other professional live broadcasting platforms, it is still passable.

Not to mention that this is not a simple live broadcast, with various forces supporting it from behind, A-Bi(阿毕: Bilibili) is also a little more confident.

This live broadcast is different from the official live broadcast; it is a commercial live broadcast, so it uses various ultra-high-definition lenses.

At this time, Tang Chao was already sitting in an excellent location at the Binhai launch site, from where he could clearly see the "Chu Hang(初航: First Voyage) 1" rocket erected on the launch pad.

This place has now been temporarily set up as a small live broadcast room, and he is sitting with three people for an outdoor tea party.

Among them are a launch site engineer, a Lunar Grand Prix Management Committee cadre, and a host.

The host, needless to say, is the one who controls the rhythm of this live broadcast and tea party.

He will draw some questions from the bullet comments and comments section for the three guests to answer. If there are no good questions, he will ask some prepared in advance.

The launch site engineer is basically there to answer some questions for everyone.

The Grand Prix cadre can talk more in detail.

This person's name is Paul, a very common name in Murica(美瑞肯: America), in his forties, bald, but can speak relatively fluent Chinese, which is one of the reasons why they sent him here.

As for the purpose of coming, of course, it is to supervise the entire launch process.

Although this is a test launch, according to the competition rules, as long as it meets the competition restrictions and safely returns with lunar samples within the specified time, it counts as a result.

So whether you are test launching or not, as long as you launch according to the requirements, they have the right to supervise you.

If you do not allow supervision, then your results will not count.

Originally, this guy was not allowed to enter here, but considering that this is not a sensitive area, not various confidential computer rooms and workshops, and in recent years, various domestic departments have also opened up, and the launch center has also invited some people to visit and promote, so they let him in.

The most important thing is that the higher-ups do not want this matter to cause Tang Chao's team to be forced out. Seeing that they are about to win the competition held by Murica(美瑞肯: America), there is no reason to let him out at this time.

The atmosphere in the live broadcast room is very good. It's Sunday, and it has already attracted more than 10 million viewers.

Viewers can ask various questions in the bullet comments and comments section, and the host will ask the better or more interesting ones.

For example:

"Captain Tang, some netizens say that your rocket is carrying such an important payload on its first launch, and they all say you are too aggressive. Will it affect your competition progress if it fails?"

Hearing this question, Tang Chao smiled, "I thought we were already very conservative. It turns out that in the eyes of netizens, we are so aggressive. In that case, let me talk about it."

"The technology used in this rocket has actually been studied by us for a long time. This is why we can build it so quickly."

"As for the success rate, it's really hard to say, because in my opinion, the success rate of rocket launches is only fifty-fifty: either success or failure."

"We have done all the checks we can do, and all items show that they are qualified, so in our eyes, it is a complete and launchable rocket."

"In my opinion, as long as all the tests are passed, as long as a complete rocket is assembled, instead of pulling out a semi-finished product to launch, then there is no question of aggressiveness or not,"

After listening to what Tang Chao said, netizens felt there was nothing wrong with it. Whether it is aggressive or not depends on whether it can fly after it is built.

The "aggressiveness" that most people think of is that the design is too exaggerated, it cannot fly after it is built, or it is full of instability.

In their opinion, the "Chu Hang(初航: First Voyage) 1" meets these indicators because of its " shape in the game", "first flight in a few months", and "launching a lunar payload right away".

But they just built it, and all kinds of tests are qualified. It is completely a normal rocket that can fly.

It's just that I really don't know if it can succeed at once.

So, whether it is praise or criticism, let's wait until after the launch.

After everyone chatted for a while, someone came to tell Tang Chao that it was time to go to the launch button position to prepare.

Tang Chao left his seat and asked Zhang Liyan to take his place, and immediately went to the command and control hall.

At the same time, although it is early morning in Murica(美瑞肯: America), many people are still paying attention to this test launch mission.

Not only are there space enthusiasts and various competition teams who are following the Lunar Grand Prix, but also official people.

There is a live broadcast in China, and there is also a live broadcast in Murica(美瑞肯: America). They are live broadcasting Tang Chao's live broadcast.

After all, Tang Chao and the others are speaking Chinese throughout the entire process, and the average person in Murica(美瑞肯: America) does not need to learn Chinese, so they need an English live broadcast room to slightly translate Tang Chao's live broadcast.

There is no need to translate word by word, just translate the key information, and then talk about your own views and answer questions raised by your own netizens.

Of course, the Grand Prix Committee provided two live broadcast addresses, one is Tang Chao's full Chinese live broadcast room, and the other is the English live broadcast room they recommend for rebroadcasting.

Those who do not understand Chinese directly clicked into the English live broadcast room, and when they saw it was an acquaintance, it was the space critic who had been commenting on the technical solutions and levels of various participating teams during this period, and immediately began to listen carefully and ask questions carefully.

And those who understand Chinese, or are students studying abroad from China, opened both live broadcast rooms, and their faces immediately turned ugly when they saw these two.

"Sh*t, it's those two sarcastic guys again."