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As December arrived, the weather in the Northern Hemisphere grew colder, but the international atmosphere grew increasingly heated.

A pandemic had thrown the world into chaos, followed by increasingly severe droughts, insect plagues, floods, windstorms, earthquakes, and other disasters, making people feel that Earth was not as wonderful as they had imagined.

Earth is the cradle of humanity, but now, the cradle seems no longer safe.

Humans have grown up a bit and must eventually leave the cradle, and the way to leave the cradle is through space technology.

Therefore, more and more people are paying attention to spaceflight.

Since May, the world seems to have entered a space fast lane, as if some force is urging humanity to enter a more comprehensive space age as soon as possible.

In July, three Mars probes departed from Earth and flew to distant Mars.

There were also various satellite launches and experiments with various space equipment.

In October, a private company landed on the moon for the first time, followed by Tianxia achieving lunar sample return technology.

Now in December, Tianxia's Long March 9 program is progressing very quickly. Whether it's the new assembly building or the new mobile launch platform, construction is already more than halfway complete.

The manufacturing progress of various parts of the Long March 9, judging from the information provided by various official sources, is also quite fast.

This terrifying infrastructure and industrial manufacturing capability was once possessed by several countries, but now they can no longer do it.

Now it seems that Tianxia's initial statement of "test flight in one year, lunar landing in two years" was not an exaggeration. At the very least, the "test flight in one year" item, judging from the progress, should be seen soon.

Moreover, according to people's observations, this state will only get faster in the future, because Tianxia held a conference in September—the Tianxia Aerospace Conference.

This conference, originally scheduled to be held in April, was postponed to September due to the pandemic.

This postponement caused the discussion content of the conference to completely change.

Tianxia's national aerospace industry was integrated, and the Space Administration was officially given new missions and goals, focusing on large projects and deep space exploration in the future.

The previously developed small rocket series will be used as technical reserves, and the lower-level aerospace market will be completely open to private aerospace companies.

In terms of large-scale aerospace projects and aerospace technology upgrades, limited cooperation will also be carried out with private aerospace companies to make Tianxia's aerospace industry more dynamic.

In October, the new Space Law was officially implemented, providing a legal basis for various proposals of this conference.

The reason why the Long March 9's mission progress is so fast is because of the participation of private aerospace companies.

There is also the Interstellar Pathfinder Company's National Amateur Rocket Competition. The progress of each team is also good. Before the competition reaches the final stage, Pathfinder Company has already set its sights on several teams.

When the competition is over, they will definitely bring them all into the company.

It's just that the amateur rocket competition coincided with the Lunar Grand Prix and was overshadowed.

But no one thought that the company that organized the amateur rocket competition would take back the spotlight...

Ah, they snatched it back again!

Also because of them, the Lunar Grand Prix, which was supposed to take a year or two, almost determined the first place in half a year.

It's simply outrageous!

The amateur competition they organized hasn't produced results yet, but the super professional competition they participated in has produced results.

And as soon as this result came out, people all over the world had something to gossip about.

A private company in Tianxia actually started arguing with the American competition officials and the space agency officials.

Interstellar Pathfinder had just obtained lunar soil and was holding a press conference when news came from America.

[American Space Agency excludes the first place winner of the Lunar Competition from the lunar landing contract!]

[American Space Agency says the first place winner of the Lunar Competition's technology is not good!]

[Game enthusiast team questioned by the Space Agency for rocket technology.]

[Interstellar Pathfinder may lose the opportunity to compete for the lunar landing contract!]

[Aerospace cooperation between Tianxia and America is still impossible!]

Various news reports came out overwhelmingly. Although the American officials condemned the media, they did not deny the authenticity of the reports.

Afterwards, someone sought confirmation, and the American officials did indeed think so.

However, they stated that there were no political reasons involved, only technical reasons.

"Interstellar Pathfinder Company's aerospace technology does not meet the minimum technical standards of our lunar landing program. We express our regret, after all, we cannot joke with the lives of astronauts."

"But the bonus will definitely be paid to Pathfinder Company in full, and there will be no withholding. I hope everyone will not believe the fake news from bad media."

"We hope they can invest these funds in new technology fields and strive to develop more advanced aerospace technology as soon as possible."

"As everyone knows, we America is the most open and free country in the world. We very much respect science. As long as our technical requirements are met, we will be happy to cooperate with any team."

Whether you believe it or not, the director of the American Space Agency was very sincere when he said this.

A reporter asked the Interstellar Pathfinder Company for their opinion on the spot, and Captain Tang also expressed his disappointment with the American Space Agency on the spot.

Even after the Space Agency issued a statement, when the reporter interviewed him again, he still insisted on his previous point of view.

"I am very disappointed with the American Space Agency!"

But no matter what Captain Tang said, after the American Space Agency issued a formal statement, people no longer paid much attention to this matter.

After all, the American Space Agency acknowledged their team's first place achievement, and 50 million US dollars was also given.

It's just because their technology is not good, resulting in the rocket's carrying capacity being insufficient, and they cannot safely transport large equipment and astronauts to the moon, so they cannot participate in the subsequent lunar landing contract bidding.

Judging from the published data, the "Chu Hang" (First Voyage) lunar carrying capacity of less than 4 tons is indeed not good.

They can't blame others for this.

So they should listen to others, take the bonus to develop new technologies, build bigger rockets, and strive for the next cooperation.

With this time, they should pay attention to the progress of those big companies. The lunar landing equipment of those big companies is the hope of mankind.

People thought that things would end here.

Unexpectedly, Interstellar Pathfinder directly released a big move.

Suddenly, the American officials were stunned.

By the way, another batch of melons was delivered to people all over the world.

A video!

It's about the new rocket, and it's bigger, thicker, and longer!

It was still Captain Tang. In the video, he showed the new rocket being developed by Interstellar Pathfinder Company. Like the "Chu Hang," it also has the word "Hang" (Voyage) in its name. He called it "Yuan Hang" (Distant Voyage).

The "Yuan Hang" adopts a CBC configuration, which is like the "Heavy Falcon" rocket, with three first-stage rockets bundled side by side.

But the Yuan Hang is bigger than it.

The overall height of the new rocket can reach 80 meters, and the core stage diameter reaches 5 meters, which is thicker than the 3.7-meter diameter of the Heavy Falcon.

The fairing diameter reaches 7 meters, and the length is 20 meters, which is very huge.

The take-off mass is 2,500 tons. When taking off, 15 "Super Main Sail" engines work simultaneously, which can generate 3,000 tons of thrust.

Because the "Super Main Sail" engine is an upgraded version of the Chu Hang's engine "Main Sail," the thrust has been upgraded from 140 tons at sea level to 200 tons.

This powerful performance allows its near-Earth orbit carrying capacity to reach 110 tons, and its lunar orbit carrying capacity also reaches 45 tons.

It is directly approaching the "peerless strongman" Saturn V, and it still achieves the effect with a smaller tonnage.

This proves that technology is constantly improving.

Next to the "Yuan Hang" model stands the "Chu Hang." Also with the word "Hang" in its name, compared to the Yuan Hang, the Chu Hang is like a sapling next to a big tree.

It looks weak.

It also symbolizes that mankind's technology tree has been "growing" until one day, it grows into space.

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