The idea of ​​bringing back those lunar landers and lunar exploration vehicles that have been launched in the past is not a recent thing for Xu Chuan.
As early as when the first-generation Xinghai was designed and manufactured, he had seriously thought about this matter.
However, due to the limitations of the performance of the first-generation machine, he finally suppressed this idea for the time being.
After all, Xinghai's method of transporting supplies and visiting the moon still requires a traditional lunar lander.
It is extremely difficult to recover past lunar landers, lunar exploration vehicles and other equipment.
So Xu Chuan suppressed this idea for a short time and waited for the development of the second-generation machine.
If all goes well, with the second-generation aircraft able to take off and land vertically on the moon, it will not be very difficult to recover these "wanderers" who have struggled outside.
The subsequent research and development work was just as he expected.
Although the second-generation Hanhai has not carried out missions, judging from the test data of more than a month, it already has the capability of long-distance voyages.
More importantly, the thrust generated by the six miniaturized aerospace engines is enough for it to take off and land vertically on the moon.
Sitting in the cockpit, Academician Chang Huaxiang thought seriously about Xu Chuan's proposal for a long time, then gently shook his head and said, "To be honest, I think it's a bit risky."
"After all, this is a space shuttle worth more than a billion dollars. If anything goes wrong during the mission, everyone may be involved."
The second-generation aircraft has just left the factory and has not yet carried out deep space missions.
It was indeed a bit risky in his opinion to be brave enough to do it for the first time.
Perhaps it would be better to wait until the later deep space voyage experiments and lunar surface tests are completed before proceeding to the moon landing.
There’s no need to be so anxious about recovering those spacecraft that have been launched, right?
Xu Chuan smiled and said: "There is indeed a risk. Every space flight is actually a risk for today's technology."
"But we are different from the past, aren't we? Landing on the moon is no longer a task that requires a nationwide effort for us."
"As for whether it's worth it..."
After a slight pause, he continued with a smile: "In my opinion, it is completely worth it."
"First of all, the second-generation Hanhai was originally designed to land on the moon and Mars, although there are indeed some risks in skipping the deep space test and the moon orbit test."
"But judging from the experimental data of more than a month, all the data of Hanhai are quite beautiful."
"And this is not our first space shuttle. The standard industrial production line is enough to control every detail to ensure the quality of Hanhai."
"The strong confidence brought by the rich aerospace experience of Xinghai and Fuyao also gives us enough capital to complete this mission."
"The ultimate goal of the second-generation aircraft is to achieve vertical takeoff and landing on the moon. This mission also determines whether we can continue to go forward."
"Even if there are some accidents during the process, as long as there are no astronauts and a space shuttle, the Billion Star Ocean Research Institute can still withstand it."
"Not to mention anything else, the space travel project carried out by Fuyao in the past six months has brought us billions of gold in revenue."
"Don't worry about an accident that will cost billions of dollars. Every technological advancement, especially in the aerospace field, requires a lot of funds to fill it."
Academician Chang Huaxiang opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, and finally shook his head and said: "Whatever you want."
What Xu Chuan said makes sense. Today's China is no longer the weak force that it was more than ten years ago, which required the joint efforts of all major space agencies across the country to land a single moon landing.
Not to mention other things, the space activities carried out by Xinghai Research Institute alone this year are enough to be comparable to those of other countries combined.
In aerospace, they have jumped to the top of the world.
"Oh, by the way, there's one more thing."
After chatting for a while, Academician Chang Huaxiang suddenly remembered another thing and called to Xu Chuan who was about to evacuate.
"Huh? What's the matter?"
Chang Huaxiang smiled and said: "It's not a very important matter, but it would be better to inform you."
"The space agency has told us before that when we resupply supplies to the lunar surface base next time, we will also bring the lunar exploration satellites and lunar exploration vehicles sent from Pakistan."
Xu Chuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "You can just arrange this, it's not a big deal."
Academician Chang Huaxiang smiled, nodded, and responded: "Okay."
For them today, bringing other countries' satellites to the moon is not much different from using cargo planes to transport goods on the earth.
If they don't take into account the tedious work of decelerating into orbit, the time it takes them to get from the Earth to the moon may be faster than delivering goods on the Earth.
For example, the flight from Sao Paulo, the capital of Brazil, is as long as forty-two hours.
It only takes two or three days for Xinghai to reach the lunar surface orbit from low-Earth orbit.
But in these two or three days, at least one-third was spent on various adjustment tracks and the like.
Of course, these things cannot be compared simply.
But this is enough to highlight their current strength in aerospace.
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After inspecting the second-generation Hanhai space shuttle and discussing the time and mission of the second-generation space shuttle's maiden flight, Xu Chuan dragged his luggage back to his villa at the foot of Purple Mountain.
He hasn't been back for several months, and the situation here is almost the same as when he left.
The room was spotless inside, and the flowers outside the villa courtyard were in perfect bloom.
Xu Chuan threw the backpack he was carrying on the sofa and fell down on the sofa. Xu Chuan let out a long sigh of relief.
It's not that I'm tired, it's just a habitual action when I come back from a long trip.
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After lying on the sofa comfortably for a while, Xu Chuan got up, picked up his backpack and entered the study.
After sorting out some materials brought back from Star City CRHPC and putting them in the bookcase, he sat in front of the computer, opened his mailbox, and began to deal with some less important emails that had accumulated in the past few days.
At this moment, the ringtone of an incoming call vibrated on the desk.
Xu Chuan picked up the phone casually, took a look at it, and answered the call with a smile in his eyes.
"Hey, Jiaxin."
The call was from Liu Jiaxin. He has been busy with work at CRHPC recently. He has not received a call from his senior sister for a while.
"When will you return to Jinling?"
"I just came back today. I just got home. I haven't had time to send you a message yet." Xu Chuan smiled and said, "What's wrong?"
"The research and development of the 'AI Academic Assistant' has been completed. Do you want to come over and take a look?"
"So fast?" Xu Chuan was a little surprised and asked curiously.
Liu Jiaxin nodded slightly and said: "Well, the overall program has been completed and has all the functions. It just needs to be debugged slowly."
"Okay, I'll be there later."
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After chatting for a while, the two hung up the phone, and Xu Chuan sent a message to Zheng Hai.
After a while, Zheng Hai drove over in a car.
After simply washing his face, Xu Chuan got in the car and rushed towards the Qixia Mountain New Development Zone.
The autumn tiger is roasting the earth with scorching heat, and the glass outside the headquarters building of Chuanhai Network Technology Company reflects the dazzling light.
Taking the elevator, Xu Chuan found his senior sister who was still busy working in the office.
After knocking on the door, Liu Jiaxin, who was studying something in the office, was awakened by the knock on the door. She looked up and was obviously stunned for a moment when she saw him. Then a smile appeared on her face and she greeted him with a smile: "You're here.
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Xu Chuan smiled and said, "I just came back. I just put down my luggage and brought your phone number with me."
Liu Jiaxin stood up, walked to the table, poured a glass of water, and handed it over. With a gentle smile on her face, she smiled and said, "Why don't you take a rest? There's no rush to come over tomorrow."
Xu Chuan smiled and said, "It's just a matter of two steps."
Liu Jiaxin pursed her lips and smiled: "You can go far enough in these two steps."
"That's right, if Cao Zhi had taken these two steps back then, he would have probably fled the country of Wei." Xu Chuan laughed.
After chatting for a while, Xu Chuan stood up and said, "Take me to see the AI ​​academic assistant you developed."
Liu Jiaxin nodded, put down the tea cup in her hand, stood up and led him towards the research center.
To be continued...