Chapter 1,632 Going to space is just the beginning, the moon is the destination
Of course, the reason why these aerospace companies focus on suborbital flight tourism projects is that the technical difficulty is relatively low. Compared with the normal low-Earth orbit at an altitude of two to three hundred kilometers, a suborbital flight of about 100 kilometers is easier to complete.
The technical requirements are much lower than the technical difficulty.
On the other hand, it is the cost reduction brought about by the reduction of technology. Because it is a suborbital flight, the cost of fuel flight alone will be much lower. In addition, unexpectedly, the technical requirements of suborbital flights are compared with those of three hundred kilometers.
The earth's orbit should be slightly lower, which will also greatly reduce costs.
In this way, the low price of space travel will also open up a new space for them in the commercial space travel market.
However, this kind of suborbital flight also has a big shortcoming, that is, strictly speaking, it does not enter space. Therefore, the relevant space environment is definitely not as good as that of a low-Earth orbit of two to three hundred kilometers.
In addition, the flight time of this kind of suborbital flight is often very short, only about ten minutes, dozens of minutes, and a few hours. However, the low-Earth orbit flight can last for a long time, days, months, or even more than ten years.
It can last for years, which is unmatched by suborbital.
So in the long run, suborbital is just a transitional technology under the current form of technological development. Future space development projects mainly rely on solid space orbit technology. This requires that you can not only go to suborbital, but also low-Earth orbit.
, it also needs to be able to reach higher synchronous orbits, earth-moon transfer orbits, earth-fire transfer orbits, etc., and even further into deep space.
Only in this way can we continue to explore this vast space, and we humans can step out of the cradle, run towards the universe, and explore the unknown.
Of course Wu Hao and the others will not give up on the huge market of space tourism. Their ambitions are not limited to sending people into space and flying around in a spaceship for a few days. This is all a trivial matter, and he can't see it at all.
superior.
What they want to do is to realize sky tourism in the true sense, build commercial space stations, and realize the medium- and long-term residence of personnel in space. This can not only satisfy some commercial space research projects, but also provide resources in this area for other enterprises.
On the other hand, the space hotel developed from this will also accept space passengers and allow them to stay in space for a long time. If the passengers are willing, they can even bring their wives, girlfriends, and newlyweds.
Wife and husband come to space hotel for honeymoon.
Of course, this is only the first step. In the future, lunar scientific research stations and lunar cities will be the focus of their development. For humans, space stations traveling in orbit have a lifespan. Once their lifespan is up, they will disintegrate and fall into the atmosphere.
It burned and decomposed, and a small part fell to the earth.
And if it is possible to build a scientific research station on the moon and then develop and build a lunar city, then this will be permanent. Although the initial investment will be huge, if it can be started and developed, the subsequent construction and operating costs will be relatively large.
Much lower than that.
Different from the space station, all the construction of the space station requires module equipment to be transported from the earth for construction, and the materials for astronauts to live in space rely on supplies from the earth.
Lunar scientific research stations or lunar cities can perfectly solve this problem, because there are abundant resources on the moon, and these resources can meet the construction and development of lunar scientific research stations or lunar cities.
In addition to the need to transport some equipment from the earth to the moon in the early stage, subsequent related materials can be made using the resources on the moon. For example, the ores on the moon, the energy on the moon, the water resources on the moon, etc.
It also has a long service life and can be maintained at any time. Compared with maintenance and repair in space, maintenance and repair on the moon is simpler and more convenient. In theory, this is a permanent building.
In addition, the usable space on the moon is huge, so lunar biological farms can be established to provide food supplies for scientific research staff stationed on the moon. This will greatly reduce the dependence on supplies from the earth. On the one hand, it can achieve longer
Residency, on the other hand, can also reduce operating costs.
Finally, there is the important geographical location of the moon. It is on the periphery of the earth and is an important fulcrum from the earth to outer space. It is also an outpost from outer space into the earth. Its strategic position is very important.
In the future, if humans want to enter deep space, the moon will be a ring that cannot be circled. Therefore, establishing an earth portal port on the moon will be conducive to the development of subsequent deep space exploration projects.
Moreover, it is much easier to launch a spacecraft from the moon than from the earth. Its microgravity environment can save a lot of fuel, carry more payloads, and fly farther.
This is one of the reasons why Wu Hao attaches great importance to the lunar project. Only by conquering the moon can they proceed with a series of subsequent deep space exploration projects.
For example, the Mars exploration project that many people have in mind requires a simulation site in advance for experimental drills. Compared with deserts on the earth, the environment on the moon is obviously more suitable.
Therefore, Wu Hao and the others also regard lunar exploration as an advance practice project for Mars exploration. Doing a good job in opening up lunar exploration projects is to lay a solid foundation for subsequent Mars exploration projects.
Immediately, in more than a month, their first intelligent lunar exploration and patrol vehicle will be launched on board their brand-new Jianmu-7 carrier rocket. If all goes well, it will land on the moon and carry out research on the entire lunar surface.
Inspection mission.
At present, this intelligent lunar exploration and patrol vehicle has completed its final field testing and has been transported to the Nanhai Island launch site for subsequent testing and assembly testing.
The Jianmu-7 rocket used for the launch of this intelligent lunar exploration and patrol vehicle has also been shipped from Jiangcheng, went to the sea through the golden waterway, and then arrived at the Nanhai launch site for final test preparations.
Not only Wu Hao and the others attach great importance to this lunar exploration project, but also all parties are paying close attention to it. After all, this is our country's first civilian commercial lunar ground patrol vehicle, and its significance is extraordinary. Even in the world, it is one that people look up to.
The presence.
Secondly, the mission performed by this intelligent lunar exploration and patrol vehicle this time is extraordinary. If all goes well, it will create the fastest travel speed and longest travel distance for human extraterrestrial ground detectors.
detection missions and many other human innovations.
One of the most important and attention-grabbing exploration projects is to find suitable areas for building lunar scientific research stations and lunar cities for human landings on the moon.
