Chapter 748: BFR rocket launch!

North America, Florida.
On the central launch pad of Cape Canaveral Air Force Base stands a super-rocket with a height of 32 floors.
On the side of the rocket are printed the American flag, the NASA badge, the Space-X logo, and the three large letters of BFR. At the same time, in order to take care of several generous gold masters, under the signs are also printed several Wall Street investment banks that sponsored the program.
Such a huge rocket, it took him nearly a month to send him to Cape Canaveral Air Force Base and complete the assembly. It took another full week to complete the final launch preparations.
Now that the life support unit has been equipped with rockets, all preparations are in place, and finally the moment when the expedition begins. A pair of eyes looked up from the direction of the auditorium, and countless people were looking forward to this moment.
The ignition countdown soon began.
As the countdown to ten seconds ended, the billowing smoke instantly swept away.
42 Raptor engines consume liquid oxygen and methane in the fuel chamber at a horrible speed, providing a horrible takeoff thrust of 128 trillion Newtons for the entire spacecraft, pushing the 100-meter-long rocket slowly off the launcher and Launch platform, galloping towards the blue sky.
The roar of the engine roared like a giant beast.
This beast is called Chemical Propulsion.
Condensed with the most advanced liquid oxygen methane propulsion technology, this monster once again showed the world its thick and powerful arms ...
Looking at this scene from a telescope far away, Musk's mouth tilted up, put down the telescope in his hand and handed it to the assistant, and looked at Director Carson who was staring at the smoke column in the distance, and said with a smile.
"I said, there is nothing to worry about. We have the best aerospace technology R & D team in the world, and the richest launch experience. You just need to wait for the newsletter to be uploaded from the desert 60 million kilometers away. . "
"I hope it's a good news," put down the telescope on the bridge of his nose, and Director Carson paused. "What about the BFS spacecraft? Is it ready?"
If the life support unit unfolds smoothly on the surface of Mars, the three selected lucky men will board the ship in June and begin the greatest expedition in human history.
As a supporting facility of the BFR Super Rocket, the BFS spacecraft will play an equally important role in the Ares program, that is, sending astronauts to Mars safely.
Musk: "We don't use BFS ships."
Director Carson looked at Musk and said, "But what you said in the PPT is ..."
Musk smiled and waved his hand: "The thing is a 100-person carrier ship. By the time we use it, it is already the last stage of the Ares plan. Just send three astronauts up, we A smaller, more stable and reliable vehicle will be used. What is its name? "
Director Carson: "What's it called?"
"Gold Heart!"
Chief Carson hesitated before he reflected this old stalk.
"Guide to the Milky Way?"
If he remembered the book correctly, it might be called that name. It's just that the golden heart used in it is not a chemical propulsion, but an "infinitely non-probability-driven" that is confusing, and can theoretically reach any corner of the universe instantly.
Musk smiled.
"Yes, Grass Adams' sci-fi masterpiece, I intend to make it the first manned spacecraft to fly to Mars!"
Director Carson smiled and shook his head.
"... I think a more historical name seems more appropriate."
Musk disagreed: "History is written by people. When we succeed, no matter whether it is history or something else."
Deafening cheers erupted not far from the two while they were talking.
Standing there are people from all walks of life invited by NASA, representatives of civil society, and journalists from major media companies. Everyone's face at this moment is nothing but excitement.
In this cheer, the BFR rocket carrying the life support unit galloped towards Mars more than 60 million kilometers away. If nothing else, a month is enough for him to land on the surface of Mars.
Standing at the designated shooting location, the reporters were excited to have completed shooting of the rocket taking off, while playing with the camera while leaving the field from the launch center.
They can't wait to get back to their work computer and start editing tomorrow's headlines.
Wait until today ends.
The whole world will be shaken by the achievements of the United States ...
...
The news of the successful launch of the BFR rocket reached the headlines of the next day without any doubt.
According to the NASA report, the "Golden Heart" spacecraft carrying the life support unit has successfully accelerated to the second cosmic speed and is leaving the Earth-Moon system to the new world.
The United States once again demonstrated to the world its ambitions and strength in the field of aerospace, and at the same time, relevant reports have also been screened in major newspapers, TV news and talk shows.
As one of the main characters in Ares's plan, Space-X's stock price began to rise uncontrollably after a brief shock.
According to a financial practitioner who works on Wall Street, this launch plan brings not only billions of dollars in direct revenue to Space-X, but also billions and even tens of billions of dollars in U.S. stocks. Market value increased.
Considering that the electric vehicle market has expanded with the innovation of lithium-sulfur batteries and controllable fusion technology, it may not be long before Musk's name can be promoted to the top 10 of the world's richest people.
At the same time, with the successful launch of the BFR rocket, domestic public opinion's criticism of the lunar orbiting space station has become increasingly intense.
Many people even jumped out and thought that this tens of billions of projects was doomed to failure from the beginning, and it was a success. Apart from their brilliance, they were useless.
I didn't pay attention to these voices, and didn't even notice what those people said. The Lu Zhou after returning from Shangjing didn't spend any day.
The core difficulty of constructing a space station in lunar orbit is how to send the completed space station components from the ground to the lunar orbit.
At present, there is nothing other than Starry Sky Technology that can do this job.
Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that the victory and defeat of this competition are all tied to him alone.
In the conference room of the Jinling Institute of Advanced Technology and the Institute of Aerospace Technology, a conference on lunar orbital engineering is ongoing.
"... If we want to complete the construction of the lunar orbit space station, we need to deliver at least 500 tons of heavy objects to the lunar orbit," looking at the concept map on the curtain, Lu Zhou gently tapped the table with a ball-point pen. "And this is just the most The basic first-phase project and subsequent orders of at least 2,000 tons are waiting for us. We must maximize our capacity. "
The project manager of the Lunar Orbiting Space Station settles the launch cost of Xingkong Science and Technology in kilograms, and the payment is settled every six months. Because it is a key project directly under the central government, it is quite convenient to find a bank to apply for a loan.
Although the project has not yet started, Lu Zhou has applied for a loan of 50 billion yuan from the four major banks. Part of the money will be used for the construction of the new auspicious aerospace aircraft, and the other part will be used for the development of new space vehicles. .
Having said that, Lu Zhou paused for a moment and continued.
"I think we can work on a spacecraft specifically designed to travel between Earth-Moon transfer orbit and geosynchronous orbit."
A quiet discussion opened in the conference room.
The idea of ​​building a spacecraft designed to travel between the Earth-Moon transfer orbit and the geosynchronous orbit is so avant-garde that even many experts who have worked in this field for decades have no idea.
Hou Guang frowned, thinking for a moment and then said: "You mean ... use Xiangrui to complete the transportation from the surface to the synchronous orbit, and then transfer the space capsule that needs to be transported to a special spacecraft and pass a special spaceflight Does the device complete the transport from low earth orbit to lunar orbit? "
Lu Zhou nodded his head: "Yes."
Hou Guang Shensheng said: "It is theoretically feasible, but there may be no small technical risk during the cargo transfer stage."
Lu Zhou smiled and continued, "Aerospace itself is a risky thing, and every change of orbit is an adventure. The appropriate adventure is worthwhile. If it can be done, we can not only transfer the Earth and the moon to orbit. By increasing the carrying capacity by one level, we can even outsource the launch mission from surface to synchronous orbit to other suitably qualified aerospace companies to share our costs. "
After listening to Lu Zhou's thoughts, Hou Guang fell into silence, and spoke after a while.
"I'll go back to research and give you a detailed report by tomorrow evening."
Lu Zhou Zheng focused his attention.
"Well, it's up to you."
This kind of thing is not a simple decision at the meeting ~ EbookFREE.me ~ He just opened his mind and moved his mouth, and the expert in charge of the specific problem may have to break his leg.
However, Hou Guang did not directly deny his idea, and even expressed that it is theoretically feasible. Then the problem should not be very big, at least the trade-off between the pros and cons has made the big man in the aerospace field a bit excited.
The meeting continued until noon.
After the meeting, Lu Zhou went to the canteen of Jinling Institute of Advanced Research, was about to make a barbecue and find a corner to sit and eat, and a phone call to his mobile phone.
Glancing at the screen, seeing that Director Li had called, Lu Zhou pressed the connect button, put the phone to his ear, and didn't want to speak.
"Hey? What's up?"
Director Li on the other side of the phone didn't greet him with a serious tone, but only said one sentence.
"The American BFR rocket was launched!"