This is how black technology should be used

Chapter 197 Private Competition
"Good guy, I didn't expect that our country's space station has just been built, and now private companies can build commercial space stations?"

"Actually, it's not a big deal. It's just that our country's space station was built late. People abroad have already had plans for commercial space stations, and there are more than one."

"Indeed, and after seeing Practical Technology's lunar outpost test module, I think the commercial space station can be done."

"As far as practical technology is concerned, it should not be a big problem to manufacture the space station cabin, but how to send it to orbit, using the Long March [-]?"

"Is the Long March [-] still considered a commercial space station?"

"We should forget about it, otherwise there are really no purely commercial rockets in China that can transport the space station module. The largest commercial rocket now is Phoenix 8.5, but its low-Earth orbit carrying capacity is only [-] tons, and it has not yet made its first flight."

"It seems that the space station module can only be transported by Long March 2. As for manned transportation, should Long March [-]F be used?"

"No, I don't think Practical Technology will directly use the national team's Long March 2F manned rocket. That type of manned rocket is already outdated. It will definitely use recyclable manned rockets and manned spacecraft. Like Eagle [-] and Crew Dragon."

"I think so too, and I also think that Practical Technology will cooperate with Phoenix Aerospace, because the Phoenix [-] rocket is a scaled-down version of the Eagle [-]. If Practical Technology cooperates with it, it doesn't have to build a rocket from scratch, it just needs to build a smaller version. A version of the Crew Dragon spacecraft will do."

"Yes, the Phoenix [-] rocket cannot launch the space station module, but it should be no problem to launch a manned spacecraft."

"Yeah, that's a good idea."

"It's really good, I have detailed data here, let's take a look..."

"Hey, shit, someone has already designed it in the Little Green Men game..."

In some cases, netizens and related enthusiasts have stronger design desires than the official ones, and can even come up with various ideas.

In the imagination of netizens, the Phoenix-[-] rocket, which has not yet made its first flight, can be used as a manned rocket.

Phoenix II is a two-stage liquid carrier rocket with a diameter of 3.35m, a total length of 49.5m, a total weight of 216 tons, and a total take-off thrust of 268 tons. If it is not recovered, the low-Earth orbit carrying capacity will exceed 8 tons.

This diameter is very interesting. It is the traditional rocket diameter of Fanxing. The core diameter of the Long March 2F manned rocket is 3.35 meters.

Moreover, the non-recoverable low-Earth orbit carrying capacity of Phoenix 8 exceeds 8 tons. Coincidentally, the weight of the old Shenzhou spacecraft that can carry people on Fanxing's side is about [-] tons.

However, if the Phoenix 7 rocket recovers the first stage, its carrying capacity will be reduced to about [-] tons.
Of course, it doesn't matter, because most of the manned spacecraft in human history are under 7 tons.

For example, the early ones that only carried one or two people weighed only 3 or 4 tons.

It is the most famous commercial manned spacecraft, the Dragon spacecraft, which weighs less than 10 tons, but can carry 7 astronauts.

This is much better than Fanxing and Lucia's old manned spacecraft that weighs 7 or 8 tons but can only carry 3 astronauts.

However, considering that those two were formed earlier, technology is also developing rapidly, and the nature of the national team manned mission and the commercial manned mission are different, it is difficult to make a comparison.

The Phoenix 6 rocket is just like the Eagle 4 rocket in size, mass and performance, but the manned spacecraft it transports can be made smaller, about [-] tons, and it must be trivial to transport [-] people. .

Practical technology can build a lunar outpost test module of more than 30 tons, and it should not be a big problem to build a 6-ton manned spacecraft.

Although there are 4 beds on one side and 4 seats on the other side, the outpost needs to take root on the moon, and the manned spacecraft only needs to fly to a commercial space station in low Earth orbit.

completely fine!
6 tons is definitely enough!
After all, the manned spacecraft that is being designed by the Peacock Kingdom next door weighs only 3 tons and can carry 3 astronauts. The 6 tons that netizens envisioned with 4 people is considered conservative.

After all, to carry people, there must be some safety redundancy.

However, the netizen’s analysis this time is considered a “turnover”, because the aerospace company of Practical Technology has no intention of developing a “traditional” manned spacecraft at all, and as for the rocket that boosts the manned spacecraft to the sky, it does not exist.

What it wants to do is even more awesome.

However, it is currently under development, and Li Weiwei wants to give people a big surprise, so he didn't disclose much about the situation, so that netizens speculated and discussed a lot, so that it was foreign aerospace companies that really "stretched their muscles".

First of all, it is also a matter of commercial space stations, and the Freedom Federation said that they are far ahead.

The commercial aerospace industry on the shores of the Free Federation is already very developed. Compared to the Starry side, its commercial manned rockets are ready-made and there is no need to start new research and development. Even the International Space Station relies on them to transport astronauts.

And the activities of commercial space travel have also been carried out, but in the modified manned spacecraft.

So now they only need one commercial space capsule to complete the entire commercial aerospace system.

In this regard, they are still full of confidence.

Their plan for this year is to launch the first module of a commercial space station, and then complete the first commercial tourism project for humans to use a commercial manned rocket to dock with a commercial space station.

If this project can be completed, it will be very important for the consolidation of the Free Federation's status.

Now that the Freedom Federation has come to its senses, if you want to show your face, it will be very disadvantageous to engage in projects that are very far away and have a very long timeline. If you want to engage in projects that are close to your eyes, the effect will be good.

Therefore, although Mars sampling missions are still supported, they are not as high priority as before.

It was said how much funding would be given, but there was no news after the first phase of funding was paid.

And don’t rush it, just take your time.

The eyes of the Freedom Federation have come back from the distant Mars, and refocused on the Earth-Moon system.

The spectacle that people can see with their own eyes is even more shocking!
The "Superman Potion" cannot be announced in advance, because it is still in the experiment, and even if it is successful, it cannot be announced immediately. It must be used by the masters first, and then announced to the public.

But it doesn't matter. When the Free Federation opened their horizons, they found a large number of projects that could show their advantages.

Sure enough, I have the advantage!
Even netizens feel that the stars are dangerous, because the Freedom Federation is serious, even in commercial aerospace projects in terms of overall advantages.

"The Freedom Federation is still the Freedom Federation, people's accumulation in this area is too rich."

"Yeah, Fanxing is incomparable in this regard, and there is no way to overtake if you keep walking behind."

"Indeed, Fanxing's commercial aerospace accumulation is still too weak. Sending an outpost test module to the moon means nothing. It is equivalent to only one full score in the decathlon, and all the other nine are passed."

"As for the Freedom Federation, it's the other way around, with nine full marks and only one failing. How does this compare?"

"Hey, take your time, take one step at a time, and you will always catch up."

Netizens are right in what they said, there is really no way to overtake if you follow behind.

But just like the outpost test module sent to the moon, it would be better to just open another path instead of following behind.

For example, Li Future is busy with this matter at this time.

He was inspecting the aerospace manufacturing center of Practical Technology.

(End of this chapter)