This is how black technology should be used

Chapter 278 The Second Wooden Kite
With the great development of science and technology, there are more and more novel things in the world, but after seeing too much, people always feel that these novel things... are not novel enough.

It is true that the threshold has been raised, and there is no response to general stimuli.

Thinking back to the time when human beings first entered space, the whole world was really boiling, and Gagarin became the hero of all mankind.

Later, as humans entered space more and more times, people felt that it was normal. That is to say, when the rockets of private companies sent humans into space a few years ago, they were a little excited, but it was not to the extent that all human beings cheered.

When humans landed on the moon for the first time, they were cheered all over the world, and the cheers and applause received by the later moon landings were also sparse.

Fortunately, manned landing on the moon is still very difficult, and it has been stopped for decades, so when humans set foot on the moon again, and it was Fanxing's first manned landing on the moon, people cheered again.

Then there was the first construction of a lunar base, the first manned space plane, and the first super rocket first flight, etc., all of which aroused a lot of discussion among people, but after that, they soon calmed down.

Especially the first flight of the super rocket starship spacecraft, the heat will soon disappear.

Because it is not the same as the first construction of the moon base and the first manned aerospace plane, both of which have continuous follow-ups, and the follow-up of the super rocket starship spacecraft... gone.

Well, because we have to study an improved version of the lunar starship and orbital refueling technology for large equipment, resources and attention have been diverted.

Moreover, the second launch of the Starship rocket is not as cheap as the first flight.

Because the uncertainty of the first flight is too great, the first flight of many rockets will not carry expensive spacecraft.

Some will carry cheaper ones, and some simply carry a large cement block, but at the same time, some companies are "not afraid of death" and want to let their equipment take the first flight rocket, and the transportation price will be correspondingly cheap.

In fact, with the continuous development of technology, the probability of successful rocket first flight is getting higher and higher, so many companies' spacecraft will choose this mode.

The same goes for the Space Hotel Company, of course.

But now that the first flight has passed and succeeded, the price of the second launch will naturally go up.

Then... the space hotel company found another aerospace company, and the only chance for the starship to be exposed in the near future was gone.

And the technology baldhead Beilanyuan company that the space hotel company is looking for, the company's new recyclable launch rocket is about to take off in the near future.

This new rocket is called "New Glenn" and it is also a large rocket with a diameter of 7 meters. The second-stage version is about 82 meters high and the third-stage version is 95 meters high.

It can send a payload of 45 tons into low-Earth orbit. The fairing is 20 meters long and 7 meters in diameter. It is trivial to send a 20-ton, 15-meter-long, and 4-meter-diameter contracted inflatable cabin.

It is worth mentioning that because of the initial order for the lunar landing spacecraft, Blue Origin has received a lot of funding and resources to speed up the development of this rocket, otherwise it will not be able to fly for the first time in the near future.

Now the inflatable cabin is hot. Although "New Glenn" is big, it's not the biggest rocket, so it's just picking up the heat.

It's just that before it got hot, even more heat came.

As the wooden kite has flown more and more times, people's novelty of it has declined, but its attention has been getting higher and higher.

The reason is that it sends more and more ordinary people into space at a "cheap" price, and this is not even the privilege of the rich.

The current price is still too high for "true-ordinary people", but it doesn't matter, Li Weiwei has already said that in the future, Muyuan will hold a "reward lottery draw" at the end of each year.

That is to say, in the previous lottery for users of practical technology system products, 7 people were selected to send a space tour.

After this event, it will be held at the end of each year, giving people a sense of expectation.

At the end of February, people suddenly discovered that the Practical Science and Technology Space Center had launched another Wooden Kite. When the two Wooden Kite appeared on the runway at the same time, people were shocked.

"Good guy, the wooden kite has been mass-produced?!"

"It must be mass-produced. For aerospace equipment, two sets are a proper mass-produced!"

"I feel that Mu Yuan No. 2 is more cool, I wonder if it is my illusion?"

"The new plane is definitely more pleasing to the eye, and there should be some subtle changes in the shape of the Muyuan."

"Actually, this is the No. 1 mass-produced aircraft of the Muyuan. The one that has been flying during this period is the Muyuan. It is a prototype."

"Ahem, I almost forgot, after all, it flies so smoothly, I always thought it was an official mass-produced aircraft."

"I almost forgot that the Wooden Kite that started the commercial operation of aerospace aircraft was only the 'Zero Unit'."

"Haha, it's all the same. It doesn't matter if it's 'Unit Zero' or 'Unit One', as long as it can fly!"

In people's expectations, Muyuan-1 quickly completed two unmanned test flights and one manned test flight, and then flew directly to the runway of the Arab League International Space Center.

Yes, this wooden kite No. 1 was bought by the A League.

It can be said that it is worthy of the Arab League, and it can buy aerospace aircraft as soon as it is bought.

As one of the international hotspots, the wooden kite aerospace plane has been sold to the outside world, and it is also the Arab League, which has been spending money to develop the aerospace industry recently to show its influence.

Originally, because of the crazy spending of money, the Arab League has a lot of presence in the aerospace field, but now it is combined with another big hot spot, and it will take off immediately!

It really took off, in a physical sense!

Although the Arab League has spent so much money in the aerospace field, it basically uses the aerospace systems of other countries.

The final result is that there is no shortage of money, but there is not much that actually falls into the country, which means that the country's aerospace development has been funded with its own money.

But this time is different. The Arab League directly bought an aerospace plane, and immediately let its astronauts take it into space.

The Arab League has its own astronauts, but the training is in Lucia, the manned dragon is used to enter space, and the destination is the International Space Station, so the Arab League has nothing but "astronauts".

Well now, my own astronauts go into space in their own aerospace plane, completely autonomous!
Even in order to distinguish between "space tourists" and "astronauts", they also asked the astronauts to bring a few small experimental devices, and then conducted experiments in the cabin of the aerospace plane, showing that the astronauts who entered space this time are astronauts!
This includes Prince Diur.

Although this man has not received serious astronaut training, he has received corresponding training, which is special training, and the aerospace plane is not a serious space station, and there is no huge number of experimental tasks for him to do. This small experiment Totally up to the task.

Just like that, the Arab League has its own astronauts.

A real astronaut.

When other countries look at it, good guy, this is all right?
Then I will buy it too!

(End of this chapter)