Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

"This launch mission, carried out by the Yuanhang-3 rocket and carrying an experimental unmanned spacecraft, is an important step in China's lunar exploration plan."

"The Yuanhang-3 rocket is a three-stage rocket with a total of six boosters. It uses new fuel and was jointly developed by the Qiusuo Research Institute and the Aerospace Academy. It is a super-thrust rocket that is completely independently researched, designed and manufactured by our country. The take-off thrust is the same as that of the Earth and Moon. The carrying capacity is unprecedented, reaching 3,000 meters and 50 meters respectively, which has basically met the needs of the manned lunar exploration plan. "

"As expected, the entire process of launch, orbit, moon landing, return, and landing of the Qiusuo Research Institute's launch mission is expected to be completed within eight to nine days..."

Different from projects like controlled nuclear fusion,

Qiusuo Research Institute's lunar exploration plan is basically semi-public.

There are official media such as China News Service and China News Service conducting live broadcasts.

Outside the launch site, some distance away, there are also many tourists waiting to watch the rocket launch.

"...What do I think? The Yuanhang-3 rocket of the Qiusuo Research Institute is so big. It feels fat and tall."

"Nonsense, the official website of the Aerospace Academy states that Yuanhang-3 is 109 meters tall, and its diameter is much fatter than ordinary low-Earth orbit rockets. Each of the four boosters is larger than the last. However, big is good, and big is beautiful. ! This is so shocking.”

"Don't mislead people. The bigger the rocket, the better. The key is to look at the thrust-to-weight ratio...but the carrying capacity is also very powerful."

"Can anyone give me some science knowledge on what it means if this launch mission is successful?"

"It means that we can land on the moon next time! And it will probably be very soon. I don't believe that Qiusuo Research Institute, a rich man, will only build one Yuanhang-3 rocket at a time. There will probably be backups, and the moon landing spacecraft will be ready when the time comes. Just install it and you can fly immediately!”

"Have we not achieved controllable nuclear fusion? Can't we put a controllable nuclear fusion reactor in it? Why do we still use traditional rockets?"

"I guess... our materials science may not be up to that level yet?"

This is early April 24th.

The Internet is extremely lively at the moment.

In the official live broadcasts of China News Service and Main Station News,

People were excited and even excited to discuss related matters.

Although this launch mission does not look as impressive as the realization of controllable nuclear fusion,

But many people are still very interested in walking towards the stars and the sea.

…

Launch site command center.

Mo Dao, as the dean of the Qiusuo Research Institute and the head of the aerospace research team at the moment, was naturally present.

However, the execution of this launch mission is mostly left to the personnel of each team.

After all the entire launch process and procedures have been determined,

There was no need for Mo Dao to intervene temporarily.

More importantly, Mo Dao is just standing here as a witness.

certainly,

For other researchers, Mo Dao is standing here at this moment,

Many people's nervous state of mind at this moment can be calmed down a lot.

Mo Dao glanced at the large screen in the command hall of the launch site, which showed the combination of rocket and unmanned experimental spacecraft that had been placed on the launch pad.

This launch of the unmanned experimental spacecraft,

and was not able to be performed at the long-path launch site,

Although the construction efficiency is already very high, it will still take some time before the long-distance launch site is fully delivered.

However, after this unmanned experimental spacecraft,

A real manned lunar exploration and launch mission can probably be carried out at the long-distance launch site dedicated to the Exploration Research Institute.

now,

The rocket has already completed fueling.

Most of the umbilical cord derived from the tower next to the rocket has been retracted.

This time it is an unmanned experimental spacecraft, and there is no need for astronauts to enter the spacecraft.

At this moment, all preparations for the rocket spacecraft assembly are ready, and the last round of pre-launch inspections has been completed.

Just wait for the scheduled time to take off.

"Countdown to five minutes to prepare."

In the command center, a clear announcement sounded again,

The reporters from Main Station News and China News Service who entered the command hall for live broadcast paused.

The live broadcast of the main station news and the official live broadcast of China News Service.

Originally, we invited some experts to discuss some issues about rocket launches and moon landing exploration.

They all stopped at this moment,

The screen started to cut to the scene of the launch site.

"One minute to prepare."

Mo Dao also turned his head and looked at the scene of the launch site on the big screen.

"30 seconds."

Mo Dao's expression was quite calm. In his previous life, similar rocket launch missions had been quite frequent.

After Mo Dao retired, he also went to the moon.

However, for the researchers involved in this space mission,

At this moment, it is inevitable that I can't help but feel a little worried.

Although they have great confidence in the spacecraft and rocket they developed themselves, they also have great confidence in Mo Dao who leads them to implement this goal.

But when it comes to the end, it is inevitable that I still feel a little apprehensive.

Putting aside the previous ones, they are basically low-Earth orbit launch missions.

This time, it can be regarded as the real starting point to explore the main goal of the institute.

This spaceship is even an unmanned spacecraft.

It will also fly to the first interstellar destination besides the Earth itself.

"10..."

"9..."

As the countdown begins,

Many researchers seemed to be following this countdown and levitating together.

Although he was sitting with his feet on the ground, he seemed to be light and airy. He unconsciously grabbed the table in front of him or some other things in his hands.

"5..."

"4..."

The launch process has been established and will not stop just because someone is nervous.

These last few seconds will not stop here.

"3...2...1!"

"ignition!"

After the announcer's somewhat firm voice fell,

The whole world seemed to be quiet for a moment,

Then, there was a huge roar accompanied by the shaking of the ground and window glass.

On the launch pad, high temperature and coolant collided with each other, causing a thick white mist to almost cover half of the huge body of Yuanhang 3.

In the thick white mist, you can still see the hot flames ejected from the lower end of the rocket and below the six boosters.

Outside the launch site, a usual tourist viewing spot,

Even though they were quite far away, they seemed to feel the ground shaking caused by the rocket launch.

Under the violent and delicate thrust, it is like a mountain or a behemoth like a tall building.

It can be said that the creation that embodies the cutting-edge technology of mankind began to struggle to break away from the shackles of the earth's gravity and left the ground.

Then, there is the intensive programmatic announcement.

"Capital time 15 hours, 16 minutes, 32 seconds and 326 milliseconds... the ignition and launch was successful."

"The posture of the combination is normal, the power is normal, and the overall combination is normal..."

"The light radar starts tracking, the light radar tracking is normal..."

A huge thing rises from the ground, and the visual impact it brings is intuitive and shocking.

In the first few seconds,

The Yuanhang No. 3 assembly rises slowly.

From the billowing white mist, this behemoth gradually emerged.

The air was distorted under the hot flames.

Seeing this behemoth, the first feeling of many people watching at the scene was,

How on earth did they push such a huge thing into the sky steadily?

and then,

In sight of the naked eye, the Yuanhang-3 assembly began to accelerate significantly.

Against the backdrop of a clear sky,

This giant thing is also gradually getting smaller,

Many people raised their heads and chased the Yuanhang-3 assembly until it completely disappeared from sight.