Red Soviet Union

Putin is capable, thoughtful, and thoughtful, and Andrei's travels are also very smooth.

Baikonur Space Center, as the most important space center of the Soviet Union, also undertakes the largest launch mission. This launch is still carried out here.

It's not the first time Andrei has come here, but, as the successor of the general secretary and the actual controller of the Soviet, Andrei's popularity is of course unprecedented!

In the conference room at the launch site, Andre listened to reports from experts on the site, especially the report from Chelomyan, the person in charge of the Mars exploration program this time.

Among the aerospace figures in the Soviet Union, Chelomyen is a tragic figure. He can't fight against Korolev. Various projects in his hands are often cut off. Especially, in later generations, before the disintegration of the Soviet Union, his A project was also said to be developed without approval, and he was going to be sent to prison.

But now, the situation has changed a lot. The Soviets are constantly developing space technology, and Chelomyen has also got a share of it. He is responsible for continuing to research nuclear-powered rockets to meet the needs of Mars exploration!

Qie Luo resolutely pumped up his energy and worked hard. Finally, until now, his efforts have yielded results. The nuclear-powered rocket is about to fly for the first time to perform the mission of exploring Mars!

Our nuclear-powered rockets are fully capable of launching payloads directly from the launch site, but because the gas ejected from our nuclear-powered rockets is radioactive, we have to adopt the current compromise plan. Said: We need to use the Proton rocket to launch our Mars rover.

One problem with nuclear powered rockets is radioactivity! Therefore, this first detection is not directly ignited on the earth. First, ordinary rockets are used to shoot out this kind of nuclear rocket. After leaving the atmosphere, the nuclear rocket can work!

What we are developing now is the latest dual-mode nuclear rocket engine system. Chelomyan continued: In this system, a single engine can generate a thrust of 168 kN, and at the same time supply an effective electric power of 25kw. Such a single One engine is enough for our probe this time, and our manned Mars exploration plan will use four such engines combined to completely and effectively solve the propulsion power and power supply problems of the Mars exploration spacecraft .”

168 kN! This seems to be just the thrust of a turbofan engine, but you must know that the biggest advantage of this engine is that it can continuously provide thrust! In space, without resistance, this kind of engine can accelerate to a sky-defying speed if it continues to work! Ordinary rocket engines can only work for a few hundred seconds, but this kind of engine works much longer!

Moreover, in later generations, the plan launched by Russia only produces 68 kN of thrust, and four engines can guarantee to carry a payload of about 90 tons to Mars at one time. Of course, these equipment are launched by launch vehicles.

Andre nodded: Our exploration of space will not stop. If this launch goes well, the probe can reach Mars, and prepare technical reserves for our manned landing on Mars, then our manned landing on Mars The plan will also be passed.

Now, it is just to launch a probe and verify the technology. When the technology is mature, the plan of manned landing on Mars can be launched!

In the beginning, the Soviet Union fell behind in the manned moon landing plan, relying on the n-1 rockets piled up like building blocks, with a 100% launch failure rate, but now, the Soviet Union is alone in its manned Mars exploration plan. , after all, the Soviet Union has no opponents!

With a joyful expression on Chelomian's face, manned exploration of Mars! If this plan can go ahead, then he will also be recorded in history because of this plan!

Yes, Marshal Andre. Chelomian said, We firmly believe that our launch will be successful!

It will definitely be a success! After all, the Proton rocket has been launched many times,

The success rate is quite high, and their payload, the nuclear-powered Mars rover on top of the Proton rocket, has also been tested many times, and there is no problem at all!

The development of liquid rockets has encountered a bottleneck. We must study new methods and new space technologies to realize our dream of space exploration. Andre said: Compared to the scale of the universe, our existing The way is still too backward.”

Andre of the later generations read a book called A Brief History of Time, which is easy to understand, and makes people who read it spontaneously feel the insignificance of human beings. For space navigation and space exploration, more advanced technology is necessary. , a more advanced theory.

The launch window will open in two hours. While Andre was discussing with these experts, the preparations in the launch hall were also proceeding intensely and orderly.

The Proton rocket with the booster stands on the launch pad. This is already a fairly mature rocket. Up to now, it has carried out more than 200 launches. And now, this latest Proton-d rocket, with the booster strapped underneath, looks quite spectacular, and in the fairing above it, this Mars rover is installed. At the same time, this is not it This is the first time to launch a Mars probe, and it has been launched several times in the past, but this time, the probe it launched is absolutely different!

When it was getting dark, the launch window finally arrived!

When the flames emerged from the bottom of the rocket, the whole rocket was trembling, slowly climbing upwards! Speed, faster and faster!

Going out of the atmosphere, throwing away the booster, the rocket behind it fell off stage by stage, and when the top stage ignited, it had already entered geosynchronous orbit! One launch into orbit!

If it is an ordinary satellite, the speed is enough now, but of course it is not enough to detect Mars!

After the fourth-stage rocket finished burning, the fairing on the top opened, revealing a unique detector!

This detector has a big head and a small rear, and the exposed flare-like rocket nozzle looks even more impressive. When the four-stage rocket fell off, it also started intense work.

The liquid hydrogen pump starts to pump out the liquid hydrogen in the front liquid hydrogen storage tank, and injects it into the cooling jacket through the conduit. After being heated, the gaseous hydrogen enters the hydrogen turbine through the conduit. The gaseous hydrogen undergoes partial expansion in the turbine and, after a drop in pressure, enters the nuclear reactor. At the same time, the energy generated by the turbine is supplied to the liquid hydrogen pump to realize self-circulation.

After entering the nuclear reactor, the hydrogen quickly absorbs the heat of the reactor, the temperature rises sharply, and it becomes a high-temperature and high-pressure gas! Then, it enters the nozzle for expansion, and converts heat energy into kinetic energy to be ejected from the nozzle at high speed!

During the whole process, there is no real combustion, so there is no flame at the tail, only milky white hydrogen vapor!