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From the very beginning, Tianxia's manned lunar landing program was not a "tourist-style" manned lunar landing.

The so-called "tourist-style" manned lunar landing is actually the kind of manned lunar landing that the Americans did decades ago.

Take a manned lunar landing device to land on the moon, exit the cabin and land on the moon, announce that mankind has finally landed on the moon, then spend a few or a dozen hours on the surface of the moon, and finally bring back some souvenirs, that is, bring back some lunar soil to return to Earth.

This is a "tourist-style" manned lunar landing.

Of course, it is a bit inaccurate to say that, with a bit of political satire, after all, this kind of manned lunar landing still has some scientific research value.

However, it is also limited.

Because the longest activity on the lunar surface has only been more than 20 hours, the time is too short, and because of the limitations of the lunar landing equipment, too few scientific experiments can be done.

It is understandable that Tianxia does not want to do this kind of manned lunar landing, after all, the fame of "human first", which is full of political meaning, has been taken by the Americans, so it is better to do something more practical.

Therefore, Tianxia's plan skipped the "tourist-style" manned lunar landing, not doing those repetitive but meaningless things, and directly went to the lunar base, allowing astronauts to stay on the moon for a long time.

Once successful, the stay time will skyrocket, with an initial plan of one year.

In this process, equipment can be transported there, allowing astronauts and scientists to better survive and do scientific research on the moon.

Studying the psychological and physiological problems of human beings staying on other planets for a long time, as well as the lunar landform structure, historical causes, and resource distribution, is very important for establishing permanent bases in the future and better developing and utilizing the moon.

This plan was originally scheduled to be carried out in ten years, but after obtaining Tang Chao's complete set of Long March 9 technology, the manned lunar landing plan was greatly advanced, but the design, verification, and manufacturing speed of the lunar base living cabin could not keep up.

Fortunately, it has already started, and thanks to the technological success of the new generation of manned spacecraft, it should be able to catch up with the progress.

But I didn't expect Tang Chao to give them another surprise.

Originally, the first flight of the Long March 9 rocket should carry an experimental satellite platform to verify various technologies, but its tonnage is too small, so it can only verify whether the Long March 9 can fly, and if you want to verify other things, you can't really verify it.

Think about how many times the famous lunar rocket "Saturn V" was test-flown in the early stage in order to achieve manned lunar landing, which can be seen from the mission number of "Apollo 11", which achieved the first human landing on the moon.

Even if the first Long March 9 transported an unmanned lunar base living cabin to the moon, and Tianxia didn't have the money to do so many experiments, at least two launches would have to be tried, but Tang Chao started big as soon as he started.

Who can stand this?

And his reason is...

"The technology of the Long March 9 is provided by me. I know its capabilities and I believe in your manufacturing capabilities. I think you have simulated it many times, right? What is the success rate?"

What is the success rate?

Although it has not actually been launched, they have simulated it more than a thousand times, and the success rate has reached 99.28%.

This value is quite awesome, even if it is just a simulated value.

After obtaining Tang Chao's "Long March 9" technology, they made a comprehensive comparison with their own Long March 9 technology under research. They found that the technology provided by Tang Chao was better than their own under research.

Not only is the technology more complete, but he even provides the technology for manufacturing equipment.

Due to the long-term technological blockade, many related cutting-edge manufacturing equipment cannot be bought and can only be manufactured by themselves, but due to the problem of technological accumulation, the equipment manufactured by themselves is always a little bit worse, and the problems of the parts manufactured by these self-made equipment can be imagined.

Now that Tang Chao has given all these technologies, the country can manufacture those top equipment themselves, and then the quality of the parts manufactured by these top equipment can also be imagined.

The superposition of this positive factor, of course, greatly increases the success rate of the "new" Long March 9, and even increases its performance a lot.

They calculated the latest data, and the carrying capacity of near-Earth orbit has been increased to 190 tons, and the carrying capacity of lunar orbit has been increased to 55 tons.

This is not the final data. The Long March 9 still has a lot of room for improvement, and even the initial improvement has been put on the agenda.

After Tang Chao's reminder, they came back to their senses. In fact, the success rate of the first flight rocket of the Long March 9 is quite high, but they are undertaking national missions and have always followed a safe route.

Now that Tang Chao has made this request to use the Long March 9's test flight mission to transport the lunar base living cabin to the moon, they naturally... agreed.

The experimental satellite platform that was originally used as an experimental payload was also quite valuable. It was a last resort to launch it with an experimental rocket. It was still caused by the lack of funds. They could only think of ways to do more things with less money.

But once the experimental rocket fails, the experimental satellite platform will also turn into fragments, plus the research and development, design, and manufacturing costs, hundreds of millions or even billions will be lost.

"So is this matter settled?" Tang Chao asked.

"Yes, we can decide this," the people from the Aerospace Group said, "But some details still need to be discussed in a meeting. Prepare the information and let's find time for a meeting."

"Okay, no problem. How about a week later?" Tang Chao was even more straightforward.

"Okay."

Getting the answer, Tang Chao nodded, and then said: "That's settled, then the next one, the core module will be launched in ten days. Our company also has a space station plan, or a space capsule."

"You also know that our company plans to engage in space tourism, so we want to create a place for tourists to stay in orbit. In the early stage, it will be a space capsule. We plan to dock it on the Tiangong space station. I don't know if it is possible?"

Commercial space capsule docked on the Tiangong space station?

After listening to Tang Chao's question, the two people in the video were stumped, because this matter is not easy to say. It is different from using the Long March 9 to launch the lunar living cabin.

The first lunar living cabin has no one in it. Launching it with the Long March 9 with an experimental nature is equivalent to taking a ride, or taking a test car. The Pathfinder company also bears certain risks.

But docking a commercial space capsule on the Tiangong space station is different. There will be tourists living in it, and the Tiangong space station undertakes a large number of experiments and tests, which is very important for Tianxia.

Not to mention whether the Tiangong space station itself will have problems, if this capsule has problems and even destroys the Tiangong, the loss... it is not just a matter of compensation.

Even if there are no technical problems with this capsule, the tourists who stay there are not professional astronauts after all. If they cause trouble, the consequences will be equally bad.

Moreover, it has been stated that it is a commercial capsule and will be sent up by themselves, so it is impossible to conduct a review like selecting astronauts. If someone deliberately sabotages, the consequences will be even worse.

So they can't make a decision on this matter.

But after all, it was Tang Chao who raised it, so the person from the Space Administration said: "How about this, Comrade Tang Chao, please also prepare the planning data for the space capsule. Let's discuss it together at the meeting in a week?"

"After all, this matter is more difficult to handle than the previous one. I hope you can understand that we also need to hold a meeting internally in advance."

Hearing this answer, Tang Chao smiled, as long as there is a chance.

"Of course, cooperation must be mutually beneficial. The situation of both parties must be taken care of. That's it. See you in a week."

"Okay."