No matter in the countryside or in the bustling city, no matter men, women, old or young, no matter urban white-collar workers or rural farmers.
At this time, there is only one thing everyone is doing, which is holding their mobile phones.
Everyone watched the graceful figure of Yaoyue passing through the clouds and heading towards the distant moon.
At this moment, I don’t know how many people raised their glasses and drank, and I don’t know how many people cried with joy.
And the Internet has already fallen into madness.
Regardless of the country, all live broadcast platforms were instantly flooded with messages and experienced brief downtime.
"Salute to the motherland's aerospace! Pay tribute to generations of the motherland's aerospace personnel!"
"I'm going to cry, please cheer up!"
"I'm already crying! I didn't expect that I would be able to see the fusion engine go up to the sky in my lifetime!"
"With the fusion engine in the sky, is interstellar travel still far away? Give me a nice answer!"
"Raise a glass to the bright moon, and we will share this moment from the end of the world. Brothers, I will do it first as a token of respect!"
"From now on, the stars are far apart, and there is no longer a distance."
"Our journey is like the stars and the sea, paying tribute to the motherland's aerospace industry!"
"Thousands of words condensed into one sentence: The motherland is awesome!"
…
at the same time.
Kennedy Space Center.
Yaoyue has successfully lifted off for 20 minutes and entered the cruise stage.
For the audience, this also means entering "garbage" time.
But all the engineers and aerospace experts who attended the meeting did not leave. Instead, they left their positions and stood at the front of the big screen.
On the big screen, a replay of the takeoff began.
In the picture, although the "launcher" supporting the entire spacecraft is lifted when it is about to take off, so that the spacecraft faces the sky at an elevation angle of 60 degrees, there is indeed no "wheel" at the contact surface between the bottom of the spacecraft and the launcher.
The absence of wheels means that the landing gear of the spacecraft will directly rub against the launch pad.
"Frame-by-frame playback."
"pause!"
"Did you see it? When it finally took off, the attitude engine of the spacecraft did not output much power, but the attitude of the spacecraft changed."
Everyone was silent.
Needless to say, even a middle school student knows that it is simply impossible to "lift" a ship weighing several thousand tons with the plasma jet ejected by the Hall attitude engine.
What is also shown in the picture is that although the attitude of the spacecraft changes very slightly, everyone can still see it.
The landing gear and launcher have completed separation.
Then I thought of the sentence ‘The force field device is good’ in the previous self-test response from the control center...
Everyone fell silent.
In silence.
Director Bowles let out a long sigh.
Now that the opponent has mastered the anti-gravity field, all problems have been solved.
"It seems that they are planning to block the force field technology." Director Bowles looked at Musk. He knew that the reason why the latter brought everyone from SpaceX here to watch the live broadcast with his people, except
In addition to satisfying "curiosity", more importantly, I hope to gain experience from this launch.
After all, this is the first launch of a self-propelled engine spacecraft, not those fuel rockets that have already matured beyond their maturity.
Every frame of takeoff and landing is precious.
but now……
What experience do you have with other people's force field technology?
"We are already more than one generation behind." Musk's eyes were sunken and the expression in his eyes was extremely complicated.
"Before, even if we were on different sides, I still hoped and was willing to congratulate them on successfully reaching the moon. But now..."
Musk said and closed his mouth.
The aerospace experts present all had expressions similar to his.
As a scientist and engineer who aspires to the aviation industry.
The simple thought of most people is to look at the launch of the Yaoyue No. 1 from the perspective of the future of the entire human race - they admit that they will be a little sad, but if they really want to say that they hope it will fall on the opposite side... they still can't do this kind of thing
Arrived.
But now, after the other party showed off the force field technology he had been hiding...
At this moment, the conference room door opened.
A correspondent from the command center stood at the door.
"Gentlemen, there is news from Artemis. They hope to implement Plan B and carry the supply capsule into lunar orbit, so as to complete the landing one day ahead of schedule and carry more supplies."
Director Powers immediately turned around: "What?"
"They learned about the situation of Yaoyuehao and strongly demanded the implementation of the plan."
Director Powers immediately frowned.
There cannot be only one plan and plan for any space mission.
Especially this feat of sending 18 people to heaven - not surprisingly, this will be the last time humans use high-thrust rockets with traditional working fluids to land on the moon.
It requires more caution and prudence.
Artemis, which is currently decelerating in orbit around the earth and docking with the supply module, proposed Plan B, which is actually the original Plan A, the predetermined plan - this plan will carry more supplies and reach the moon faster.
However, the landing difficulties of this plan will increase, so the current plan was adopted later.
Of course, there's Plan C - abort the mission to orbit.
This is equivalent to a space rescue plan. (Note, it really does exist.)
If we follow the current progress... there will be a fact that is hard to accept.
Artemis took off five days early, but landed one day behind.
Just when everyone was thinking silently, another commander came to the door.
"Director, the phone number of the White House."
…
White house.
"Sir, I just need you to answer me, are we going to land earlier than them according to the original plan?"
"Yes."
"Then why modify it?"
"because……"
"Okay, you don't need to answer. There are two ways before us now. The first is to set foot on the moon first, and the second is to launch a missile and knock down the ship - you choose!"
"...Okay, sir."
"Then tell the girls and boys on the spaceship that I support them! Bai Gong supports them, and the whole country supports them!"
…
ESA.
"We support the implementation of the original plan."
JAL.
"We agree to plan B."
Italian Aviation Authority.
"If it is the astronauts' choice, we agree."
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Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
Yaoyue launch control room.
Since launching the ignition, Ye Ming has remained standing and looking up at the big screen. Even with the boss standing next to him, he has not been distracted at all.
Even when Yaoyue successfully ignited and took off smoothly, he only applauded lightly with everyone.
Afterwards, calm returned to the entire command hall.
There are only data from radar stations, satellites, and Yaoyue itself.
For ordinary people, it’s a day to party.
But to those in the command hall...
Ignition and taking off is just the beginning.
The real difficulties are releasing the satellite into orbit, decelerating during orbit, and landing after deorbiting.
Only safely stepping onto the moon is worth celebrating.