North America, Florida.

On the central launch pad of Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, there is a super rocket with a height of 32 floors.

On the side of the rocket, the American flag, the nasa badge, and the spae-x logo, and the bfr three large letters are printed. At the same time, in order to take care of a few wealthy gold masters, there are several investment banks on Wall Street sponsoring the scheme under these signs.

Such a huge rocket, just sent him to the Cape Canaveral Air Force Base and completed the assembly, it took the staff here for nearly a month. It took a full week to complete the final launch preparation.

Now, the life support unit has been loaded with rockets, all preparations are ready, and finally the moment the expedition begins. A pair of eyes looking up from the direction of the audience, countless people are looking forward to this moment.

The ignition countdown begins very quickly.

With the end of the ten-second countdown, the thick smoke swept through.

The 42 raptor engines consumed liquid oxygen and methane in the fuel chamber at a terrible rate, providing 128 megatons of horrific take-off thrust for the entire spacecraft, pushing the rockets more than 100 meters long away from the launcher. Launch the platform and gallop towards the blue sky.

The roar of the engine is like the same giant beast.

This monster is called chemical advancement.

With the most advanced liquid oxygen methane propulsion technology, this giant beast once again showed the world its strong and powerful arm...

Looking through the telescope, this scene, Musk's mouth tilted up, put down the telescope in his hand and handed it to the assistant, looking at the director of Carson, who was staring at the smoke column in the distance, and said with a smile.

“I said that there is nothing to worry about. We have the world’s best aerospace technology R&D team and the most extensive launch experience. You just have to wait for the news to be uploaded from the desert 60 million kilometers away. ""

"I hope it is a good news," put down the telescope on the bridge of the nose. Director Carson paused and said, "Bfs spacecraft? Are you ready?"

If the life support unit is on the surface of Mars, the three lucky winners will board the ship in June and begin the greatest expedition in human history.

As a supporting facility for the bfr super rocket, the bfs spacecraft will play an equally important role in the entire Ares project, which is to send the astronauts safely to Mars.

Musk: "We don't need a bfs spacecraft."

Director Carson looked at Musk: "But what you said in the ppt is..."

Mask smiled and put his hand on the table: "The thing is a 100-person carrier. When we use it, it is already the last stage of the Ares project. Just send three astronauts up, we Will adopt a more compact, more stable and reliable delivery vehicle, guess what its name is?"

Director Carson: "What is it called?"

"The heart of gold!"

The director of Carson hesitated, only to reflect the old stalk.

"Galaxy Roaming Guide?"

If he didn't remember the book, he probably called it. Only the gold heart in the novel is not a chemical advancement, but a "infinite non-probability drive" that makes people feel puzzled. "Theory" can instantly reach any corner of the universe.

Musk's face smiled.

"Yes, Grasse Adams's sci-fi masterpiece, I intend to make it the first manned spaceship to fly to Mars!"

Director Carson shook his head with a smile.

"...I think it would be more appropriate to take a name that is more historically heavy."

Musk did not think that: "History is written by people. When we succeed, whether it is a sense of history or something else."

When the two were talking, a deafening cheer broke out not far away.

Standing there are people from all walks of life invited by Nasa, representatives of civil society, and reporters from major media companies. At the moment everyone’s face is nothing but excitement.

In this cheer, the bfr rocket carrying the life support unit galloped toward Mars more than 60 million kilometers away. If nothing else, a month's time is enough for him to land on the surface of Mars.

Standing at the set location, the excited reporters have completed the shooting of the rocket take-off, while playing with the camera while leaving the field from the launch center.

They can't wait to get back to the work computer and start editing tomorrow's headlines.

Wait until today is over.

The whole world will be shocked by the achievements of the United States...

......

The news that the bfr rocket successfully launched, without any suspense, boarded the headlines of the next day's news.

According to the nasa report, the "Golden Heart" spacecraft carrying the life support unit has successfully accelerated to the second cosmic speed and is leaving the Earth Moon system to the new world.

The United States once again showed the world its ambition and strength in the aerospace field, while related reports were also screened in major newspapers, TV news, and talk shows.

As one of the protagonists in the Ares program, spae-x's share price began to rise uncontrollably after a brief shock.

According to a financial practitioner working on Wall Street, this launch plan brought not only billions of dollars in direct income to spae-x, but also billions or even billions of dollars in US stocks. Market value growth.

Considering the electric vehicle market that has expanded with the development of lithium-sulfur batteries and controllable fusion technology, it may not be long before Musk's name can be promoted to the top 10 of the global rich list.

At the same time, with the successful launch of the bfr rocket, the critical voice of domestic public opinion on the lunar orbit space station has become more and more intense.

Many people even jumped out and sang, thinking that this tens of billions of projects were doomed from the beginning, and they were successful. Apart from the brilliance of face, there is no more use.

I didn’t pay attention to these voices, and I didn’t even notice what those people said. After returning from Beijing, Lu Zhou was almost idle for a day.

The core difficulty of constructing a space station on the lunar orbit is how to get the completed space station component from the surface to the lunar orbit.

At present, there is nothing more than the Star Technology in this job.

Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that the outcome of this competition is all tied to him.

In the conference room of the Institute of Aerospace Technology of Jinling Institute of Advanced Studies, a conference on the lunar orbital project is underway.

"...If you want to complete the construction of the lunar orbit space station, we need to deliver at least 500 tons of heavy objects to the lunar orbit." Looking at the concept map on the curtain, Lu Zhou gently clicked on the table with a ballpoint pen. "And this is only the most The basic first phase of the project, followed by at least 2,000 tons of orders waiting for us, we must maximize our capacity."

The lunar orbit space station project management party shall settle the launch expenses of Star Sky Technology in units of kilograms, and the funds shall be settled once every six months. Because it is a key project directly under the central government, it is quite convenient to find a bank to apply for a loan, so that there is no problem with the arrears of engineering funds common in local infrastructure projects.

Although the project has not yet begun, Lu Zhou has applied for a loan of 50 billion yuan from the four major banks. Some of this money will be used for the construction of the new aerospace aircraft, and the other part will be used for the development of new space vehicles. .

Having said that, Lu Zhou paused for a moment and continued.

“I think we can study a spacecraft that is specifically designed to travel between the Earth's orbit and the geosynchronous orbit.”

The voice of the whispered discussion was opened in the conference room.

The idea of ​​building a spacecraft specifically for use between the Earth-to-Earth transfer orbit and the geosynchronous orbit is so avant-garde that many experts who have worked in this line for decades have no idea.

Hou Guang brows his head and locks it. After thinking for a while, he said: "What you mean is... use the auspicious to complete the transportation from the surface to the synchronous orbit, and then transfer the space capsule that needs to be transported to a special spacecraft through a special spacecraft. To complete the transportation from the low earth orbit to the lunar orbit?"

Lu Zhou nodded: "Yes."

Hou Guang Shen Sheng said: "There is a theoretical feasibility, but there may be no small technical risks in the transfer of goods."

Lu Zhou smiled and said: "Aerospace itself is a risky thing. Every change is an adventure. Appropriate adventure is worthwhile. If we can do it, we can not only transfer the earth to the moon. The carrying capacity is upgraded by one level, and the launching mission from the surface to the synchronous orbit can be outsourced to other qualified space companies to share our costs."

After listening to the idea of ​​Lu Zhou, Hou Guang fell into silence, and said after a while.

"I will go back to research and give you a detailed report before tomorrow night."

Lu Zhou Zheng focused on the bottom.

"Well, I will give it to you."

This kind of thing is not a simple decision at the meeting. He just opens his mind and moves his mouth. Experts in charge of specific problems may have to break their legs.

However, Hou Guang did not directly deny his thoughts, and even said that it is theoretically feasible. It should not be very big to think about the problem. At least the trade-off between the pros and cons makes the big bull in the aerospace field feel a little heart.

The meeting has been going to noon.

After the meeting, Lu Zhou went to the canteen of the Jinling Institute of Advanced Studies, and was preparing to finish the barbecue bibimbap to find a corner to sit and eat, and a phone call hit his mobile phone.

I glanced at the screen and saw that it was called by Secretary Li. Lu Zhou pressed the button and put the phone to his ear. He didn't want to open his mouth.

"Hey? What?"

Director Li at the other end of the phone did not have a cold voice, and his tone was serious. He only said one sentence.

"The American bfr rocket was launched!"