“Report to the leader, the area has been cleared!”

At this time, the security department reported the situation.

“Got it!” Liu Tao nodded slightly, then took the elevator to the underground laboratory.

Liu Tao looked at the spaceship. He didn’t expect that it would be used so soon.

Liu Tao pressed the switch, and the heavy door suddenly opened and continued to rise.

A passage was revealed, which led to the outside.

Liu Tao waited until the door was fully opened before boarding the spacecraft.

Start the spacecraft and the entire spacecraft will be powered on immediately.

Liu Tao used the minimum power and drove the spacecraft slowly towards the passage.

After exiting the passage, the security personnel couldn’t help but look towards the spacecraft, each of them was stunned.

They didn’t expect that there was a spaceship here.

That beautiful body is full of science fiction feeling.

When they reached the open space, Liu Tao started the vertical engine. The engine turned, making a terrifying roar downwards, and the huge fuselage rose upwards.

When the fuselage leaves the ground and the landing gear is retracted into the cabin, after rising about 200 meters, the nose of the aircraft is slightly lifted upward.

The engine produced a terrifying thrust, giving the spacecraft enormous power and quickly reaching supersonic speed.

And then it keeps accelerating.

At the same time, the radar was activated and continued to search. This was a 360-degree search radar that could search the surrounding area within miles to avoid collisions.

Liu Tao contacted the ground command system and at the same time contacted the National Strategic Security Defense Command Center below to avoid being regarded as an unidentified flying object and being directly attacked.

At the ground control center, everyone stared in amazement at this spacecraft that looked like a product of science fiction.

According to observations, the current speed of spacecraft has reached Mach 5 and is still increasing rapidly.

They all understood that this spacecraft used electric propulsion rather than traditional chemical propulsion.

The person in charge of the ground command center was trembling all over.

He was praying in his heart that nothing would happen to Liu Tao and that he would return safely, otherwise he would be in trouble and his leader would kill him.

On the other side, in the spacecraft, Liu Tao was wearing a new space suit and sitting in a seat.

“The altitude is approaching the critical value, and the flight mode will be switched soon!”

The ‘Panshan’ artificial intelligence makes a reminder sound.

According to the air pressure and temperature curve, when the altitude reaches more than 20 kilometers, the density of the external atmosphere will rapidly decay to a very low value. At this time, the wings can no longer provide the upward power, and the engine thrust is needed to fight against gravity. The spacecraft will fly upward at a greater tilt angle.

At this time, astronauts cannot walk around freely in the spacecraft and have to sit in their seats.

At this time, the wings of the spacecraft began to retract, and the engine output power gradually increased. At the same time, the nose began to rise significantly, and began to rush towards outer space along a trajectory almost tangent to the earth.

Liu Tao clearly felt the increase in gravity, but the magnitude of this increase was nothing compared to that during a rocket launch.

“Earth!” Liu Tao couldn’t help but hold his breath.

Although we often see this scene on the Internet and on TV, when we actually leave the earth on a spaceship and see it with our own eyes, the shock we feel simply touches our soul.

The distance between the Panshan spacecraft and the blue planet is getting farther and farther.

Although, strictly speaking, the earth is not a sphere, but an ellipsoid.

But to the naked eye, it looks like a sphere.

At this time, the “Panshan” spacecraft had broken through the 100-kilometer limit and began to enter the warm layer from the mesosphere.

About 60 kilometers further up, you will reach the lowest altitude orbiting the earth – a 160-kilometer orbit.

At this point, although we have not yet left the exosphere, the air resistance is already weak enough to be negligible.

On the screen of the spacecraft, Liu Tao looked at Liu Yingqing floating in the space and couldn’t help but show a look of heartache.

When the space rope broke, Liu Yingqing floated into space. How terrifying it was.

You have to know that space is not beautiful at all. Everywhere you look, there is a bottomless abyss.

“Daughter!” Liu Tao established a telephone connection with Liu Yingqing.

Liu Yingqing: “Dad, I’m so scared~~I’m sorry, maybe I should listen to mom and not become an astronaut~~”

“Don’t be afraid, my daughter. Dad is here to save you!” Liu Tao said firmly, “It won’t be long before Dad finds you!”

“Dad, please stop comforting me. I know I can’t go back.” Liu Yingqing forced a smile. “Being buried in space, with the stars as my companions, is a very romantic thing.”

“Dad, don’t tell mom about my affairs. Mom is old and can’t accept it. If she asks, just say I was on a mission.” Liu Yingqing said, “If there is an afterlife, I will be your daughter again.”

Liu Yingqing had her eyes closed at this time. She didn’t dare to open her eyes at all. There was an abyss all around her, so dark that it made her extremely frightened.

There are probably thousands of operating and abandoned satellites in space today, but they are distributed in different orbits. Even in the same orbit, there is a satellite every fifty or sixty kilometers. Satellites are so small that they are like dust at such a long distance and cannot be seen by the naked eye.

“Dad will definitely save you. Believe me. I have never lied to you since you were a child!” Liu Tao said, “I haven’t told your mother yet. She doesn’t know yet.”

Liu Tao looked at Liu Yingqing, who seemed lonely on the screen, and felt distressed.

He doted on his children, especially his daughter, since they were young.

To be honest, this spacecraft has never been tested, so it is very risky for him to drive it.

But when he learned that his daughter was in trouble, Liu Tao no longer cared about anything else and was no longer rational.

He just wanted to save his daughter.

At the same time, Liu Tao continued to establish contact with the ground command center and mobilized all available resources.

Where there are satellites and where there is space debris are all clearly marked.

Coupled with the airborne search radar, the accuracy is already very, very high.

A constantly flashing dot on the screen is exactly the coordinates of Liu Yingqing.

Finally, the “Panshan” spacecraft was getting closer and closer to Liu Yingqing.

“Daughter, open your eyes.” Liu Tao said to Liu Yingqing.

Liu Yingqing: “Dad, there is endless darkness all around, I dare not open my eyes.”

“It’s okay, open your eyes, I’m right in front of you.” Liu Tao said. The distance between them was only 500 meters and they could see each other clearly with the naked eye.

“Dad, you’re lying!”

“When did Dad lie to you? Open your eyes and see.”

When Liu Yingqing opened her eyes, she saw a beautiful space shuttle appearing in front of her. It is not accurate to call it a space shuttle. To be precise, it should be a spacecraft.

Liu Yingqing’s eyes were filled with disbelief. The Panshan spacecraft kept approaching, and in the end, it was only less than ten meters away.

The hatch opened and Liu Tao, wearing a space suit and a spherical cover on his head, stood at the hatch. A fiber rope stretched out from the hatch towards Liu Yingqing and soon reached where Liu Yingqing was. Liu Yingqing grabbed the fiber rope, tied it around her waist, and then floated towards the hatch as the fiber rope stretched back.

“Dad~~” Liu Yingqing arrived at the cabin door and reached out to hug Liu Tao.

“It’s okay, it’s okay!” Liu Tao patted Liu Yingqing’s back gently.

I took her to the middle disinfection chamber, disinfected her, and untied the fiber rope.

After disinfection, they entered the cockpit.

After taking off the gas mask, Liu Yingqing finally recovered.

She was still very strong inside, and had calmed down from the shock and surprise she had experienced before.

“Dad, what is this?” Liu Yingqing looked at Liu Tao.

Liu Tao smiled and said, “This is a spaceship. Of course, you can also call it a space shuttle. Anyway, it is a spacecraft. I made it over the years. I thought it would never be used, but I didn’t expect it to be used now.”

United States.

An emergency meeting was quickly held.

Kun City is the headquarters of Panshan Group, and it is also where many intelligence personnel gather.

There are even intelligence personnel who study at universities in Queensland as international or exchange students while collecting intelligence at the same time.

Some intelligence personnel are in the identity of tourists or foreign teachers.

When the Panshan took off, someone saw its huge fuselage and even took photos of it, which were immediately transmitted back to the United States.

Various observation stations in the United States are conducting observations based on intelligence.

More and more intelligence reached the United States, so much so that Barack could no longer sit still and convened this emergency meeting.

On the big screen in the conference room were the photos taken by the intelligence personnel.

NASA experts are explaining, “We can be absolutely sure that this is a new type of space shuttle developed by China. It does not need to be launched by a carrier rocket, but is accelerated by electric propulsion to fly into space.”

Based on the information, the expert was very sure of his judgment.

“Electric propulsion? With such a large fuselage, how much thrust would electric propulsion have? Has China already developed to this point in this regard?” Barack couldn’t help but ask, “You NASA said earlier that our American electric propulsion technology is the world’s leading.”

When the NASA leaders and technicians heard this, their faces turned red.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

With this information, they can make a lot of analyses and find that their own electric propulsion technology is far behind.

“Can we assume that the Chinese already have the capability to carry out manned moon landing? And can this space shuttle also carry weapons?” Barack thought more.

The Minister of Defense could not help but say: “If this situation occurs, we will be in a very passive position. They can develop a military-use aerospace plane that can cruise at an altitude of 100 kilometers, and even fly in low-Earth orbit. If necessary, they can fly into the atmosphere and launch military strikes against the targets they want to attack.”

Just thinking about this scene made him shudder.

There’s absolutely no way to intercept it!

“We must emphasize to them again that aerospace technology cannot be used in the military field, and outer space weapons for non-defense purposes must not be developed!” someone said in a deep voice.

The others looked at him as if he were an idiot.

If the emphasis is on usefulness, why would people develop technology?
If it were the United States, it would not care either.

Everyone knows the current situation. They can no longer do whatever they want and have to weigh the pros and cons again and again.

Barack said: “We must pay attention to this aspect of defense, and we must also develop this aspect of technology, and we cannot passively take the beating.”

The feeling of having a sword hanging over your head is so uncomfortable that you have to consider taking some risks because the sword hanging over your head may fall at any time.

This will put you at a disadvantage during bargaining and negotiation, and you will suffer losses.

Moscow.

The same meeting was also being held, and intelligence personnel immediately passed the intelligence back to Russia, which then tracked and monitored the information.

Report the news to Vladimir as soon as possible.

Vladimir called an emergency meeting.

As one of the three major space powers in the world, Russia has inherited the huge legacy of the Soviet Union and has not stopped manned space flight in the past decade.

Even in the International Space Station, Russia is an important member.

Russia’s manned space technology is still very advanced.

Moreover, Russia’s space shuttle technology is quite mature.

“We must attach importance to the development of aerospace technology. We cannot lose space, especially the moon. We must carry out manned lunar landing!” Vladimir said solemnly.

Some people say that the 21st century is the century of talents, and of course others say that the 21st century is the century of space. Whoever excels in the field of aerospace will have an advantage in the world.

Similarly, some people say that as the outpost of the future of space exploration, whoever controls the moon controls the future.

During the Soviet era, some Soviet military experts proposed building a missile base on the moon, which would make it easy to strike any corner of the earth and would be undefended.

If any country controls the moon and really builds a missile launch base on the moon, there will be no fun at all.

It is difficult to launch a missile from the Earth to attack the Moon because the Earth has a strong gravitational pull. However, it is much easier to launch a missile from the Moon to attack the Earth because the Moon has a weak gravitational pull.

Now that China has suddenly come up with such a strategic-level thing, is it trying to send some signal to the outside world?
At this time in space, Liu Yingqing was learning about the “Panshan” spacecraft.

The more I understand, the more shocked I am.

Whether it was artificial intelligence or other aspects, she was shocked.

Because the ‘Panshan’ spacecraft is too advanced.

Unexpectedly advanced.

This seems like something out of a science fiction movie or TV show. It’s so sci-fi.

“Dad, doesn’t that mean we can use the ‘Panshan’ to carry out a manned lunar landing?” Liu Yingqing thought of this possibility.

Liu Tao nodded and said, “In theory, it is possible. Not to mention manned moon landing, even manned Mars landing is possible.”

“Then why not take it out earlier so that we can carry people to the moon and Mars?” Liu Yingqing was puzzled.

Liu Tao smiled and said, “We have to walk one step at a time and eat one bite at a time. Our development over the past thirty years can be described as lightning fast. If we go any faster, we will easily fall.”

Why is manned lunar landing important?
It is important to say it is important, and it is not that important to say it is not important.

Manned lunar landing is not the result. Its real importance lies in the accumulation and progress in the process of manned lunar landing and the cultivation of a strong aerospace team.

A spaceship is nothing. A strong team of talents is the most important, because they can build more spaceships and more advanced spaceships. (End of this chapter)