‘Panshan’ spacecraft.

Now that he had rescued his daughter, Liu Tao had no plans to stay in space.

Space is too dangerous. Every second you stay there increases the danger.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall!

Liu Tao still understood this principle.

In addition, some comrades have contacted Liu Tao and asked him to return safely.

He also officially embarked on his return journey.

Whether it is a space shuttle, an aerospace plane, or any other manned spacecraft, returning from space is always a technical job.

It didn’t take long to successfully complete the orbit change, entering the transition orbit from the operating orbit.

At this time, not only the observatory belonging to the China Space Administration was monitoring in real time, but NASA was also monitoring in real time by looking at the situation on the big screen.

However, the return voyage of the Panshan was completely different from what they knew.

After entering the ‘landing phase’ at an altitude of 100 kilometers from the ‘re-entry phase’ at an altitude of 20 kilometers, the speed of the ‘Panshan’ spacecraft has been reduced to Mach 6 due to the combined effects of air resistance and the engine.

At this time, the “Panshan” spacecraft spread its wings again, taking on the appearance of a triangular fighter plane.

Under the influence of air resistance, the speed is constantly decreasing, and then the altitude is also constantly decreasing.

The Panshan spacecraft has its radar turned on and is connected to satellites. If any country launches a missile, it will be discovered immediately.

The ‘Panshan’ spacecraft did not choose to fly back to the Panshan Group headquarters. Now that it has been exposed, it would be inappropriate to return to the Panshan Group headquarters.

While in space, Liu Tao had already contacted the ground and learned that the Panshan spacecraft would land at an air force base in the suburbs of Beijing.

This risky behavior is extremely irresponsible to the Party and the country, and Liu Tao is ready to accept criticism from his comrades.

After all, his approach was really inappropriate.

Engine shut down.

The landing gear was lowered and touched the ground heavily, carrying the landing “Panshan” spacecraft and gliding along the runway.

There is no need for a parachute to decelerate.

The medical team, which had been prepared in advance, conducted a series of examinations on Liu Tao and Liu Yingqing when they got off the Panshan spacecraft.

The ‘Panshan’ spacecraft was docked in the hangar of the air force base with its hatch closed.

The next day, Liu Tao attended an emergency meeting.

At the beginning of the meeting, the host informed the participants of the cause and effect of the situation, and everyone couldn’t help but look at Liu Tao.

Everyone present was older than Liu Tao.

But in terms of seniority, Liu Tao is more experienced.

No one knew what to say. Liu Tao’s status and influence did not allow him to do anything dangerous.

Because if something happens to Liu Tao, the loss to China will be too great, and it will truly shake the foundation of the country.

No matter what, the huge Panshan Group cannot do without Liu Tao in charge. No one else has his prestige.

Prestige is something that sounds mysterious, but it really exists.

Liu Tao enjoys unparalleled prestige in Panshan Group. The deterrent power of this prestige is even more terrifying than rules, regulations and laws.

Not to mention, Liu Tao himself is China’s chief scientist, and this kind of influence is extremely terrifying.

From the 80s to the present, for more than years, under the guidance of Liu Tao, China’s chief scientist, China has made rapid progress in scientific and technological development, and has reached the world’s leading level in many fields. The number of people who are truly ahead of others can be counted on two hands.

To put it bluntly, Liu Tao has played a crucial role in China’s development to date and has a promising future. If something happens to Liu Tao and he dies in space, it would not be just a loss or a heavy loss. It would be a major event that would shake the foundation of the country and would be earth-shaking.

The importance of any one of them present could not compare to Liu Tao. Even if they were tied together, they were not as important as Liu Tao.

Even if they die, the reserve forces can immediately take over the baton and ensure that the work is carried out in an orderly manner. But if Liu Tao dies at this time, there will be no one to take over Liu Tao’s job.

Everyone felt helpless as they watched Liu Tao engage in deep self-criticism and reflection.

“Comrade Liu Tao, you have a heavy burden on your shoulders. The burden of China’s rejuvenation rests on you. You are not just yourself, you belong to the nation and this country. I hope this is the first and last time.”

“Comrade Liu Tao, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall. This is the precious wisdom our ancestors left us. You were too impulsive this time. Even if something as serious as this happens, we will not abandon anyone. We will conduct a space rescue. The other astronauts should be prepared.”

“.”

Everyone was criticizing Liu Tao.

Liu Tao accepted it humbly. He believed that everyone’s criticism was a show of care for him and that everyone’s criticism was correct.

Now is a critical time for China’s great rejuvenation, and China has a brighter future.

From a rational point of view, Liu Tao’s risk was wrong.

From an emotional point of view, Liu Tao is right.

We are all parents, and the love that parents have for their children is always the most selfless.

In short, everyone hopes that this is the first and last time.

After the meeting, everyone came to an air force base outside the suburbs of Beijing.

When you see the triangular fighter plane that looks like something out of a science fiction movie with your own eyes, you can still feel the huge shock that cannot be compared to pictures and videos.

“Comrade Liu Tao, please introduce it to us. You are an authority in this area and we are all laymen.”

Liu Tao nodded. The Panshan spacecraft had been disinfected before they could come here. And that was it. Everyone wore protective clothing, and it would be disinfected again after the visit to ensure that there would be no bacteria brought back from space.

“I named this spaceship ‘Panshan’. I developed it in recent years. It is very different from the space shuttle that everyone has in mind, and it is also very different from the spaceships that everyone knows.” Liu Tao said, “You can understand it as an air-space plane!”

The space plane is a popular concept in recent years. It is a new type of aircraft that can perform both aviation and space operations. It is an aircraft that highly combines aviation technology and aerospace technology. The scientific community unanimously believes that once the space plane is successfully developed, it will push space development to a new stage.

The space plane is a future aircraft. It takes off horizontally like an ordinary airplane and flies in the atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of 1.6 to 3 kilometers per hour. Its flight speed at an altitude of 30 to 100 kilometers is 12 to 25 times the speed of sound. It can also accelerate directly into the Earth’s orbit and become a spacecraft. After returning to the atmosphere, it lands at the airport like an airplane and becomes a means of transportation that can travel freely between heaven and earth.

In the past, aviation and aerospace were two different technical fields, with aircraft and spacecraft operating in and out of the atmosphere respectively. The aviation transportation system was reusable, while the space transportation system was generally not reusable. However, the space shuttle can achieve the goal of full reusability and significantly reduce the cost of space transportation.

“But the American ‘XS-1’ project?”

The so-called ‘XS-1’ project is a $1400 million plan proposed this year by the US Department of Defense’s Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop an aerospace plane and conduct its first launch in 2018.

Of course, after Liu Tao and the others got the news, they curled their lips in disdain.

$1400 million to develop a new space plane?
What are you talking in your sleep!
Not to mention 1400 million US dollars, even if the research and development cost is 1000 times more, that is 140 billion US dollars, it would be a blessing if the Americans could succeed in developing it.

在2010年的时候，美国空军的X-37B空天飞机原型机‘轨道试验飞行器1号’已上演处女航，其搭乘‘阿特拉斯-5’型运载火箭发射升空。在2011年3月，美国空军第二架’X-37B’轨道试验飞行器在佛罗里达州卡纳维拉尔角的美国航天局发射场发射到低地球轨道，试验飞行器在空间运行469天，于2012年6月16日在范登堡基地着陆。美国可是对X-37B‘轨道试验飞行器’大加宣传，吹得神乎其神。

Other countries are full of fear. After all, if this is used in military applications, it is indeed full of strategic deterrence and is almost impossible to intercept.

Among so many countries in the world, only China reacted calmly and without any strong reaction.

It is because of China’s national strategic security defense system that China has sufficient foundation.

No matter how fast the X-37B ‘Orbital Experimental Vehicle’ is, can it be faster than a laser?
Once an emergency occurs, satellites, space stations, and space shuttles in the sky will be destroyed immediately. The X-37B “Orbital Test Vehicle” will be shot down before it changes its orbit and enters the atmosphere.

Not only the United States, but Russia also announced the development of its own ‘MAKS’ system, or ‘Multi-Purpose Aerospace System’, after the successful landing of the US X-37B.

When it comes to the successful landing of the United States’ X-37B, the country with the strongest reaction in the world is Russia.

Russia believes that the X-37B may threaten Russian satellites and may even deliver space-based anti-missile weapons into space, thus threatening Russia’s national security. A Russian expert said: “The shooting concept of this space shuttle is to destroy the enemy’s satellites. It is basically a space fighter. Once your opponent loses satellites responsible for communication, intelligence, navigation and other functions, it will fall into panic and be completely isolated and helpless; on the contrary, if you also have similar equipment, your country will have the ability to counter.”

There is a strong call among the Chinese people for China to develop an “orbital vehicle” like the X-37B, and they strongly urge China to develop its own aerospace plane.

The Chinese government has never officially responded.

It’s not that China is scared, but that China is developing the sixth-generation fighter, which is actually an aerospace fighter, which is more advanced than the American aerospace plane.

Besides, with the strong confidence provided by the national strategic security defense system, China naturally reacted calmly.

“Actually, before this, I have introduced to you our sixth-generation fighter jet. The design concept is very similar to that of the ‘Panshan’. Of course, the ‘Panshan’ is mainly based on scientific research and exploration.” Liu Tao smiled.

“If our sixth-generation fighter jets can be put into service first, then the sky and space of the earth will be ours! Others will have to look to us for advice!” Someone was full of expectations, “I just don’t know if we will have the chance to see this day!”

As everyone unified the standards for classifying fighter generations, the J-20 fighter jet also changed from a fourth-generation fighter jet to a fifth-generation fighter jet.

From time to time, Americans release news about the development of the sixth-generation fighter jet, but there has been no news of China developing the sixth-generation fighter jet, which makes the people full of worries.

In fact, under the leadership of Liu Tao, the development of the sixth-generation fighter has been underway.

It’s just that China’s sixth-generation fighter jets are completely different from Americans’ sixth-generation fighter jets.

“Comrades, please rest assured. The sixth-generation fighter jet will definitely be released in ten years at most. I think you won’t lose confidence in living for even ten years.” Liu Tao smiled.

“Hahaha~~”

Everyone couldn’t help laughing.

Their physical condition is generally good, and they undergo rigorous physical examinations every once in a while. Everyone is confident that they can live another ten years.

Everyone believed Liu Tao’s words without a doubt.

Because Liu Tao is the most authoritative expert in this field in the world. If they don’t believe what Liu Tao says, who else can they believe?
“Comrade Liu Tao, can this ‘Panshan’ carry out manned lunar landing?” someone asked.

Manned lunar landing has become an important criterion for measuring a country’s aerospace capabilities.

Many people firmly believe that the United States has unique space capabilities because the United States is the only country to have successfully carried out a manned moon landing. It should be noted that even the Soviet Union failed several times.

China has sent the Chang’e probe back and forth between the Earth and the Moon many times, and theoretically has the technology to carry out manned lunar landings.

But theory is theory and practice is practice. What’s important is that if we don’t successfully carry out manned lunar landing, we cannot say that we have mastered the technology of manned lunar landing.

Liu Tao smiled and said, “Theoretically, there is no problem. As long as we find a suitable landing point, we can land directly on the surface of the moon. Not to mention the moon, even landing on Mars is not a big problem.”

“If everything goes well, we can reach the moon in just 24 hours. As for going to Mars, it depends on how far away Mars is,” said Liu Tao.

The distance between the moon and the earth is about 38 kilometers, the perigee is 36.33 kilometers, and the apogee is 40.55 kilometers.

The flight path from the Earth to the Moon is not actually a straight line, but a spiral curve, because the Earth and the Moon are constantly rotating, and the Moon is moving around the Earth.

If the traditional method is used, in order to save fuel, it often involves complex orbital maneuvers and track changes.

In terms of procedures, there are mainly six steps, namely launch and entry into Earth orbit, flight around the Earth orbit, Earth-Moon transfer orbit, approach to the moon and deceleration and braking, adjustment of lunar orbit, and the landing module entering the moon for lunar landing.

Launch and enter Earth orbit: The spacecraft first needs to be launched from the ground and enter Earth orbit, which usually takes several hours to complete. In order to adjust the orbital parameters, the spacecraft will fly in Earth orbit for a period of time and continuously change orbits. After completing the flight around the Earth, the spacecraft will perform a large orbital maneuver and enter the Earth-Moon transfer orbit. This orbit is a transition orbit from the Earth to the Moon, and different speeds require different times.

Approaching the Moon and Deceleration Braking: When the spacecraft approaches the Moon, it needs to decelerate and brake so that it can be captured by the Moon’s gravity. This process usually takes several hours.

Lunar orbit adjustment: After entering the lunar orbit, the spacecraft may need to make multiple orbit adjustments to reach the predetermined orbital altitude and period.

The Panshan spacecraft does not have the problem of saving fuel and can save a lot of time.

The Panshan spacecraft can easily make two round trips to the moon and back again if it is fully fueled. If it can save fuel as much as possible, it can make even more round trips to the moon and back again.

“Good! Good! Good! Comrade Liu Tao, how about handing this ‘Panshan’ spacecraft over to the space agency, letting the astronauts get familiar with it, and then carry out a manned lunar landing? If we can carry out a manned lunar landing, it will be a great boost for our nation. It will also allow the Americans to ‘return to the moon’ ahead of schedule, and spend more funds on the aerospace field, instead of always looking at the small piece of land on Earth and tossing around in this small piece of land.”

Liu Tao nodded and said, “That’s not a problem. The Panshan spacecraft is equipped with a quantum computer and the artificial intelligence Panshan. It is not difficult to fly the Panshan spacecraft.”

To let Americans “return to the moon” ahead of schedule and spend more funds on the aerospace field is, to put it bluntly, an open conspiracy, the 21st century version of Star Wars.

And this week’s battle is not a joke, it is real.

More than 30 years of rapid development have greatly enhanced China’s comprehensive national strength and successfully grown into a world giant that no one can ignore. Every move of China has an impact on the whole world.

But China’s foundation is still too weak!

There are still some shortcomings in some areas, for example, in media and public opinion, we are still not as good as the United States.

As for manned lunar landing, there is no doubt that there is room for great research.

This is an open conspiracy, it is clearly laid out there, and it depends on whether the other party follows suit.

If they follow suit, they will have to invest a huge amount of money in “returning to the moon”. The United States has been “deindustrializing” for so many years, and it is not easy to reconstruct the industrial chain. Besides, the amount of money to be invested is an astronomical figure.

Wait until the United States really sends humans to the moon, then carry out manned landing on Mars, and then see whether we will follow suit.

If we don’t follow, it will be a huge blow to morale and public opinion.

Similarly, it is of great benefit to China. Improving national self-confidence and cohesion is one aspect, and enhancing China’s status and influence is equally important.

Moreover, the development of aerospace technology means that the development of space resources will be greatly enhanced.

There are massive resources on the moon and Mars. The benefits to China from developing these resources are self-evident.

The entire solar system, various asteroids and meteorites are also important resources and represent wealth.

This can be said to be a huge boost in productivity.

Prior to this, China was already making comprehensive arrangements for the Fourth Industrial Revolution. In all areas of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, China was in the first echelon in the world.

The Fourth Industrial Revolution, aerospace technology, artificial intelligence, new energy, new materials, etc. are all iconic.

This can also be used as a curtain-raiser for the fourth industrial revolution to improve productivity! (End of this chapter)