Chapter 49 – Space race

The European Space Agency also began its moon landing program. Just after the end of the World Astronautical Congress, the European Union approved a proposal to promote the development of space science and technology. After this proposal, the European Space Agency’s annual budget will be doubled.

All European countries have realized that space competition is inevitable and must seize the opportunity!

There are even radicals who declared: “The era of space navigation is coming, and we want to reproduce the glory of the 17th century!”

The space race, the lunar looting for territory is such a lively event, India, which claims to be a world power, will naturally inevitably join in the fun.

They launched the Lunar 2 spacecraft in 2019 and crashed on the surface of the moon. At that time, the Indian Space Agency announced that it would suspend its lunar landing plan, and instead aimed at Mars and wanted to overtake in a curve.

Now they discovered that they might not have waited for them to land on Mars and the lunar land was robbed, so they immediately announced that they would cooperate with Russia and the European Space Agency to re-establish the moon landing plan.

The people of the island nation are not far behind, and the island nation’s aerospace research and development agency immediately updated the moon landing plan…

After fifty years, a new moon landing race has begun.



On the track, the United States was far ahead, Russia followed closely, and the Chinese were catching up.

China Space Administration, moon landing engineering team.

“The lunar spacecraft of Lunar Moon has been manufactured, the Xingkong-2 nuclear thermal rocket is ready, and the Yutu-3 lunar rover is completed. Now there is only a part of the lunar module of the Laurel lunar module that has not been completed.” Xu Lianqiu in the Lunar Landing Engineering Command Office Said.

She serves as an informant in the team, collecting and processing all kinds of information.

“How long will it take?” Du Xingyu asked.

“According to the Aerospace Engineering Design Institute, it should be completed in 13 days.” Xu Lianqiu said.

“Thirteen days, plus all parts of the test…” Du Xingyu calculated the days and said, “It’s almost the Mid-Autumn Festival.”

“If we hurry up, will the Mid-Autumn Festival energy saving be completed?”

Everyone thought for a while and said: “It was almost that day, a bit in a hurry. I think the Mid-Autumn Festival launch is good.”

“Yes, this day is a good day, as long as the weather is okay, it should be able to catch up.”

“Launch on the Mid-Autumn Festival, let’s tentatively set this date, and strive to do all the preparations before the Mid-Autumn Festival!” Du Xingyu agreed.

China Space Administration has not announced the official news of the moon landing, but the US Space Agency announced the news.

In the latest press conference, US Space Agency spokesperson Anderson said: “Thank you for the attention of people and society in the United States. Our “Return to the Moon: Project Artemis” is going very smoothly.”

“At present, the’Vulcan’ carrier rocket manufactured by the U.S. United Launch Alliance has passed the test. It surpasses the Saturn V Mars in the Apollo program and has increased its carrying capacity by 3.8 times!”

“In addition, we have also completed the acceptance of the spacecraft that SpaceX is responsible for manufacturing the moon landing spacecraft-Starship. I have to say that they have made very good!

“There is also the “Blue Moon” lunar lander designed by Blue Origin, which has entered the delivery period. We will carry out a manned mission to the moon in mid-October. Please continue to pay attention. The Stars and Stripes will be reinserted on the moon. On the soil!”

At the end of Anderson’s speech, warm applause broke out on the scene.(Read more @ wuxiax.com)

On the same day, the “New York Times” used a whole article to report on the content of the US “Artemis Return to the Moon Project.” And said: “There is no doubt that we are still the greatest country in the world, with the most advanced aerospace technology!”

“When the Stars and Stripes are planted on the moon, America will be great again!”

The domestic media, from the media, also reposted the news.

On the Tik Tok short video app, the news account “Chuan Di Observation” with 100 million fans also “observed” the news, which attracted countless viewers’ comments.

“The Americans are so fast?”

“One thing to say, the U.S. people’s aerospace technology is still great!”

“When will our red flag be inserted on the moon?”

“@National Space Administration, where is our moon landing project? Why hasn’t there been any news recently?”

“Suddenly remembered that I should go to @杜星宇’s account to remind you!”

Du Xingyu has not yet opened a short video authentication number, so a large number of fans and viewers went to station B and left a message under his account “Interstellar Explorer” to remind them.

“Brother, miss you, when will you update the video?”

“Master UP, don’t update the sending blade anymore!”

“The author is dead, something to burn paper!”

“Please live broadcast!”

Of course, Du Xingyu saw the message, the effect of the rush to the moon landing project is obvious, and their preparations are basically ready before the Mid-Autumn Festival arrives.

According to the observation of meteorological satellites, the Changhai Satellite Launch Center, the launch site of the “Taiyin Lunar Spacecraft”, should also meet the meteorological conditions during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The launch of a manned spacecraft to the moon today on the Mid-Autumn Festival is already a certainty.

Now, Du Xingyu has one more thing to do.

“Leader, I apply to enter the moon landing spacecraft and land on the moon with the moon landing astronauts!” Du Xingyu said solemnly in Cao Liang’s office.

“This…” Cao Liang hesitated. Du Xingyu had mentioned this to him a long time ago, but he never agreed.

Cao Liang thought Du Xingyu just wanted to pursue excitement or other reasons, but Du Xingyu had found him many times because of this incident.

“Xiao Du, you have to know, this is not a joke!” Cao Liang also became serious. “Any tiny, even uncontrollable factor during the moon landing may lead to failure!”

“I know, but I have a reason to go to the moon!” Du Xingyu’s attitude did not change a little.

In his heart, there is always a question hidden. In the real world, he has already planned for the moon landing ten years in advance.

So, will the asteroid in the dream hit the earth again?

Du Xingyu has been paying attention to the information from the Astronomical Observation Center, and no asteroids flying towards the earth have been observed so far!

But Du Xingyu is still worried. The technology simulator has said that space-time bombs will affect space-time lines, just like the butterfly effect, the influence factors originating in the micro-end will bring unpredictable disasters that will destroy human civilization!

He wanted to know if the changes he made were really useful. Will the earth be hit by an asteroid before landing on the moon? Du Xingyu wants to land on the moon to verify this! If it does happen again, at least on the moon, I still have the opportunity to think about the future.

The power of space-time bombs cannot be avoided by hiding in a space base. It is like the “Reaper” that controls everything, leaving you nowhere to hide!

“What reason?” Cao Liang asked.

“The thoughts in my heart can be regarded as technological conjectures. It is difficult to say now, but it is very important! Very important!” Du Xingyu said.

“It’s hard to pass your reason…” Cao Liang said embarrassedly. Du Xingyu is now an indispensable talent for the space agency, and no one wants him to take such a big risk!

“I believe in my design and our team.” Of course, Du Xingyu will not make fun of his own life. The rockets, spacecraft, lunar module, and lunar rover used to land on the moon are all designed by him.

When verifying, it is also repeated testing. In theory, the probability of an accident is the same as that of taking an airplane now.

“I also believe it, but it’s not the issue…this matter is not something I can decide by myself…” Cao Liang’s position has risen, but what Du Xingyu said is too important.

“Leader, this matter is requested to be approved. Let me put it this way. If I don’t go to the moon and verify my ideas, it may affect our subsequent series of space programs!” Du Xingyu said repeatedly, “I swear, this is absolutely not kidding.”

“Well…I will try my best to apply with the above.” Cao Liang said helplessly. He knew that Du Xingyu was not a person who made decisions blindly.

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