Chapter 1652 Moscow also needs to be rolled up (first update, please subscribe)
This is the best New Year gift!
As the New Year approached, Moon 5's landing on the moon was successful. Although there were some twists and turns, it was still successful.
When the moon landing mission was completed on Moon 5 and began to return, people on Earth had already begun to celebrate.
In the space industry, it doesn’t matter who is the first, what matters is whether to accept the challenge and achieve it!
Although the SEA's moon landing was one year late for Russia and the United States, it was not important, what was important was that they successfully achieved the moon landing.
No doubt, just like Gagarin of the Soviet Union and Armstrong of the United States, Gao Binghan also became a hero.
At the beginning of the new year, newspapers from all over the world were filled with news about Moon 5 and the mission team, and Gao Binghan's name and photos were placed on the front page.
Especially in Asia, because he was the first Asian to land on the moon.
In the entire East Asia, many people name their children Binghan.
In short, when the new year comes, humans get the best New Year gift.
Faced with this New Year gift, the responses from countries around the world are different. Of course, most of them express celebrations, as are many Eastern countries, including TASS. Of course, there are also some countries such as Pyongyang. There is no report, at most, the previous article "The Soviet Union supports capitalists: Promoting SEA launch of "Moon 5"" was introduced in internal publications.
Apart from this, people know nothing about the in full swing space race.
But their ignorance does not prevent the space race from continuing. In fact, after Moon 5 selected the Sveldrup Hansen Crater as its landing site, a new race It's already started.
"They have already sent us a new challenge!"
In the Kremlin, facing Brezhnev, Korolev said: "Although we have achieved the first achievement of landing on the moon, we can see a little from the limited information we have- —The next step for SEA will be to establish a permanent base on the moon, which is why they chose craters and the Antarctic. "
Then, Korolev explained to Brezhnev why they chose Antarctic, from the speculation of water ice in the eternal night zone, to the crater itself.
"...In addition to the possible existence of water ice, they also found lava tubes in craters. Compared with surface exposed bases, the advantage of building bases in lava tubes is greater, and its environment is relatively constant, And low energy consumption, lava tubes or caves are natural barriers. The solar radiation on the surface of the moon will seriously threaten the lives and safety of staff, while the lunar soil on the top of the karst tube can effectively resist sun rays.
This will It brings great convenience to the construction of lunar bases and provides full guarantee for human production and life on the moon."
When Korolev introduced all this, Breshinev couldn't understand at all, and he didn't know what it was to build a permanent base on the moon.
But even so, he was still very excited. When Korolev introduced him, his eyes always fell on his left chest involuntarily. Now, his heart was thinking of "victory". Medal”, the supreme honor of the Soviet Union finally fell to his chest.
After the biggest threat, Xie Lieping, was finally eliminated, no one stopped Brezhnev from awarding himself the Medal of Victory.
On the eve of the Revolutionary Day last year, in order to commend Brezhnev's contribution to the Soviet space industry, he was awarded the Medal of Victory.
In fact, the Medal of Victory is a military medal, a commander-level medal, awarded to senior Soviet generals who "successfully completed one or several front-level battles and caused fundamental changes in the overall situation of the war to be beneficial to the Soviet army."
How can we use the contributions of the aerospace industry to award medals?
Aerospace... can also be used in military affairs!
Besides, after the successful moon landing, the Soviet Union had established an absolute advantage over the United States in space. Isn’t this a great "military" victory?
So, under the advice of "people", Breshinev received the Medal of Victory.
Okay, for Breshinev, this is exactly what he dreamed of.
In fact, in many cases, what Breshinev cares most is what kind of medal or medal to commend himself.
Who doesn't like something as beautiful as a medal?
Of course, the award of the medal also ignited his unprecedented enthusiasm for work. Just like now, his enthusiasm for work is unprecedented. Looking through the report, Breshinev said:
< br>"So, they are going to build a space base on the moon."
"Yes,"
Korolev said: "Now they have discovered lava tubes. As long as they want, they can turn the tube into a base by closing the lava tubes."
"Close Lava tube? ”
Breshinev said: “Like a caveman? ”
"It's almost the same, but I think they will build a base in the lava tube and an external base in the crater." Korolev continued to explain: "If they were asked to first If the moon base is built, then they will be ahead of us on the moon. "
"We cannot let the Americans surpass us, nor can the SEA surpass us, but Comrade Korolev, I Want to know what the meaning of setting up a permanent moon base is? "Although I long for honor, Breshinev knew very well that the moon base costs money, and it costs a lot of money.
The two moon landings have made the military very dissatisfied - it has consumed a lot of money.
"His meaning is..."
Thinking of the military's dissatisfaction with the aerospace industry's squeeze on military spending, Korolev said: "It's OK Applied to military."
"Can it be applied to military?"
Breshinev immediately became interested, and he said: "You mean, we can deploy nuclear weapons on the moon, right?" Korolev explained immediately: "Yes, in World War II, the parties that lose air supremacy are often in a passive state of being beaten. In the future, whether a military base can be established on the moon is no less important than that of gaining air supremacy during World War II. It is different to launch missiles on Earth. It only takes a lot of time to launch missiles from the moon. With less propellant, it can be launched to the earth, and it is almost undetectable and interceptable. In a military sense, the moon is the best space base."
Sometimes, this is the reality, so Without the prospect of military application, he would not have obtained enough funds, especially in the Soviet Union. When Korolev launched satellites, he relied on the intercontinental missiles developed by the military. Now, only by obtaining the support of the military can he be able to do so. Realize your dream of establishing a permanent base on the moon.
As early as a few years ago, during the start of the lunar landing project, Korolev proposed the idea of "establishing a lunar base and regular transportation between the earth and the moon" in the draft N-1 plan. In the past few years, they have jointly drawn a dreamy blueprint of the moon base.
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This lunar base is named "Long-term Moon Base" in Korolev's OKB-1 Design Bureau, code-named "Stars".
Although they designed everything, from the launch of the moon base to the construction and the supply of energy, these all cost money.
According to Korolev's calculations, this would cost billions of rubles. Such a huge expense would naturally be impossible to obtain approval. Now SEA's actions after landing on the moon have given Korolev hope - only with competition can the Soviet Union welcome the competition.
Of course there is another more important reason - military!
He believes the military will approve the plan because the military cannot guarantee whether the United States will build a missile base on the moon one step ahead of itself.
Of course, the United States will also approve this plan. After all, no one can guarantee whether the moon will be militarized!
In this case, the best choice is to join the competition.
Sure enough, in the face of Korolev's explanation, Breshin Nev suddenly became nervous and said:
"So, the moon base is related to the security of the Soviet Union!" Korolev nodded and said: "Yes, it even affects our future! Moreover, Americans have similarities. The plan. "
For the Soviet Union, he might not care about the future, but he valued security more. A war of patriotism caused the country to suffer from "PTSD" from top to bottom, and the war should Under the stimulation of the sequelae of trauma, they will definitely invest a lot of money in the construction of the lunar base to avoid being robbed by others.
In this way, as the new year approaches, the Soviet Union resolutely accepted the challenge - they will build a lunar base.
This is not just because of the stimulation of the lava cave discovered by the SEA, but also for a more important reason. The United States also has plans to build a lunar base. And the United States also publicly announced that this is the final game.
But it is extremely difficult to achieve this goal, and it is not just funds.
"If nothing unexpected happens, the Kremlin will soon approve the "Star Morning Plan", but to realize this plan, we still need a bigger Rocket!"
Leaving After the Kremlin, Korolev said to Mission: "We need giant rockets that can deliver at least 50 tons of cargo to the moon! Only in this way can we have the opportunity to build a lunar base."
Listening to the decision of the chief engineer, Mission thought for a while and said: "Comrade Chief Engineer, this is probably very difficult. The carrying capacity of our N1 rocket's lunar transfer orbit is only 23 tons. If we want it, To improve capacity, we must design new rockets and design new rockets... We are likely to not be able to keep up with the progress of Chelome."
The Chelome mentioned by Mission is another design bureau. They They also participated in the design of the moon rocket, but unlike Korolev, which uses oxygen gas and kerosene propellants, the next door is a poisonous cult. They have been grabbing funds and resources in various ways.
If it weren't for Korolev's progress faster and the bosses of the Kuznetsov Design Bureau were very capable, they would have run directly into the era of high-pressure refired kerosene engines, otherwise Jesus would have been holding back when he came. The N1 Moon Rockets don't come out.
But now, Chelome has been chasing behind her butt!
Just thinking about Chelome's competition, Korolev became a little depressed. After all, it was uncomfortable to be robbed of resources, and he couldn't help but complain: "Americans In order to land on the moon, all resources in the country were concentrated. SEA not only concentrated their own resources, but also mobilized resources from the UK and Canada, almost gathering the power of the whole world. What about us? The precious resources were also dispersed. There are still people fighting for it, if we can gather all our strength..."
This is obviously impossible, this is determined by the Soviet system. In fact, both Korolev and Chelome The aerospace tycoons, but the former is closer to the Kremlin, but the latter is closer to the military, so how can the two bigwigs with their own backers work together? Therefore, competing for resources is the most normal thing.
Watching this, Korolev couldn't help but sigh, and he said: "At present, we don't have time to redesign the Rockets, otherwise we will be url- The 700 Rockets took the lead, so we must focus on further improvements in the N1 Rockets! ”
After the words came to an end, Korolev looked at the distance with a serious expression. He knew that this was his only chance to win...
(The end of this chapter)
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