United States' plan to return to the moon did not go well, but in terms of "signing" cooperation countries, the performance was very strong, and it actually signed another country.
I have to say that the United States will return to the moon program as a project to compete with China on the moon, which is really a lot of effort, let so many countries participate in the mission, can it really defeat China?
When the Chang'e-6 mission was carried out, the director of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) also once again stated that he wanted to defeat China, so what is the actual situation? Let's take a closer look.
45 pcs! United States is fighting hard to return to the moon
Indeed, the Artemis Accords United States are a space cooperation program led by NASA, and it is hoped that countries interested in participating in the lunar landing program will be able to negotiate within this framework, under which cooperating nations will participate in the United States's new lunar landing program, Artemis, which also outlines future exploration of the moon and beyond.
Therefore, this is a safe cooperation agreement for United States implementation of the return to the moon program, as well as the possible development of the lunar program in the future.
Of course, United States has been "trekking" to these countries for a long time to sign, and according to NASA's official disclosure, the 45th country has joined, that is, Estonia.
I have to say that there are indeed many signatories, and United States really fight to return to the moon, they need to enhance their space strength again after United States the Apollo program, and achieve the so-called "space status" of United States. And yet? Do you see that after these countries join, the return of United States to the moon is very stable? Moreover, this is the second country that the United States has signed quickly since October this year.
However, the practical situation is that although there are many signatories.
But judging from the state of the United States' return to the moon, it is not good, and the actual Artemis program has not been implemented steadily, and under the 1st mission, the problems have not yet been solved. Therefore, so many countries have joined the agreement, but the practical effect is not obvious.
United States' return to the moon is difficult
Indeed, although we have seen one country after another cooperate with United States in the Artemis program, the United States has not seen much progress in the return to the moon program, and there are still many problems, so that the entire program may continue to be postponed in the future.
You say that United States NASA has said time and time again that it wants to defeat China on a manned mission to the moon, is this possible? It can be said that this probability has not only not increased, but has become smaller, because China's lunar landing program is steadily advancing, and the United States' lunar landing program has not solved its problems, so what problems have it encountered?
First, after the United States Artemis Program 1 mission, the problem of its Orion spacecraft has not been solved, the Orion spacecraft is NASA's new spacecraft, the most important part of the return to the moon program, which consists of a service module, a crew compartment, a launch abort system (LAS, also called an anomalous interrupt system, or escape tower) and a spacecraft adapter.
It weighs about 23 tons and has a diameter of about 5 meters. Its pressurized cabin volume is about 19.5 cubic meters, and the habitable volume is 8.9 cubic meters.
In addition to the increase in diameter, one of Orion's measures to increase the usable space inside is the use of fewer dashboards (about 10).
However, in 2022, after the "Orion" spacecraft that carried out the United States "Artemis 1" unmanned flight test mission around the moon returned to Earth, it was found that there was a problem with its most important thermal insulation material, and its appearance fell off in many places, which is the key to affecting the flight of astronauts, and the United States has not solved it in addition to the disclosure of relevant issues, which may also affect the implementation of its No. 2 mission, so its No. 2 mission may also be delayed because of the Orion spacecraft.
Second, the United States Starship Lander R&D, although you have seen that the fifth test of Starship has been carried out, but this year NASA conducted an evaluation of the Starship Lander R&D, which is expected to be completed until 2028, which means that the implementation of the No. 3 mission may continue to be postponed United States, and there is no way to execute it according to the time.
Third, the research and development of spacesuits is lagging behind, and there are problems in the research and development of lunar rovers.
These questions all show that the likelihood of United States being on a mission to return to the moon in 2024 is getting lower and lower, and perhaps NASA will announce the next mission node at the end United States of this year or early next year.
At this stage, the Artemis 2 manned mission around the moon will be postponed from the end of 2024 to no earlier than September 2025, and the manned mission of Artemis 3 will be postponed from the end of 2025 to September 2026.
China could still be a little faster
United States' plan to return to the moon has been postponed again and again, but for China, it has always been said that it will be completed by 2030, and in October, the mainland once again explained that it is the main rocket for the mainland, and the first flight time of the Long March 10 has been determined again, that is, it is fully qualified for the first flight in 2027.
The Long March 10 carrier rocket uses liquid hydrogen, liquid oxygen and kerosene propellant, with a total length of about 92 meters, a take-off weight of about 2,187 tons, a take-off thrust of about 2,678 tons, and a carrying capacity of not less than 27 tons in the Earth-Moon transfer orbit.
Therefore, if the Long March 10 completes its first flight, then the manned landing on the moon will follow.
In terms of time, it means that it is possible that in 2027, after the mainland completes its first flight, a manned mission to the moon will be carried out in 2028, which is not a point in terms of the possibility of returning to the moon in United States.
Therefore, China may be faster than United States to complete the manned lunar landing, and everyone should not see the United States NASA administrator say that he wants to defeat China's manned lunar landing, but in reality, the United States' manned lunar landing program is not so smooth.
Therefore, don't be frightened by what they say, as long as the mainland advances steadily according to the mission node, it is completely normal to complete the manned lunar landing process ahead of schedule. Moreover, the mainland's Chang'e-5 and Chang'e-6 lunar sampling missions have been verified for relevant manned lunar landing programs.
Therefore, most of the technical verification has also been carried out, and the mainland is actually waiting for a new generation of manned rockets, lunar spacecraft, etc. to come out in full, and then carry out comprehensive integration, and then carry out the process of manned lunar landing, let's wait and see.
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