Sure enough, the timing of United States' return to the moon may change again, not to mention mission 3, and there may be major adjustments on mission 2.
In mid-October, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report explaining that both United States' manned missions around the moon and manned missions to the moon may be delayed.
The administrator of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has always claimed that he will complete a manned landing on the moon before China, and this time he "miscalculated"? What exactly is going on, let's take a look at it in detail below.
The United States GAO warns again! Return to the moon and prepare for the postponement
Yes, this time the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued an early warning that the United States faces a greater dilemma in returning to the moon.
Of course, many people may not understand that United States more than 50 years ago, the Apollo program carried out so many manned missions to the moon, why not at this stage?
This is indeed the "backwardness" of United States on the moon landing, after the implementation of the Apollo program more than 50 years ago, United States basically stopped on the lunar mission, and in the process of a new round of lunar missions, whether it is rockets, spacecraft and other research, are moving towards a new model, are completely different, so, there is a problem understandable.
United States This time, the United States government accountability office (GAO) announced the problem, which once again shows that United States has indeed reached a desperate situation in returning to the moon, and no longer knows how to do it, these basic problems are difficult to solve, how to return to the moon.
Therefore, the United States GAO warns again! The return to the moon is ready for the postponement, but what is the problem?
First, the extension of Mission 2, the United States Government Accountability Office issued a report pointing out that exploring ground systems is likely to force the Artemis-2 manned lunar mission from launching as planned in September 2025. Exploring ground systems includes ground facilities that support SLS heavy rocket launches, including ML-1 and ML-2 mobile launchers.
ML-1 is undergoing refurbishment and testing, and will successively support the Artemis-2 manned lunar mission and the Artemis-3 manned lunar landing mission, but in the face of a series of risks, the entire refurbishment and testing are still continuing, and this is getting closer and closer to the mission time, which forces the mission to be very intense, and considering the joint debugging test with the SLS heavy rocket, once it does not go well, the manned lunar mission is likely to be postponed to 2026 (Deep Space Exploration Laboratory).
Second, the most important Orion spacecraft, which is the key to the United States manned moon landing, the Orion spacecraft consists of two vehicles, they are: manned exploration spacecraft (CEV) and cargo launch vehicle (CLV), the Orion spacecraft is 2.5 times larger than the Apollo spacecraft, and can accommodate up to 6 astronauts.
It consists of a service module, a crew pod, a launch abort system (LAS, also known as an anomaly interrupt system, or escape tower), and a spacecraft adapter, weighing about 23 tons, with a diameter of about 5 meters, a pressurized cabin volume of about 19.5 cubic meters, and a habitable volume of 8.9 cubic meters.
And yet? After the Orion manned spacecraft United States the Artemis-1 unmanned lunar mission, it had a serious problem with thermal insulation, which was also disclosed several times by NASA, United States including NASA, and a detailed problem report was issued.
However, the unintentional damage to parts of the heat shield that unexpectedly peeled off, leaving craters instead of being designed to be ablated in a controlled manner, was the most worrying, even though the problems that had arisen were not expected to threaten the astronauts' safe return to Earth.
But the potential risks cannot be ignored, United States is still evaluating to see how to deal with it, and to weigh whether to continue to use the current heat shield material in the future, or to completely replace, which will inevitably affect the mission again, if it is the second option, it may delay the time of the 2nd mission on a larger scale, because the replacement means that the design needs to be redesigned, which also delays the process of the 3rd manned lunar mission.
Third, in addition to the above problems, the Artemis-3 manned lunar mission has also been affected by spacesuits, lunar rovers and other research problems, which will also force the United States to prepare for a delay in returning to the moon.
Therefore, this time United States the Government Accountability Office (GAO) once again warned about the process of the manned lunar landing, and also showed that this warning is very likely to delay the entire mission, so this should not scare the director United States of NASA.
However, he has always announced that he will complete a manned landing on the moon before China, and the warning of this meeting is really a "slap in the face" explanation.
United States is in a hurry, and China is more likely to complete a manned lunar landing ahead of schedule
That's right, this early warning directly gave many people a "slap" to those who said that they would complete the manned lunar landing before China, and China is increasingly likely to complete the manned lunar landing before United States, because the mainland's re-heating lunar landing progress is very clear.
In the middle of 2024, the mainland also announced the issue of the Long March 10 launch vehicle again, which is the main rocket for the mainland to carry out the mission, that is, the key to the mainland's manned landing on the moon, 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.
The non-booster configuration rocket derived from this type of rocket can perform space station astronaut and cargo transportation tasks, and is an important strategic support for the realization of the mainland's manned landing on the moon and the construction of a space power before 2030.
However, as long as the Long March 10 carrier rocket completes its first flight, it also means that the mainland will carry out a manned lunar landing process faster.
And what's interesting is that at this year's International Astronautical Federation (IAF), the official disclosure of the mainland's announcement that the mainland will carry out a manned lunar landing in 2028, this news and the continent has been announcing the completion of the manned lunar landing before 2030, there is a big difference, whether it is a "clerical error", or "hint", or whatever, the official has not been modified.
Therefore, this surprised many people, that is, the mainland wants to carry out a manned mission to the moon, a lot in advance? Indeed, it is still possible to carry out a manned mission to the moon in 2028, because the mainland can successfully complete the first flight of the Long March 10 carrier rocket in 2027, and other problems are not general problems.
So, at this node, the United States GAO once again warned! The return to the moon is ready for postponement, and the mainland's manned lunar mission plan is still well underway, is it more and more likely to complete the manned lunar landing before United States?
It's a possibility. It can only be said that the United States plan to return to the moon is too difficult, and if it wants to complete the manned landing on the moon before China, it needs to continue to work hard.
Chinese astronauts on the moon are already presenting?
Indeed, when the mainland only released the moon landing suit, many people saw that two astronauts appeared in the announced promotional pictures, and many people felt that these two astronauts might be the astronauts of the first mission of the mainland's manned lunar landing mission.
The first is the female astronaut Wang Yaping - she is the second batch of astronauts in the mainland, and has flown twice, the first time was in April 2013, Wang Yaping was selected as the flight crew of Tiangong-1 and Shenzhou-10 manned missions, and the second time was in December 2019, Wang Yaping was selected as the crew of the Shenzhou-13 mission. And Wang Yaping is also special, China's first space teacher, China's first female astronaut stationed in the space station, and the first female astronaut to go out of the capsule.
The second is astronaut Zhai Zhigang - he is China's first batch of astronauts, has flown twice, the first time in September 2008, the Shenzhou 7 mission and served as the commander, the second in October 2021, the Shenzhou 13 manned flight and again as the commander, he is wearing a "flying" extravehicular spacesuit developed by China, China's first astronaut out of the capsule, at the same time, Zhai Zhigang took a historic step in space exploration by Chinese, It has also made China the third country in the world to independently master the technology of space exit.
Therefore, the appearance of these two astronauts has made many people think that the mainland has carried out the first manned landing on the moon, including these two.
It can only be said that there is this possibility, but before the mainland was announced, all the room for change still existed, and what the mainland clearly stated, that is, all the astronauts who have carried out space missions on the mainland have the selection requirements for the process of manned lunar landing, but the specific selection must be carried out through many aspects, and the list of astronauts who have landed on the moon will be finally determined.
Therefore, it can only be said that these two are also in the selection range, but whether they will become astronauts on the moon cannot be determined.
It can only be said that we look forward to the early completion of the manned lunar landing on the mainland, indeed, although we do not yet know the specific time point when the mainland will carry out the manned lunar landing.
However, relatively speaking, it is also expected that the mainland will complete the manned landing on the moon as soon as possible, and the subsequent mainland will also carry out the construction of a lunar base or lunar habitation, so that the continent can achieve more exploration on the moon and achieve greater breakthroughs, which is the general situation.
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