筚路蓝缕, to Kaishan forest.
Editor’s note: This article is from WeChat public account “brain body “(ID: unity007), author: Tibetan fox.
All of us are like passengers on a ship, riding the earth through space. Many people, with the exception of their own cabins, may have little interest in the rest of the ship.
In this layer of forest, the autumn winds and rustling weekends, I want to talk to everyone about “retreat”, in front of the ship of the earth – in the vast space of the universe, there are possibilities to be explored.
The nearest station to arrive is naturally the moon.
What is the development of the land space? Anyway, definitely not going to the moon to mine
A recent news came out that China wants to build a “Moon-moon space economic zone”, and many yxh (marketing numbers) have smashed up again, and once went to the moon to mine, to the space station to plant giant vegetables and so on. The face is full of the simple imagination of “Eight Palace Empresses…, Xigong Niangniang Rolling Green Onions”.
What treasures are there in China, and in the United States, Europe, and the United States? In fact, as early as 2016, Zhang Yulin, the former deputy commander of China’s manned spaceflight project, has already made it clear and concise (marked, exams are required). China’s manned space program is neither a simple moon landing nor a simple landing on the moon. It will not be a manned Mars exploration, but will steadily develop and utilize the Earth and Moon space through continuous technological breakthroughs and accumulations from the perspective of taking advantage of the future development opportunities.
Is it still foggy after reading? Let’s try to find the answer with everyone:
First, why not simply manned to the moon?
I’m afraid of learning the history of middle school. Since 1972, humans have never personally boarded the moon, that is, from time to time, send some probe cars to take photos. 50 years agoWhat can be done, with the aerospace strength of the TOP3 team in China, the United States and Russia today, is it really impossible to reproduce? The answer is of course no.
The main reason is that manned landing on the moon is really expensive. The US Apollo project sent 12 astronauts to the moon, spending a total of 200 billion US dollars before and after the Soviet Union, because the space race was dragged down. The data collected on the previous month showed that the lunar resources did not have a very large mining value. Even the most familiar “氦3” is so difficult to develop that it is not necessary to go to the moon. Spending a huge amount of wealth on the country is only to let the real person hit a card on the moon. In the non-cold war period dominated by peaceful thought, I am afraid that no one can pass the customs of the ordinary people.
Second, what are the first opportunities?
Since the moon is not going to be meaningful, why is it that the development of the land space is “preempting the future”?
The most important consideration is security and development.
For the ground, the value of national security strategy brought about by intelligence gathering, military weapons deployment, satellite communications, and space station activities in the area between the low Earth orbit and the lunar orbit is incalculable.
The core of the US-Soviet space hegemony was later transferred from the moon to the near-Earth space. According to reports, the US Department of Defense claimed after the return of the Corona satellite that the satellite collected more intelligence than in the past for Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and China. All U-2 reconnaissance planes get a summary of the intelligence. Just recently, a US transport plane has just relied on spacex’s “star chain” to achieve network communications far above the speed of military communications satellites. For the information security of the future country, the deployment of land and moon space is obviously an indispensable part.
(number of satellites orbiting the Earth)
On the other hand, if human beings will inevitably explore the Martian or the deeper space in the future, the Earth and Moon space will inevitably become the outpost and base for the execution of such missions.
According to the estimates of the International Academy of Astronautics, the total weight of all human space missions is expected to reach 170,000 tons by 2045, 97% of which is concentrated in the Earth and Moon space.
According to the current global geopolitical trend (the United States delayed the issuance of visas to Chinese delegations during the International Astronautical Congress), if you do not want to be restrained, the self-development of the launch of the Earth’s Moon space may be like the “Great Navigation” of the 15th century. “The movement” has important economic and political strategic significance that must not be left behind.
Speaking of here, there must be classmatesWill question – not right, since you said that landing on the moon is meaningless, then why should the United States still “do whatever it takes” to restart the moon landing plan?
The answer is actually that the experts also told us that in order to “continuous technological breakthroughs and accumulation.”
In other words, the last time the “technical dividend” of human landing on the moon has been eaten almost, then there are two problems. One is to continue to attack the zenith technology, and the other is to realize the mature space technology. commercialize. The basis of these two points is the further development and utilization of the Earth and Moon space, which is the “moon version 2.0”.
For example, at the International Astronautical Conference in 2017, the United States and Russia announced that they would join forces to build a moon space station called the “Deep Space Gateway” on the lunar orbit. What is this space station used for? The future will serve as a base for exploring the solar system and even humans landing on Mars. Not long ago, the Deputy Director of NASA will also carry out the Earth and Moon space as an important step to reach Mars.
(Spacex BFR Rocket’s Moon Base Imagination)
In terms of commercialization, the private sector has become the main force in the moon landing program. However, their money-making space is actually between the land and the moon. For example, Musk’s SpaceX has set its mission to “make human beings a cross-planet species”. To put it bluntly, it is to take people to Mars. But its first step in conquering the sea of stars is also to start from the space of the Earth and Moon, including the continuous promotion of recyclable heavy rockets, recyclable cargo ships, star-chain communication networks, etc…
Shakespeare once portrayed in poetry that the moon is on the wrong track, closer to the Earth than usual, so people are mad.
However, today’s humans have long wanted to know not only the relationship between the moon and the tide, but also the arm of the starting fleet.
What can we do when we walk into the Earthly Space?
Speaking of so many human beings and national justice, what specific actions are there in developing the monthly space? We might as well imagine something through some projects:
1. Normalized, flight-based world-wide transportation network.
The primary goal of aerospace activities is definitely to know more about the Earth and to feed the Earth. In other words, the deep development of near-Earth space has always been the top priority of the aerospace industry.. The land-to-month transportation network is the premise of all the monthly space economic activities.
For example, GPS navigation, infrared warning satellites, communication satellites, etc., the technical iteration of these hardware will bring immeasurable information and services to the ground. These require heavy-duty rockets with high stability, high thrust, and low maintenance cost. Reuse and recyclability are the key points and difficulties.
At present, Blue Origin of Bezos has successfully completed the launch and recovery of the rocket New Shepard five times. The ultimate goal is to transport various experimental equipment and goods to the moon around 2025. The head of the team is going to put the Amazon Global Fulfillment Center on the moon. The United Launch Alliance, jointly formed by Boeing and Lockheed Martin, is also developing a transportation network around the moon.
There is also such a land-based “logistics center” is exactly what we are necessary, but also waiting for researchers to start from the rocket engine a little bit to overcome.
2. Infrastructure construction of the Earth and Moon economic activity circle.
China, known as the “foundation madness”, probably knows the most reason – to be rich, to build roads first. After the road is repaired, if you want to carry out economic activities in the space of the earth and the moon, personnel, laboratory equipment, goods, etc. must be stored in a place.
For example, the space station company Bigelow Aerospace plans to build a space station on the lunar orbit around 2020, which can be used to store supplies, medical equipment and even human habitation. Musk’s SpaceX also signed a freight replenishment contract with NASA and has completed a mission.
So far, China does not have its own international space station. However, with the Tiangong No.1, No.2, and Tianzhou-1 in succession, China is getting closer and closer to owning its own “space station”. After its success, it will surely usher in a period of accelerated growth. In the future. For a long period of time, the construction of the “space city” of the Earth and Moon economic circle will also become another vast space waiting for the conquest of “foundational madness.”
3. Entertainment commercial space activities services.
National Airlines is moving towards Mars and Deep Space, and the recent commercialization of near-Earth space has also enabled many interesting entertainment services to be used by (rich) “ordinary people.”
For example, in 2018, the Russian Energy Rocket Space Company plans to open a space tourism business, allowing paid tourists to walk out on the International Space Station.One hundred million dollars (flowing the tears of poverty). This is still in preparation, where Musk Spacex has already set up a client, ready to let a Japanese entrepreneur and his friends fly around the moon in 2023…
I-Space also plans to launch space travel services. It is said that they have just completed the first successful Earth orbit launch of China’s commercial aerospace industry. Once the technology catches up, the price will be much lower than that of European and American rivals. (still shzy good).
In addition, the use of commercial satellites to form logos to advertise in space and the insertion of billboards on the moon have appeared in the press releases of aerospace startups.
The addition of these commercial forces also has the opportunity to build a virtuous cycle of operation for the exploration of the Earth and Moon space. At present, China’s aerospace industry is still dominated by the “national team” and needs to be completed in the basic field. However, in recent years, the powerful aerospace industry system has accumulated a lot of talents, technology and manufacturing strength. Once the future is opened, China’s commercial aviation power will have more opportunities and possibilities, so that the development of the land and moon space will benefit the general public. Don’t say anything else, at least the rate of maritime WiFi can drop down? ? ?
AI and Robot: Flying to Heaven and Humans Side by Side
China’s exploration of the earth and the moon is lonely. The space station is an independent monster; the power system needs to be independently developed… In short, all projects involving US space participation exclude China.
Artificial intelligence and robots, like the gift packs sent by the times, are becoming good partners in manned lunar exploration and are fighting space with China.
At present, with the expansion of the space transportation system, the complexity of the task is also increasing. At this time, it is necessary to establish an intelligent monitoring system to control the operation system in the space station through algorithms. To avoid systemic errors leading to catastrophic failures, NASA has applied a large number of AI technologies on second-generation space stations.
At present, China is still vigorously promoting the “Starlight China Core Project”, which is to use intelligent control technology to realize the independent guidance, navigation and control of spacecraft, as well as data processing, fault judgment and partial reconstruction and maintenance. Greatly reduce the dependence on support systems such as ground monitoring and control.
The 嫦娥3, which achieved the soft landing of the moon, was also equipped with AI technology. On the way to landing, encountering lunar stones, on the groundCommunication judgment is completely out of reach, relying on fast machine vision recognition and judgment of full self-service, finally selected a safe area to achieve landing.
Of course, to build an outer space base, intelligent robots are also essential. Many external environments that are not suitable for human operation, robots need to replace humans to complete important work such as material collection, building manufacturing, processing and repair. China Aerospace Science and Technology and other enterprises have carried out research on such industrial robots, and started to develop three-dimensional vision measurement systems for robotic hand-eye systems, intelligent outdoor patrol robots, and so on.
In the terrestrial field, weather warnings, smart launch systems, and intelligent manufacturing based on big data and mechanical automation are constantly advancing China’s aerospace upgrades.
Whether it’s ground operations, on-orbit services, or manned moon landings and space bases, artificial intelligence and robots are becoming an indispensable part of humanity’s journey into space, making China and the universe of humanity as a whole. The brigade is no longer alone.
When the industrial literary star fires, we have self-sealed the sea, so countless treasures and land have been destroyed in the hands of the “marine hegemons”. Since then, with a bad hand, I have re-entered the zenith technology table. I am afraid that no one knows more than a hundred years of blue sky and blues, and understands the anxiety of losing space.
The greatest significance of this journey may be that we will not hear “I’m afraid I can’t do that” when we say “open the doors”. Whether the rejection is from humans or AI.