The 7th Manned Spaceflight Academic Conference is being held
At this conference
The lunar exploration project was the focus of discussion among the guests
my country's lunar exploration project lunar landing phase tasks
Various research and development and construction work are being steadily advanced.
Will be completed before the manned moon landing mission
Long March 10 launch vehicle technology verification flight
Mengzhou manned spacecraft and lunar lander make first flight
and other important tasks
Exploring the moon first
The lander will start an unmanned "big test"
This conference has 15 sub-forums on three topics: common manned space technology, near-Earth manned space station, and lunar exploration engineering. At present, the research and development and construction work for the lunar landing phase of China's lunar exploration project is progressing steadily.
According to the previously announced plan, the two Long March 10 carrier rockets will launch the lunar lander and the Mengzhou spacecraft to rendezvous and dock in the lunar orbit; the Mengzhou spacecraft can carry 3 astronauts to and from the ground and the lunar orbit, of which 2 astronauts will ride the lunar lander to and from the lunar orbit and the lunar surface.
Wang Xiang, deputy chief designer of China's manned space project and chief designer of the lunar exploration project, said there are two principles in planning:
First, for everything that needs to be done in lunar orbit, the space station should be used as much as possible and verified in low-Earth orbit first;
Second, if there is anything that is to be done by manned aircraft, try to fly it in an unmanned state first.
Wang Xiang said that using the near-Earth version of the Long March 10 rocket, the near-Earth version of the Mengzhou spacecraft will be launched first to perform the space station mission in low-Earth orbit, and the basic technology of the rocket and the key aspects of the spacecraft's reentry and return will be verified first. Then the Long March 10 lunar landing rocket was used to launch the lunar landing spacecraft of the Mengzhou spacecraft to carry out the lunar landing mission. This is verified by the rocket, first near the earth and then the moon.
"Moon Raising" unmanned flight can collect key lunar environmental data on the spot
The lunar lander carries out unmanned missions and can collect key environmental data on the spot, including first-hand measured information on the lunar surface temperature, lunar dust conditions, and the aircraft's on-orbit performance.
Wang Xiang, Deputy Chief Designer of China’s Manned Space Engineering Project and Chief Designer of the Lunar Exploration Project: According to the unmanned state, the entire process of the manned state, including launching into orbit around the moon, rendezvous and docking with the Mengzhou spacecraft, landing on the moon and staying on the moon, then taking off, and rendezvous and docking with the Mengzhou spacecraft, the key technologies of the entire process must be verified as much as possible. Ensure that manned flights are safe and reliable.
National collection of active payloads
At the same time, the unmanned mission of the lunar lander also collects active payloads from across the country. The total mass of the payloads in a single mission does not exceed 50 kilograms, and the total power consumption does not exceed 100 watts.
Wang Xiang said that because it does not carry humans, there will be some remaining resources, and some scientific experiment projects that are meaningful and necessary to be carried out on the moon will be selected. This is equivalent to taking it to the moon by hitchhiking, and doing corresponding scientific experiments or technological explorations on the moon, so that multiple parties can benefit from one flight.
Digital Intelligence Empowerment
Manned spaceflight will usher in new changes
The theme of this year's Manned Spaceflight Academic Conference is "Wisdom Gathers the Galaxy, Digital Intelligence Empowers the High-Quality Development of Manned Spaceflight". This is the first time that "digital intelligence" has been included in the theme of the conference. Digital technology and AI are entering and integrating into manned space missions. What new changes will they bring in the future? Let’s see together.
According to experts, the digital layout of manned spaceflight has already been implemented. Our "Tiangong" space station had an online "twin brother" at the beginning of its development - the digital space station.
Wang Xiang, deputy chief designer of the China Manned Space Engineering Project and chief designer of the Lunar Exploration Project: It can be understood as a twin model of our actual space station. This model not only plays an auxiliary role in the ground development stage, but also plays a role during the orbital flight of the space station. Before each mission, we first preview the mission on the digital model. After each mission is performed in the sky, we can also conduct a review on this digital model. We have already used digitalization relatively maturely.
With a solid digital base, AI has a stage to display, and many new attempts to fit the aerospace scenario are being advanced.
Wang Xiang: For example, can we have an intelligent agent specifically for astronauts, which can assist him in some of his work in space, serve as his assistant partner, or provide some help and companionship in coding, testing, etc. We are currently making some attempts at these tasks.
