[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil":3,"chapter-you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-473":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","You were told to build a tractor, but you're building a rocket?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1305676,1735,"Chapter 473 - 464 Stubborn Survival_1","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-473",473,"\u003Cp>\"Signal stable, estimated atmospheric penetration depth is 150 kilometers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The atmospheric thickness of Venus is far less than that of Earth, only about 250 kilometers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flyby craft will separate from the Morning Star No.1 the moment it contacts the atmosphere, using a small gas engine to enter a water-skimming trajectory, capable of descending to about 90 kilometers in altitude before bouncing back up. However, based on the probe’s autonomous judgment, it plans to dive to a depth of 100 kilometers for sampling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This height is roughly situated between the thermosphere and the exosphere, with air pressure not exceeding 10 pascals. If Venusians were to observe from the ground, they might see a brief, twinkling meteor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tai Bai, already in orbit, is also assisting with monitoring, its great mass providing precise and powerful shortwave transmitters, and has established stable connections with the two separating probes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Flyby separation!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Altitude 270 kilometers!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trajectory correction!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lander shield activation, ready to deploy!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One by one, programs were activated as expected, and Shen Zuozhou found nothing abnormal—a good sign.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Mars, Venus had become the first stop for domestic exploration of extraterrestrial planets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our country has achieved significant accomplishments in extraterrestrial planet exploration.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the early hours of July 21st, two Venus probes launched in April reached their destination simultaneously and commenced normal exploratory operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flyby probe successfully completed gas sampling of Venus’s atmosphere at an altitude of 100 kilometers and is expected to return to Earth between March and April of next year. The lander achieved a soft landing on the surface of Venus at 7:40 a.m.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As of the news release, the Morning Star No.1 Venus lander had been operating continuously for 134 minutes, surpassing the previous Union’s Venus 13, which had functioned for 127 minutes, becoming the longest-lasting human probe on the surface of Venus.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It will provide us with important scientific data on topics such as the origin of the planets in the Solar System and the existence of extraterrestrial life...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert put down his phone, crossed his fingers, and looked at Elon Musk, who was sitting across from him at an angle:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Our rivals are rapidly advancing into deep space. There hasn’t been a Venus lander for decades; it’s hard to say how long their Morning Star will last.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Musk: \"I still believe Mars is the future. I think by 2024 we can use 1000 starships to colonize Mars and establish a Mars city capable of sustaining 100,000 people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The second Starship is about to make its maiden flight; we’ve made significant improvements and are taking steps toward success.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert knew Musk was expressing SpaceX’s discontent:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Due to Sullivan and John’s conciliatory strategies, and with the old military-industrial giants also agreeing to make concessions, ensuring that the funding for the new Star wouldn’t exceed 6 billion US dollars with single-launch costs not exceeding 500 million, NOVA became the next-generation NACA-approved mega rocket to replace SLS.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But SpaceX’s Starship didn’t give up; it already had DARPA’s nuclear propulsion retrofit plan. NACA decided to use Starship for early Mars exploration and unmanned material preparation, while crewed missions would be handed over to \"New Star.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also admitted that the operation of this plan was a bit unsightly. The positioning of the \"New Star\" was essentially similar to the Starship, but Lockheed promised they could achieve its maiden flight by 2018, overall, the plan was seemingly more reliable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To bolster Starship’s confidence, Musk’s second B7 and SN17 Starship combination was ready to launch at the end of the month—a mere two months since the first attempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But given the disastrous failure of the first attempt, Robert still had his doubts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Elon, please understand... let’s talk about something else. Have you put the FGD system into practical use?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than four months ago, Ma put forward the Flexible Gravity System proposition, and at that time, they were already cooperating with Lockheed to retrofit the Dragon Spaceship. Seeing that the March was nearing completion, Robert suddenly thought of it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Musk nodded: \"Of course, the spacecraft has been completely retrofitted, and we are now conducting tether tests on the ground. Next month, we can launch and test it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s good to hear. I hope you resolve this technology quickly and develop a rotation system that could be used for either the Starship or New Star, which are both massive, 1000-ton behemoths requiring extreme durability.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have an idea about using Starship for a near-Earth orbit space station.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Musk gestured with his hands:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Starship could be revamped into a super-large in-orbit space station, just like the giant modules made by XAP. They are quick and cheap to manufacture. If we use them to form a new artificial-gravity space station almost as massive as the March.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His idea involved two Starships connected and rotating together, but with a rigid connection.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Each Starship is 50 meters long. If we connect them at the tail with a corridor in between, the overall diameter won’t be much less than the 60 meters of March, and the crew cabin can still achieve 0.3G gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could even be made from four, six, or eight Starships, each weighing 300 tons. Perhaps we could add a multipoint connector that requires no trusses, with only a slight reinforcement of the whole steel structure to withstand rotation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Starship is successful, we could construct such a super space station within a year, far more advanced and convenient than the FGD, and I call it ’Super Starship.’ It not only can operate together but can also separate to serve as landers, much more advanced in structure than the March.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert: \"It’s a great idea, but you still need to solve the problem of getting Starship into orbit first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Capital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Aerospace Development Committee was highly attentive to the landing of Morning Star No.1, sharing data in real-time from the base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Morning Star No.1 performed quite well, using an inflatable cone-shaped shield and parachute combination for deceleration. Actually, because of Venus’s super-high atmospheric pressure, deceleration was relatively easy; the main challenges were the fierce winds and extreme temperatures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the storms weren’t too bad; Tai Bai had scouted beforehand and detected no significant atmospheric vortices. The lander’s biggest problem was the high temperature.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of the 3.8 tons of Morning Star No.1, 800 kilograms were protection measures, wrapped tightly in composite materials inside and out. It was virtually immune to sulfuric acid, while insulating materials were used to resist the high temperatures, hoping to withstand the combined corrosion of aging and sulfuric acid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the results were much better than expected. At an altitude of 55 kilometers, Morning Star No.1 used its hydrazine fuel engine to decelerate for a short while and detected an atmospheric environment with an expected 180 Kpa pressure and nitrogen and oxygen concentrations nearly identical to Earth, and other gas components extremely low, suitable for direct human breathing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After landing, the protective system performed much better than anticipated; not only did it complete the most urgent 15-second rapid sampling task, but it also maintained continuous contact and had been obstinately operating for over 300 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The AI completed all sampling and observation plans in less than 200 minutes, which was the maximum time the ground team considered feasible for its operation. But at this point, Morning Star No.1 was still functioning well and was even transmitting a video back to Earth through Tai Bai’s relay.\u003C\u002Fp>",1236,"2026-06-05T18:20:54.444Z",1,"novelbin.me","34e500b878d6ecd29ce0bc2d1fc5a7650b744316318adf806ebe95bbd093185a","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-474","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-472",804,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-cover.jpg"]