Chang'e-5 has had many missions since its birth, and bringing the lunar soil back to the earth is one of them. This task itself does not seem to be very eye-catching, because the United States and the Soviet Union have completed this work more than 40 years ago. But after a lapse of 44 years, when China's Chang'e 5 successfully completed its mission to take the lunar soil, it attracted global attention. Why on earth is Chang'e 5?
Usually when we talk about the exploration of the moon by human beings, people will often think that when the United States first manned the moon, it was 51 years, and China had to admit that it started late. But it would be wrong to think that China's aerospace technology has been lagging behind the United States in this regard. This is completely different.
In the past, when lunar probes returned, they flew directly back from the lunar surface, but Chang'e-5 is different. It uses the world's most advanced lunar orbital rendezvous and docking. Compared with the ground orbit docking, the lunar orbit docking is much more difficult. If you want to build a lunar orbit space station, this technology is the foundation, and if you want to build a lunar base, this technology is the support.
In the past ten years, the United States and the Soviet Union and other countries have mastered advanced aerospace technology, but resolutely refused to disclose it to China. Therefore, Chang'e-5 will carry out the same mission as the Soviet lunar probe 44 years ago, but realize the technology. However, the way to achieve this is very different, so that the cost of implementation is also very different. This is the benefit of technical advantages.
Don’t underestimate these costs. In the years of U.S.-Soviet hegemony , the space race was also seen by many as one of the chief culprits that dragged down the Soviet Union, because both the U.S. and the Soviet Union invested in space exploration. The heavy money has burdened the entire country with a heavy economic burden. Therefore, as soon as the Soviet Union disintegrated, the United States began to continuously reduce the scale of space exploration.
When China started its lunar exploration project, many people were worried about how much money it would have to invest and whether China's economic level would be able to sustain it. It is no longer enough to use the term cost-effective to describe the economics of China's lunar exploration project. According to Ye Peijian, China spends a small amount of money to do big things. According to the media, China is trading cabbage prices for gold-rich space exploration research projects.
For a long time, any cutting-edge technology taken by China will fall in price to a level comparable to cabbage. Many people think this is the reason for China’s low labor costs and voluntarily gave up violence. In fact, this is caused by technological upgrading. . The equipment has the same function, but the form of the realization technology is different, and the cost is naturally different. The technical advantage has such benefits.
China's lunar exploration project is not at all costly and laborious. Whether it is economy or technology, everything is a matter of course. No space race is enough to make China fear. On the other hand, the United States has changed from disdainful to unyielding attitude. Whenever China has made a technological breakthrough in a certain field, the United States has to shout that China should be more open-minded, share technology with the world, and benefit all mankind. Same thing once.
Although the American approach is nothing unusual, this call is worthy of people's thinking. After all, the United States achieved a manned landing on the moon as early as 1969, and China completed this task 51 years later. Is the data obtained by China really so valuable to Americans? The response of the Americans tells us the answer. What they really value is the technical path of China's lunar exploration project. They also want to spend the least money to do the biggest thing.
At this point, we have to beware of the largest and most complex espionage organization in the United States. How to prevent technical espionage has become a major issue now. The United States is currently struggling to suppress China’s 5G technology. Could it be that China’s advanced 5G technology limits the acquisition of intelligence by US technology spies?
