On April 16, 182 days after entering the "Tiangong" space station, 133 astronauts of Shenzhou successfully returned to the ground, and the accuracy and excellent posture of the return capsule refreshed the new height of manned spaceflight on the mainland. When watching the live broadcast, the sharp-eyed editor found that the three red medical supervision medical insurance cars parked at the scene turned out to be a certain Black brand caravan.
Shenzhou XIII returned to the scene of the medical supervision medical insurance car
That's right, the truck-style chassis, the sharp front, the folding tail plate that can be used as a lift, that's it. Using a caravan to supervise the astronauts is simply too suitable, the space in the car reaches 12 square meters, not only the space is spacious and comfortable, but also you can eat steaming meals at any time, without waiting to return to Beijing. Maybe you can also take a hot bath, go to the bathroom is also convenient, sleepy can also lie in bed and rest.
One astronaut
Some media said that this is the first time that the mainland has put into use a new type of medical supervision medical insurance vehicle, which is actually incorrect, at least when Shenzhou 12 returned, a similar medical supervision medical insurance vehicle was used. The car was the winning bid for the medical supervision and medical insurance medical ambulance project in March 2021, and three units were delivered on September 1 of that year, and many drills were conducted in the Gobi Desert of jiuquan satellite launch center to test the reliability of the car's performance.
Shenzhou XII was used at the time of xirang
However, although Xiaobian saw that it was a certain Black brand caravan, he found out after checking that they were not imported, but were produced by a group in Suizhou, Hubei Province, and specially modified for space missions. This kind of truck chassis caravan, the foreign entry price is 3 million, did not expect to be able to produce domestically, for the mainland manned spaceflight of the whole system autonomy and localization of a force.
It turned out to be domestically produced
That's it
And the RV, which is bound to camping, tourism and luxury in everyone's imagination, is inextricably linked to manned spaceflight. In addition to the medical supervision and medical insurance vehicle used by astronauts after returning to the ground, the manned moon landing and landing on Mars are also indispensable, did not expect it? Listen to the editor slowly.
Of course, it doesn't mean it can land on the moon
Unlike the "Apollo" moon landing in the 1960s and 1970s, the manned moon landing plan that the mainland expects to achieve its goal by 2030 is no longer a punch-in moon landing, but to establish a joint scientific research station on the lunar surface, mining, and even forming an earth-moon economic circle, which requires astronauts to be stationed on the moon for a long time. One of the hardware conditions for the long-term manned presence of the moon is the manned lunar surface mobile laboratory.
Official imaginary map of the continental lunar base
From the perspective of the current human aerospace technology, the best design of this manned lunar surface mobile laboratory is a "lunar caravan", which can provide 2 to 3 astronauts with long-term inspection, life and scientific research on the lunar surface, all just like the core module of "Tianhe". In fact, the mainland manned moon landing project is planned in this way, and the relevant design scheme has long been exposed.
Note the lower-right corner
Our currently exposed manned lunar surface mobile laboratory, which is designed in 4 wheels, similar to a trailer motorhome, will be sent to the moon by the new 921 rocket that will fly for the first time in 2026, equipped with an independent life support system and communication module, using nuclear power, after several launches, multiple "lunar RVs" can form a "lunar camp".
Continental manned lunar surface movement laboratory
The manned lunar surface mobile laboratory can be launched individually by a 921 rocket
In fact, the United States is carrying a new generation of manned lunar rovers and Mars rovers, also motorhome-style, called SRP, using a 12-wheel truck chassis, divided into 6 groups, each set of wheels are designed like the aircraft landing gear, with independent steering mechanism, can drive sideways like a crab, if used to grab parking space, it is a "king" level of existence.
American SRP manned lunar rover
The SRP can reach a top speed of 10 to 20 kilometers per hour and a range of 1,000 kilometers. Equipped with a sleeping space and toilet, it can accommodate two astronauts for 14 days, and is designed for a lifespan of 10 years without maintenance. The top speed can reach 10 to 20 kilometers per hour, and the endurance is 1000 kilometers. Interestingly, SRP, like our Manned Lunar Surface Mobility Laboratory, uses rubber tires, which are said to be based on shuttle tires.
Grabbing a parking space is very good
Seeing this, everyone did not expect that the RV could play such a big role in manned spaceflight and alien exploration. Looking at the tourist caravan that I bought for three or four hundred thousand, am I proud? Maybe it's the same as the astronauts!
A few lunar RVs are put together to form a lunar camp