The Space Agency quickly issued a notice to its several institutes:
New Yuan Aeronautics will be involved in the national space program, so research what tasks they can help you with.
Of course, there were tasks.
The first to respond was the Fifth Institute, which swiftly put forward a pile of proposals, the space station being at the top of the list.
According to the original plan, China's space station was to be developed in three steps. The first step was Tiangong No.1, to validate in-orbit docking technology; the second step was the originally scheduled launch of Tiangong No.2 next year, which was a backup for Tiangong No.1 for further practice; the third step was to build a large space station for China with the help of the CZ-5 rocket.
It was a classic three-step strategy, as well as a pragmatic plan based on the Space Agency's transport capacity.
But now, with New Yuan-2 in the picture, the Fifth Institute, which was responsible for the space station, couldn't sit still.
