到本世纪末,新的舰种“航天母舰”将出现在海洋上,为卫星升空新辟一扇“天窗”。航天母舰并非战舰,而是载着运输火箭到海洋上去发射的海上流运发射场。在海洋上发射试验动载火箭不仅安全,而且在赤道地区的“黄金水域”顺势发射运载火箭可以获得地球最大自转速度的功能。用同一枚运输火箭,在赤道上(零度纬度)送上天的卫星要比在美国卡纳维拉尔角(北纬28.5度)发射的重15%,这是因为得到赤道上地球自转产生的额外推力。怎样将运载火箭由陆地迁往海上去发射呢?制造航天母舰是最理想的方案。与航空母舰相比,航天母舰不需要大型飞机库和飞行甲板,以及为飞机起落配套的辅助设施,所需要的是火箭贮存、组装、维护舱,以及外设的火箭发射 By the end of this century, the new ship “Space Carrier” will appear on the ocean and will open up a new “skylight” for satellite launching. The spacecraft carrier is not a battleship but a launching ground for maritime launches carrying a launching rocket into the sea. It is not only safe to launch the piloted dynamic rocket on the ocean, but also to obtain the maximum rotation speed of the Earth in the “golden waters” of the equatorial regions. Using the same transport rocket, a 15-percent satellite transmitting at the equator (at zero latitude) is about 15% more than would be launched at Cape Canaveral, U.S.A. (28.5 degrees north latitude) because of the additional thrust produced by the Earth’s rotation on the equator . How to move the launch vehicle from land to sea to launch it? Manufacture of spacecraft carrier is the best solution. In contrast to the aircraft carrier, the spacecraft carrier does not require a large hangar and flight deck, as well as ancillary facilities for aircraft take-off and landing. All that is required is rocket storage, assembly, maintenance of the capsule and the rocket launch of the peripheral