Ma's trip to Qiongzhou didn't include any reporters, so the atmosphere was quite relaxed.
The launch of the Dream Heaven experiment module was near the Xinyuan Launch Site, so Ma wasn't in a hurry to go there. Instead, Lin Ju took him on a tour of the Xinyuan Launch Site first.
Inside the assembly building of the No. 2 launch pad at Xinyuan, he saw the first stage of the New Yuan No. 3 rocket. It had just completed a launch mission for the axial module of the Forward Space Station and had finished some maintenance work not long ago.
With a diameter of 11 meters and a height of 77 meters, its surface hadn't been covered with heat-resistant tiles yet, so it still bore heavy scorch marks.
A group of people stood under the rocket, at the same level as the 19 suspended K380 engines. Ma reached out to touch the nozzle, which emitted a metallic bluish glow. He then ducked underneath to observe the structure at the base of the New Yuan No. 3.