Half-immortal civilization

a In the distance, tens of thousands of Americans are eagerly waiting for the upcoming event.

Although, there are too many shortcomings at the moment.As for the real spacecraft, the United States is one step behind, and just now, Germany and Russia announced almost at the same time that the newly developed space shuttle has been completed and entered the testing stage, using the technology of a master company.And it is about a month away from the trial stage in the United States.

What's more, the cost of the entire space shuttle is as high as 320 billion U.S. dollars, and the sale price of Gao and Gaoshou's space shuttle is 1500 billion Chinese dollars, or 300 billion U.S. dollars.In comparison, the Dream aircraft of Gaoshou Company has three engines.

Of course, the master company's space shuttle will not be sold to places other than China. In this regard, the United States has to spend a lot of money to develop its own space shuttle.

However, what makes the American people even more dissatisfied is that among the 320 billion US dollars in construction costs, 240 billion US dollars are actually the cost of purchasing related technologies from expert companies!Once upon a time, the advantage of the United States quietly disappeared, and China and the United States were just reversed in the top fields!
However, the only consolation is that the United States is still the second in the world to successfully build a real space shuttle.Moreover, in terms of aerospace equipment, the United States is still No. 1. As long as the technological breakthroughs are completed, the United States will have sufficient capabilities to realize replica production. This is a strong industrial foundation that China, Russia and Germany cannot match together.

Because a large number of titanium alloys are used, even the skin of the aircraft is the same. The overall aircraft shows a slightly dull silvery white luster. In the eyes of everyone, the aircraft slowly slipped out of the hangar and came to the 1200-meter-long runway superior.

In an instant, a large number of cameras on the scene clicked, and some young Americans even stood up, because the space shuttle is the backbone of the nation in this era!
If the backbone of the nation in the 18th and 20th centuries was giant ships and cannons; the backbone of the nation in the [-]th century was aircraft nuclear power, then the backbone of the nation today is the space shuttle.

In this era, the deterrent effect of nuclear bombs has declined dramatically.The name of space-based weapons hangs above the heads of every people in the world.The experiment of Master Company in space was actually captured by the satellites of several countries, including Huaxia's own satellite. Otherwise, how could the country have such a simple reconciliation!
A small projectile weighing 1.3 kilograms can destroy a comet with a diameter of 200 kilometers under a strong force; although there are many reasons for this, such as the loose structure of the comet and the strong gravity of the sun.But it is enough to explain the horror of space-based weapons.Someone has done such a calculation. If ten kilograms of projectiles are continuously launched from space at a speed of 15 kilometers per second, then at least ten kilometers on the ground will be affected.However, if the current space-based weapons are launched using heavy-duty electromagnetic rails, they can be accelerated to hundreds of kilometers per second in a space environment, which is theoretically achievable.At such a speed, when an object weighing one kilogram lands on the ground, it can penetrate the ground for thousands of meters (if the warhead is hard enough), and turn it into dust within ten kilometers.

And this is a weapon with a high reusability rate and an extremely low cost. In the face of space-based weapons, nuclear bombs are weak!

Because of this, Americans care so much about their own country's space shuttle.If the sky defense is lost, maybe once the war breaks out, maybe there will be overwhelming space-based weapons attacking the mainland in the next moment, and it will be a disaster of extermination.And the rhetoric of war has been prevalent for a hundred years!

Dr. John gave an ebullient speech. After arriving at the scheduled time, all the inspectors left. The pilot wore a protective suit of traps, and with the help of everyone and robots, he made it to the cabin slowly.

McQuay-Williams was unconcealably excited.Among so many pilots in the United States, he stood out and became the first real space shuttle pilot in the United States.In the past, every time I saw Huaxia, especially the aircraft of the master company, whose acceleration reached more than 30 times the speed of gravity of the earth, when others thought it was unbelievable that even an iron body would be crushed, all I had was envy!If I were to die, as long as I could test fly such an airplane before I die, I might be willing!
Fortunately, the sky paid off. After hard work and hard work, I became the only lucky one. I was fortunate to personally test the third-generation space shuttle developed by the country itself.Maybe there are various deficiencies in this, but in any case it cannot conceal the fact that the United States has its own space shuttle!The real space shuttle, not the kind that needs the power of a rocket to send it into space!
Taking a deep breath, McQuay pressed the button, looked at the interface that he had been familiar with countless times in the virtual machine, and started the familiar operation.The more advanced and complex the technology is, the simpler the operation and application will be. This truth has now been verified.Such an advanced and complex aircraft uses voice control, simple joystick control, and even a mind-reading helmet link method.It's not at all like the planes of more than 20 years ago, which are in a hurry.It's just that there are a lot of display screens, which can fully display every state of the aircraft.

The plane accelerated slightly, and the powerful engine ran smoothly with almost no vibration; however, there was a terrifying power in this low roar.It was a powerful drive McQuay had never felt.Compared with the most advanced fighter jets in the United States today, two aircraft with a total thrust of 35 tons, this aircraft with a thrust directly reaching 100 tons is really exciting.

Taking a deep breath, after a three-second warm-up, McQuay directly increased the power to 50%, and the plane exploded with a bang, rushing off the runway and flying into the sky like an arrow.The acceleration was as high as 13 times, and at that moment McQuay could hear the cracking of the bones.Even after intensive training, but only for a few months, it is still impossible to withstand such pressure for a long time.At this time, McQuay was very puzzled, why did the master company let the aircraft accelerate to 30 g (Earth gravity), but the pilot was safe and sound.

Soon, the aircraft stabilized at a speed of Mach 4, which is already the limit of conventional fighter jets.

"McQuay, McQuay, this is the ground command center, listen now, speed up, speed up, we need to measure the limit of the aircraft. Don't fly out of the atmosphere just yet."

"Received!" McQuay felt that the acceleration was beginning to decrease, and his body had gradually adapted to it, and slowly pushed the switch to 70%.The plane started to accelerate again, Mach 5!

"Report to the command center, the current speed is Mach 4, and the aircraft shell has begun to heat up. The temperature is now 180 degrees (well, the United States seems to use Fahrenheit, but in the novel, the reading brief is the first), and it is still rising. The average temperature is every minute. About ten degrees higher."

"Continue to accelerate under the premise of ensuring the safety of the aircraft. Rest assured that the aircraft has a heat insulation layer. As long as the external temperature does not exceed 280 degrees Celsius, it is safe."

"Got it, now the plane has started to climb to Mach 4.7 - oh, God, the plane started to tremble violently, but it shouldn't matter, this is the limit that high-speed flight must pass... oh no, the plane actually called the police, I want to lower Speed ​​up, God, what's wrong..." McQuay started to panic at this moment.Of course, the first time is to gradually reduce the engine power.

However, before McQuay took action, the plane suddenly heard the sound of Kaka, and then McQuay only felt that the whole world was shattered!

At this moment, the Americans collectively lost their voices. Looking at the plane that was flying rapidly through the clouds on the satellite picture, it suddenly turned into fragments and flew all over the sky, feeling hopeless repeatedly for a moment!