A big country of aerospace with black technology

The thrust engine of the Shenzhou spacecraft started and began to push the International Space Station upward.

The working fluid propels the engine and sprays out orange-blue high-temperature material.

However, a thrust of several hundred cattle can drive a space station-spaceship combination weighing dozens of tons.

Although the International Space Station has entered the comprehensive construction stage at this time.

But there are still many cabins that have not been launched yet, only 6 cabins.

A total of 15 modules will be launched when fully completed, and the remaining nine modules are planned to be launched in two years.

Today's International Space Station is the size of a standard football field and weighs more than 100 tons.

Only about a quarter of the full body mass.

The Shenzhou-6 manned spacecraft has a mass of no more than ten tons and a size no larger than a small truck.

The two are dozens of times different in size and mass.

However, it is such a tiny manned spacecraft that drives the International Space Station, which is many times larger than itself.

It feels like a dwarf lifting Ultraman.

"It feels like a small horse pulling a big cart."

Inside the space station, Weiss sighed.

Having just taken off his EVA suit, he felt as if he had walked away from the edge of hell.

If you are not careful, you may have your life taken away by Satan.

"In any case, our space station will not burn up in the atmosphere."

Weiss' teammate, Paul said with a shrug.

Before this, they also tried a series of self-rescue measures.

But without exception, they all failed.

They are ready to die in space.

Paul even left an emotional suicide note to his wife and daughter who were still on earth.

In the suicide note, Paul also revealed the pocket money he had secretly saved.

Thinking that the money he had saved to go out drinking was gone.

Paul felt that his life after returning to Earth seemed to be bleak.

Paul is not a professional astronaut.

His main identity is actually a payload expert.

So after he returned to Earth, he had another salary in addition to his teaching position at Cornell University.

There is no additional salary.

Now the small treasury is gone, and life seems to be hopeless.

"At least you can go back and see your lovely daughter."

Weiss said after glancing at Paul.

During this period of work, Weiss also gained a certain understanding of Paul.

This guy is a daughter slave. He spends his free time every day looking at photos of his daughter.

Or talking about how cute his daughter really is.

This is really hard to understand for Weiss, who is nearly forty and still single.

"Sigh, I don't know if those words I said before will hurt my cute little sweetheart's heart."

Paul said a lot in his last words. I wonder if his wife will tell her daughter after hearing this.

"Our communication will probably be restored in a few hours, so you don't have to worry too much."

Weiss told the other person calmly.

"At that time, you can tell your sweetheart in person how much you love her!"

As the International Space Station ascends its orbit, the attached communication satellites need to transmit a large amount of data.

Therefore, voice communication is unrealistic at this stage.

A large amount of data is transmitted directly to the Beidu Ground Control Center via satellite without encryption or decryption.

This also allowed Zhang Xingyang and the others to learn a lot of first-hand data on the operation of the International Space Station.

This has certain reference value for the future operation of the Tiangong Space Station.

Stones from other hills, can learn.

"According to the current orbital ascent rate, the International Space Station will return to normal operating altitude in eleven hours."

Qin Ming breathed a sigh of relief after the manned spacecraft entered the automatic working stage.

Then he turned to Zhang Xingyang and said:

"We paid a lot of price to save them this time."

Zhang Xingyang moved his gaze away from the big screen full of various data and landed on Qin Ming.

Qin Ming, as a master in the field of control systems, almost handled the automatic docking aspect single-handedly this time.

"In addition to a manned spacecraft, because of their accident, we also supported many communication satellites and ground communication stations."

Qin Ming counted the price they paid one by one.

After Zhang Xingyang finished speaking, he said:

"All the manpower and material resources consumed by this rescue mission will be borne by the International Space Station project team."

"You don't have to worry about them defaulting on their debts, we have a way to make them pay."

In fact, this rescue mission is for the Dragon Kingdom.

The biggest loss was the manned spacecraft.

Everything else can only be regarded as some cornerstones.

The cost of manned spacecraft is high, and the spacecraft itself is worth hundreds of millions.

In addition, the cost of launching another manned spacecraft is nearly 100 million.

So at the communication meeting at that time, Zhang Xingyang said this directly.

The other party must reimburse all rescue expenses in full.

In fact, manned spacecraft are insured.

It can be said that most domestic satellites, space stations, etc. in orbit are insured.

All are covered by the aerospace insurance consortium.

The Aerospace Insurance Consortium is a professional aerospace insurance company in China, and its establishment is also closely related to the Rocket Research Institute.

Before this, almost all domestic companies could only look to foreign countries to invest in aerospace insurance.

As a result, after the Changsanyi accident, a series of operations were carried out by foreign insurance funds.

Let everyone realize that we must establish our own professional aerospace insurance.

So in 1997, the Aerospace Insurance Consortium was born.

Since then, almost all domestic satellites will purchase space insurance from here.

Before taking off, a manned spacecraft also purchases a lot of insurance.

Including: spacecraft manufacturing stage insurance, transportation stage insurance, launch stage insurance, on-orbit operation insurance, etc.

It covers all stages of the spacecraft from manufacturing to returning to Earth.

Today's manned spacecraft is in the orbital operation stage.

Logically speaking, the reduction in service life should be covered by insurance.

However, this decline in the service life of the on-orbit operation is an unexpected situation.

Zhang Xingyang cannot guarantee whether the aerospace insurance consortium will be able to compensate in the end.

However, this loss was caused by the International Space Station project, so it would be right to seek compensation from them.

Zhang Xingyang has already begun to plan how to get more compensation through communication with them.

After all, so many of us have been busy for so long for their space station.

At any rate, I want 100 million yuan in compensation!

Not much.

Just convert the cost unit directly into US dollars.

"Don't worry, we will definitely not lose money."

Zhang Xingyang patted Qin Ming on the shoulder and said.

The success of this rescue mission was actually due to Qin Ming's great efforts.

It is precisely because of the high-precision tracking and docking system it produces.

Only a manned spacecraft can complete docking with the International Space Station at almost exactly the same speed in the vast space.

You know, they had a blind eye to the situation of the International Space Station before this.

In such a short time.

Completing the docking of the spacecraft is comparable to taking off from the same spot and flying into the sky with both feet.

"There are many test items in Tiangong tomorrow. You should go back and rest first."

Zhang Xingyang pushed him towards the door and said.

By this time, it was already early morning.

Soon it will be dawn.

"Forget it, I'll just relax in the lounge next to you for a while. Call me if you need anything."

Qin Ming yawned and walked out.

Everyone had been working for more than ten hours before, and suddenly they were working intensively for nearly ten hours.

Even if it is made of iron, it can hardly hold on.

Even Zhang Xingyang, who always stayed up late, felt a little sleepy at this time.

However, Zhang Xingyang opened his eyes wide again when he glanced up at the big screen with constantly changing data.

At least it's not time to rest yet.

In any case, it will be after the International Space Station is completely out of danger.

Otherwise, I am afraid that I will have trouble sleeping.

On the other side of the ocean, it was afternoon.

Many people in Yingjiang already knew about the problems on the space station.

For now, news is only circulating among a small group of senior executives.

NASA Administrator Haywood did not notify many people.

"We have stabilized the situation on the International Space Station and expect to be able to return to normal working conditions in 12 hours."

Heywood reported very respectfully to the tall man in front of him whose face was hidden in the shadows.

He just moved into White House last year.

"In this crisis, we actually asked the Easterners to save our heroes."

"This is a shame for us."

The other party said slowly.

He also comes from an elite family, and people in the family have been in politics for generations.

For this kind of thing, he takes a more profound view.

This matter would definitely cause an uproar if the media knew about it.

"Your Excellency, our spaceship was too late to reach the sky. Their spacecraft was the only one that happened to be in space at that time."

Although the other party did not punish Heywood, Heywood was still sweating profusely and hurriedly explained.

"This is just a coincidence, not a problem with our technology."

At this time, the other party finally came out of the shadows and said calmly:

"You said, if the media knew this reason, would they believe it?"

"Or do you think our voters will believe it?"

Heywood didn't know how to answer the two questions raised by the other party.

Because no matter how you answer, you can't change the fact.

That's when their astronauts encountered a crisis in space.

It wasn't NASA that saved them;

But it comes from another country on the other side of the ocean.

That alone is enough.

It's enough for the media to fabricate countless news that shocks everyone's attention.

Heywood could even imagine how those times would describe him.

"The most incompetent administrator in NASA history"

Heywood has just sat in this position not long ago, and he doesn't want to bear such a scapegoat.

"Commander, the cause of the accident has nothing to do with us, it was not caused by us."

Heywood's brain was racing, thinking of people he could blame.

He felt that all his wisdom in this life had been brought out.

The person to blame was quickly found.

"Based on our current investigation, the reason why the International Space Station is in the condition it is today is."

"It's entirely because the guys had an abnormal engine startup problem when docking the spacecraft.

This resulted in the space station losing control of its attitude and a series of subsequent problems. "

After Heywood finished speaking, he raised his head and looked at the tall man in front of him with some anxiety.

In fact, the two of them are about the same height, but the man in the sun looks much taller at this time.

The other party was lost in thought, as if he was wondering whether the blame could be put on Mao Zi's head.

"Do you have any evidence now?"

After a while, the commander raised his head and said.

"have!"

"Our data center collected a large amount of data after the space station lost control."

Heywood said quickly.

As the largest investor and contributor to the International Space Station, Yingjiang occupies the initiative of the International Space Station.

Therefore, these important data are in the hands of NASA.

Of course, because of the space rescue.

Dragon Kingdom currently also has a lot of data about the International Space Station.

The commander doesn't really care about the data.

Just have this thing.

It is impossible for ordinary people to see the specific situation from those data.

How to say it specifically depends on the interpretation of experts.

Don't mention it. In fact, Mao Zi has a big responsibility for this matter.

Even if they have no responsibility at all, why can't the editor still make it up?

The commander calmly sat back behind his desk: "Since it is not our responsibility, we must let everyone know.

The idiots must pay the due price for this matter. "

At this time, those who have been watching the show through remote video.

They don’t know yet, but they will soon eat it on their own heads.

In space, after several hours of climbing.

The space station has also entered a relatively safe orbit.

This is an elliptical orbit with a perigee of 200 kilometers and an apogee of 410 kilometers.

Even if the Shenzhou spacecraft breaks away at this time, the space station can already rely on its own thrust.

Slowly move yourself to the original circular orbit.

But with the intention of doing good things to the end and sending Buddha to the West.

Zhang Xingyang decided to let the Shenzhou spacecraft take them to the predetermined orbit.

At any rate, the other party also had an extra US$780 million.

How can you not provide good service?

The International Space Station project team makes money very quickly.

As soon as the space station was out of danger, it had already made nearly 300 million US dollars.

This has actually made a lot of money.

Money or not, it doesn't matter to Zhang Xingyang.

But seeing Yingjiang deflated is still a relatively happy thing.

China has begun to let this matter out.

Justifiable reason: Our Shenzhou spacecraft belongs to all citizens, and everyone must account for it.

Private reason: How can it be enough to slap Ying Jiang in the face quietly? We must let everyone know. Let everyone enjoy it.

Although soon, Yingjiang came out to refute the rumors and said: This accident had nothing to do with them.

It's all because Maozi's spaceship engine was abnormal.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see that this reason is not very tenable.