From black technology to super engineering

Xichang.

Before the Yaoyue was launched, the landing site was expanded next to the assembly and launch workshops. Now two months have passed, and the construction of a landing area of ​​more than 40 acres has been preliminarily completed here.

Or "airport".

According to the design standard, this airport can accommodate up to six 3,000-ton spaceships like the Yueyue, and four 10,000-ton spaceships can take off and land at the same time.

Moreover, when it was proposed to build the site, the local government's attitude was also very positive, without the slightest squeamishness when other projects occupied the land. They strongly supported it from the province to the city, and gritted their teeth to collect a lot of money.

This is not the end, the provinces and cities have also promised that as long as there is not enough, they can expand at any time and acquire as much land as they want.

The reason, of course, is that the province hopes to win and consolidate the position of the world's first ground airport—what an opportunity that will bring!

Two hundred meters away from the landing area, there is a temporary iron-wood structure auditorium that can accommodate nearly a thousand people. Although it is far away, the huge hull of the Yaoyue is enough for people to see the process of taking off and landing clearly—besides, you can use a telescope!

The auditorium was full. In addition to media reporters and family members of astronauts, there were also ordinary people who got tickets from various channels.

And today, several rows of seats are specially set up, on which are the families of astronauts from all over the world.

Every audience held a small national flag of their own country in their hands, and some even put stickers of the national flag on their faces.

At this moment, everyone was waiting eagerly, looking at the sky.

Today's weather is particularly sunny, cloudless.

...

Kobayashi Yukata, like all ordinary audiences, looked up at the sky, for fear of missing any clues.

As the mainland reporter of Asahi Shimbun, he has been here for nearly five years.

In April last year, during the press conference of Aviation Day, he won the qualification to interview on-site at the press conference of the aerospace department-unfortunately, he was not asked to ask questions. I can only write a manuscript based on the press conference announcements I heard and other people's questions.

Afterwards, Kobayashi Xiongfang concluded that this had something to do with his own country's decision to get too close to Laomei last year and put the future on Laomei's side.

However, because Kobayashi Yukata's manuscripts have always tended to be fair, and he only conveyed news rather than stated his position, so his "reputation" here is quite good-no, this time he and his partner once again won the visit and Eligibility to film landing situations.

And it just so happened that Linda from Lianhe Zaobao who was with him last time was also sitting beside him this time.

"Xiao Lin-san, are you going to attend the press conference later?" Linda looked away from the sky, and asked this unsmiling colleague beside her.

"Yes, you too?"

"It's an honor to be invited." Linda smiled and nodded, with a touch of emotion in her eyes.

Although she works as a reporter, she has always studied international political relations - she knows that here, any interview content, even interview qualifications, contains a lot of information.

For example, the reason why Lianhe Zaobao has been receiving “preferential treatment” is fundamentally because its own country made the wisest choice—the year before last, when the old US announced the success of controllable nuclear fusion, it invited all countries to sign cooperation agreements .

As a close partner of Laomei, Paocheng naturally responded positively, but just when the energy department was about to sign a cooperation agreement on controllable nuclear fusion with that side, there was direct news from the mainland that the commercial power station was officially put into operation. operating news.

So... Pocheng resolutely terminated the intention signing with Laomei, and then, together with the entire ASEAN, began to actively discuss cooperation plans with the mainland.

These two years have passed... Facts have proved that Pocheng is once again on the right path.

When a small country chooses to walk on the right path, it is more important than any effort.

From the exercise last year, to the invitation of the moon to the sky, and the establishment of the lunar helium 3 factory...

It can be said that the country under her feet has irrefutably become the only "superior" in the entire Asian region.

In the entire East Asia and Southeast Asia region, except for a very few die-hards—such as Niguo and Australia, the influence of the old Americans is actually weakening sharply.

If you look at a "blowing" news from the White House some time ago - it is said that the owner of the White House once again proposed that the country where the troops stationed in the outer seas will give money, and if they don't give it, they will break up - in fact, the structure of the world, In the past two years, too many changes have taken place.

In Linda's opinion, if the White House threatened to dismantle the base without paying money in the past, it was an armed blackmail in the name of conservatism, then this time... it is very likely that the White House is planning to retreat.

Because... no one wants to maintain a force that does nothing, not even deterrence.

And here in Southeast Asia... For those bases, the attitudes of many countries are now more to use——to use America's "Schrödinger"-like influence to gain access to the rising Eastern Dragon. Best boat tickets for giant ships.

But...any situation in Asia cannot avoid that country with a population of 126 million and the third largest GDP in the world.

Well, letting Yukata Kobayashi maintain a certain degree of objectivity in the media also shows that this powerful country still retains some hope for the Ni country.

After all, old beauty is still too far away.

It depends on whether Ni Guo can catch it - Linda thought in her heart.

In just a few seconds, Linda completed a brainstorm in her mind, so that she perfectly missed the opportunity to discover that small bright spot in the sky for the first time.

...

"Appeared!"

Not knowing whose voice sounded first, Linda immediately looked up.

In the sky, a bright spot that looked like an airplane appeared in the sky and was rapidly passing through the clouds.

The assistant moved quickly, and immediately pointed the camera at the bright spot.

Gradually, as the bright spot got closer and closer, the auditorium also closed their mouths at the same time as if it had been negotiated.

Even if they don't have aerospace knowledge, they also know that the take-off and landing phase of the spacecraft is the most difficult.

Even harder than taking off!

Finally, after passing through a layer of clouds again, Yaoyue's body became clear.

Under the gravitational force of the earth, it flies towards the ground like a soaring eagle.

Everyone held their breath at the same time.

Linda gritted her teeth, widened her eyes, and held the camera tightly.

In the picture in the camera, Yaoyue's body gradually became larger, but the speed... slowed down visibly to the naked eye.

Gradually, Yaoyue changed from an eagle to a butterfly, and began to descend slowly in the air.

Until the end, like a light fallen leaf, she landed gently and steadily on the intended landing site.

The entire auditorium instantly turned into a sea of ​​joy.