I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

In the prairie near Ulan Hashan Airport, scattered cars are walking around, and a group of well-equipped people are using "cannon" cameras to take images of the H1 separation test.

A military vehicle parked not far away, watching silently.

These people are not spies, but aerospace enthusiasts who came here after hearing the news.

Ever since H1 was first carried here for testing by Tu 154, enthusiasts began to gather to take photos.

Of course, the information they can take is also very limited. NACA can analyze the appearance and aerodynamics just by looking at the photos on the official website. If you want detailed information, you can only go to the airport.

But don't forget that the internal code of Ulan Hashan Repair Factory (Airport) is 96533. It is a serious military base, and security work is naturally extremely strict.

Xinyuan was happy to leak some insignificant photos and didn't ask anyone to chase them away. Just take photos if you like.

In the air, Deng Lei and Captain Li drove the H1 and smoothly entered the landing route.

Due to the use of wing-body fusion and central lift body design, the H1 has no obvious wing divisions. The entire aircraft can generate lift at any position. It looks like an aircraft in the animation. The chubby body coupled with the small wingtips is make up all.

The aviation industry once jokingly called the central lifting body the "flying brick", which is correct both in appearance and in practice.

Although this can greatly save space and weight, the disadvantage is poor controllability and a high risk of stalling and loss of control during large maneuvers. The operating regulations only allow conservative driving.

Of course, as the space shuttle H1, there is insurance after stalling. As long as the liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen engine at the tail is started, the powerful thrust directly makes the thrust-to-weight ratio of the entire aircraft exceed 1.2. Although the fuel is less and the startup time is limited, it is enough to recover.

Deng Lei began to lower the altitude and corrected the yaw caused by the wind direction with the help of the intelligent driving system. Li Wei pulled the switch outward and lowered the compact tricycle landing gear.

H1 touched the ground at a certain elevation angle, and the tires of the rear landing gear came into contact with the runway to produce white smoke. Then the nose of the aircraft was lowered, the hydraulic brake pump of the wheel increased the pressure, and it taxied to the end of the runway before slowly stopping.

In a room that was temporarily used as a command center not far away, Academician She saw Xinyuan engineers standing up one after another and high-fiving each other without saying a word.

The manned intra-atmospheric flight test code-named "H1 Yaoyi" was successfully completed. The space shuttle was in normal condition throughout the entire process and there were no errors.

On the runway, the members of the astronaut brigade and the ground crew rushed to the space shuttle and unlocked the side cabin door from the outside. With the sound of the air pressure difference, they could clearly see the scene inside.

Deng Lei, who was always serious, opened his mask and turned his head, giving them a "yeah" gesture; Li Wei also half-opened his mask, lying on his back on the seat with his eyes closed, his hands gently placed on the rudder. On the armrest.

He was enjoying the feeling of the shuttle landing.

After a long while, Li Wei exhaled and opened his eyes, saw several pairs of smart eyes, sighed and unfastened the X-shaped seat belt:

"I'm going to ask Xinyuan's engineers if they can bring the team with them for training when flying in the future." After saying that, seeing that the team members still didn't respond, he said the second half of the sentence:

"The opportunity to go to heaven is rare. I will report it to my superiors... If possible, Xinyuan can also participate in our manned spaceflight project."

"Wow!"

The team members finally burst into cheers and lifted Li Wei, who was wearing a spacesuit, out of the space shuttle. He was carried by a pile of people and ran to the hangar. The remaining people continued to gather around H1 and gently caressed the bottom of H1. Black thermal insulation coating.

Although she is flying in the atmosphere, she can still feel the residual temperature on the surface of the aircraft. To the astronaut, she is as warm as a girl's skin.

Academician She sighed inwardly when he saw the scene on the runway.

It has been 23 years since manned spaceflight began, and only 10 astronauts have been sent up. Isn’t that really a little too few?

But without supporting space station facilities, it is useless to get people up there. We have to wait for the Long March 5 to have the capacity to build a large space station... No, the prototype rocket of Xinyuan 2 is already in Qiongzhou.

On May 11, Lao Ma’s first Falcon 9 in May was launched and directly entered the sea for recovery.

Of course...it failed again. The Falcon 9 fell directly into the sea 20 meters away from the tugboat, but it recovered a complete wreckage.

It was on this day that Xinyuan officially announced the launch time of Xinyuan 2 Yaoyi: May 26.

It was transported to Qiongzhou on May 17, launched at the No. 1 launch station on May 26, and the first stage was recovered at the No. 1 recovery station of the Xinyuan Space Launch Site.

The recovery method is no longer the support leg recovery. Xinyuan 2 is too tall and heavy, the support legs cannot bear it and the center of gravity is too high.

The recovery method this time is: the first-stage rocket controls to hover 10 to 20 meters away from the tower of the recovery station, flatten the grille rudder, and extend two long steel structures from the tower, which are gathered together like chopsticks. The first-stage rocket is suspended on the tower with the help of an extended grille rudder, about 15 meters above the ground.

Compared with the retrieval of the support legs, the difficulty of this method is an order of magnitude higher, but it is obvious that the system research institute is well prepared and only applies it after confirming that the task progress has become "completed".

This is the beauty of cheating.

Everyone thought that such a recycling method was a fantasy and too unbelievable, but Lao Ma touched his chin instead: Good idea, high-tech enough, I copied it.

At the same time, Lin Ju confirmed the naming of the first H1 space shuttle in the company.

Unlike rockets, space shuttles have their own unique meaning, and it is important to choose an appropriate name.

First, we collect opinions from all employees in the factory. Everyone can think of a name and send it to the factory office email. The naming activity is limited to three days.

Lin Ju checked his emails every day, but he didn't find the answer he wanted until the end of three days.

"Boss, how about we draw 20 voting choices?"

Lin Ju nodded unconsciously, but his furrowed eyebrows showed that he was actually not satisfied.

Suddenly, a name emerged from the bottom of my heart:

"Progress, let's call it 'Progress'."

Guo Shen was stunned, this name hit the car again, but let's do whatever it takes with love. .

Although this is suspected of wasting the mood of all employees in the factory, who calls Lin Ju a dictator? The boss has said this, just make progress and take one step further.

As a result, the H1 at Ulan Hashan Base was officially renamed "Progress" and its paint will be changed when it returns to the factory for maintenance before manned launch.

At the Xinyuan Factory, the body of the second H1 was also manufactured, and she was named "United" in advance.

In fact, in order to ensure absolute safety, the combination of Unity and a Xinyuan-2 will be on standby at the Qiongzhou launch site when Progress is launched. Once Progress has an accident and cannot return, Unity will be launched within 12 hours for rescue.

Again, although the system engineers and system technology are very reliable, when human lives are involved, necessary procedures must be followed.

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