Hammer of Technology

Security is also more secure.Driving operations are done on the ship's tower, which is completely isolated from the passenger cabin.In addition to the two-story tower, the total area is nearly [-] square meters, and a few guards are randomly arranged on the lower floor.At the same time, it also has extreme operation remote locking and floating functions. After a problem occurs, the airline can remotely control the spacecraft to a safe position and then hover in the air to wait for rescue...

Various performances have been announced. Except that this thing cannot fly into outer space like the Mir, as an air vehicle on the earth, it can definitely beat all the airliners in service.More comfortable flying experience, greatly reduced transportation costs, safer performance, and even the cost of helmsman training is almost [-]% lower than that of ordinary pilots.

According to the current market price of kerosene at about RMB 7000 per ton, a large Boeing airliner needs to burn about 240 tons of kerosene in a month based on the maximum flight time of 600 hours, and consumes 7200 tons a year. The total money spent on fuel is a year Probably more than 5000 million RMB.

But now the maximum flight time of Aerospace Dragon can be directly doubled to 480 hours per month, and the cost of flight fuel in a year is only less than 500 million yuan.

This is the real dream air transportation tool, and what is even more frightening is that such a spaceship costs 15 billion yuan.

Yes, this price is more than three times more expensive than ordinary Boeing airliners, but the official service life is 55 years, which is also more than double that of Boeing series airliners. There are more people, and the flight is even faster. As long as there are two sets of crew members on board, one flight can travel around all major countries in the world.There are not enough passengers, so you can carry more cargo.

You can also make full use of the space to provide various value-added services on the spacecraft, and make more money.Huaxia Civil Aerospace Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. even helped these airlines think about the advertisements. The ticket price of economy class, the enjoyment of business jets, how can life not take a space dragon?

It is conceivable that when Huaxia officially announced the opening of reservations for the Aerospace Wyvern series, a bunch of airlines were crazy.In particular, Huaxia's airlines placed orders frantically with the mentality of wrapping up the first batch of production capacity.

Basically, the minimum order for the contract is ten ships, and they started to quickly negotiate with the main airports in the country, how to arrange the take-off and landing points suitable for this new spacecraft, and at the same time send the future captain to further training.

These really have to be on the agenda.According to the plans of these airlines, during the production process of the spacecraft here, the renovation of the airport and the training of the captain must be carried out simultaneously, so that when the spacecraft is delivered, operations can begin immediately.

Of course, for many foreign airlines, they have also begun to grab the first batch of spacecraft.

In this way, the first batch of spaceships ordered totaled 300, and they were fully booked within three days.The deposit for each spacecraft is one billion yuan, plus a fixed interior decoration of 5000 million yuan for each ship. The newly established Huaxia Civil Aerospace Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. totaled 3150 billion yuan in three days.

The negative impact on the world is probably that the stock prices of Boeing and Airbus, two giant companies, and the global crude oil futures price began to plummet.Of course, the plunge in stocks is just the beginning. The biggest problem for Boeing and Airbus is that many customers would rather have their deposits confiscated for breach of contract than insist on refunding their orders.

Even if some customers who have not clearly indicated that they will breach the contract, but are still on the sidelines, it is still unknown whether they will continue to perform the contract after the delivery of the first batch of orders for Aerospace Dragon.

It is not that Boeing and Airbus have tried their best to test this kind of customers. For example, Boeing sent letters to some old customers hoping to revise the contract and increase the deposit, but for Party A, it is obvious that they will not be unconditional. It was when there were more choices that such an unreasonable request was obviously flatly rejected.Directly follow the original contract, otherwise there will be a lawsuit.

This is actually terrible for companies of the size of Boeing and Airbus.

The deposit cannot cover the cost of production at all.

In particular, some customers have different requirements for interior decoration. If the aircraft is produced according to the requirements, and the other party breaks the contract and refuses, it will be a big loss.But if the production is stopped for the time being, and the aircraft cannot be delivered immediately when the time comes, the aircraft will also have to lose money...

What's even more frightening is that the current products can't be compared with the products launched by others. This is the most deadly thing. Although Huaxia's company is only publishing data on paper for the time being, Mir has shown extraordinary performance in front of the world after all. Performance, even if it is for civilian use, it must be a castrated version, but even if it cannot go to space, it does not have the staggering stealth function of the Mir, but the remaining performance can beat any aircraft currently on the market.

That's how confidence comes.

Especially for airlines whose profitability depends purely on fate in the first stage, the Aerospace Wyvern series can be said to be a magic weapon that can steadily increase the airline’s future profitability.It's just that the management of Boeing, Airbus, and the world's airlines probably can't figure out how Huaxia would think of pushing this technology to the civil aerospace field so quickly.

In this regard, Ning Wei explained in this way in a certain phone call.

"Actually, we were forced to make this decision. You have to ask Mr. McLeish from Boeing about this matter? Didn't he join forces with Bell, General Motors, Locksig Martin and other companies to write to your Congress? Do you think that our Mir poses a great threat to the world's airspace, so you hope to increase investment in research and development of a new generation of aerospace aircraft? Am I not lying?"

"For us, this is really helpless. Although we have always shown that Mir is a civil air mobile operating platform, they do not believe it. This forces us to do further proof. So we stand against the crowd We launched the Aerospace Wyvern pure civil aircraft, sold it to airlines around the world, and even launched the first batch of decisions to build airports for airlines free of charge. All these are to prove that we are really for the lives of people all over the world. Work hard for happiness."

This response was perfect, and it made the CEO of Boeing feel a sense of astonishment when he saw it.Hehe, in order to prove that the Mir is for civilian use, do we need to fight like this?Do you really need to play so big?

There may not be many people for this explanation letter, but it is so powerless to refute, so naturally there is a huge market among the people.

Especially for the top executives of many oil resource exporting countries in the world, it can be regarded as finding a target to export gas.If it weren't for Boeing's troubles, China probably wouldn't be so anxious to launch the Aerospace Wyvern series of aircraft, which also means that they have longer time to digest this new technology and have plenty of time to prepare for economic transformation, but now it's too late...

In short, a year has passed in such a noisy way.

When the first batch of 50 Aerospace Dragon 001s were delivered to major airlines as scheduled and completed the trial operation and proved that their capabilities were as good as those advertised on the official website, the Aerospace Dragon series aircraft immediately became a global airline. The darling of the company.

The scheduled plan for the second batch of 500 Aerospace Wyverns is also posted on the official website of Huaxia Civil Aerospace Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.It's just that this time the pre-order price of a single ship has increased by 18 billion yuan, and the pre-order has to pay 12 billion in advance, as well as an additional 7000 million in interior decoration costs.

But even so, the second batch of reservations were still sold out by global airlines within three days.There are also airline companies who have applied for the lease of Aerospace Wyvern series of spacecraft for operation, but according to the response of Huaxia Civil Aerospace Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., the factory is working almost 24 hours a day, and they can only take care of orders first, and there are no such ships. If I spare no effort to promote the leasing business, I can only give up.

No way, after the delivery of the first batch of new-generation aircraft, the effect was so good that it exceeded the expectations of countless airlines, and the major airlines naturally voted with their feet.

This is no longer a problem that can be solved by giving various preferential policies and intervening in the market in other ways.

After all, this kind of dimensionality reduction blow is too heavy.When passengers spend the same money, one type can walk around in the air and enjoy various entertainment facilities, and even run somersaults on the closed deck, while the other type needs to stay in a narrow seat for a long time. He will use the money in his pocket to teach airlines how to behave.

Of course, the attraction of the Aerospace Dragon series is not limited to airlines.In fact, those rich people standing at the top of the pyramid in this world are also eager for this new type of aircraft.

Whether it's a private yacht or a private jet, where is the airship with such a high safety performance so exciting?

The party can not only be held on the open sea, but also in the air.Not to mention that if ordinary people can enjoy the treatment of air theaters and living in suites, how can a rich man have to take the plane of the previous generation to travel?

Although in principle, the advance booking service proposed by Huaxia Civil Aerospace Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. is aimed at airline companies, but in the field of private spaceships, if the other party offers too much, it is not impossible to discuss.

For example, if the spaceship is 15 billion, but people are not only willing to give a few hundred million more to jump in the queue, but even pay more than one billion for custom interior decoration, then everything is negotiable.After all, who can refuse a product with similar performance and earn 20 billion more with tears?

A total of five such privately ordered spaceships have also been included in the second batch of priority production targets.

The hot sales of the second batch of Aerospace Wyvern series aircraft also made Boeing and Airbus, two of the world's largest civil aircraft manufacturers, officially declare bankruptcy.This time, there is really no other way. It’s fine if you haven’t received any civilian orders during the wait-and-see period. Even the private jet orders of some rich people have been robbed directly. In addition, the stock has fallen to nowhere. It seems that the only option is bankruptcy and reorganization. This way.

The day Boeing officially went bankrupt was also called by the local media "the darkest moment in the history of Western aerospace."

Although there was a lot of commotion, ordinary people were already used to it.After all, during this period of time, there are too many dark moments in the mouths of various media, and I can't worry about it anymore.

The darkest moment of mathematical science, the moment of artificial intelligence, the darkest moment of Internet technology...

The most distressing is probably the people who depend on these industries for survival, such as employees of Boeing and Airbus; investors in oil fields, and resource merchants.However, when the wheels of the times are rolling forward, no one can stop it...

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522 Like-minded lovers

Huaxia, Qingshan International Airport.

Cheng Xiaolu was sitting quietly in the No. 36119 dock, waiting for the spaceship cz[-].Her trip this time is to go to the industrial base in Huaxi. The main task is to represent the Qingshan Fundamental Physics Research Center to witness the launch of the Kuafu.

It was originally a very ordinary task, but it had a somewhat weird taste.

For example, her tutor, Professor Luo Zhiqiang, specifically told her that when she met Professor Ning, she must ask him clearly why the lunar base plan had to be postponed.He also said that he should stop talking about the reasons given at the meeting, because his tutor didn't believe it.

Cheng Xiaolu has been at the Qingshan Fundamental Physics Research Center for three years, and she is already familiar with her supervisor's personality. If there were no more important matters in today's situation, Director Luo would definitely rush to the aviation industry base in the west to find Academician Ning. Ask clearly.This is another deadlock, because academician Ning seems to be one of the few academic masters who can make his director Luo busy with a single sentence.

That is to say, if my tutor disagrees with Academician Ning, and Academician Ning doesn't want to talk to Director Luo, there is always a way to make Director Luo stay in Qingshan Base honestly.

But Cheng Xiaolu couldn't figure it out.

Director Ning originally proposed the lunar base plan. The Kuafu's original design positioned the most important function as a large transport ship between the earth and the moon.Transport all kinds of base building materials to the moon, and turn the moon into a port, resource star and space-related heavy industry base on the earth.

Most of the future spacecraft will be built on the moon, and then start to explore the solar system and find a suitable location for the solar system port.

It was only three years ago that Academician Ning first defied the public opinion and presided over the civilization of Mir's production technology to replace the aircraft, and then Academician Ning began to spend time at the production base of Kuafu, and conducted two initial designs for Kuafu. major changes.Generally, under the premise of sacrificing the load capacity, the survivability and voyage capability of the Kuafu are greatly increased.

To be honest, many people did not understand this decision at the time.After all, the ferry between the earth and the moon is probably only a short-distance transportation within the same city for space exploration technology, so the requirements for the hull itself are not so high.

At that time, Ningwei's ideas also caused a lot of controversy, until Ningwei told everyone frankly that he hoped that the plan to build a base on the moon would be temporarily postponed, which was also opposed by countless people at the time.

After all, once the lunar base is built, it represents the first time that human civilization has truly begun to transform another planet. It can be regarded as the starting point for human beings to conquer the universe, and it is of great significance.It's fine if you don't have this ability, but now that you have this ability, no one is willing to give up on realizing this great event as soon as possible.However, Ning Wei's request for the transformation of the Kuafu was finally approved.

After research and judgment, although the load capacity was sacrificed, for Kuafu, it was just a few extra trips to the moon.Moreover, increasing the strength of the hull and allowing it to have long-distance voyage capabilities is also instructive for the next generation of exploration ships.

But who knew that just before Kuafu was about to take off, Ning Wei proposed to suspend the construction of the lunar base, and Kuafu would have other uses in the future.The construction of the lunar base can wait until the next generation of Nuwa is successfully built before starting preparations.

It is conceivable how much resistance Ning Wei faced after he put forward this opinion.Fortunately, before that, Ningwei had taken the lead in unifying the internal opinions of the basic laboratory.In other words, it is difficult for experts inside the laboratory to give opinions that deviate from Ningwei's decision, especially when Ningwei's stance is unprecedentedly firm.

Another interesting phenomenon is that foreign professors and researchers recruited in the laboratory are more supportive of Ningwei's choice than domestic professors.Even though Ning Wei gave the reason for making this decision, after the simulation of the intelligent platform, the conditions for building a human lunar base are not yet mature. Humanization, when there are not enough professionals stationed, the best choice is to suspend.

After several improvements, the Kuafu has initially possessed the space voyage capability, so Ning Wei hopes to record more space coordinates and complete the coordinate test through the voyage capability of the Kuafu.In this way, a more solid foundation can be laid for the drawing of future cosmic star maps, and it is more conducive to human beings to conquer this universe.

The most important thing is that although the Kuafu has been transformed into a smaller size than the Mir, it has the ability to travel through a short space.This provides a realistic basis for the accurate calculation of the two-space coordinate exchange.

At the present stage, the coordinate calculation of the transformation of the two spaces relies on the estimation from the micro to the macro.

Obviously, in Ning Wei's view, finding an accurate formula for transforming space coordinates is more important than building a moon base.

This is actually incomprehensible to many people.

Because in fact the two are not contradictory.

For example, Luo Zhiqiang suggested to Ning Wei that the Kuafu is mainly responsible for the delivery of materials to the lunar base.For the dual-space shuttle test, it is possible to build a small unmanned ship and test it slowly.Anyway, it doesn’t matter how many years early or later the two-space precise coordinate calculation is. This technology is mainly the basis of space navigation, and even inter-space navigation. It is enough to wait for a breakthrough before the construction of the solar system port in the 30-year plan begins.

The two sides also had an argument because of this issue, but Ning Wei remained unmoved.

This is also what makes Cheng Xiaolu feel the strangest. In fact, in her opinion, Academician Ning is indeed a little eager for success.

After all, even if there is a complete star map of the universe at this stage, it is not very meaningful to human beings.Because the entire human civilization does not yet have the ability to mass-produce large-scale exploration ships that can adapt to space voyages.

The entire construction period of an airship with preliminary long-distance sailing capabilities like the Kuafu is as long as five years, and there are only two large docks of this size that can now assemble it. It can produce up to two far-reaching aircraft ships in five years. Even if a new production line is being built, it is not bad to reach three or five ships in ten years.

There are only three or two such small ships, and they can't even make a splash when they are sent out.This is why the lunar heavy industry base should have been built first.The moon, whose gravity is only one-fifth, is easier to produce materials for the hull and build a fully automated large-scale production dock.

According to the original plan, the construction of the lunar base will be completed in five years, and then it will be able to produce five Kuafu a year, and the production capacity will be accompanied by the increase of the earth-moon transport ship and the continuous expansion of the industrial base, and an additional three ships per year. The speed of production docks has increased, which means that after 15 years, the lunar base can produce dozens of Kuafu every year.

At that time, there will be large transport ships belonging to the earth floating in the entire solar system, which also means that the resources of the entire solar system will be fully utilized.Human beings will have the ability to develop space mining and space transportation chains.

With the support of these resources, the lunar base can be further expanded, and then there will be the habitable transformation of the planet, the construction of major mining star cities, and the construction of solar system ports...

These are the contents of the original 30-year plan. Now Academician Ning strongly demands to change the plan, which means that the construction of the lunar base will be delayed by at least three to five years, which also means that the implementation of the entire plan may be delayed by three to five years.

In Cheng Xiaolu's view, it is normal for her tutor not to understand Academician Ning's thoughts.In fact she couldn't understand either.

What's even more strange is that, this time when the Kuafu was launched into the sky, none of the older professors and mentors were invited, but young people like her were invited to observe at the base... This was because they were afraid that there would be a quarrel during the launch ceremony what?

"Cheng Xiaolu, huh...you came so early."

A sudden cry interrupted Cheng Xiaolu's contemplation, and when she looked up, she saw Zhu Xudong walking towards where she was sitting with a bag on his back.Probably just ran for a long time, and there were still beads of sweat on his forehead.Although it is summer, the air conditioner in the airport waiting room is still very powerful. If you don't run around, at least you won't be sweating.

"Huh? Xiao Zhu, are you also going to watch the ceremony at Huaxi Base?"

"Yeah, I still received the notice temporarily. Before, Professor Angus wanted my brother to go, but the brother didn't know why he had a dispute with Professor Angus, and then Professor Angus notified me this morning Pack your luggage and go there instead of senior brother, and specifically asked me to express less opinions when I go, and watch more and listen more."

"Uh, the brother you're talking about is..."

"Brother Tan, Tan Jingrui!"

"Well, I see. Your Senior Brother Tan seems to have been very confused about why he gave up the moon base plan. He even gave two speeches at the research center, hoping to make Academician Ning Wei change his mind."

"Well, probably because of this reason, Instructor Angus thinks he is not suitable to participate in the launch ceremony of Kuafu."

"What about you? Do you think Senior Brother Tan makes sense?"

"Me? Uh... I think that since Academician Ning made this decision, there must be reasons for Academician Ning, right? Anyway, I don't think it's wrong to listen to Academician Ning. As for the brother who doesn't understand now, there may be some things he doesn't quite understand. Clear reasons."

"Ha... Sure enough, you are still supporting Academician Ning as always."

"Well, what about you? You also think we should start the moon base plan first?"

"I don't know either, but Director Luo feels that Academician Ning made a foolish move this time."

"Hmm...haha, by the way, are we the two of us going to the entire Qingshan Research Center this time?" Zhu Xudong put down his luggage, sat next to Cheng Xiaolu naturally, looked around, and asked.

At this time, there are not many passengers waiting for the ship in Dock No. [-], and there are only ten minutes left before boarding.

"A group of people went to help three days in advance. I postponed it for two days because of my schoolwork. As for Professor Angus, it may be because Brother Tan's statement has not been reassuring, so I postponed until today and then Temporary substitutions?" Cheng Xiaolu guessed.

"That's it, hehe, Xiaolu, actually I asked Professor Angus to watch the ceremony instead of Senior Brother Tan because I knew you were leaving today." Zhu Xudong hesitated, then said suddenly.

"Huh?" Cheng Xiaolu turned her head and glanced at Zhu Xudong beside her, and asked, "Student Zhu, what do you want to express?"

"Actually... um, we've known each other for almost four years, right? Although we don't usually meet much in the institute, we usually chat a lot on WeChat, and, and, and actually, the first time we met, I I think you are very good, I am about to graduate now, and my family has been thinking that I can bring a girlfriend home a few days ago, and it is not only for this reason, hey, let me just say it, Xiaolu, what do you think we Is it possible to live together in the future?"

Cheng Xiaolu turned her head sideways, looked at Zhu Xudong who was a little embarrassed, and asked dumbfoundedly: "Student Zhu, is this how you confess your love?"

Zhu Xudong said with a guilty conscience: "Actually, I have read a few books about confession, but I don't think they are suitable for me. You know, we are in the laboratory every day, studying those equations every day, and the whole group is full of seniors. With junior brother, I couldn’t find anyone to give me an idea, and even if I got an idea, I didn’t think it was very reliable, so I wanted to be straightforward, anyway, it’s just like this.”

Cheng Xiaolu just felt speechless, and then gave this class boss whom she met on the first day at the Qingshan Research Center a hard look, and said sullenly: "Hey, I will give you a chance to reorganize the language now. Let me ask you , why do you hope we can live together in the future?"

"Probably because when I saw you for the first time, I actually liked you quite a bit. After getting to know you better over the years, I feel like you even more."

"Then why haven't you said it in all these years?"

"I don't know what you think? I read in the book that if boys confess their love casually, they may not even be friends."

"Then why do you dare to speak again today?"

"If nothing else happens, I will be graduating in October this year. Professor Angus also said that I have probably confirmed that I will go to work at the Huaxi production base after graduation, and I may not be able to see each other as often as before. I'm afraid I won't have a chance in the future."

"Heh, the reasons are interlocking! This thinking is very meticulous!"

"Then, Xiaolu, what do you think of me?"

"I don't think I like long-distance relationships very much!"

"Ah...then what should I do?!"

"Are you really stupid? Don't you know to talk to Academician Ning about the practical difficulties when you go to Huaxi this time?"

"However, that Xiaolu, my research is of little help in the laboratory, and can only play a greater role in the production base. I still hope to make more contributions to the future moon base."

"Are you really a pig? Can Director Qiu Ning only beg him to keep you in the research center? Can't he transfer me to the production base? Who wouldn't want to witness the first lunar landing ship being produced from scratch?" Woolen cloth?"

"Ah...Xiaolu, I am indeed a pig, great! Thank you!"

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