From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

The previous design of the space agency naturally required the PASS to be lost. After all, the design of the space agency did not consider nuclear fusion engines and a controllable nuclear fusion reactor.

Obviously, in order to accommodate these two new things, the aerospace plane he will design next will definitely be very big!

……

United States.

"How is our Mars project going?"

The President summoned his secretary and asked the question.

The secretary replied deftly: "The construction of the main part of the Saturn [-] rocket has already begun, and it is expected to be completed in one year."

The Saturn [-] was upgraded from the Saturn [-] that landed on the moon that year, and it has more powerful performance.

"In addition, after six months of screening, we have selected five excellent and reliable astronauts from the academy of sciences and the army, and they have gone to NASA to start training. Interestingly, there is one astronaut, also named Be Armstrong."

"The above is the latest situation."

"Armstrong? Not bad, not bad." The president felt a little interest in this name. After all, the No.1 moon landing that year, the first footprint on the moon, was also stepped on by "Armstrong".

Of course, then he nodded in satisfaction, and then emphasized, "Of course, excellence and reliability are not enough, and loyalty is also required."

"Don't worry, Mr. President, they must be the most loyal ones chosen by everyone."

"That's good." The president said, "And that Lin..."

Before he finished asking the question, the secretary gave the answer skillfully again: "Lin Xiao's Dingguang Aerospace Research Institute has been completed."

For the secretary, these two questions are almost something that their president must ask every day, so he will remember this information every day in order to respond to the president's questions.

"The research institute is actually completed?"

When the president heard this, his brows immediately frowned. This was the worst news he had heard in a while.

Because Lin Xiao didn't know how many research results that annoyed him in that Dingguang Institute, God knows how many results will emerge from this Dingguang Astronautics Institute.

"Mr. President, just rest assured." At this time, the secretary saw the president's worries, and took the initiative to relieve his worries: "This Lin Xiao is likely to develop aerospace aircraft, but the current aerospace aircraft The technologies are still immature, so there's no reason for them to be successful."

"At least, there is no reason for them to be able to launch in the next fire landing window. In other words, we will definitely become the first country in human history to carry people on fire!"

Hearing what the secretary said, the president smiled.

This is indeed the case, anyway, as long as only their manned rockets can be launched during the next window period.

"Okay." He nodded, and then said: "Oh, by the way, since our astronauts have gone to training, let's arrange the next trip to NASA by the way, I want to personally encourage our future astronauts Fire heroes."

"Yes, President."

"By the way, don't forget to live broadcast the whole process, so that our voters can see it!"

"Yes, President."

……

In this way, time passed quickly again.

2027 is over and 2028 is coming.

The universe has no time, it is always so bright, and Mars has no time, because it just remains dead, hanging in the dark universe.

But for humans, there is time to come to Mars, and that is next year.

On March 3 next year, the Mars-planned Saturn 31 will carry five astronauts, and after about six months, they will land on Mars and set a new footprint on it.

And even if there is still one year left, all the people in the world will start to discuss, discussing whether the United States can succeed. For a while, the United States seems to have returned to the glorious age, and the whole country is very happy.

At the same time, what is interesting is that one of the five astronauts is named Armstrong, so everyone can't help but think, what if the person who stepped on the first footprint on Mars is also the person named Armstrong?

Ever since, the discussion on this point has become more and more heated, and there are even gaming companies that have opened markets specifically for this.

However, when everyone else was discussing, no one in the Dingguang Aerospace Research Institute cared whether the Americans would succeed.

Because, there is nothing that can interest them more than this behemoth in front of them.

And this behemoth is called the Tianchariot.

At the same time, it is also the first in the world to use controllable nuclear fusion as energy source and uncontrollable nuclear fusion as the source of propulsion——

Aeroplane!

4 Chapter Ninety, Heavenly Chariot, Climb to the High Heaven

The Tianren aerospace plane is 125 meters long and has a wingspan of 110 meters.

And you must know that even the An-225 has a fuselage length of 84 meters and a wingspan of 88.4 meters.

So it can be said that this Tianren aerospace plane is a veritable behemoth, and it can even be called an air cruise ship. After all, a small cruise ship is generally more than 100 meters long.

However, it is different from other aircrafts in that Tianchario does not have a streamlined fuselage that looks comfortable. On the contrary, Tianchario can be called "fat".

Compared with other airliners, the diameter of its fuselage is several times fatter. The most important thing is that the middle part is still a little protruding, like a flying saucer embedded in the middle of the streamlined fuselage, and this "flying saucer" is still connected to the wings on both sides.

Of course, the "disc" embedded in it is the controllable nuclear fusion reactor, the heart of this behemoth, and the energy core that drives the Tianchariot to fly.

This controllable nuclear fusion reactor uses a new type of device similar to a tokamak, not the conch-type device designed by Lin Xiao before. This is mainly because of the use of YB-1 material-Lin Xiao also knew the final Liao Cheng named this material YB-1, not the Moon Monument-1 he created at the time.

All in all, after using the YB-1, there is no need to worry too much about the service life. At least, the controllable nuclear fusion reactor of the Tianren can be used for at least 20 years.

As for the cost of the entire Tianren, it is as high as more than 90 billion.

Of course, in fact, it is more than 90 billion, which is very cheap.

After all, you must know that the cost of the Long March 50 rocket is as high as [-] billion, and the most important thing is that the Long March [-] rocket can be said to be a one-off.

However, the Tianren can be reused. Even if the cost of a single ship is as high as more than 90 billion, in the end, on average, over the past 20 years, it is only about 4 to 5 million per year. If there is another installment, it will only be 100 per day. Just a few thousand.

Although today's rockets have actually mastered recyclable technology, recyclable rockets can only recycle first-level rockets, while second-level rockets, third-level rockets, and other parts are not recyclable. .

So in any case, as a rocket, it is born to be several grades behind the aerospace plane.

"It's really spectacular!"

In the hangar, everyone present couldn't help being shocked by this thing.

Although the people present are basically staff members, and they basically watched this giant paint from the frame to the exterior, and finally formed this appearance, but every time they saw it, they still gave them spiritual inspiration. shocked.

There are also the three words above, 'Tianchao', which are even said to be inscribed by the leaders above.

At this time, a voice sounded from the hangar's broadcast: "Attention all units, from now on, prepare for the takeoff of the Tianren, and it is estimated that the first test flight of the Tianren will begin in four hours! "

Hearing the words on the radio, these staff members were heartbroken, and then started their work again. Everyone had only one thought in their minds, that is to do all their work well, and then witness the heavenly chariot ascending sky!

……

Meanwhile, in an office on the upper level of the hangar.

"My darling, Chief Lin, what did you build? An empty space carrier? Hydra is here, and you're not as awesome as you are."

Ma Gaoliang, who hadn't seen him for a long time, looked at the huge monster outside the window, the shock on his face hadn't stopped since he came in just now.

He really didn't expect that Lin Xiao would come up with such a man-made spectacle in such a silent manner, it was outrageous.

"That's it, the space carrier is not enough, of course, it is indeed a mother ship." Lin Xiao said with a smile.

Ma Gaoliang was taken aback, and asked, "Is it still a mothership? Why?"

"Because it can be used to transport satellites, if we want to launch satellites in the future, we can directly let the Tianchao fly directly to the predetermined orbit, and then open the satellite cabin at the back to release the satellites."

Lin Xiao said.

Tianren has a maximum take-off weight of 2900 tons, of which the maximum fuel capacity is 700 tons, which is equivalent to the maximum take-off weight of an An-225.

Of course, this fuel load is mainly aviation fuel. If you want such a behemoth to fly from the ground, you must have enough aviation fuel. According to calculations, the 700 tons of aviation fuel is enough for the Tianren to go to the sky. Then cruise thousands of kilometers in the sky.

In addition, it can carry a maximum cargo weight of 500 tons, including 10 satellite cargo bays with a load capacity of 10 tons.

That is to say, the Tianren can also carry satellites with a total weight of 100 tons into the sky at a time. As for the number of satellites, there is basically no limit, as long as the satellite cargo hold can accommodate their volume.

Therefore, it is equivalent to the Starlink project like spaceX, they can now easily realize it, and the cost is lower, and more satellites will be carried at one time.

After hearing Lin Xiao's words, Ma Gaoliang couldn't help but be amazed: "This is really... tsk tsk, it's awesome."

"Is it going to take off soon?"

"Well, it's about to take off soon." Lin Xiao said: "Let it go and say hello to the astronauts on our space station first, then make a few laps in orbit, and then come back."

"Then I have to witness it." Ma Gao nodded, but then he asked, "Oh, by the way, where is our pilot? Oh, no, it should be an astronaut."

And Lin Xiao smiled and said, "The Tianchao is equipped with intelligent assisted driving, so this time it will be tested by artificial intelligence."

"Oh, that's right, I see..."

Hearing Lin Xiao's words, Ma Gaoliang nodded at first. After all, ordinary launch vehicles are like this. They are unmanned and controlled by ground bases.

It's just that after a while, he realized that he was stunned for a moment, and then he became shocked. The Tianchao is not a rocket!

This is a plane!

Although it is called an aerospace plane, it is still an aircraft, and even has the function of carrying people. Now there is no manned aircraft that uses unmanned pilots!

What's more, this thing is so expensive!

He quickly asked: "You want to let artificial intelligence conduct a test flight? Are you sure?"

"Sure." Lin Xiao nodded slightly, looked at the Tiancharia outside, and said, "I know what you think, but just trust me, I'm sure."

"But... this is something worth 100 billion."

Ma Gaoliang is still a little unbelievable, such an expensive thing, with driverless?

This is too... too confident, right?

And at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the office door, and six people broke in, four men and two women, all of whom looked very capable.

In addition, they are all wearing a special uniform, which represents the six astronauts who have been receiving aerospace pilot training here for more than a year.

They were originally excellent pilots in the air force, and then they were selected and came here to receive training. They will become the next batch of astronauts in Huaguo to enter space.

Seeing them coming in, Lin Xiao said, "Why are you here? No training today?"

And the leading male astronaut said to Lin Xiao anxiously: "Chief Lin, what's going on? Why is the Tianchariot going to take a test flight? We haven't been notified either! "

This man is called Zhu Xiong, and he is the captain of the six.

Their training period was originally eighteen months, and as far as it is now, there are still a few months before the end of the eighteen-month training period, but they never expected that they would suddenly receive news today that Tian Ren It's time for a test flight!

This really surprised them.

But Lin Xiao said with a smile: "Don't worry, didn't I tell you before? The test flight is a test flight with artificial intelligence, and your training period is not over yet, so you still wait until the [-]-month training is completed. , and after passing the test, you will be able to drive."

The six future aerospace pilots were stunned. Lin Xiao really wanted to use artificial intelligence?

"But didn't you say at the time that we'll see the situation later?" Zhu Xiong said, "So Chief Lin, let us go first. In this case, we can have a guarantee."

"Although we haven't completely finished training, there are only three months left, so I think we can handle this task!"

"We must, be able to guarantee the safety of the Tianchao!"

And the other five people also said in unison: "We must ensure the safety of the Tianchao!"

"absurd!"

However, after they finished speaking, Lin Xiao said sternly: "I don't let you carry out the test flight just to ensure your safety. When do you need to ensure the safety of an airplane?"

"Was all your previous training in vain?"

Lin Xiao snorted coldly: "Otherwise, what's the purpose of the self-driving artificial intelligence that I have worked so hard to develop? Isn't it to better protect your safety."

Hearing Lin Xiao's scolding, the six future astronauts were taken aback for a moment, and then they were moved.

They did not expect that Lin Xiao actually thought so.

After all, you must know that the Tianchao is worth more than 90 billion yuan.

"But……"

"Nothing but."

Zhu Xiong wanted to say something else, but Lin Xiao interrupted him directly and said, "Okay, don't talk about anything else, go back and continue your training, and you will come to visit when you take off in four hours. .”

"The test flight is just to test the most basic performance. If there is a problem, it will be useless even if you go up. If there is a danger at that time, your chiefs may come to trouble me."

Seeing this, Zhu Xiong and the others had no choice but to give up. Of course, they were also grateful for Lin Xiao's words, just like when they first entered the Air Force for training, the coach told them that they valued The kind of touch that a daughter's plane should be precious.

And as they left, Ma Gaoliang on the side also understood Lin Xiao's meaning, then shook his head and said with emotion: "It seems that you think better, indeed, you are right, these pilots want to more precious, and life is more expensive at any time."