This place is not far from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Base. Along the road, in the vast Gobi, there are huge white factory buildings. They are the industries under Xingchen Technology, Xingchen Launch Vehicle Assembly and Testing Company.
Rocket components are produced in Star Technology’s factories across the country, and then transported to a place not far from the launch site for final assembly testing. If the test passes, the rocket will be erected in the depths of the desert On the platform, choose a sunny day and launch into space.
After Luo Jia got off the plane, he was taken directly to the factory by the company’s car. When he walked into the warehouse, he saw a whole row of Xingchen A1 engines. In other warehouses, there were also carbon protective shells, balancers, and communication terminals. such parts.
Wang Zhiyu, the person in charge of the rocket assembly plant, introduced to the Luo family: “These twelve engines are the first batch just shipped from the factory. With the start of full-scale production, the production speed of the factory will also increase Faster and faster, in the end, we will maintain no less than 500 A1 engine reserves. After all, although the A1 engine is said to be infinitely reusable, it still needs to be cleaned up after each use. A sufficient number of engines can be stored to maximize Accelerate the launch efficiency of the launch vehicle.”
“Not only the A1 engine, but other components will also be optimized according to the maximum launch efficiency. Although this will cost the company a lot of money, I think it is worth it. After all, the data given to me by Mr. Thirteen thousand tons of cargo are waiting to be sent into space.”
Luo Jia didn’t say much. The near-Earth space station, the synchronous space station, and the first space elevator, 13,000 tons are definitely not enough. What Enron gave was only a conservative figure. With the rapid development of the space program, As we move forward, this number will gradually increase.
Just wait until the first space elevator is built. As the old saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning. As long as there is the first elevator, although its power may not be so high, and its carrying capacity may not be so large, but As long as it can be built, it can be quickly and continuously transported into space at a staggeringly low price without rockets.
As for the rocket, Lao Maozi and Dengta Country can play as they like. The Chinese people still like to take the elevator, so I won’t accompany you.
“How is the test going?” Luo Jia asked.
“It went very well.” Wang Zhiyu said excitedly: “Seven engines have been tested, and all of them passed at one time. Never seen a product with such consistency.”
Wang Zhiyu was full of praise for the quality of the A1 engine, and Luo Jia said with a slight smile: “The reason is not difficult to understand. First of all, the mechanical department under the company has produced the world’s highest precision five-axis and seven-axis linkage machine tools. The core strength of the machine tool industry comes from our ultrasonic motors, and the performance of the motors we manufacture now far exceeds the harmonic geared motors of the Neon Teijin Group.”
“The second is because of the high-precision robotic arm and 3D printer. The robotic arm can improve the quality of the final assembly, and the 3D printer is even more powerful. It can handle those complicated and difficult components that even a five-axis machining center cannot complete.”
Wang Zhiyu was taken aback for a moment, and said in surprise: “How come our 3D printing technology has suddenly become so powerful? I’ve never heard of it before!”
Luo Jia said with a smile: “I must correct you, our 3D printing technology is not suddenly powerful, unless you are irradiated by gamma rays and suddenly become a Hulk, or are bitten by an ancient spider and become Become Spider-Man, otherwise in this world, no one will suddenly become powerful.”
“Wen Chengling is the world’s top laser expert. With his joining, we have solved the technology required for ultra-ultraviolet laser hybrid lithography machines, and the laser technology used in lithography machines continues to be derived, which is the laser engraving required by 3D printers. .”
“In addition, Zhang Yuechuan’s optical team solved the problem of optical measurement, Zheng Lin and Bai Xianyong’s team solved the intelligent industrial software needed by 3D printers, coupled with the high stability of ultrasonic motors, materials All kinds of processing-resistant metals and carbons developed by the scientific team, all the results are added together, so we have the most powerful 3D printing system in the world.”
“At present, the 3D printing department is still expanding rapidly. I believe that in a few years, we will be able to use 3D printing technology to print out the entire launch vehicle. That will be another great start no less than the industrial revolution.”
Listening to Luo Jia’s passionate words, Wang Zhiyu’s heart was full of turbulent waves, and he could not calm down for a long time.
Just like what Luo Jia said, everything is difficult at the beginning. Xingchen Technology has passed the most difficult stage of survival, entered the stage of rapid development, and has come to the harvest season.
All the previous research and development results are the foundation of the company. The company grows rapidly on the basis of the foundation, and every now and then, it will come up with some black technology and bring a little shock to the world.
After the shock, everyone thought about it carefully. In fact, there may not be many truly brand-new technologies. Just recombining the original technologies is enough to scare everyone.
In the past, we always felt that the West was so unattainable and insurmountable.
Looking at the world now, we find that Westerners are actually very lazy and hypocritical, and have a body odor that can kill people, like a group of animals that have not fully evolved, so we call Westerners white Pizhu, he dislikes them all kinds of things.
From the foreign man to the white pig, the change in the middle is not because the West has changed, but because we have gradually completed the accumulation of industry and technology. In the end, the gap will gradually disappear, and we will stand at the same height as the West. world.
Only when people are equal, what they see and feel will approach the truth. This is like the relationship between a teacher and a student, or a relationship between a subordinate and a boss. Modern psychology tells us that there is an element of worship in it. For another example, when you go to Africa, black girls will definitely die for what you like. This is also a phenomenon of rights worship, one of the inherent attributes of human beings.
“The engine test will be carried out in the afternoon, Mr. Luo, do you want to take a look in person?” Wang Zhiyu suggested to Luo Jia.
After thinking for a while, Luo Jia happily nodded and agreed, “Okay.”
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The A1 engine was placed flat on the machine platform, with the nozzle facing the desert outside, and the mechanical structure itself was connected to densely packed pipelines and cables, which in turn were connected to the central computer in the control room.
The data on the screen shows that the total weight of the A1 engine is 1.03 tons. Everything has been prepared and is waiting for the test to start.
Yes, the A1 engine with a thrust of 550 tons has a total weight of only a little more than one ton, while the same liquid oxygen methane engine, Lao Maozi’s RD-171 has a thrust of 800 tons and a weight of 800 tons. Nearly eleven tons, more than ten times heavier than the A1 engine.
The slender and slender body is glowing with dull gray black. The reason why the A1 engine can be so lightweight is mainly due to the credit of the material department. Super carbon fiber and graphene are not only light in weight, but also strong and heat-resistant. The degree of corrosion is also far more than the existing synthetic metals.
Unless the legendary three-titanium alloy artifact comes out, the graphene and carbon fibers of Star Technology are destined to be unparalleled.
As for the slender and slender engine structure, it is mainly designed for multi-machine joint operations.
The so-called multi-machine joint operation, a simple and crude explanation~Soverse.com~ means to tie a row of engines together.
In principle, the multi-engine combination is not difficult, but the linkage system, through complex calculations and precise control, controls each engine to direct the vector nozzle to the most correct direction without even a millimeter of error , The injection system perfectly controls the release and reduction of thrust, these technologies are the most difficult.
The first thing to test is the vector nozzle and various static parameters. Commands are issued from the control room, and the nozzle rotates continuously according to the command. Driven by the micro-ultrasonic motor, the angle is quickly adjusted, and the computer collects engine data and raw data at the same time Check it out.
“The static test has been completed, Mr. Luo, please light the fire.”
After Wang Zhiyu finished speaking, he pointed to the biggest red button on the console.
Luo Jia paused for a moment, then stretched out his right hand, and pressed down lightly. After a short damping feeling, there was a pop in his ear, followed by a loud bang outside the control room.
The bright blue flames in the red-infrared layer of the inner core suddenly roared out, like Vulcan’s sharp arrows shooting into the desert, tearing through the air, roaring like a beast, burning all the substances around the flames, and making the air burst into flames. The water molecules in the water evaporate instantly.