Super Copy of Great Power Technology

Qiao Ruida chatted with her parents and parents-in-law for a while, and then felt that it was getting late, so they went back to their rooms and went to bed.

The next morning, Qiao Ruida brought his two families to the No. 2 rocket launch tower and watched the launch and recovery process of the Star Rocket. Among the three launch vehicles developed by Ruida Aerospace, the Star Rocket has the largest tonnage and carrying capacity. The Star Rocket is only used to launch large satellites or spacecraft into space.

上午十点钟，星箭发射进入到了最后的倒计时，“10、9、8……3、2、1、点火”

The next moment, dozens of Suzaku engines at the tail of the Star Rocket ignited at the same time, spewing out blue tail flames and making a huge roar. At the same time, the cooling water in the guide trough was burned and vaporized by the high-temperature tail flames, and sprayed out from the guide troughs on both sides, forming a water vapor jet several dozen meters long. The scene was earth-shaking, white steam was steaming, and the momentum was deafening. Two seconds later, the combination of the Star Rocket and the Xiaofeigun No. 2 probe broke through the water vapor cloud and slowly rose into the air. Qiao Ruida and Du Qingqing had already seen the launch of the Star Rocket, so they could still keep a normal mind about it. However, it was the first time for both parents and Qiao Ruixue to watch the launch of the Star Rocket on site. They were stunned by the huge momentum and could not recover for a long time.

"Oh my god, is this the launch site of the star rocket? The entire ground is shaking like crazy. If you didn't know, you would have thought there was an earthquake!"

"Yes, I've watched several satellite launches on live broadcasts before, and they were just so-so. I didn't expect it to be so shocking to watch it live. It's much more powerful than the heavy Suzaku rocket launched two days ago."

"In comparison, I still prefer the space plane. When taking off, it is very stable and the noise is much lower. This rocket is too aggressive. I can tell from the looks of it that the riding experience will not be very good."

"In the original manned lunar landing plan, the lunar landing spacecraft was to carry the rocket into space. The riding experience was indeed not very good, but the carrying capacity was strong, and it could send a lunar landing spacecraft weighing more than ten tons to the moon, which other smaller launch vehicles could not do at all. Later, the team developed an anti-gravity engine and had an aerospace plane, so the original lunar landing plan was scrapped."

As the rocket flew higher and higher and disappeared into the clouds, the roar of the engine gradually faded away and finally disappeared completely. Qiao Ruida retracted his gaze and said, "Mom, Dad, Uncle and Aunt, we have watched the launch of the rocket. Do you want to watch the recovery process of the first and second stages of the rocket?"

"It's a rare opportunity, so of course we have to watch it."

"I watched the launch and the recovery, it was a complete journey, it was good."

"Then follow me. Let's drive an electric commuter car to the rocket recovery site on the edge of the space city to watch."

"It's the place where a few ropes are used to catch the first and second levels of the star arrow, right?"

"That's not a rope, it's a steel wire rope. If it were an ordinary rope, there's no way it could hold something weighing hundreds of tons."

"Anyway, they all look similar. By the way, who designed this method of using steel wire ropes to recover rockets? It's really creative and practical."

Qiao Ruida touched his nose and said, "I came up with that recovery plan. After computer simulation, the recovery success rate is over 99%, which is higher than the direct landing plan of the Suzaku rocket. It can also save a small amount of fuel, so it was adopted. The actual test results are not bad. The rocket has been recovered dozens of times, all successfully without any mistakes."

The two families got on an electric commuter car. Qiao Ruida directly selected the rocket recovery site on the control panel. The on-board computer automatically planned the route and controlled the vehicle to drive towards the destination along the route.

Seven minutes later, the Qiao Ruida family arrived at the rocket recovery site. After getting off the car, they waited for another three or four minutes at the scene, and saw the cigar-shaped first stage of the rocket passing through the clouds and falling vertically. The landing point was just near the rocket recovery site, but it was still dozens of meters away from the location of the wire rope recovery array. If the first stage of the rocket fell from its current position, it would be smashed to pieces.

"Xiao Da, come and have a look. Is the position of this section of the rocket off? It's estimated to be hundreds of meters away from the position of the wire rope."

"Dad, don't worry. The current position is just a preliminary positioning based on the grid rudder. Some errors are normal. When approaching the ground, the rocket will have to ignite to slow down and make position corrections at the same time."

As soon as Qiao Ruida finished speaking, he saw the first stage of the descending rocket, and the tail nozzle once again spewed out white gas, and then a small flame spewed out, igniting the three engines in the middle to reverse thrust and decelerate. After the consumption in the ascent phase, the fuel in the first stage of the rocket was not much, and the weight was reduced by more than 90%, so only relying on the thrust of these three engines, it can support the rocket body and maintain a hovering state for a period of time. It was also during the hovering process that the onboard sensors and control system were combined to continuously correct the direction of the rocket body, and finally aimed at the wire rope recovery array on the ground and slowly descended.

A minute later, the first stage of the Star Rocket landed a few meters above the ground. The steel wire array quickly began to move. The four nearest steel wires moved closer to each other, forming a "well" shape, which just caught the rocket body. The opened grid rudder was just hanging on the steel wires, bearing the entire weight of the rocket body. Under the action of inertia, the steel wires of the first stage of the Star Rocket vibrated back and forth for dozens of times, and finally stopped, and the engine was turned off. There was a sparse applause at the scene. Qiao Jingkang, Yao Miaozhi and others also applauded with the on-site staff, and they were very excited.

Then the staff drove a crane into the site, lifted up the first stage of the rocket, and put it on a special transport truck to cool it down. Ten minutes later, the second stage of the rocket, which was obviously shorter, passed through the clouds and appeared in everyone's field of vision. A similar recovery process was repeated again. The weight of the second stage of the rocket was much lighter than the first stage, and it was easier to recover. It was also a one-time success. The applause this time was much warmer than the last time. After all, the successful recovery of the second stage of the rocket meant that the launch and recovery mission of the rocket was successfully completed, and the record of the safe launch of the rocket was accumulated once again. The staff involved in the launch and recovery of the rocket were also proud of it.

"Mom, Dad, Aunt, we have finished watching the launch and recovery of the star rocket. Let's go back!" Qiao Ruida nodded silently, then turned around and suggested to his father, mother, and father-in-law and mother-in-law.

"Well, it's getting late. It's time to go back and pack our luggage and prepare to return to Decheng City."

"Haha, I had a great time during this May Day holiday. I visited so many scenic spots and watched rocket launches and space shuttle takeoffs. It was so fulfilling."

"It's almost eleven o'clock now, why don't you have lunch before leaving."

"Yes, that's what we planned. I'm afraid it's too late to make lunch by ourselves, so let's go to your company's employee cafeteria."

"That's no problem. I'll contact the staff cafeteria and ask them to prepare lunch right away."

Everyone chatted and laughed as they returned to Villa No. 1. The purpose of this trip was mainly to travel and take wedding photos, but they still bought a lot of souvenirs and local specialties at the major tourist attractions. Some of them were left in the trunk of the car, and some fresh products were put into the villa refrigerator. Now it was time to go home, so all the specialties in the refrigerator were taken out and put back into the original foam box, and some ice packs were stuffed in to keep them cold and fresh all the way. In addition, Qiao Ruida prepared a lot of grassland specialties for his parents and father-in-law and mother-in-law, so that they could take them back and enjoy them slowly.

After packing all the luggage and putting them in the trunk of the car, the two families went to the staff canteen to solve the lunch problem. When they returned to Villa No. 1 again, the wedding photography team happened to drive over and meet up with them. So the two groups joined forces, formed a convoy, and set out on the road back to Decheng City. Qiao Ruida sent them to the gate of Aerospace City, watched the convoy go away, and disappeared at the end of the road, then retracted his gaze and returned to work.

The May Day holiday is officially over here, and Qiao Ruida still has a lot of work to do next. The infrastructure work of the controlled nuclear fusion test reactor has been completed, and the equipment installation work is about to be completed. Qiao Ruida needs to be present for the final acceptance. The exploration of the gravity anomaly area at the South Pole of the Moon has been carried out for several days. Among them, the discoveries of the lunar rover and the lunar robot are very limited. Except for some water ice, nothing else is worth mentioning. The earth-drilling probe has reaped a lot of rewards. A large amount of water ice, magma jet channels, and even organic matter have been found underground at the South Pole of the Moon. After continuous measurement and comparison, the gravity tester carried by the earth-drilling probe found that the probe was about to approach the core area of ​​the gravity anomaly. What exactly is there? The answer will soon be revealed.

In addition, the planned test version of the space station has also completed the design and is about to be put into production. The space stations that have been put into operation before, whether it is Salyut, Mir, or even the latest Tiangong space station, were all invested and built by one country or even multiple countries. There has never been a space station invested and built by private companies. This is because the construction of a space station requires huge investment, the technical content is too high, the maintenance cost is high, and the expected returns are not good. Private companies that pursue profits as their first principle are simply impossible to invest limited funds in the construction of a space station. Only an organization like a country can invest a lot of manpower and material resources in the construction and operation of a space station to explore space technology, which is also the development of human living space.

However, this principle will soon be broken by Reda Aerospace, because the commercial space station they designed and manufactured will soon be launched. The main functions of the commercial space station are three: the first is a space hotel, which provides dining, sightseeing and resting places for customers who participate in space tourism; the second is a space research station, which conducts some scientific experiments on the space environment; the third is a space transfer station, which is used as a transfer station for transportation between the earth and the moon, or even the earth and Mars.

Of course, this is all the functions of the official version of the commercial space station. Before that, one or two test version space stations will be built and launched into space for technical testing. The first test version of the space station is currently being manufactured. Although it is called a test version, its size is not too small, roughly equivalent to the International Space Station. The functional modules include six warehouses: living warehouse, dining and sightseeing warehouse, experimental warehouse, storage warehouse, planting warehouse, and energy warehouse. At the same time, it provides several docking interfaces for space planes to transport materials or astronauts.

Qiao Ruida was walking back, thinking about his future work arrangements. After returning to Villa No. 1, Qiao Ruida lay down on the bed, intending to take a nap, but the phone that was charging on the bedside table suddenly rang. He reached out and picked up the phone, and found that the call was from the head of the lunar exploration team. He didn't know what it was about. As soon as the call was connected, a somewhat excited male voice came out.

"Mr. Qiao, the Earth Drilling Probe has made a major discovery underground at the South Pole of the Moon, which is likely to overturn all of humanity's knowledge of the Moon. It's not convenient to talk over the phone, Mr. Qiao, you should come over and take a look."

Mobile phone signals must be forwarded through public signal towers and public lines, and the encryption level is not very high, so they may be eavesdropped by commercial spies. When Ruida Aerospace was first established, it was clearly stipulated that any confidential technology or discovery must not be communicated by phone or text message, and can only be communicated through internal communication software or in person.

Qiao Ruida participated in formulating this rule. After hearing the vague words of the lunar exploration leader on the phone, he immediately guessed his concerns and understood the importance of this discovery. So Qiao Ruida immediately agreed, "Okay, I understand. Wait a moment. I will leave immediately and rush to the lunar exploration center."

After hanging up the phone, Qiao Ruida immediately got up, put on his coat, and drove to the location of the lunar exploration center. The so-called lunar exploration center is not very large, only about 150 square meters, located next to the satellite control center, and is mainly used for remote control, data reception and analysis of lunar exploration spacecraft. The communication and control work of the No. lunar exploration spacecraft, which is in service beyond its service life, and the Pioneer lunar exploration spacecraft, which has just landed on the South Pole of the Moon, are all carried out here. The employees who can enter the lunar exploration center have a master's degree at the lowest level and work experience of at least two years. This shows how high the technical content of the lunar exploration center is.

Ten minutes later, Qiao Ruida walked into the lunar exploration center in a hurry and asked, "I heard that the earth drilling probe has made a new discovery. Tell me, what exactly was discovered that deserves your attention?"

Hearing the sound coming from the door, more than 20 researchers who were working hard raised their heads in surprise and looked over fiercely, wanting to see who this rude guy who disturbed their work was. After finding out that it was their boss Qiao Ruida, they pretended to be calm and waved to greet the boss. (End of this chapter)