The technological competition starts with the integration of space-time memory

Chapter 180 A bolt from the blue
At altitudes of 10000 meters and 5000 meters, the engine was ignited twice for a short period of time to reduce the speed, and then it was not started again until 2000 meters.

[Lihuo] The 350 liquid oxygen-methane engine is extremely stable. As long as the central engine is started, it can provide 350 tons of thrust.

For the arrow body which has been reduced to only tens of tons at this time, the thrust is more than enough.

At 2000 meters above the ground, the throttle valve increases thrust.

Tourists visiting the Dishui Lake saw the familiar rocket again, but this time the tail flame was much smaller.

The 45-meter-high first-stage rocket is as tall as the entire Long March 2F. Such a huge object falling slowly gives people a terrifying sense of oppression.

Under the command of the intelligent control system, the command hall only needs to give the guidance coordinates, and the central No. 1 engine of the first stage of [Sun Shooting] No. will continuously swing the nozzle.

The entire arrow body floated steadily towards the lonely recovery tower.

At this moment it is ready, with the hydraulically driven alloy bracket ready to extend at any time.

Due to its huge size and weight of dozens of tons, the first-level recovery program provided by Datang Software did not allow the rocket body to fall directly onto the recovery tower.

Instead, it starts from a certain height, gradually lowers the height while moving. Visually, it looks like the arrow body is floating diagonally towards the recovery tower.

The tourists on the shore of Dishui Lake seemed to have witnessed a miracle as they saw a long and thick rocket, 45 meters high, slowly approaching a tower that was more than meters high.

In the command hall, Zero's voice echoed.

"50 meters, 30 meters..."

At this time, the rocket body was suspended in the air at a height of 30 meters, less than 10 meters away from the tower. It seemed that a strong wind would cause it to crash into the tower and turn it into a pile of wreckage.

It’s a pity that the first stage of the Sun Shooter No. 9 weighs at least dozens of tons, and the nine engines lower the center of gravity to an excellent level.

Unless there is a typhoon-level crosswind, it will not be able to control its posture.

This kind of precise control is Zero's forte.

Even though the Sun Shooter No. 2 was a gigantic monster, it was like a petted kitten, continuously emitting tail flames and getting closer to the tower little by little.

Just when everyone thought it was going to hit the tower.

The recovery tower extends two sturdy "arms" and accurately supports the rocket's grid rudder three meters below.

The rocket's throttle valve begins to slowly reduce the flow rate, and the RCS on the rocket body sprays gas in all directions to stabilize the posture.

The moment the grille rudder and the alloy "arm" touch, the engine shuts down immediately.

[Shooting the Sun] The first-stage rocket No. 2 was firmly held by the outstretched "arms" of the recovery tower and hovered on the tower.

[Shooting the Sun] No. 2 successfully recovered its first-stage rocket on its first launch!
This is the first time for Longguo Aerospace!
This indicates that Datang Aerospace has become on par with American Space Exploration Company, becoming the only two aerospace companies in the world that have successfully recovered the first-stage rocket after completing a commercial launch.

At this time, on the other side of the ocean, Mark was watching the live broadcast on YouTube and did not seem surprised.

If he had seen this scene a day ago, he would have been so shocked that his mouth would open into an O shape.

But now, the mysterious object has been announced in advance.

In Mark's mind at this moment, he repeated over and over again the concluding words that the mysterious object told him.

"His technology is advancing very quickly. You must get ahead of him and complete the manned landing on Mars!"

Colonizing Mars is Mark's lifelong obsession.

He started his early business in electronic payments to raise money for space exploration.

Later, he started an electric car business, still to raise money for space exploration.

Now that we have no shortage of money and technology is improving day by day, even if we blew up the "Starship" two months ago, it was a great cause for joy.

Because technology is about to advance!
Suddenly, a man appeared on the other side of the ocean, and his aerospace company was registered and established just last month.

Today, he successfully launched a high-thrust rocket second only to the Falcon Heavy rocket.

The key point is that he was able to successfully recover such a large rocket in one go!

Mark couldn't stop feeling resentful. How long had he practiced rocket recovery techniques? How many times had it exploded?

Comparing yourself to others can really make you angry!
Arrows are more important than arrows to be thrown!
This time, Li Tang's rocket was successfully launched, which made Mark regard the mysterious object as a prophecy stone.

When he posted that comment on Li Tang's blog, he was filled with a sense of superiority. He even planned to post another encouraging comment after the "Shoot the Sun" rocket failed to launch.

Only in this way can Mark demonstrate his style of supporting younger generations in the field of aerospace technology.

After all, he is considered the world's number one in the aerospace field!

Who would have thought that the prophecy stone would come true? Not only was Li Tang's rocket launch successful, but the first-stage recovery was also so amazing.

Suddenly, he thought of another sentence from the prophecy stone.

"He has artificial intelligence. You have to improve in this area to catch up with his progress!"

In fact, Mark had long been determined to develop artificial intelligence. He was the co-founder of OpenAI, but later left due to a dispute over control.

He also founded XAI, vowing to make a breakthrough in the field of artificial intelligence.

"It seems that if we want to urge Yang Ge, he can't be worse than his compatriots!"

As Mark thought this, he took one last look at the rocket recovery screen, then stood up and left the room.

At this moment, at the Dishui Lake in Shangdu, the miraculous scene just now shocked the audience of more than 100,000 people into silence.

In the live broadcast room of the central media TV station, whether it was the host or the expert guests from the space agency, they either spoke incoherently or could not utter a complete sentence for a long time.

You know, space agency experts have previously talked too much about the difficulty of recovering the first-stage rocket.

They kept talking about how many rockets Mark's space exploration company had exploded for this purpose, and now the success rate of Falcon rocket recovery is only about 85%.

He also said that most of the private aerospace companies in China now only dare to carry out small attempts, and even the Space Agency only dares to use small rockets to try.

The small rocket would fly up for more than ten seconds at a time and then fall back for recovery.

Fortunately, the director of the live broadcast program reacted quickly and directly switched the screen to the camera facing Li Tang.

Li Tang had a calm expression on his face, a hint of a smile on his lips, and he raised his hands and began to clap softly.

Following Li Tang's applause, the command hall suddenly erupted in applause, and some staff members of Datang Aerospace even hugged each other in cheers and celebration.

The people living by the Dishui Lake, the audience in front of the TV, and the netizens watching the live broadcast on the Internet, at this moment, finally cheered from the bottom of their hearts.

In the live broadcast room of the news channel of the central media television station, the host finally performed at his expected level.

"This is a great moment for Longguo Space. In the field of heavy rocket first-stage recovery, our spaceflight personnel have bravely climbed to the peak of science and surpassed Amyricon!"

Even if some leaders and academicians who know the inside story know that Li Tang's artificial intelligence is very powerful, that his carbon-based chips have powerful performance, and that lithium crystal batteries have amazing capacity...

We have also gained a full understanding of the [Sun Shooting] rocket that was designed and manufactured in a very short time, and we all agree that sending satellites into orbit is not a problem.

However, no one thought that it would be possible to successfully recover the first-stage rocket in one go.

At this moment, the recycling method, as easy and natural as a dragon appearing in the world, reflects the strong scientific and technological strength of the Future Science and Technology Research Institute.

At this moment, the once weak call for Li Tang to be elected as an academician suddenly became strong.

The father of artificial intelligence, the father of carbon core, the father of lithium crystal battery...

Now with the addition of space rockets, Dai Mingyu, the chief engineer of Datang Aerospace, has been directly ignored by everyone. Although he cannot be called the father, his achievements have also amazed the world.

According to international practice, LEO (low-Earth orbit capacity) below 30 tons are usually called medium or small rockets, those between 30 and 50 tons are called heavy rockets, and those above 100 tons are called super heavy or giant rockets.

The Sun Shooter II weighs 150 tons, which exceeds the 63.8 tons of the Falcon Heavy rocket and the 118 tons of the Saturn V, the largest rocket in human history.

The key is that the cost is actually lower than that of the Falcon rocket, making it the South Bovan in the current commercial launch field.

It can be foreseen that Longguo’s space station construction and moon landing may be greatly advanced.

Any one of those three fathers in the field of science and technology could make Li Tang an academician. The only thing that limits him is his age.

He is only 25 years old this year, too young. Long Country has never had such a young scientific genius.

But those old academicians who wanted to recommend it believed that this was a sign of the prosperity of the Dragon Kingdom!

The two forces that had originally reached a compromise and wanted to take a closer look at Li Tang were stimulated by the successful launch and recovery of the "Shooting Sun" rocket to start a controversy over the election of academicians.

At this critical juncture, a bolt from the blue struck the whole world!
(End of this chapter)