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Let Yang Ruolan accompany her parents and others to play in the capital for two days, Xu Ziling and the elders pleaded guilty, and dragged Li Chengcheng to the airport to return to Star City.

The straight-line distance from Beijing to Xingcheng is less than 550 kilometers, and at the speed of Gulfstream [-], it takes more than an hour.

After getting off the plane, Xu Ziling entered the office immediately.

"What's the situation, tell me."

"Isn't it free for a while? I thought of this when I was bored that day, so I've been thinking about it for the past few days, but I didn't expect that I would find a solution to the problem. Come on, have a look ..."

The reason why the ion engine cannot be produced is because the ions are uncontrollable. According to the current technology, it will not be possible to produce the required materials and make the ions controllable within at least ten years.

Xu Ziling immediately took a look at the information provided by the lion, and then he understood why the lion said that he could make the engine:

Using tens of thousands of various high-strength alloy materials to verify separately, he finally found an alternative material, and this material can be produced according to the current level of technology, but the cost is a bit high.

With a diamond mine and a large oil field, as well as the profitability of the group itself, what Red Star lacks most is capital. As long as it can manufacture an ion engine, the cost is a bit high, which they can fully afford.

I was quite excited in my heart: "That is to say, as long as the gravity problem is solved now, our plane can enter space?"

"Yes, that's it." The lion was equally excited. For him, space has an unusual allure. Once the plane can enter space, even if it can only fly for a short distance temporarily, this is a considerable improvement. Two, work hard to develop on this basis, and one day he can truly enter the space age. Once that happens, maybe he can go back to the place where he was born.

"When will the gravity problem be solved?"

Xu Ziling is very concerned about this issue. After all, even if there is an ion thruster, if the gravity problem is not solved, it will be no different from the current space shuttle.Just don't need a rocket to launch it!

"Two years, absolutely no problem." Lion's answer was firm.

"Okay." Xu Ziling laughed, "From now on, you can solve this problem with peace of mind, and let go of other things that can be handed over to others. Solving the problem of gravity is a great achievement."

Gravity technology is not only applicable to spaceships, it has a wide range of uses, such as testing aerospace equipment, creating a livable environment for future alien immigrants, etc...

In other words, once this problem is solved, it will no longer be a dream for people to live in space or on alien planets.

"This is no problem, but you have to work hard on the material, I believe this is not a problem for you."

Xu Ziling nodded. A few months ago, he had an idea for a spaceship project. He had already worked on issues related to spaceship materials. He had already memorized many spaceship optimization plans in the Lion system. For the most important issue of materials , already understood.

"Two years, no problem at all."

"Okay, let me solve the gravity problem in two years, and you solve the material problem. At that time, let's get a miniature spaceship and try it. I believe it will be no problem to go to the moon."

……

From the next day, Xu Ziling transferred some people from the laboratory to take charge of the ion thruster project. Because there is an engine laboratory, and the ion thruster is also an engine, the related tests are much simpler and do not require too many special The world's first real ion engine was launched in just one month without the need to build another site.

"Is this the surprise you told me about?"

When the engine was moved out of the laboratory, Yang Kaiming, who had been on his wedding leave, came back in a hurry. "It seems to be an engine?"

Li Cheng has been with Xu Ziling these days, and understands the importance of this engine, which is not much different from ordinary engines. Without Xu Ziling's explanation, he said: "It's an engine, but you know what it is. ?”

Although the words were in a questioning tone, he was too "show off" before waiting for Yang Kaiming's answer, and continued: "This thing is used for the engine of the spaceship, does the spaceship know? This means that we will be able to manufacture spaceships soon."

"Ah..." Yang Kaiming opened his mouth wide.

It never occurred to him that the thing in front of him was actually used on a spaceship.

Even though he had seen a spaceship before, he still couldn't believe it when he knew that the engine in front of him was used on a spaceship.

I asked Xu Ziling a long time ago that it is impossible to get a spaceship within 20 years, but it has only been a few months since I asked this question...

This can't help but surprise him.

"Didn't you say it won't come out within 20 years?" Surprised, he looked at Xu Ziling suspiciously.

Xu Ziling shook his head with a smile, "It's not what you think. Cheng Zi didn't make it clear to you. The spaceship we're talking about right now is a miniature spaceship. Even if the technology matures to a certain level, landing on the moon is the best result. It’s not like the big ships we talked about last time for spaceflight.”

Speaking of this, he paused, "There were some mistakes in the previous predictions. Originally, we couldn't manufacture this kind of engine for the time being, but Tianshi found a substitute by chance a few days ago. The materials can be produced in advance, otherwise, such a small spaceship, it does not know how many years it will take to produce."

After hearing his words, Yang Kaiming's joyful expression immediately appeared, and he patted his palm lightly, "That is to say, it's the lion's work this time? Well done, the lion."

The lion was busy solving the gravity problem, so he came out to greet Yang Kaiming and then disappeared.

"Then when can we make a spaceship? I really want to go to the moon to see it." Yang Kaiming asked again.

Xu Ziling thought for a while, "If it's a space shuttle, we can make it in less than half a year, but for us, it doesn't make sense to spend so much time to make such a chicken rib, so I mean just make it if you want. One point, these days I already have a plan, and I am going to make a brand new miniature spaceship, it must not be like the current spaceship, where eating and going to the toilet are troublesome."

Yang Kaiming immediately understood what he meant, and was pleasantly surprised again, "That means you can solve the problem of gravity?"

Nodding his head, Xu Ziling answered him truthfully: "That's right, this technical problem will take about two to three years, and other problems such as fuselage materials will also be solved at the same time, that is to say, within five years at most, we will We can go to the moon."