From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

The take-off and landing test of the light pressure engine officially began.

In order to ensure the safety of personnel, everyone has evacuated ten kilometers away from the engine. They know very well that the scene they are about to see is much more shocking than the effect of a large rocket launch.

The excitation power device of the light pressure engine will eject high-temperature, high-heat super-intense light. According to theoretical data, at the lowest power at the moment of take-off, the temperature of the intense light ejected from below will exceed 7,000 degrees Celsius.

This is very astonishing data.

The temperature of the sun's surface is only 5,000 degrees Celsius, which can already melt almost all conventional compounds and vaporize most materials.

The nozzle that stimulates the power device is about 20 meters away from the ground. When the strong light reaches the ground, the temperature is still over 3,000 degrees Celsius.

This temperature can cause the ground to melt instantly.

However, the ground under the light pressure engine is equipped with high-temperature-resistant materials to insulate heat, which will not cause much change on the ground. It will only burn the surface.

The closest ones around the engine are 12 large brackets, which are about 80 meters away from the central injection point. According to calculation data, the temperature of light scattered from the ground reaching the brackets is nearly 1,000 degrees Celsius, but the brackets are resistant to high temperatures and emit light. When reaching the bracket position, the intensity of the light source will also be greatly reduced, but the steel bracket will not be greatly affected.

In addition, the ground air one kilometer away from the engine nozzle will be heated to more than 80 degrees Celsius, and obvious heat waves can be felt five kilometers away.

Safety can be ensured only 10 kilometers away.

Even if you are ten or twenty kilometers away, you can still see extremely dazzling light, which will cause damage to your eyes.

Therefore, the group of people entering the air raid shelter could not look directly at the location of the engine. They could only wear protective goggles and look at the sky at eye level.

If the engine rises to an altitude of more than 100 meters, there is enough space for the strong light to scatter, and what you see is just a flickering beam of strong light, and the damage to human eyes is not that great.

A hill ten kilometers away.

There are thick steel plate partitions outside the body, and high-hardness walls are built inside. Further inside is the control center.

The control center will use a screen with radar imaging technology to screen out most of the bright light to watch the engine's takeoff and landing tests.

Wang Hao is also in the control center.

The light pressure engine project is too important, and no one else dares to do the commanding work. Wang Hao must be the person himself to prevent the possibility of any accidents.

Two people stood beside him.

One is Zang Chunlai, general manager of the Spacecraft Industry Company, and the other is Zhu Qiqiang, a military researcher and head of electronic systems.

Zhu Qiqiang is reporting on the progress, "The engine warm-up has ended, the internal temperature is 180 degrees Celsius, and is gradually decreasing..."

"Everything is fine with the equipment."

"The data deviation during the warm-up phase is within the error range."

"It's time to move on to the next step."

Wang Hao nodded slightly. He stared at the huge gray-white ball on the screen, took a deep breath and shouted, "Attention to all parts, prepare for the experiment!"

At the end of the sentence, everyone concentrated and became very serious.

"Electronic system self-test!"

The first step is to check the electronic system and radar, which is similar to the self-check of the operating system to ensure that there will be no problems with the electrical equipment.

Soon there were reports saying, “The test is over and everything is fine!”

Wang Hao nodded lightly and began to issue instructions continuously, "Report nuclear facility data!"

"Test the transceiver!"

"Test the neutron channel!"

"Report battery level..."

A series of instructions were issued, and reports were received one after another.

After confirming that there were no problems with each part, Wang Hao waited for about ten seconds and uttered two words, "Power on!"

Electrify, not ignite.

The ignition process does not happen overnight. First, the two strong annihilation force field equipment must be restarted and the internal heat source strength must reach the limit.

Then it is to detect the generated power.

After confirming that the power generation system is operating normally, the external power supply can be cut off and the neutron channel can be opened. Only then can annihilation particle technology be used to create a high-intensity light source.

When the light source reaches a certain intensity and the internal temperature rises to more than 3900 degrees Celsius, the excitation propulsion device can be turned on.

This is the real ignition.

After the excitation propulsion device is turned on, strong light will be emitted from the bottom and create the 'minimum strong light pressure'.

The thrust provided by this minimum level of strong light pressure is only slightly higher than the gravity exerted by the engine, and the engine will rise very slowly.

Now is the first take-off and landing test, so everything must be done safely. It is enough to create the lowest level of strong light pressure.

The expected goal of the take-off and landing test is to have the light pressure engine rise to an altitude of about 200 meters, and then levitate for about 20 minutes.

During the engine suspension process, a series of tests will be conducted, one of the most important tests is the balance system.

Balance system testing is also the link where problems are most likely to occur.

The balance system, as the name suggests, keeps the engine balanced. There is a largest excitation propulsion device at the bottom of the concave reflector. In fact, there are 16 nozzles above and below the reflector, and small excitation propulsion devices are installed.

Under the control of the electronic system, the light pressure power excited by the small light source nozzle will keep the large nozzle of the engine facing the ground.

"It's a balanced system."

In the air-raid shelter inside the mountain, Paul Phil-Jones was explaining to several senior teachers. He knew the engine design very well and was suitable for explaining. "In fact, the most important thing to test is the balance system. Only by keeping the engine balanced can we ensure safety." .”

"Theoretically, the engine can remain suspended in the air. If there are other testing requirements during the process, we will also extend the suspension time appropriately."

Teacher Xu immediately said, "Twenty minutes is enough. You can leave other tests next time."

They were still a little worried.

Such a huge ball device is suspended in the air. If there is any problem, it may fall, and a fall will cause huge losses.

No matter what, everything is still about safety.

At the same time, the control center has reported that the temperature inside the concave reflector has risen to 3,300 degrees Celsius, and is continuing to rise.

Wang Hao has been listening to the continuous reports.

"Temperature: 3450."

"3600."

"3700."

"3800."

"3850..."

When the temperature exceeded 3800 degrees Celsius, Wang Hao issued the command as expected, "Start the excitation propulsion device!"

Everyone looked towards the main console.

A researcher in military uniform sat in front of the console, and his only job was to activate the excitation propulsion device.

At this moment, he stared at the huge ball on the screen and pressed the control stick very hard.

This is a fixed stick controller.

When the controller is pressed, the fixing device of the engine bracket will be separated from the body, that is, it will be separated from the protection of the ground.

After that, the military uniform researcher stood up, stretched out his hands and pressed the two top buttons at the same time, one was a red button and the other was a yellow button.

When both buttons are pressed simultaneously, the ignition propulsion device is activated.

The moment the button was pressed, everyone seemed to hear a roar, and then saw a bright light like daylight under the conventional camera lens.

The screen is completely filled with light!

At this moment, it was as if there was an explosion of a planet hitting the earth, but there was no tinnitus, only a beyond-the-extreme light.

Everyone looked at the radar imaging screen lens.

On that screen, you can clearly see the huge ball slowly rising away from the support...

…

Amerikan, Satellite Center.

In a control room, several staff members were chatting. Elton Howard was a newcomer who had just entered the satellite center for a year.

He is a black man.

At the same time, he had good luck.

The reason why Elton Howard was able to work at the satellite center was because the law stipulated the proportion of black employees.

A black employee at the satellite center retired, and Howard successfully recruited him to work.

The school Howard graduated from is very average, but he still has advantages over his competitors. His personality is very out-of-touch, he doesn't have much respect for his immediate superiors, and he is also very frivolous.

For example, now.

Howard was discussing what happened last week with his colleagues. When he went to a bar, he met a short, fat white man in his forties, and something indescribable happened.

He was talking about how he felt, "It's really unbearable."

"I thought I was big and strong, but she seemed to be happy. She later gave me a hundred dollars."

"Damn it, what do you think I am!"

The colleague next to me asked with interest, "Did you take the money?"

"certainly."

Howard said matter-of-factly, "That's what I earned from extra work."

"Cut~~~"

The colleague turned his head disdainfully.

At this time, office director Blanc came in.

Two years ago, Bronk was still an ordinary employee. When he was doing satellite image analysis, he discovered the black spots on the enlarged photos and submitted that they were "suspected of UFOs. It may also be caused by natural action or light." He also added wrote, 'It may also be that the Kongjian-2 aircraft is testing an unknown stealth technology.'

Aiden Sherrill, his superior at the time, didn't care at all.

The results proved that it was indeed the Kongjian-2 aircraft testing the "invisible shield", which also caused the former number one decision-maker in the White House to be held accountable. Aiden Sherrill was fired from the satellite center due to negligence.

Blanc was later promoted and became the head of the control room.

Now he takes his work very seriously. When he found James bragging and joking with his colleagues, he was immediately dissatisfied and said, "Pay attention during working hours and don't always chat!"

Elton Howard nodded in response and returned his attention to the complex electronic screen. After Bronk walked away, he immediately said dissatisfiedly, "Bronk, this damn guy, he came to find me on purpose. trouble!"

The colleague next to him shook his head indifferently.

They all know the situation of Elton Howard. This guy doesn't take Bronk seriously at all. Of course, it doesn't affect their bragging with Howard.

Howard continued, "What's the point of always looking at these images? This giant ball doesn't move at all."

"The satellite images are not clear enough to see what is being transported..."

"Let's see what's the use of these!"

He shook his head as he spoke and planned to continue the topic with his colleagues. The moment he turned his head, he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Then, there was a pause.

Among the large number of electronic screens, several screens facing the huge sphere saw extremely dazzling light coming from the ground.

It's daytime!

During the day, you can see such dazzling light, it is like the moment when a star hits the earth, and the light it releases quickly turns the screen white.

Howard looked at the far-view screen again and found that the group of light spots could be seen through the clouds. The light spots covered hundreds of meters around the ball, and the light at the edge was also frightening to watch.

He stared at the screen blankly.

The colleague next to him felt a little strange, so he stood up and walked over. His expression changed exactly like Howard's, and then he immediately exclaimed, "Oh, my-god!"

"Oh, my-god, Oh, my-god, Oh, my-god..."

He exclaimed several times in succession and shouted, "Look!"

"what is that--!!"

Others heard the sound and came over.

When they saw the bright light on the screen that looked like an asteroid hitting the earth, they couldn't help but widen their eyes in surprise, "Asteroid hitting the earth?"

"Is it an explosion?"

"The end is coming? What happened? Or is there an accident in their research..."

"wrong!"

"Look at that big round ball! Look at that big round ball!"

"It seems to be moving, moving-"

Everyone else immediately looked at the light pressure engine. Upon closer inspection, they found that the engine was not affected by the bright light on the ground and was indeed moving slowly upward.

From a satellite perspective, the upward speed of the giant sphere is very slow.

However, such a huge guy could easily be noticed as long as he moved, and everyone was immediately shocked.

"It's definitely moving!"

"It seems to be flying slowly? It should be flying, right?"

"How can this be!"

"Is it a light deviation caused by bright light?"

"Maybe a mistake?"

Blanc also came over. He stood at the back of the crowd, staring at the white light and giant ball on the image without moving his eyes.

He was as shocked as everyone else.

As the director of the office, Blanc was more mobile than others. He immediately went to the control room next to him, found a side-on perspective of the sphere from numerous satellite surveillance images, and printed a timely photo.

This photo clearly shows the white light beneath the giant star's orb.

Blanc stared at the photo in his hand, took a deep breath and murmured, "So, it's not an explosion or an accident, but... a take-off experiment?"

"That's right, it's a takeoff experiment!"

"That huge ball actually levitated and flew up. I don't know how big of a shock this news will cause..."

"tomorrow--"

"It will probably be lively!"

…

PS: I would like to ask for some monthly passes~~

I would like to ask for some monthly passes~~~