From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

After leading the team to improve the electronic system framework of the anti-gravity spacecraft, Wang Hao handed over the work to others, and he personally went to the spacecraft base.

Wang Hao has a lot of work to deal with after not visiting the Tianhang base for a while.

After he arrived at the base, he inspected the construction and installation work of cabins, equipment, etc., and paid attention to the replacement of materials in each part.

Tianhang-01 implements the voyage plan, which is a true space vacuum voyage into the solar system. To deal with a large number of high-energy cosmic rays and solar radiation, the outer layer is coated with high-end radiation-proof coating.

The radiation-proof coating material is the latest development. It is not a single material, but several materials, spread layer by layer.

It also includes brown gold, which is used to absorb cosmic radiation. There is also a layer of silver foil in the middle outer layer, which is used to reflect cosmic radiation. There are also anti-oxidation layers, anti-magnetization layers and heat insulation layers inside. Each of them is the latest High-performance materials developed and containing first-order elements.

When Wang Hao checked the properties of various materials, he also found that the light-transmitting hole materials in the cabin were somewhat substandard. He immediately suggested the introduction of moissanite.

"Carbonite is the latest material produced. It has very good light transmission properties and very stable chemical properties. It is several times stronger than conventional light transmission materials..."

He gave a simple explanation.

This suggestion was naturally accepted. In fact, after the results related to carbon silicon spar were released, the Tianjin Aerospace Base hoped to introduce carbon silicon spar. However, the relevant materials were not available at all and could only be obtained through Wang Hao. Get enough moissanite.

The material is also very luxurious.

The strong S-wave technology is very efficient in manufacturing moissanite, but only the equipment in the experimental base can be used to manufacture it. It can only last for half an hour at a time, and requires maintenance every time.

If it is to manufacture carbon silicon spar to supply the Tianhang base, it will only be needed for Tianhang-01, and it will need to be run at least three times.

In other words, the production capacity of strong S-wave equipment operating for ten days must be supplied to Tianhang-01. The cost does not seem high, but it is definitely a luxury.

Moissanite has not yet been sold to the outside world, because the strong S-wave equipment is in the experimental base, and it is not focused on material manufacturing. Most of the time is spent on research and development of new materials.

If it is sold normally, even if it is not a 'spar-like' material, the price will be very high because it involves a lot of scientific research value.

After Wang Hao finalized the replacement of carbon silicon spar with light-transmitting materials, he also paid attention to other aspects of work, including the performance of new equipment, satellite release plans, and planned exploration work in the solar system, etc.

Then I talked with Zang Chunlai, Zhu Qiqiang and others about the voyage plan of Tianhang-01.

They initially discussed the mission of the voyage plan and also discussed the issue of candidates to board the ship.

The captain of Tianhang-01 to carry out the long-distance voyage plan has been finalized. He is Major General Huang Youkun appointed by the military. He is only 44 years old. He is a rare talent with both civil and military skills. He has personally served as a fighter formation commander and has demonstrated extraordinary ability. Excellent leadership skills.

In addition, he is also proficient in aerospace information technology and led the team to encrypt and decipher the first-order radar information transmission, ensuring the smoothness and confidentiality of radar information transmission.

In addition to the captain, there are operators at all levels, launchers, small spacecraft control pilots, etc.

These are all included in the spacecraft company's personnel list, and others include top engineers responsible for troubleshooting and emergency response.

Next, there is the technical consultant.

Tianhang-01 has too many cutting-edge technologies, and the position of technical advisor is crucial. When encountering difficult-to-solve problems or making technology-related decisions, technical advisors are needed to grasp and make decisions.

Technical advisor, equivalent to deputy captain.

In this regard, the theory team is needed to provide talents, and only the theory team, that is, within Wang Hao's team, has talents who are proficient in various technical theories.

Wang Hao couldn't stand Paul Phil Jones's appearance, but he still gave the spot to Paul, mainly because Paul was the most suitable.

Needless to say, Paul's theoretical level is also involved in the development and construction of Tianhang-01.

Whether it is various high-end technologies or electronic systems, Paul Phil-Jones is involved.

He is the most suitable candidate.

Wang Hao also appointed a replacement candidate - Ding Zhiqiang. Ding Zhiqiang's qualifications seemed somewhat insufficient, but he was the only suitable candidate left in the theory team. He also worked at the Tianjin Aerospace Base for a period of time and was proficient in various technical theories.

The replacement candidate may not be able to board the ship.

If the voyage plan is short of manpower, or if Paul Phil Jones encounters an unexpected situation and is unable to participate in the plan, Ding Zhiqiang will take his place and participate in the plan.

In fact, Wang Hao believes that the most suitable candidate is He Yi. He Yi does not understand the theory, but he is very proficient in various technologies. He has always been at the forefront of experiments.

Unfortunately, the voyage plan requires participants to be under 50 years old.

Tianhang-01 will sail at high speed in space. The gravitational field technology can make the gravity in the cabin continue to be stable, but it will not be without any feeling.

No technology is 100% effective. For older people, maintaining health will be a big problem when they go into space.

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Soon, forty days passed.

The electronic system of the anti-gravity spacecraft corrected faster than expected.

On this day, the anti-gravity spacecraft passed various tests and conducted a new test flight.

The test flight test is not just flying, but directly ascending to space and returning to the ground.

The hardware of the spacecraft has been tested many times and passed various high-pressure tests. Basically, there will be no problems. The main test is the electronic system.

The flight testing was conducted very quietly.

When the anti-gravity spacecraft flew high in the sky, some people in the surrounding area also saw it, but they still thought it was an empty spacecraft and had no idea it was a spacecraft that could enter space.

The anti-gravity spacecraft successfully rose to an altitude of 130 kilometers, hovered at the corresponding altitude for about half an hour, and then successfully returned to the ground.

The entire test process is very simple, that is, the anti-gravity spacecraft takes off, enters space, performs various missions, and then returns to the ground.

Compared with the light pressure engine, the takeoff and landing of the anti-gravity spacecraft is too easy, and it even looks smoother than an airship flying saucer.

This is mainly because the anti-gravity spacecraft uses Hall thrusters, which have insufficient power and relatively slow acceleration. However, absorption improves the balance system and makes its operation more stable.

After conducting a space test, only three days passed before the spacecraft conducted the next test.

Continuous testing, continuous correction...

Within a month, the anti-gravity spacecraft conducted seven flight tests. The next three were piloted by pilots, and its internal electronic systems gradually became more complete.

In the last test, the anti-gravity spacecraft landed directly at the Tianjin Aerospace Base.

Wang Hao watched the landing process of the spacecraft and couldn't help but sigh that the aerospace carrier really needs small spacecrafts. In comparison, anti-gravity spaceships are much more flexible, and their landing process is even faster and more stable than fighter jets.

When hovering in the air, it also appears to be very flexible and can fly freely in all directions.

Such a spacecraft is suitable for landing on planets to perform missions.

The next step is to dock the anti-gravity spacecraft with Tianhang-01. The docking of the electronic system is already halfway completed. The anti-gravity spacecraft will then land stably in the spacecraft cabin of Tianhang-01.

Afterwards, the Tianjin Aerospace Base conducted various tests on the anti-gravity spacecraft.

After confirming that there were no problems, the spaceship company and the company finalized a cooperation agreement with the space agency. The preliminary agreement was to order four anti-gravity spacecraft, and the spacecraft codename was determined to be 'Thousand Falcons'.

In addition, ten small spacecraft with only superconducting batteries and Hall thrusters and special functions were ordered.

These spacecraft are used to perform missions in space, and some are even disposable products specifically used to release probes.

The total order volume finalized in the cooperation agreement is as high as 15.3 billion, of which the price of each Thousand Falcon spacecraft is 2.7 billion.

The biggest cost of the Thousand Falcon spacecraft comes from two aspects, one is the material, and the other is the manufacturing process.

Among them, the material cost is the largest part. Whether it is the internal superconducting material or the external coating, it will be very expensive when used in aerospace.

However, the material costs are also digested internally. Large amounts of materials are purchased from Superconducting Materials Company and Annihilation Technology Company. The high-end materials provided by these two companies account for more than 800 million in costs.

Even so, the space agency can still make a huge profit.

Of course, purchasing the Thousand Falcon spacecraft for 2.7 billion is definitely not expensive, but the space agency can only sell it internally, because the technology they use is not independently developed, and is even provided by Wang Hao's institutions.

Superconducting batteries and lateral anti-gravity are two core technologies developed by Wang Hao's team.

Therefore, it is absolutely acceptable to achieve a certain profit.

This cooperation is also very important to the space agency. It can be said that their previous research had no profit at all, and all funding depended on financial allocations.

Now that certain benefits can be obtained, the development of the space agency has a new future.

They can set their main direction on the research and development of small spacecraft, and then rely on the profits achieved to continuously invest in research and development.

With the support of funds, technology can be improved, and only when technology is improved can it be competitive.

It was Mr. Zhu who finally signed the cooperation between the two parties.

In fact, Mr. Zhu has already lived a retired life, but the space agency has not yet decided on a new person in charge, so he signed a cooperation agreement on behalf of the space agency.

After completing the signing, Teacher Zhu said with emotion to Chen Jiahe, "I'll be counting on you from now on."

"I'm old."

"What I want now is to live a retired life, relaxed and free."

"Tianhang-1 already has a voyage plan. We also have quotas, right? Jiahe, we must select young people to participate."

"The times are advancing, and the space agency cannot stand still. It must strictly control the selection of personnel, otherwise it will be a joke to other departments."

"When the time comes, if anyone is dissatisfied, let them come to me!"

The last sentence was sonorous and powerful, and it was the only thing he could do for the space agency.

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The test of the Thousand Falcon spacecraft has reached the standard, and the spacecraft company has also finalized the voyage plan.

After everything was determined, the company announced the plan time and arrangements, and the voyage plan was named the Jupiter Exploration Plan.

In the announcement, they gave a general introduction to the Jupiter exploration plan and set the time in September. The specific time has not been determined. They just said that the plan will be implemented in September. This is mainly because the launch of Tianhang-01 is not a small matter. Things, the satellite release and detector release must be carried out in the middle of the plan, weather factors must also be considered for the Tianhang-01 takeoff, etc.

The set time will be interfered by other factors and will definitely continue to be postponed.

The release of the Jupiter exploration plan immediately caused international excitement.

Previously, the spacecraft company announced a plan to explore Europa, which had already aroused a round of heated public opinion. However, because it only released the plan and did not determine the time, the discussion lasted longer.

Now the public opinion is even more heated.

It mainly involves one issue - the number of people on Tianhang-01, and who has the opportunity to board the ship and participate in the plan?

The spacecraft company has not announced its planners, but it is certain that domestic personnel account for the majority, and foreign scientists are not without opportunities.

Faced with the plan to board an advanced spacecraft for a long voyage and explore Jupiter, all relevant scientists are very excited.

For many scientists, this is an opportunity not to be missed.

At the same time, it was also a blow to Amrican.

Such an unprecedented planetary exploration plan turned out to be difficult for Amrican to obtain regular quotas because they had a poor relationship with the flower growers and could not obtain boarding quotas through diplomatic means.

Of course, there are also institutional scientists from Amrican who can get spots.

Some large multinational companies cooperate with spacecraft companies, and after paying a large fee, they can get a very small number of places.

Their purpose is not to do scientific research, but mainly to get the opportunity to participate so that they can publicize it to the outside world.

For these large companies, publicity opportunities are much more meaningful than scientific research in space.

Scientific research is just incidental.

This has nothing to do with the senior staff of American. There is a high probability that American will be excluded, which makes many top people very dissatisfied.

It is no longer ten years ago. The backwardness in the field of high-end science and technology has severely hit Amrican's economy. Combined with the economic and political disconnect, they are always excluded from high-end science and technology cooperation.

During this period, it was also involved in election events that attracted much attention at home and abroad.

The challenger of the No. 1 decision-maker stated that the policy strategy is openness. He cannot sell his own openness concept and believes that cooperation with flower growers should be increased to make both parties friendly again instead of continuing to compete.

Ten years ago, the concept of openness would not have been recognized at all, but now, the concept of challengers has been widely recognized.

When the economy takes a hit, the bottom class feels the most intuitively. They have long been dissatisfied with the situation in recent years.

No matter what kind of idea it is, as long as it can improve the economic situation, it is the best idea.

Those cutting-edge companies and elites hope for more cooperation between the two parties so that the company can survive or make more profits.

The scientific community also recognizes this.

Many scientists hope to have more cooperation with flower growers, so that they can have more access to high-end materials, annihilation technology, and conduct the most cutting-edge research. It is not something that has been studied for a long time but turned out to be backward.

Against this background, the No. 1 decision-maker felt tremendous pressure.

As the representative figure of the No. 1 decision-maker who supports technology-based decision-making, Korot James feels that the time has come to get rid of the Groom Lake Project.