Rebirth 2009: Synthetic God

Sometimes, time is waiting for people to follow, and some people are waiting for time to catch up.

Zhou Rui doesn't care at all about the outside world's discussion of "FW-01". Those "false data" are not enough to reflect one-tenth of the current level of "intelligent mechanical warfare."

Even the "Intelligent Mechanical War" is an "outdated project" that Zhou Rui has withdrawn from for more than a year.

His eyes have already been set on the starry sky.

On November 5, Zhou Rui shouted the widely circulated phrase at the intelligent command center of Wanhu Base: "The Nantianmen Project is launched."

But in the end, he never shouted, "The Nantianmen Project is over."

That's just the beginning.

After the first successful launch, Zhou Rui directly ordered five new "Jingtian-1" components to support future "overt and covert" launch missions. However, the arrival time will be very long and will be gradually delivered within a year.

For convenience, rockets of the same type are distinguished according to ABCD, and future improved models will be marked according to A, B, C and D.

November 25th is the scheduled window for the second launch. The same rocket is still used, now called "Jingtian-1A".

There was only a 20-day difference between the two launches.

During this period, the output of "Mortise and Tenon" was greatly exceeded. Only the rocket part was in a hurry. Fortunately, the rocket engineering team led by Che Gan and Shan Chunyuan was powerful enough.

Coupled with the disruptive efficiency of the intelligent factory, debugging and testing were still completed on time without Zhou Rui's intervention, ensuring the best condition of the rocket.

This launch is still a dual command center model. The Xichang base, which has cooperated many times, is responsible for the rocket part, and the Wanhu base intelligent command center is responsible for the orbital part. After the two parties have experienced cooperation once, they have undergone some upgrades and have become better integrated.

This time Zhou Rui did not invite any more "special observers". The nearby observation room was reserved for the leaders of the space agency. Director Sun specially led the team to study, and Yang's mother still arranged a live broadcast on the science and technology channel.

Zhou Rui originally thought that fewer people would pay attention to the second launch, but apparently he thought too much. After he posted that tweet, the world's attention turned to it.

The original "slow live broadcast" on Nantianmen has been temporarily suspended, and the official website screen is synchronized with Yangma.

Wanhu Base, the intelligent aerospace command center, has been slightly renovated compared to 20 days ago. The layout is more optimized and some workstations and personnel have been added, but the most eye-catching thing is still the white space in front.

It is the “mimic command system” that has changed the landscape of the aerospace industry.

The pure white space is empty at this time, but all viewers know how dreamy this place is about to become.

Zhou Rui is wearing a commander's suit, a crisp black shirt, meticulous hair, an earphone microphone on one side, and a "small shower head" on his shoulder.

Standing there with an upright posture, he seemed to be synonymous with confidence and high spirits.

The time was two o'clock in the afternoon, 30 minutes before the scheduled launch time.

Zhou Rui put his hands on his hips and slightly pressed the microphone and said, "Report from the Xichang Command Center."

The voice of the driver came from the earphones and in the hall: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the fuel filling progress is normal and the telemetry data is normal."

There was a smile on Zhou Rui's lips: "This is your second time as commander, are you still nervous?"

Che Gan's voice was obviously much calmer than last time. Zhou Rui and the people around him were all growing up.

"Much better, but I am the sub-commandant, and you are the main commander."

"Don't occupy the work channel to flatter me, but thank you for your hard work this time. I ran back and forth. After this launch, I will communicate with the space agency to establish an integrated command and information platform."

“Don’t take up work channels programming colleagues.”

Thousands of kilometers away, I was speechless for a while while driving. Didn't you invite me to chat?

Zhou Rui switched to the public channel and said: "Everyone, this is our second launch. Don't be overly nervous, but please cheer up. Those who were not caught in the news broadcast last time must sit up straight today." Hold your chest high and try to get another chance to show your face.”

No one made any noise, but everyone had a smile on their lips.

Compared with the command center of the space agency, Wanhu Base is less serious, but in a private company, the boss's style is the company's style.

Zhou Rui is using his own way to adjust everyone's mood and relieve tension.

Zhou Rui looked at his watch and said loudly: "Count down 20 minutes before launch and activate the mimic command system."

Internet, TV, broadcast. Countless viewers thought in their hearts: It’s coming! The main event is here!

The next moment, countless metal streams emerged around the white space, quickly covering the entire space.

After covering the ground with a thick layer, its surface began to roll, and finally a two-meter-high "rocket silo" simulation protruded.

But it’s not over yet, the surrounding area is also constantly changing, and finally turned into the outline of other buildings in the Xichang base.

Yes, the mimic command system has also been upgraded, not only simulating the launch tower, but also nearby buildings.

Some military fans in the audience suddenly reacted! Can this technology be used as a "sand table"?

Through integrated reconnaissance, all information on the battlefield is reflected on the "mimic sand table". Even moving tanks and personnel in reality can be dynamically reflected on the sand table.

Isn’t this information so intuitive?

In fact, their guesses were pretty much the same. Intelligent unit technology was planned to be applied to military command systems in the future.

The mimic sandbox can be easily embedded into the command system of "intelligent mechanical warfare" and is several times more efficient than the earliest designed "intelligent command cabin" that relied on screens.

The outside world still hopes that "enlightened intelligence" only has one PPT, but everyone here has already replaced itself.

If the original version with only flying drones is called the first generation, the "ground-air integrated" version is called the second generation, and the one with the intervention of an intelligent commander is called the third generation.

Then the one equipped with "mimic command" in the future will probably be the fourth generation.

There are many application scenarios for "mimic command". This is actually an epoch-making technology.

In the civilian field, it might be more appropriate to call it "mimic control".

Industrial management, logistics scheduling, and posture detection all have application prospects. It can even be said that it skips the imaginary "holographic projection" route because mimic command is visible and tangible.

Of course, if you say you need "holographic projection" to see the milky-white Yukiko, just pretend that I didn't mention it. The entertainment field is indeed not the area where mimic conductors are good at.

"The launch countdown is 15 minutes, start the tower departure procedure!"

"The fuel system is normal and the filling progress is normal."

"Smart recycling system is normal"

The launch process progressed smoothly and skillfully step by step, and the huge rocket appeared in front of everyone again.

"The swing lever is open, the Xichang base is ready, apply for launch!"

Zhou Rui said in a deep voice: "Agreed, I wish you success."

"receive!"

Che Gan was more decisive this time. After taking a breath, he said loudly: "Attention, everyone, countdown to launch on 10, 9, 81!"

At the Xichang base, the "Jingtian-1A" on its second mission, a fierce flame ignited at the bottom, and then soared into the sky, heading towards the boundless starry sky.

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In the observation room, Director Sun couldn't help but say: "The progress of Tai Tiangong is really amazing."

It is true that many people here came from the space agency's "talent flow", but he was still shocked by the momentum here.

Li Changping, Director of the System Engineering Department on the side, said: "You should say that it is Mr. Zhou who is faster. They are all the same talents. Under Mr. Zhou, the efficiency is not the same. They only need to charge behind Mr. Zhou." "

"Yes, Mr. Zhou is always very fast."

"I don't know when we will be able to join the 'mimic command system'."

Director Sun said with a smile: "Then it depends on your ability. I will retire next year."

Li Changping had no intention of letting him go: "Then we should use our remaining energy to show off our face!"

During the chat, "Jingtian-1A" has successfully completed the orbit-entry mission, sending the payload into low-Earth orbit, and its own components are also being recovered and landed one by one according to the plan.

Return to the earth and wait for your third launch.

Then, the command power will return to Wanhu Base.

In the white space ahead, only a giant cube remains of the mimetic structure composed of intelligent units. It seems similar to the last time, but different.

Zhou Rui glanced at the large ink screen and couldn't help but said:

“Nantianmen opens so slowly.”

Earth's low Earth orbit.

This place is already within the scope of the universe, but it is still under the influence of the earth's gravity.

In the boundless darkness, a huge engineering creation is accelerating.

Its appearance is as flat as a square, but the way it moves slowly makes it difficult not to think of it as a "ship."

It seems slow, but its original speed is already extremely exaggerated, but it lacks a reference.

It is the "Nantianmen Orbital Mechanical Platform".

Each Hall thruster can only provide a trace of power, but at this time there are hundreds of them on the "ship". In addition, there is no resistance in the universe, and the acceleration will gradually accumulate. It can be said to be synonymous with "reaching a thousand miles in one step".

Compared with the International Space Station, Nantianmen, which has the ability to "travel", is more capable of docking.

"Nantianmen" drove to the designated location, and quickly identified and located the new "member" through the mechanical intelligence networking signal.

The image of the "Nantian Gate" also appeared in the mimetic command system. With the "squeaking" sound of metal squeezing, the mimetic Nantian Gate was built bit by bit from the edge, which looked quite spectacular.

Countless people once again marveled at the magic of this technology.

The next moment, the newly launched payload cluster began to disintegrate and turned into separate "mortises and tenons" and "bricks". The number was slightly less than the first time because it also carried two new passengers.

One is a special mortise and tenon structure with a "tapered fairing" on the top of the head. The height reaches four meters. Compared with a pure cube, this mortise and tenon structure looks more like a tower.

The other is a "capsule-type" device that has nothing to do with the mortise and tenon shape, but is roughly the same size. The whole body is white and very eye-catching, but it is not clear what is inside.

On the Nantian Gate, the mimic figure controlled by the small shower came out and condensed his body. However, it only needs to check for omissions just in case, and generally does not need to do anything.

All newly launched payloads began to be reorganized in an orderly manner. After a few minutes of transformation, the total area of ​​Nantianmen increased from 96 square meters to 144 square meters, becoming even more vast and majestic.

The two special-shaped loads are also perfectly integrated on the Nantianmen.

Because it carries other loads this time, otherwise the area should be doubled directly. However, in the future it will become larger and larger, more and more practical, and even move from a flat surface to a three-dimensional one.

As Zhou Rui said, it's just a blank, and it's slowly being renovated. The "mortise and tenon" design idea has given it unlimited possibilities.

Zhou Rui said into the microphone: "The second phase of Nantianmen expansion was successful. Thank you for everyone's efforts, but our task is not over yet."

Looking at the corner of the large ink bottle, Zhou Rui said: "In about 30-35 minutes, an old friend will approach the Nantianmen track. We will take him home. If anyone is in a hurry, they can go to the bathroom in batches."

This time there was finally a little more laughter in the command center.

Yes, the capture of "Dongfanghong-1" was on launch day.

This veteran satellite has been out of service for decades. It cannot be contacted or positioned. It can only rely on past data to calculate its current orbital position, so it is not very accurate.

If the mountains don’t come to see me, I will go to see the mountains myself.

"Nantianmen" continues to accelerate up the orbit, and the seemingly slow but extremely fast speed towards the predetermined area is really like a large ship traveling freely in the orbit.

Many people have an idea in their minds.

What is the difference between this TM and a spaceship?

Or should it be called "orbital spacecraft"?

The thing with the fairing should be the capture device, but what is the capsule-like thing?

In order to "self-prove" the satellite capture capabilities, even at this time, the picture does not hide from the audience.

Finally, at 28 minutes, a clear report sounded.

"A suspected 'target' object was found, the relative distance is 71,982 meters, and it is approaching quickly."

Zhou Rui said in a deep voice: "Revise the thrust parameters, adjust the attitude, and report on the capturer telemetry situation."

"The capturer telemetry is normal and can be launched at any time."

"The parameter correction is completed. It is estimated that the optimal launch window will be reached in 3 minutes and the countdown will begin."

"Countdown to 2 minutes"

"Countdown to 1 minute"

"Countdown for 10 seconds, apply for launch."

Zhou Rui said calmly: "Permission."

A few seconds later, in the universe.

The "mortise and tenon" with the fairing suddenly disconnected from the platform to prevent the reaction force from disturbing the platform itself.

Then several flashes of fire came from the bottom, the internal chemical energy thruster began to work, and the specially-made equipment headed towards a higher orbit.

The mimic clone of Little Shower raised his head and looked at the other person further and further away.

In order to save fuel, the thrusters are turned on and off to avoid unnecessary consumption. Finally, after 10 minutes of flight, they gradually slow down.

At this time, a magical human creation appeared.

It is an almost spherical seventy-dodecahedron, and its entire body is made of polished aluminum alloy material. Its shape has the technological aesthetic of the previous era.

This small satellite, only one meter in diameter, is still rotating to this day, but it seems not as shiny as the textbook.

"Dongfanghong No. 1", after wandering in deep space for more than forty years, reunited with its descendants for the first time.

It took a nationwide effort to send it into orbit. Its design life was only 20 days, and its only function was to continuously broadcast the radio signal of the song to the ground.

"The East is Red".

I wonder if the people who sent it up in the first place ever thought that one day it would have a chance to go back.