Technological power starts with upgrading lenses

Director Ge couldn't help but look at Kang Chi with expectant eyes: "Actually, the main reason why I invited Academician Kang to the meeting today is to get a general understanding of your plan. One is to give us a little idea, and the other is to avoid scientific research crashes. Everyone Try to cooperate more and compete less..."

Everyone else also looked at Kang Chi, wanting to hear about his 'moon landing plan'.

Kang Chi pondered for a moment before slowly speaking: "My tentative long-term goal is exploration and resource collection within the solar system. My mid-term goal is helium 3 on the moon and second-generation controllable nuclear fusion, but the specifics are I haven’t thought too much about how to implement it, I’m just going to take it one step at a time.”

After hearing Kang Chi's plan, everyone present was stunned.

Good guy,

All they think about is how to put a man on the moon,

People are starting to consider developing the entire solar system!

Is this something people of their generation dare to think about? !

After a brief moment of astonishment, Director Ge coughed dryly and said, "We won't talk about that far away. You should have a more specific plan for the first step, right?"

"Well, since we are going to engage in large-scale space development, the first step must be to reduce the cost of rocket launches, otherwise we will always be able to stay in the exploration stage of space."

Li Xinqiang immediately couldn't help but asked: "You want to build a recyclable rocket?"

Kang Chi nodded: "Recyclable rockets must be developed, but simply recyclable rockets are not enough. I plan to combine recyclable rockets with space shuttles to achieve 100% reuse of the entire spacecraft."

space shuttle? ! !

After hearing this word, everyone's expressions changed.

As the representative of the aerospace industry in the United States in the past era, the space shuttle can only be said to be a bit hard to describe.

The performance is really awesome, and the handsomeness is really handsome.

It's just too unreliable.

Country M's space shuttle has carried out a total of 135 space missions, and each time it can send up to 7 people and 29.5 tons of stuff into the sky. Even now, this performance is remarkable.

But two accidents, resulting in the death of a total of 14 astronauts, made the word space shuttle a bit unlucky...

In fact, the accident rate of 2/135 = 1.5% is not considered high in the aerospace field, but two of the five bombed, and the remaining three had to face death every time they went on a mission. Are you afraid?

In addition, every time the space shuttle returned at a speed of Mach 24, it had to be overhauled. The actual cost of use was more than ten times higher than expected. It has completely deviated from its original design intention, so its retirement is actually doomed. .

But Kang Chi now says that he wants to pick up this product that has been eliminated by the times...

It's somewhat difficult to understand.

And why build a space shuttle when we have recyclable rockets?

After a long silence, Li Xinqiang finally couldn't help but ask: "Can you tell me the reasons for your decision?"

"It's actually very simple. The space shuttle has an advantage that everyone may have overlooked."

Kang Chi pointed to the top of his head,

"We used to think more about how to launch things from the earth cheaply and safely, but we rarely thought about how to transport things from space."

"The space shuttle has a huge advantage in this regard. It can not only bring problems or broken spacecrafts in space back to the ground for repair, but can also transport supplies back when space development is carried out in the future."

"In the era of large-scale space development, we can't just use parachutes to drop tens or even hundreds of tons of materials and then go to the sea or desert to find them, right?"

"Even if you throw it away directly, you must at least prepare the necessary return cargo capsule. And this kind of return capsule will still have to find a way to transport it back to space, right?"

"Instead of adopting this uncontrollable and worry-free method, it is better to build a space shuttle once and for all."

"In short, I think there is no problem with the design concept of the space shuttle, but at the time, the space shuttle was still too advanced. Whether it was the technology and materials at the time, or the demand for two-way transportation of space missions, it made it "The performance and positioning are a bit awkward, but as long as we can solve its reliability and safety issues, the space shuttle is the most suitable vehicle for two-way transportation in the early stages of space development."

"Actually, to put it harshly, the current recyclable rocket is just a compromised and castrated version of it."

Li Xinqiang nodded, somewhat convinced by Kang Chi.

In fact, aside from the high maintenance and launch costs of the space shuttle, the biggest problem of the space shuttle is actually safety.

Since Country M's space shuttle cannot be piloted and does not have an escape capsule, every time it fails, people are bound to die. NASA, which is under great pressure from public opinion, has to reluctantly abandon the space shuttle even if it likes it.

If it can be switched to driverless driving, at least safety issues will not need to be considered, and it would be too easy for Kangchi to achieve this.

Even if you just take the old American space shuttle, without making any improvements, and just plug a few robots into it, you can achieve a 'technical upgrade'.

In fact, Lao Maozi later also built a space shuttle called Buran, which was more advanced than Lao M's and could be piloted unmanned.

It's a pity that the Buran only carried out one mission, and Lao Maozi suddenly disintegrated. The Buran was decommissioned after its first flight, which was very sad.

If the Blizzard could be used on more stages, maybe the space shuttle would still have a place in the current aerospace field.

After all, the high maintenance and launch costs can be optimized through technology.

As Kang Chi just said, his plan is to combine recyclable rockets and space shuttles to achieve 100% reuse of the entire spacecraft. If this can be achieved, at least the launch cost can be reduced, and the remaining problem is the maintenance cost.

To reduce the maintenance cost, it is necessary to optimize the materials and design of the space shuttle. This is impossible to solve completely based on China's current aerospace technology, but it is definitely not unsolvable.

However, the investment in aerospace research is limited after all. Since the rocket route was chosen, it cannot be easily changed, otherwise it is likely to be unsatisfactory and eventually fall behind.

Now Kang Chi plans to start a new business and try another route to make a space shuttle, and the reasons are sufficient, and they don't seem to have any reason to object.

"But starting from the spacecraft, Academician Kang's steady approach is a bit too steady..." Director Ge said with a complicated expression, "I thought you would first find a way to send a few robots to the moon to build a base..."

Kang Chi smiled: "Sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood. Once the space shuttle is built, whether it is sending robots or real people to the moon, it will be easy, right?"

"That's true... Then when are you going to build this space shuttle?"

"I haven't thought about it yet. I don't plan to set a time node for myself this time. It's so stressful. I just want to build it slowly and happily..."

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