Reborn Tech Scholar

Chapter 611 The first flight of the aerospace plane
In this festive atmosphere of the Spring Festival, it is always so unique.

Existing astronauts at the Lunar Research Station and Lunar Synchronous Orbit offered New Year blessings in the Spring Festival Gala. Now, before the Spring Festival is over, six warriors who went to the moon have successfully returned.

从2027年12月31日至2028年2月6日，从长征NO.15运载火箭发射，再到‘嫦娥2号’飞船平安返回，每一个瞬间都可谓是赚足了眼球。

Except for the new cooperation between the Russian Space Agency and the Indian Space Research Organization that grabbed the headlines for a few days, the rest are all "Chang'e 2" spacecraft, which are China's second manned moon landing.

A certain star's New Year's Eve wedding, a couple who have always been loving in the entertainment industry to imitate their divorce certificates, or a popular celebrity's cheating have never dominated the news headlines.

A simple press conference was held at the landing point. After the astronauts said something, they left under the escort of the medical team, and the command module will also be escorted to the base by soldiers for inspection and data reading. After maintenance, the command module can be stored in the Aerospace Museum, or continue to use the waste heat to launch into space, and connect and combine with the "Tiangong" space station to increase the scale of the "Tiangong" space station.

Seeing that the astronauts returned safely, Qin Yuanqing left the ground command center and went directly to the aerospace aircraft factory without going home.

Because on February 2th, at 9:9 in the morning, the "Shenlong" aerospace plane K00 will have its first flight. The test flight team has worked hard for half a year. If you count from the very beginning of the selection, it will be a whole year. Now they will welcome them an important assessment.

On this day, they will drive the first aerospace plane in human history to make its first flight!

At this time, the aerospace plane is in full swing, and the test pilots and engineers are checking the aerospace plane again to check the status of the aerospace plane to ensure that the aerospace plane is always in a normal state.

Everyone knows that once there is an accident on the first flight, the loss will be extremely heavy, not only the loss caused by the crash of the plane, but also a blow to the confidence of the relevant participants, and even China's third manned landing. month will be delayed.

Not only the manned landing on the moon, but also the construction time of the 'Shuanghuan Space Station' has to be delayed, which can be said to affect the whole body.

Qin Yuanqing did not personally participate in the inspection. At this time, he was already on the verge of attacking. As the commander-in-chief of the 'Shuanghuan Space Station', at this last critical moment, the most important thing is to keep calm, keep calm, as long as he does not mess up If you panic, it will be like a sea god needle, so that every staff member will not panic because of too much pressure.

Qin Yuanqing looked at the "Shenlong" aerospace plane with calm eyes. What he can do at this time is to maintain confidence in the tens of thousands of engineers, believing that they are meticulous in the manufacturing process, and that any component and any process are qualified. of.All he can do is to have confidence in the crystallization of the highest level of China's industry, the 'Shenlong' aerospace plane K1.

The avionics system of the "Dragon" aerospace plane was successfully built by the best R&D personnel after nearly ten years. Its surface coating was developed by tens of thousands of material experts. The project is tested in actual combat.Its high-temperature surface insulation tiles, reinforced composite materials for the leading edge of the wing, and a series of cutting-edge materials, including the special steel used in the main structure of the aircraft, are all the most sophisticated materials, and it even cost a lot of money to forge these parts. Ten billion has built a super-large machine tool, so that while ensuring that the material is relatively light, it can also maintain a very high level in a series of properties such as tensile strength, fracture toughness, corrosion resistance, and high temperature resistance.

An aerospace aircraft involves thousands of industrial chains. Although the final assembly is carried out here, there are thousands of units involved in the construction, and any unit has a very high level of technology.

The work of the first flight ceremony is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Finally, the time soon came to the historic day of February 2th. This day is destined to be remembered in history, even if it is extremely important in the thousands of years of human history.

Just like the lineup of guests at the launch ceremony of the "Dragon" aerospace plane is strong, the guests who attended the maiden flight are also extremely large. As for the media, except for special media, other media have no chance to witness this historic moment.

At eight o'clock in the morning on February 2th, in the final assembly plant.

Under the leadership of deputy commander Yang Yue, a group of technicians are conducting the last comprehensive inspection of the aerospace plane before its first flight.In order to eliminate accidents as much as possible, he divided the maintenance personnel into two groups, starting from two different positions of the nose and tail of the aircraft, and took 120 points of caution to any suspected problem. treat.

As for the flight test team, the five first-flight test pilots closed their eyes and rested their minds in the aerospace plane, recharging their energy and recharging their energy, waiting for the arrival of the last moment.

"Has the inspection been completed?" Yang Yue asked at 8:50.

"The inspection has been completed!" Qi Qi, the two inspection team leaders, saluted Yang Yue: "The inspection is all right, everything in the 'Shenlong' aerospace plane is normal."

"What about the interface between the ionization chamber and the working medium chamber? And the hydraulic pump of the thermal cycle device, have you checked all these key equipment?" Yang Yue's serious expression showed the tension in his heart.

"Everything has been checked! Everything is normal!"

"Are you sure?" Yang Yue said again.

"Sure!"

"Exit all, hand over the aerospace plane to the test pilot, and open the gate on time at 8:59!" Yang Yue gave the order to evacuate the personnel.

"Yes!"

At 8:55, Yang Yue officially reported to Qin Yuanqing through the communication system: "Report to the commander-in-chief, the status of the 'Shenlong' aerospace plane is normal, and it is ready to go at any time!"

"Received, waiting for the order!" Qin Yuanqing said intently, at the moment he was accompanying the dean, everything was ready, and he was waiting for the protagonist to appear.

At 8:59, Qin Yuanqing issued an order: "The 'Shenlong' aerospace plane leaves the factory!"

In the final assembly plant, Yang Yue issued an order to the communication system: "Open the door, and the 'Shenlong' aerospace plane leaves the factory!"

Immediately, the closed gate of the final assembly plant was activated and opened, and the sun outside shone into the final assembly plant, causing everyone to squint.

空天飞机上，试飞团团长杨芳深深吸了口气：“点火倒计时，5、4、3、2、1点火！”

Immediately, helium-3 fuel was injected into the 'Golden Crow Device', entered the reactor, and rolled in the reactor. With the injection of helium-3 fuel, the energy that was closest to the origin of this star system was liberated from the invisible atomic nucleus.Huge energy is generated, the entire cabin is lit up, and all systems are powered on.

"The energy system has been activated, and everything in the aerospace plane is normal!" The artificial intelligence reported the real-time status of the aerospace plane.

"Gear 1, the aerospace plane taxis!" Yang Fang gave the order.

Immediately, the plasma engine started, and a plasma engine drove the aerospace plane to move, the pulley moved forward, and it left the factory soon.

Outside, everyone couldn't help turning their eyes to the final assembly factory that had just opened the gate, and then saw a big guy appearing in that gate, with beautiful and smooth lines, and his appearance made people have to give a thumbs up in amazement.

The photographer took pictures immediately, capturing its stalwart figure.

The taxiing state of the "Shenlong" aerospace plane is neither fast nor slow. Except for the gate, it starts to enter the runway. This runway is a full 3 kilometers long and is the runway with the highest technical requirements.

For the first first flight, the anti-gravity device will not be activated, but will take off by taxiing. After all, there are a lot of tests that need to be completed during the two-year test flight.

After the aerospace plane entered the runway, Yang Fang issued an order: "2nd gear, ready to take off!"

Immediately, the aerospace plane was adjusted from gear 1 to gear 2, as if for an instant, a light blue arc lighted up from the rear of the aerospace plane, pushing the huge fuselage to accelerate forward. Go forward and continue forward!

The speed was getting faster and faster, the pulley gradually left the runway, the landing gear was retracted into the cabin, and the nose was lifted slightly upwards.Dragging the azure blue arc, carrying the longing of human beings for space, the silver fuselage sank into the depths of the clouds.

In the auditorium, the guests couldn't help applauding, and everyone knew what it meant.

"Report to the commander-in-chief, take off for 1 minute, and the speed reaches Mach 1.5"

"Report to the commander-in-chief, take off for 2 minute, and the speed reaches Mach 2"

Qin Yuanqing heard Yang Fang's report.

"K1, at Mach 3 flight speed, return to the flight test center after cruising 5000 kilometers!" Qin Yuanqing issued an order.

5000 kilometers seems to be a long distance, but in fact, it only takes 3 minutes to reach it at the flight speed of Mach 81.7.

For the first first flight, it is impossible to conduct a comprehensive test flight, and the risk is too great, so according to the goal set for the first flight, the aerospace plane takes off, cruises at Mach 3 for 5000 kilometers and then returns.

Of course, the return flight is not to return here, but to go to the specially built aerospace plane test flight center, where the "Shenlong" aerospace plane K1 will conduct a series of tests in the future.

"Received!" Yang Fang's voice reached Qin Yuanqing's ears.

At this time, on the aerospace plane, the anti-gravity device in the cabin has been activated, so although the speed of the aerospace plane has reached Mach 3, in fact, the test pilots feel that they are the same as the ground, and there is no reason for the rapid climb and speed. So fast that the body is overloaded.

Compared with their training in the space center, the state at this time could not be better.

"Leader, the current flight altitude is 2 meters, the speed is Mach 3, there is no threat target within 1000 kilometers, and no radar has detected us!" The test pilot in charge of monitoring the surrounding environment reported.

As the head of the flight test team, Yang Fang is responsible for contacting the command center and responsible for the work of the entire cockpit. She is the leader on the plane.

The other four astronauts are responsible for their respective jobs.

These four astronauts all defeated their competitors through hard work in the past six months, and successfully carried out the first flight.

"Report at any time, and if there is a threat to the safety of aerospace aircraft, destroy it as soon as possible!" Yang Fang said calmly.

The 5000-kilometer cruise means that half of it is over the Pacific Ocean, and there are always certain security risks there.

Therefore, the flight test work is all based on ensuring the safety of the aerospace aircraft. Once an unknown target is found to launch a missile, and it is aimed at the aerospace aircraft, then the laser cannon can be activated to destroy the missile as soon as possible.

It's a pity that the paint on the aerospace plane has a certain degree of invisibility, and at an altitude of 2 meters, the speed is as high as Mach 3. The radar system above the Pacific Ocean cannot detect its existence at all.

"Cruising 5000 kilometers, do you want to return?" Finally, after cruising 5000 kilometers, it reminded me whether to return.

"Return, target flight test center!" Yang Fang gave the order to return.

Immediately, the 'Shenlong' aerospace plane made a very beautiful turn, with a speed as high as Mach 3 without slowing down, and began to fly towards the land of China.

As it entered the land of Huaxia, it began to decelerate gradually, and then headed towards the flight test center.

On the side of the final assembly plant, in the sub-command center, on the big screen, it can be clearly seen that the "Shenlong" aerospace plane is descending from high altitude in an elegant posture, and taxiing on the runway as the aerospace plane lands .

In the sub-command center, warm applause erupted immediately. Obviously, the first flight of the "Shenlong" aerospace plane was a complete success.

As the "Shenlong" aerospace plane taxied to a stop, it began to turn around, headed for the cabin, and stopped in the cabin.

"Report to the command center, report to the commander-in-chief, the 'Shenlong' aerospace plane K1 has completed its first flight mission, please give instructions!" Yang Fang reported to Qin Yuanqing immediately.

"Congratulations, you have successfully completed the first flight mission, and I commend you." Qin Yuanqing sent congratulations to the test flight team: "Next, please cooperate with the inspectors to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the 'Shenlong' aerospace aircraft."

"Yes!" Yang Fang saluted.

As for Qin Yuanqing, he also breathed a sigh of relief. In the next two years, a comprehensive test will be carried out, and various test contents will be carried out. various test contents.

After seeing off all the guests who attended the ceremony, in the afternoon, when the inspectors completed the comprehensive inspection, the status of the "Shenlong" aerospace plane K1 was normal, and the test flight was started again. This test will cruise 1 kilometers, and then return to the voyage. .

However, all of this will be handed over to the flight test center, who will be responsible for all test flights of the aerospace aircraft until the aerospace aircraft officially enters service after completing all test flight tasks.

Qin Yuanqing held a first flight celebration banquet at the flight test center that night to congratulate and reward the test pilots. As the first test flight of an aerospace aircraft, the test pilots did it with the courage of life and death. Last night, they all secretly wrote their suicide notes. If they died, this would be their last gift to their parents.

Fortunately, the first flight mission was a complete success, without any problems, let alone the worst-case scenario of a plane crash and death, and the suicide note they wrote could no longer be used.

However, their suicide notes have not been destroyed, but will be used as the archives of the Aerospace Museum, as a cultural relic with historical significance, to inherit this fearless spirit.

(End of this chapter)