Learning from Marvel

Chapter 64 Prototype

Tony and Fury's meeting turned out not to be a happy one.

But a seed has been planted in Tony's heart, although he may not even be aware of it.

After returning to the moon, Tony will soon forget about it and pull Ian to start building the prototype of the first-generation space engine.

A high-end device such as a space engine has very high requirements on the manufacturing process, and it is not guaranteed to be manufactured after being designed.

"In order to complete the design as soon as possible, I didn't consider the manufacturing process at the beginning of the design of this first-generation space engine!" Tony introduced to Ian.

Ian didn't care about this, and said confidently: "With me here, all technical problems are not a problem."

With Ian's atomic-level control, it is enough to meet all crafting needs!
"Very good, let's get started!" Tony handed over the data parameters of each part to Ian.

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In just half a month, the prototype machine was built by hand and released smoothly.

If not in the process of manufacturing parts, Tony is constantly fine-tuning the parameters of other parts according to the finished parts manufactured.

The prototype should be formed a few days earlier!
The space engine designed by Tony is not big, even because there is no need to consider the limitations of craftsmanship, it is half smaller than the space engine dismantled from the Kree spaceship, only about three meters in diameter.

Although the size has been reduced by half, the power has not been reduced at all, which is theoretically enough for interstellar travel.

Looking at the spherical space engine, Tony suddenly asked a question: "How should we test it?"

The space engine is completely different from the normal engine, and the test method of the normal engine is definitely not suitable for the space engine.

The fixed test site can only test the first half of the engine operation at most, that is, the preparation stage for the space jump.

But to test the safety and stability of the engine, a complete space jump process is essential.

A single space engine is obviously not enough to test the complete space jump process!
Fortunately, Ian had already considered this matter, and he took Tony to the newly built hangar next to him.

In this hangar, a saucer-shaped spacecraft with a diameter of ten meters and a height of six meters has been half assembled, and the space with a diameter of three meters at the core is obviously reserved for the space engine.

"This is a test spacecraft specially designed by my researchers to test the space engine!" Ian introduced to Tony,
"Its only purpose is to test the performance and safety of the space engine. For this reason, all unnecessary supporting facilities have been sacrificed, and only a few modules such as energy and control cores have been kept!"

With that said, Ian handed over the detailed technical information of the test spacecraft to Tony.

"It's rough, but it's enough as a test spaceship!" Tony commented.

He didn't like this test spaceship very much, and the metallic primary color painting didn't meet his aesthetics, but Tony didn't deny its practicality.

Moreover, with his eyesight, it is natural to see that this test spacecraft is not only testing the space engine, but also other core modules such as energy and control systems.

The so-called test spacecraft is obviously simplified from the complete spacecraft design!

The purpose of researching space engines must be for real spaceships. Although Ian didn't explain it, he didn't hide it either.

While Tony was researching the space engine, he also researched other technologies required by the spacecraft, and the research results were not hidden.

Some parts of the test spaceship in front of me were designed by Tony!
So if Ian has mastered a full set of spaceship manufacturing technology, Tony Stark must be similar.

When Ian invited Tony to participate in the research, Ian knew this would be the result, but he still chose to invite Tony to participate.

Anyway, the universe is so big, it is impossible for Ian to take all the benefits, and he will not lose anything if Tony gets a share.

And even if Tony has mastered a full set of technology, with the Stark Group's level of craftsmanship, it is still far from being able to manufacture a spaceship.

Ian is similar. He also doesn't have the ability to manufacture spaceships on a large scale in the short term. At most, he can manufacture one or two spaceships for fun.

The pre-test process was not smooth, but no major problems were encountered.

There are problems with the space engine, problems with other modules, and problems with the matching between various systems, and so on.

It took ten days for Tony and Ian to solve these small problems one by one.

And use the data of the previous test to simulate the process of space jump, in order to find and solve some problems in advance.

At this point, the next step is to actually test it.

Neither Ian nor Tony thought that the first space jump could be successfully completed, even though this time it was just a short space jump within the solar system.

"How do we recover the spaceship if something goes wrong during the jump?" Tony asked a question.

It’s okay if you can jump to the target location. Even if the spaceship fails and cannot return, you can send other spaceships to find it.

If something goes wrong during the jump, if the spaceship jumps to an unknown location, it will be troublesome!

The solar system is so big, there are many areas that are difficult to explore without receiving signals.

"It's okay! I installed a space beacon on the spaceship. Even if something goes wrong, as long as the space beacon is not destroyed, I will be able to find it!" Ian said confidently.

"That's good, let's get started!" With Ian's assurance, Tony felt relieved.

The top of the hangar was opened, the test spacecraft took off, and then began to accelerate until the spacecraft was freed from the gravitational constraints of the moon, and the space engine started...

Ian and Tony frowned at the same time.

In footage captured by a satellite in orbit around the moon, the test spacecraft trembled slightly in the middle of a space jump.

If you are in the normal flight process, you don't need to care about this slight tremor at all.

But the space jump is different, even a slight tremor often means that there is a problem in the process of the space jump.

"Any feedback?" Ian asked.

"The detectors at the intended location did not detect the presence of the spacecraft!" replied a researcher.

"The quantum communicator is beyond the communication range!" Another researcher also gave bad news.

Although the quantum communication technology on the earth has already sprouted, no delay and anti-interference are advantages, but the communication distance is a problem.

After Ian learned the corresponding technology, he made some optimizations, but limited by the technological level of the earth, the communication range is still limited.

Sure enough, there was a problem. Fortunately, Ian was prepared.

Tony naturally looked at Ian.

Without Tony's urging, Ian had already opened a portal, but he didn't rush there, but threw a detector connected to the cable first.

Soon the probe was retracted, and Ian rejoiced: "Fortunately, the spacecraft is still in space, and it didn't jump directly into a certain star!"

"Tony, put on the space armor, let's go there together!" Ian greeted Tony and walked into the space passage together.

It is very troublesome to expand the space channel beyond ten meters in diameter, so Ian wanted to try it out to see if he could repair the test spacecraft on the spot.

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(End of this chapter)