Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 759 Mr. Zhou, are you serious?
Xichang base, the third day after Zhou Rui retreated.

It was also the fourth day of Chang'e's flight in the lonely and silent universe.

The command center is still operating, but the number of people is much smaller than when it was launched.

For Chang'e-3, which is hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, there is currently not much the space agency can do. The main thing is to check whether the orbit of Chang'e-3 is normal.

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Chief Engineer Sun Ze has been at the command center these days, although he knows very well that there is not much he can do at this stage.

If Chang'e San flew out of the distance between the earth and the moon, the error would definitely not be a matter of a few kilometers. It would be just like playing billiards. A slight difference in putting time would result in the position of several balls at the bottom of the table.

And they and Chang'e III are separated by nearly 400,000 kilometers.
And with Chang'e San's own thruster capabilities.
If it flies wrongly, it would be easier to just be a little piece of trash in space.
Director Sun walked up behind him at some point and said, "When will it enter the far moon orbit?"

Sun Ze rubbed his eyes and said: "Tonight, around 2:47:24, the error is still within a reasonable range."

He smiled bitterly and said: "I'm a little envious of the people in the launch team. They have completely relaxed a long time ago. Unlike us, we have to stay here for more than ten days."

Director Sun smiled and said: "They are not idle either. I heard that they are also working in full swing. I plan to go and have a look later."

Sun Ze nodded, feeling that what the other party said made sense.

Director Sun said angrily: "What is going on with you? How can something as important as a rocket component be operated in such a dangerous way! Where is your team leader!"

Not even a sound
On the contrary, everyone was startled by his loud shout and turned to look over.

Sun Ze was a little moved, and he was also very curious about the project team led by Leader Zhou.

"You haven't been there in the past few days?"

The engineer scratched his head: "No, this is fake."

But in the end I chose to stick to my post.

I saw the rocket parts suddenly falling down.

The rocket parts miraculously adjusted their posture slightly in the air, and their speed became slower and slower.

Finally, it landed slowly on the ground, where anti-fall mats had already been laid.

However, a scene that stunned him happened. The rocket component, a gray protruding structure on the surface, suddenly began to spray out a large amount of mist.

Director Sun left the command room, found someone to drive a factory car, and headed towards the "preparation field".

As soon as he walked into the "preparation field", Director Sun saw from a distance that a rocket component was tied to a crane more than 20 meters high and seemed to be moving.

Such a heavy component is free-falling from a height of more than 20 meters? !
He immediately stretched out his hand, his nostrils expanded, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Run!!!"

"I haven't been idle either. Various reports, meetings, and interviews have not stopped since the launch was successful. However, it is only the third day, so there should be no big changes."

Director Sun's heartbeat and blood pressure instantly soared to 180, and there was only one thought in his mind: It's over!

I answered a few more work calls on the way, and when I looked up again, I was already outside the gate.

An engineer trotted over: "Director Sun, what did you shout?"

"Okay, help me prepare two manuscripts for the press conference. If it fails, I still have something to say."

Before hanging up the phone, Director Sun witnessed a scene that made him burst with tears.

"fake?"

"This is a model made of foam and cork, just to verify the angle adjustment capability. It is not a real rocket component."

Director Sun walked over and took a look and realized that it was indeed a model. He even noticed that the model was still connected to a pipe, and he didn't know what it was connected to.

Director Sun coughed dryly and said, "Then we must also pay attention to safety and clear the area to avoid injuries."

The engineer said to himself, you are the only one who broke in. You were so scared that we trembled just now.

A little embarrassed, Director Sun had experienced strong winds and waves, and quickly adjusted his mentality, but he became even more curious about this thing. He pointed to the streamlined protruding structure above and said, "What is this?"

"This is an intelligent attitude adjuster, but it is a pneumatic simulation version. High-pressure gas is supplied through this pipe to adjust the attitude of the component so that it decelerates and falls."

That person was in charge of a small area, and he was also the team leader, so he explained it very clearly.

"Originally, there is an air-adjusting plate, but that part is only useful at high speeds. It will be tested elsewhere. We are only conducting reliability experiments here."

That’s probably dozens of times a day.
Even if the rocket is recycled, it is impossible to use it hundreds of times. In theory, as long as it can be reused once, even if it initially meets the standard, reusing it more than five times is already a perfect answer.

Director Sun looked at the unseen parts and felt confused. "This is only the third day, right? Have you already come up with something like this?"

Did I travel through time?

The engineer shook his head: "This was made by Mr. Zhou on the first night. It was just to test the extreme reliability. The experiment has not stopped and is being done every day."

Director Sun:? ? ?

What the hell?
This world makes him feel strange
As if he had made up his mind to join the UC Shock Department, a strange drone flew to the area, and Zhou Rui's voice came from it:
"Director Sun? Are you here to inspect the work?"

Director Sun was not used to talking to drones, so he said after a while: "Well, come and see, where is Mr. Zhou?"

"I'm in the southeast corner, Area A2. If I have something to ask you, the drone will bring you here."

Director Sun calmed down and followed the drone inside.

Only then did he have time to observe the situation in the "preparation field" and found that there was not only one drone flying around in the factory, but also some unknown people.

These should be Mr. Zhou's own team. Although he has been busy with mundane affairs these days, he has also heard about the plan here.

But Mr. Zhou, are you serious?
Do you really want to be idle and complete the rocket recovery in seven days?

As he walked inside, he found a lot of new equipment, many of which he couldn't even name.

Dozens of people perform their duties, busy and organized, and it is obvious that the work is progressing and planned smoothly.

What is surprising is that the rocket parts of the "Chang Er C" have not changed much. Although there are many people surrounding it, they almost maintain the original shape.

It seems that Mr. Zhou and the others haven't started taking action against the real guy yet.

Finally, he saw Zhou Rui himself in the corner.

In the space in front of you, there are five large screens standing above, which seem to be connected to the drones and are a "command center".

There is a large amount of manufacturing equipment around, and a large semi-enclosed laboratory has been built. Along with Zhou Rui, there are many engineers discussing the drawings. Che Gan and Shan Chunyuan are both here.

He didn't know if it was because he was too shocked today, but he felt that Shan Chunyuan had changed and became a stranger.

Zhou Rui himself was even more outrageous. He was actually wearing a pair of dark arm armor with mechanical patterns on his hands.

It reminded him of the games played by his grandson, such as Shabak City Lord, Slaying Dragons with Swords
It's like walking into the wrong set.
When Zhou Rui saw Director Sun, he temporarily suspended the discussion, told Che Gan and Shan Chunyuan a few words, walked over and said:

"Director Sun, by coincidence, I have something to discuss with you."

Director Sun: "You said that I can bear it now."

Zhou Rui smiled and said: "The basic structure of the intelligent adjustment thruster has been finalized. Next, we will conduct a full-scale and full-weight experiment. I ordered a steel structure model and contacted friends in the army to prepare for a 10,000-meter drop test the day after tomorrow. Please coordinate the use of the 'drop zone' with the bureau."

The landing area refers to the place where the rocket falls, usually in a calculated and sparsely populated area.

Of course, even if there are sparsely populated areas, advance notice and patrols are required, and littering is not allowed.

Zhou Rui contacted the transport aircraft on the troops and prepared to pull the simulation piece to an altitude of about 12000 meters and then drop it.

A real rocket will naturally fall higher than this height, but the speed of an object in free fall in the atmosphere will not increase infinitely.

When the resistance and gravity reach a balance, it will stabilize at the maximum speed. After calculation, this high altitude is enough.

If you want to go higher, with current technology, you can only really send a rocket up. After all, transport planes can't fly higher.
If this test is successful, basically we only need to pay attention to the issue of thermal protection and coordination with the rocket's own fuel system.
That’s pretty much it for rocket recovery.

As Zhou Rui said before, "mechanical intelligence" is used to engage in rocket recovery, and the professional counterpart is really relevant.

The "posture adjustment" problem that is the most difficult in public perception does not need to be worried about.

For Zhou Rui and others, they only need to focus on "system stability and integration".

Director Sun took a deep breath and thought to himself that this partner is really awesome.

Not only is the speed ridiculous, the energy is also ridiculous
Calling a military transport aircraft to transport dozens of tons of things, there was no need for the space agency to send a message at all, and it was solved with just a phone call.

This was also the reason why he felt like he couldn't understand many things after not coming for three days.

Because of many resources and permissions, Zhou Rui can do it by himself.

(End of this chapter)