Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 772: Aerospace, Changes

August 20th.

30 minutes after takeoff
The capturer carried the satellite and returned to the ground.

To be precise, the sea surface.

Although the time in the sky was not long, it was already thousands of kilometers away from the Xichang base.

Just like cheating, even if it lasts for 5 minutes, your heart has already wandered far away.

"The capture device was observed in the navigation area and is being recovered."

Another 20 minutes later, ships in the navigation area sent back a second message.

"The capturer was recovered successfully and is in good condition. The satellite is in serious meltdown and the internal situation is uncertain."

In the command center, a picture of the capturer appeared on the big screen.

The capture device itself is in good condition. After all, it is a newly manufactured smart device that uses high-temperature-resistant lightweight materials. However, the satellite from 20 years ago did not consider returning to the atmosphere. It was a one-way ticket. .

He was taken back by force.

Even if the capturer decelerated to the maximum extent when it returned, the satellite was almost burned into a black ball.

However, there should be some valid data in it, especially the storage device.

Zhou Rui was not disappointed. This catcher was limited by the "Er-Bake Kai"'s own carrying capacity, which was only 1.6 tons, and its braking capacity was limited.

If it's a bigger rocket, a bigger catcher.
Zhou Rui believes that if it can have a payload of four tons, the capturer can become a "satellite hunter" in space and even capture across orbits.

If you only consider "destruction" and don't consider "recycling", its four pointed tips can be like a mechanical arm, which can easily cause some damage to the satellite and turn it into space junk. You don't have to come back until the fuel is used up. .

Zhou Rui stared for a moment and said in a deep voice: "Thank you to the navigation area for your cooperation. Please bring it back as planned."

This is our own satellite, and it is a scrap. There is really nothing important in it.

But it would be interesting if it were another satellite.

You must know that the satellite does not have a camera, and even if it does, it is facing the ground.

It's just flying and it's gone!
At this point, the "Two Pie Reform" has successfully completed all its missions.

Although the components have not yet been shipped back to the Xichang base, the two technologies it carried have been successfully verified.

In the command center, thunderous applause erupted for the second time, and Commander Zhou Rui, like a conductor, nodded and thanked everyone.

The camera on the side recorded this scene.

Director Sun clapped his hands and came over: "Mr. Zhou, this is an eye-opener! Congratulations."

Even if all the previous preparations went smoothly, this launch was only a 50-50 success in his eyes.

After all, the time is too short.
Now, it’s better to be a bit outrageous, since it’s your family’s standard anyway.

"President Zhou, let's move to the lecture hall and tell the people of the country this good news."

Zhou Rui shook his head: "No, no, no."

Director Sun was stunned, what do you mean? Not announced anymore? My mother has been busy for several days.

Zhou Rui said: "It's people all over the world."

Director Sun:
Mr. Zhou, why don’t you pretend that you can’t eat?

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That night.

Many people were in front of the TV, waiting for the news.

In the past few days, the popularity about Chang'e, Wu Gang and Jade Rabbit is still high.

The feelings of the people are simple.

When your country excels in a certain aspect, you will naturally pay more attention to it and love it even more, even if you have never cared about it before.

Many people have not paid attention to the space industry for decades, but in recent days, a small space has been added to their hearts, missing "Gangzi" and "Rabbit" in the sky.

Yes, although Wu Gang's nickname was originally only circulated among the Jade Rabbit group, Zhou Rui himself has never publicly called him "Gangzi". But after its stunning debut, the nickname "Gangzi" still fell on its head without any surprise.

All I can say is that there are only wrong names, not wrong nicknames.

Now every day, things on the moon are mentioned in the news, and the Science Channel continues to report on it.

But today, there seems to be something different.

Although it is also aerospace.

In the Fuda canteen, Han Ziyin ate quietly with her colleagues.

The "Four Elephants Research Institute" has expanded its enrollment a lot, but women are still in the minority, so her job partner is relatively fixed.

It's just that there seems to be one less person than last time. I don't know if there are any changes in work.

As a big boss who came out of Fuda, it seems that there are dedicated people paying attention to the news about "Master Zhou". In short, every time it is in the news, it will be broadcast accurately in various places.

Han Ziyin raised her head and looked at the TV.

"This station reports that at 2 noon today, the Long March 2 C-modified technology verification rocket jointly developed by the National Space Administration and Tai Tiangong achieved a successful launch and broke through major problems in the aerospace field."

In the picture, Zhou Rui is sitting on the podium, wearing an unusual pair of gold-rimmed glasses, looking elegant.

This look has allowed many followers of the leader who like to take screenshots for their own use to find new material.

Han Ziyin smiled slightly. It seemed that the clothes she sent had helped someone.

After such hard work, it’s really amazing to see the feedback on TV.

However, in the next scene, even Han Ziyin was a little surprised.

I saw a white rocket component falling from the sky.

Even if there is no scale, it is not difficult to feel that it is a huge creation, but the white parts slowly landed, and the four jets around it opened and closed, and finally landed firmly on the ground.

It is one section taller than the surrounding trees.

This kind of scene, in the past, appeared in most people's minds in science fiction movies, where alien spaceships landed or the like.

It seemed as if some strange creature was about to appear at the next moment.

And now, it appears on the news broadcast.

Many students in the cafeteria had forgotten to take their rice spoons out of their mouths, and their eyes were dull.

What the hell is this?

We are grown-up people, not scared people.
Then the camera turned, and there was another scene, which was more deserted than the place just now. If you have good geography, you can tell that it is north of the Qinling Mountains.

The same huge rocket component fell steadily from an altitude of 10,000 meters, just like anti-gravity technology.

The scene returned to the report room, and Zhou Rui said to the camera:

"The 'rocket recycling' technology jointly developed by our company and the space agency has achieved complete success. This technology will greatly reduce rocket launch costs, enhance aerospace commercial competitiveness, and reduce environmental pollution and space debris."

“In the future, this technology will be fully used in various undertakings of the space agency and Tai Tiangong.”

It was obvious that this briefing was not live, it should have happened a few hours ago.

The screen cut back to the studio. Everyone thought that Master Zhou's content was over, but they didn't expect that the host had another big one.

"In this launch, the private aerospace forces represented by Taipei Tiangong have the courage to innovate, dare to try, make bold assumptions, and carefully verify. While verifying the rocket recovery technology, the satellite recovery device designed by chief engineer Zhou Rui has also achieved success. The test was successful.”

"The device successfully captured the 'Brilliant' communications satellite launched by our country in 1993 from low-Earth satellite orbit and returned it to Earth. The satellite has been out of service for more than ten years."

"This technology is the first of its kind in the world and can solve major problems such as crowded satellite orbits and inability to remove space debris in the future."

The last picture showed a mechanical squid-like device on the sea, holding a melted satellite wreckage.

At this point, all relevant news is over.

All told, it's probably less than a minute.

But as the saying goes, the bigger the issue, the shorter the content.

Many people in the aerospace field were not only shocked, but also realized that
Going to change
(End of this chapter)