Liquid oxygen kerosene refueling cycle engine, this is the nine yin true scripture of the Soviet space system.

Even thirty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the D-180 and RD-191 engines are so famous that the United States wants to sanction Russia and first consider how to solve the source of alternative engines for NASA and start its own research and development mode. This is all too foreign an experience for Americans in the 21st century.

Now that the Chinese side has opened its mouth, it has aimed at such a core technology, which is really digging the "ancestral grave" of the Soviet space system.

Although Vladimir knows that it is now man-made swords and fish and meat, he still shakes his head like a rattle: "Chinese comrades may not know much that high-pressure liquid oxygen kerosene refueling cycle technology requires a very high industrial base, that is, I will show you, let alone whether it can be made or not, it is not necessary to understand it or not!"

The Soviets did have the confidence to say such things after half a century of space supremacy.

In the Cold War, the space hegemony between the United States and the Soviet Union was a black hole of gold swallowing. The space system that has been smashed out for decades with real money is where Vladimir's confidence lies.

If the Chinese want to take advantage of the fire to rob, they also want to see if they have this good appetite.

The liquid oxygen kerosene refueling cycle engine is the brightest star in the crown of the Soviet space industry, not only with high thrust ratio, good economy and more reliability, but also the most eye-catching is that it can be reused.

For example, in China's current rocket engine test run, each test requires scrapping a rocket engine produced in the same batch. Not only are the test results unreliable, but the cost of testing is relatively unacceptable.

Under such conditions, China's space system still has to win by price in the satellite launch market, which is really too much of a loss.

If you want to win the liquid oxygen kerosene refueling cycle engine, it will definitely not be an overnight thing. But to say that because of this, we will not engage in liquid oxygen and kerosene engines? This is even more impossible!

Poison rockets will inevitably be eliminated, this is a historical trend. It is not that the technology of poisonous rockets is not advanced enough, nor that the poisonous rockets are not economical or reliable enough, but that China's achievements in dimethylhydrazine poison rockets will sooner or later be transferred to the direction of liquid oxygen kerosene or hydrogen-oxygen rockets. The reason is simple, because safety cannot be overemphasized in the field of aerospace.

When China launched the first Chang Erba, the sealing ring was corroded, which led to the leakage of propellant, and in order to rush to repair, it caused an accident in which one person was killed and many people were poisoned. Later, in 1996, Chang Sanyi failed to launch, and the rocket fell on the hillside two kilometers away from the launch pad after liftoff, and the number of injuries and deaths was even greater, many of whom were poisoned by rocket fuel. Later, the local groundwater was contaminated with metamethylhydrazine and became undrinkable for a long time.

To the average person, Chinese rocket launches always seem to be successful. But the failure of the space project as a means of transport is something that even the Americans cannot avoid, and it can be said that it is inevitable.

There are 11,000 favorable factors for the dimethylhydrazine poison rocket, but the pollution caused by the failure of the poison rocket launch and the danger to the staff cannot be avoided.

For this reason alone, any responsible country will find ways to develop safer technological routes. The Soviet Union's one-shot rocket reimbursement of all the top experts in the entire aerospace field is not far away, and talents with infinite potential are the most valuable resources, which is the reason why poison rockets will inevitably withdraw from the stage of history.

For today's Chinese space system, there is no doubt that the liquid oxygen kerosene route is the most likely and most suitable research and development direction.

However, for this space system left over from the Soviet Union, it will not be so easy to present this treasure with both hands.

"In the field of astronautics, we really have a lot to learn from our comrades in the former Soviet Union. ”

The representative of the Chinese side was not annoyed, but nodded to Vladimir and admitted such a fact. In the next 20 years, China's space system will only be able to catch up with the achievements of the United States and the Soviet Union.

"However, I must state the fact that in the foreseeable future, neither Russia nor the Minsk space agency will be able to make a breakthrough in the field of astronautics. China's aerospace power is still very weak, but if we have a complete country, we will have unlimited possibilities. ”

"We can't understand the liquid oxygen kerosene refueling cycle engine today, a year, maybe three or five years. But in 10 or 20 years, as long as China does not follow the old path of the Soviet Union, one day we will go further on the basis of yours. ”

"Comrade Alexander. The old man of the Chinese representative was full of red faces, as if he had returned to more than 30 years ago: "Since the Minsk Space Agency is going to inherit the Soviet space system, I think it should have its own policy, right?"

"Well...... this"

Alexander is a Belarusian, and Belarus has little interest in space systems.

But it is precisely because of this that Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan put this institution in Minsk, because the other three countries could not accept that another country would take control of this Soviet legacy. Minsk is a world-famous science city in the former Soviet Union, and the location of the Minsk space agency here only shows that the real game has just begun.

"Today is the first day of the Chinese comrades in Baikonur, let us raise a glass and toast to the help extended by the Chinese comrades!"

……

"Old Jiang, are your words a little heavier today?"

Back in the suite arranged by the space center, Jiang Jingshan just wiped his face with a hand towel. Baikonur was empty and desolate, and both of them were covered in dust.

Hearing his partner Li Zhonghong's worried words, he smiled, shook his head and said, "Vladimir is Russian, he won't stay in Kazakhstan for long." Besides, I have studied in Russia for many years and know very well how to deal with them. ”

"For them, it's better to show than to talk. ”

"What we're talking about here doesn't really matter the big picture. It's hard for Vladimir and I to be friends, so it's better to take a stand from the outset, so that the key people who can really decide the fate of Baikonur and the entire Soviet space heritage can recognize the situation early on!"

However, the two did not know that the "key figures" in Jiang Jingshankou were not affected by the tense atmosphere here in Baikonur at this time.

"Ambassador Tian, do you know that President Abisevic may want to move the capital?"

"Move the capital?"

Tian Peiwei was stunned by Hu Wenhai's straightforward words, and subconsciously retorted.

"Almaty is the most prosperous city in Kazakhstan, and the Kazakh people have lived and lived here for generations. President Abishevich is an ethnic Kazakh, so where is he going to move the capital? Isn't he afraid of facing opposition from ethnic Kazakhs?"

"If I were Abisevic, I would have to think about moving the capital. ”

Hu Wenhai shook his head, sat on the sofa in the safe house, and looked like he was pointing at the country.

"On the way here, I comprehensively analyzed the current situation in Kazakhstan, and Abishevich must have had the idea of moving the capital. ”

"Kazakhstan has just held an Asian security conference in Almaty, and Abishevich did not get what he most urgently needs. Kazakhstan has not found allies to rely on in Asia and has not created a solid foundation in the Asian international system. The status of a regional power in Central Asia, for which Abishevich has been striving for the past two years, is already difficult to achieve. ”

Hu Wenhai spoke eloquently to Ambassador Tian, revealing the policy context of Kazakhstan and Abisevic in the past year or two.

In fact, Tian Peiwei is no stranger to such political analysis. As ambassador to Kazakhstan, he has to summarize such a report to the country every month. However, it may be that the authorities are confused, and if you get too close, you will not know the true face of Lushan.

Hu Wenhai is the other extreme, taking the answers and copying the process, in the eyes of those who care, Abisevic's governance details are enough to reflect many problems.

"Abishevich has made frequent trips to Central Asia and Western countries over the past two years, but Kazakhstan's economy has not improved in the slightest. He hopes to bring in a number of manufacturing enterprises, but only the American company Shevron is ready to develop the western oil fields of Kazakhstan. ”

"Countries such as Germany, Japan, South Korea, and other countries where Abisevic has high hopes do not have large-scale investment plans at all. As for the Baikonur problem, he was even more anxious, and he even tried in vain to get Baikonur out to cooperate with Turkey. ”

"Judging from some of Abisevic's public speeches and policy preparations since the beginning of this year. Although Russia is too busy to take care of itself, Kazakhstan can only throw itself into the arms of Russia. ”

"This ......" Tian Peiwei obviously understands the current domestic situation in Kazakhstan, and combined with Hu Wenhai's thinking, he is obviously aware of some problems, but he is still a little hesitant about the possibility of Kazakhstan moving its capital.

In any country in the world, moving the capital is a political earthquake. Abishevich has only been president of Kazakhstan for a year, is he already thinking about such a big move?

"Would Abisevic have such courage?"

"Kazakhstan is not the UK, Abisevic is not Jim Haq, and 'boldness' is not the reason for him to stop acting. ”

"What's more—" Hu Wenhai threw out his killer weapon: "If Kazakhstan does not move its capital, it will not move closer to Russia." Now that ethnic Russians, who make up 60 percent of the population, are in trouble, who knows what will happen?"