Chapter 709: It takes more than courage to face mistakes (3/3, 12/78 with a monthly pass)
When everyone saw this master design drawing, they were already stunned by the content on it, no matter from which angle they looked at, it was impeccable, and even a little more closely, they could see an unexpected picture.
"Huh?"
"That's not right!" Lao Feng, who was in charge of the rocket part, found that the standard of this drawing was not the Chinese standard, but... It's the standard of the American side, which ... It is impossible for Xu Mang to make such a mistake and make a mistake in the standard.
Unless...
The main design above is NASA's main design for Curiosity.
"This..."
"Wouldn't this be the design of NASA's Curiosity, right?!" Lao Feng said in horror: "The above standards are completely different from ours, I don't believe Professor Xu Mang, you estimate this, unless this is NASA's Curiosity rover design." ”
As soon as the voice fell,
The conference room was like boiling water, boiling in an instant.
Including Zhang Ju, everyone looked at Xu Mang, hoping that he could give a reasonable explanation for how NASA's Mars rover design would appear in his hands.
"Ahem!"
"It was a beautiful surprise. Xu Mang smiled and said, "I forgot what I used in exchange... Oh, yes... The Xu Yang structure formula I found was used as an extension of this formula to exchange it for the design of NASA's Curiosity rover. ”
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This... This...
Is this a loss or a gain?
Xu Yang's structural formula, everyone present knew that this was a mistake in the Nobel Prize-level discovery, but Xu Mang, a chicken thief, kept holding his hands and did not announce it, but it was because of this situation that he changed to a lot of important technologies.
But...
He privately changed to NASA's Curiosity rover design drawings, which... It is unimaginable that the United States should have been deceived by Xu Mang once, and they did not believe in evil and proposed to replace Xu Yang's structural formula.
"The process..."
"I won't go into detail here. Xu Mang said embarrassedly and politely: "Anyway, I was so angry that I choked them at the time, so there was a story about changing to a space engine later." ”
Everyone smiled wryly, this is really the case.
"What..."
"I've got a showdown, the Bajie rover is based on Curiosity, but don't worry... Xu Mang said with a smile: "In the United States, they dare not speak, they can only admit that we developed it ourselves, anyway, just say that it was my research and development." ”
Followed by
Xu Mang began to introduce the main functions of the Bajie Mars rover.
"In terms of hardware, I deliberately used a chip processor developed by my father-in-law's company, which can provide powerful computing power, and of course in the future, I will use a system that I specially developed, which is a real-time operating system used in a large number of embedded systems. ”
"The design life is two Martian years, but it should actually be exceeded, in terms of ancillary equipment, it is designed in full accordance with the indicators you gave me from the space agency, except for the parachute and heat shield, I replaced the power source with a multi-mission radioisotope thermoelectric generator. ”
"About 30 years of life... This part is the mast camera, and the Mars handheld lens imager was transferred to this position, and the original lens imager position was changed to the Mars landing imager, and at the end of the robotic arm, there was an alpha particle roentgen ray spectrometer. ”
"This location..."
Xu Mang spoke for half an hour, and every detail was not let go, and everyone present couldn't help but be shocked by this Bajie Mars rover, and at the same time, they were also conquered by Xu Mang's unparalleled transformation ability.
After speaking,
Xu Mang was about to take a saliva, but Academician Jin found him with doubts.
"Professor Xu Mang?"
"I took a look... The weight control is very good, but if you do the math, it seems to be five kilograms less. Academician Jin said: "It's in the middle of the rover, and such a space is empty, isn't it... This is where the self-help program is placed?"
Xu Mang took a sip of water, nodded and said, "Yes! ”
The next second,
Xu Mang clicked on another file.
"Under normal circumstances, nine out of ten accidents are fast, and once it rolls over on Mars, it is basically cool. Xu Mang said with a smile: "Although under my design, the center of gravity has been reduced to the minimum, as long as there is no Martian storm, it is difficult to cause overturning." ”
"But... If there is a rollover, then there is a high probability of a meteorite impact, geological activity, alien creatures or even Transformers. Xu Mang said seriously: "But take 10,000 steps back, if there is really an overturn, in fact, there is nothing I can do." ”
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This...
How can this save itself?
Just when Dahuo looked confused, Xu Mang flipped the page, and a central processing system appeared in front of everyone.
"This is a data processor developed by me, which can systematically analyze the surrounding things, which is the last security guarantee of the Bajie. Xu Mang said: "Automatically calculate the height difference, cut the bevel, and reasonably plan a safe route." ”
"I'm sorry..."
"NASA didn't give me a design concept for the self-help program, I came up with it myself. Xu Mang said helplessly: "Once the rover capsizes, it will basically be saved, it is full of valuable instruments, and if it is bumped, it will be scrapped." ”
"So!"
"Safety is about preventing things before they happen. Xu Mang said: "Once the self-rescue procedure of the Eight Commandments senses danger, it will intervene and finally get out of danger. ”
Words fall,
Xu Mang glanced at the few people present and found that they were all silent, and their eyes were fixed on the projection.
"Good!"
"This system is very important!" Zhang Ju said solemnly with his keen intuition: "Xu Mang... Can you give us this patent in the future?"
"Take it!"
Xu Mang smiled: "Anyway, I don't have a place to use." ”
Words fall,
Xu Mang regretted it and hurriedly said, "Wait... Yes, but the patent is mine!"
Zhang Ju smiled: "Did you find any business opportunities?
"I'm sorry..."
"I want to provide for my family, my wife... It's a, and if she knows that such an important technique has been given to others, I'm afraid I'll be beaten up when I go home. Xu Mang directly threw the pot to Xiao Man, she wasn't there anyway.
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I really dare to say it!
But it's a bit of a pity to get married at such a young age.
"Below. ”
"It's about... The design of the Sky Crane. Xu Mang opened the third file, then raised his head and said: "I didn't get the relevant drawings for the design of the sky crane, I designed it myself based on NASA photos. ”
however
These words touched everyone's heartstrings, if what Xu Mang said is true, then this technology is not so mature, immature represents danger, but it is different from the self-rescue program, the self-rescue program is just a computer program, but the sky crane is a mechanical equipment.
In case something goes wrong, it's too late to operate, so during the time between entering the atmosphere and landing, it's in the dark for ten minutes, and it's all up to the sky crane to operate it itself.
If in case,
If a certain detail is not in place, the result is a crash, tens of billions of investments come to naught, and several years of hard work are in vain.
"We need to go from 20,000 kilometers per hour to 0.5 meters per hour in ten minutes..."Xu Mang said indifferently: "So the sky crane must be combined with the Bajie, and in a safe range, the Bajie must be lifted out of the sky crane with a cable and suspended below." ”
"At a certain height above the ground, the cable is automatically cut and the Sky Crane then lands within a safe distance from the Bajie. Xu Mang said: "That's probably what it looks like, in fact, the sky crane is not complicated. ”
"It's... The process is cumbersome. Xu Mang didn't want to hide the truth, and said helplessly: "A series of actions need to be successfully completed, including using a parachute to slow down, igniting a rocket to prepare for landing, so that the speed of the lander with a mass of 3 tons, including the rover, has been reduced from bullet-like to a smooth landing." ”
"It must execute hundreds of programs, 700,000 lines of program code, and if one of them is wrong, the Bajie rover will most likely crash headlong on the surface of Mars. ”
Words fall,
The faces of all those present turned very bad.
Hundreds of programs, 700,000 lines of program code, who can be sure that there will be no fatal errors in them?
"I disagree!"
"This is too risky!" Academician Qian said solemnly: "Professor Xu Mang... I'm not doubting your abilities, you've done a great job, but people make all kinds of mistakes, what if you make a mistake?"
For this point of view,
Xu Mang had no power to refute, pondered for a long time, and said: "I admit that this process is very dangerous, and if you are not careful, there will be an accident, which will lead to the collapse of the entire plan, and everyone will fall into the pressure of public opinion, but the problems we encountered were also encountered by NASA at the beginning." ”
"Why can't they?" Xu Mang asked, "And we can't? As for the landing method of the rover, you can show it to the public, and then push me down in front of the public, even if there is a problem, I can carry it alone. ”
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Zhang Ju looked at Xu Mang and said solemnly: "I won't let you face all this alone, as a whole, you have to bear the consequences together, but what you just said made me feel very much, the road of aerospace development is full of unknowns, who doesn't know what will happen next." ”
"Honestly..."
"We're holding back a little bit. Zhang Ju glanced at everyone present and said with a wry smile: "Isn't it normal to fail?
"About the way of landing. ”
"Officially adopting the sky crane method, Professor Xu Mang... It's up to you to solve the next program code problems. Zhang Ju said solemnly: "Do it boldly and reassuringly, if something goes wrong, everyone will carry it together!"
"But..."
"I have a request. Zhang Ju smiled: "Bajie is too ugly, change the name!"
Xu Mang pondered for a moment and said cautiously, "White Cat?"
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