Chapter 750

The next period of time.

Gu Lu began to stay in the Materials Physics Laboratory and work with Director Wen to tinker with the materials of the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen engine shells.

None of the existing materials were sufficient.

This necessitates the creation of a new type of material.

And the creation of new materials is not so simple.

It's like Edison's discovery of tungsten filament for light bulbs.

This may require thousands or hundreds of failures.

In the blink of an eye.

A month passed like this.

On the workbench in front of Gu Lu, there was a large pile of discarded materials.

These are all failures.

And the situation on the workbench on Director Wen's side is not much better than that of Gu Lu's side.

As of today.

Gu Lu and Director Wen have been added together, and they have failed more than a hundred times.

"Hey, it's still melted. ”

Gu Lu used tweezers to take out the melted shell material from the high-temperature box, rubbed his eyebrows and sighed softly.

Gu Lu has lost count of how many times he has failed this time.

But......

Despite so many failures, Gu Lu's confidence has not been shattered.

Rubbing his cheeks, Gu Lu crumpled up the material design drawings that had proven to be unsuccessful and threw them into the trash.

Holding the drawing pen, Gu Lu was ready to start working again.

And at this time.

Director Wen's slightly surprised voice came from the side.

"Gu Lu, come and see!"

A month of getting along has improved the relationship between the two a lot.

Moreover.

During the period of studying new materials, Director Wen gradually recognized Gu Lu's strength.

Though......

Director Wen didn't know why Gu Lu kept saying that he was a mathematician.

But.

Director Wen can be 100% sure that Gu Lu's talent in the field of materials physics is not at the same level as his peak.

Even so, during the period of research and development of new materials, Gu Lu has been in a state of continuous failure.

But Director Wen, a big bull in the industry, is not it!

What is important to Director Wen is that Gu Lu can learn from his failures and draw inferences from others.

Transform and grow in failure after failure.

Moreover, the growth rate is amazing to the naked eye.

This is a real talent.

Director Wen had a feeling of finding a soulmate.

Therefore, the title of Gu Lu gradually changed from 'Professor Gu' to 'Gu Lu'.

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Hear Director Wen's call.

Gu Lu stopped what he was doing and walked to Director Wen, who was only a few steps away.

"Director Wen, what's wrong?" Gu Lu glanced at Director Wen and asked.

Director Wen smiled, and then pointed to the high-temperature experiment box in front of him, "Look inside." ”

Director Wen set the temperature of the high-temperature experiment box to 3,300 degrees.

This is a temperature that simulates the full combustion of liquid hydrogen.

And in the high-temperature experiment box, there is a steel plate lying quietly.

To be exact.

It is a steel plate coated with a chrome alloy.

At such a high temperature, the steel plate shows no signs of melting.

"Director Wen, how long has this steel plate been in this state?" Gu Lu's eyes flashed with excitement.

Director Wen raised his wrist and looked at the time on his watch, "It's been ten minutes." ”

Ten minutes!

This time is not short.

To know.

From the launch of the rocket on the ground to its arrival in the Earth-Moon transfer orbit, the process takes only about half an hour.

"There are signs of success!" Gu Lu's tone was much more relaxed.

And then.

Gu Lu gave Director Wen a thumbs up, "Director Wen, yes, if this plan can be successful, your name will definitely be left in the annals of our country's manned spaceflight!"

was blown by Director Wen like this, Director Wen crossed his waist and laughed for a while.

Although it is said that his Gu Lu is now a cooperative relationship, in Director Wen's heart, there is still a secret comparison.

After all.

Director Wen is also a genius.

And geniuses are born with such a thing as arrogance.

Moreover.

In Director Wen's cognition, Gu Lu is not a very weak partner.

Now that he has been praised by Gu Lu, Director Wen is of course happy.

He hurriedly used a slightly ostentatious tone to introduce the new material he developed to Gu Lu, "Gu Lu, this new type of material I designed can not only withstand high temperatures, but also has no high cost. ”

"The main body of this new material is still the steel plate, and I just applied a chrome alloy coating on both sides of the steel plate. Just for coating, chrome alloy doesn't use much. According to my estimates, the cost of the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen engine shell in one day can be done by almost five or six million!"

Five or six million ......

This figure is more than a star and a half cheaper than the previous cost of one or two hundred million yuan.

"By the way, Gu Lu, let me tell you, there are other advantages of this new material I designed......

Here, Director Wen just said so.

Suddenly, I heard a 'click' sound from the high-temperature experiment box.

Gu Lu and Director Wen looked into the high-temperature experiment box together.

I saw the inside of the experiment box.

The chrome-coated steel plate, which was still lying there, had broken in the middle at some point.

Then, it begins to melt along the fracture surface, melting......

In the blink of an eye.

The whole steel plate is completely melted and turned into a puddle of molten steel.

Director Wen's boastful voice suddenly stopped.

The whole person instantly became extremely embarrassed.

Silent......

Silence is Cambridge tonight.

Director Wen and Gu Lu glanced at each other, then smiled, "What about failure......

The engine casing material, which cracked after more than ten minutes, obviously could not be applied to the rocket.

Gu Lu helplessly touched his forehead and comforted Director Wen, "Director Wen, it's okay, failure is the mother of success!"

Director Wen let out a long sigh, "But I've been successful so many fucking times!"

Director Wen opened the high-temperature test box and got out some of the remaining chromium alloy powder inside.

It's all money, and it can't be wasted!

"It seems that everything is going to start from scratch!" Director Wen now looks extremely decadent.

This decadence is not a failure alone.

But there were obvious signs of success, but it failed in such a sudden way, this kind of blow is still a bit big for Director Wen, who is used to seeing a lot of storms.

Even more ashamed.

He boasted about such a big Haikou in front of Gu Lu just now.

The current Director Wen can't wait to find a crack in the ground on the spot.

However, as soon as Director Wen's words fell, he heard Gu Lu gently spit out a few words, "This may not be!"

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