Chapter 968: Rockets Are Overweight?
As soon as the press conference on the Challenger accident ended, it immediately sparked a huge controversy in the outside world.
Su Huai, who had just been in the limelight at the United Nations General Assembly, was caught up in this dispute.
On the Internet, in Yahoo's mainstream forums, European and American netizens all scolded Su Huai for being shameless:
"Who is this Su Huai? He dared to confront the 'Father of Rockets' on spaceflight, and he said that it was Obert's responsibility!?"
"It's simply unreasonable~ This kind of person is too unreasonable, to put it bluntly, it is to shirk responsibility. ”
"He even wants to relaunch a manned rocket?
"How could Aubert let the Chinese people use the core technology for free?"
"You are stupid, what aerospace technology Obert doesn't understand? He said that there is something immature in the technology, so it will definitely not be launched, and it will eventually explode if it is used by Huaxia. ”
"Look, when the next launch comes, Su Huai will be the real murderer! Doesn't he support the death penalty? When the time comes, he, the culprit, should be cut with a thousand knives!"
"And what if he overcomes the technical difficulties?"
"Nonsense, just by virtue of him as a literati? Even Aubert can't solve technical problems, he can solve them? They can't solve them in a hundred years. ”
European and American audiences have been hating the showy Su Shengren recently, and this time they finally seized the opportunity, and they all gloated.
Various media are also discussing this matter fiercely, and at 8 o'clock in the evening, in the "Everyone Talk" program of the New Europe International Channel, relevant experts were also invited to explain the technical problems of the Challenger that everyone is curious about:
According to what Aubert said, the accident was due to the lack of power of the first-stage rocket, that is, the problem of the engine, the power theory of the first-stage rocket was proposed by Qian Xuesen of Huaxia, but the Huaxia engine technology is very backward, and the actual manufacturing is the engine of Xinou.
Although Qian Xuesen is one of the masters of aerodynamics, he cannot improve the level of technology, so if it is true that the power of the first-stage rocket is not enough, then the problem of manned space power is an unsolvable problem for the time being......
In the end, the expert said bluntly:
"It can be said that Su Huai, a layman, rashly took over this project on behalf of the Huaxia Space Agency, and the result was doomed to failure, and I dare to Bao Zheng The tragedy of Challenger 3 will definitely be repeated. ”
As for the Chinese media, it is rare that they did not express any fanatical support for Su Shengren's decision this time.
Both "Reference News" and "People's Daily" expressed concern about the prospect of a re-emergence of manned rockets when referring to this incident:
"Although the purpose of the Huaxia Space Agency is good, the final result is unpredictable, after all, space exploration is full of too many unknown dangers......"
The UN General Assembly session has already come to an end, but because of the Challenger accident, a new issue has been raised, that is, whether the UN General Assembly will continue to allocate funds to support the manned space program.
On this issue, the representatives of both New Europe and Europe expressed their opposition and clearly proposed an exit plan, while China and Russia strongly demanded that another launch be attempted.
Both sides had their own supporters, and in the end, with the joint support of the two nominal representatives of Su Huai and Mrs. Kara, the manned space program was given one last chance, and the UN General Assembly delegates approved the plan to rebuild the manned rocket.
After this meeting, Su Huai was also greatly relieved as soon as he went out, turned his head to look at Mrs. Kara and said, "Mrs. Kara, thank you for supporting our Huaxia team this time." ”.
Mrs. Carla stood on the opposite side of mainstream public opinion in Europe and the United States this time, although there was a reason to maintain her image as a space ambassador, but in fact she still helped Huaxia, and it seems that this Virgin Mary is still a true Virgin......
Mrs. Kara held her head high and said, "The truth I support~~"
At this time, I saw a staff member of the Huaxia Space Agency hurriedly coming:
"Mr. Su, Mr. Qian asked you to come over. ”
Su Huai and Mrs. Kara are both in their hearts, obviously the restart plan of manned spaceflight is about to begin!
In the conference room of the World Academy of Sciences, the elites of the Russian and Chinese space agencies gathered.
When Su Huai and Mrs. Kara came to the door, they saw that everyone had depressed faces, Qian Lao, who was sitting on the chair, had recovered his vitality, but his face was very gloomy, and the bearded director of the Russian Space Agency next to him, Tikov, was slapping the table hard and scolding:
"These Xinou bastards are simply too hateful!"
There were all kinds of complicated drawings on the table, and the expressions on the faces of the people present were some angry, some desperate, and more people had a kind of confusion on their faces.
"Director Ji, what's going on?" asked Mrs. Kara, a little anxiously.
The bearded Director Ji waved his hand, as if he didn't want to talk to Mrs. Carla, a Europa, and Qian Lao was also silent with a sullen face, and Professor Yao next to him said with a pale face:
"We have thoroughly ascertained the cause of this accident, and it is indeed not a ...... caused by low temperatures."
Mrs. Carla was stunned for a moment, and her eyes widened in surprise when she heard this: "What's going on? Could it be that your first-stage launch vehicle is not powered enough?"
"You can say that......" Professor Yao said with a wry smile on his face.
"What do you mean?" asked Mrs. Cara anxiously, could it be that the Huaxia had deceived her?
A Russian expert angrily patted the drawings on the table and said: "The cause of this accident is actually the overweight of the second and third stage rockets...... This led to the lack of power of the so-called first-stage rocket. ”
"Overweight?" Su Huai frowned slightly, this was a result he didn't expect.
The Russian expert took the drawings and explained angrily: "Two months ago, Aubert discovered in the last few simulated launch experiments that there was a problem in the design of his second and third stage rockets, that is, the vibration amplitude of the new engine was too high, and the rocket would produce long-term long-term vibration ......."
"Shock, and then?" Lady Cara didn't understand at all.
Professor Yao explained in a deep voice:
"Because the rocket is taller and the structure of the rocket body is thinner, the vibration of the engine will cause the elastic rocket to vibrate first, and this vibration will gradually amplify in the flight of the rocket, which may eventually lead to the destruction of the rocket structure, and the slightest, it will also make some electrical systems work abnormally and the engine work unstable.
Later, Aubert came up with a solution, which was to add inflatable bags and stabilizers to the propulsion tank...... Absorb the vibration energy and greatly weaken the longitudinal vibration, which ensures the normal operation of the rocket......"
Su Huai also understood, and said in a low voice:
"So this temporary installation of equipment has led to the overweight of the second and third stage rockets...... The final result was that the first stage of the rocket was not powered enough, and the engine failed and exploded......"
Mrs. Carla's face was also full of shock at this time, and she opened her mouth slightly: "Then why didn't Aubert cancel the launch?"
Professor Yao smiled bitterly:
"If the launch is canceled, then all the blame lies with Obert and the new European Space Agency, who will be nailed to the rack of shame of manned spaceflight, just like us......
Originally, the project was too expensive, and without Mr. Su's help, we wouldn't have had a second chance...... He was there to protect the new European Space Agency and his reputation. ”