Chapter 1206: Success!But What's the Point!?
Watching Shenzhou 5 slowly rise into the sky, pass through the atmosphere, and slowly fall out of people's sight, people from all over the world can't help but be excited.
Even the European and American people who secretly cursed the failure of Shenzhou 5 couldn't help but cry with excitement when they saw Shenzhou 5 with a long flame really passing through the atmosphere and entering space.
In the live broadcast room of Xinou Network, the host James said excitedly:
"This is the first time that human beings have successfully landed in space, realizing the common dream of mankind in the ancient mythological period, at the beginning of the birth of our human race, every nation has been living on this planet, but today at this moment, the representatives of mankind have finally gotten rid of their fate and embarked on the route of the universe.
The future of mankind is the sea of stars, and our future territory will be infinitely broad~~"
Those New European viewers who grew up watching Star Wars, those who have read all kinds of science fiction since childhood, all look at the screen and imagine the future of the earth.
They never thought that it was the Chinese who took the first step to space on behalf of the earth.
When they listened to Dr. Hua's explanation that ceramic thermal insulation tiles were used to reduce the weight of the rocket, the European and American audiences began to hold their heads and exclaim:
"Impossible? Ceramics are so heavy, how can they be made into aerospace materials?"
"This is absolutely not credible. ”
"Ceramics, something made by ancient people, can go to space?"
"Didn't Sotheby's display some ceramic relics before? Although the glaze has fallen off, at least it can be seen that the weight is very heavy!"
"The Huaxia people are definitely lying to us. ”
But the controversy on the Internet didn't last long, and I saw that Dr. Hua in the TV had already taken out a white ceramic sponge about half a meter in diameter, and he easily held it in his hand, as if he was holding a foam toy.
"This is a new type of industrial ceramics improved by Mr. Su through the ancient Chinese ceramic process, and you can see that the quality is really very light. ”
Saying that, Dr. Hua put the ceramic tile on the table, and asked the staff to take a flamethrower and face the ceramic square tile, spraying it all over, only to see that the ceramic tile had been burned red, Dr. Hua explained to the camera:
"The thermal insulation and heat dissipation properties of this technical ceramic are very good, far exceeding our previous composite materials. ”
As he spoke, Dr. Hua stretched out his hand and directly picked up the ceramic tile that had just been burned red, which attracted the TV set, and everyone in front of the computer screen was amazed.
As guests, Aubert and Van Allen looked straight at each other, and they finally knew how the Huaxia and Russian teams solved the weight problem of Shenzhou 5!
Van Allen couldn't help but comment dumbfounded: "Genius...... What a genius...... It's a good idea not to improve the engine, but to work on the material. ”
But Aubert remained silent, as the "father of rockets", he had already thought of all the ways he could think of before, and naturally had the idea of finding new materials, but in fact, the progress of materials science was not simpler than the engine.
Both disciplines require decades of technical accumulation before breakthroughs are possible.
It was precisely because he judged that these two disciplines could not succeed in the past ten years that he resolutely gave up the manned space program.
But Su Huai actually found new industrial ceramics through ancient Chinese ceramic technology, which was too unexpected for him.
Although Aubert wanted to question whether this was the boast of the Huaxia team, the launch of Shenzhou 5 became the most favorable evidence, and there is no need to question the advancement of ceramic thermal insulation tiles......
Aubert looked at the white tail left by Shenzhou 5 on TV, the excited cheers of the host, and his heart was dripping with blood at the moment.
Since they, Europa, Ben and other countries have abandoned the manned space project, they have also lost the right to share the technology patents!
That is to say, ceramic thermal insulation tiles are already the exclusive patents of China and Russia, and during this time, other countries have no way to develop manned space programs unless they are authorized by them!
China and Russia have already occupied a monopoly advantage in manned spaceflight!
At this time, Aubert was both depressed and sad, and the only way was to weaken the significance of the success of this manned space flight as much as possible, and try to make public opinion and the people think that this was a useless project that cost life and money.
The significance of a manned space flight is symbolic at best, and without the huge financial support of the follow-up, the things that this success will bring are limited.
Thinking of this, Aubert also expressed his opinion on the New Europe International Channel;
"Now although Shenzhou 5 has successfully sent astronauts into space, we have to ask ourselves at this time, what is the practical significance of this?
The limitations of human beings as living beings have led to the restriction of human beings in many ways, compared to intelligent robots and advanced automation technology, which can completely replace humans to execute characters.
In order to ensure the health, safety and efficiency of people in space, it is necessary to provide complex and expensive closed cabins, environmental and control and life support systems, spacesuits and other protective devices, while inanimate machinery is completely free from these restrictions.
If they are used to replace people in space, the cost will only be one-tenth of the cost of manned spaceflight, or even one percent...... Why should we take this crooked path and waste the earth's resources?"
The deafening remarks of the "father of rockets" calmed down many of the people who were just in the midst of joy.
yes, now that humans are flying into space, and then what? What's the point? A lot of people can't help but think about it.
Because the launch of Shenzhou 5 is a vacancy for the alternate Challenger 3, the World Academy of Sciences did not announce the purpose of this launch and related technical links.
Coincidentally, according to the usual practice, after the implementation of the space project of the World Academy of Sciences, the official channel of the United Nations will hold a "TV Politics" column to announce the investment and future use of the project.
This program, which is available in various departments of the United Nations, is used to torture officials about their performance and monitor the results of projects.
Previously, Su Huai and Chairman Fan participated in this program as UNESCO officials.
After the success of Shenzhou 5, before he had time to watch the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games, Su Huai had already taken a plane to California with Qian Lao, Dr. Hua and others to participate in the "TV Politics" interview of the New Europe International Channel.
At present, the relevant work in space of Shenzhou 5 has been entrusted to Tikov of the Russian Space Agency.
When they got off the plane, they were greeted heroically by the people of New Europe, but they also saw many opponents holding protest signs.
In fact, Su Huai and everyone know that this "TV Politics" is very important to them, because if they answer well, then the United Nations will invest more in them to vigorously develop manned spaceflight, and the follow-up plans can be implemented one by one.
However, if public opinion is not well guided, then UN officials are afraid that even if they want to give them the full budget, they will be forced to give up part of it due to public pressure.
After all, this manned space project only has the participation of China and Russia, and the results are also shared by their two countries, which makes New Europe, Europa, Yueben and other countries extremely jealous.
To put it bluntly, no one expected that this launch would be successful, but the huge honor brought by this success could not be shared by scientists from these other countries, which made it difficult for them to accept......