Dr. Mitz's remarks won applause from Tang and Benjamin.

That's right, applause.

Although there were only two people, both Tang Feng and Benjamin stood up solemnly and gave the most sincere applause to the gray-haired old expert in front of him who was still fighting on the front line of launch vehicle construction.

Dr. Schmitz, a pure technician who has dedicated his life to the dream of human beings going into outer space, definitely deserves the most sincere applause from anyone. Without people like Dr. Schmitz, human access to space, human landings on the moon, human exploration of the solar system, and even the outer solar system would all be nothing more than words.

And it is precisely because of people like Dr. Schmitz, passed down from generation to generation, that mankind has finally realized the dream of leaving the earth and entering space for thousands of years.

This kind of person is undoubtedly very respectable, which has nothing to do with their knowledge, and has nothing to do with their status, and their spirit of tirelessly persisting in pursuing their dreams is the key to making people respect.

From the Wright brothers' first flight off the ground in a homemade plane, to Gagarin's first flight out of the atmosphere, to Armstrong's classic "This is a small step for me, but a giant step in human history". It is the perseverance and struggle of generations of people like Dr. Schmitz that the future of mankind will become more limitless.

Now, one of the major problems that plague mankind to pay a high price in order to go into space -- the problem of the recyclability and reuse of launch vehicles -- has finally been solved in the hands of Dr. Schmitz, although it is not known what will be the experiment tomorrow, but Dr. Schmitz's spirit is undoubtedly worthy of anyone's praise.

Maybe tomorrow's experiment will fail, but that's okay. Failure is the mother of success, and there is no failure. Where does the success come from? The key is that the indomitable spirit of people like Dr. Schmitz, who are not afraid of failure, and who have repeatedly failed in battle, is the key to supporting the entire human space industry.

The gray-haired old man also stood up, and in the face of the applause of the two bosses, this top master in the launch vehicle industry actually looked a little shy.

In order not to embarrass the old man, Tang Feng and Benjamin sat down with smiles. Naturally, the applause stopped. But the old man breathed a sigh of relief, and it was obvious that the old man was not used to this kind of attention.

Benjamin smiled and asked, "Doctor, do you have any other good news for me and Don?" To be honest, the two good news you just mentioned have already stimulated us a lot, but we are all young now, and we prefer to have some more exciting good news! ”

The old man spread his hands and made a rare grimace, and then said with a smile: "Benjamin." You guy is too greedy to be able to make breakthroughs in these two technologies in more than half a year, which has greatly exceeded my expectations. The old man waved his fist a little excitedly, and it could be seen that the old doctor was also very excited about the breakthrough of these two key technologies.

"Of course, in addition to the breakthroughs in these two key technologies, there are also some other advances in auxiliary technologies, such as the side jet technology that keeps the rocket body balanced after the first stage of the core rocket, the gyroscopic balance positioning technology, the back-stroke jet thrust technology and so on. In fact, these technologies have been verified on Musk's Falcon 9 that was successfully recovered last year, but the rocket that will be tested tomorrow will be tested. I've made some modifications to these key supporting technologies, and we're very well funded, so they're far more advanced than those on the Falcon Nine. ”

At this, Dr. Schmitz patted his head as if he remembered something, and said, "Look at me, patronizing and telling you both the good news." I have another application here, and I need you two tyrants to decide, this technology is very critical for the use of ion thrusters in large spacecraft, so I must get your consent before I can work with the relevant personnel. ”

Hear Dr. Schmitz say that. Tang Feng couldn't help but ask curiously: "Doctor, is there anything else that needs you to take the initiative to cooperate with outsiders in the space engine?" ”

Dr. Schmitz nodded and said, "That's right, if our ion thrusters want to be put on a large spacecraft and make our large spacecraft successfully travel through space, then we have to get a license for this technology, or we can just pull the inventor of that technology into our team, that little guy is a genius, an absolute genius!" ”

Benjamin asked, "Doctor, don't sell yourself, what kind of characters and techniques can be so praised by you?" ”

Dr. Schmitz smiled and said, "Small nuclear fission reactors! ”

"Small nuclear power plants?" Tang Feng asked with some confusion, "Isn't that kind of technology already mature?" I remember that in '08, the Los Alamos laboratory had already launched an extremely mature technology for small nuclear power plants? The size of the small nuclear reactor is said to be about 2 meters by 2 meters by 1.5 meters, about the size of a tool shed in an ordinary garden. ”

Dr. Schmitz gave Tang Feng a thumbs up, and then said with a smile: "Tyrant, what you said is right, in 2008, Los Alamos Laboratory did launch such a very mature small nuclear reactor technology, and this technology has been transferred to Hyperion that year, and now Hyperion has successfully commercialized this technology." With this technology, it is possible to provide electricity to 10,000 to 20,000 households, and now in the Cayman Islands, in the Czech Republic, in the Bahamas and elsewhere, such small nuclear reactors are already generating electricity. ”

"But Doctor, this kind of nuclear reactor is still too big for a spacecraft!" Tang Feng shrugged his shoulders and said.

Dr. Schmitz smiled and shook his head and said, "No, Don, if there is a small nuclear reactor that is smaller, but it produces more electricity, well, I mean, if there is a small nuclear reactor that is about the size of this desk, but can produce 50 megawatts to 100 megawatts, enough electricity for 100,000 households, then do you think it will be useful for our large spacecraft?" (To be continued.) )