Chapter 962 opens to the top of the Americans' heads and dances the ballet

The next day, although the temperature was a little low, the weather was clear, cloudless, the blue sky was like a wash, there was not much wind, only two or three poles, such weather was very suitable for the launch of the spaceplane.

The American spaceplane adopts a vertical launch method, at the time of launch, the spaceplane is like an artificial satellite, wrapped by the fairing of the rocket, and then the rocket is launched into space, and after a certain altitude, the rocket and the spaceplane are separated, and the spaceplane begins to operate with its own power.

In doing so, the Americans refer to the design principles of space shuttles and spaceships, with the aim of reducing the weight of the spaceplanes themselves as much as possible and providing sufficient muzzle velocity for the spaceplanes in the simplest and most practical way. If the spaceplane does not have this stage of rocket boosting, then the spaceplane will inevitably carry more fuel into the sky, which will invisibly increase the burden on the spaceplane and drag down the flight speed of the spaceplane.

However, the Americans have their own design, and the Galaxy spaceplane also has its own design, compared to the former, the Galaxy spaceplane does not have a boost at this stage, and glides directly on the runway to take off, just like the take-off process of an ordinary jet. The reason why the Galaxy spaceplane adopts such a design scheme is naturally due to the powerful power system of the Galaxy spaceplane itself, which can obtain enough speed in a very short time to rush out of the earth's atmosphere. The main thing is that the energy system used by the Galaxy spaceplane is not the use of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as energy, nor the use of solid fuel, but the use of nuclear-powered engines.

This engine is the same series as the unmanned nuclear submarine that Liu Shiqing provided to the General Logistics Department, and after Liu Shiqing handed over the information of the unmanned nuclear submarine, he simply asked the General Armament Department to help him build a nuclear-powered engine and install it on the Yinhe spaceplane.

After the General Armament Department obtained the information on the unmanned nuclear submarine, it organized a large number of personnel to study this set of materials, and Liu Shiqing's request for them to build a nuclear power engine was exactly what they wanted, and they just took advantage of this opportunity to thoroughly understand the part of the information related to the nuclear power system.

Of course, there are not many people who know that the Milky Way spaceplane uses a nuclear-powered engine, after all, such a small nuclear-powered engine is too terrifying. This technology is enough to change the world, or the less people know about it, the better.

The overall shape of the Galaxy spaceplane is similar to that of a jet fighter, except that instead of three pieces on the tail, there are two pieces on the left and right, and the two pieces are also knocked vertically, like a slender triangle, folding the two corners at the bottom.

In order to ensure the success of this test flight, Galaxy Space selected Jing Haitao, who had an astronaut experience, and his comrade-in-arms Liu Wenbin as the first astronauts. Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin are nervous and excited, nervous is that after many years, the two of them are carrying out an astronautical mission again, and they are also piloting the first spaceplane in Huaxia's history, it is impossible not to be nervous, and the excitement is that there are too many people who want to do this job, but it is the two of them who carry out this mission, and so many colleagues are compared to them.

Liu Shiqing, Hong Dalei, Ye Qiuyan, Lu Yongxiang, Li Jiashi and others all gathered next to the runway of Ulan Bu and the launch site, and behind them, there were two teams of people standing side by side, namely the members of the astronaut brigade of Galaxy Industry and the astronaut brigade of the China National Space Administration. The atmosphere is very solemn now.

Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin, wearing special spacesuits, accompanied by colleagues, walked in front of Liu Shiqing, and the two of them saluted Liu Shiqing together, "Report to Mr. Liu, we are ready." Follow your instructions at all times. ”

At this time, Hong Dalei, Ye Qiuyan and others all stood aside, and none of them could take Liu Shiqing's place at this time, after all, Liu Shiqing was the controller of the galaxy space, not that they were controlling Ulan Bu and the launch site.

Liu Shiqing nodded towards Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin, "Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin, let me ask you, do you have the confidence to complete this test flight mission?" ”

"Yes." Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin stood up and shouted.

"Okay, I now order you to board the Milky Way spaceplane and show off your usual level of training, so that the world will be amazed by your feat. Go ahead, I've set up the celebration wine, and I'm waiting for you two to celebrate your two when you both return. Liu Shiqing said.

"Yes." Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin saluted again, turned around and walked towards the Milky Way spaceplane not far away. The two of them climbed down the ladder to the cabin of the Galaxy spaceplane, closed the hatch, and then beckoned to Liu Shiqing and them through the glass.

At this time, the sound of countdown sounded over Ulan Buhe and the launch site, "The countdown to the first test flight of the Milky Way spaceplane begins, ten, nine, eight, seven...... One. Initiate. ”

Jing Haitao pressed the start button of the Milky Way spaceplane. A flame came out of the tail of the Milky Way spaceplane, and in the blink of an eye, it jumped out of the distance. The reason why the Milky Way spaceplane emits flames is completely to confuse people, and a little bit of bits and pieces are specially added.

Liu Shiqing and the others watched the faster and faster Galaxy spaceplane from a distance, only to see the nose of the Galaxy spaceplane gradually raised, and then, the entire Galaxy spaceplane flew up from the ground, and after a few seconds, the landing gear shrank into the belly of the Galaxy spaceplane.

At this time, the speed of the Galaxy spaceplane was already very fast, and it had basically hit the level of subsonic. However, this speed is really a little pediatric for the Galaxy spaceplane, and its flight speed is still rising rapidly.

Liu Shiqing and they basically couldn't see the Milky Way spaceplane, at this time, someone brought Liu Shiqing and them a telescope, and everyone picked up the telescope one after another to capture the figure of the Milky Way spaceplane.

The Galaxy spaceplane drew a graceful arc in the air, the nose of the plane became more and more warped, and after less than half a minute, the fuselage of the Galaxy spaceplane was already at a completely perpendicular angle to the ground. At this time, the Milky Way spaceplane was like a group of wild horses that had escaped from the leash, galloping and uncatchable. Many people with binoculars have just caught the trail of the Milky Way spaceplane, accidentally blinked, and then disappeared.

"Mr. Liu, General Hong, chiefs, let's go to the control hall now, there is special equipment there, which can capture the flight posture and flight speed of the Milky Way spaceplane anytime and anywhere." Shao Ruolian walked over and invited.

Hong Dalei waved his hand, "Yes, let's go control the hall now." Mr. Liu, if it weren't for Mr. Shao's reminder, I would have forgotten. I have to blame you guys, the Galaxy spaceplane is different from anyone's, it doesn't even need to be boosted by rockets, you can watch it up close, you know, you think we're launching a spaceplane, you don't know, you think we're looking at an ordinary plane. ”

The hall is not far from the runway, and when Liu Shiqing and the others walked into the door of the hall, they heard voices such as "normal flight, normal remote sensing" from time to time in the hall.

With the current strength of Galaxy Industry, it is not enough to set up an air monitoring system all over the world, but of course this is difficult for Liu Shiqing, he chose to borrow the monitoring system of the Space Technology Research Institute, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and other relevant units, anyway, Galaxy Space also has 49% of the state-owned shares, and everything needs to be solved by Galaxy Industry, and the country has to help share some things.

For this test flight, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China National Space Administration, the Academy of Space Technology and other relevant units have made full arrangements, and strive to assist Yinhe Industry to successfully complete the test flight mission. Even the Central Military Commission has issued a first-level alert order to some troops, and if anyone dares to destroy the Galaxy spaceplane, then the military will have to respond forcefully.

The test flight of the Milky Way spaceplane was not a matter of secrecy, although Liu Shiqing did not deliberately conceal it, but he did not publicize it all over the street. However, the movement of the Milky Way spaceplane is too big, and it is definitely unrealistic to want to hide such a thing, after all, there are so many intelligence agencies around the world, as well as so many observatories and astronomy enthusiasts, they are superimposed together, which is enough to form a strict network of space surveillance around the earth.

Of course, not deliberately concealing it only means that the whole world knows that there is such a thing as the Galaxy spaceplane, not that the relevant technical details of the Galaxy spaceplane should be made public, let alone the technical details, and even some specific indicators of the Galaxy spaceplane cannot be said very clearly, and they are all core information that needs to be kept strictly confidential.

Liu Shiqing and the others sat on the chair, this time the feeling was completely different from the last time I went to the Space Technology Research Institute to watch the China National Space Administration launch the Shenzhou spacecraft, that time was basically as an outsider, although among the crew members at that time, Xiao Susu went on behalf of Galaxy Industry. But on the whole, the China National Space Administration was the leader of the launch, and basically had nothing to do with Galaxy Industry.

Now this time is different, this time the leader is Galaxy Industry, almost everything is handled by Galaxy Industry, Galaxy Space is the main contributor to the whole plan. It's like having two children in front of you, not your own children, no matter how much you achieve, you won't be too happy, but when your own children make achievements, especially very beautiful results, the beauty of that mood is self-evident.

At this time, the hall suddenly quieted down, people were staring at the largest screen at the front of the hall, only to see that the Milky Way spaceplane was like a light swallow, was unswervingly rushing up, in the upper left corner of the screen, there was a number that has been constantly beating, this number is the measurement of the vertical distance between the Milky Way spaceplane and the sea level, the number jumps very fast, and it is the last few digits, people can hardly see what the number is. This is due to the fact that the speed of the Milky Way spaceplane is too fast.

Suddenly, there was a burst of cheers from the control hall, and just a second ago, the Milky Way spaceplane rushed out of the escaping layer of the atmosphere, and theoretically speaking, the Milky Way spaceplane had entered an interstellar flight state at this time.

"Jing Haitao, please reply, is the Galaxy spaceplane normal?" Someone in the control hall contacted Jing Haitao. At this time, the screen in the control hall also switched to the real-time picture of Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin in the Galaxy spaceplane.

Because the Milky Way spaceplane is at a distance from the ground at this time, coupled with signal delay, machine QÌ processing, etc., the picture and sound are obviously a little incompatible. At present, the Galaxy spaceplane flies at an altitude of 650,000 meters and flies at 30 times the speed of sound. The flight posture is normal, and the body self-test is normal. I feel good. ”

At this time, Liu Wenbin interjected: "I also feel good. ”

There was a burst of cheers in the hall again, and Liu Shiqing ordered: "Continue to monitor the Yinhe spaceplane, tell Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin, let them calm down, not be arrogant or impatient, and must fly the Yinhe spaceplane and return safely." ”

The Galaxy spaceplane is fully autopiloted, Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin only need to enter commands and press a few buttons, and the Galaxy spaceplane can run very smoothly. The two of them sat in the cabin, looking through the glass, looking at the magnificent scene outside the cabin, they were very excited, Jing Haitao muttered: "Beautiful space, I'm back again." ”

Liu Wenbin's reaction is not quite the same as Jing Haitao, he looks at the scene calmly on the surface, but in fact he is very excited in his heart, when he was in the army, he was a very good fighter pilot, and then he was selected by the China National Space Administration as a member of the astronaut team. Since then, he has had a space dream, but he has made people, although he has stayed in the astronaut team for more than ten years, he has never had the opportunity to really fly in space on a spaceship. He thought that he would never have a chance again in his life, but he didn't expect God to send him the opportunity again and let him meet Liu Shiqing. It has only been more than a year since his personnel relationship was transferred from the China National Space Administration to Galaxy Industry, and he has successfully realized his dream.

Jing Haitao and Liu Wenbin were excited, and the two of them quickly calmed down and began to test the Yinhe spaceplane in accordance with the flight manual. Now, if they want, they can even fly the Galaxy spaceplane above the heads of Americans and dance a ballet. V