"It's today, right? The largest orbital shuttle in the history of mankind is about to be launched! It's exciting to think about! ”

"Don't be foolish, Merrican's definition of this thing is 'aerospace aircraft,' and they don't want to use the standard of 'orbital shuttle.'"

"Here's the footage, the Adventure Star spacecraft is refueling."

"I don't feel like I can maneuver, why should I fix it on the launch pad and launch it, can't I taxi directly from the runway and take off like an orbital shuttle?"

"I said what was the purpose of building this strange launch pad before, the sink is so big, it's still rectangular, and now it's finally corresponding."

"Tsk, with a load of more than 20 tons, it's a giant, what does this do with some little guys with a load of 2 tons?"

"Hurry up, didn't you say you were going to launch? Shoot fast, you like big ones! ”

"It doesn't feel much different from a reusable launch vehicle, huh? It even feels like the carrying capacity is not as good as the level of recyclable launch vehicles, so is there any point in engaging in this thing? ”

"How is it meaningless, this is the progress of technology, airplane-type aircraft can give people a sense of security, and round rockets are not good at all!"

"Why can't rockets, didn't astronauts go into space on rockets before the space shuttle? The space shuttle is not good! The space shuttle is retired, and it has to rely on rockets to go into space!! ”

The adventure star was unveiled, and Merrican instantly returned to the publicity mode of two years ago, sending text messages, materials, pictures, videos, manufacturing engineer interviews, documentaries, etc., one after another.

In a few days, the space enthusiasts didn't have enough of the carnival, and they directly fast-forwarded to the test flight.

It seems that the Adventure Star has indeed given Merriken Space a lot of confidence.

However, there are not only those laymen who watch the excitement on the Internet, but also many insiders, in their opinion, the positioning of the adventure star is indeed very fascinating.

It's not that its technical level is not high, but it seems to have made a 5-point device with 10 points of technology.

Just like you have all kinds of advanced technologies, such as black technology power, black technology armor, black technology weapons, etc., in the absence of special battlefield needs, and the opponent does not restrict you from using any attack methods, as a result, you do not build tanks, but run to build large mechas.

It's nothing but pretty.

Just like when Adventure Star was born, because it was necessary to maintain a certain shape, it turned out that all kinds of technologies were not up to the mark, and a lot of problems needed to be solved.

Because the time is too short, many technologies can't break through, but the crude and easy-to-use traditional rocket technology has broken through one after another, making its role no longer so attractive, so after everyone "happily" spent more than a billion dollars, they all felt that wood had a future, so they gave up.

After various materials and experimental equipment were sealed, they defined it as a "trial and error" project.

After all, according to the most basic Tsiolkovsky formula, the ratio of the initial mass to the final mass of the launch vehicle directly determines the transport capacity.

Under this principle, it is the most cost-effective to constantly throw away the storage box that burns out the fuel during the rocket launch, and in fact the rocket should also be designed as multi-stage, so that it is convenient to keep throwing it away.

Even if the complexity is high, the danger level is also high, and it is not important compared to the load weight, otherwise every kilogram of the body structure will take up a lot of payload space.

In fact, after the recyclable rocket came out, people thought that the adventure star would not be resurrected, but they didn't expect it to be actually created by Merrican.

I don't know if it was stimulated by the Navigator's orbital shuttle.

However, this single-stage orbital vehicle is not useless, at least it has one more advantage than a recyclable rocket, that is, a short preparation time for takeoff.

After all, even if the rocket is only two, it has a docking and installation process, and you should be careful when transporting it, and you should pay more attention when injecting fuel.

Integral single-stage orbit vehicles do not need to pay attention to these.

Therefore, relatively speaking, single-stage orbit vehicles are more suitable for some "emergency" missions.

Of course, as for how urgent it can be, it depends on the technical level of the single-stage orbit vehicle.

Like the Adventure Star vs. the Dart-level Orbital Shuttle, although all other aspects of the Dart Class are suppressed, with the ability of "shorter preparation time, pull it out and take off on the runway", you can easily win back a game.

If there is any mission that requires an emergency take-off, it is probably a military mission.

For military tasks, there is no need to consider any large loads and heterogeneous loads, all of which are well-shaped missiles and bombs, and dart-level orbital shuttles with small loads and small cargo compartments can still be competent.

It's a big deal to take off ten at the same time.

Even if ten planes take off at the same time, its preparation time is much shorter than that of the Adventure Star, so the Adventure Star has no chance of winning in this regard.

For these reasons, many people in the industry feel that the positioning of Adventure Star is a bit confusing.

"Is it really just for technology demonstration? Or was it stimulated by the navigator and entered the brainless competition mode: I can't help it, but I can also build bigger? ”

These things are unknown now, after all, the Adventure Star has not yet been launched on the launch pad, and whether it can enter space smoothly is a problem, so what its follow-up positioning is depends on what Merrican plans to do in the future.

As for those early plans, just take a look.

Upfront planning is all about modification.

The test flight was very successful, the adventure star went into space smoothly, and the confidence of Merrican to play "blockbuster" is also superb technology.

However, in terms of publicity, Merrican is indeed superior, and after the successful orbit, the news instantly spread all over the world, and various "first" titles and achievements were set up, and it was a lot of fun.

This is built on a very strong cultural export platform that it has been operating for decades, which cannot be compared to the leader.

At least not now.

Knowing that the test flight of the adventure star was successful, Tang Chao didn't pay attention to it, after all, this thing couldn't affect him, and he also said that the company didn't have to care too much, as long as it was carried out according to the previous plan, there would be no problems with the company's development.

After all, Merrican is still not confident enough, because this Adventure Star test flight is only an empty test flight, and no equipment is carried.

At the same time, when the outside world received news that the adventure star had successfully entered the scheduled orbit, and the outside world was cheering, the Merriken Space Command Center was busy.

There are no big problems with Adventure Star, but the minor problems have never stopped.

"How's it going, is the 28976 contactor still not responding?"

"Yes, it's been determined that it hasn't been reflected."

"Okay, then write it down."

"There are cracks in the NF92 solder joints, and we are not worried that the monitoring probe installed there can see very clearly, through the shape observation and infrasonic flaw detection, the problem is not big, and it should be able to land safely."

"The TA-1 route is scrapped, it is shown as 727, it should be burned out by overheating, the flight control computer has automatically switched to the alternate route, and the current situation is stable."

"There is a problem with the No. 8 reaction control system, the propulsion power is insufficient, if you want to maneuver, you must pay attention to its thrust ......"

Bad news keeps coming up, but fortunately there haven't been any major problems so far, so every time a small problem is summarized, the technician will make a summary, and then record it to analyze the impact of these small problems on subsequent actions.

The impact is not big, the task continues, and when you come back, you will change it when you repair.

This is a necessary step for a testing machine, nothing.

If the impact is significant, the task may be suspended, or even if it is too severe, the test task may fail.

"Fortunately, these problems were within our expectations, and a lot of testing was eliminated, which is already very good."

The people who made the decision to "cut the test and test the flight quickly" in the conference room were basically here, and the order was made by them, and of course they were responsible, and they were finally relieved to know that the situation was okay.

"If this time is completely successful, then we will be able to regain the leading position, and Your Excellency the Grand Commander should be happy as well."