If a previous article caused international conjecture and ridicule, after today's interview, all the ridicule is gone.

When the news was not comprehensive, soon, news such as "the navigator company blew itself up", "grandstanding", and "technology does not rely on scandals" began to spread.

Some people also thought about the issue of the SSTO, but it was quickly overshadowed by the "general trend".

The closest thing to success was the X-33 technology demonstrator, but that was 20 years ago.

And in the past four or five years, there has indeed been an SSTO rocket, a Haas 2CA SSTO rocket, because it uses a "V" linear air-tipped engine, so the overall rocket shape is the same as a razor.

It is a small rocket with a carrying capacity of only 100 kilograms, aimed at the microsatellite launch market, and has always said that it will be tested for flight, but it has never been tested for flight.

Later, I heard that I was going to play crossover, and I came out with a "flying skateboard", not with a turbofan engine, but with a lot of rotor flutes.

This made many people suspect that they were just a company with a gimmick and quickly disappeared from the international news.

And the Navigator Company, not only watched the real machine, but also put a detailed promotional video on the Internet after the interview.

The most important thing is that they will fly for the first time tomorrow.

It's amazing!

In just one day, no matter what other space companies are doing and what great future plans they have, they are all scum compared to the "Dart X" of Navigator Company.

By the way, coupled with the "Star Inn" that the navigator is developing and manufacturing, the combination of the two is perfect!

Internationally, two suborbital vehicles are about to be put into commercial operation, which only costs hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is very cheap, but they can only go to suborbital.

There are three manned spacecraft in orbit, but the price of one seat is tens of millions of dollars, which is too expensive.

Look at the other people's navigator, it only takes $1 million to fly to space orbit, and there are space station packages that can be accommodated, what do other companies compare?

I heard that the International Space Station is going to pick up passengers, but how does the scientific version of the space station compare with the space station that specializes in tourism?

What's more, the International Space Station is so old, is it true that tourists go into space to see the mess of wiring and scientific instruments?

In the Navigator's promotional video, the "Dart X" takes off from the Navigator runway and flies into space orbit, where the fuselage slowly flips, and visitors can enjoy the beautiful Earth, the Moon, the starry sky, as well as the Tiangong Space Station and the International Space Station through the large porthole at the top.

After that, the aircraft will dock with the company's "Star Inn", and visitors can experience the fun of space while decorating the sci-fi space station.

What the? Really want to experience space science experiments?

That's simple, there are a lot of interesting space science experiments waiting for you, and even eating can be regarded as a kind of space science experiment.

You can also use the space station's 3D printer to print an experimental item and take it with you when you return to Earth, which is considered a souvenir made in space by yourself.

However, due to safety concerns, spacewalks are not currently available.

Seeing the promotional video, many people are extremely yearning, and they can't wait to sit in the first flight of the aircraft and go to the sky tomorrow!

Unfortunately, there is little hope for these people.

After the interview, the Navigator company was in full swing, releasing a new message and a new message, and it never stopped.

Add to that the news and articles that the media went back to write, and it was called a hilarious.

However, what makes outsiders jealous the most and makes reporters smile is the first flight benefit of the Navigator Company.

In general, the first flight of a spacecraft will carry something and will not fly up empty.

The official first flight test will generally carry some test products, such as seeds, instruments, friendship items from other countries, and so on.

And the first flight test of a private space company began to organize some bells and whistles.

For example, it can be solicited from the society, anything can be an experimental payload from a university laboratory or a private research institute, it can be a souvenir for aerospace enthusiasts and company fans, and so on.

Of course, the Navigator Company will also do it, but it was all kept secret before, and it will make its first flight tomorrow, so there is not so much time to solicit it from outside, so this time it will be carried out internally.

Of course, it has been said in advance, although they are sure that the test flight will be successful, but everything is in case, and if it fails, these items will go and there will be no return.

You have to think about what you want to put in it.

Employees of the company, especially those who participate in the confidentiality program, can take something they like or want to send into space and put it in the aircraft.

Of course, it can't be too big and it can't be too heavy.

I did an internal selection and quickly got things fixed.

After that, it's the welfare of the journalists, who can also send something into space, and the restriction is the same.

It's just that most of the reporters are here on business trips, and they don't bring many things, so most of them are some carry-on items.

Some of them put small stuffed animals, some put keychains, and some even put their press cards in them.

Finally, it was the turn of the reporter of the domestic media, this rather thief, to put an action camera on.

The point is that the Navigator company also agreed.

"So can you fix it next to the porthole?" The reporter asked excitedly and nervously.

"Of course, do you want a cockpit porthole or a cabin porthole?" The staff member in charge of registration said with a smile.

"Cabin, can it be half facing out of the porthole and half facing the cabin when fixed? If it's not easy to fix, forget it, all the way out the window. ”

"No trouble, we can do it."

"Thank you, thank you so much!"

Other journalists: "......"

"Damn, that's okay?"

"Oh, why didn't I think of that?"

"Regret, I knew I put the camera."

"Hey, don't worry, the battery of the action camera can shoot for more than an hour at most, even if you add an external power bank, it can only shoot for 5 hours, and now there are nearly 20 hours before tomorrow's take-off time, and it is lonely to put it in."

Hearing that the other reporters did not leave after registering, and were beeping there, the staff couldn't help but say: "This test flight is the real flight process after the simulation, which is completely different from the conventional spacecraft launch, and you can roughly refer to the process of aircraft riding." ”

As soon as they heard this, the reporters were full of light and immediately wanted to gather around to ask, but they were blocked by the security personnel next to them.

These security guards attended the previous press conference and knew what the virtues of these reporters were, so they directly invited them out.

The next day will let them shoot, what's the hurry.

The boiling night passed, a new day arrived, and many people turned on their computers or mobile phones after eating and set the picture on the official live broadcast page of the Navigator.

"Hello everyone, it's a new day, we're going to space."

Tang Chao stood in front of the camera and waved.

Yes, today's "host" is still him, he is a very good learner, when he realizes that he has some shortcomings, and he is willing to learn, he will quickly work in that direction.

"Look, this is the physical test report I did yesterday, and it's all green circles, indicating that I can travel to space, so, here's my boarding pass, with my name on it, and my name is Zhang San today."

Tang Chao took a paper physical examination report and boarding pass to show the camera, and then with a wave of his hand, he began to show the clothes on his body again.

"And I'm wearing the company's newly designed passenger clothes, isn't it sci-fi, very beautiful."

"With the boarding pass, we can go to the aircraft and we can easily find the ...... as long as we follow the directions."

"Di Di Di ~"

As soon as he walked through a door, the warning sounded, and then a staff member smiled and signaled that the backpack he was carrying was going through security.

In this regard, he expressed helplessness: "Well, it seems that I can't pass the test as an insider." ”

He honestly went back and put his bag in the security equipment.

This live broadcast is under the control of the Navigator Company, and they will pass on some information to the outside world through this live broadcast, such as what you can't carry in space on a flying machine, so after Tang Chao put things on the conveyor belt, some brief text introductions appeared on the screen.

However, this time it is just a preview in advance, and a detailed process demonstration animation will be released separately in the future, telling passengers who plan to take the aircraft what to do and what not to do.

After all, this is only the first flight, and there is still some time before the official start of commercial operation.

After the security check was correct, Tang Chao took his bag and walked forward.

In fact, there is nothing in his bag, just some small souvenirs prepared by the company, and when he comes back from space safely this time, he will give them all by lottery.

The people watching the live broadcast were staring at the screen, not letting go of a trace of detail, when Tang Chao walked to a place with floor-to-ceiling windows, the protagonist this time, the "Dart X" that he saw yesterday, appeared.

Just outside the gate in front of you.

The whole process is very similar to the boarding process.

It's just that Tang Chao walked here, and when he walked into the boarding gate and the boarding bridge, he didn't stop.

"What is this going to do? You can't be going into space on a test plane, right? ”

", no, this is not going to kill someone, they dare to do this?"

"I don't think so, no matter how satisfied you are with your work, you can't do it, right? It's too risky. ”

"I also think so, even testing fighter jets should be the business of test pilots, and it is impossible to make the chief designer hard."

"Let's take a look, no matter whether Captain Tang gets on the aircraft or not, today is definitely a day that needs to be remembered by history!"

Of course, Tang Chao will not be arrogant on the spacecraft, this is the first flight of a manned spacecraft on the earth, even if the technology is the same, but the manufacturing level of the earth and Kanxing is still poor.

In case of an accident, although he can escape by traveling to Kanxing, how to "come back from the dead" on Earth after that is a problem.

So the camera follows him inside the boarding bridge, and then starts to go up the steps, which is different from the normal boarding procedure.

After ascending the steps, the boarding bridge is higher than the aircraft, and then extends to the center of the aircraft, and the roof of the boarding bridge is buckled down, forming a relatively closed space.

At the end of the boarding bridge, there is the entrance of the aircraft, a downward entrance.

On the edge of the entrance, there stood a person who was also wearing a passenger uniform, a dummy to be exact, a bald model man, and a piece of paper with "Zhang San" written on it.

At this time, the audience understood what was going on.

Sure enough, the chief designer took part in the first flight mission, which was simply impossible.

As soon as Tang Chao walked here, another staff member stopped him, "Sir, after our inspection, the ticket you are holding belongs to this Mr. Zhang San, so you can't go over, and please return the ticket to Mr. Zhang San." ”

Tang Chao had no choice but to put the ticket in Zhang San's chest pocket, and the inspection report was folded and stuffed in.

At this point, his performance ended, and the staff took his schoolbag and put it into the cabin of "Dart X" with Zhang San.

The camera outside was not allowed to enter, and the picture cut directly to the camera in the cabin, and all the spectators watched as the staff fixed Zhang San to the first seat, and it was obvious that this was a test dummy.

Looking at the other seats and open spaces, there are fixed large bags and small bags, and those are the "test products" carried.

Subsequently, Tang Chao returned to the control center on the internal tram, and there were various monitoring data on the big screen inside, and all the staff were waiting for it, and the "Dart X" had begun to prepare for takeoff.

Previously, there was already a footage of the aircraft being towed to the runway by a tractor, and this runway is currently the only runway of the Navigator company.

If it weren't for the completion of this runway, the first flight of Dart X would have been carried out.

After that, the company will build three more runways, and even reserve land to prepare for the construction of more runways in the future.

In the future, it may be possible to rely on this way of flying to move across continents.

Through this live broadcast, everyone who watched it was clear that the ride mode of the future manned spacecraft was a little more troublesome than taking an airplane, but compared with the current manned spaceflight process, it has been streamlined to the extreme.

Tang Chao sat in the command seat and checked all the data, all of which were transmitted from the intelligent flight control computer of "Dart X", and the information gathered from other staff members also showed that everything was ready.

Coupled with the information given by the Air Force that there were no other aircraft on the test route, he said: "Permission to take off!" ”

As soon as he gave the order, "Dart X" immediately replied, it was a nice female voice, and it sounded relaxed.

"Program starts!"

As the reply was issued, the various systems of the aircraft came online, the first and second engines started, and the hot flames sprayed violently backwards, pushing the aircraft forward.

This scene was captured by various cameras, which made all the viewers enjoy watching it.

After taxiing for a while, the No. 3 or 4 engines started, two more scorching flames were added, the thrust increased, and the aircraft flew all at once.

At this moment, many people involuntarily stood up, clenched their fists and wanted to shout, but they held back, because now is not the time.

So they could only clench their fists and stare at the live broadcast screen.

This is the first time that a spacecraft has flown off a horizontal runway without the help of external forces and only with its own engine.

Through the camera screen at the tail of the aircraft, it can be seen that the aircraft flies higher and higher, and the tracking camera on the ground gradually loses its image, and the picture switches back to the large screen in the control hall.

Ordinary people can watch beautiful synchronized animations, and industry insiders and enthusiasts can watch all kinds of data.

And the more enthusiasts watch, the more excited they become, and the more people in the industry look at it, the more they sweat.

Until the aircraft has flown high enough that the thin air can no longer provide it with lift, and the fuel consumption has reached an equilibrium value, the last engine five or six is turned on.

Six flames, full thrust!

It's too powerful, their manned spacecraft can't be compared at all, and even the official manned spacecraft of Tianxia, Mao Xiong and Merriken only have deep space manned capabilities worth mentioning.

Because, according to the Navigator company, the design of the "Dart X" does not meet the needs of manned deep space flight.

So in terms of manned capabilities in low-earth orbit, "Dart X" is unparalleled in the world!!

Sure enough, as the flight speed displayed on the big screen became faster and faster, suddenly, the slight vibration of the picture in the cabin was still, and the strap that held the package floated.

This is...... It's weightless.

In other words...... "Dart X" succeeded!

"it!"

"Yay!!"

"Awesome!!"

The person who was holding back before shouted out violently, clenching his fists and waving them up and down!!

And in the command hall, everyone cheered!

Tang Chao stood up and shook hands with Zhang Liyan next to him, and then shook hands with Chen Jing on the other side, and said, "Mankind has entered a new space age. ”

"Hmm."