Chapter 282: Successful Launch
After reminding Thomas, Xu Yuan then looked at Romean.
"Mr. Romaan, I remember that you are a special observer of the United Nations, not a technical adviser from the Star Wish Trading Company, and if you are worried that the cannon outside the window will not fly, you can go back to the ship first, and I promise that no soldiers will stop you when you go back."
Roroman's face changed several times.
Of course, he couldn't run back to the ship at this time, or the media outside would definitely give him a close-up of his face and put it in tomorrow's headlines with the name of a coward.
It's okay to say that the rocket launch failed, it can only be said that he had foresight of the outcome of the rocket, but if it really succeeded, it would be a slap in the face.
Since Xu Yuan dares to stand here, it means that even if the launch fails, the safety here is still guaranteed.
So the Roman was a little more calm and said no more.
If Xu Yuan knew what this guy was thinking, I don't know if he would laugh out loud.
The reason why he dared to stand here was because he was not worried about the failure of the launch at all.
But others apparently don't think so.
Roma shut up, but the other observers were whispering and exchanging opinions.
"I bet this thing can't fly, the first stage rocket is so short, I suspect they miscalculated the decimal point in the design and no one noticed it until the finished product was made."
"Haha, Buckru, we basically agree on the same opinion."
"Poof"
Glancing at the UN observer, Thomas's eyes flashed with a look of gloom.
Although this rocket was not designed by him, he also poured countless efforts into understanding the technology in it.
As a researcher of truth, he would not allow such an insult to this landmark rocket launch technology
Thomas clenched his fists and was about to have a seizure.
But at this moment, Xu Yuan stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder.
"Prove it to them. Remember that you are a technician, not a boxer. ”
Hearing Xu Yuan's words, Thomas realized that he was almost impulsive.
Seeing that Xu Yuan nodded to himself, he took a deep breath, forcibly dispelled the displeasure in his heart, walked quickly to the launch pad, and turned on the walkie-talkie.
"Report on the rocket."
"The Ministry of Information received and is compiling information that the rocket inspection work has been completed and the launch operation can be carried out at any time."
"Command received, all personnel pay attention, start the ignition countdown,"
After speaking, Thomas looked at Xu Yuan
Xu Yuan nodded with a smile, walked to the side of the launch position, opened the lid of the fiberglass, and stretched out his hand to put it on the top of the launch button.
Meanwhile, Thomas turned the walkie-talkie back on, his eyes fixed on the rocket outside the window.
The atmosphere in the launch room became tense.
Roma retracted the imprudence in his gaze, and the UN observer stopped whispering and turned his attention to the rocket launcher outside the window.
"Launch countdown begins!"
“5”
“4”
“3”
“2”
“1”
"0 ignition"
At the moment when he first heard the zero, Xu Yuan pressed the red launch button.
The milky gray air wave instantly obscured the launch site outside the window, and at the same time, a dazzling red light burst from the smoke screen.
The launcher detached, and with the help of the flames, the rocket began to accelerate, shooting straight into the sky.
Xu Yuan withdrew the hand that pressed the launch button and leisurely stepped aside.
Beads of sweat oozed from Thomas's palms, staring nervously at the parameters on the launch screen.
Roman An glanced at Xu Yuan, who was calm and relaxed, and then peeked at the launch interface, and after looking at the soaring height, the contempt on his face gradually turned into solemnity.
"Height 48 through the stratosphere,"
"Height 90 arrives at the warm layer and begins to turn,"
"The first-stage rocket began to separate,"
"Separation successful,"
“……”
With that report, the expression on Royan's face became more and more shocked, and the few observers standing behind him had already written the incredulity on their faces.
Seeing their appearance, Thomas's eyes flashed with pride, but he was not distracted and still focused on the launch mission.
Xu Yuan didn't have any expression, because he knew that this rocket produced by the Yuanxing Aerospace Science and Technology Research Institute had no possibility of an accident at all.
Over time, on the screen, the second-stage rocket connected to the camera slowly stalled and separated from the ejection of the rocket's head.
At the same time, the tail end of the head of the rocket ignites, and with the help of the jet gas, it moves towards a farther orbit.
At this moment, everyone's eyes were fixed on the slowly climbing altitude value on the launch interface.
When it froze at the specified value, everyone held their breath!
There was not the slightest error!
"We! It worked! ”
With this exciting shout, all the staff in the launch room cheered and threw the working documents into the sky.
Thomas was even more excited like a child, waving his fists and hugging his colleagues.
Roma looked at the launch interface with a ghostly expression, unable to say a word.
Affected by the atmosphere, Xu Yuan also smiled proudly, and walked leisurely to the observers who were whispering before, thinking that it was impossible to launch successfully.
"How? Doesn't it feel like sci-fi? ”
At this moment, Roman An reacted as if he had returned to his soul, looked at Xu Yuan and asked in disbelief: "This, this is impossible!" Wait, what about the three-stage rocket."
"Three-stage rocket?" As if he had heard something funny, Xu Yuan laughed.
As if he had laughed enough, he paused, and in front of the stiff-faced Roman Ann, he playfully said, "We don't need that thing at all." ”
Looking at the plume of smoke in the sky, Roman's Adam's apple slid up and down for a long time before closing his mouth.
"Did it really work?"
He naturally heard the cheers just now, but he was unwilling to accept this unbelievable fact.
There is no need for a three-stage rocket, and it is technically impossible to directly use a two-stage rocket to put a satellite into orbit.
But did they consider the cost? Carrying extra weight requires more fuel.
And the volume of their rockets is not very large, with a total length of up to 35 meters, which is unbelievable, right?
However, no one paid any attention to him at this time.
Xu Yuan went to the launch center to be interviewed by the media, while Thomas instructed the staff sitting in front of the computer to turn on the solar panels, check the working status of the satellite, and collect first-hand weather receipts.
"In the future, the weather forecast of Qatar can be completed by Qatar's own meteorological satellites, thank you for coming."
The lights flickered, and Xu Yuan felt that he was almost used to the feeling of being pointed at a camera.
"May I ask Mr. Xu, what prompted you to invest in the aerospace field?"
"There is still a prospect of interest." Xu Yuan stretched out a finger, pointed to the place where the rocket had just flown over, and smiled in front of the camera, "The future of mankind is there." ”
If an ordinary person said this, he would definitely be ridiculed for pretending.
But because this phrase came from the mouth of a tech tycoon, it has the honor of being remembered as a famous quote.
Accepting such an interview, Xu Yuan couldn't help but think in his mind.
If one day, the Star Trading Company really completes the blueprint in his mind, the human activity space will move from the land to the sky, and then move towards a synchronous orbit again, the moon, or even Mars, outside the solar system.
Will anyone remember this moment today as everything?
Will his gesture of pointing to the sky and saying the phrase "where is the future of mankind" be cast into a statue in bronze and displayed in the Museum of Earth Civilization?
Perhaps, possibly.
After the interview, the UN observers were sent away, and Xu Yuan did not leave the island immediately, but found Thomas, who had just completed the launch mission.
However, after only a short while, I saw that these technicians had already opened the prepared champagne and started a carnival party in the canteen of the Aerospace Science and Technology Center!