"Ahem!"

Wang Qian didn't catch her breath, and almost doubted life, but she immediately glanced at Chen Shen and immediately saw that he was not serious at all.

"Dengri? Don't be kidding me, get down to business. ”

Wang Qian poured a cup of tea, Chen Shen took it and took a sip, feeling that it was not very suitable for his taste: "Although it is not a landing on the sun, it is also a space project." ”

"Uh-huh." Wang Qian listened calmly and did not question.

"I'm going to build a spaceship that can travel to and from the atmosphere."

"Space shuttle?" Wang Qian asked suspiciously.

Chen Shen thought for a moment, "It's not the space shuttle that is useless. ”

"Is that an aerospace plane?" Wang Qian's eyes lit up.

The difference between a space shuttle and an aerospace plane is that one can only take off by rockets, and the other can enter and exit the atmosphere with its own power.

It's just that there is no really mature aerospace aircraft yet, and all the names of aerospace aircraft that can be searched now at home and abroad are not considered aerospace aircraft in the strict sense.

Because they, like the space shuttle, require a rocket launch to go into space.

Chen Shen thought for a moment, "It can be said to be a kind of aerospace aircraft. ”

It is not wrong to say that the Black Antelope attack aircraft of the system is an aerospace aircraft.

It's just that it's much stronger than a regular aerospace plane.

Aerospace planes are now envisaged to be equipped with air turbine engines, ramjet engines, and rocket engines at the same time to ensure that they can take off horizontally in the atmosphere and into space at the same time.

It's just that judging from the current situation of various verification machines, with the installation of these three engines, the designed space has been almost used, and the remaining space is not to mention manned, even carrying experimental devices must be saved.

In addition to space and power constraints, there are also energy constraints, and it is a question of whether there is enough energy in the aircraft to support the life support system and keep it running until the end of the flight.

So up to now, all aerospace aircraft are in the state of drones, and manned people are still far away.

Whereas the black antelope is different.

It can take off and land vertically in the atmosphere, with nuclear energy as the energy source, and the plasma thruster loaded with it is just like in science fiction movies, with strong thrust and can also adjust the direction of thrust, as long as the direction of the nozzle of the engine is adjusted, it can change the direction of thrust.

No, the black antelope was originally a movie prototype...... It's just that Chen Shen really can't think of it for a while, but as long as this thing can be used, it doesn't matter where it came from.

And the nuclear-powered Black Antelope can provide sufficient energy throughout the flight, and there is no shortage of energy for the life support system, at the cost of only a little reduction in a single voyage of 6.93 million kilometers.

It can be said that compared with the current aerospace aircraft, the black antelope is extremely rich in space, power and energy, and the gap between the two is greater than that between the eight generations of beggars and the eldest son of the landlord.

"Aerospace planes......" Wang Qian heard Chen Shen's words and pondered for a while.

"It's more convenient if you want to study this, we should have a project for our internal system, and if the rocket is a rocket, we will have to coordinate with other departments, but then you may have to go to other places, at least inland, and only there is a suitable launch base."

Chen Shen shook his head: "No, if my aerospace plane is successful, it should not be launched with rocket assistance." ”

"That's an aerospace plane that can take off horizontally?" Wang Qian was stunned for a moment, and then recovered, judging from the previous projects, the project results developed by Chen Shen are indeed several eras beyond the current results.

Thinking about it this way, it is not impossible to jump directly from a rocket launch to a horizontal take-off.

However, Chen Shen still shook his head: "It's not a horizontal take-off, it can take off vertically like a helicopter, so you don't need a launch site, and you can go to the sky if you just find an open space." ”

Wang Qian's face froze, "An aerospace plane that takes off vertically and then flies into space?" What motivation does that get? ”

"It is envisioned to be nuclear-powered, with plasma thrusters." Chen Shen said.

Wang Qian's expression was much more solemn, after all, there is no trivial matter involving nuclear weapons.

"Are you sure?"

Chen Shen nodded in certainty, "I already have a little idea, if there is no accident, there will be no problem." ”

Wang Qian pursed her lips and said: "If it is a general project, I can directly give you approval and then coordinate, but only the nuclear-related project is not good, this needs to be reported according to the process and wait for approval." ”

With that, she returned to her computer: "You tell me about the general situation of the project, I can report to the leader, and it is estimated that someone will come to you after the report is sent." ”

Chen Shen also sat down in front of her and began to speak according to the project data of the system.

"The project, codenamed Black Antelope, is an aerospace aircraft that can be reused on a regular basis, and the power source is expected to be a nuclear fission pulse system, and it is equipped with four sets of plasma pulse thrusters."

Wang Qian nodded and quickly typed the text into the computer, and after staying by Chen Shen's side for a long time, she was already quite familiar with these commonly used terms in science fiction.

Chen Shen continued: "As for performance, it is estimated that the ideal range is more than 6 million kilometers, and it can achieve more than 70 tons of thrust in the atmosphere and more than 90 tons of thrust outside the atmosphere. ”

Wang Qian's fingers tapping on the keyboard suddenly stopped, and she looked at Chen Shen, her eyes were full of doubts: "Is it wrong for the unit?" ”

"Nope."

"Then this is also ...... It's outrageous......"

Even though Chen Shen had refreshed his three views many times, Wang Qian still felt that she was frightened by Chen Shen's words again.

Don't look at the thrust that Chen Shen said in his mouth is only a few dozen tons, not even a hundred tons, it seems to be very little compared to a rocket, after all, the rocket has thousands of tons of thrust at every turn, but you must know that he is talking about an aerospace aircraft!

This thing can be reused on a regular basis.

And I just said that the range is 6 million kilometers!

What is this concept?

The average distance between the Earth and the Moon is only 380,000 kilometers!

This voyage can travel back and forth between the surface and the moon more than ten times!

It's really scary!

Although the thrust of today's rockets is thousands of tons or even thousands of tons, most of their thrust is wasted on their own weight, and the payload that can be sent into space is generally only a few tens of tons.

At present, the Changjiu project in China, with a near-earth load of about 140 tons and a Earth-Moon orbit load of 50 tons, is already the largest rocket in history.

But as long as the black antelope can provide three to five tons of payload in the seventy tons of thrust, it can immediately retire this big guy who has not yet been born!

Because compared with an aerospace aircraft that can fly on a regular basis, the risk and process of launching a rocket is too large and cumbersome.