July 27, 2020, Riverside Villa.

Qin Yuyan came to the dining table early in the morning, and Gu Cheng was already sitting there enjoying breakfast.

"Why did you eat mine?" Qin Yuyan sat next to her and said angrily, and immediately asked Xiao Luo to make another cup.

Gu Chengzheng was looking at the TV, but it was just a news channel, when he heard this, he glanced back at the beauty, and said calmly: "Didn't you eat milk not long ago?" ”

Xiao Luo, who happened to deliver the meal, heard this, she couldn't help but think carefully for a while, she was in charge of the work in the past two days, she didn't send milk to the bedroom this morning, not last night, besides, it is impossible to drink overnight.

Am I mistaken?

Xiao Luo left in a daze, but Qin Yuyan, who was sitting next to him, shook Gu Cheng's wink when she heard it.

At this time, a report on the TV news attracted Gu Cheng's attention.

[On July 26, according to the Russian satellite network, a few days ago, the North American Space Exploration Technology Corporation (SpaceX) broadcast the launch process live on its official website, and said in the broadcast of the "Falcon 9" launch program that the launch vehicle "Falcon 9" was launched from Florida on the 26th with the "Dragon" spacecraft to transport supplies to the International Space Station. ]

[According to reports, the "Falcon 9" rocket carrying the "Dragon" spacecraft was canceled on the 25th due to weather reasons, and was launched from the launch site of Cape Canaveral Air Force Base in Florida on the 26th. ]

[The North American cargo spacecraft plans to transport about 2.5 tons of supplies, including supplies for dozens of scientific experiments, including printing labs for human organ transplants, bone tissue restoration research, and other related experiments in medicine and biology, the head of the research program said.] The Dragon cargo spacecraft will also deliver an international docking adapter (IDA-3), which is planned to be installed on the International Space Station. ]

Gu Cheng couldn't help but say to himself when he saw the news: "Forcibly renew the life of the International Space Station, something will happen sooner or later." ”

The original design life of the International Space Station was strictly calculated, and it was planned to be retired this year, but NASA forcibly extended the life of the International Space Station, tinkering and the like, and wanted to postpone the space station until 2024 to retire, and recently the Russian Space Agency evaluated through various data and found that the space station is still in good condition, and all parties decided to postpone the retirement time until 2028.

There is no way, the International Space Station has been decommissioned, and only the Huaguo Tianzhou space station that has just come up this year is left in space orbit, which is why Europe and the United States, especially North America, are unwilling to pull down their faces to play with rabbits at that time.

"It's okay to make a new one and send it up." Qin Yuyan, who was sitting next to her, said lazily, she just said it casually, but she wasn't actually interested.

"Building a space station, you should be as easy as shopping and buying luxury goods?" Gu Cheng couldn't cry or laugh, knowing that Qin Yuyan was not very interested in these things, he didn't bother to explain anything to her.

The initial budget of the International Space Station was only $50 billion, but the operating costs of the space station exceeded the imagination of the 16 participating countries, and the International Space Station has spent more than $170 billion as of this year, which is undoubtedly an astronomical amount.

But then again, it is said that it wants to continue until 2028, but no one can say how long it will last, and the financial situation of each country largely determines the life of the space station.

After eating breakfast, Gu Cheng drove to Tianqing Industry alone, and today Meng Na did not follow her by her side, but prepared to accompany Qin Yuyan to go shopping.

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Today is a very important day for the "Tianjian Project", because today is the first thrust test of the light guide engine, which has been sent to the test bench of the aviation engine yesterday.

It is worth mentioning that the light guide engine is not a traditional aerospace engine that burns chemical fuel, nor is it an ionic propulsion engine, it "burns" photons.

Therefore, it also needs the light core to provide energy support.

The prototype of the light core was built as early as mid-July, and it was secretly transported to the high-altitude areas in the west as soon as possible, and a large number of screen-off collectors were also secretly shipped.

To put it simply, I have long gone to the west to "light".

When Gu Cheng had just arrived at Tianqing Industry, a convoy happened to enter Tianqing Industrial Zone, and there was Zhou Huang among the team.

"How's the electromagnetic rifle testing?" Gu Cheng saw Zhou Huang and asked, this time Xiao Zhou and they came back by the way, and they brought back the light core by the way, all of which were in the western region of the country.

Zhou Huang: "All the tests have been done in the past few months, and everything is very ojbk. ”

Gu Cheng heard his last sentence and glanced at him: "Just use this tone to talk to the boss?" You want to help your aunt clean the toilet again, right? ”

Hearing this, Xiao Zhou's face stiffened, and he hurriedly snorted, "That boss, I'll go to do statistical analysis first, and I'll report back to you, goodbye." ”

Leaving such a sentence and fleeing decisively, Gu Chengnian thought about it for the sake of his braised egg face that had been burned into a braised egg face in the past few months, so he thought about it and let him go.

After a while, Gu Cheng noticed that several staff members were using forklifts to unload a packaging box on the truck and transport it to the "Heavenly Blade Project" research center, and immediately walked over.

"My God, you ancestors can not be careful for me, this is equivalent to an EMP with an extra-large energy level, in case of a business trip, the entire Shang will be paralyzed!"

Gu Cheng just walked over, and an old man standing next to him blew his beard and glared and said, looking so angry and anxious that a group of young staff members were startled, and they were all extremely careful.

There is a defense device in the core of light, once damaged, 99% of the photon energy inside will be converted into electromagnetic pulse to radiate outward, which is to ensure the safety of human life, but it is not so friendly to electronic equipment, especially civilian electronic equipment, and there are no measures to prevent electromagnetic pulse.

"Academician Li, it's not as exaggerated as you said, how can the light core be so weak." Gu Cheng said with a smile when he walked over.

"Yo, Mr. Gu." Academician Li looked back at Gu Cheng who was smiling, and immediately said after hearing what he said: "Of course I know this, but it is always right to be careful, and you must treat it with the spirit of aerospace." ”

"Haha, yes, by the way, Academician Li, how much energy did you collect this time?" Gu Cheng couldn't help asking.

"About 3 trillion joules, according to the peak energy storage of the light core, it is also 2%." Academician Li replied that full energy storage can reach 150 trillion joules, as for the concept of 3 trillion joules of energy? It is equivalent to more than 800,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity.

Academician Li added: "No way, the time is too tight, the collection efficiency can't keep up, 12 days and nights without interruption and only about 2% of the collection, the main reason is that the time is in a hurry, the receiving surface of the optical screen acquisition device is not large enough, and the other is on the surface, and now it is not the active period of solar flares, and it is not possible to collect high-energy γ photons. ”

Gu Cheng said with a smile: "Don't worry, Academician Li, one day it will be sent, step by step, and it won't take too long, it will definitely be sent, even if you can endure the charge for more than half a year and last for a day or two, I can't bear it." ”

"Haha...... I can't bear to hide it. Academician Li said with a smile, but also shook his spirit, only the success of the Tianjian fighter means that human beings have realized the manufacture of aerospace vehicles, and then build some large-tonnage aerospace transport spacecraft, the cost of space activities will be greatly reduced, and the light screen acquisition device can be sent to outer space on a large scale, forming a virtuous positive cycle.

This is indeed the foreseeable future, and Academician Li is also extremely looking forward to the future.

"2% is a bit less, but it's enough for the light guide engine test test." While speaking, Gu Cheng saw that the sealed box containing the light core had been transported by the staff to the center of the Hangfa test bench, so he also stopped chatting and followed him to the test bench.

On the side of the test bench, Professor Xu and the others had already waited for the flowers, and after the light core was transported, everyone was in high spirits and immediately began to arrange.

Not surprisingly, the light guide engine is the most powerful fighter engine in human history.

Today is definitely an exciting day.

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