The Spark Science and Technology Committee decided to develop the space shuttle project.

After the strategic goal was determined, all units of Xinghuo Technology began to get busy.

Liu Jing led a team of experts to design the design drawings of the space shuttle according to the performance required by the space shuttle program.

The Space Shuttle went from a concept to an industrial product blueprint.

With the help of the powerful computing power of quantum computers, Liu Jing started the design from the function of an accessory.

It took him more than two months and tens of thousands of drafts to finally design a space shuttle that met the requirements.

The design of the shuttle was completed, and the rest was handed over to the factory for machining.

Complex parts composed of high-density materials are handed over to the nuclear power plant for unified processing.

Xinghuo Technology's efficient intelligent industrial robots assemble accessories manufactured in nuclear power factories.

On January 25, 2026, Zhou Yu and Lu Jinming came to Xinghuo Precision Manufacturing Company. Today is the time for the Space Shuttle to roll off the assembly line.

Zhou Yu walked into the factory and saw the space shuttle parked in the huge factory.

It has a metallic gray skin and two huge wings in the shape of swept wings.

In both wings and the tail of the fuselage, stout particle electric propulsion engines were installed.

Lu Jinming patted the wing of the space shuttle with his hand, and his excitement was indescribable.

He said with a slight choked up: "Mr. Zhou, we finally have this advanced space vehicle, it can now fly to the moon, and we humans will land on the moon again."

"There is no hurry to land on the moon, we must first conduct a comprehensive test of the space shuttle, we must fully understand the space shuttle, and we must also train astronauts.

Without a year or two of preparation, there is no need for a moon landing.

The U.S. moon landing was just an aftermath of the Cold War, and they were trying to show off their enormous power in aviation.

They spent huge sums of money to achieve the Apollo moon landing, and manned space activities have been in doubt, but the Saturn V launch vehicle did send the Apollo spacecraft to the moon. The lunar soil brought back by the lunar rover cannot deceive.

We don't need this kind of false name, but need real benefits.

Building a lunar base on the moon and collecting some of the moon's unique mineral resources is what we need to do. ”

Zhou Yu will not be hot in his brain because of the successful manufacture of the space shuttle, and he will shout for the moon landing activity.

The moon landing must bring considerable benefits, and Xinghuo Technology will take the moon landing action.

When Lu Jinming heard Zhou Yu say this, he smiled, and then changed the topic and introduced the performance of the space shuttle to Zhou Yu.

"We produce a space shuttle, which, counting the dead weight of its own equipment, plus a particle battery and a full tank of fuel water, has a mass of 700 tons.

The shuttle has enough payload margin, such as a broken particle electric propulsion engine, and it can return safely. The payload of the space shuttle is 800 tons.

It is about the same as the improved mass projector in carrying capacity, but the shuttle has a high standard of protective cockpit, which can transport astronauts.

Not only astronauts, but ordinary people with a little training can fly the space shuttle.

We can also face high-end customers and develop space tourism projects.

With a maximum speed of 10 kilometers per second, the shuttle can easily transport supplies between Earth and Earth-Moon systems. ”

After Zhou Yu heard the properties of the space shuttle, he nodded with a smile, and then asked Lu Jinming: "I remember that today's goal is to test the space shuttle, a new industrial product, and no one can guarantee that it will have some accidents."

Rushing to test the space shuttle, the shuttle pilot may have an unexpected situation. ”

Lu Jinming immediately replied: "Mr. Zhou, we have already considered these situations, and now space vehicles have unmanned autopilot functions.

We placed bionic robots on top of the space shuttle to collect the feelings of humans when they experienced the space shuttle.

The goal of the first test is only to verify the mechanical properties of the space shuttle, and after the space shuttle is safe, we will let the astronauts experience the space shuttle.

Besides, our company has no astronauts at all, so we can't let the engineers go up and fly the space shuttle in person. ”

The space shuttle underwent a detailed factory inspection by the engineers, and the leader in charge signed his name on the product qualification certificate, and the space shuttle was towed out of the production plant by a tractor.

The shuttle rested on the huge plaza of the industrial park, and ground maintenance crews began to charge and refuel the shuttle.

"Manager Lu, have you reported this test to the relevant departments? Don't let the country be taken down as a UFO. Zhou Yu joked.

Of course, he knew that Lu Jinming would never be so stupid, this kind of flying object with no stealth performance was a target in front of modern weapons.

Lu Jinming chuckled: "Mr. Zhou, we have already communicated with the relevant state departments, and we can only test it after obtaining approval."

Not only countries, but also other countries, through international organizations, informed other countries about the test to prevent them from making some miscalculations. ”

After Lu Jinming finished speaking, he used his smart device to call up the control program of the space shuttle.

The space shuttle is equipped with a quantum computer, and Xinghuo Technology's advanced artificial intelligence technology is used as the software program of the space shuttle.

[The space shuttle is in the process of self-testing]

[Each module of the space shuttle is normal, the power storage is 100%, and the fuel and water storage is full. 】

[The space shuttle self-test is complete, the autopilot function is activated, and the first flight test is ready to be completed.] 】

Lu Jinming looked at Zhou Yu and asked, "Mr. Zhou, I'm ready to start testing the space shuttle."

"Let's start testing! It's a mule or a horse, and it's always going to be pulled out for a walk. Zhou Yu waved his hand and ordered.

The shuttle was ready to begin testing, first of all, evacuating the crowd in the vicinity of the shuttle.

If a person stands under the particle electric propulsion engine, when the space shuttle starts, the particle stream ejected by the particle electric propulsion engine can directly vaporize the person.

The space shuttle was like a feather blown by the wind, and it slowly floated in the air, about 25 meters above the ground.

The particle-electric propulsion engine under the wings of the shuttle began to spin rapidly, its engine vents pointing straight down.

The particle electric propulsion engine spews light blue flames.

A huge roar rang out, and a wave of air on the ground surged in all directions, blowing the trees around the square to the ground.

With the help of the reverse thrust generated by the particle electric propulsion engine, the space shuttle flew to a high altitude at the same time, and the angle of the particle electric propulsion engine gradually changed, gradually leveling with the fuselage of the space shuttle.

The shuttle flew diagonally upwards and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Lu Jinming stared at the data of the space shuttle, and kept chattering.

"Now that we've reached the stratosphere, the shuttle is all right, and its skin is not afraid of the heat friction with the atmosphere."

"The space shuttle has reached low-earth orbit and has begun to orbit the Earth at a speed of 7.8 kilometers per second."

Zhou Yu knew that the space shuttle had been successfully manufactured, and as long as Xinghuo Technology could master this means of transportation in the future, they would be able to achieve a leading position in the development of space resources.