Chapter VI Rocket R&D and Production Materials
The Seychelles region of East Africa, with beautiful scenery, fresh air and no pollution, is a popular tourist resort, and at the same time is a remote corner away from the five major hooligans, and even the nearest 13-nation alliance in Europa has a remote corner more than 10,000 kilometers away.
Being proficient in English, French, and various local languages makes it easy for him to live in the local area without any difficulties, but it is easy to get through relationships and cover for himself.
Subsequently, Cao Chuan launched the rocket research and development program.
"The goal, small and medium-sized launch vehicles, with a cost of less than 5 million, maintains a maximum two-stage launch structure to reduce the process accuracy requirements, uses chemical fuels, and provides a material carrying capacity of more than 10 tons.................. The rule simulation was completed in 1471.1 seconds. ”
According to the new drawings, Cao Chuan tried to get all kinds of materials, and the manufacture of rockets involves too many cutting-edge materials, even through various deceptive means, many of them are still not easy to get, and his design plan leaves a lot of leeway, such as the use of replacement materials, or the materials processed and manufactured independently.
The procurement of materials cost 1 million, the transportation cost of crossing the ocean cost 1 million, and then found a secluded no man's land to quietly assemble, in the case of processing parts, materials, equipment, etc. are roughly complete, the assembly actually took less than a few days, and it didn't take long for the first rocket to be assembled and ignited.
The launch went smoothly, and the rocket entered space, because it was the first time to carry out such a high-complexity project, even Cao Chuan would inevitably make mistakes, he did not go straight to the goal in one step, but on this basis, he started the rule simulation of prototype two.
"Who said that Rocket Prototype One hasn't met my requirements? Besides, rocket launches are too easy to be observed by various countries, and I don't have many opportunities, so I have to transport a sufficient amount of materials in one or two launches, resulting in 10 tons of carrying capacity is not enough to spend. ”
Cao Chuan is now like the legendary Noah of the Bible, and in order to build an ark to escape the great flood, he has to use his full potential to take as many supplies as possible.
The performance requirements he formulated for the second prototype of the rocket were-
"Medium-sized launch vehicles, with a cost of less than 10 million, maintain a maximum two-stage launch structure, use solid chemical fuel, and provide a material carrying capacity of more than 50 tons.................. The rule simulation was completed in 1515.1 seconds. ”
Theoretically, the technical solution remains the same, the performance requirements do not change much, and the feasibility will not change much, unless the excessive pursuit of large-scale or miniaturization.
The new prototype two scheme came out, compared with the prototype one, the rocket prototype two is a big guy, more than 30 meters in height, equivalent to 8 floors of residential areas, the rocket empty shell is 10 tons, the whole weight is 65 tons after loading fuel, the empty cabin is 5 tons, and the whole weight is 55 tons after full loading, all of which add up to 120 tons, and the push ratio is quite high, which is the result of using the latest solid chemical fuels on the earth.
is still ordering everywhere, through various channels, and even forging identities or something, in order to complete the plan in his heart, he can even sell his own house, and what he can't do.
On the other hand, he began the preparation of supplies.
"In order to vigorously develop unmanned units, my purchase order is as follows-"
"Qualcomm's Crazy Dragon 6B chips 1000."
"MediaTek's intelligent terminal platform unified solution 1,000 copies."
"2,500 pieces of high-precision optical sensors from Sony."
"Panasonic's 4,000 mAh lithium battery is 12,000."
"Tungsten PGC uses 20 drill bits."
"60 hp, 180 hp, 400 hp motors for a total of 500 units."
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Then there is the equipment for the production of various modern product components. However, there are too many fields involved, and it is impossible for me to get them all by one, and having some of the most critical ones is enough to rely on the knowledge of the whole civilization in my mind, and even the technology beyond the times, to review the remaining equipment.
In the end, Cao Chuan chose only the urgently needed chip production line, motor production line, sensor production line, battery production line, and some basic industrial equipment, such as lathes, grinders, testing platforms, laboratory instruments, all of which add up to 50 tons.
The same is by sea, by air... Ants flock from all directions and are quietly transported to their temporary home in the Seychelles.
The final action began, for this day, he stayed on Earth for two whole months, during which he lived like a fugitive, and even if he wanted to return to normal life, he couldn't do it, his name had been blacklisted by many countries, if it weren't for the lack of evidence, or the fact that he hadn't figured out his purpose, and didn't choose to do it, maybe there would have been a conflict now.
"In short, this time I will definitely be able to pat my ass and leave, and when I come back next time, I will make a real spaceship, come and go as much as I want, the major powers that have not yet had the ability to fight in space have no possibility of catching up with me, let alone anything else."
Cao Chuan patiently assembled the rocket, and then through careful inspection, to ensure that the installation is accurate, fixed firmly, and the coupling is stable, this kind of thing, there is a small error, the result is the same as the space shuttle of the lighthouse country, two out of 5 are blown up, and the death rate is 40%, which is equivalent to suicide.
It took a week, and another day to transfer the materials to the cabin and stack them, and carry out sorting and fixing work to prevent damage during the launch and landing process, and the preparation work has been completed.
The gravitational force of the earth is nothing in the eyes of ordinary people, in fact, its impact on the launch of the spacecraft is the first, if it is on the moon, even keep 1/5 of the fuel can take off, but it can't be done on the earth, as long as it is a little closer, after the fuel used for the launch is exhausted, the rocket will be pulled back by the earth's gravity, so there will be the first cosmic speed, the second cosmic velocity, to ensure the critical conditions of the rocket launch in the extreme case.
Therefore, the actual launch should also be supported by a complete set of launch plans, according to the meteorological conditions, the position of the earth and the moon, and the current position of their own lunar base to formulate a reasonable arrangement, and then hand it over to Nana to deal with.
On April 27, 2021, the weather in the Seychelles region was still hot, and looking at the beautiful island in the distance, Cao Chuan turned around and entered the rocket.
"One final check, Nana!" Cao Chuan asked Nana to separate a temporary copy process to be responsible for the rocket launch, and fixed himself tightly, and after a while, the terrible acceleration would make him breathless, and he had to lie down to avoid it.
"The security check has passed, and there is no abnormality around."
"Ready, ignite!"
There was no countdown, Nana simply started the rocket neatly, and Cao Chuan didn't have time to care about such a small thing, because he knew that the next long acceleration process would be very uncomfortable, and it would be nice if he could sleep.
At the same time as the bottom of the rocket erupted a white high-density air current, Nana reminded: "Master, at 12 o'clock, an unknown person is approaching. ”