Chapter 275: Project Starship
The SR91 Dawning Goddess's high-altitude reconnaissance has not had any impact on all aspects, and today's satellite reconnaissance technology can do better than the high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft in some aspects, at least some superficial things, which can be seen by the high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, and the satellites can also see it.
Leaving these things behind, Xia Yu, who returned to the scene, after controlling the plane to land, the first time was to explore the domestic air-based laser technology with Yang Wei, as a scientific research worker related to aircraft development, Yang Wei naturally would not miss all the information about the fighter, Xia Yu asked, and really learned from Yang Wei's mouth that the domestic airborne laser project was being carried out.
Shenguang 3, a giant laser drive device with design parameters of 100,000 joules, was established in the "863 Program" in 1995 with the research and development of laser inertial confinement nuclear fusion, which is the most magnificent scientific project in the field of optics in China, and its role and significance are no less than the two bombs and one satellite program of that year.
Although the research and development of Shenguang 3 was not established until 1995, in fact, as early as 1964, Wang Ganchang, a famous nuclear physicist and one of the founders and pioneers of China's nuclear science, had already proposed the initiative of laser fusion, and began to establish the project and start research the following year. With the span of decades and the joint efforts of several generations of scientists, China's research in optics has made achievements that are not weaker than those of developed countries in the world.
But Xia Yu can know a rough idea of these things, what Xia Yu really wants is an air-based high-energy laser weapon, a laser weapon that can be directly mounted in a fighter jet. However, fighter jets cannot be supported by huge logistics equipment like road-based lasers, and if the power problem cannot be effectively solved, laser weapons cannot be applied to fighters.
You must know that in order to develop air-based lasers, the planes carried by the Americans with laser weapons are also modified from large aircraft such as the Boeing 747 for testing, and the application of high-energy laser technology on fighters is not yet available to any fighter.
Originally, Xia Yu just planned to learn about this aspect of the thing and see when it was estimated that it would be applied, but he didn't expect the news given by Yang Wei that there was already a test product of an air-based high-energy laser weapon, which was currently being assembled and tested by the scientific researchers of the relevant project team. Because of the relationship between different units, Yang Wei only said that he would apply first, and Yang Wei could not guarantee when he would be able to get the letter.
Since the laser technology will not be obtained so soon for the time being, Xia Yu is not in a hurry, so he still starts to test the X20 step by step, but the technical verification machine has begun to design reserved space to prepare for the onboard laser weapons.
Day by day, life has not changed much, the basic design technology of X20 has almost been applied, so the technical verification machine is now flying less and less, and the prototype is taking off more and more times, just when Xia Yu thinks that he only needs to wait for the laser technology to be tested at high altitudes, the hidden lunar base suddenly has an unexpected situation.
The moon, a satellite with one-quarter mass of the earth, does not emit light itself, but for people on the earth, it is the brightest star besides the sun and the closest to the earth.
Although anyone can find a general information about the moon from any medium, such as pictures, videos, and documents, anyone can get general information about the moon as a celestial body, but in reality, the moon is still out of reach for most people on earth.
On the lunar surface, since the news of the possible existence of alien technology was obtained a few years ago, the country has carried out a strict blockade of relevant news, and at the same time opened a starship program in order to obtain alien technology, and the first step of the starship program is to establish a lunar base.
The Shenzhou rocket sent basic materials to a plain on the far side of the moon, and then arranged for astronauts to land on the moon and establish a primary base, which was not drowned out of the media's sight even when the conflict between China and Japan broke out.
No matter when, the act of human landing on the moon in this era is a step that cannot be ignored in the history of aerospace, not to mention that this time is not just to return after landing on the moon, but to establish the first extraterrestrial base in human history, which is a milestone in human history.
With the gradual improvement of the base, after the basic living facilities have been sufficiently guaranteed, a test cabin prepared for scientific research has also been established, and some young scientists have also been sent to the lunar base to do scientific experiments, which is the news that will be reported hype every time there is an activity on the lunar base, but what really needs to be kept secret has never been leaked, such as the wreckage of an alien spacecraft hidden in a deep valley twenty-three kilometers away from the lunar base.
There are not many people in the base, only eleven people, except for five astronauts, the remaining six are scientific researchers. One of them, as the commander of the base, is responsible for arranging all aspects of the base, including communication with Earth, while the other four astronauts are responsible for protecting the safety of equipment and scientific personnel, after all, this is the surface of the moon, and any accident can happen. The scientific researchers are mainly responsible for deciphering the wreckage of the huge starship that was almost broken in two and was 471 meters long. This is a huge project, and it is not a plan that can be completed in a short period of time, or even rewarding.
In the past few years, there have only been two groups of personnel on the lunar base, and the number is still eleven, but the lunar base is getting more and more perfect, and the exploration of the interstellar wreckage is no longer as slow and unfamiliar as it was at the beginning, at least for the five people who are now heading to the starship wreck, this journey is no longer unfamiliar.
The lunar work car quietly drove on the flat sand, and then added four tire marks to the countless tire tracks that had been pressed out, and the astronaut Zhou Binghe was responsible for driving, and sitting in the co-pilot seat was another astronaut Huang Dechang, and the three scientific researchers in the rear compartment were Lu Yongchang, Qin Kai and Huang Debin.
It is a work vehicle about the size of a minivan, and it is an electric transport vehicle specially designed and built for lunar work. The cockpit and the compartment have no canopy, just like the open design of the beach motocross bike, except that the driver is sitting side by side, and the three people sitting in the rear compartment are actually sitting on both sides of the carriage like sitting on the kind of three-wheeled motorcycle that transports goods, and in the middle of the carriage, there are the tools needed for scientific research.
There is no air on the moon, so as long as you go out of the capsule, you need to wear a spacesuit, so the five people sitting on the work car are wearing thick spacesuits, if it is not for the gravity of the moon is only one-sixth of that of the earth, the heavy spacesuit alone is enough to bear.
Silently pressed across the sand, the sand particles rolled up by the tires flew and then slowly fell, and although it was only a short distance of 23 kilometers, it took more than an hour for the work truck to reach the edge of the cliff where the wreck of the alien ship fell.
The cliffs were bottomless and pitch black, and the workcar turned on its searchlights as it reached a gap. This is a relatively steep mountain path, although the work can be driven, but there is still a certain danger, so the astronaut Zhou Binghe, who was driving the work car, began to drive down the gap after reminding the others in the car to be careful.