"Mr. Zhang, what is the price of your company's plane?"

On October 10, when Zhang Jingyuan was about to return, the general, who was unwilling to tell his name, took the initiative to ask thousands of questions.

Zhang Jingyuan looked up at this general, and was a little disgusted by the impression of this person, and told himself on the first day of meeting that he was not qualified to know his name. For such people, Zhang Jingyuan's answer is also very simple: "You can't afford it!" ”

After speaking, he gently stretched out his hand, pushed the other party aside, walked forward by himself, and walked into the car with Shi Shiran, a staff member of the master company, and went away!

On the car, some engineers of the master company are still excitedly reading the detailed report made by the national testing agency; Of course, more follow-up reports will have to wait for some time. However, this inspection is in charge of the Aerospace Research Center, so Zhang Jingyuan is not worried at all that the general who just turned blue will be able to intervene.

In the roar of the car, Zhang Jingyuan was thinking about how to dig Mu Xinghai over. There was no need for anything else, just a flight made Zhang Jingyuan see the importance of talents in this area. The aerospace "driver" is not a car driver, at least, Zhang Jingyuan doesn't know how to train it now. Moreover, if more people can be dug up through Guò Mu Xinghai, even if it is an ordinary person, it will be enough.

In fact, Zhang Jingyuan didn't think about this aspect before, but at that time, he just felt that he was a driver, what was there! But now I understand that Mu Xinghai has given full play to the aircraft, and many places have far exceeded the original design.

Perhaps, it is possible to exchange the plane side through guò? Zhang Jingyuan thought of the general's covetousness for his plane, and when the plane landed, this person gently stroked it and couldn't put it down. Moreover, obviously, when the plane was about to be completely dismantled, the other party was obviously reluctant and heartbroken. If you can make a deputy commander of the Air Force show such a demeanor, maybe this thing can be operated.

On the 12th, after a cheerful holiday, the master company once again began to be busy with tension, especially the aircraft department and the material department. Today, the company's original three factories of metals, composite materials, and non-metallic materials have been completely merged into one new materials division.

In the research and development of aircraft, materials are also threshold technologies alongside engine technology.

In this flight test, the engineers of the master company realized for the first time that the original screw is so critical; After the plane landed, some key parts of the screws, have been slightly deformed, the kind of rapid and dangerous maneuver in the sky, some key parts to bear more than ten times dozens of times the gravitational acceleration, and even to drive the surrounding components, maybe a few centimeters in the size of the space, it needs to bear more than ten tons or even more weight, so it also puts forward higher requirements for screws and other connecting parts.

As mentioned earlier, in aerospace, the technical content of screws and the like is much higher than that of ordinary aircraft shells!

In this flight test, the master company spent almost 70 or 80 billion yuan, and the cost price of just one aircraft is almost close to this figure. In addition, in order to cultivate the pride of the company's employees, Zhang Jingyuan paid out of his own pocket and brought all the employees and their families to Xijiang to observe on the spot, which is not a small number of food, clothing, housing and transportation - 100,000 people!

In addition, the support of the employing state, the resources actually used, far from the surface of 500 million yuan, there are more so-called secret transactions. In the final analysis, the 500 million yuan is only for the country, and the specific implementation of the person must always have some benefits, otherwise why should people serve you wholeheartedly! Don't look at these experts to serve so hard, in fact, it is beneficial!

It's just that in order to rise, these prices have to be paid!

In the same way, with this data, the master company will be able to use this as a basis to come up with a truly mature technology, and it is no longer a testing machine!

At the same time, the engines that have been finalized are being developed according to the data of those numbers, and the second generation: K02 and S02; However, the large engine, the kind of engine that can provide more than 100 tons of thrust, the master company only does research and development on the technology of using water as the working medium, in the final analysis, using air as the working medium is only suitable for the earth's atmosphere! As for the atmospheres of other planets -- there seems to be a lot of methane, and who knows what happens at high pressures.

The most important thing is that according to the existing research data, water is extremely common in space, and it is also an extremely stable substance, only in the solar system, including satellites, there are almost a dozen planets composed of water/ice, some comets, etc., basically ice cubes. But the atmosphere, the atmosphere that is suitable for human existence, is now only found on Earth. Therefore, all things considered, the working medium of the ultra-large engines that will be used in space in the future will be water.

Now, in terms of technology, there is no threshold for the master company to enter space, and basically the basic technical reserves have been completed! However, the training mechanism of talents, space talents, is an obstacle. In this regard, the master company is helpless.

Space is not the ground, and even people who have never learned to drive a car can try to drive it; But in space, once it misses, according to the current technical situation of the earth, the cost of a space vehicle is basically tens of billions of Chinese coins, and most importantly, once it crashes, there is almost no possibility of survival. These costs are too heavy, so Zhang Jingyuan has to once again set his sights on the country.

Of course, you can't hang yourself from a tree, and if the lion opens your mouth on the national side, then you don't mind hiring some relevant agencies abroad. I believe that as long as the current master companies are willing to pay the price, such as engines, some countries are willing to help - as for what technical leaks and the like, it is nonsense, you don't do it, and some countries are willing! At least, there are 15 manned space stations in space now, and there is no problem with 30 countries involved.

The last time Germany extended a helping hand to the personnel of the master company, and got two engines in return, I don't know how many countries were envious! After all, such a return, the master company is very timely; Orders, on the other hand, need to wait. It is said that the German diplomat had privately thanked the British for their "help", but the British were extremely embarrassed - not to mention offending the master company, but also giving the old rival the lead! There's nothing more stupid than that.

Like Egypt and Algeria, no matter what the relationship between the two countries is, when it comes to space exploration, the two countries are surprisingly consistent and fully engaged. In fact, in this time when the space age is approaching, as long as you are not stupid, you know that this will be the last competition on the earth, and if you fail, you will never recover, it will no longer be like the Age of Discovery, just colonization, and there may be independence - ships cannot go to land after all; But in the space age, the muzzle is in the sky! To put it mildly, a stone in space is not necessarily less powerful than a bomb when it falls to the ground.

Fortunately, Zhang Jingyuan didn't have time to leave to negotiate with the state, but the country took the initiative to find itself - what, the plane is very good, we want it!