Chapter 502: Reactions from all sides
"The inspection is complete, and all crew members have been secured." The co-pilot's voice was a little urn-like.
He is the second commander of the team, and is responsible for assisting Zhang Yan in managing the entire flight team, and will take over Zhang Yan's duties when necessary.
Zhang Yan also finished checking his retainer, he took a deep breath, and turned on the driving button of the Tiandao assistance system: "Tiandao intelligent assistance system, take over the driving."
"Order: Get out of the atmosphere!"
"The ultimate goal: to reach 800 kilometers of low-earth orbit!"
Under the huge overload of 7.9 kilometers per second at the first cosmic speed, he could not flexibly control the aerospace plane and fly correctly.
Especially when switching between different engines, manual operation, and computer control, he still prefers to trust the computer.
Anyway, this is in accordance with the established trajectory, flying directly upwards, between power conversions, the artificial intelligence does not have the pain of their overload, and can always remain awake and extremely sensitive.
As long as it is not a complicated flight, the intelligent driving system is still very easy to use.
On the pilot's instrument, the red and green lights flashed and went off, and the electronic sound was transmitted to all crew members.
"Techdow Intelligent System has officially taken over flight control."
"Command, get out of the atmosphere, ultimate goal: reach 800 kilometers of low-earth orbit and fly around the blue star."
"Please confirm the order!"
"Order confirmed!" Zhang Yan held the armrest tightly with both hands.
"The acceleration has been turned on, and the aircraft will reach a maximum speed of Mach 35 in one minute, please protect yourself with all crew members."
Although the Tiandao Intelligent System said a hint of concern, the cold electronic tone did not have any emotion.
He suddenly felt a weight in his body, and a huge pressure came from the front, pressing him heavily against the back of the chair, unable to move.
The seats automatically adjusted with the overload, tilting to sixty-five degrees, almost parallel to the deck floor.
The pressure from the abdomen and lower limbs allows the blood to travel up to the head.
Even so, he felt that his brain was gradually running out of oxygen, and his thoughts became erratic.
The image in front of me seems to be blurry.
In a trance, the violent shaking of the space plane became less intense, and the body seemed to have no weight, floating in the endless universe.
The aerospace plane has accelerated to more than Mach 30 at this time.
In this way, it is almost out of the middle layer of the atmosphere ....
He opened his eyes and glanced at the dashboard, only to find that the speed was only Mach 28 at this time, and he had not yet reached the second cosmic velocity.
At this time, the altitude is only more than 80 kilometers from the troposphere top.
The air in the stratosphere is very thin, and the shaking of the space plane due to the atmospheric drag suddenly calms down.
Below them, there are boundless, endless clouds.
The sun's rays shone down from above, turning the entire cloud layer into a sea of gold.
Zhang Yan and the others endured the aerospace plane flying at the second cosmic speed, and they couldn't care about all the changes in the scenery outside the window.
Even the aurora belt, which crosses more than 100 kilometers, and the dazzling aurora, cannot arouse their interest in the slightest.
The rocket engine stopped, started, stopped, and reciprocated several times, each time after exceeding the second cosmic velocity of eleven kilometers per second, it stopped the engine and continued to slide forward using inertia.
When the speed decreases, the engine is started again and the acceleration is carried out again.
Finally, Zhang Yan's ordeal reached the end, and the speed of the aerospace plane slowly slowed down and slowly entered the low-earth orbit of 800 kilometers.
Here, they only need to make a uniform circular motion around the blue star at the first cosmic velocity (about eight kilometers per second).
Because the flight speed just counteracted the gravity, Zhang Yan and the others felt that as soon as they were loosened, their bodies gradually floated, but they were only restrained on the seat and did not float out.
In fact, the gravity of the center of the earth has not been completely canceled out,
This is not yet a completely weightless environment, but a microgravity environment.
They only need to use very little force to apply a forward motion.
However, Zhang Yan and others could no longer notice this slight difference.
In front of them, there was a brilliant starry sky.
Without the obstruction of the atmosphere, the sun's rays are so dazzling that people dare not look at them directly.
This is outer space, we fly from the ground all the way to outer space!
This height can already provide a very wide view for overlooking the whole picture of the blue star.
This altitude is more than twice the highest altitude reached by Yang Liwei in the Shenzhou 5 manned space flight in 2003!
It also exceeds the height of the International Space Station jointly built by 16 countries, including Japan, Canada, Brazil and the European Space Agency!
Looking up from the ground, the stars that just shimmered faintly were so shining at this time.
The stars spread across the sky, forming a sea of stars, like a brilliant gem, set on the dark curtain, which can be taken off with just your hand.
"It's fascinating!" In Zhang Yan's intercom, there was a burst of heartfelt admiration.
Everyone looked out the window at the stars, intoxicated.
Under the influence of the rotation of the blue star, the aerospace plane orbits the blue star, relying on inertia, and flies in an elliptical orbit.
In the nearest place, it was only 600 kilometers away from Blue Star, and in the distance, it reached more than 40,000 kilometers.
Therefore, it is only necessary to change the orbit through the rocket engine when the orbit is running, reach the geostationary orbit of the Blue Star, and fly around the equator, which can become an existence similar to the existence of the Geostationary Satellite of the Blue Star.
There is not much fuel to consume.
Zhang Yan and the others only stayed in space for about sixty minutes, took a lot of photos, and already flew around the Blue Star.
While they are studying Blue Star, collecting relevant data through the large amount of equipment carried by the aerospace aircraft, they themselves have also become the object of research around the world.
When they first conducted flight tests at low altitudes, due to the effect of stealth coatings, the radar reflection area was small, and they were far away from foreign ultra-long-range radar stations, and they had not yet been discovered.
However, when they jumped to the sky, there was no interference from a lot of clutter.
Around the world, there are countless radar stations, space detection devices, astronomical stations, as well as space stations and satellites in space, and their traces have been discovered.
Countless eyes were focused on their aerospace plane.
Many people were terrified when they saw them accelerating upwards with all their might, was this a suicidal shock, or was it flying across the atmosphere?
With the rocket engine of the aerospace aircraft activated, no one doubted that it was a transatmospheric vehicle or not.
They were all shocked by what they found!
When did the Chinese people come up with this kind of flying machine!
Among them, the most incredible thing is the people of the United States.
As early as 1969, they put forward plans for the construction of reusable space launch vehicles.
On February 5, 1986, then-President Ronald Reagan announced in a convention address that the United States would develop a new type of space shuttle, the National Aerospace Aircraft, the Aerospace Aircraft.
This marked the beginning of the formal development of the aerospace aircraft in the United States at that time.
However, the manufacture of aerospace aircraft is very difficult, involving technical issues such as the combination and conversion of three engines, the need for high-strength and high-temperature materials, and the control system with artificial intelligence.
So the project has been going on intermittently, and there is a shortage of funds from time to time.
It was only a few aircraft companies that managed to survive through small-scale experiments with funds secured from Congress.
It was not until last year (2011) that it was completely terminated by Congress because the cost budget and the difficulty of development were too high.
However, the Chinese people were silent, and suddenly took out such a mature aerospace plane
It's amazing!
And judging by the blurry images captured by their satellites, judging by the size of this aircraft, it is very likely that it is a manned flight!
Didn't they just launch the Shenzhou 8 unmanned spacecraft and the first target vehicle into space some time ago?
Judging by this, their space technology should be at least forty years behind us!
However, how is it that in the blink of an eye, they have even developed an aerospace aircraft, a flying machine that is still in the theoretical stage?
And also made such a successful flight?
Even if the two technologies are parallel, this technical fault is inevitably too big, so big that analysts' brains are almost unable to turn.
The Houston Space Center, as well as all the space devices, were all aimed at Zhang Yan and them.
They really couldn't understand Huaxia's inexplicable move.
Shock, congratulations and doubts for countries around the world.
In fact, Huaxia herself was extremely surprised, worried, and shocked.
When Zhang Yan and others flew the aerospace plane to a high altitude, the first thing they discovered was not a foreign long-range surveillance radar network, but a ground radar station in the southwest sub-region.
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