The space agency completed its lunar landing program and also announced its goals for the next phase.

They don't just set a goal, they also start the relevant preliminary work, and in order to use the technological achievements in the new scientific and technological direction, it is natural to cooperate with the corresponding institutions.

The Anti-Gravity Research Center is the most important cooperative institution, because the closest to the aerospace field is anti-gravity technology.

An internal meeting of the space agency determined that the first step was to have a detailed understanding of anti-gravity technology, lateral anti-gravity technology, and superconducting battery technology.

They immediately contacted the Anti-Gravity Sex Research Center, sent a team to Isohai University in a cooperative manner, and also invited the Anti-Gravity Center to visit the space agency in advance.

The space agency, for its part, is hoping for professional guidance.

They hope that the anti-gravity center will send a technical team to the space agency, so that they can learn more about the new technology.

Of course, in the case of asking for help, the first step is of course to send a team to Xihai University.

Chen Jiahe is the leader of the visiting group of the Space Agency, he is the deputy director of the Department of Systems Science and Technology, and at the age of 43, he can still be classified as 'young'.

That's why he's the team leader.

The space agency intends to train Chen Jiahe to be in charge of the next plan, because the next plan needs to use a lot of new technology, and the 'old people' who are studying the moon landing are many old and have difficulty accepting new technology.

Chen Jiahe and his entourage came to Xihai with two destinations, one is the Anti-Gravity Properties Research Center, and the other is the Superconducting Materials Research Center.

One against gravity, one superconducting.

Taken together, the two represent a new direction for the development of cutting-edge science and technology.

Wang Hao was paying attention to the manufacturing of the new experimental equipment, and his work was relatively leisurely, so he went to receive Chen Jiahe and his party.

Chen Jiahe was also very happy to see Wang Hao.

On the way here, they discussed whether they could meet Wang Hao, but the answer was uncertain, and they were not qualified to ask Wang Hao to receive him personally.

After seeing Wang Hao, Chen Jiahe walked together and said directly, "Academician Wang, you should be clear about the purpose of our visit, right?" We want to introduce anti-gravity technology, especially lateral anti-gravity technology, like an empty ship flying saucer. ”

"This technology is used in the aerospace field, and the future is bright!"

"In addition, we have applied for superconducting battery technology, which is also very important, and we will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of these new technologies to see which areas of direction are suitable......

"Rocket propulsion, landing spacecraft, and of course, cargo spacecraft are indispensable, and our next stage goal is to build a large cargo spacecraft, and strive to have the ability to transport hundreds or thousands of tons of equipment and materials to space or the moon at one time."

Chen Jiahe said very seriously.

They feel that this goal is very great, and it is too difficult to transport hundreds or thousands of tons of equipment and materials to space.

The most critical of these is 'disposable'.

The giant rocket with the largest international carrying capacity has a capacity of just over 100 tons, which is already quite a remarkable number.

In the aerospace field, the higher the load, the higher the difficulty.

The moon landing program was stuck in the problem of rocket thrust, and they carried out research and development for more than ten years, and invested countless manpower and material resources to solve the problem.

Now there is the most cutting-edge technology, the horizontal annihilation force field technology, but there are many difficulties in applying the technology to the aerospace field.

There's been a lot of discussion within the space agency.

The most suitable for lateral annihilation force field technology is rocket technology, that is, to create a rocket that can generate a field, greatly reducing the power required to carry it, but one thing must be considered--

Cost.

Cost is a crucial issue.

At present, the vast majority of rockets are discarded after one use, and the so-called rocket recovery technology is far from mature, and there is almost no way to recycle large rockets.

Lateral anti-gravity technology is very demanding, and the accuracy of the rockets created with this technology will be much higher, and even with rocket recovery technology, falling from a high altitude to the ground will inevitably be damaged.

In other words......

Lateral anti-gravity technology is very good, but the cost of using it for rocket propulsion is too high to be consumed.

Chen Jiahe and Wang Hao talked about the problem in a casual conversation, "This technology is used in rockets, and it can indeed greatly increase the load capacity, but the problem is that non-recyclability leads to high costs, and carrying 1,000 tons at a time may not be as good as carrying it in 10 times." ”

"You're right."

Wang Hao showed a patient look, in fact, he felt that Chen Jiahe was 'Ulaula', and the reason why this was so was because he was not interested at all.

Large launch vehicles?

Cargo spaceship?

Are there any technical difficulties with these?

Now there are empty ship flying saucers as samples, and a 'rocket booster' is added to the bottom of the flying saucer, or some other design is carried out to create a rocket or spaceship with a super-large load, and there is no technical difficulty that cannot be overcome.

The space agency's so-called 'next target' is nothing more than 'technology application' and, more importantly, cargo spacecraft......

Doesn't sound 'cool' at all!

Chen Jiahe seemed to see Wang Hao's absent-mindedness, and he was suddenly very depressed, which made the atmosphere a little embarrassing.

Wang Hao still took them to the anti-gravity center and visited two different anti-gravity equipment.

He Yi is a good hand at livening up the atmosphere, and he quipped, "Which of you is interested in going up and trying it?" The device can be turned on at any time and the intensity is controllable, up to 85 percent. ”

"Now many large amusement parks, haven't they all started to promote anti-gravity experience halls?"

"Those machines have a maximum strength of 30 points, and here we can create a field force area of 85 points......"

As soon as He Yi said this, several people were eager to try.

Now that cutting-edge technology has become more and more popular, some large amusement companies have mastered the basic anti-gravity foundation, they have built anti-gravity experience halls, and they have also found a large number of experts, claiming that 'science has shown that anti-gravity fields are harmless to the human body', and even advertised that 'anti-gravity fields are good for health, and occasionally entering the experience can cure various diseases'.

Someone asked directly.

He Yi replied, "Now astronauts also use this kind of field force in training, so there shouldn't be any big problem." Some of us have been there, but it's just that it's uncomfortable to stay for a long time. ”

"When you come out, you might get a little dizzy."

In fact, He Yi just joked that the strength of the field force created by their equipment space is high, but the surrounding area is occupied by equipment, and the space covered by the field force is very small.

There is still a certain danger in going up to experience.

Wang Hao and Chen Jiahe sat next to him to rest, and he suddenly asked, "Director Chen, have you ever considered developing a space shuttle?" ”

Chen Jiahe was stunned when he heard this, "Space shuttle? ”

"The space shuttle has been phased out, the cost of use is too high, and the risk factor has increased dramatically, and it doesn't make much sense to make it."

He found out that Wang Hao was interested in the space shuttle, so he introduced it carefully.

The use of the space shuttle is very expensive, the danger factor is also high, but the load is very limited, the main reason for the obsolescence is the high cost.

With the same load, the cost of a disposable rocket propulsion is lower.

The space shuttle's only advantage over conventional rocket propulsion is flexibility, but its flexibility is also limited by energy power.

In the imagination of ordinary people, the space shuttle can sail freely in the sky, but in fact this is not the case, because of the limitation of energy, the space shuttle still follows the established orbit, and the astronauts cannot adjust the orbit route at will.

It's no different from a rocket.

Wang Hao was silent for a moment and asked, "If the space shuttle has sufficient energy that can be maintained all the time, and at the same time can ensure flexibility, can the cost of use be reduced?" ”

Chen Jiahe wondered, "Don't you consider the cost of energy?" ”

"Not considered."

"If the energy can be maintained and the internal system is always working, then only the surface layer needs to be treated every time it returns to the ground, and the cost will be greatly reduced." ”

"Of course, without considering the cost of energy, but how is that possible? And the load is also an issue. ”

"I said, plenty of energy."

Wang Hao emphasized.

Chen Jiahe's face was full of incomprehension, "Is there enough energy to this extent?" Then you can build a spaceship, and the space shuttle is naturally not a problem. ”

His last sentence was a bit of a joke.

Wang Hao nodded seriously, "That's right, solving the energy problem will solve more than 90% of the problem." ”

"yes."

Chen Jiahe nodded.

Wang Hao's next sentence made Chen Jiahe stunned, "I think you can consider studying the space shuttle." ”

"The new space shuttle will have to apply anti-gravity technology, which can be made in the shape of a flying saucer, and the larger it is, the better."

"You can understand it as a 'space version' of a large air-ship vehicle."

Chen Jiahe was a little stunned when he heard this, "This...... Academician Wang, you're not kidding, are you? ”

"I'm never joking when it comes to technical direction." Wang Hao said, "Think about it, now that there is nuclear fusion technology, if the technology is mature, can it be used on this kind of large flying saucer?" ”

Chen Jiahe swallowed hard, imagining a sigh, "That must be a very large spaceship......

"There may be other energy technologies, but in short, you have to be ahead of your time. It can't be said that only those directions with mature technology are developed, and now that the speed of technological upgrading is so fast, if you only focus on the cargo spacecraft, and wait for the development and manufacturing, wouldn't it be lagging behind again? ”

“……”

Chen Jiahe didn't know what to say, he felt that Wang Hao's idea was too advanced, which he personally couldn't accept at all.

If these words were brought to a meeting of the space agency, he might be sprayed by a large number of old astronauts until he vomited blood.

That's it.

Chen Jiahe left with the others with mixed feelings, thinking about what Wang Hao called the 'large space flying saucer', and still couldn't understand how to make it.

Nuclear fusion technology, as a powerhouse?

"It seems that my thinking is still too limited."

"I can't understand Academician Wang's thoughts at all, a large cargo spaceship? It's no wonder that Academician Wang is not interested, he may not have seen it at all. ”

"Also to ~~~"

"Academician Wang personally led the team to develop the flying saucer of the empty ship, using the two technologies of lateral anti-gravity and superconducting battery, no matter how difficult the technical difficulty of the cargo spacecraft is, at most it is comparable to the empty ship, right?"

"Flying saucers, how long has it been developed? Half? A year? ”

"It's short, anyway."

"The goal we set is only to carry cargo spacecraft, and if we are Academician Wang, we may be able to complete the research in a short time, so he directly talked about the 'large space flying saucer'......"

"The gap is too big!"

……

A week later.

Wang Hao could no longer remain leisurely, and he took Ding Zhiqiang, Paul Phil-Jones and others to the new experimental base.

The experimental base is already busy.

Everyone is busy assembling new equipment, workers are building infrastructure, engineers are discussing safety facilities, and so on.

Trucks are moving equipment, materials, and supplies back and forth.

At the back of the experimental site, several small tests are being carried out, for example, the team at the Institute of Nuclear Physics, which is testing three sizes of uranium rods, is also discussing the sealing of the connection with the uranium rod and the 'neutron channel' connection.

Several physicists are discussing the adjustment of the magnetic field design.

The team of the Annihilation Force Field Experiment Team is also busy, and they are debugging the basic strong annihilation force field equipment.

The device is newly manufactured and uses CWF-041 ordinary superconductors, with a relatively simple underlying structure and a separate cooling unit.

After Wang Hao arrived at the base, someone from the materials team immediately came over, and they introduced a 'first-order alloy steel' CNX-34 provided by the Institute of Aeronautical Materials.

"This steel is specifically used for safety protection."

"CNX-34 has extremely high toughness and strength, explosion-proof performance is about three times higher than that of special steel, and at the same time, the surface layer has just been coated with a new coating."

"This coating is the result of the latest research, and even contains a mixture of brown gold and chemical coatings, which absorbs more than 95% of radiation waves."

The performance of the CNX-34 is really impressive.

Wang Hao was also very satisfied with the performance of the materials, and as soon as he listened to the report of the materials group, he was pulled over by the team of the Institute of Nuclear Physics.

Zhao Jinhua said, "We have prepared three uranium rods of different specifications. ”

"The highest abundance of raw materials is 8 percent, and the lowest is only 2 percent. The nuclear reactor is operated separately, and only neutron channels are connected, and we don't know if this strength is enough? ”

"If the intensity of the nuclear reaction is more demanding, we have also prepared uranium rods with 20% abundance, which will be able to be shipped over soon......"

Wang Hao is also very satisfied with Zhao Jinhua's work.

After that, Zhou Yongxiang from the Institute of High Energy and Yu Dawei from the computer group all came over to talk about the experimental preparation.

Everyone was very positive.

They were very much looking forward to the experiment, and they also hoped that the experiment would be successful, and they kept in mind what Wang Hao said-

History!

Thinking of this, they become extremely serious about their work.

Even without Wang Hao's explanation, each team treats the work as, "No deviations are allowed, and everything must meet the design requirements." ”

"If there is any problem, report it immediately."

"All the preparations must be done, and any needs must be prepared in advance......"

This united and positive atmosphere allowed the experimental preparation to progress quickly and steadily, and after another half a month, the three important parts of the equipment were docked.

Soon.

The rest of the installation is complete.

The countdown to the experiment has begun......

(End of chapter)