Early in the morning, in the Jinling Aerospace Base.

By the time dawn, everyone in the base had already gotten out of bed.

The usual familiar washing has become a little heart-pounding today, and everyone can't help but speed up the progress.

It was less than seven o'clock, and there were still more than two hours before the first official flight of the Xinghai, but all the staff in the base had already entered their jobs, and everyone was busy in an orderly manner.

After a brief work report, in the general control center, Xu Chuan gave the order to set sail.

Not far away, in the assembly center, facing the rising sun in the east, in the center of the empty launch site, a huge space shuttle is slowly leaving the building under the towing equipment and heading towards the spacious runway.

In the general control center, Xu Chuan stood in front of the command platform, parallel to Academician Chang Huaxiang, watching the Xinghai that was slowly driving on the taxiway through the video transmitted from the surveillance screen.

In the base, the media reporters arranged by CTV and the Jinling Municipal Government quickly pressed the shutter to preserve this precious moment.

A short and long time passed, and the Star Sea, which had been introduced to the wide runway by a tractor, stopped moving. Engineers and technicians who had been waiting there for a long time quickly stepped forward with a variety of equipment to do a final inspection.

Standing in the center of the general control room, after trying the headset, Xu Chuan said in a clear and powerful voice: "All units and teams report on their work. ”

[The work of the aerospace control team has been completed, and the take-off orbit has been cleaned up!] 】

[The supercomputer team is ready, and the ballistic data has been verified!] 】

[The communication system group is ready, the current communication and Xinghai remain stable, and you can switch to the backup channel at any time!] 】

【. 】

[The flight control group is ready, the current flight control system is good, and it can be activated at any time!] 】

【. 】

One after another, the sound of reporting sounded in my ears, with excitement, suppressing excitement and trembling.

Everyone knows what their work stands for today.

Standing in the general control room, Xu Chuan listened carefully to the reports one by one until the feedback from the last group came.

[The work of the inspection team is complete! The Star Ocean is now ready! 】

After reconfirming that all the preparations had continued, Xu Chuan stood in front of the console and gave a new order:

"Attention all units and teams! According to the plan, start the first voyage in an orderly manner! ”

"Roger!"

"Roger!"

“.”

With a report, the Xinghai, which stood on the spacious runway in the distance, gradually woke up from its slumber.

The small reactor housed in the core module was the first to operate, a plasma iris as bright as the Milky Way was running at high speed, and the energy generated by fusion was channeled out to the ferrofluid generator set, which was quickly converted into a huge supply of electrical energy to the space shuttle.

With the injection of huge electric energy, the aerospace engine deployed in the tail of Xinghai played its own music, and a low humming sound quickly spread from the tail of the space shuttle.

At this moment, the compressor used to collect the air as the working fluid is also running rapidly, and the continuous flow of atmosphere is purified and purified and sent to the ionization chamber to be ionized by the huge heat into a high-temperature plasma that emits light and heat.

Immediately, these high-temperature plasmas are sent to the spiral-accelerating magnetic field in an orderly manner under the constraints of the magnetic field.

The huge spiral magnetic field formed by the structure of the improved superconductor will accelerate these high-temperature ions to an extremely exaggerated speed, and the huge reverse thrust formed by it can carry the space shuttle to complete its mission.

At this moment, at the tail of the Star Sea, a pale red cone-shaped tail flame appeared behind each vector propulsion unit, and then fused into one, forming a narrow reddish-purple flame of light.

This is the high-temperature flame color of nitrogen and oxygen ions.

It also means that the plasma working fluid is accelerated to a speed that is far beyond the reach of a conventional power system

Of course, its starting power is still very low, and the thrust formation is still weak enough to propel the massive shuttle.

After all, Xu Chuan still needs it to stay on the runway for a short time, waiting for the final moment to come.

[The aerospace engine is running normally, and the current power is 1.7%!] 】

[The fusion reactor is operating normally, and the current output power is 0.63%!] 】

[The working fluid compressor is running well, the current working fluid can meet the operation of Xinghai, and the standby working fluid is in storage!] 】

[Intelligent flight control system is ready!] 】

【. 】

One by one, the reports were quickly transmitted to the control center after the launch of the Xinghai was completed, and finally, after a short and long time, they ushered in the last step.

Standing in front of the main console, Xu Chuan glanced at the time, then at Academician Chang Huaxiang standing beside him, and asked with a smile, "Do you want to come together?" ”

Academician Chang Huaxiang took a deep breath and his eyes fell on the Xinghai on the monitoring screen: "It's enough for you to come!" ”

He was very satisfied to see the space shuttle in his own hands, and this time when it was worth remembering by history was even more worthy of leaving this young scholar alone.

Xu Chuan didn't give in anymore, he nodded, took a deep breath, and glanced around the crowd in the control center.

There, everyone's eyes met with him, full of anticipation and excitement.

From the beginning of the space industry in 1956 to the launch of the first artificial earth satellite in 1970, a full 67 years have passed.

Half a century has witnessed the efforts of generation after generation. And now, the opportunity to change astronautics, to change the whole world, has arrived!

The endless sea of stars is right in front of you, push it away, and it will be a deep and distant universe!

Standing in front of the main console, looking at the button in front of him, Xu Chuan took a deep breath again and spoke with a slightly trembling voice.

"Ladies and gentlemen, it is an honor to stand here with you today and witness the miracle of history together."

"No matter what the future holds, and no matter what the outcome is today, we will go down in history!"

The two short sentences, with a slight tremble, made everyone hold their breath and focus on the figure in front of the main console.

Xu Chuan did not hesitate and gave an order!

"Xinghai, set sail!"

With the issuance of instructions, under the control of the supercomputing center and the airborne supercomputer, the output power of the small stack rises rapidly. The mighty energy poured out of the tiny fusion reactor and turned into the power that propelled the shuttle.

The purple-red tail flame continued to lengthen, and after a short period of time, the Star Sea began to move forward on the wide, straight runway.

The huge fuselage carries the mission and accelerates forward, and the speed is getting faster and faster.

When the fuselage is more than halfway through the narrow runway, under the control of the intelligent flight control system, the nose of the nose is slightly lifted forward, and its front wheels are already off the ground.

As if a meteor rose against the sky, dragging the red-purple stars to pass, the Xinghai carried Xu Chuan's dream, but also carried Huaguo, and carried the human beings' admiration for the cosmic sea of stars, and set sail to the blue sky.

Seeing it go away, whether it was the engineers or technicians standing at the far end of the base runway, or the crowd in the control center, at this moment, the most violent cheers erupted, and everyone was celebrating, hugging, and venting the excitement and excitement in their hearts.

Listening to the deafening cheers and looking at the space shuttle that had disappeared into the blue white clouds on the monitoring screen, Xu Chuan also showed a bright smile on his face.

He, he succeeded!

Although it was only the first time to set sail, although the mission of the Xinghai had just begun, just like the Xinghai that traveled far away, he also successfully jumped into his own blue sky.

On the side, standing in front of the main console, standing beside Xu Chuan, looking at the Xinghai that had already lifted off, I don't know when, Academician Chang Huaxiang's face was already full of tears.

Project 863 is an important project he has been involved in, and it is also the place where his mentor's dream came to life.

Although the space shuttle-related plans were ultimately rejected, China's aerospace development has not been interrupted, Dongfanghong 1, Shenzhou 1, Shenzhou 5, Beidou Satellite Navigation System, Tiangong-1, Chang'e Project.

A series of achievements have confirmed the surging development of China in the field of aerospace, and today, the space shuttle project that was rejected at the beginning has also set off again, heading towards the desirable space flight.

Forty years later, the materials and techniques that were summarized and designed by his teachers have taken to the sky.

The only regret is that his mentor didn't get to see this scene.

However, I believe that his teacher has a spirit in the sky, and he is watching this scene with a smile.

PS: There are still in the afternoon, it may be one, it may be two, and the monthly pass is asked for during the double period!

(End of chapter)