After the successful test run of the 120-ton K120, it was even easier to simplify the scaled-down version of the K30.

Compared with the current rocket engines of various countries, the biggest feature of K120 is its simplicity.

It does not have dense pipelines, it is all concentrated as much as possible, the volume is also reduced as much as possible, and the technical standards are lower than those of the same type, and it is inherently prepared for mass production.

According to the traditional route, most of them are working on manufacturing methods, such as 3D additive printing technology, which began to mature a few years later.

It cannot be said who is good and who is bad, but there is no doubt that the simple structure is easy to improve reliability.

In the following time, because of the senior technicians and professors transferred from the Southern Institute of Mechanical Engineering and its affiliated factories, the manufacturing speed of various parts of the rocket accelerated sharply.

Due to the experimental nature of the first piece, fewer parts can be made directly by hand, and the resulting product will be more sophisticated than mass production.

As for the generally difficult shells and fuel tanks, because the diameter of the rocket is only 2.5 meters, there are no technical difficulties at all, and most of them can be made by manufacturers.

Tang Weitian, who claimed that he had come to the meeting, also stayed at the tractor factory, and spent all day in the name of visiting and assisting in guidance.

Guo Shen found that this old man was not simple, although he looked like an academic scum in his clothes, he had extremely profound aerospace knowledge, and when he asked, he knew that his major was aerospace dynamics.

Lin Ju's eyes were red when he found out, an academician of astronautics, how good it would be if he could work for him, but unfortunately the gap is too big to be possible.

Here, Lin Ju was thinking about how to try to pry the big bull of the Academy of Sciences with his small body, but on the other side, public opinion began to rise.

As the Southern Institute of Mechanical Engineering fully devoted itself to the rocket and satellite project, some details slowly began to circulate.

The South Institute of Machinery is mainly responsible for satellites, and the content of rockets jointly developed with private enterprises is also known.

The good deeds followed the clues and touched the melons, and finally found that the name written in the cooperation agreement was Xinyuan Town Tractor Factory?

If it weren't for the accidental leakage of the document from a professor's mailbox, there is no doubt about its authenticity, but the result is outrageous.

This incident soon appeared on the school forum of the Southern Institute of Machinery, and then spread to the society.

A few days later, an article titled "Leading Private Aerospace Pioneers, Universities and Tractor Factories Cooperate to Build Rockets" appeared in the media, which quickly attracted a lot of attention.

It just so happened that Lin Ju was also on the forum of Shuinan Machinery Institute during this time, and immediately saw a post about this news.

The forum of the Southern Institute of Machinery, which was not very active, has recently skyrocketed, and the popularity of this post has directly reached the highest.

"Which self-media editor is this sand sculpture news? How can the South Machine Institute say that it is also an old engineering school, how can it cooperate with the tractor factory? ”

"Just kidding, the school's affiliated factories are at least better than the tractor factory, right?"

"I think it's true, my brother and his mentor seem to have gone to the tractor factory to do technical support, and the cooperative unit is indeed called Xinyuan Town Tractor Factory."

"Tell me more about it upstairs"

"Detailing +1"

"Detailing +1"

"No, you go to the school's official website to read it yourself, and you've sent three or four manuscripts."

"What, serious people who read the school's official website."

……

Lin Ju silently turned off his mobile phone, he actually expected this kind of thing.

At that time, when the agreement was signed, the tractor factory had not changed its name, and because the time was very tight, the name of the Xinyuan Town Tractor Factory was used.

As for the new name, he hasn't thought of it yet, after all, as a tractor factory destined to be extraordinary with systematic blessings, the name can't be too hasty.

But this move did give a great shock to the melon-eating masses, and even the teachers and students of the Southern Institute of Mechanical Engineering had to cover their faces every time they saw it.

However, what he didn't expect was that this matter actually attracted the attention of the space agency.

On this day, President Jiang was rarely diligent in his work, and personally went to the laboratory to check the progress of satellite research and development, and suddenly received a phone call.

As soon as he looked at the number, Principal Jiang, who was usually unhurried in doing anything, suddenly rushed to a quiet place and hurriedly connected the phone.

"Hello? Leader, I'm Jiang Yugui from the Southern Institute of Machinery. ”

"Oh, recently I heard that your Southern Machinery Institute has done a big project, not only to build satellites, but also to launch your own rockets into the sky?"

"There is such a thing, but we are playing with small satellites, and the rocket is developed together with private aerospace."

Hearing the private aerospace, there was a long hum on the other side of the phone, which was obviously the real purpose of the phone.

"That private aerospace, what's going on?"

Jiang Yugui hurriedly explained the ins and outs of the matter, and it was difficult for him to remember every detail clearly.

That is, although this ...... The tractor plant was established relatively shortly, but the personnel and equipment really have the technical strength to build rockets? ”

"Leadership, strictly speaking, it's just that their predecessor was a tractor factory, and now it's out of touch. However, we have certainly gone through a detailed investigation and there is absolutely no fraud. Our projects are also semi-public, and the media and industry insiders can visit us as long as they report to us. ”

With this explanation, the person on the other end of the phone has already believed in the truth of the matter and heard the result he wanted.

"Don't be presumptuous, I know the efforts of the Southern Institute of Mechanical Engineering over the years, the country has just opened up the aerospace market, and it is a good thing that private enterprises are so active.

And a satellite of 400 kilograms is not small, and our first satellite is only 300 kilograms, so you have a very high start.

As long as you're really serious about what you're doing, the space agency can give you some support. ”

Hearing the old leader's last encouragement, Jiang Yugui's eyes widened, and he bowed and thanked him over the phone.

The space agency's support is not a polite word, but a real possibility.

Due to its late start, Huaguo Aerospace has a weak launch vehicle lineage and production capacity, but the launch demand is rising year by year.

Moreover, the space agency is now under great pressure to promote large rockets and deep space exploration projects, and supporting a little private enterprise is not an infringement on their interests.

Principal Jiang, who received the tacit support of the big leaders, thought for a long time, and then instructed the school officials to post a blog on Weibo.

The content is a photograph of several professors gathered in front of a half-finished satellite, with a vague hint of space exploration.

Originally, there was not much traffic on the blog of the Southern Academy of Machinery, but it didn't take long for the official account of the Space Administration and several official Weibo of the Academy of Aerospace Sciences to form a group to like and help forward it, which instantly brought popularity.

Although the whole process is vague and ambiguous, this happens to be the usual behavior of the officials, and they do not give clear information unless there is a result.

Now in 2014, the big rocket Long March 5 has two years to make its first flight, and several future private aerospace companies are still in infancy.

To be honest, there is a lot of news about the university's development of satellites, but it is the only one of the scorpions to build their own rockets to launch satellites into the sky.

Then, with all kinds of gossip, the story of the tractor factory building rockets became more and more widespread.