Tengyun Project, a long-term aerospace aircraft project planned by the Space Agency.

Specifically, it consists of two stages, and the following is a large aircraft that can take off from the ground and can fly to more than 30,000 meters in close space with a combined turbine-ramjet engine.

On its back, there is a small space shuttle similar to the H1, but with a larger take-off weight of about 30 tons.

When the assembly reaches the edge of the atmosphere, the small shuttle detaches and ignites, using its own power to fly to low-earth orbit to carry out space missions.

Both large and small aircraft can eventually return to the airport in their entirety, and only need to be refueled after maintenance and can continue to perform repeated missions.

It's not bad for the space agency to call this system a space plane, but it does turn out to be pretty much the same.

The kind of aerospace plane that takes off from the ground and flies all the way into space in science fiction movies is still too difficult, and for the space agency, the investment is not proportional to the results, PASS.

So far, this is the space agency's cheap space idea, and it is expected to get the Tengyun system between 2025 and 2030.

The idea of rocket recovery has also been thought about and discussed, and there are still many plans and ideas, but in the end, it is not necessary to assess, it is too difficult to achieve, anyway, the cost of launching a disposable rocket at the price of China is actually not high, and everyone can accept it, unlike Aramco and ESA, which can easily cost more than a billion dollars at a time.

Now the successful recovery of Xinyuan-1B is equivalent to a slap in the face of the space agency, at least from their point of view:

A private aerospace company has simply completed the rocket recovery, which is not as complicated as we think!

This is a negation of the previous route and decision-making, but the space agency will certainly not bite the bullet and not engage in rocket recovery, but it will definitely immediately engage in its own recovery technology.

The heads of several subordinate research institutes were called to Beijing at the same time, and the space agency will re-examine Xinyuan Aerospace Power and its future course.

On the Internet, the fame of Xinyuan Aerospace has finally skyrocketed.

The video of the whole process of the recovery of the Xinyuan-1B rocket was edited and forwarded everywhere, and the popularity rushed to the first place for several consecutive days.

Most people don't understand technology, but when someone can catch a rocket falling from the sky and land it on the ground, they can clearly perceive the huge difficulty and extreme technical power.

At the end of 2014, the 4G network had not yet been fully rolled out, but at this time, the Internet was relatively mature, many high-quality forums were still alive, and the proportion of highly educated people among netizens was higher.

In this era when public knowledge prevails and people still have low self-esteem and do not admit their efforts, Xinyuan Aerospace has gone against the current and has received a lot of praise.

Even Lin Ju saw the words "human light", which was originally used to refer to the Aramco Space Agency, and was later handed over to the empty fork, and now some people have begun to use it to praise Xinyuan.

Even those who usually do not forget to taunt in their busy schedules have also died down, either dryly expressing celebration or playing dead.

The first vertical recovery of the human launch vehicle, making history, has indisputably fallen on the head of the new far-fed astronautics.

Of course, the greater affirmation comes from the official.

On the evening of the successful recovery, the CCAV Central News inserted the successful recovery information of Xinyuan No. 1B in the middle of the process, with a few pictures.

On the evening of the second day, CCTV reporters personally went to the Xinyuan factory to shoot a large number of materials, and also came to interview Guo Shen and Lin Ju.

Now Lin Ju has become a legend, creating miracles one after another at a young age, turning a tractor factory into a rising star in the aerospace industry.

Backed by the glass that separates the corridor and the workshop, Lin Ju was interviewed by reporters here.

Reporter: "Mr. Lin, our interview will be reviewed before it is broadcast, and this interview is relatively simple, so you can relax." Can I get started now? ”

Lin Ju: "Thank you, I'm ready." ”

Reporter: "You studied abroad in Aramco for a year, is the reason why you started the aerospace company also related to this?" ”

Lin Ju: "This is a dream I have had since I was a child, at first I wanted to be an astronaut, and when I grew up to Ami, I found that I could also enter the aerospace industry, and the domestic aerospace market was opened, so I finally decided to do so." ”

Reporter: "We have noticed that Xinyuan Aerospace has a very high level of technology, has repeatedly created miracles, and has become the first company in the world to complete the vertical recovery of the first stage of the rocket, what do you think about this?" ”

Lin Ju: "I am not an aerospace expert, but I have found like-minded partners with my faith, many of them are outstanding talents who have gone abroad to work in the aerospace field, and we have returned to the motherland for a common ideal."

In addition, China has a huge talent pool, so we have set up a dynamic technical team, which can maintain continuous innovation. ”

Reporter: "Xinyuan Aerospace has achieved the first domestic private space rocket into orbit and the successful recovery of the first rocket within three months, which are all projects that were previously considered impossible, does this mean that the rest of the large-scale plans of Xinyuan Aerospace have the possibility of being realized?" ”

Lin Ju: "Make PPT...... We are serious about scientific research, including the long-term lunar and Mars programs, which exist and have been rigorously demonstrated, and here I can reveal a little secret. ”

Reporter: "Oh? What kind of little secret is it? ”

Lin Ju: "The next direction of Xinyuan Aerospace Power is the manned space program, and our new manned spacecraft is in full swing and will make its first flight in 7 to 9 months.

So far, three astronauts have already started training, including two non-professional scientific researchers. ”

Reporter: "......"

"Mr. Lin, is this true?"

The reporter obviously didn't believe it, implying that if Lin Ju was bragging, she would let people edit it, after all, she was going to be on CCTV.

Lin Ju: "Sure and sure, this is indeed our next plan. ”

……

“…… The next direction of Xinyuan Aerospace Power is manned spaceflight......"

The news broadcast an interview with Lin Ju, and Lin Ju in the picture is young and confident, and when he speaks, he already makes people feel incredulous.

This feeling stems from Xinyuan's many successes, and also comes from the foundation that others have been shocked twice in a row, and already have the ability to coax investors.

But the big guy from the space agency didn't come to see this, he casually turned off the TV and looked back at the people sitting on either side of the long table.

Everywhere he looked, everyone lowered their heads, obviously they were all gray-haired old men, but at this time they were all like children who had done something wrong.

"Speak, everyone is no worse than me in terms of technology, let's talk about it from your point of view. Why is it that the result of our argument is a dead end, and people are all at once through?

It's not to blame anyone, it's not to find someone responsible, let's talk about rocket recovery technology again! ”

The table was knocked on the ground, and everyone had to speak one by one, especially those who had previously advocated the impossibility of rocket recovery, and they could only revert their own views little by little.

The benefits of reusable rockets are clear, and now that they can be realized, there's no reason why the space agency shouldn't follow suit.