On February 29th, specaX's connectors for the Heavy Falcon were fabricated, and the three-core first stage used by CBC was also ready and being assembled at the factory.

On March 25, the Falcon Heavy will conduct its first static ignition test, with its first maiden flight expected in May or June.

In February next year, it will carry the "Gateway" lunar space station, which is still in PPT status, and send it into lunar orbit.

Although the Gateway space station is designed to be one-sixth the size of the International Space Station and consists of multiple parts, it is very small.

One International Habitation module (I-HAB) and the other Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO), developed by Northrop Grumman in the United States.

The design can provide a living environment for four astronauts, with a total volume of ...... 8 cubic meters, which is a 2x2x2 space, and 4 people need to be stuffed!

It's such a gadget, and it has to be divided into multiple modules, so it can only be said that NACA is really picky, and the engineers even think that astronauts can't stand up straight in this so-called space station.

But this has nothing to do with Lao Ma, he took a picture of the heavy falcon waiting to be assembled but already close together above the final assembly workshop, uploaded it on Twitter and went out, because just now the logistics company called, his transoceanic consignment was immediately transported to the factory.

When he arrived outside the empty fork factory with a few engineers, the workers were priing open the container door, setting up the board, and then slowly driving the car down.

Lao Ma approached him: "Are you an overseas distributor of Xin'an Company?" ”

"Oh? No, I am a local Chevrolet dealer, but Xin'an Company also signed an agreement with us, their company is too far away in China, entrust us with after-sales business, you can also call me if you have something, or apply for service on the official website. ”

The other party didn't say much, and after the car and formalities were delivered, he left, leaving Lao Ma and a group of engineers to stare curiously at the XC4 sports car.

He took the car key in his hand to observe, and immediately found that there were buttons on the back of the key, and the front was actually a small touch screen, with remote start, turn on the air conditioner, anti-theft mode and other functions.

Walking up to the car door, he saw that there was no door handle, no, it was hidden.

As his hand holding the key approached the hidden handle, a small narrow strip rotated inward, clicking, alerting the owner that the handle had been deployed.

The key was taken farther away, and the handle was closed again.

"Induction chip, little thing, right?"

Lao Ma turned back to the engineers and said a word, then pulled the car door and sat in, there was an obvious area on the center console, so he naturally put the key on, and the lights in the car immediately turned on.

He gestured again, and one of the engineers was also seated in the co-pilot.

In the middle of the car machine, the 10-inch screen is turned on, and a rounded prompt box pops up, indicating that it is now the owner's novice guide.

The XC4's shipping mode has been withdrawn by the dealers who have just left, and it is now considered a serious working state.

First set up his own fingerprint, download and install the vehicle status remote monitoring APP on his mobile phone, and after completing the basic settings, Lao Ma said loudly in as standard and serious English as possible according to the prompts:

"Xin,Turn on the air conditioner"

"The air conditioner is on, and according to the local weather, the temperature is set at 26 degrees, and the wind is automatic."

Weather? The old horse realized something.

"Are you networked?"

"I am connected to the network through the Jingwei Smart Network Satellite Service Network to provide you with life and intelligent driving services."

"Can you help me drive to an area?"

Ma Yilong asked the topic that all car owners asked, repeater +1.

"The XW151 intelligent driving system does not support full automatic driving for the time being, but you can set the navigation route, hang up the D gear, turn on the novice mode, and turn on the assisted obstacle avoidance and lane keeping functions to reduce the driving intensity."

At this time, the engineer sitting in the co-pilot spoke:

"Xin'an's engineers knew that autonomous driving would bring legal problems, so they split it into several functions and deliberately guided users to use it!"

Lao Ma nodded, Xin'an Company wants to promote autonomous driving, but also doesn't want to be saddled with a lawsuit, so it will do this.

But they are so confident in the intelligent driving system that they dare to deliberately guide users?

He thought for a while, then opened the navigation software, set a location on the side of the road about 1 km outside the factory, turned on many auxiliary functions according to Xiaoxin's prompts, put on gear, and then released the brake.

XC4 immediately moved, and the steering wheel quickly hit to the left, and the old horse subconsciously wanted to grab it but held back.

The engineer in the co-pilot was staring at the old horse's feet, ready to climb down and help hit the brakes.

Then, with two people and a group of engineers around him yelling, the XC4 smoothly swerved into a big bend into the road, hit the turn signal into the lane, quickly accelerated to 40 yards, and then turned right when it was 30 meters from its destination and pulled over.

The process is smooth, only at the end of the car sounds a "navigation end", and the knob gear is automatically hung to P.

The old horse quickly pulled on the handbrake and moved his stiff legs and feet.

This intelligent driving is also too hardcore, fortunately there are no cars near the factory, otherwise he would not dare to drive at such a fast speed.

However, the engineer was shocked and stroked the car machine with some surprise:

"Take this car to the Tesla team to test, the control system is so aggressive, I have a hunch that it may have some unexpected results."

"Then let me try first, if something happens, we can fight a cross-border lawsuit."

The old horse said something that stunned the engineer, and then continued to set the navigation point, setting it to a gas station on the highway.

The XC4 kicks in immediately, accelerates to 40 mph with a comfortable acceleration and hits the road at high speeds.

After driving for a few hundred meters, the car machine automatically turns into the highway.

The traffic flow has changed from zero to a lot, and the old horse's hand on the steering wheel has been slightly tightened, and his life is still very important.

Entering the highway, the XC4 immediately starts to accelerate all the way to the local speed limit of 80 mph, and automatically turns left turn to divert into the middle lane.

The screen of the car machine changed to three lanes, and the radar detected vehicles within 80 meters of the front and rear and marked them on the screen.

Lao Ma carefully compared and found that there was no difference except for the error in the judgment of the model.

Drivers passing by on both sides noticed the exotic sports car without exhaust pipes, picked up their mobile phones to take pictures, and took a picture of the side face of the old horse staring ahead.

Due to the speed limit, the XC4 is faster than most cars, constantly overtaking and changing lanes. Lao Ma didn't understand the logic of this transformation at all, but he was just thinking about how XW151 could do this in the absence of supporting facilities.

After more than 10 kilometers of travel, it didn't take long for XC4 to pull into the middle of the parking area of the motel next to the gas station, and then automatically stopped, indicating that it had arrived safely.

Due to the proximity to a parking space, a prompt will automatically pop up in the center of the car machine, asking if it will automatically park.

The old horse chose to confirm, and then the XC4 drove a short diagonal body to the right front, and reversed into it, stopping right in the center of the marking area.

(End of chapter)