The An-1250 pressed down on the nose, and the front wheels bottomed out only a little later than the main landing gear, and then the eight engines turned on the thrust reverser at the same time and braked with all their might.

This is still an empty weight of only 440, if you want to carry an H2 space shuttle or the three core-level rocket bodies of Xinyuan No. 2A, then the weight is close to 700 tons, and every time you land, you have to go all out to actively slow down.

Since the landing was on runway 2, the An-1250 was a little farther away from the crowd, and finally when passing the end of the runway, two fire trucks sprayed water from both sides to create a water curtain, which usually the plane would pass under the water curtain.

But the huge size of the An-1250 can only make the water curtain rush slightly through the nose, which is still what the firefighters can only do by adjusting the height of the water cannon to the limit.

The super-monster used its power to make a big bend back to Runway 1, slowly moving from the reverse of take-off to a stop in front of the crowd.

Everyone immediately made way of a passage, and the superior leaders strode forward accompanied by Lin Ju, at this time a hatch was opened on the side of the nose, and when they walked in, two test pilots just got down from the elevator and stood at the hatch to salute.

The superior shook hands with the two of them and asked cordially:

"With such a big plane, isn't it difficult to fly?"

"Report to the chief, the An-1250 adopts an advanced intelligent assisted driving system, the whole machine is controlled by the electronic system, it is easy to drive, and it also has the ability of AI to take over and fully automate in an emergency."

The superior nodded, and then followed the engineers from Xinyuan along the side of the plane to the cargo compartment at the tail first.

When passing by the main landing gear of the 13-wheel train, the superiors couldn't help but touch the hard tires.

"This tire must be very expensive, right?"

The person in charge of Shu Oak Company hurriedly squeezed up:

"The tire standard required for An1250 is very high, which is produced by us in conjunction with Xinyuan Company, developing new technologies and forming a new team, and the production cost is not too high, but the R&D investment alone has reached more than 100 million, breaking through a number of new technologies."

Superior: "Very good, the tires of this aircraft will drive a major project of an enterprise, and the whole aircraft can lead to the technological upgrading of the entire industrial chain." ”

Then the group came to the cargo hold, and the doors on the left and right sides and below had been opened, revealing a tall cargo hold like an abyss.

Nearly three meters above the ground alone, it was hard to believe their eyes when a dozen people walked along the tailgate.

The cargo compartment of the An-1250 is 7.5 meters wide and 6.9 meters high, spacious enough to park two heavy trucks side by side, and the length has also reached a terrifying 100 meters.

A middle-aged man in civilian clothes but couldn't hide his sharp breath touched the inner wall of the cargo hold and said with emotion:

"This plane, two 99A main battle tanks are parked side by side, and a full six can be put down, and there are two platoons flying on the plateau front line at a time, if you want to transport people, it is no problem to modify a brigade of seven or eight thousand people!"

As he spoke, he looked at Tao Changhong, who was also groping around, and the latter pretended not to see it and turned his head.

The maximum load of the Yun-20 is 66 tons, which is just enough to stuff a 99A, and the An-1250 is not a minimum of six top Yun-20?

But if they say to the military that they should take 6 Y-20 for one An-1250, they will absolutely agree, because the strategic airlift capacity is not counted as a few more planes together, but only the ability to launch at one time.

Moreover, the purchase price of a Yun 20 is also 800 million, and the price of 6 aircraft is 4.8 billion, which is about the same as the price of an An 1250.

Moreover, this priceless super plane turned out to be domestically produced, and the middle-aged man was surging in his heart at the moment, and he was already thinking about where to buy a few planes for the Western Military District, which needed the most airlift capacity.

There are few people in the cockpit, in addition to the superiors and other leaders no more than six people, the experience of taking the elevator to the cockpit also amazes them, and together with the four or five people from Xinyuan into the cockpit is not crowded at all, the superior also sat in the driver's seat, and SC09 had a voice interaction, and the surprise in the eyes can not be hidden.

"Will the C832 and C822 in the future also be equipped with this kind of intelligent driving system?"

Lin Ju: "Yes, our SC09 intelligent driving system was originally developed for the space shuttle, and later simplified to derive a flight version, which is very reliable, and can also alleviate the fatigue of the pilot during the flight, and pays great attention to human-computer interaction." ”

At noon, the superior postponed his trip and had lunch in the canteen of Xinyuan Company, while observing the state of the employees of the B-level base at work.

He found that although it was extremely busy, the atmosphere was still very relaxed, and the upper and lower levels of the department were not clearly distinguished, which may be the reason why Lin Ju took the lead, all the management and the most ordinary employees ate in the canteen, and they had long been accustomed to it.

After lunch, the superiors, space agency bigwigs, and a few others saw Anderov's planned "forward" space station in the small conference room.

The superiors were moved, the big guy was dumbfounded, and the others were also surprised.

This is a space station with an expected mass of 2,000 tons at the time of operation! Or centrifugal!

Anderov: "This year we're going to launch two core modules, and then we're going to launch six spoke modules and they're going to be installed by the H2 big shuttle, and we're going to increase the strength by fixing the frays on the outside, and then we're going to move on to the crew module.

As for the six service modules and six crew modules, it may not be until next year to be launched, and the Endeavour space station will be put into trial operation by 2018. ”

Big Guy: "There are so many things, at least twenty or thirty heavy or giant rockets will be launched." ”

Lin Ju: "So an 1250 is very necessary. ”

But that's not all, Anderov continued:

"The maximum angular velocity of rotation in which the human body can live normally is only 2 revolutions per minute, so the advance is just the beginning, or the verification type, the future centrifugal space station will provide about 0.6G gravity, the rotation speed will be reduced to 1.5 revolutions per minute, and the radius will be about 240 meters, so as to support several years of space life and prepare for entering deep space."

Academician She, who came with the big man, thought for a long time, and after listening to Anderov's words, his thoughts were immediately opened:

"You're already planning a voyage to deep space?!"

Anderov nodded: "Mars travel can be shortened to 4 to 6 months in the future if the nuclear heat engine is used, but if it is further afield, Jupiter, Saturn, and even to the Kuiper Belt, and even interstellar travel, without a gravity device or sub-light spacecraft that directly acts on the principle of gravity, the centrifugal space station is our only means of maintaining gravity."

Of course, these are still far from now, but it is necessary to prepare early, and the advance can also be used as the prototype of the spaceport, providing mankind with an epoch-making permanent spaceport, so that astronauts no longer need to exercise for a long time every day to ensure physical function, and the time saved is very valuable for space. ”

Deep space navigation may be just an idea for other people on the earth, even if it is pushed to the next century, it will be no problem, but Lin Ju believes that the task of the system will only become more and more difficult, and the span from manned spaceflight to manned landing on the moon is already not small.

If you come directly to build a Jupiter research station later, it will be really dumbfounded.

(End of chapter)