"The world's largest space shuttle appears in Xinyuan City"

"Back to the old ways? Space Shuttle Comeback"

"A nuclear-powered space shuttle or a reality?"

"Director Lin is not joking, maybe he really used the space shuttle to land on the moon!"

"NACA: R&D underway for the next generation of large reusable spacecraft into orbit."

When the aerodynamic test prototype of the H2 appeared on the Internet, the reaction of the aerospace community was no less than that of being thrown with water that burned red iron.

It's not that H2 is too advanced, it's that it's too "backward".

Unlike H1, which has a large-scale application of wing-body fusion and lift-body technology, H2 is more like a traditional space shuttle, with wing-body fusion, but it is used less, and the layout is also very conventional, similar to Columbia and Buran, but it is larger.

Although the criticism of the space shuttle has gradually reversed, the outside world still thinks that the small space shuttle has a lot of promise, and the large space shuttle itself is incorrect.

Is the nuclear thermal-powered space shuttle announced by Xinyuan last year real? A nuclear-powered space shuttle going to the moon?

Except for the Aviation Development Commission, which knows that the A100 nuclear engine has no shadow at all, and the H2 produced first is conventional power, other space agencies, including NACA, believe that H2 is only nuclear power.

Last year's H2 nuclear thermodynamic space shuttle moon landing plan was actually not taken seriously, a space shuttle, a nuclear fission engine, two things that were eliminated in the Cold War combined to land on the moon? That's hell to see.

But when the full-scale aerodynamic test prototype of the H2 flew all the way from Xinyuan to Ulan Ha Mountain, it was only after NACA, which kept getting the news, that it felt the seriousness of the matter.

Director Claire, along with several members of NACA, is now in the Pentagon's Special Intelligence Center.

Why is NACA in the Pentagon? That's a good question.

In the intelligence room, Michael Carey, with a star on his shoulder, sits opposite Claire, and his assistant is nailing stacks of materials to the wall while explaining:

"In October last year, Huaguo Power Investment, China General Nuclear Power Corporation and Xinyuan signed an agreement to build a base for the latter, apparently only for use as a nuclear base.

At the same time, Nankai Cheng, a scientist who returned from the country of Fu, was hired by Xinyuan and then disappeared, and considering their close ties with the military, nuclear engine research should have started at that time.

If the H2 had been tested for a year, and then construction of the official H2 had begun, the progress of the nuclear engine would have been about the same. ”

"Wait." Michael Carey knocked on the table:

"I know that he is a sensitive person, but I remember that his evaluation was very low, and the University of Bordeaux even wanted to get rid of this guy sooner, thinking that he could not do any research other than teaching students."

Carey clearly expressed his doubts, every Chinese scientist who went abroad has a concern, Cheng Nankai belongs to the kind of crane tail, has been unknown, why do you think this person can lead the development of advanced A100 engines?

Claire: "I know that. ”

The rest of the people looked at the NACA director, and the latter's expression suddenly became hideous, and he began to say the reason through gritted teeth:

"Do you know that the first overseas scientist recruited by Lin Ju, that is, our mid-level Chinese engineer Guo, who has worked with us for nearly ten years, can only be regarded as decent.

But as soon as he returned to China, he immediately led the development of the advanced K120 engine, which then included the M220 liquid oxygen methane engine, the H240 liquid oxygen liquid hydrogen engine, and even now Xinyuan's latest, and the world's most powerful K380 engine, all of which are led by him!

You say! Why did Guo perform so mediocre when he was NACA and so dazzling when he returned to his homeland? ”

Carey frowned, and then a gasp rang out in the conference room.

A certain detective who conducted a survey on the loyalty of Chinese Americans said tentatively: "Could it be that they want to return to their own country from the beginning, and then deliberately hide their talents, study quietly, and then be driven back because they are not so important, so as to serve their motherland?" ”

Claire nodded gloomily: "That's right, that's it, letting Hua Guoqian go back will make future international students vigilant, so they are likely to hide their talents and reduce the difficulty of leaving." ”

Carey: "...... I find it hard to believe, especially not by one person, is it possible that they stole our technology? ”

Claire shook her head fiercely, her tone very affirmative: "No way, we don't have that kind of technology, unless you plan to dig up the UFOs in Area 51 for us to study." ”

Carey: "......"

"There are no aliens in Area 51, and there are no UFOs."

"yes, so there's no way NACA deliberately hid advanced technology."

The two froze for a moment, and Carey decided to skip the topic for a moment and get down to business.

"The Air Force wants to know most of all, can the nuclear thermodynamic space shuttle succeed?"

Claire: "Yes, we have built large space shuttles, Atlantis, Endeavour, and Discovery three space shuttles are still in the Kennedy Space Center, and even the nuclear engines tested in the last century have not been destroyed, and there are still prototypes preserved."

Sir, if it weren't for the interruption of the follow-up plans, the follow-up Saturn V would have been equipped with a nuclear engine. ”

Carey nodded and continued to ask, "So is it possible for a space shuttle equipped with a nuclear engine to output a considerable amount of electricity to ...... Laser use? ”

Claire's mind instantly conjured up a scene of a space shuttle sneakily approaching the satellite, the back of the plane quietly opening to reveal a polished shot.

That's not a camera, it's a megawatt laser cannon that illuminates a satellite in 0.05 seconds with the powerful power supply of three nuclear engines, turning the latter into ashes......

He understood why Carey was looking for him, and why the Pentagon was willing to send manpower and material resources to collect information.

It's hard to say whether the H2 Space Shuttle will do this, but Carey must want it, and the Pentagon must want it.

What's more, H2 is theoretically capable of doing just that!

Three nuclear reactors, together with capacitor arrays, are enough to solve the energy problem of space-based laser weapons.

Claire: "Yes, if the actual performance of the A100 engine used in the H2 is not too bad, the laser weapons on board have the potential to reach the megawatt power. ”

Carey automatically ignored Claire's "potential", and now the Navy is testing lasers with a power of only a few tens of kilowatts, and the envisioned large laser is 300 kilowatts, if the Air Force can have megawatt-class lasers......

Carey: "Commissioner Clare, NACA's mission is not just to explore space, it's to take on the responsibility of defending freedom. ”

"But ......"

Carey: "I don't care what I do to get Aramco to have a nuclear-powered space shuttle or whatever, AirForce needs it." ”

(End of chapter)