Chapter 212: Endeavour

"We ...... To interfere with suppliers? ”

Is it considered a leap forward to include parts suppliers in the production plan management of the base? Suppliers are not subordinate companies.

Seryov: "I have looked at most of the parts catalogs, and the components produced by outsourcing are relatively uncomplicated, and the main core components are produced at the site.

So urging suppliers can do it, mainly inside the base, if we can implement the use of computers to manage all production, the efficiency can be increased by at least 20%, and I am sure that the first H2M will fly in November instead of December. ”

Lin Ju thought to himself, who said that Lao Maozi's computer technology is poor, the OGAS system planned by the alliance back then, the goal is to bring all factories in the country into computer management, and automatically issue production instructions, which is called the future!

Seryov wants to resurrect OGAS in Xinyuan, he has no opinion, after all, the current Seryov is a legendary scientist of the system, and he chooses to trust unconditionally.

"Then, both bases will be handed over to you."

Seryov calmly accepted Lin Ju's commission, and at the same time said:

"I also hope to expand the base and increase the number of personnel to about 8,000 permanent employees."

For Xinyuan, which has achieved full CNC machining and a high degree of automation, 8,000 people is obviously very crazy, but fortunately, the base is still enough to accommodate so many people, but the accommodation problem may be a little troublesome.

The B-level base comes with its own dormitory, and any more will either commute or expand, but these are all trivialities.

None of this will have a negative impact on Xinyuan's current production plan, and the production capacity is still more than enough.

Also on this day, the remaining two axial modules of the Endeavor space station were also produced, but they could not be shipped out for launch until around the end of August.

Because a lot of equipment is installed in these two cabins, it takes about half a month to install and debug these, and it is no longer as simple as a simple tourist cabin.

At the same time, there are two 45-ton large experimental modules in another plant, which are the "Wentian" and "Mengtian" experimental modules of the Space Administration, the scientific attributes of these two are heavier and more expensive, and they will also be launched into the space station in September, when the Tiangong space station will surpass the Sheila space station with a mass of 240 tons, becoming the world's second largest space station in orbit.

After that, the remaining 12 centrifugal modules, 6 spoke modules, and 12 connecting compartments of the Advance space station will also be built one after another, and it is tentatively decided to use the full capacity of the two bases to complete the construction and launch of these 30 modules in one year.

In the first half of 2018, the Enforward space station will be officially operational, almost exactly two years, at a fast pace.

……

On July 24, the An-1250 landed at the airfield at the B-class base with the space shuttle Mecca, and sent the shuttle back to the factory for maintenance and maintenance, and then sent to Mukala for the next manned launch mission almost after August 20.

Since both the shuttle and the rocket are Arbor's, they only need to pay a little freight and maintenance costs of just $100 million each time.

Although it is more expensive than launching in Qiongzhou, and only a little cheaper than the Soyuz spacecraft, is the big dog the one who is worse than this dollar?

In fact, Harmand is now in high spirits, and the Sheila space station and the Mukara cosmodrome have brought Arbor unimaginable huge benefits.

You know, there are two factions that believe in Allah, and the two representative nations of the two factions are Abel and Persia.

The two sides have been competing for the believer market, Abel has some money, but Persia has done quite well in industry in recent years, and it can be regarded as a winner or loser.

Now it's different, Abel directly carped the dragon gate, becoming the fourth country after Ami, Lucia, and Huaguo to "autonomously" send astronauts into space.

Although the outside world has doubts about this matter, you can say whether it was launched at Arbor or not, and whose Mecca belongs to the contract.

So Hamander waved his hand and did what the alliance did decades ago:

Send two astronauts from each country that believes in Allah to space and into the space station, free training, free launches, and whichever faction, as long as you send people over, it's all arranged by the space shuttle.

In addition to the three countries participating in the Sheila space station, seven countries immediately responded to Hamand's call, and 14 astronauts have completed the pre-selection and will soon be sent to Arbor...... Then he transferred to China for training.

Therefore, the number of countries in the world with astronauts in space will increase a lot.

Aramco is extremely dissatisfied with Aber's move to win people's hearts, and several environmental groups have announced that the location of the Mukara space launch site is not good, which may cause extinction to marine life, but no one dares to march, and can only protest at the embassy of Arbor.

……

Aramco, Kennedy Space Center.

The local middle school was organizing a tour here, and then the screeching sound of jet engines was heard outside.

A dilapidated looking Boeing 747 landed on the airfield outside, along with NACA engineers and Boeing technicians.

As for the new FATS plan, Boeing actually wants to complain.

The congressional lord thought that he would save money and time by modifying the old Endeavour, which was completely wishful thinking.

Endeavour was indeed the latest space shuttle to enter service, but it's not in good shape.

In 2011, all shuttles were grounded and retired from active service, and then the three expensive RS-25 engines in the tail of Endeavour were removed and replaced with three models for exhibition.

Of course, it was not to sell scrap, but to dismantle it not to sell scrap, but to be the main space program of Aramco at that time was the "Constellation Plan" proposed by Xiaobu, in which the planned "Ares V" rocket also used RS25 engines, and there were 16 RS25 engines left after the Space Shuttle program, which were all stored for future rockets, and SLS appeared later.

The Endeavour has not been overhauled for five years, the engines have been dismantled, and the internal pipes have not been taken care of too much at that time, who knows what it looks like?

Before using the Boeing 747 to pull the Endeavour back to the factory, Boeing and NACA engineers chased away the middle school students who were in the way, and then lowered the Endeavour that was being hoisted by a steel cable, and a dozen engineers took a cursory look at the Endeavour's state.

Christopher Douglas, Boeing's FATS project leader, was the first to enter the open hatch and immediately smelled a smell of decay.

The internal instruments and facilities of the Endeavour are in good condition, and in 2012 it did a demonstration flight in Chicago, but is it in good condition......

Douglas squeezed open the floor of the cab and saw the moldy wiring harness underneath.

He turned to look at the NACA engineer:

"Gentlemen, Endeavour is in terrible condition, although the main structure is still intact, but I am afraid that its electrical system and control system will have to be replaced, which is more troublesome than building another one, quite a few parts are outdated and need to be replaced, and redesigning the layout is a trouble;

It's just a matter of restoring Endeavour to a serviceable state...... I think at least $300 million to $500 million will be needed, and at least 60 percent of that will need to be replaced, and the capacity test will need to be re-examined. ”

"Douglas, funding is considered by the Senate, and the refurbishment of Endeavour is also their request, and there may be Atlantis and Discovery next."

"Oh my God, I can't imagine how those old guys are going to renovate if I'd rather design another one."

(End of chapter)