Class B base.

"Tear it down, tear it down, all these useless things must be demolished!"

In the final assembly workshop, the Typhoon nuclear-powered space shuttle, which had long been formed, was pushed to the main position and was undergoing the final transformation before the flight.

Xiao Okada got into the wheelhouse of the Typhoon and directed a group of "workers" to dismantle the interior inside.

Hearing his order, several short, but stocky "workers" crept in.

A robotic arm with a bare lightweight, high-strength composite material reached into the satchel on his waist, took out the tools and began the skillful work, quickly removing the upholstered wall tiles used for decoration.

With the help of these tireless, skilled and competent workers, the entire cockpit was soon left with only exposed metal plates and various interfaces, and everything that was extra was removed.

It is not the first time that humanoid robots have entered the production line, but this batch of "workers" is a new generation of "Warrior III" that takes into account performance, quality and price, and it is the first time that batch labor has been replaced.

There are 100 "Warrior III" in the first batch of put into use, they have a mass of less than 100 kilograms, a height of 1.6 meters, a maximum strength three times that of ordinary people, and a battery life of up to four hours.

Their biggest effect is to replace the outer layer of work that still requires manpower, but the content of the technology is not very high, in addition to improving efficiency, the most obvious benefit is actually to reduce the casualty accident rate.

For large manufacturing enterprises, most of the equipment that front-line workers come into contact with is heavy and large, and the slightest carelessness is a serious accident of disability, especially in the final assembly stage, which requires multiple lifting, and safety accidents will inevitably occur.

However, the purpose of "Warrior III" is still to combine OGAS 2.0 to achieve a fully unmanned production process, and the factors restricting production efficiency will no longer include labor.

For example, the manpower that is being modified on the Typhoon is 25 robots and 7 humans, the latter of whom are mostly responsible for supervision.

Xiao Okada is very satisfied with the current work efficiency, the more weight the Typhoon has lost, the more load will be left.

The Typhoon is scheduled to set sail in May, and in order to be able to carry out a mission long enough, it will be changed to "unrecognizable".

Everything used for human survival was emptied, and fuel tanks were added to the cockpit, so that together with the fuel stored in the original fuselage, it was 160% more than before.

The original cargo bay will house a very large probe weighing a full 45 tons, including a 32-ton main body and six landers weighing 2 tons.

The 32-ton main probe, named "Xīng Chá", is another product of a patchwork.

Its detection part was transplanted almost intact, and most of the parts were spare parts left over from the production of the "fire", but in order to enhance the detection capability, everything that could be found at the base in a short time was moved, including a nuclear reactor, of course.

In addition, it also secretly transplanted the laser system of Qianjun Stick No. 1 ground backup in case of emergency.

The meaning of "Cha" in "Xingcha" is a raft, and Xingcha refers to a spaceship, that is, an alien visitor.

The Starcha is in a hurry, and it is only 50% on schedule in two months, and it needs to be fully completed by mid-April before being sent to Saturn.

In addition to it, the remaining space in the cargo compartment is crammed into two Mars integrated exploration satellites, ready to be thrown down by the hand passing by the gravitational acceleration of Mars.

In order to achieve the goal in one year, the Typhoon will hang two huge fuel tanks on both sides of the fuselage when it departs, with an overall mass of 310 tons, using a full 230 tons of liquid hydrogen fuel.

The demand for the Typhoon, coupled with the Long March 18 ready for launch, has once again drained almost all of the country's liquid hydrogen fuel stockpiles.

Compared with the national team that is not in a hurry, Xinyuan's every move is so fast that even he can only barely do it.

Xiao Okada had just finished inspecting the progress of the Typhoon and was about to go to see the manufacturing status of six particularly expedited landers, when he heard the roar of a fading jet engine.

An electric car in the field drove from the direction of the runway and quickly stopped in front of him.

"Hala Shao, phew!"

Seryov jumped out of the car and shouted:

"Let's go, Lao Xiao, let's go have a drink together, there is only endless sand in the northwest."

Seryov, who had been gone for more than half a month, was obviously in a good mood, and Xiao Okada didn't have much trouble guessing the reason:

"NPAE test successful?"

"It's not just a success, Cheng Nankai is a genius, the exhaust radiation value has reached the lowest value of the design, and it can be used frequently in the atmosphere.

I won't talk about the rest of the data, the main thing is that I convinced the military! They began to consider changing the power of two of the remaining three aerospace aircraft to NPAE.

Let Anderov's Star Factory expand in full force! We're also going to start working overtime to produce two NPAE versions ourselves, and those big shuttles won't ever re-enter the atmosphere.

Hurry up and get the XN90 out there, our capacity is tight! ”

Seryov spent half of his time away painting a pie for the military, and the excellent performance of the nuclear-powered aerospace aircraft combined with the good performance of the NPAE successfully moved everyone, and the biggest social obstacle was lifted.

Xiao Okada politely declined the offer to drink to celebrate, but he was still very happy for him:

"Now we have another entry, last year I was still worried about money, the last few military projects are enough for us to support for a long time, or the military industry is enough to make money."

"That's not all, oh, Lao Ye went to the capital to find Wu Yunfeng, he asked me to pay attention to the secrecy of the base, especially the production site, and refused to allow any unrelated personnel to enter.

Soon we have a lot of work to do, and those who are engaged in high-energy physics are too busy to do it. ”

"What?"

"Controlled nuclear fusion, we have been calling for the EAST project for a long time, and Lao Cheng didn't have much contact with him before, but now it's their turn to take the initiative to find it.

Lasers and strong magnets are both important technologies for ignition devices, which is basically enough for us to understand the entire EAST project.

If we wait for the weak force and gravity group to make a breakthrough, I am afraid that we will not be able to do it alone, and the space research center may have to delay until June to start construction, and now everyone is too busy. ”

The TEPA accelerator, the EAST tokamak device, and the scientific research center in preparation are the three important routes for the base to climb the new peak of cutting-edge science, basically covering the theory and practice of various fields.

Even Seryov himself is beginning to work hard to learn this knowledge, the era of chemical rockets is about to pass, and the project he will lead in the future should be at least an interstarship of the size of Advance.

(End of chapter)