Space Administration, anti-gravity spacecraft research and development center.
As one of the top five executives of the space agency, the de facto leader in technology research and development, and the person in charge of the anti-gravity spacecraft project, Chen Jiahe is also worrying about the development of anti-gravity spacecraft.
The research and development of anti-gravity spacecraft has been advancing in an orderly manner, and various equipment components and electronic systems are constantly being inspected, debugged, and modified. Everyone in the research center is very enthusiastic about work.
However, the work speed is still unsatisfactory.
In fact, their work overall seems to be quite simple, because all technologies are mature, including lateral anti-gravity technology, superconducting battery technology, Hall thrusters, etc.
Their job is to integrate various technologies together.
Even just for integration, there is a lot of work that needs to be done, for example, external coating material research.
Anti-gravity spacecraft are spacecrafts used in space, and they must keep up with the progress of technological development.
The research team hopes to use first-order materials to create a new coating with better radiation protection and anti-radar technology. It needs to study the layer of first-order materials and add special brown gold materials.
Another example is the Hall thruster.
Hall thrusters are not a new technology. They have several manufacturing plans for Hall thrusters. But to integrate Hall thrusters into an anti-gravity spacecraft, the manufacturing plans need to be modified, and the manufacturing has to be done again.
debug.
Also, electronic systems.
The electronic system contains too much content. It is the most important soft technology of the anti-gravity spacecraft, which can allow each part to achieve maximum efficiency and ensure the stability of the spacecraft's performance.
The improvement of electronic systems will be a long-term task.
The current research is hoping to create a basic prototype of an anti-gravity spacecraft. Only with a basic prototype can we design and manufacture spacecraft with various functions.
The research team also knows that it will cooperate with the Spacecraft Industry Company in the future. The anti-gravity spacecraft they manufacture will definitely be loaded onto an aerospace carrier. The relationship between the two is like that of an aircraft carrier, a fighter jet, or a helicopter. The difference is that the aerospace carrier itself is powerful.
The functions required are 'fighters and helicopters', and their purpose is just to complete some work tasks.
In the past year, Chen Jiahe devoted most of his energy to the research of anti-gravity spacecraft.
After being promoted to be the person in charge of anti-gravity spacecraft research and truly becoming a senior figure in the space agency, Chen Jiahe also hopes that he can do a career instead of just living in his position.
He hopes to follow the development of the times and lead the space agency to achieve certain development. The first is to enable the space agency to keep up with the "train" of the Spacecraft Industrial Company and achieve a certain degree of independent income generation in the space field, rather than relying on the state for all operations.
Appropriations are maintained.
This would be a very big improvement.
Therefore, the anti-gravity research team led by Chen Jiahe formulated many follow-up plans early on.
For example, anti-gravity spacecraft are used as the basis to create transport ships, transport ships, manned landing ships, space debris cleaning ships, and even small meteorite towing ships. We are also considering cooperating with the military to create small space weapons with the function of a single launcher.
Battleship.
etc.
A small combat spacecraft will be a spacecraft like a fighter jet. The spacecraft will be miniaturized, making it very flexible and capable of carrying some kind of single-shot space weapon.
If it can be made larger, it means exchanging flexibility for weapon power. It can realize multiple space weapons, and it can also have the ability to hang bombs, so that it can launch missiles in space to attack the ground.
The difficulty is very high, but with the space carrier as the main body, it is still possible.
Of course, the foundation of everything is to build an anti-gravity spacecraft.
The prototype produced by the research team has not yet been assembled, and they are testing various parts. Many parts have various small problems, but in fact they can all be overcome. The biggest problem still comes from the whole.
That is the conflict between the Hall thruster and the spacecraft cooling system.
This contradiction made the research team very helpless.
In fact, it is normal for research to encounter problems. If there is no light pressure engine research team for comparison, Chen Jiahe thinks that he will not be worried at all. A research lasts only a few years and is aimed at anti-gravity spacecraft. Even if
Each technology has a certain foundation, and it would be great to be able to produce it within five years.
Regarding the world's space technology, the production of anti-gravity spacecraft can definitely be described as "way ahead".
Unfortunately, the comparison exists.
The light pressure engine is a larger research project. It can even be said to be ten or dozens of times larger. It uses brand-new technology. There is no reference equipment, experiments, or data. It is completely developed based on new technology.
Everything from basic theory to manufacturing is new.
For such a large-scale research project, the first prototype produced has already been tested in space.
In the test that just passed, the flight altitude exceeded 80 kilometers, which is very close to the space of 100 kilometers.
To compare, even the first prototype of the anti-gravity spacecraft has not been assembled.
The progress gap between the two sides is too big.
The problem is that the research on anti-gravity spacecraft is much easier. To put it bluntly, it is just replacing the airship series flying saucers with Hall thrusters. From a technical perspective, there are no difficulties that cannot be overcome.
Whenever he thought of this, Chen Jiahe couldn't help but rub his forehead hard, "The gap is really huge, and their progress is too fast. They are worthy of being Academician Wang!"
"Alas~~~"
"How did they do it? It's so complicated, and it even has gravitational field technology. No wonder Teacher Zhu is always dissatisfied."
"too difficult!"
Chen Jiahe feels that research is like running a marathon. If he runs easily by himself, he will always reach the finish line no matter how long it takes.
As a result, a world champion opponent appeared, which made people feel very helpless and even helpless at all.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the end, I can only let out a long sigh.
soon.
Chen Jiahe's feeling turned into nervousness because he learned that Wang Hao was coming to visit the anti-gravity spacecraft research and development base.
It is said to be a visit, but actually it is an inspection.
The Spacecraft Industry Company may become the "big customer" of the space agency, and the two parties will then sign a series of spacecraft contracts, so that the space agency can sell many types of spacecraft to achieve independent income generation.
Now it feels like a big customer comes to see a product, but they haven't even manufactured the product, it's just scattered parts.
However, there is no way.
Chen Jiahe could only wait at the entrance of the base with others.
Wang Hao came to the anti-gravity spacecraft research and development base to inspect the anti-gravity spacecraft very seriously. He came to see the progress of the spacecraft research and to urge the development of the spacecraft. After all, the aerospace carrier must carry small spacecraft.
If it takes several years, or even more than ten years, to deliver a small spacecraft, they will have to consider developing it themselves.
This time cannot wait.
Wang Hao not only came by himself, he also brought Zhu Qiqiang, Zang Chunlai, and of course Zhou Changyuan, the representative of the Space Administration. There were more than a dozen people in the entire inspection team, and each of them was a heavyweight.
Chen Jiahe, Jia Shumin, and Duan Jiachong stood together. The latter two were the deputy chief designers of the anti-gravity spacecraft, and were the second and third figures in the research team.
Jia Shumin and Duan Jiachong have higher qualifications than Chen Jiahe.
With the realization of the 'lunar landing plan' and their contribution to the aerospace field, they were not only elected as academicians of the Academy of Sciences, but also received heavyweight contribution awards in the auditorium. Of course, they are not too young, and Jia Shumin is relatively young.
Already 58 years old, Duan Jiachong is simply 64 years old.
At this retirement age, Jia Shumin and Duan Jiachong are still very motivated to participate in the research and development of anti-gravity spacecraft.
Several people waited at the door for the inspection group.
They took Wang Hao and his party to visit the base and entered various laboratories and assembly rooms to introduce in detail the design and research of anti-gravity spacecraft.
Of course Chen Jiahe said good things about the research, "Our next step is to prepare the first prototype."
"There are still a few issues to deal with, but we believe there are no problems..."
"Every technology is very mature, we also have better materials, and we have designed a more suitable Hall propulsion method..."
"Ula Ula~~"
Chen Jiahe talked a lot in succession, all of which were worthy of praise in the research. Wang Hao listened expressionlessly and just asked, "When will the first prototype be built? When can it be tested in space?"
"
"..."
Chen Jiahe pursed his lips and said nothing.
When he felt the awkward atmosphere around him, the senior academician Duan Jiachong said, "Academician Wang, research must be carried out step by step. Don't rush. It is easy to make mistakes if you rush. Work in the aerospace field must ensure that there are no problems as much as possible."
"Every problem in the aerospace field will be a major accident and cause great losses, so we must be more rigorous."
To be continued...