Chapter 2355: The 'Three-Step' Plan for the Aerospace Plane
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After the convoy exited the asphalt road, it immediately started traveling through the snow-covered desert. Although the terrain next to the desert was relatively gentle, the vehicle speed was very slow.
On the one hand, of course, it is because this is a desert dirt road, and it is snowing, so it is difficult to drive because the tires are slipping. On the other hand, there are many sharp stones in the entire desert, and driving too fast can easily scratch the tires and cause accidents.
Finally, and the most important reason, because Wu Hao was in the car, his safety was the first priority, so the driver kept the speed very low.
In this regard, Wu Hao did not urge him. In this kind of weather and road conditions, it was useless for him to urge him. Besides, this was also for his safety, so he very patiently chatted with Yu Chengwu in the car.
For them, such an opportunity is indeed very rare. Especially after Haoyu Aerospace went public, Yu Chengwu became even busier, and the two of them had fewer and fewer opportunities to talk alone.
Of course, if Wu Hao is willing, he can also recruit the other party, but this will also disrupt the other party's schedule and affect the other party's work. So under normal circumstances, he will not go back and disturb the other party's work. Even if he needs the other party again,
If you are coming, you will also tell them a few days in advance so that the other party can be prepared.
Unless there is an emergency, there is no need to say anything. The other party must come immediately, and no excuses are allowed.
"This experiment is very important for our next stage of development. It will prepare us for the technical demonstration and development of our next aerospace vehicle, so we must ensure the success of this experiment." Wu Hao said to Yu Chengwu
.
After Yu Chengwu heard what he said, he nodded slightly and said: "Don't worry, we have been preparing for this experiment for such a long time, and everyone is working hard together. I believe there will be no big problems.
As for aerospace vehicles, we have also begun the preliminary theoretical and technical demonstration stages, and currently have a preliminary conceptual plan."
"Oh?" Wu Hao couldn't help but become interested when he heard what Yu Chengwu said. He also wanted to know what the other party's aerospace vehicle plan was like.
Seeing Wu Hao's interested expression, Yu Chengwu immediately introduced to Wu Hao: "Well, the concepts of aerospace vehicles or aerospace planes, orbiters, and space shuttles have been proposed for decades.
It has been forty or fifty years since mankind's first space shuttle took off. However, due to cost and high accident rate, the space shuttle has been retired one after another.
In recent years, with the development of the concept of unmanned aerospace vehicles and related technical equipment, this field has once again been taken seriously by major aerospace powers and some aerospace technology giants, and they have successively launched their own design plans.
and products.
However, at present, these are only small unmanned space orbiters, which can only carry out some earth orbit missions.
The aerospace vehicle or aerospace plane we want to develop is manned.
Contrary to other fields, in this field, manned aerospace vehicles are more technically difficult than unmanned aerospace orbiters. To put it bluntly, we just want to build a new space shuttle, but this is
This space shuttle is different from the traditional old and bulky space shuttles.”
Having said this, Yu Chengwu licked his lips that were cracked by the wind, and then told Wu Hao with an excited expression on his face.
"As for our future aerospace vehicles, that is, aerospace planes, we plan to adopt a three-step strategy and gradually develop and advance them.
First, we are preparing to develop a light aerospace aircraft that can accommodate three to seven people to replace the current new generation of manned spacecraft and two-stage rockets.
In fact, to put it bluntly, we integrated the manned spacecraft and the two-stage rocket, and borrowed part of the design of the space shuttle to develop this brand new aerospace plane.
During the launch phase, it needs to be combined with the first-stage rocket. Depending on the mission and orbit, you can choose whether to bundle the booster rocket. In this regard, the first-stage rocket of our Jianmu-7 launch vehicle is very suitable. We can use this
Three first-stage rockets form a first-stage rocket bundled as the aerospace plane, and use it and its own power to push it into the predetermined orbit.
Moreover, this first-stage rocket and booster rocket can also be recycled and reused, thereby greatly reducing its launch cost. Not only that, our aerospace vehicle also replaces the traditional second-stage rocket and manned spacecraft, and can also be reused.
Using it, this will further reduce the cost of manning, and will reduce the price of sending a person into space from the current tens of millions to one million, and even eventually to the level of hundreds of thousands.
When the aerospace plane wants to land, the wings that were folded during the take-off phase will be unfolded, and then with the help of vector thrust engines, it will begin to re-enter the atmosphere and continue to slow down by relaxing.
Then it glides through the atmosphere and finally lands on the scheduled airport runway.
Our preliminary estimate is that if this light aerospace aircraft is successfully developed and put into use, then we will be able to reduce the current price of sending people to space by one-fifth or even one-tenth."
Regarding the number reported by Yu Chengwu, Wu Hao did not show too much surprise, but nodded to indicate that he should continue. Yu Chengwu could not help but feel a little disappointed, and even more confused. Isn't Mr. Wu still not satisfied with such a goal?
However, doubts turned out to be doubts, so he continued to introduce to Wu Hao: "If the development of this light aerospace aircraft goes smoothly, then we will immediately start the development of a medium-sized aerospace aircraft on this basis.
This time, we will increase the number of passengers on the medium-sized aerospace aircraft from three to seven on the light aerospace aircraft to about 20 to 35 people. This also means that we can
Up to thirty-five people can be sent into space, thereby realizing a real space flight plan and carrying out normal and continuous air and space transfer services.
Moreover, this medium-sized aerospace aircraft will also serve as an important carrier for us to deliver personnel and materials to the moon in the future, and will be responsible for the transfer of personnel and materials from the earth to space.
We plan to build this heavy-duty aerospace aircraft into the mainstream means of transportation for the world to enter the universe in the future, and to undertake the mission needs of more than 80% of the people on the earth entering and leaving space in the future.
In other words, if development goes smoothly, we will control the channels for humans to enter space for a long time to come, and basically all commercial manned flights may be monopolized by us."
