From Almighty Scholar to Chief Scientist

Chapter 493 Heavenly chariot, ascending to the sky

The Tianren aerospace plane is 125 meters long and has a wingspan of 110 meters.

And you must know that even the An-225 has a fuselage length of 84 meters and a wingspan of 88.4 meters.

So it can be said that this Tianren aerospace plane is a veritable behemoth, and it can even be called an air cruise ship. After all, a small cruise ship is generally more than 100 meters long.

However, it is different from other aircrafts in that Tianchario does not have a streamlined fuselage that looks comfortable. On the contrary, Tianchario can be called "fat".

Compared with other airliners, the diameter of its fuselage is several times fatter. The most important thing is that the middle part is still a little protruding, like a flying saucer embedded in the middle of the streamlined fuselage, and this "flying saucer" is still connected to the wings on both sides.

Of course, the "disc" embedded in it is the controllable nuclear fusion reactor, the heart of this behemoth, and the energy core that drives the Tianchariot to fly.

This controllable nuclear fusion reactor uses a new type of device similar to a tokamak, not the conch-type device designed by Lin Xiao before. This is mainly because of the use of YB-1 material-Lin Xiao also knew the last Liao Cheng named this material YB-1, not Yuebei-1, which he created at the time.

All in all, after using the YB-1, there is no need to worry too much about the service life. At least, the controllable nuclear fusion reactor of the Tianchao can be used for at least 20 years.

As for the cost of the entire Tianren, it is as high as more than 90 billion.

Of course, in fact, it is more than 90 billion, which is very cheap.

After all, you must know that the cost of the Long March 50 rocket is as high as [-] billion, and the most important thing is that the Long March [-] rocket can be said to be a one-off.

However, the Tianren can be reused. Even if the cost of a single ship is as high as more than 90 billion, in the end, on average, over the past 20 years, it is only about 4 to 5 million per year. If there is another installment, it will only be 100 per day. Just a few thousand.

Although today's rockets have actually mastered recyclable technology, recyclable rockets can only recycle first-level rockets, while second-level rockets, third-level rockets, and other parts are not recyclable. .

So in any case, as a rocket, it is born to be several grades behind the aerospace plane.

"It's really spectacular!"

In the hangar, everyone present couldn't help being shocked by this thing.

Although the people present are basically staff members, and they basically watched this giant paint from the frame to the exterior, and finally formed this appearance, but every time they saw it, they still gave them spiritual inspiration. shocked.

There are also the three words above, 'Tianchao', which are even said to be inscribed by the leaders above.

At this time, a voice sounded from the hangar's broadcast: "Attention all units, from now on, prepare for the takeoff of the Tianren, and it is estimated that the first test flight of the Tianren will begin in four hours! "

Hearing the words on the radio, these staff members were heartbroken, and then started their work again. Everyone had only one thought in their minds, that is to do all their work well, and then witness the heavenly chariot ascending sky!

……

Meanwhile, in an office on the upper level of the hangar.

"My darling, Chief Lin, what did you build? An empty space carrier? Hydra is here, and you're not as awesome as you are."

Ma Gaoliang, who hadn't seen him for a long time, looked at the huge monster outside the window, the shock on his face hadn't stopped since he came in just now.

He really didn't expect that Lin Xiao would come up with such a man-made spectacle in such a silent manner, it was outrageous.

"That's it, the space carrier is not enough, of course, it is indeed a mother ship." Lin Xiao said with a smile.

Ma Gaoliang was taken aback, and asked, "Is it still a mothership? Why?"

"Because it can be used to transport satellites, if we want to launch satellites in the future, we can directly let the Tianchao fly directly to the predetermined orbit, and then open the satellite cabin at the back to release the satellites."

Lin Xiao said.

Tianren has a maximum take-off weight of 2900 tons, of which the maximum fuel capacity is 700 tons, which is equivalent to the maximum take-off weight of an An-225.

Of course, this fuel load is mainly aviation fuel. If you want such a behemoth to fly from the ground, you must have enough aviation fuel. According to calculations, the 700 tons of aviation fuel is enough for the Tianren to go to the sky. Then cruise thousands of kilometers in the sky.

In addition, it can carry a maximum cargo weight of 500 tons, including 10 satellite cargo bays with a load capacity of 10 tons.

That is to say, the Tianren can also carry satellites with a total weight of 100 tons into the sky at a time. As for the number of satellites, there is basically no limit, as long as the satellite cargo hold can accommodate their volume.

Therefore, it is equivalent to the Starlink project like spaceX, they can now easily realize it, and the cost is lower, and more satellites will be carried at one time.

After hearing Lin Xiao's words, Ma Gaoliang couldn't help but be amazed: "This is really... tsk tsk, it's awesome."

"Is it going to take off soon?"

"Well, it's about to take off soon." Lin Xiao said: "Let it go and say hello to the astronauts on our space station first, then make a few laps in orbit, and then come back."

"Then I have to witness it." Ma Gao nodded, but then he asked, "Oh, by the way, where is our pilot? Oh, no, it should be an astronaut."

And Lin Xiao smiled and said, "The Tianchao is equipped with intelligent assisted driving, so this time it will be tested by artificial intelligence."

"Oh, that's right, I see..."

Hearing Lin Xiao's words, Ma Gaoliang nodded at first. After all, ordinary launch vehicles are like this. They are unmanned and controlled by ground bases.

It's just that after a while, he realized that he was stunned for a moment, and then he became shocked. The Tianchao is not a rocket!

This is a plane!
Although it is called an aerospace plane, it is still an aircraft, and even has the function of carrying people. Now there is no manned aircraft that uses unmanned pilots!

What's more, this thing is so expensive!

He quickly asked, "You want artificial intelligence to conduct a test flight? Are you sure?"

"Sure." Lin Xiao nodded slightly, looked at the Tiancharia outside, and said, "I know what you think, but just trust me, I'm sure."

"But... this is something worth 100 billion."

Ma Gaoliang is still a little unbelievable, such an expensive thing, with driverless?

This is too... too confident, right?
And at this moment, there was a sudden knock on the office door, and six people broke in, four men and two women, all of whom looked very capable.

In addition, they are all wearing a special uniform, which represents the six astronauts who have been receiving aerospace pilot training here for more than a year.

They were originally excellent pilots in the air force, and then they were selected and came here to receive training. They will become the next batch of astronauts in Huaguo to enter space.

Seeing them coming in, Lin Xiao said, "Why are you here? No training today?"

And the leading male astronaut said to Lin Xiao anxiously: "Chief Lin, what's going on? Why is the Tianchariot going to take a test flight? We haven't been notified either! "

This man is called Zhu Xiong, and he is the captain of the six.

Their training period was originally eighteen months, and as far as it is now, there are still a few months before the end of the eighteen-month training period, but they never expected that they would suddenly receive news today that Tian Ren It's time for a test flight!

This really surprised them.

But Lin Xiao said with a smile: "Don't worry, didn't I tell you before? The test flight is a test flight with artificial intelligence, and your training period is not over yet, so you still wait until the [-]-month training is completed. , and after passing the test, you will be able to drive."

The six future aerospace pilots were stunned. Lin Xiao really wanted to use artificial intelligence?

"But didn't you say at the time that we'll see the situation later?" Zhu Xiong said, "So Chief Lin, let us go first. In this case, we can have a guarantee."

"Although we haven't completely finished training, there are only three months left, so I think we can handle this task!"

"We must, be able to guarantee the safety of the Tianchao!"

And the other five people also said in unison: "We must ensure the safety of the Tianchao!"

"absurd!"

However, after they finished speaking, Lin Xiao said sternly: "I don't let you carry out the test flight just to ensure your safety. When do you need to ensure the safety of an airplane?"

"Was all your previous training in vain?"

Lin Xiao snorted coldly: "Otherwise, what's the purpose of the self-driving artificial intelligence that I have worked so hard to develop? Isn't it to better protect your safety."

Hearing Lin Xiao's scolding, the six future astronauts were taken aback for a moment, and then they were moved.

They did not expect that Lin Xiao actually thought so.

After all, you must know that the Tianchao is worth more than 90 billion yuan.

"But……"

"Nothing but."

Zhu Xiong wanted to say something else, but Lin Xiao interrupted him directly and said, "Okay, don't talk about anything else, go back and continue your training, and you will come to visit when you take off in four hours. .”

"The test flight is just to test the most basic performance. If there is a problem, it will be useless even if you go up. If there is a danger at that time, your chiefs may come to trouble me."

Seeing this, Zhu Xiong and the others had no choice but to give up. Of course, they were also grateful for Lin Xiao's words, just like when they first entered the Air Force for training, the coach told them that they valued The kind of touch that a daughter's plane should be precious.

And as they left, Ma Gaoliang on the side also understood Lin Xiao's meaning, then shook his head and said with emotion: "It seems that you think better, indeed, you are right, these pilots want to more precious, and life is more expensive at any time."

Lin Xiao smiled lightly, then touched his nose without any trace.

Although he did have such an idea just now, in fact, he just wanted to promote this kind of unmanned driving intelligence in the future.

In fact, including this unmanned driving intelligence, it was not developed by him through hard work. In fact, it was completely developed by Xiaomi.

After all, there is no better "programmer" than Xiaomi in this world.

And writing a program is even easier.

"Okay, I should also go and see how they are preparing."

Lin Xiao looked at the time at this time, and then said.

"Okay, I'll go and have a look with you too." Ma Gao nodded and said.

Lin Xiao smiled slightly, then left the office and began to inspect the preparations of each unit.

until three and a half hours later.

"The preparations for takeoff have been completed, and the takeoff is about to begin! All personnel please evacuate in an orderly manner and arrive at a safe area within 10 minutes."

"Personnel from all units please start to evacuate to a safe area in an orderly manner, and arrive at a safe area within 10 minutes."

As the sound of the broadcast sounded, everyone in the audience quickly evacuated the scene and went to a safe area.

"The door of the hangar is open, start the engine of the Tianchao!"

Ten minutes later, the radio sounded again, and the door of the hangar began to move slowly. The light from outside came in and shone on the surface of the Tianchao, shining brightly.

Everyone immediately turned their attention to the behemoth.

Finally, is it going to be exposed to the sun?

Everyone's hearts couldn't help but cheer up.

It was in this hangar that the Tianchao was created from scratch, and similarly, it was never exposed to the sun.

It is precisely because of this that there has not been any news about the Tianchao until now.

Of course, they believed that after Tianren left the hangar, all kinds of spy satellites in the sky a hundred kilometers away would find such a behemoth.

After all, the ten-kilometer-long runway can be clearly seen even in the sky of a hundred kilometers.

Of course, everyone present has been waiting for a long time.

Just come down, let's make it official, come on stage!
The sound of a huge engine sounded, and at the tail of the Tianchao, three sets of turbines started to rotate, sucking away the huge airflow.

At this time, the aerospace engine is in the aviation mode, moving by absorbing huge airflow.

In this way, as the airflow inside it became larger and larger, the speed of the turbine became faster and faster, and finally, this behemoth started to move.

Below, twelve sets of landing gear consisting of a total of 48 tires began to roll slowly and began to move towards the open door.

Of course, as a spacecraft that can also land on other planets, it does not only have tires, because tires use this kind of runway, and there is no runway to provide it on other planets.

In order to deal with the problem of take-off on other planets, YB-1 is also used on the fuselage of Tianchao to form a bracket. This bracket can support Tianchao and stand upright before taking off.

There is no way, YB-1 is so powerful, Lin Xiao will be sorry for its performance if he doesn't make good use of it.

Of course, they are still on the earth now, so they can't use this bracket for the time being.

In this way, 48 tires taller than a human finally let the Tianren drive out of the hangar.

Outside, the sun was shining brightly, and the sky was cloudless.

At the same time, in the blue deep sky, countless eyes from man-made objects on the orbit saw the giant protruding from the end of the ten-kilometer runway.

……

United States, NSA, Satellite Detection Division.

"Oh! Buy! Karma!"

"My God, what is that?"

According to the orders of the superiors, from time to time, a staff member of the runway of the Dingguang Aerospace Research Institute will be monitored, and he will look at the thing that appears on the monitor in shock.

Even though it was seen through satellites, no matter how big something was, it would become very small, but the plane-like thing that appeared from inside still shocked his eyes.

When the colleague next to him heard his voice, he came over to take a look curiously, and was immediately shocked.

At this time, the wings of the Tianren had also driven out of the hangar. Seeing the extremely long wings and the disc-shaped thing in the middle of the wings, they couldn't believe their eyes.

"The people of Huaguo made something? This wing...is it at least 100 meters long?"

"The wings are so long, what about the fuselage?"

They swallowed their saliva until finally, the fuselage finally completely appeared in front of them.

"Oh my God……"

More than 120 meters long fuselage, and that huge body...

This is what the intelligence said, an aerospace plane?
They feel that this is an aerospace battleship?

"Go and report to the higher authorities!"

The person in charge of monitoring immediately reacted, and then quickly told their superiors about it.

Of course, they were not the only ones who discovered the Tianchariot.

There are so many spy satellites in the sky, and the fact that Lin Xiao built an ultra-long runway has long been known to all major countries.

Therefore, it was known to the leaders of various countries within a very short time when the Chariot just appeared.

In the White House, the president's face was full of disbelief, "This is... an aerospace plane? Why is it so big?"

The Secretary of State at the side was also stunned, "Maybe it's because...the Chinese people want to make it so big?"

The president was taken aback for a moment, and then cursed: "Nonsense!"

"Okay, let's not talk about this, what are they planning to do with this thing?"

"Probably...they're about to take off?" the Secretary of State guessed.

Although this is considered nonsense, the president didn't say anything, but looked down at the picture and murmured, "Such a big thing can really... fly?"

The president's problem has also become a problem for leaders of other countries. Of course, as the news spread, this problem has also become everyone's problem.

How can such a huge thing be able to fly?

It was at this time that people finally realized what the ten-kilometer runway was used for.

……

"Confirm that the surrounding airspace is safe, and the Tianchariot can take off."

When the announcement sounded again, everyone in the hangar stared at the giant outside, waiting for it to start roaring.

And it was true, at the next moment, the engine of the Tianchao finally exploded.

A thrust as high as 589 tons burst out, carrying an unparalleled momentum, and finally made this giant burst out with unprecedented kinetic energy.

Then, it started to gallop from slow to fast.

The six engines of An 225 have a total thrust of only 140 tons, but theirs is nearly four times that.

Of course, the maximum weight when taking off is also four times as much.

However, this is the only way to make it fly.

Of course, the most important thing is the aerodynamic design given by Lin Xiao. Through the perfect design of the general solution of the Navier-Stokes equation, the aerodynamic performance of the Tianren can be said to have reached a peak.

Therefore, Lin Xiao couldn't find the possibility that the Tianchao could not fly.

The wind howled and the engine roared violently.

When Tianren completed the 350-kilometer runway, its speed had reached nearly [-] kilometers per hour.

At this time, it no longer needs the ground to provide support.

And after running [-] kilometers, the Tianchariot has already raised its head.

The autopilot intelligently controlled the Tianchariot, completed take-off, and then, dragging its huge body, finally climbed to the sky!

Seeing this scene, everyone in the hangar applauded excitedly, boiling and jumping for joy, filling the entire hangar.

And Lin Xiao looked at it with a smile, then took out his mobile phone and typed a word.

"Go around the universe, meet Tiangong space station, and then come back, I will wait for your landing here tomorrow." 』

"Okay, master, I'm going to meet Tiangong space station right now!" 』

"meet!what bump? 』

"hey-hey! 』

Taking back the phone, Lin Xiao shook his head, Xiaomi, now he has also learned the function of making jokes.

However, no matter what, let's wait for this time tomorrow to welcome the return of the Tianren.

……

And at this time, when everyone on the earth saw the Tianren taking off, countless people were shocked.

This behemoth really flew.

All of a sudden, various speculations about the Tianchariot spread throughout the Internet.

And including the leaders of various countries, their scalps were numb for a while. This thing looks like it has thousands of tons at least, and the An-225 is not so big. How can thousands of tons fly?

What are you kidding? !

However, the facts are like this, Li Dazhuanfei, let alone an aerospace plane that has undergone precise aerodynamic design.

Wait, an aerospace plane?
When these leaders suddenly reacted, they all learned that this behemoth was flying towards the middle layer!
middle layer!
The third layer of the atmosphere, and ordinary aircraft, fly in the stratosphere. Not many aircraft can fly to the middle layer above the stratosphere, because the higher the altitude, the thinner the air, and the aircraft that can fly up are generally special aircraft .

So, how can this Tianchao be able to break through the stratosphere?
At this moment, at an altitude of forty kilometers.

『Engine mode switching, estimated completion time: 10 seconds! 』

As the exhaust flame of the engine was extinguished, a sound of mechanical transmission resounded in this empty void.

The sun, moon and stars in the sky have already begun to become clear, with a panoramic view.

Ten seconds passed.

Because of the loss of power, the speed of the Tianchao has slowed down.

『Switching is complete, start to inject hydrogen pills, laser calibration. 』

Afterwards, the Tianchao had switched over and turned into a smooth curved engine tail, and suddenly shot a small projectile from the side, which was barely visible.

And the next moment, four beams of laser beams suddenly burst out from all around, touching this small projectile at the same time.

then--

"boom!"

A huge explosion sounded, and at the same time it brought a huge amount of energy. Afterwards, the speed of the Tianchariot, which had slowed down, suddenly accelerated, and then rushed towards a further distance.

Until the end, rush into the middle layer, and then into the warm layer.

At this moment, below is the azure planet, and above, is the shining blackness.

The Tianchao successfully entered orbit and ascended to the sky!
On the earth, people from the aerospace departments of various countries looked at the images uploaded by the satellites, and they were all dumbfounded.

The people of Huaguo really created an aerospace plane!
That Lin Xiao!

(End of this chapter)