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"10!"

"9!"

More than one billion TV viewers stared at the huge rocket standing still on TV, and kept switching the view to the two calm astronauts from Tokyo University in the spacecraft. As the countdown came from the TV, Tokyo University's TV station even thoughtfully provided subtitles during the live broadcast, and everyone's heart was in their throat.

For Todai, this feeling is even more exciting.

After years of development, the number of TV users in Dongda has now exceeded 3000 million, and the number of viewers around TV at the moment is far more than 3 million. According to the above suggestions, today, except for special positions that must be carried out, other jobs are allowed to temporarily suspend their vacation for one day to watch the live broadcast, even most government agencies are allowed to do so.

Therefore, except for the vast majority of rural areas that still do not have televisions, people in cities and rural areas of wealthy areas, even those who do not have televisions at home, have basically found places with televisions to watch the live broadcast.

In some rural TV users’ homes, there may even be hundreds of people gathered around!
Different from the cable-based TV users in other countries, Todai used TV station relay signals to rapidly increase TV coverage areas and has rapidly increased the number of TV users in recent years.

"ignition!"

As the rocket emitted huge flames, many TV users' hearts were in their throats.

"Is there any problem? Everything looks normal. The expressions of the two astronauts in the spacecraft and everyone in the command room are very relaxed. There will be no problem with our launch this time." Many TV viewers at the University of Tokyo were cheering themselves up.

To be honest, many of the married Dongda students here are not so nervous even when they are getting married!
When everyone received the news that the University of Tokyo was going to launch a manned spacecraft, many people did not believe it at the time, because the University of Tokyo had protected the previous news very well and did not make the experimental launch information public, which made the news seem very sudden!
But even those who were least skeptical of the news, after seeing the authoritative newspapers, the day's TV news headlines, and the loudspeakers in the countryside continuously releasing the news, all became excited!

Among the more than 8 million people, more than 6 million received the news through various media on the same day.

The rocket slowly rose into the sky, and its speed seemed a little slow in the live broadcast. In addition, the rocket was deformed to be too thick, which made impatient people have some bad thoughts.

"Hiss, why is this rocket flying so slowly? Is there some problem?" someone asked anxiously.

"It's okay, didn't you hear what the control room said? The takeoff was normal, the disengagement was normal, and the attitude was normal." The person next to him immediately retorted. They would not tolerate any doubts, because this was the greatest pride of Dongda so far.

"I didn't say there was a problem, I just felt that," the man argued in a panic, but the person next to him didn't allow him to finish and interrupted, "We don't want your feelings. If you can't speak, don't speak. Look carefully!"

Soon, the rocket began to accelerate under the huge thrust, and then pierced the sky!

Then it turned into a puff of white smoke and disappeared in front of the TV viewers. The picture then switched to the inside of the spacecraft. The astronaut's facial expression was somewhat distorted due to the rapid acceleration. The TV host explained in time that this was the impact of gravity acceleration on the astronaut.

During this phase of launch, astronauts will actually experience overloads of 1G to 8G, which means that a person weighing 70 kg feels the same pressure on the chair as a person weighing 560 kg, just like carrying hundreds of pounds of weight on their backs.

So normal people will have a very uncomfortable feeling, which will cause changes in facial expressions!

These are all normal phenomena, indicating that our rocket acceleration has reached the expected speed! After hearing the host's explanation, most people in front of the TV seemed to understand but not quite. This knowledge was still unfamiliar to them. You have to know that among the hundreds of millions of TV viewers of Dongda, most of them are illiterate people who have completed literacy training and have the ability to read and write. These people know almost nothing about physics.

At the same time, the screen switched to the command room, where the reports coming one after another allowed TV viewers to feel the complexity behind a rocket launch.

At the same time, the reports that various parameters are normal also touch the hearts of TV viewers.

With these normal reports from the command room and the host constantly explaining that the situation was good and the rocket was flying as expected, the Tokyo University audience in front of the TV gradually began to calm down.

On the other side of the earth, a group of scientists were watching the live broadcast on TV with serious expressions.

"Damn, this picture is distorted," an image processing expert said, looking at the full front view of the rocket before takeoff. "Obviously, our picture mapping will have a large error."

"Come on, Peter, I told you not to cut corners. If we want to catch up with Tokyo University's aerospace industry, we must invest more funds and conduct scientific research seriously. Now our first-generation spacecraft design is almost complete. From a theoretical point of view, our spacecraft may not be much worse than Tokyo University's." said an expert.

"Professor Weidmann, that's not what you said. We do need to invest more money to carry out this research, but if there is some third-party information to support or verify some of our designs, it will greatly reduce our experimental time and funding. This launch by the University of Tokyo is the first time that we can publicly obtain excellent intelligence. Their rocket design values, takeoff data, and the shape of the spacecraft design, the size of the internal cabin space, and other information are all invaluable to the work we are doing. Of course, we must base ourselves on our own development, but if we have the opportunity to observe successful cases, we can also directly learn from the experience of our competitors." Another expert retorted.

"Okay, everyone, take a close look. Don't you find that the computers in the command room of the University of Tokyo are very different from the personal computers they released? The images reflected on their monitors and screens, even if we only see a little bit of them superficially, I think their computers are definitely not as good as the personal computers sold now." An expert noticed the difference.

"Mr. Moore, you think that the computer development of Dongda University is actually more advanced than what has been announced now, right? The chips we are using now are not actually their latest models?" asked the expert beside him.

"Yes, I'm sure," the expert named Moore was very confident, "I believe in my eyes. In a certain picture, I saw a moving image displayed on the screen. You know, our current personal computers can't display pictures so fast, but they can even display dynamic images. This shows that the processing speed of this computer is completely not at the same performance level as our current personal computers." Professor Qian was on guard against everything, but he didn't expect that a little clue in this regard would be discovered by others.

Because the big computer in the command room is indeed not the 8080 series chip produced by Dongda itself, but the mainstream computer chip of the main world brought by Ren Zhong!

The systems of these computers were also brought over from the main world, so they can easily handle the large amount of data and image processing required for rocket launches.

However, this small mistake seemed insignificant compared to the overall live broadcast of the launch event. Even though Mr. Moore's eyes were sharp enough to spot the difference at a glance, this difference only left the impression of the University of Tokyo as mysterious and unpredictable among these top experts from the major powers.

It is useful in any era.

They would not doubt at all that Tokyo University would develop more powerful computers for their own use, because they would put themselves in their shoes and think that if there really were such powerful computers, they would ensure that their family members used them first.

What's more, these powerful computers are also very helpful for the development of science. As for the great powers, they all have a list of banned products and technologies that are not sold to the outside world. It is normal for Tokyo University to keep its good things secret.

Following this line of thinking, the more these top experts watched the live broadcast from the University of Tokyo, the more they found that there were many things they couldn’t understand, including the clear images coming from the University of Tokyo’s spacecraft and the precise measurement data and perfect flight trajectory curve coming from the remote measurement ship!
These data shown on live TV almost perfectly match the theoretical trajectory data calculated by experts.

These experts couldn't help but admire the design ability and theoretical level of the aerospace experts from the University of Tokyo!
Because these calculations involve a huge amount of computing power, Tokyo University quietly revealed a big move. For these experts, these are actually things that should have been done long ago. The amount of computing involved would probably take years based on the current computer performance. Tokyo University either has more powerful computers, or has been conducting secret research on this for many years!

No matter which guess is true, it is a bit awe-inspiring!

This means that the research on my side is far behind the times!
With the live broadcast footage being broadcast, no expert would have the slightest doubt about the launch of Todai's manned spacecraft.

This is even more true for ordinary television viewers in these powerful countries.

When the University of Tokyo first announced the live broadcast of the manned spacecraft launch, many ordinary people in the great powers were skeptical.

But after watching the live broadcast of Tokyo University, even the most die-hard TV viewers are now filled with awe for Tokyo University’s progress in aerospace!

At least so far, they have not heard of any of the major powers starting research on manned spacecraft.

In contrast, the University of Tokyo’s spacecraft has already flown into space.

Therefore, during the live broadcast, some elite audiences from powerful countries began to have serious doubts about their own countries. They spent huge amounts of taxpayers' money but did not see such earth-shaking scientific and technological progress. Some people even began to reflect that the major scientific and technological achievements in recent years, whether it was personal computers or manned space flights, these world-shaking advances, now had nothing to do with the Western world.

Does this mean that in the process of technological development, the Western powers, which had always been far ahead, have actually lost to the University of Tokyo?
Once this idea came into being, these rational Western elites were horrified when they thought about it carefully. Based on some events in their memory, from nuclear submarines in the past to personal computers, and then to today's manned space flight, it seems that all the most noteworthy technological advances in the past decade or so were pioneered by Tokyo University without exception!

After a long flight of nearly one and a half hours, the audience in front of the TV followed the measurement signals of the measurement ship and chased the flight trajectory of the spacecraft until it became an orbiting satellite in space. For the first time, they saw the astronauts' actions in a weightless state. Only then did the live broadcast declare the end of the first stage!

Next, the spacecraft launched this time will return to the blue planet seven days later, and the return information will be broadcast live at that time, bringing the entire manned space activity of Dongda University to a successful conclusion.

But even though the recovery part has not yet begun, the success of the launch alone has sparked discussions around the world.

The two astronauts from the University of Tokyo who entered space for the first time were regarded as space heroes by the entire world of Bright Sword!

The first words they uttered in space, "This is a small step for us as individuals into space, but a giant leap for mankind to conquer the universe," became the front-page headlines of many media outlets the next day!
The national image of the University of Tokyo has been greatly improved internationally!

Many people even began to think that the University of Tokyo is the country with the most advanced technology in the world! Because only the University of Tokyo has sent people into space so far!
This reason is so strong that it is almost impossible to refute!
This is certainly a good thing for Todai.

Because it also improved the quality of many things exported by Dongda, especially electronic products and automobile products!

If the previous popularity of Golf and JETTA was due to their models and cost-effectiveness, now they have the halo of Dongda's advanced technology, which has led to the second-generation Golf and JETTA becoming much faster than the first generation.

In addition, the newly launched POLO super fuel-efficient car has become a new model for a generation of small cars because of its fuel efficiency. Compared with the currently popular Bug shell, it has a larger usable space and a similar maximum speed, but its fuel consumption is at least 15% lower, which is a huge advantage. It has begun to significantly squeeze its market.

Even Rolls-Royce has now used its sub-brand Bentley to cooperate with Dongda Passat to create the most technologically advanced luxury sedan, integrating Dongda's aerospace technology into the Bentley brand. It is not only developing luxury Bentley business cars, but has also begun to create top-level sports cars for the Bentley brand!
Although the brand this time is mainly Rolls-Royce, in terms of production and manufacturing, it will be marked as Dongda Passat, and there is even a Dongda production plant. Production is carried out in two locations. The supply to Europe is mainly from the Rolls-Royce factory, and the sales supply to North America is mainly from the Dongfang factory!
This production system is naturally a shot in the arm for Passat, which is eager to enhance its brand influence!

The benefits of live broadcasting of manned space launches are gradually being released! (End of this chapter)