This star is going to the moon

Chapter 207: The Wooden Kite Prototype! The TV series "The Three-Body Problem" starts filming!
In fact, the progress of the Muyuan is very public. After all, it is a project of a commercial company, not a secret national project.

It’s just that before, they were only posted on the company’s official website and company account, and they were all about breakthroughs in this part, that circuit being installed, etc. It was very professional, and people who couldn’t understand it would feel like they were hitting the nail on the head.

Therefore, apart from the relatively large degree of dissemination in the professional field, there is not much dissemination in the entertainment field.

Then a magical phenomenon occurred.

Today, Lu Yun directly posted a photo of himself with the first test aircraft of the Muyuan. Many people thought that the Muyuan jumped directly from PPT to the finished product and were shocked.

Of course, the main reason is that the progress of the Muyuan project is too fast, which is very different from the impression of many people that "the research of space equipment takes at least ten years."

If the Wanhu rocket has the support of existing domestic rocket technology and the Falcon 9 rocket for reference, then the Muyuan space shuttle has no technical support.

Even if someone forcibly links it to the "X-33" project that the United States has just restarted, the country does not have any technical reserves in this regard.

When China first wanted to carry out manned space flight, there was indeed a debate about whether to take the space shuttle route or the manned spacecraft route.

(Internet image, five proposed solutions)

At that time, many people wanted to launch the space shuttle directly, but in the end, based on the actual situation, they developed a combination of launch vehicle and manned spacecraft.

After all, the domestic aerospace technology at that time was indeed relatively weak.

Moreover, compared with the Americans who are separated by the Pacific Ocean, it is more convenient to exchange technology with our northern neighbors.

So until now, the country recognized by the world as having the most aerospace technology is still the United States, even though its space shuttle has exploded several times.

But the Chinese side is in a bad situation. They have no technical reserves for space shuttles. Lu Yun wants to use the "big technology integration theory" to integrate this technology, but he doesn't have it.

Normally, his progress in researching the Wooden Kite would not have been fast.

But just like Lu Yun, who had such a heavy burden on his shoulders, still had the energy to do other things, even to shoot a TV series, the "Muyuan", which theoretically should have a slower development progress, was built so beautifully a year after its PPT appeared!

[Luckily, it's just a prototype, otherwise I would have suspected that Lu Yun was cheating.]

[Luckily, Lu Yun only took a photo with the Kite in the factory, rather than flying it directly into space. Otherwise, I would have argued that "Lu Yun is a god."]

"I was saying this involved mysterious events, and it really is amazing. Is my timeline wrong? Did you guys take ten years while I only took one? How could a spacecraft more powerful than a traditional space shuttle be developed from scratch in just one year?"

[Hey, Lu Yun didn't say anything. He just took a photo. What if that thing that looks like the Wooden Kite is just a test shell?]

[Yes, during the aircraft development process, there are test aircraft. The initial ones are 1:1 models. There are also ground test aircraft, static test aircraft, engineering test aircraft, etc. So the things Lu Yun is showing now may not be the real thing.]

[It's indeed possible, otherwise this progress is too fast, a bit scary...]

In fact, when it comes to scaring people, the Americans are more nervous. After all, the horror of Lu Yun has been exaggerated in the previous meeting.

Lu Yun is even considering a space elevator, so it makes sense to build a space shuttle so quickly.

So when Roma noticed the news, it felt bad.

Sure enough, when the American media reported the news, the congressmen found it a little hard to accept, and the pressure was immediately transmitted to Lockheed Martin.

Lockheed Martin's top brass immediately convened a meeting. "What should we do now? Those congressmen are demanding we produce the X-33 immediately. They don't care about R&D progress, they only care about appropriating funds. So we need to deliver."

"Yeah, maybe we shouldn't have accepted the grant so quickly. If we hadn't received the money, we could have delayed it. Now that we've received the money, we're being held captive."

"Don't panic. We can just say that the Wooden Kite in the photo with Lu Yun is an empty shell. After all, he didn't show anything more, so releasing the photo this time is likely a strategic fraud."

"That's certainly true, but Congress won't believe it so easily. We'd better come up with some practical measures instead of simply declaring that the Wooden Kite isn't a threat."

"What else can we do? We can't just take out a working X-33 space shuttle and have the congressmen fly into space and then say we are the leader."

"Wait, speaking of actual aircraft, we seem to have two X-33 prototypes..."

When everyone heard the words, they looked over and found that the person who spoke was a veteran engineer from the X-33 project. They were immediately shocked!
Why didn’t you tell me earlier about this good stuff?
"...the assembly parts are 96% and 85% complete, respectively, and are stored in the warehouse."

Everyone: "..."

The old engineer looked at the crowd and, with the same enthusiasm he had used to swindle funding for the original X-33 project, said, "Gentlemen, we don't need to make them fly, or even fire the engines. We just need to assemble them and invite the congressmen to come and see them."

“The most important thing is to let the MPs take photos with it!”

"Ro-Woon posted a photo of one, and we have two!"

"Anyway, they're all unflyable prototypes. Two against one, the advantage is ours!"

Everyone present was a simple-minded person. After so much publicity, they also believed in Lu Yun's power. They were a little obsessed with it for a while, but now they were enlightened by the old senior and they immediately understood it!
"Yeah, as long as there's something there!"

"And we can also use this to get more funding!"

"That's right, that's the way to do it, James. Immediately search the inventory files for that year, then go to the warehouse and find all the components. After all these years, I wonder if the component counts are still at 96% and 85%. Don't let any rats get their hands on them..."

"Wait, Lu Yun posted another photo... Hmm? This looks like a group photo from the start of a film or TV series..."

"This...Lu Yun's performance is really hard to understand. Is this a quirk that all geniuses have..."

At the same time, people in China were also a little confused because Lu Yun’s changes before and after were indeed quite big.

[Oh my god, I almost sprained my waist! ]

[Won't Lu Yun's mind be confused with this situation, with one foot in the sky and the other on the ground? ]

[This might be what the academic masters mean by 'changing your mindset'. Perhaps by adjusting this, Lu Yun will be more efficient.]

[Haha, that's possible. It's also possible that in Lu Yun's mind, both are similar. After all, he's not filming a historical romance drama, but "The Three-Body Problem," which also contains a lot of aerospace knowledge and even a space elevator.]

I saw a news report a while ago about Road Woon building a space elevator. I was shocked. I thought he was going to start a new project, but it turns out it's a film or TV show.

[Hey, I saw that news too, but I wasn't scared because I know space elevators are just science fiction and impossible to realize. Their technology isn't on the same level as the Kite, but rather on the same level as controlled nuclear fusion.]

Oh my god, in this opening photo for the TV series "The Three-Body Problem," my goddess Kong and goddess An are in the same frame. We love their portrayals of Little Dragon Girl!

(End of this chapter)