I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

"Annan? Do they have money?"

After listening to Shen Zuozhou's explanation, Xiao Gangtian raised his own questions.

Shen Zuozhou shook his head:

"Money? They really can't come up with much, up to a hundred million US dollars, but there are some things that are more than just money.

I don't know how much, but I heard that they have made a lot of concessions on some controversial issues. The superiors are now in a good mood and plan to grant them some money to support astronaut training. Going further is not non-negotiable.

Who would have known that they actually came here to ask questions, and then basically all ASEAN countries came to the door, wanting to see if they could catch up with the aerospace trend. "

Xiao Gangtian suddenly realized that no wonder someone found him, something had changed.

In an instant, the context of many things became clear. The Asia Star project was forcibly promoted by Kishimoto Tsu in order to revitalize the people. There must be many opposition members. Naturally, some of them want to squeeze out the Asia Star through other plans.

Cursing dirty politics in his heart, Xiao Gangtian finally put aside his worries and hugged his good friend's shoulders again.

…

"Is this the Venus probe? It looks a little different."

The superior touched the Venus No. 1 container that was about to be covered. The extremely smooth and anti-corrosion surface felt wonderful to the touch.

On the 9th, he went to Chengdu for an inspection and took a detour to the base, just in time to catch up with two Venus probes ready to be packed and shipped away.

However, Lin Ju, who hurried back, was not surprised. Basically, the leaders above liked to come and take a look when they passed by Shuchuan River. The base had already been prepared.

There are other reasons why the leaders like to come to the base: the base has always been on high alert, and two squadrons of elite guards are stationed there. They will not mobilize troops when they come.

Moreover, every time I go to the base, the place is busy with work. There is no deliberate whitewashing because of the arrival of people. They are just doing what they are supposed to do. This kind of atmosphere makes people feel much more comfortable and feels more real.

Xiao Gangtian hurriedly answered the superior's question: "This is a lander. The upper one is sampled and returned. The lower one needs to survive under high pressure, acid and high temperature, so the shape needs to be..."

The superior nodded repeatedly, and finally looked at the flying saucer-shaped return vehicle at the top of Venus 1 and said:

"We are going to use a rocket of more than 700 tons to launch it, but what comes back is only this small can no bigger than a washbasin, with only some air in it. It's really sad."

Serev: "Look over there, that's the Storm. It has a nuclear-powered engine. The Advance in the sky also has a nuclear-powered engine. They can both go to Venus in the future and bring back much more things. They can even Digging up soil from the surface of Venus and sending it back one day.”

"I'm going to Qingshan Base later. The nuclear engine is very good. Your capabilities are beyond imagination."

The superiors were very emotional when they said this. The establishment of the Qingshan base was actually quite tortuous. It was obtained from the country with the participation of the Unity rescue mission and the Tiangong Space Station. The superiors have always been very concerned about it, but also very unfavorable.

A large number of senior scientists at the Academy of Sciences are shaking their heads when private companies study nuclear technology, which is still extremely advanced nuclear propulsion technology. Especially after figuring out the directory of Xinyuan's nuclear technology experts, they can't describe it as "a crooked melon and a split date". point.

Seeing Lin Juda throwing tens of billions into it, these old scientists were bleeding in their hearts. They reported more than once, suggesting that Xinyuan should simply give them the money, even if it was to form a nominal company, just treat it as... If private capital makes use of state-owned research capabilities, at least the money will not be wasted.

The A100 with incredible parameters is not good, but the nuclear thermal engine with a ratio of 3,000 is still possible. How much can be done with tens of billions of dollars.

These sounds did not stop until the Qingshan base was landed. In their opinion, those in Xinyuan Company could not use those advanced facilities and would have to ask for help sooner or later. They were all ready to take over the research.

As a result, the birth of Cheng Nankai's first CU15 reactor directly caused the materialist beliefs of nuclear scientists at the Academy of Sciences to be shaken. Was it so violent at first?

Then the A100 gradually took shape at an astonishing speed. When the first prototype was tested at the 257 test site, several academicians of the Academy of Sciences came to watch, which completely refreshed the concept of the research power of the Qingshan Base.

The emergence of the real A100 machine is even more unbelievable. Its technical parameters are almost at the theoretical limit of fission engines, stronger than many Hall thrusters, and simply do not look like a product of this era.

A bunch of academicians were deeply shocked by the technical level of the A100. They went back and wrote a report for half a month. Just watching the engine test run inspired several blockbuster papers, but they were only circulated internally and could not be released publicly.

After reading their comments, we have a very intuitive understanding of Xinyuan's nuclear technology and leadership: it is about 30 years ahead of the world's most advanced level.

It is no exaggeration to say that the technical indicators of A100 will remain highly confidential for a long time, and any disclosure will have a major impact.

Therefore, the superiors' concern for Lin Ju was infinitely higher, especially since Xinyuan also participated in a large number of national defense projects, so there could be no surprise.

He did not hesitate to praise everyone in the base, and then he was led to visit various places by the happy people. He witnessed Robot No. 2 learning to cook in the cafeteria, and even gave some instructions, and Robot No. 2 actually listened to it. All the visiting leaders were surprised.

The superior took the performance of Robot No. 2 into his mind, glanced at Lin Ju calmly, and then continued his visit to the final assembly hangar.

A large area was cleared there, and a big guy was parked: C832.

The first C832 prototype aircraft, the main airframe is manufactured at the base, the wing spars are manufactured by the 132 Factory, the vertical tail is from Shenyang Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd., the horizontal tail is made by Hongdu, part of the main structure of the wing is made in Xi'an, and the electrical pipelines are...

After all, it is a passenger aircraft that needs to be mass-produced. The C832 has parts suppliers all over the world. Xinyuan manufactured the three major parts of the prototype aircraft, including the fuselage, engine, and avionics, and also undertook the final assembly and test flight tasks.

In the future, fuselage manufacturing and final assembly will be transferred to the large aircraft base in Yizhou. Currently, most of Southwest Commercial Aviation's C832 team is staying at the base - most of their members are also from Xinyuan, so there is no need to move places.

Some time ago, the parts for the first prototype that could fly were gradually received. The most complex fuselage had already been installed. The structural parts of the wings and other small parts were installed very quickly. Now the APU (auxiliary power unit) has been installed. unit), only the last two XW-30 engines need to be installed to complete the unit.

When the superiors saw the C832, the workers were installing one of the engines. The huge diameter XW-30 was very oppressive and it was the engine with the largest duct diameter in the country.

As a prototype, the C832 at this time still had a yellow-green background color, but it was already capable of flying.

Although it is a twin-engine passenger aircraft, the C832 is a wide-body mainline passenger aircraft with a range of more than 14,000 kilometers. It is in the same class as the Boeing 747 and is naturally not small in size, similar to the Boeing 787.

The superior's first reaction was: much bigger than C919.

Of course it is big. The C832 is 68 meters long and has a wingspan of 60 meters. It is much larger than the C919 which is 39 meters long and has a wingspan of 66 meters, so the size comparison is very intuitive.

Although the take-off weight is much smaller than that of the Boeing 747, it is only slightly smaller in size and is no worse than the 747 as a special aircraft.