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

The effect of 404 injections is actually similar to that of anti-aging injections manufactured by a few cutting-edge biological laboratories. Those injections that cost hundreds of thousands or millions can also delay the aging of the body and improve physical fitness.

However, the efficacy of these anti-aging injections is short and requires a lot of coordination measures. The 404 injection can maintain the effect for at least 10 years without side effects. In other words, it almost extends the life span by ten years.

However, this is not worth the more than 4 billion the base spent on it. The most important thing is that through research on 404 injection, the biological laboratory has figured out part of the mechanism of action of its predecessor 304 injection, which is far more useful than the injection itself.

How the human body accurately controls various organs and their development is an ultimate problem that the medical community has never solved. With the knowledge gained from the 404 project, the base directly became the world's number one in this field.

This greatly enhanced Xie Miao's confidence in the research and development of subsequent sub-projects. The base is making money from the cash cow of medicine.

"Lao Luo, why haven't the new batch of monkeys arrived yet? We only have two left."

"Maybe it will be soon. They still have to recycle and dispose of the body... Just hurry up and do the autopsy."

As Rohan said, he couldn't help but feel silent for these animal experiment subjects. "Old Sun", who had six full sets of teeth replaced a few days ago, died due to ineffective treatment of a head infection caused by a severe oral infection. However, Xie Miao insisted that the tooth replacement medicine will be successful soon. Applied for more experimental subjects.

Unless inhuman forces are used, the biological research process is a history of the destruction of small animals...

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"From now on, human aerospace technology has ushered in its first end."

Miklin was enjoying the sunshine in Qiongzhou comfortably, holding a bottle of wine and evaluating the Long March 18th rocket that had completed the final assembly of the arrow ship.

As a relatively close partner and an important member of the Huayin Organization, RKA was able to observe closely from the frontmost position on the coast, which satisfied both Miklin and Borisov.

Now the Long March 18 Yaoyi rocket is about to enter the pre-launch state. The final assembly box wrapping it has been connected with the cranes on the four surrounding work ships with steel cables, and it is lying in a stress-free state on the semi-submersible holding it. on board.

The semi-submersible ship is being filled with water to sink. After it sinks just enough to float the assembly box, divers need to fix the steel cable between the two. This is a slow and heavy process that requires an entire day today. sky.

However, the work after this will be much simpler. Tomorrow, the fuel can be added and the final container can be fixed on the cement base on the seabed. It will then take a whole day to conduct inspections, and the launch can be carried out as soon as December 10th.

But when Lucia technicians learned about it, they kept shaking their heads in disbelief. This meant that thousands of tons of liquid hydrogen would stay inside the rocket for a day. In their opinion, the most likely result was that the storage tank could not withstand the ultra-high altitude. The pressure just explodes.

Although there was news that Xinyuan Company had manufactured a zero-evaporation liquid hydrogen storage tank before, the spread was very small, and those who knew about it also scoffed.

In the past few days, Miklin has been thinking about what problems he would need to solve if he were the chief designer of this rocket. The result is that from the most basic rocket body to the control system, he can't think of any reasonable means to solve it. Achieve the level shown in the Long March 18th.

For example, this most basic 18-meter-diameter giant rocket body is very difficult to form in one piece or weld in sections. If Lucia really needs to spend all her efforts to make this thing, it is barely feasible.

Next to him, RKA Director Borisov could not help but be envious. This crazy creation, which can be called a spectacle, seemed to him a huge waste of resources. He had enough energy to build ten "Hurricane" rockets. The price/performance ratio is shockingly low.

But I have to admit that without such a super rocket, it would be impossible to send the Jiuzhang into space.

"They should use liquid oxygen kerosene, which can save a lot of volume. A diameter of 12 meters is enough."

This was the only thorn he could pick out. Although liquid hydrogen has a very high specific impulse, its density is very low. One cubic meter of liquid hydrogen only has 70 kilograms, while the same volume of kerosene has a full 800 kilograms, which is 10 times that of liquid hydrogen. times.

If kerosene is used as fuel, the entire development cost can be reduced by at least half.

"But that would not be able to achieve the near-Earth 800-ton and 360-ton lunar orbit transport capacity."

Although Miklin also instinctively has the urge to keep costs down, it is the hydrogen-oxygen power that allows the Long March 18 to achieve an astonishing load factor of 5.3%. If replaced with a kerosene engine, it can only reach 3.5%, which is nearly two hundred dollars. tons of low-Earth orbit capacity gap.

Pursuing the top performance improvement at a huge extra cost, although it does not conform to the cost-effectiveness balance control idea, is the best way to avoid leaving any regrets in the hearts of technicians.

The more he looked at this unprecedented super rocket, the more Miklin felt that RKA was deeply behind in technology. Even the world's aerospace technology was far behind it. It was almost the same as the Apollo moon landing in 1969. Just like NACA, first place directly creates a terrifying crushing advantage over the world.

Just when he was melancholy, the sound of propellers was heard in the distance, and a de Havilland Beaver floatplane was flying over at low altitude and began to circle around the lifting site.

This was a small plane that could only accommodate four people. The flight performance was quite good. Lin Ju was sitting in the back seat looking down at the work area. After flying for more than half an hour, he landed next to the dock. He jumped out of the cabin and landed on the wooden board. On the trestle.

Serev, who also arrived at the launch site, was wearing a colorful shirt, shorts and slippers. He walked towards Lin Ju like an ordinary tourist, took off his sunglasses and said hello:

"Tropical islands are the most addictive. I really want to move my company here so that I can eat the freshest fruits and enjoy sun bathing all year round."

Lin Ju nodded fiercely. During this period, there were sandstorms and cold air blowing southward in the capital. The turbid and dry air made him, a southerner, very uncomfortable. The clear sky and sunshine in Qiongzhou made him feel like he was back in summer again.

"We'll find a boat to fish in later, and we'll bake it in the evening."

"Boss, go ahead on your own. I'm still the deputy commander-in-chief of the launch. I can only relax for a while.

I have to keep an eye on thousands of people here. If I don't pay attention, I can destroy this big guy. "

Only then did Lin Ju notice that Serev's eyes were a little dark under his sunglasses, obviously he had put in a lot of energy.

As soon as the rocket leaves the factory, it requires the concerted efforts of many different units. Coordinating so many people is no less difficult than commanding a large-scale battle. During the launch phase, Serev needs to be hands-on and run around. On the contrary, he is the biggest boss. nothing to do.

For him, it would be a shame to intervene. He can only hope that when the moon landing mission is completed, the system will reward another A+ scientist with the ability to control large projects. Ye Changsi and Serev both need to spend a lot of time on management now. It's much easier to do it alone.