Chapter 683: The First Step to Be Taken

After a month of closed work in the Luhu military base, the work of Fang Yuan and others was finally completed.

That night, the first solar furnace ignition test was carried out.

When the ion injection engine of the solar furnace spewed out a long flame tail, everyone's eyes widened and their mouths grew wide.

Everyone is excited, after a busy month, the assembly of the solar furnace is finally completed.

The pace of human beings flying into the universe has raised their legs.

The more stable and solid this step is, the more significant it will be for mankind.

In the future, such an engine flame tail will shine in the starry sky and take humans to deep space.

Today's ignition ceremony is just to test the completion of the assembly of the solar furnace, not a test flight.

From the completion of the assembly of the solar furnace to the real test flight, there is still a lot of work to be done.

However, the work of Fang Yuan and others has been completed, and the next step is the work of the Academy of Military Sciences, the Weapons Research Institute, and the controllable nuclear fusion research team.

In addition, the avionics system and other technical teams must also join in, continue to work, and improve the spacecraft step by step.

"The ignition ceremony is over, you can go home tomorrow, you go back tomorrow, tell your mother, I will go back a few days later." Fang Zhenguo arranged family tasks for Fang Yuan in the afternoon.

In the evening, everyone gathered for dinner in the workshop cafeteria.

"Professor, have we finished our work? After receiving the order, we can go home tomorrow, but the spaceship hasn't tested the flight yet." Eve wanted to test the flight very much.

"The assembly of the solar furnace has been completed, but the test flight is not so fast. It is necessary to test the performance of the solar furnace on the spacecraft to check whether there are any hidden dangers. It will take a period of testing before the official test flight." Yang Yuping explained.

"Yes, think about it, this is the first manned spacecraft equipped with a solar furnace engine for all mankind, and its goal is to fly to the universe. Before this, no such spacecraft has ever been built. Everything has to be done by feeling the stones River, so there are still many things to test. Don’t worry, you will see the day when the Shenzhou flies into the starry sky.” Wang Jiuliang took the conversation and added.

"I really want to participate in the test flight." Eve Nu pouted.

"rest assured,

When it's time for the test flight, I will definitely call you. "Yang Yuping comforted cheerfully.

Niu Dazhi has been asking a question for a long time, and then asked, "Professor, I have been looking at this spaceship for several days, and I feel that its shape is a bit weird."

"What's wrong?" Yang Yuping didn't understand what he wanted to express, but he still asked patiently, ready to answer.

"It's a bit like an airplane, but it's also a bit like a rocket. I don't think it can fly." Niu Dazhi finally expressed his doubts.

Eve immediately covered her forehead, completely speechless.

It may be because of frequent confrontations, but Eve found that she could understand Niu Dazhi's doubts, rolled her eyes, and said loudly, "Because the Shenzhou takes off vertically!"

"Vertical takeoff?"

"Yes, it takes off vertically, just like a rocket." Yang Yuping confirmed this.

The students in the military scientific research class couldn't help laughing: "So you stayed here for so many days, and you didn't even know that the Shenzhou was designed to take off vertically?"

"No one told me, isn't it strange?" Niu Dazhi spread his hands.

He scratched his head, and asked strangely: "Why do you want to take off vertically? Isn't horizontal takeoff good? So many planes take off horizontally, so the technology for horizontal takeoff should be better. Moreover, vertical takeoff, people sitting Inside, isn't it uncomfortable?"

Han Youwei pursed her lips and smiled, and helped to explain: "There is actually a reason for designing the vertical takeoff, because the goal of Shenzhou is to fly out of the earth and sail in the universe, so the possibility of landing on other planets in the future must be considered.

"In the universe, not every planet has air. An important condition for horizontal takeoff is air. Without air, horizontal takeoff cannot be achieved.

"Therefore, to go to the universe, horizontal take-off is an inevitable development trend."

Niu Dazhi laughed, and said: "So that's the case. Just say that there is no air, and I understand. What a simple thing."

"You know a lot." Eve still didn't forget to scold him.

Wang Jiuliang then added: "Actually, at the beginning of the design of the Shenzhou, the design of the engine rotation was originally considered. However, that requires higher technical requirements, and the technology is not stable enough. In contrast, fixed engines, vertical take-off , is the safest design.”

"The first-generation spacecraft should be down-to-earth, step by step, without those fancy things." Fang Zhenguo spoke in a tone as if he had just communicated with the theater headquarters.

"Then when is the test flight? When can we come and see it?" Eve immediately asked.

"According to the work schedule, the test flight time is not too far away, so don't worry." Yang Yuping did not say the specific time.

Because the research and development and construction of the Shenzhou still have a very high level of confidentiality, the exact time of the test flight cannot be announced in advance.

In fact, Yang Yuping also inferred the approximate test flight time from the work schedule.

Fang Yuan glanced sideways at Fang Zhenguo, and asked: "The headquarters will let us go back now, aren't you worried that the news about the Shenzhou will leak out?"

This time, more people participated in the construction of the Shenzhou, and the work was closed for the previous month, and no information was leaked.

However, once so many people go home, there is no guarantee that the news will leak out.

It's not that some of these people leaked information, or that someone took advantage of this opportunity to leak information, and it will be very difficult to track down.

Fang Zhenguo was not worried at all, and replied: "Since the headquarters let you go back, it means that you are not worried about this matter."

Fang Yuan understood what was going on as soon as he heard it.

Since the headquarters is not worried about information leakage, it means lowering the confidentiality level.

Fang Yuan guessed that there is a high probability that the headquarters will release some information about the Shenzhou.

There's nothing surprising about that either.

In fact, the news about Huaxia's spaceship development has been reported by foreign media a long time ago.

Of course, those reports were speculative without any substance.

However, everyone who knows a little about science knows that the development of spaceships must already be in progress.

Because the existence of the solar furnace is the key of civilization to the universe.

Now that you have the key, it is impossible not to take this step.

Therefore, since Huaxia has manufactured a solar furnace, it is imperative to study spaceships.

Everyone drank some wine, celebrated, and made an appointment to meet again when the Shenzhou test flight.

Then, they went home the next day.

Coming out of the closed military base and returning to the city, the figure of the Shenzhou echoed in my mind, and I felt many emotions in my heart.

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