Chapter 990: Fire in the Hole!
The San Marco launch platform is a small launch platform, and the rockets it can launch have a very small carrying capacity.
From a distance, the launch platform looks like an offshore oil production platform. This old steel-frame offshore building built fifty years ago has been rebuilt and painted countless times. It looks a little mottled. Obviously, the management and Not perfect to use.
Even since 2004, this launch platform has not actually launched anything.
But at this moment, the entire launch platform is full of busy staff.
Most of them were wearing lazy god Yafei's overalls, and a small part were wearing powered exoskeletons. They cooperated with each other very smoothly, and quickly cleaned up the old launch platform, and erected the rocket to be launched this time on one side.
When Chen Wei saw the rocket, he wanted to be like Jiang Sanjia, grab Chen Haocong and ask, "What the hell are you doing!"
And the CIA officer who couldn't get rid of the brown sugar in the back burst out laughing when he saw the rocket with his own eyes.
"Dad, look, this is our first rocket!" Chen Haocong excitedly said to Chen Wei.
He's like a kid who just got a new toy and shows it off to his dad.
Xiongzi Science and Technology started with "Mech God Soldier". In terms of technical content, Mecha God Soldier is much more technologically advanced than the rocket in front of it.
Strictly speaking, the Mech God Soldier is not entirely due to him, Chen Haocong, unlike this rocket, which was completely designed by Chen Haocong himself after forming a team and then designing it bit by bit.
And in such a short period of time, they not only designed the rocket, but also integrated multiple technologies with others to jointly create a satellite that can be called abnormal.
If the true shape of this satellite is revealed, it may scare a large number of people to death.
And right now, the satellite is just sitting there, waiting to be sent into orbit by a rocket.
Rocket Chen Wei saw it on TV.
He also drew rockets on paper when he was a child, and it was a Long March bundled rocket with four auxiliary rockets.
At this time, the rocket in front of me also looks like this, with a long middle and four small rockets on all sides.
It's just...the proportions are not right.
It's like the bundled rockets of the Long March series that have been flattened and inflated, like a child's graffiti, a fat version of a cute version of the rocket.
Looking at Chen Haocong, who was asking for credit, Chen Wei couldn't bear to say a hundred words, but he only had one sentence: "Congcong, why is this rocket so thick?"
"Because it has a large capacity." Chen Haocong pointed to the rocket and said, "Dad, look, this is our experimental rocket. In fact, the central cylinder you see is not a rocket, but the body of a satellite. The four small rockets on all sides are our experimental rockets."
The rocket designed by Chen Haocong and the others was originally just a small rocket, but because what Chen Wei needed to launch was too big, it became a bundle of four rockets.
Now the technical difficulty has increased again, almost exhausting the people in Rocket Lab. Fortunately, with the support of the powerful technology of the lazy gods, it was successfully designed.
"The rocket itself is not actually a rocket?" Chen Wei stared wide-eyed, and then looked at the huge object like a train carriage in the center with scrutiny. This thing...is a spy satellite?
"Hey, I'm afraid this is not the kind of small satellite that the CIA is looking forward to." Jiang Sanjia laughed.
"Yes, it's big." Chen Haocong chuckled, "Dad, just wait and be surprised."
On the outside, CIA officials also looked at the rocket in amazement. The shape of this thing looks... not simple. Can a thing of this shape really fly? Shouldn't it turn into a big firecracker in a while and blow them all up!
Chen Haocong explained why the rocket is so thick, but Chen Wei still felt something was wrong.
The shape of this rocket is a bit strange.
Especially the top in the center, it looks like it has been hit by a ball, and it has been painted with a strange face, which is probably what the melancholy robot in the movie "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" looks like.
"Well...it's okay for the rocket to be so thick, why is there an egg on the head?" Jiang Sanjia leaned over and asked the question that Chen Wei didn't have the nerve to ask.
"Brother Sanjia, quality, quality! How can this be called topping? This is called topping!" Chen Haocong glared at him, very dissatisfied with this guy's slander of his hard work.
Then he said very proudly: "So, I named the experimental rocket the Big-headed Baby! Isn't it cute?"
"I think... our definition of cuteness is a bit different..." Jiang Sanjia said.
And your kid is definitely named incompetent star.
The Mech Soldier is named Xiaobanban, and the Rocket is named Big-headed Doll. Are you going to name it Calabash Baby next time?
No matter what Jiang Sanjia said, Chen Haocong was very proud of his "big head baby".
Beside him, several Rocket Lab staff looked at the "big-headed doll" in front of him with complicated eyes.
Excitement, nervousness, anticipation, fear, all in one...
Soon, the preparatory work was completed, Chen Haocong clapped his hands and said: "The launch is about to start, please leave the launch platform or enter the command room!"
When the rocket is launched, the erupted flames are sprayed directly into the sea, which can effectively reduce the damage caused by the tail inflammation, but at that time, no one can stay on the platform.
Otherwise, it will end up the same as the original rocket roasted pigeon.
Chen Haocong cleared the place, and then invited Dad to the command room on the other side of the launch platform.
Those people from the CIA were naturally cleared.
The staff of Rocket Lab did the final check, and then Chen Haocong said: "Everyone check it out, check it out, I'll light it up!"
Chen Wei and Jiang Sanjia looked at each other in blank dismay, is this going to launch?
Don't people always look for a launch window for launch, is it calculated accurately?
How does it feel... It's like a double-kick during the Chinese New Year?
"It doesn't matter, our rocket has enough thrust and enough power to adjust the orbit and orbital speed. Anyway, I'm too lazy to adjust, and everything is left to the flight control system." Chen Haocong explained, and then started the countdown: "10, 9, 8. Ready to ignite... 7, 6, 5, ignite, 3, 2, 1! Launch! Fire in the hole!"
"Boom!" With a sound, the rocket sprayed out a scorching tail flame, and slowly lifted into the air in a huge amount of water vapor.
At that moment, almost everyone's throats were raised to their throats.
Especially those at Rocket Lab, one is that they really hope that this launch will be successful.
Furthermore, they all know that if the "metal hydrogen, metal oxygen" mixed fuel in these four small rockets explodes...
It's basically equivalent to four nuclear bombs, and everyone has to finish playing.
It wasn't until the rocket slowly accelerated and reached a height that was hard to see with the naked eye within tens of seconds that everyone cheered.
The launch appears to have been successful.
Chen Haocong waved his arm for a long time, and suddenly realized something was wrong. When he lowered his head, he saw Jiang Sanjia coming out from under the table in disgrace. He wondered, "Brother Sanjia, what are you doing under the table?"
"You brat, what's wrong with shouting, you have to shout fire in the hole! I've been bombarded with bullets all day, isn't it a conditioned reflex!"
"Then you can't get under the table, hey, where's my dad?"