Chapter 1558: Choice
Apply innovative technology?
When Luo Jiazhao, the head of Jiuzhou Science and Technology Rocket Company, heard the "boast" of the young head of the Titanium Star Department, he endured countless complaints in his heart and showed a very approving expression on his face.
He really wanted to complain to this genius, "Do you know how many projects on Blue Star have sought to develop solid core nuclear-powered rocket engines in the past few decades? It's not as simple as you say, to innovate technology just because you say it?
With this generation of process technology, even if Oppenheimer and others are resurrected, it is impossible to innovate just because they say it!"
However, how could the talents trained by Gu Qing himself only talk big?
Although he didn't hear the inner complaints of Luo Jiazhao and others, Zhang Tianhao tapped the legs of his glasses and said to Li Lun, the head of the laboratory: "Engineer Li, can you allow my equipment to perform virtual reality projection operations here?"
Although he can forcibly control the use of equipment through permissions, Zhang Tianhao is obviously not a young man who doesn't know any rules.
After hearing Zhang Tianhao's request, Li Lun did not hesitate.
He took out the tablet, looked at the request that popped up on the screen, and clicked permission.
Although the SR1 customized version of the researcher's glasses is excellent, for older people like them, this virtual reality enhancement technology cannot be used 24 hours a day, otherwise it will put great pressure on the eyes and make the brain feel uncomfortable.
After obtaining the permission, Zhang Tianhao waved his hand in the void in front of him, and soon several virtual structural patterns of rockets and their internal engines appeared.
"The first batch of prototype nuclear-powered rocket engines that Mr. Li talked about before should be the batch that the United States made 70 years ago.
The nuclear reactors in these rocket engines use prismatic fuel elements, through which holes are drilled axially to accommodate the flow of hydrogen propellant.
It is worth mentioning that since the successful development of this generation of prototype nuclear-powered rocket engines, the United States has not been able to successfully develop the second-generation technology. Twenty years later, the prototype nuclear-powered rocket engine still has not increased its power.
Because of the special political environment at the time, the former polar bear was also developing nuclear rocket engines. In response, of course, the former polar bear eventually developed a similar but smaller RD-410 nuclear rocket engine.
Perhaps it was fate that two routes emerged from this time.
Polar bear's RD- Although the 410 nuclear rocket engine is small in size, the fuel element of the engine is made of uranium/tungsten carbide material. The special nature of the material enables it to operate at a higher temperature than the temperature that the prototype nuclear-powered rocket of the United States can reach, which also means that the efficiency of the nuclear rocket engine is higher than that of the prototype nuclear-powered rocket of the United States.
Academically, everyone has now determined that we cannot even reach one-fifth of the solar system through chemical fuel propulsion technology, and as the spacecraft gets closer and closer to the sun, the intensity of solar radiation will become weaker and weaker, so even the best solar cell technology cannot reach the edge of the solar system.
And from a legal perspective, the current "Outer Space Treaty" only prohibits the sending of nuclear weapons into orbit or other celestial bodies. As long as our nuclear rockets work stably, they are transport rockets, not weapons.
In terms of technological innovation, the nuclear fission technology route and the nuclear radiation brought by the launch method are actually a very important and sensitive issue. "
Zhang Tianhao's question made Li Lun, Luo Jiazhao and others fall silent.
Nuclear-powered rockets have an incomparable advantage in energy density. The energy density of the uranium-fueled fission reactor used in it is 4 million times higher than that of traditional chemical fuel.
But this thing is too difficult to deal with!
Gu Qing looked at the somewhat depressed atmosphere on the scene and said, "Okay, everyone present has a deep understanding of this industry's cutting-edge project. Tell me what you think."
Zhang Tianhao looked at Gu Qing and nodded, "In fact, the solution is very simple. We can either develop a nuclear fusion kinetic energy engine, so that we don't need to consider the radiation problem, and the power and thrust of the nuclear fusion kinetic energy engine are much higher than nuclear fission.
Of course, this is the most difficult solution to overcome. I personally prefer to find excellent materials on the moon after mastering the nuclear fission engine, and then continue to overcome nuclear fusion.
As for the second solution, our engineering team actually gave the direction at the beginning."
At this point, Zhang Tianhao pointed with his right hand.
The virtual models of the rockets and engines in front of him were scattered into tiny light spots in an instant, and then gathered together to become a rocket model with sections and a power engine design with a slightly weird structure.
"First, for the technological innovation of nuclear-powered rockets, we have already carried out basic research and development in the fields of materials, metallurgy, thermal engineering, material strength, irradiation stability, vibration stability, test technology, and measurement technology.
When the graphene super copper motor technology mounted on the mecha and the high-capacity and stable graphene solid-state battery technology were first developed, the graphene team tried to apply graphene technology in other materials and achieved many results. However, because we had to conduct technical cooperation with the Daxia official at that time, this self-developed technology was not included in the technology library.
There is also the graphene solid-state battery technology that we have commercialized, with high capacity and strong stability. The iterative optimization of its shell material can support the protection of the nuclear fission shell layer under normal power.
And the smart chip of the silicon-based chip technology can stably control the operation of the nuclear energy engine in the temperature-isolated area.
Of course, there is another direction for the innovation of these technologies, which is to let our probes and sampling robots go to the moon to bring us new materials as catalysts or material bodies to test new technologies.
If that's all, the old recyclable rocket JZ-404 can barely be used. "
Hearing this, Engineer Li Lun's eyes deepened a little.
He knew the meaning behind the words of the young man in front of him.
If the technology is innovated now, the current test department must add more R&D personnel from the Titanium Star department, after all, these technologies are the core technologies of Titanium Star.
By then, the rocket R&D department, and even the independence of this rocket company, will be in name only.
If you choose to wait, you can still use the old plan, wait until you get enough lunar materials, and then wait and see the future development direction.
It's just...