Chapter 759 Mr. Zhou, Are You Serious?

Xichang base, the third day after Zhou Rui's retreat.

It is also the fourth day of Chang'e's flight in the lonely and cold universe.

The command center is still running, but the number of people is much less than when it was launched.

For Chang'e 3, which is hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, the space agency can't do much at present, mainly to check whether the orbit of Chang'e 3 is normal.

Translation: Standing SEE

Chief Engineer Sun Ze has been in the command center for the past few days, although he knows very well that there is not much he can do at this stage.

If Chang'e 3 flies off the track, the distance between the earth and the moon will definitely not be a matter of a few kilometers. It's just like playing billiards. If the putt time is off by one millimeter, it will be the position of several balls at the bottom of the table.

They are almost 400,000 kilometers away from Chang'e 3.

And with Chang'e 3's own propulsion capabilities,

If it flies off course, it's easier to be a small piece of garbage in space.

Director Sun walked behind him at some point and said, "When will it enter the far moon orbit?"

Sun Ze rubbed his eyes and said, "Around 2:47:24 tonight, the current error is still within a reasonable range."

He smiled bitterly and said, "I envy the launch team a little bit. They have been completely relaxed a long time ago, unlike us, who have to endure more than ten days here."

Director Sun smiled and said, "They are not idle either. I heard that they are also working hard. I plan to go and see them later."

Sun Ze was a little tempted. He was also very curious about the project team led by Master Zhou.

But in the end he chose to stick to his post.

"You haven't been there these days?"

"I haven't been idle either. After the successful launch, all kinds of reports, meetings, and interviews have never stopped. But this is only the third day, there shouldn't be any big changes."

Sun Ze nodded, thinking that what the other party said made sense.

Director Sun left the command room and asked someone to drive the factory car to the "preparation site".

He received several work calls on the way, and when he looked up again, he was already outside the gate.

As soon as he entered the "preparation site", Director Sun saw from a distance that a rocket component was tied to a crane more than 20 meters high and seemed to be moving.

"Okay, please prepare two drafts for the press conference. If it fails, you must have something to say."

Before he hung up the phone, Director Sun witnessed a scene that made him tear his eyes out.

I saw that the rocket component suddenly fell down.

Director Sun's heart rate and blood pressure instantly soared to 180, and there was only one thought in his mind: It's over!

Such a heavy component, free fall from more than 20 meters high? !

He immediately stretched out his hand, his nostrils expanded, and shouted hoarsely: "Run!!!"

However, a scene that stunned him happened. He saw that the rocket component, with a circle of gray protrusions on the surface, suddenly began to spray a large amount of gas mist.

The rocket part magically adjusted its posture slightly in the air, and the speed was getting slower and slower.

Finally, it slowly landed on the ground, and there was an anti-fall mat there.

There was not even a sound

Instead, everyone was startled by his shout and turned to look.

An engineer trotted over: "Director Sun, what did you shout?"

Director Sun said angrily: "What's going on with you? How can you operate such an important rocket part in such a dangerous way! Where is your team leader!"

The engineer scratched his head: "No, this is fake"

"Fake?"

"This is a model made of foam and cork, just to verify the angle adjustment ability, not a real rocket part."

Director Sun walked over and saw that it was indeed a model. He even noticed that the model was connected to a pipe, and he didn't know what it was connected to.

Director Sun coughed dryly and said: "Then pay attention to safety and clear the area to avoid injuries."

The engineer thought to himself, you are the only one who broke in, and you scared us just now.

It was a little embarrassing. Director Sun had experienced many storms and quickly adjusted his mentality, but he was more curious about this thing. He pointed to the streamlined protrusion structure on it and said, "What is this?"

"This is an intelligent attitude regulator, but it is a pneumatic simulation version. High-pressure gas is supplied through this pipeline to adjust the attitude of the component to slow down and fall."

The man was responsible for a small area. He was also a team leader, so he explained it very clearly.

"Originally, there was also a wind adjustment plate, but that part is only useful at high speeds. It is tested in other places. We are only conducting reliability experiments here."

It only lands dozens of times a day

Even if the rocket is recovered, it is impossible to use it hundreds of times. In theory, as long as it can be reused once, it will meet the initial standards. Reusing it more than five times is already a perfect answer.

Director Sun looked at the parts he had never seen before, and his heart was in doubt.

"It's only the third day? You have already made such a thing?"

Did I travel through time?

The engineer shook his head: "This was made by Mr. Zhou on the first night. He just wanted to test the extreme reliability, so the experiment never stopped and was done every day."

Director Sun: ???

What the hell?

This world made him feel strange

It seemed that they had made up their minds to let him join the UC shock department. A strange drone flew over the area, and Zhou Rui's voice came from it:

"Director Sun? Come to inspect the work?"

Director Sun was not used to talking to the drone, and after a long time he said: "Well, come and see, where is Mr. Zhou?"

"I'm in the southeast corner, Area A2. If I have something to ask you, the drone will bring you here."

Director Sun calmed down and followed the drone inside.

Only then did he have time to observe the situation in the "preparation field" and found that there was not only one drone flying around in the factory, but also some unknown people.

These should be Mr. Zhou's own team. Although he has been busy with mundane affairs these days, he has also heard about the plan here.

But Mr. Zhou, are you serious?

Do you really want to be idle and complete the rocket recycling in seven days?

As he walked inside, he found a lot of new equipment, many of which he couldn't even name.

Dozens of people perform their duties, busy and organized, and it is obvious that the work is progressing and planned smoothly.

What is surprising is that the rocket parts of the "Chang Er C" have not changed much. Although there are many people surrounding it, they almost maintain the original shape.

It seems that Mr. Zhou and the others have not yet started taking action against the real guy.

Finally, he saw Zhou Rui himself in the corner.

In the space in front of you, there are five large screens standing above, which seem to be connected to the drones and are a "command center".

There is a large amount of manufacturing equipment around, and a large semi-enclosed laboratory has been built. Along with Zhou Rui, there are many engineers discussing the drawings. Che Gan and Shan Chunyuan are both here.

He didn't know if it was because he was too shocked today, but he felt that Shan Chunyuan had changed and became a stranger.

Zhou Rui himself was even more outrageous. He was actually wearing a pair of dark arm armor with mechanical patterns on his hands.

It reminded him of the games played by his grandson, such as Shabak City Lord, Slaying Dragons with Swords

It's like walking into the wrong set

When Zhou Rui saw Director Sun, he temporarily suspended the discussion, told Che Gan and Shan Chunyuan a few words, walked over and said:

"Director Sun, what a coincidence, I have something to discuss with you."

Director Sun: "You said that I can bear it now."

Zhou Rui smiled and said: "The basic structure of the intelligent adjustment thruster has been finalized. Next, we will conduct a full-scale and full-weight experiment. I ordered a steel structure model and contacted friends in the army to prepare for a 10,000-meter drop test the day after tomorrow. Please coordinate the use of the 'drop zone' with the bureau."

The landing area refers to the place where the rocket falls, usually in a calculated and sparsely populated area.

Of course, even if there are sparsely populated areas, advance notice and patrols are required, and littering is not allowed.

Zhou Rui contacted the transport plane on the troops and prepared to pull the simulation piece to an altitude of about 12,000 meters and then drop it.

A real rocket will naturally fall higher than this height, but the speed of an object in free fall in the atmosphere will not increase infinitely.

When the resistance and gravity reach a balance, it will stabilize at the maximum speed. After calculation, this high altitude is enough.

If you want to go higher, with current technology, you can only really send a rocket up. After all, transport planes can't fly higher.

If this test is successful, basically we only need to pay attention to the issue of thermal protection and coordination with the rocket's own fuel system.

That’s pretty much it for rocket recovery.

As Zhou Rui said before, "mechanical intelligence" is used to engage in rocket recovery, and the professional counterpart is really relevant.

The "posture adjustment" problem that is the most difficult in public perception does not need to be worried about.

For Zhou Rui and others, they only need to focus on "system stability and integration".

Director Sun took a deep breath and thought to himself that this partner is really awesome.

Not only is the speed ridiculous, the energy is also ridiculous

Calling a military transport aircraft to transport dozens of tons of things, there was no need for the space agency to send a message at all, and it was solved with just a phone call.

This was also the reason why he felt like he couldn't understand many things after not coming for three days.

Because of many resources and permissions, Zhou Rui can do it by himself.