"Mr. Qin, your speech is really wonderful." It was already night. When dining at the base, all the people in charge of the base and aviation veterans were sitting around Qin Guan. After hearing Qin Guan's description of this kind of aeroplane, his eyes were full of longing.

Looking at these people, Qin Guan also opened his mouth in surprise: "You don't believe it anymore, do you? I fooled them."

"No, Mr. Qin, the idea you put forward is absolutely feasible." Elder Qi said enthusiastically there: "Although I haven't formally calculated it yet, I just made a rough estimate. We just need to give Our aerospace plane provides a suborbit and a speed of Mach 9 and it can be put into orbit, especially the engine you mentioned. We believe that comrades in the aviation department have already begun to do it. Something, we will have it too."

Looking at their eyes, Qin Guan knew that they gave themselves to the myth. In their eyes, there was nothing they could not do. As long as they said anything, they would definitely be able to do it. After only three years of project approval, Is there anything we can't do if we can send the first spaceship to the sky?

It's no wonder that Qin always tried his best to deny the space shuttle plan in the past. It turned out that he wanted to build a space shuttle in one step! In the field of space technology, China has also begun to catch up with the world's advanced level.

Seeing the hot flames that came out of these people's eyes, Qin Guan knew that they were already tempted. No, he had to pour cold water on them quickly.

"No, no, this aerospace plane is not our current plan." Qin Guan said: "The short-term plan of our aerospace department, the plan for at least 20 years, has been established. The first step is to engage in manned spaceflight. , The second step is to build our own space station and conduct scientific research in space for a long time."

"What about the third step?" Old Qi continued to ask Qin Guan.

third step?

For the first two steps, Qin Guan planned to take twenty years. Therefore, Qin Guan himself has not thought about how to go later. After all, after twenty years, Qin Guan must have retired. In fact, even if It is now that Qin Guan already has the idea of ​​retiring. He will work for a few more years until the bear country is disintegrated, and when he has become a world power surpassing the eagle country, Qin Guan must retire. His wife and children are hot on the bed. This is the easy life Qin Guan expects most.

Now, Qi Lao asked Qin Guan about the third step, but Qin Guan really couldn't answer.

Is it moon landing?

The action of landing on the moon is of great political significance. Look at the competition between the bear country and the eagle country a few years ago. In the end, the bear country failed. They connected more than 100 small engines in parallel, and finally caused it. Reliability was reduced, several launches, several failures, and the Eagles achieved this goal by relying on the powerful Saturn V rocket.

However, after that, the moon fell silent again. With the current aerospace technology, the cost of landing on the moon is too high, and the huge investment is not proportional to the benefits, even if you know that there are many resources on the moon, such as nuclear fusion fuel. Helium III, such as aerospace metal titanium, etc. However, there is a long way to go to exploit the resources there.

After the space station is built, what's next?

Develop aerospace aircraft! The development of this project can greatly reduce the cost of entering space. Only when entering space is civilianized can more space explorations be realized. For example, large spacecraft can be assembled in space, not only can detect other planets!

It can be said that before the idea of ​​a space elevator becomes a reality, the cost of using this aerospace plane should be the lowest. When Qin Guan thought of this, he was already tempted.

Moreover, if we develop this project, we have to develop hypersonic aircraft in the atmosphere. This will also have huge military applications. If we have a Mach 9 high-altitude aircraft, even a Mach 6 high-altitude aircraft, it will definitely be a mission. Bird flying can go to any country to investigate at any time.

Um, no, of course we did not do it. We are already in suborbital space, which belongs to aerospace, not territorial space. Space in the world is open, not private.

Qin Guan was really tempted.

"Look at the news, hurry, look at the news, Bai Xiangguo is sour again." At this moment, someone suddenly shouted.

Dinner time is the time for news broadcasts. On the wall of the canteen, there is a big TV. Everyone can care about national affairs while eating.

Now, the domestic news has been broadcasted, and several foreign news briefs are being broadcast.

"The Space Research Organization of the White Elephant Country claimed that they are conducting preliminary discussions on a manned spaceflight program. They plan to send their own astronauts to space within five years, and within ten years they will send their astronauts to the moon. The third country in the world independently capable of manned spaceflight."

"Baixiang Country, really will amplify satellites." After hearing this news, someone immediately began to discuss it.

The White Elephant Kingdom does have its own space technology. With the technical support of the Xiong Kingdom, they launched the first sounding rocket in the 1960s. In the 1970s, they launched their own rockets with the help of Xiong Kingdom’s rockets. The satellite finally launched Baixiang Country’s own rocket and satellite at their own rocket launch site in 1980.

But how does it compare with Han? Dongfanghong has been resounding through space in the early 1970s, and it is ten years ahead of the Baixiang national football team. As for now, the gap between the two sides is even greater. It is simply impossible for them to get the first astronaut to the sky within five years without any technical reserves!

"It's not the first time that the people of the Baixiang people are ambitious." Qin Guan said: "They praised Haikou first. Whether it can be realized in the future is another matter. However, the people of the Baixiang people are giving We are under pressure, we must send our astronauts up within five years."

Manned spaceflight is a systematic large-scale project, and we must be careful. In the parallel space-time of later generations, Han State launched four Shenzhou unmanned spacecraft in one go, and verified various technologies. It didn't start until Shenzhou V. The first manned flight was just an astronaut. It can be said that it was quite cautious. After all, events such as the Challenger explosion remind everyone that aerospace engineering cannot be paralyzed, but Well, it didn't take five years from the launch of Shenzhou-1 to Shenzhou-5.

But now, his own technology is more comprehensive, so Qin Guan said that he must go to heaven within five years, and the elderly Qi on the side became very interested: "We plan to carry out comprehensive technology on the Shenzhou II. It is verified that it will be launched next year, and the first manned launch will be realized in the year after that!"