Chapter 348 A major step!
After all, this is the task that Ning Chen needs to complete now. Only by completing this task can Ning Chen get the 20 evolution points rewarded by the system and refresh the next system task.
And this has also been one of Ning Chen's long-cherished wishes, to allow Xia people to stand on the moon as soon as possible, demonstrating Xia's strong scientific and technological strength.
However, Ning Chen also knew in his heart that this matter was not so easy to do. Even if it was perfect in theory, he would still encounter various problems in actual work.
Unconsciously, a few months passed. During this period, Xingchen Technology and Xia Guo Space Administration made many project breakthroughs.
Xingchen Technology successfully manufactured the rocket engine designed by Ning Chen, and Xia Guo Space Administration also successfully solved the technology of several manned moon landing projects.
Next, they will face the first major test of the manned moon landing project: the test run of the new rocket engine.
Before the start of the test run experiment, Xia Guo Space Administration and Xingchen Technology jointly announced the test run plan and disclosed the entire manned moon landing project plan.
When the news was announced, it quickly aroused heated discussions among people across the country and even the world.
"Xia Guo is actually going to start preparing for a manned moon landing project. This news is too sudden."
"Yes, although Xia's aerospace capabilities are developing rapidly, there is still a certain gap between manned landing on the moon. They are actually about to implement a manned moon landing project, and the goal is to do so within five years. Isn’t it a bit too difficult to successfully land on the moon within a short period of time?”
“No one in the world has the ability to land on the moon immediately, not even the United States, because they The previous manned moon landing technology has long been lost, but if anyone can land on the moon in the shortest time, I think only NASA can do it.”
“But they are already preparing to start landing on the moon. The test run of the rocket engine has been completed, which shows that the Xia National Space Administration's manned moon landing plan is not just some illusory words, but a plan that is really on the agenda."
"Wait until this happens. After the test run is over, everything will become clear. With the recent high-profile attitude of Xia Guo Space Agency and Xingchen Technology, it is expected that the test run will be broadcast live.”
Although this announcement caused heated discussions among many people, most of them still expressed a relatively conservative attitude towards it, at least they did not feel that Xia Guo would complete this goal immediately.
But with the technical support provided by Xingchen Technology, no one dares to deny them easily. They are more of a wait-and-see attitude.
NASA learned of the news as soon as possible, and this matter has become the thing that NASA is most concerned about recently.
Like Xia Guo Space Agency, NASA has always had a plan to return to the moon. However, due to technical and financial issues, this plan did not go smoothly, and a lot of work was delayed.
As a reborn person, Ning Chen knows that even five or even ten years later, NASA has not really returned to the moon, and even related unmanned launch projects have been postponed. Implementation still looks elusive.
If Xia Guo can really take the lead in manned moon landing, it will undoubtedly occupy a more favorable position in the world's aerospace field.
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On the eve of the start of the manned moon landing rocket engine test run, Ning Chen came to the location of the experiment, the Zibei Space Launch Site, preparing to watch the rocket engine test run on site and review the experimental process. All data are analyzed in real time.
Although this is just a test run experiment of the rocket engine, Ning Chen still attaches great importance to this experiment.
In this test run experiment, Ning Chen needs to pay attention to the performance of multiple data including engine thrust, fuel combustion stability, environmental adaptability, safety requirements, startup and shutdown performance, etc., to comprehensively evaluate the rocket Engine test run performance.
Only if all these data meet the standards, Ning Chen will continue the project. Otherwise, Ning Chen will carefully analyze what went wrong and redesign the rocket engine.
After all, this is also a manned moon landing project. The complexity and risk of the project are very high, and Ning Chen doesn't want to leave even the slightest safety hazard in it.
On the day when the test run began, Ning Chen came to the Zibei Space Launch Site and was ready to watch the entire test run on site.
Like the previous times, Ning Chen will not stay in the control center to watch the entire experiment process. Even if all relevant data can be directly viewed in the control center at the first time, this is not Ning Chen. the way you like.
With the help of his powerful sensory abilities and Xiaozhi's information perception function, Ning Chen can analyze the surrounding information without using any instruments.
The planned start time of the test run has been reached. The staff have completed all the preparation work and the test run has officially started.
This time's rocket engine test run experiment will have much more test content than normal rocket engine test runs, and the test time will also be much longer than normal.
Under the goal set by Ningchen, Ningchen will determine that the engine is safe and reliable only if the continuous test time of the engine test exceeds five times the normal working time.
With the command from the commander-in-chief, the test run of the rocket engine started on time.
Ning Chen carefully watched the scene on the test bench from a high place, and at the same time carefully analyzed various data to ensure that these data were within the ideal range.
Unconsciously, the test run had been carried out for 100 seconds, and the rocket engine still performed very stably, without any stalling.
At this time, Ning Chen contacted the control center:
"Control center, I am Ning Chen. I suggest that in the next test run, we can continue to increase the load of the engine."
This is what they An option in the plan, if the engine can still perform well enough at a higher load, it will undoubtedly be a better signal for future manned moon landing projects.
Of course, this will increase the risk for this test run experiment. After all, hundreds of millions of people around the world are paying attention to Xia Guo’s rocket engine test run experiment this time. Maybe it would be more conservative. is the better choice.
However, Ning Chen still paid more attention to the actual performance of the engine. This was the more important thing.
After just evaluating the engine's performance, Ning Chen is fully confident that it can still provide excellent performance under higher load conditions. After receiving Ning Chen's suggestion, the control center quickly decided to adopt Ning Chen's suggestion.
“Okay, Professor Ning, let’s continue to increase the load on the engine and continue the test run experiment!”
Immediately, the staff slowed down the load on the engine. It slowly improved by 10% and continued to observe the performance of the engine.
At this moment, people watching the live broadcast in front of the screen cannot notice any changes, but NASA has keenly observed the difference.
"According to our estimates, the Xiaguo Space Agency has just increased the load of their engines by about ten percent. In fact, the previous load was enough to provide the power for manned landing on the moon. I don't know why they continue to increase it. The load strength of the engine. "
"This should be to further test the performance of the engine. Although the data just met the conditions, after all, this is just a normal situation. When the engine is actually working, it is indeed There is a small probability of encountering an overload situation, so such a test is still very necessary.”
“I can’t imagine that they dared to directly turn off the engine during the first test run. The load is adjusted to such a high level. If an accident occurs during the live broadcast, the consequences will be very serious.”
Even NASA is concerned about this test run by Xia Guo Space Agency. It was also very unbelievable. If it were them, they would never dare to continue to increase the load on the engine in this situation, and would not even broadcast the test drive live to prevent any accidents during the process.
However, the Xiaguo Space Administration seemed to be confident in this. It was not worried that the engine would not be able to withstand the excessive load, and carried out more difficult experiments without hesitation.
As time passed by, the engine undergoing test runs still performed very stably without any abnormalities.
At this time, Ning Chen glanced at the time and found that a full thousand seconds had passed since the engine test started.
One thousand seconds may not seem like much, but it is already five times the time required for normal operation of this engine, which means that the entire experiment has been a complete success.
Ning Chen used Xiaozhi's information notification function to get a detailed understanding of the current status of the engine, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Ning Chen contacted the control center and explained his current thoughts.
"Control Center, I am Ning Chen. This engine test run experiment can be ended. This engine has passed a comprehensive inspection."
"Okay, Professor Ning, we have the same problem as you I thought, let’s end this test run experiment.”
In fact, the staff at the control center were a little curious as to how Ning Chen could come up with this without having to watch any data. conclusion.
Indeed, as Ning Chen said, this moon landing rocket engine experiment was very successful. The engine not only withstood the ignition experiment that was much higher than the normal working time, but also withstood the overload. pressure.
Under such circumstances, the performance of the engine in all aspects is still very good, without any obvious data fluctuations, and it is incredibly stable.
Of course, if they wish, they can continue to conduct more difficult experiments on this basis to further verify the performance of this engine.
However, since this was a test run that was broadcast live around the world, Ning Chen didn’t want to take too big a risk, lest if something really went wrong, it wouldn’t be easy to explain in front of the public.
After the experiment, Ning Chen came to the control center and discussed in detail about the test run experiment with other staff.
What makes Ning Chen most satisfied is that the engine showed very strong stability during the test run, and the temperature of the entire superconducting circuit has been controlled within the ideal range.
According to the performance of this test run, Xia Guo Space Administration and Xingchen Technology can continue to carry out the following work, and there is no need to make too many modifications to this engine.
The progress of such a project has greatly exceeded everyone's original plan. Ning Chen is very confident that Xia people's footprints will appear on the moon in less than five years.
After the test run experiment ended, the reporter reported the good news of the success of the test run experiment to the viewers watching the live broadcast in front of the camera.
“According to the news from the commander-in-chief of this test run, the ignition time of this engine test exceeded one thousand seconds, which was five times more than the normal ignition time. In the next 900 seconds, the engine The load exceeds 10% of the normal load, and under such circumstances, the engine operation is still very stable.”
“This means that this engine test run has been a complete success. Our Xia Kingdom is one step closer to achieving manned landing on the moon!”
With the reporter’s impassioned words, the audience watching the live broadcast on TV, computers, and mobile phones immediately became excited.
Once upon a time, everyone only dared to dream about manned landings on the moon, and did not think that this was something that could be achieved in a short period of time.
However, the success of this engine test run increased their confidence in this matter a lot.
“I can’t believe that we have now built a rocket engine capable of manned landing on the moon. From this point of view, the previous goal of landing on the moon in five years is still too conservative. Maybe three years is enough!”
“This engine test run does not look like the first test run at all, but like the last test run before the rocket launch. The test duration is as long as The test intensity was pushed to the highest level. Even so, the engine is still running so stably. This level of technology cannot even be achieved by today’s Millikins, right?”
“Our engine is different from that of the last century. All the engines used by Militan to achieve manned landing on the moon use completely different technologies. On the premise of stronger carrying capacity, the energy required by our rocket is even less than one-fifth of theirs. This is a kind of technology. What a great progress! ”
Suddenly, the Internet was full of discussions about the success of this rocket engine test.
Both ordinary people and related professionals are very excited about the success of this experiment and look forward to the day when the manned moon landing will be truly successful.
(End of this chapter)