On the outskirts of Jin Ling City, a line of Volvo heavy-duty trucks rolled across the cement road, kicking up a cloud of dust behind them.
If this was a normal company, they would have been stopped by the highway department a long time ago. However, this convoy was unimpeded along the way.
This was because there was a military vehicle in the front, and there was a military vehicle following closely behind.
Looking at that murderous look, not to mention going up to stop a car, ordinary people would take a detour when they saw it.
The convoy went east and entered the easternmost area of the high-tech zone. They stopped in front of a factory that covered an area of hundreds of acres.
A man wearing a hard hat and overalls walked to the side of the truck through the access control. He spoke a few words with the man sitting in the front passenger seat of the truck, then returned to the entrance of the factory and began to command the convoy to enter the factory.
Not far from the factory entrance, there was an engraving of the company's name.
Star Sky Technology space shuttle assembly center.
If it was just the name, it was quite futuristic.
A black sedan with a red flag slowly stopped in the parking lot not far from the factory entrance.
Wang Peng turned off the engine and glanced in the direction of the fleet. He couldn't help but ask.
"Are you really going to build a space shuttle?"
Lu Zhou: "What else?"
"Nothing … I just heard about it. Isn't that thing used to fool the Americans?"
After all, Wang Peng was from a wealthy family, and his family had some connections in the military. He had heard some things about the moon landing project.
For example, the last moon landing project conference was for the helium-3 energy needed for the next generation of controllable fusion. In fact, it was just a cover to contain the United States and Europe's controllable fusion project. He even heard that the Ministry of Science and Technology and the State Administration for National Defense originally planned on pushing Professor Lu to the position of chief designer. However, Lu Zhou strongly refused, so he became the chief consultant instead.
However, it had to be said that this move was quite effective.
Especially when the "mass launcher" concept was thrown out, a lot of people were scared sh * tless. After all, if that thing could really launch a few tons of loads into low-Earth orbit, then it wouldn't just be used to launch satellites, it could also be used as a courier …
Even though China didn't have any intentions of doing that, they couldn't stop people from thinking about it.
Especially with a monster like Lu Zhou sitting in the position of chief consultant …
"I have no choice, I can't fool people, so I might as well do it seriously." Looking at Wang Peng's dumbfounded expression, Lu Zhou smiled and said, "Okay, I'll stop joking. Actually, I already had this plan."
"… I always thought you were a mathematician."
"I am indeed a mathematician."
Lu Zhou didn't waste any more time in the car. After he got out of the car, he walked straight into the assembly center.
Because of the existence of Xiao Ai, the entire assembly center could theoretically achieve completely unmanned automated production. Other than the technicians responsible for equipment maintenance, circuit repair, and other auxiliary work, as well as a small number of management personnel, the entire assembly center was only left with the employees from the security department.
The latter accounted for almost two-thirds of the total number of employees in the assembly center.
A processing center that could achieve this level of automation, not to mention within the country, even if it was placed in the international market, it was a rare existence.
Once the processing materials arrived, the entire assembly center could begin construction.
In the future, Lu Zhou planned on building an independent research and development department here, as well as a specialized astronaut training base. However, these things couldn't be completed in one go; it would take a certain amount of time.
Lu Zhou looked at the lathes and the industrial robots lined up on both sides of the factory. He took out his phone, took a photo, and sent it to Xiao Ai.
He smiled and said, "What do you think, are you satisfied with your new toy?"
Almost instantly, a string of text appeared on the screen.
[Yeah! Super satisfied! Thank you, Master, I'm making a heart sign for Master! (≧ ▽ ∀ *) o]
Lu Zhou: "I'm glad you're satisfied … Oh yeah, don't forget what I told you, don't make anything weird … Also, make the space shuttle according to the blueprint I gave you, don't add any extra features."
The space shuttle blueprint was obtained from the China Aerospace Science and Technology Administration. The engine and fuel tank were modified, but the rest of the design was inherited.
Even though China hadn't built a space shuttle before, it didn't mean that no one had researched it. It was only because of the Soviet Union's failure that research was stopped.
There were a lot of black technologies in the 863 plan that still seemed very dark even now. The reason why some things or technical routes were abandoned was not because they were bad in themselves, but because of factors such as difficulty and cost. It did not match the background of the era at that time.
If high-thrust ion thruster technology and a high-energy density power supply device could really be realized, then ion thruster technology could completely replace chemical rockets. After all, it was almost impossible to increase the specific impulse of a chemical rocket.
Fortunately, these two problems were solved by Lu Zhou.
Xiao Ai: [Don't worry! Xiao Ai is very obedient ~ (́ • ́ • ́) و ́]
When Lu Zhou looked at Xiao Ai's reply, he couldn't help but smirk.
Even though this guy occasionally acted like a retard, he was impeccable in terms of being obedient.
Suddenly, he heard footsteps coming from behind him.
Lu Zhou looked back and saw Chen Yushan walking through the factory entrance.
Lu Zhou looked at her in surprise. He put away his phone and asked with a smile.
"Why are you here?"
In March or April, the headquarters of Star Sky Technology moved from Shanghai to Jinling. However, the office location was still in the city instead of the high-tech zone. Due to road conditions and other factors, it took at least an hour to drive from the headquarters, so it wasn't very convenient.
Chen Yushan stopped next to Lu Zhou and smiled.
"I'm the CEO of Star Sky Technology, how could I not come on such an important day? What do you think? Are you satisfied with this place? "
Lu Zhou smiled and said, "I'm satisfied, thank you."
"You're welcome." Chen Yushan smirked and said in a joking tone, "Speaking of which, I've never been to space in my life. If you can really build a space shuttle, maybe we can do a one-day trip to the Moon."
Lu Zhou: "It's a waste to only go for a day. We have to stay for at least three or four days before coming back."
Chen Yushan said, "Looks like we have to build a lunar theme hotel."
Lu Zhou paused for a second and smiled.
"You're more imaginative than me …"
Chen Yushan couldn't help but roll her eyes at Lu Zhou.
"What do you mean by imaginative, this is called business sense!"
"Okay, okay."
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