Three days after New Year's Day, the festive atmosphere had faded from the Jinling Aerospace Industrial Park. The workers who had just returned from vacation had already started to work.
The gates of each factory were open, and large, medium, and small logistics trucks were driving on the spacious roads of the park. Trucks of raw materials were imported into the park, and trucks of spare parts were exported. It was like blood filled with nutrients, and it was pumped into the limbs and torso of China's aerospace industry, making this rising giant even stronger.
Located in the core area of the entire industrial park, inside the Jinling Aerospace Assembly Center, there was a spacious square factory.
In the factory, a metal hull that was divided into three sections was quietly lying on scaffolding that looked like a skeleton.
This place had become a holy place for the aerospace industry. The hull was like a saint's coffin, attracting the attention of all the astronauts around the world.
In particular, Boeing, Space-X, and Airbus, which were world-famous aerospace companies, were willing to give up billions or even tens of billions of dollars in orders to cooperate with Star Sky Technology, just so they could send engineers to Star Sky Technology.
A group of foreign experts was standing next to the hull of the Magpie Bridge, whispering in surprise. From time to time, they would point at the mechanical cantilevers on both sides of the factory.
"Jesus Christ … How are you going to get it into space?"
The Chinese engineer standing next to them didn't respond. He just stood there with his hands behind his back.
The foreign expert was obviously unwilling to give up when he didn't get anything out of him, so he deliberately used a provocative tone to nitpick.
"This kind of rectangular hull has a fatal flaw. Have you not considered what would happen if it was hit by a meteorite? Also, the metal cold welding effect in a super vacuum and low temperature environment will infinitely increase the risk of hull decomposition. "
The engineer wearing a hard hat still stood next to them with a polite smile on his face. He was indifferent to the complaints of these foreign experts.
After trying for a long time, they didn't get any useful information from the engineers here. The foreign experts all had a disappointed look on their faces.
Especially the white expert with a beard who previously proposed the cold welding effect. He complained with annoyance.
"Damn it … Aren't you guys going to argue?"
This time, the engineer who had been silent and smiling finally spoke.
"There's nothing to argue about. We'll speak with our strength. Unless you can also make an identical one, I can completely treat it as a fart. "
"…"
Director Li, who was also inspecting the factory, looked at the group of foreign experts who were expressing their dissatisfaction. He glanced at his secretary and asked.
"Who are those people? What are they doing? "
Compared to Director Li, the secretary's English was still very good. She hesitated and explained.
"Those foreign experts … seem to be nitpicking."
"Find fault?" Director Li raised his eyebrows and had a strange expression on his face. He almost laughed out loud. "They have the nerve to pick on us?"
If someone had told him this in the past, he might have believed it. After all, two years ago, China's aerospace industry was not strong enough to be proud of. He still had to listen to the opinions of foreign experts.
But now, as the only country in the world that had mastered controllable nuclear fusion technology and applied controllable nuclear fusion and ion thruster propulsion technology to spacecraft, there was actually someone who was qualified to teach them how to design a spacecraft?
This was not a joke.
"Finding fault is secondary. I'm afraid their main goal is to get some information from us. However, they don't seem to be very smart. Psychological warfare is useless against us. "
Hou Guang, the director of the Institute of Aerospace Research at the Jinling Institute for Advanced Study, walked over and smiled. He reached out his hand to Director Li and said, "Director Li, welcome to the aerospace assembly center. You should have told me in advance, so I could have prepared in advance."
"What do you mean by visit? I'm just a layman, what can I teach you? I didn't want to disturb your work, that's why I didn't tell you in advance. " Director Li smiled and shook Hou Guang's hand. He looked at the foreign experts and said, "If you know they're here to get information, why did you let them in?"
"This is a request from our partner. The reason is to ensure the safety of the goods. We can't keep them out for something as small as this." Hou Guang smiled nonchalantly and said in a relaxed tone, "Not to mention, there's no point in keeping technology that can be seen through. Our real core technology is at the Institute for Advanced Study. They can't even enter. Even if we do experiments in front of them, they might not be able to tell what we're doing. "
In fact, this was what the competitors were most annoyed about.
They spent a lot of money to negotiate a partnership and sent their engineers here for a "safety inspection". However, all they saw was a pile of useless metal.
Yes, these things were valuable and contained a lot of knowledge, but to them, they were no different than scrap metal.
After all, before they figured out how to miniaturize controllable nuclear fusion and install it on a spacecraft, they didn't have the prerequisites to use this kind of "flying bricks" design route.
Director Li looked at the envious expressions on the faces of the foreign engineers and sighed.
"I didn't expect this day to come. Other people are trying to steal our technology."
Hou Guang smiled and said, "Yes, sometimes I also think that all of this is like a dream."
Hou Guang looked at the group of foreign experts moving from the scaffolding to the next "attraction". He paused for a second and spoke.
"Currently, we are bidding for NASA's 500-ton Earth-Moon transfer orbit transportation mission. If everything goes well, our price will be 20% cheaper than Space-X's. This is the most suitable bidding proposal from our experts. If the bid is successful, we can use up at least US $10 billion in excess space capacity. It's just that … "
Director Li: "Just what? If you have any technical difficulties, you can tell me. I'll find a way to help you solve it. "
"No, you're mistaken. It's not that there are any difficulties, we're doing fine. I just want to say that it's a pity that Academician Lu's focus is on mathematics. "Hou Guang sighed and said," Honestly, I really miss the feeling of standing on the front line of scientific research with Academician Lu. Many times, when we exchange data and ideas, he can quickly give me a feasible idea. I can then demonstrate it from a professional point of view. No matter what we do, we get twice the result with half the effort. "
Upon hearing this, Director Li sighed and spoke.
"This kind of thing can't be forced. Academician Lu has his own things to do. We can't always force him to contribute his strength to us. "
"You're right, we can't always rely on him." Hou Guang nodded and smiled. He said, "It looks like we have to work hard. We finally have a big advantage, we can't let Academician Lu's efforts go to waste."
Director Li smiled and nodded.
"Go do what you need to do, I have to go somewhere else. If you see Professor Lu, remember to say hi to him for me. "
"Okay." Hou Guang waved his hand and put on his hard hat. He then turned around and returned to his work post.
Director Li looked at Hou Guang, who put on a hard hat and walked away. He looked at the Magpie Bridge that was about to be completed, and he looked at the busy factory. Director Li was gratified and fascinated.
China's aerospace industry was setting sail to the distant stars, and everything was developing in a good direction.
He was able to see this moment in his lifetime.
He felt like he had no regrets in his life.
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