Great Country Academician

It was not Xu Chuan who took the stage to do technical exchanges and demonstrations, but Weng Yunzong, director of the Xinghai Research Institute-Aerospace Research Institute.

For Xu Chuan, he no longer needs this kind of opportunity to show his face to bless himself.

However, for Weng Yunzong, being able to demonstrate technology at the bidding conference for manned spaceflight and lunar exploration projects, and also leading the aerospace engine and electric propulsion system, can add another dimension to the competition for national academicians in the future. qualifications.

This time, he was most grateful to Xu Chuan for being the representative of the Xinghai Research Institute on the stage.

Especially as the aerospace field is about to usher in a critical juncture of change, he can stand on the stage as one of the representatives of electric propulsion. In the future, he may use the experience and results of this development of aerospace engines to participate in the battle of thousands of troops. The opportunity for a horse to cross a single-plank bridge.

Under the guidance of the staff, Weng Yunzong steadily walked up to the reporting stage and showed the report document that had been submitted to the space agency and passed the review on the big screen.

A picture of the virtual electric propulsion system structure diagram generated by AI is not the original picture of the aerospace engine because it involves some confidentiality. It quietly appeared in front of everyone.

In the dark background of the universe, next to the moon covered with craters, a silver-white virtual electric propulsion system with a metallic luster shines with an eye-catching light.

Turning slightly sideways and looking at the pictures on the big screen behind him, Weng Yunzong took a deep breath and slowly said: "The technology brought by Xinghai Research Institute, as shown in the picture behind me, is a propulsion power machine An electric propulsion engine that can reach 500 KN!”

As soon as these words came out, the entire lecture hall fell silent.

Many experts and professors in the aerospace field in the audience looked at the PPT pictures on the reporting table with wide eyes.

Electric propulsion system?

A thrust of 500 KN?

What the hell? Is today the year 2202?

Are you sure you got it right?

Is it five hundred N?

But it is only 500 N, which can be said to be an exaggerated number in the field of electric propulsion.

We must know that the current most advanced X3 electric propulsion system of NASA Space Agency has a maximum thrust of only 5.4N, 500N, which is a hundred times higher.

As for KN, no one in the world has heard of it.

Not to mention hearing about it, even those reports on PPT boasting about planning and investment promotion do not dare to write like this, and even science fiction novels and science fiction movies do not dare to shoot like this.

In those science fiction movies, the technology is really going to develop to this point. Wouldn't it be better if I built an anti-gravity engine?

In the lecture hall, the eerie silence lasted for about ten seconds, and then noisy discussions, comments, and even some ridicules came out.

"500 kilonewtons of thrust?"

"This is impossible!"

"Not to mention 500KN, I have never heard of 500N thrust. If electric propulsion can achieve 500KN thrust, why not use traditional turbojet and jet? All aircraft will be powered by electric propulsion!"

"It's such nonsense. Electric propulsion with KN level thrust is not what the PPT boasts about."

In the lecture hall, looking at the electric propulsion pictures on the stage, discussions continued.

At this moment, a gray-haired old man sitting on the right side in front of Xu Chuan raised his hand.

"Can I ask some questions?"

The old voice sounded in the lecture hall, and then the noisy discussion disappeared.

The old man who raised his hand to ask a question is Comrade Zhu Senyuan, an academician and expert in aerospace science and technology, one of the two major aerospace giants in China.

This old man is one of the main pioneers and founders of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen rocket engine technology. He has long served as the leader of the National 863 High Technology Task Force on "Large Rockets and Rocket Engines" for the 21st Century.

He devoted his life to the theory and development of liquid rocket engines, and his original "critical heat flow calculation formula" is still widely used today.

Seeing the old academician asking questions, everyone in the lecture hall immediately stopped discussing.

On the stage, Weng Yunzong nodded nervously and said respectfully: "Excuse me, Academician Zhu."

This veteran academician Zhu Sen is not only the founder of domestic rocket engines, but also his predecessor. When he was at the Sichuan Space Base, he had received guidance from this old gentleman.

Mr. Zhu Sen stood up slowly and said: "I heard a long time ago that Xinghai Research Institute is researching electric propulsion engines under the leadership of Academician Xu."

As he said that, the old academician turned his head and glanced at Xu Chuan sitting aside, and then said: "I would like to ask, is the 500KN electric propulsion system your goal in planning, or have you already made a breakthrough in it? ?”

Although like others, he seriously doubted the authenticity of this 500KN electric propulsion system, he still needed to confirm the real situation before asking questions.

Hearing this question, Weng Yunzong nodded and said: "To be honest with Academician Zhu, the Aerospace Research Institute within the Xinghai Research Institute has made certain breakthroughs in the electric propulsion system. And the thrust data of 500KN is our experimental data."

As soon as these words came out, the whole lecture hall suddenly became noisy again, and the voices of discussion continued to flow in like a tide.

"Hi~, experimental data?"

"Impossible? How is this possible!? This is impossible!!"

"500KN electric propulsion, experimental data? Oh my God, is this guy crazy? Are you sure you are right?"

"The thrust of NASA's X3 electric propulsion unit is only 5.4N, 500KN, which is a hundred thousand times more!"

The sounds of surprise, surprise, and discussion in the lecture hall continued to reach the front row. Hearing these sounds, Xu Chuan's lips curved into a faint smile.

On the other side, after hearing this answer, Mr. Zhu Sen's pupils suddenly shrank, and he hesitated and said: "Are you sure about the experimental data of 500,000 cows?"

Weng Yunzong smiled and nodded, glanced at Xu Chuan, and replied after receiving confirmation: "Yes, this experimental data has been produced for some time. I personally led the entire project, and its core principles and technologies The core materials were completed by Academician Xu.”

"Incredible, how did you do it? What technical principles did you use?" Mr. Zhu Sen quickly asked in surprise.

Weng Yunzong coughed slightly and said: "Well, I'm sorry, Academician Zhu, these things involve the core technology of Xinghai Research Institute. I can't disclose the relevant technology and data until the space agency approves it."

Zhu Senyuan came back to his senses, nodded and said, "Sorry, I got excited for the moment."

For him, who has studied rocket engine technology all his life, the electric propulsion system of 500,000 N is definitely something that is beyond imagination and even his brain does not know how to do it.

Not just him, most of the people in this lecture hall had the same view.

The moment Zhu Senyuan finished speaking, another old man stood up and said urgently: "What about energy? How is the energy consumption of your electric propulsion system?"

Hearing this question, Weng Yunzong said: "The specific data cannot be disclosed for the time being, but in terms of power demand, the consumption of this electric propulsion system is still relatively large."

After speaking, he added silently in his heart.

"This is not only relatively large, an aerospace engine running at full power can easily swallow up all the power generated by a central thermal power station. If it were not for the breakthrough of the miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion reactor, this electric propulsion system would probably No energy supply system can withstand this."

"Then what technology do you use to power this electric propulsion system?"

Weng Yunzong: "This issue is kept secret for the time being, but what I can tell you is that Xinghai Research Institute has solved the corresponding energy supply system."

The atmosphere in the lecture hall was extremely heated, and questions were raised one after another by the experts and professors in the aerospace field in the audience.

The electric propulsion system with a thrust of 500KN is simply incredible.

Everyone is eager to know how this electric propulsion system works.

But it is obvious that in today's meeting, even if the meeting itself is a high-level confidential meeting, it is far from qualified for Xinghai Research Institute to reveal core technologies.

Everyone turned their attention to the reporting table or the young figure sitting in the front row, thinking about the Xinghai Research Institute, or how this person did it.

After all, whether it is the thrust of the 500KN electric propulsion system or the energy supply system that can provide energy for such a large thrust electric propulsion engine, it can be said to be a complete black technology.

No one is not curious, especially in the aerospace field.

Everyone here today knows that if this technology truly matures, the field of aerospace and aviation will probably usher in the biggest change since the invention of the first airplane!

Its importance is no less important than the first airplane invented by the Wright brothers, and may even be higher!

Because the electric propulsion system has reached the kilonewton level of thrust, its application range is not limited to the traditional aviation field within the atmosphere.

In future aerospace, especially navigation within the solar system, it may completely replace the current fossil fuel propulsion system.

And those traveling to the distant moon, even Mars, even the asteroid belt, Neptune and other unknown boundaries trillions of kilometers away may become a visible fact.

Interstellar travel, interstellar colonization, interstellar mining, and interstellar warfare. These are the futures that could only be seen in science fiction novels or science fiction movies in the past. Perhaps in the near future, everyone can see it and participate in it.

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