Great Country Academician

12 o'clock Beijing time.

The TV station was currently broadcasting the midday news. After the Xinghai officially completed its entry into orbit, CTV reporters who went to the Xinghai Research Institute-Jinling Space Center for real-time tracking quickly passed the relevant news back to the headquarters.

After being confirmed by the director of the station, this exciting news was quickly delivered to the host of the news broadcast TV station through a small note.

After reading the information on the note, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on the female host's face, and there was also a sense of disbelief in her pupils.

However, her professionalism allowed her to quickly adjust. After taking a deep breath to calm down her emotions, she quickly said: "Good afternoon, viewers. We are temporarily inserting a news item."

"At 8:30 this morning, at the space center in Xiashu Town, Jinling, the space shuttle named Xinghai, equipped with the latest electric propulsion system 'space engine' developed by Xinghai Research Institute, successfully passed the test under the leadership of Academician Xu Chuan take off."

"Currently, Xinghai has reached outer space and low-Earth orbit at a distance of 420 kilometers, and is conducting a series of space activities and experiments."

"This flight event is of great significance. The electric propulsion system represented by the aerospace engine represents that our country's aerospace industry will enter a new field."

The short report was completed quickly and smoothly by the CTV media reporter, but it caused quite a stir on the Internet.

After CTV media reported the news, mainstream media on all major platforms quickly forwarded this amazing news and expressed their warm wishes for the great development of Xinghai and the motherland’s aerospace industry.

On the scarf, the relevant news quickly attracted the attention and discussion of netizens.

【space shuttle? Xinghai? Shall I wipe it? When did our country start building space shuttles? Why was there no news at all before? And Jinling, when did a space center be built? 】

[Is this the point? Is this the point? The key point is electric propulsion! Damn it! 】

[Electric propulsion to the sky? I haven't even taken a nap yet, and I'm getting up suddenly? 】

[What happened to electric propulsion? Any questions? 】

【Are you so awesome? Electric propulsion to the sky, hiss~, I even doubt whether I have traveled a hundred years into the future. 】

[Currently, the most powerful electric propulsion in the world is the X3 electric propulsion from NASA in the United States. Its thrust is about 5.5N. Generally speaking, this thrust can probably send an ordinary egg you eat into space. And a space shuttle weighs at least dozens of tons. Think about it, how awesome the electric propulsion technology must be to send the space shuttle into the sky! 】

[Squinting and smiling, I heard a familiar name in the report! 】

[Le, I heard it too. No wonder I didn’t hear much from him for more than a year after the controllable nuclear fusion technology was completed. It turned out that he was secretly trying to suppress it for us! 】

[Stop talking, Sichuan God is awesome! 】

【powerful! Strong young people make the country strong! Thumbs up for the motherland! 】

Although the discussion on the Internet was lively, it did not stir up large-scale waves.

The main reason is that this is just a simple insert, which only briefly introduces the space shuttle and electric propulsion system, and other detailed information has not been broadcast yet.

This level of interruption is not very clear to most viewers on the Internet. Except for fans who focus on the aerospace field, most people do not fully understand the meaning of it.

After all, the Zhurong has even been to Mars, so it is not unusual for a space shuttle to land in outer space.

Everyone was just surprised that the man who had disappeared from the public eye for a long time had now developed a space shuttle and a prototype of electric propulsion technology.

Although it was awesome, before the specific parameter information came out, everyone didn't know how awesome it was, so they had a passionate discussion and left it alone.

But this information is completely different for those in the professional field.

On the other side, the United States.

Inside a manufactured mobile home in Stabes, Texas.

The world-famous entrepreneur Elon Musk lives in such a foldable prefabricated building that costs less than 100,000 meters.

Coming back from humming a tune near the interstellar spacecraft base built by SpaceX, a private space company opposite his residence, Musk opened the door to his house, took out a can of ice-cold Coke from the refrigerator, opened it, and took a big gulp. He closed the refrigerator door and walked towards the living room holding the Coke can.

Speaking of Coke lovers in the rich circle, the first thing everyone thinks of may be Warren Buffett, the stock god who claims to drink 5 cans of Coke a day. But in fact, Musk’s love for this drink is no less than the former.

During the difficult years when Model 3 production was ramping up, Musk drank eight cans of Coke every day. The heavy caffeine intake even caused him to lose his peripheral vision for a time.

Despite this, his love for Coke has not given up.

Picking up the remote control from the sofa, Musk turned on the TV and watched the American television broadcast CBS News.

As the oldest evening news program in the United States, CBS News occupies an important position in the American television news industry. Many important political reports, international talks, world developments, technological breakthroughs, etc. will be the first to be broadcast on it.

Although the information that can be featured on this news program is usually known to him in advance, sometimes CBS can also obtain some areas that he has not noticed, as well as a part of his glory.

For example, today's evening report.

After waiting for a while, after some news reports in the political field passed, the beautiful host of CBS media spoke immediately.

"A few days ago, the Artemis program led by NASA has completed the first phase of preliminary preparations. The BFR super rocket provided by Space-X Space Exploration Technology Company officially debuted at the Kennedy Space Center."

Along with the beautiful host's broadcast, the news broadcast screen jumped. In the base of the Kennedy Space Center, the BFR super rocket provided by Space-X appeared in the eyes of the audience in front of the TV station.

This is a super giant launch vehicle with a height of 77.5 meters and a diameter of 12 meters. Using liquid oxygen and methane as the main propellants and equipped with 42 Raptor engines, the speed will be several times that of the current Falcon series rockets.

More importantly, the BFR super launch vehicle not only has the function of repeated recovery, but also will be more powerful than the Falcon 9 in terms of launch times, and can be reused up to 1,000 times.

Sitting on the sofa, watching BFR officially appear on the news broadcast, Musk put a smile on his face, raised the Coke can in his hand towards the TV, and took another sip of iced Coke.

Although this is not the first time that BFR has appeared on television, there is no doubt that the disclosure of BFR at NASA will drive the development of space exploration technology companies more than before.

With NASA, the most powerful space agency on earth, as the BFR platform, he can imagine how violent the feedback from Wall Street will be tomorrow after today's news is broadcast.

The rising index and curve mean that Franklin is about to fly into his arms.

Although making money is not the only meaning of his life, there is no doubt that this feeling of being able to see his own future fascinates him more than the Coke in his hand.

For him, the BFR super launch vehicle not only carries his dreams of going to the moon and Mars, but also carries the cornerstone of realizing these dreams - 'money'!

A piece of news about the BFR super launch vehicle made Musk involuntarily raise the corners of his mouth.

When his glory passed and CBS began to broadcast other news, Musk also picked up the remote control next to him and prepared to switch channels to watch his favorite extreme sports.

While switching channels, another person suddenly appeared in the CBS news broadcast. To be precise, it was a hand passing a note to the female host who was announcing the program.

Seeing this scene, Musk was stunned for a moment, and the finger that had been pressed down quickly called back, jumping to the extreme sports channel and returning to the CBS news channel.

He knew very well that this kind of temporary passing of notes in news reports was an unexpected and sudden event, and it was a very important event with almost no preparation time and could not be missed.

During the news broadcast, the female anchor, who was sitting upright in front of the broadcast desk, took the note from the staff next to her and browsed it quickly.

After seeing the information on the note, a look of surprise suddenly appeared on the female host's face, and there was also a sense of disbelief in her pupils.

However, her professionalism allowed her to quickly adjust. After taking a deep breath to calm down her emotions, she quickly said: "Good evening, viewers. We are temporarily inserting a news item."

"Today's big news is that at 18:00 pm Texas time, that is, two hours ago, a space shuttle named 'Xinghai' was successfully launched from the space center in Jinling City, China."

"According to information provided by relevant sources, the Xinghai is equipped with an electric propulsion system called an 'aerospace engine' provided by the Xinghai Research Institute. The accuracy of the information is being tracked and investigated by this station, so stay tuned for follow-up news."

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Seeing the report on the TV station, Musk, who was sitting on the sofa, was stunned. The Coke in his hand fell from his palm and fell on the sofa. The poured soda drenched the entire sofa cushion and he did not react. .

Xinghai?

Electric propulsion?

God?

Looking blankly at the news broadcast on TV, Musk sat on the sofa in a daze.

WTF? Is there something wrong?

Electric propulsion to the sky, how is this possible? !

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