Great Country Academician

After reaching a low-Earth orbit of more than 160 kilometers, the Tiangong Space Station, which is more than 400 kilometers away, is not very far away.

Of course, to be precise, it shouldn't take a long time.

Compared with the long process of climbing the gravity well, after entering outer space, the speed of the space shuttle has increased to the first cosmic speed level.

The distance of three hundred kilometers only takes about half a minute for the Xinghai, which has a speed of nearly nine thousand meters per second.

As the blue-white flame swaying at the tail of the space shuttle gradually weakened, Xinghai gradually reached the height of the Tiangong Space Station.

"Successful entry into orbit!"

In the cab, a clear mechanical sound rang in Zhai Zhigang's ears, and at this moment, the heart that had been on his mind finally relaxed a lot.

He has been an astronaut for so many years, and this is the first time he has been so worried.

Without him, there is a 'big daddy' sitting in the passenger compartment at the back, which is a veritable one for China.

Although I don't understand his idea of ​​running up, after successfully entering orbit at this moment, the safety of space travel has been put down for the most part.

After checking the overall condition of the Xinghai, he turned to look at Chen Dong in the co-pilot seat and said, "Chen Dong, go to the crew cabin and check on Academician Xu's condition."

"Yes." Chen Dong responded, unbuckled the fixed buckle tied around his waist, and floated towards the cockpit door behind him.

In the driver's seat, Zhai Zhigang took a deep breath, reached out and pressed the contact button on his helmet.

"Call the command center. This is Xinghai. We have successfully arrived at the orbit of the Tiangong space station. Everything went smoothly into orbit."

After a short delay, the command voice from the ground came over.

"The ground command center received it, what's the situation of Academician Xu?"

Zhai Zhigang quickly reported: "Judging from the space suit and monitoring data, everything is normal. I have arranged for Chen Dong to go over to check the situation, and the news will be passed on soon."

"receive."

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Chen Dong, who floated out of the cockpit, quickly found Xu Chuan, who was still sitting in the space chair, and asked quickly through the channel of the space suit.

"Academician Xu, the orbit was successful. How is your physical condition? If you feel uncomfortable in any way, please tell me."

"Everything is fine, there's nothing wrong with me."

On the space chair, after hearing Chen Dong's voice, Xu Chuan smiled and replied, then began to unbuckle the spacesuit, and then took off the spacesuit in the cabin.

On the one hand, it is inconvenient to move around in a space shuttle while wearing a spacesuit; on the other hand, the interior of the space shuttle is a huge sealed space, just like inside the Tiangong Space Station. After entering outer space, there is no need to wear a spacesuit.

After struggling for a long time, with the help of Zheng Hai and Tang Sijia, Xu Chuan got out of the spacesuit in the cabin and helped the two in turn.

On the side, with the help of Chen Dong and two other security personnel who followed, Prince Faisal and the representative of the United Arab Emirates, Abdul Rahman, also took off their spacesuits one after another and floated inside the space shuttle with expressions of surprise on their faces. , look here and touch there, just like a rural child who has never seen the world.

"By God, are we really in space?"

Abdulrahman, who looked novel and curious, floated in mid-air, as if he was flopping in a swimming pool, and paddled towards Xu Chuan.

Xu Chuan turned to look at him, grinned and said, "Of course."

After helping Tang Sijia and Zheng Hai take off their spacesuits, he unfastened the locks and seat belts on the space chair, slowly floated up from the chair, and hovered in mid-air.

"Let's go, it's time for us to see the most beautiful scenery in the world!"

With a smile, Xu Chuan rowed towards the living cabin with his hands and feet.

There is no tempered glass in the crew cabin, so you cannot see the outside of the space shuttle. However, there is a cabin where astronauts sleep and live. If you want to see the vastness of the universe, just go there.

After spending some time, Xu Chuan floated to the side of the space shuttle window with a group of "passengers" who entered outer space for the first time.

Looking at the blue planet under his feet, he couldn't help but hold his breath.

As far as the eye can see, there are red continents, blue oceans, and the boundaries of the earth reflected in the deep space. Hundreds of miles high in the sky, this untouchable but immersive beauty makes people intoxicated.

After taking a while to digest the shock and intoxication in his heart, Xu Chuan sighed softly.

"What a nice view."

On the side, Tang Sijia, who floated over with her, stared at the scenery outside the porthole window, also overlooking the blue planet. That sapphire-like light shines with hopes and dreams in her heart.

Listening to Xu Chuan's emotion, she nodded slightly and agreed.

"Yes, it's so beautiful."

At this moment, Tang Sijia suddenly understood why Xu Chuan had to come up in person.

Even if she is just an ordinary person, she is still shocked and intoxicated by it; and as a physicist, what kind of waves should be in his heart at this moment?

At the same time, at another porthole of the living cabin.

After seeing the beautiful scenery that shocked him all his life, Prince Faisal looked at the scenery outside the porthole, seriously resolved to salute, and after completing a set of church etiquette, he spoke softly.

"In the name of Allah, may the light of Islam always illuminate your future, and may the chanting of Medina always pray for your peace."

On the side, Abdul Rahman, who came with him, took out a Quran with his right hand from the clothes on his chest, put his hand on it and prayed.

Xu Chuan glanced at the two of them and did not bother to disturb other people's etiquette.

Although he is not religious, respecting other people's beliefs is the most basic cultivation.

After staring at the blue mother star outside the porthole window for a while, Xu Chuan suddenly remembered something.

Using his hands and feet, he rowed to the storage wall of the living cabin, opened a storage box, took out his mobile phone from it, then returned to the porthole, and included the blue planet in front of him in his photo album.

"When I get back, I can post it on Moments."

After checking the pictures in the album, Xu Chuan said happily: "Sijia, come on, come over and take a picture for me as a souvenir."

On the side, Tang Sijia was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and asked with a bit of laughter and laughter: "Professor, you came here just to take a few photos and post them on Moments?"

Xu Chuan smiled, looked at her and asked, "Isn't this okay?"

Tang Sijia: "."

Zheng Hai: "."

This reason was so strong that neither of them knew how to refute it.

Looking at Tang Sijia, who he said was autistic, Xu Chuan smiled, looked at the earth outside the window again, and said softly: "In this life, you have to do something you want to do."

"Just like now, only when I stand at this height can I clearly know that the earth is round, and can I feel the vastness of the universe and the insignificance of human beings."

"You don't understand, this is what I believe in."

After admiring the beautiful scenery in space for a while, Xu Chuan gave up his seat by the porthole.

It wasn't that he was tired of seeing this stunning beauty. How could he get tired of it in such a short time? It was that he had to let Zheng Hai and others who came up with him also take a look.

After all, the porthole is only so big, so it would be great if it can accommodate two people to enjoy it together.

Floating and groping to Prince Faisal's side, Xu Chuan smiled and said, "Mr. Prince, how do you feel?"

Prince Faisal turned around and said with emotion: "This is the most beautiful scenery I have ever seen in my life. It is shocking."

After a pause, he suddenly said: "Xu! I want to buy a space shuttle! You can do whatever you want."

Xu Chuan smiled and shook his head, saying: "The Xinghai Research Institute is not mine. You should go to the businessman for such matters."

"Ten billion, Mijin!"

Prince Faisal stretched out a finger, opened his mouth and spit out a number: "I believe you have the ability to broker this deal!"

Xu Chuan's heart skipped a beat. Good guy, based on the Xinghai's construction cost of 1.5 billion RMB and the current exchange rate of rice gold and soft sister coins of about 1:4.5, it is enough to build thirty Xinghai.

Of course, the value of Xinghai cannot be calculated in this way. The small controllable nuclear fusion reactor and aerospace engine on it cannot be described in terms of money.

Shaking his head gently, Xu Chuan still rejected the deal.

As Prince Faisal said, he did have the ability to broker the deal, but not everything can be purchased with money.

On the opposite side, Prince Faisal spoke again: "Fifteen billion meters of gold! If the deal is reached, I will pay you another two billion meters of gold as a personal reward!"

Hearing this, Xu Chuan couldn't help but swallow.

MD, these big dogs are really rich.

17 billion meters of gold and 76.5 billion soft girl coins, just to buy a space shuttle!

This group of big dog owners simply don’t regard money as numbers.

Leaving aside the shares in Fusion Energy Company, he probably doesn't have that many assets.

If it weren't for the small stack and aerospace engine on it, he would really want to sell it.

Seventy-six and a half billion!

If given to him, he could build fifty or sixty, or even seventy or eighty space shuttles.

After all, costs can be reduced with large-scale batch production. The construction cost of Xinghai is 1.5 billion RMB, which is the cost of the first space shuttle.

Seeing that Xu Chuan still shook his head, Prince Faisal sighed regretfully.

Although the purpose of his purchase of the space shuttle has nothing to do with analyzing the technology in it, no one would believe this. Even if he proposed this aspect or even wrote it into the contract, Xu Chuan and Hua Guo would not believe it.

However, the other party's firm refusal confirmed to him that the space shuttle under his feet really used the legendary miniaturized controllable nuclear fusion reactor as its energy system.

Otherwise, faced with the temptation of 17.5 billion meters of gold, everyone will make a choice.

You must know that the cost of the Columbia space shuttle in the United States is only 1.2 billion meters of gold, and he has offered more than ten times the price.

Of course, R\u0026D expenses are not included. If R\u0026D expenses were included, it would be a bottomless pit.

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