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early december,

Mu Yang went to the rocket base to inspect the aerospace aircraft.

This project is in charge of Space Exploration Technology Project Team 1, with Han Li as the vice president of technology.

The aerospace plane has completed its major assembly and started testing and debugging. Han Li has been living and working at the rocket base recently.

Mu Yang came to the rocket assembly workshop and saw that the staff were busy.

The aerospace plane is huge, and it is arranged to be installed in the rocket assembly workshop. Outside the gate is a large runway several kilometers long, and large aircraft can also take off.

The aerospace plane being tested in front of me is silver-white all day long, with the Xinghai Group's LOGO and "Sky One" fonts sprayed on the head and tail.

At the bottom of the fuselage, there are two wheels at the front and two rows of eight wheels at the rear.

From the outside, unlike an airplane, there are engines under the wings. The wingspan of the Sky-1 in front of us is much shorter, about 62.5 meters, which mainly plays a role of balance.

Aerospace No. 1 is 83.0 meters long, 18 meters high, and the length, width and height of the cargo compartment are 45 meters * 10.5 meters * 4.4 meters respectively. The cargo space is very large.

The front half of the cargo hold is divided into two layers, and the upper layer can accommodate people.

When flying into space, people and cargo need to be secured.

The inlet is at the head, not at the tail, and the engine is installed at the tail, so it is inconvenient to design the inlet.

The export port is not the import port, but on the back of the aerospace plane, which is covered by the shell.

In space, the back is the most suitable for docking with the Halo space station for space flight, and the maximum length and width of the export port can reach 8 meters.

The horizontal docking port is only exposed after opening the circular shell.

In the middle of the outlet, there is a flexible, extendable small outlet with a length and width of only 3 meters.

That is to say, in addition to docking large docking ports, small docking ports can also be docked.

Since the overall structure is largely made of titanium alloy materials and manufactured by metal 3D additive technology, such a big guy has an empty weight of less than 100 tons, but its structural strength is not comparable to that of ordinary aircraft.

When flying at high speed, especially when turning, the body is subject to a relatively large bending moment, so higher requirements are placed on the strength of the body.

When the afterburner is activated, the cruising speed can reach Mach 3. If the rocket engine is activated, it will be terrifying.

The maximum load of LEO is more than 200 tons. If it wants to fly to the moon, if it does not refuel at the space station, the load is only a few tens of tons.

When Mu Yang arrived, Han Li introduced the test progress to him.

"We haven't started to start taxiing yet, we have to wait until the test is over. The pilot is getting familiar with the driving system and the situation of the Star Ring space station." Han Li introduced that the pilot is an astronaut who can fly and needs two people, one to assist.

Xinghai Group currently only builds this one, and the development cost is tens of billions of dollars.

Following Han Li, Mu Yang entered the cabin through the cargo port at the head, then climbed the ladder to the second floor, and then came to the driver's cab.

The engine switch in the cockpit has been locked to prevent accidents caused by misuse by pilots and staff.

"Hi, chairman!" In the cab, there were four pilots studying and discussing. When they saw Mu Yang coming, they quickly stood up and greeted him respectfully.

"Hello, how is your study going?" Mu Yang nodded and asked casually.

"From the perspective of learning progress, we are all proficient in memorizing, and now we just ask each other questions to make us more familiar with the theoretical points.

Of course, there are many problems. It is the same as driving. It is one thing to understand the theory, but it is another matter to be able to control the car in an emergency.

Therefore, we also need to strengthen how to deal with emergencies.

However, after all, we have no actual operation, just talk on paper, and there is a lot to learn. "The pilot who was the team leader replied.

"Yes, your analysis is very good. You can recognize your own shortcomings. After they finish the test, they need to slide more on the ground and try to fly after they are familiar with it."

"We promise to complete the tasks assigned by the chairman and the company!"

The pilots knew that the Aerospace One in front of them had a different meaning to the representative of the company. No other aircraft could compare to it, and there was no room for any operational errors. This was their requirement for themselves and the company's requirement for them.

In addition to being familiar with Aerospace One, they also have to carry out daily astronaut training.

Mu Yang patted them on the shoulder and encouraged them: "Well, this big guy depends on you."

He glanced ahead from the cab and felt that he was the driver.

Although the intelligent technology of Xinghai Group has developed rapidly, a large number of physical keys are still used in the operation control of the cab instead of touch screen control.

The physical keys are convenient and reliable. Only some not very important functional operations are set to touch screen operations to reduce physical keys.

In addition to manual operation, intelligent control is also installed to realize intelligent flight.

Of course, in general, human manipulation is more practical.

However, for some risk avoidance, aerospace aircraft can automatically avoid it, and human manipulation still has insufficient care.

Leave the cab and come to the crew room.

Each seat is equipped with safety belts, fixed locks, oxygen systems, decompression suits, life-saving equipment, etc. The manufacturing cost of these configurations on each seat belt is not low, and there are dozens of such seats.

Leaving the crew room, the middle position is exactly the exit, and the structure is a bit complicated from the inside.

The cargo compartment is currently empty, and there are countless locks on the surface, which can be divided into many cargo compartments of different specifications.

During the flight, it is necessary to ensure that the cargo does not shake randomly, otherwise it will easily cause the center of gravity to change, which is not good for the flight.

Mu Yang turned around and asked some questions and requests.

According to the current testing and debugging situation, if it is soon, it will be able to test flight in May and June next year, and he is looking forward to it.

If the test flight of Aerospace-1 is successful, it will be able to go back and forth to the moon conveniently.

Therefore, the request to launch a lunar lander on New Year's Day is to explore the lunar data in advance. The simplest thing is to explore which area is better to land, and don't encounter earthquakes or meteorites shortly after landing.

the next day,

Ye Fan, the technical vice president of the space exploration technology project group 2, reported a bad news to Mu Yang, saying that He Cheng, the second batch of astronauts who arrived at the space station, had psychological problems.

"Mr. Ye, what's going on?" Mu Yang still asked the situation seriously, the impact of psychological problems in space is very great, and it may cause a space station accident.

"Chairman, it's like this. The area where he lives is not ventilated, and his voice can't come out or come in. People who stay in this environment for a long time are prone to psychological problems.

Especially after his extravehicular activities, he was in a daze for a long time, and his mentality was not very good. This is very prone to accidents. Once he is decoupled, it is basically impossible to rescue him.

Later, we communicated with He Cheng on the ground. He said that seeing the deep space around him, he felt that human beings are so small, especially observing the changes of the earth outside the cabin, which gave him a lot of psychological feelings.

Hey, young astronauts have little experience, and their psychological resistance is really not as good as that of experienced astronauts. " Ye Fan said solemnly.

Mu Yang nodded and asked, "Have you sent a psychiatrist to communicate with him?"

"There is communication, and we suggest that he communicate more with his colleagues and do more entertainment activities. I am worried that such problems will occur again, and I am most afraid that he will have some abnormal behavior, so I suggest that wait for the next manned mission to fly and put the Send him back to the ground."

Mu Yang thought for a while and said: "I don't know much about his situation. You can judge and decide according to the actual situation. I hope to comfort him well. If you really don't adapt to life in space, switch to work on the ground and have a good time with him. Communicate, don't force it.

Of course, we will also give him the opportunity to return to the space station, but it depends on the situation and must be strictly assessed. "

He is most worried about people with abnormal psychology, especially scientific researchers who are familiar with the space station. If there is an abnormality, it will cause serious damage to the space station.

There are very few female astronauts in the Xinghai Group, mainly because they are worried about women's poor ability to withstand stress.

Ye Fan said: "I am the general manager of the astronaut training base. I am responsible for something like this. I am very sorry, Chairman."

Mu Yang waved his hands: "You are not to blame for this kind of thing, who would have expected such a thing to happen.

Training on the ground and seeing what you experience in space is completely different. The whole person's heart will be baptized, and then there will be various ideas, and the world outlook, outlook on life, and values ​​will all change.

Not to mention He Cheng, if it were me, the same problem might arise.

When Aerospace-1 is put into use, you management personnel should also go to experience it, so as to do a good job in future scientific research.

In a few months, Aerospace One may start test flights and will be put into use soon.

So, if you have time, you also go to astronaut training. "

Ye Fan nodded: "Okay."

He didn't have a big surprise, but was sad. After all, he didn't do his job well.

After the conversation was over, Ye Fan summoned the relevant management personnel to discuss the solution to this matter, and at the same time announced the chairman's request to let everyone have time to participate in the training, and then don't go to space and lose the chain.

Everyone was very excited when they heard that they could go to space.

They are different from those rich people who buy tickets. They are free and do not cost a penny. This benefit is worth tens of millions of yuan.