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Rocket explosions are not common, but they happen every year.

This time, the Starship exploded on the test bench, which did not have any bad impact on the reputation of Venusstar Technology.

It even made Venusstar Technology more well-known.

After all, the 40-story-high appearance of the Starship still gave everyone a very big impact.

The world's largest launch capacity should not be underestimated.

And within Venusstar Technology, the cause of the problem was also analyzed intensively. In the end, it was found that the design requirements of a pipe of the engine did not match the requirements of the engine under the maximum thrust state, resulting in fuel leakage and this explosion.

This rectification is actually not difficult at all.

All departments quickly took action and began to prepare for the production of the next prototype.

At this time, a new laboratory of Venusstar Technology was officially put into use.

Considering the particularity of this laboratory, Venusstar Technology invited relevant personnel from AVIC and Aerospace Science and Technology.

These are all potential customers of the laboratory.

"Mr. Cao, Mr. Zhao, your hypersonic wind tunnel laboratory was built just in time."

"With this laboratory, our research on many hypersonic weapons and aircraft will be even more powerful."

Qian Junfeng didn't expect that Venusstar Technology would quietly launch another satellite.

Wind tunnel laboratories are definitely something that major aviation countries have.

Even some car manufacturers have their own wind tunnel laboratories.

But hypersonic wind tunnel laboratories are definitely different from ordinary wind tunnel laboratories.

Humans have an aerospace dream, always wanting to fly faster, higher, and farther.

As early as the 1950s, Mr. Qian first defined the concept of "hypersonic flight".

In the future, a new generation of aircraft can reach thousands of miles per hour and realize early departure and late return for international travel.

The research and development of a new generation of aerospace vehicles is inseparable from an important scientific device-hypersonic wind tunnel.

Hypersonic wind tunnels generate and control high-speed airflows artificially, simulate the flow of gas around the aircraft, and obtain the aerodynamic characteristics of the aircraft, which is equivalent to artificially building a "flying sky" on the ground.

The faster the aircraft is, the stronger the "wind" generated by the wind tunnel is required.

Scientists use the ratio of flight speed to the speed of sound - "Mach number" to measure flight speed.

In hypersonic flight, the huge kinetic energy of the aircraft will generate strong head shock waves and friction resistance, heating the air around the aircraft to thousands of degrees Celsius or even tens of thousands of degrees Celsius, causing complex chemical reactions such as dissociation of air molecules and ionization of atoms.

"Thermochemical reactions of the air around the aircraft are beyond the scope of traditional gas dynamics research. It is necessary to create new theories to describe and build new wind tunnels to test."

"We at Venustech are now fully committed to the development of various missiles and aircraft and other products, and the demand for wind tunnels has greatly increased."

"Ground tests for the development of new aerospace vehicles require more powerful hypersonic wind tunnels."

Zhao Siyu has very high expectations for this new laboratory of Venustech.

Whether Venustech can continue to lead the development of the aerospace industry in the future is also closely related to the integrity of various experimental equipment.

The hypersonic wind tunnel test platform provides a powerful tool for the hypersonic development of Venusstar Technology. Now it can carry out scientific experiments that "can do what others cannot do, do what others find difficult to do, and do what others are not good at", and solve those problems that "cannot be done, cannot be done well, and cannot be done well".

In the future, it will definitely provide support for the design and development of many products.

Qian Junfeng is obviously very clear about this.

"Aerospace vehicle?"

Zhao Tianling of AVIC keenly grasped a key word from Zhao Siyu's words.

Although this is not the first time he has heard of this thing, even within AVIC, there is a discussion on whether to cooperate with Aerospace Science and Technology to develop an aerospace vehicle.

But there has been no formal project.

This was originally a secret information from AVIC and Aerospace Science and Technology. I didn't expect to hear related content from Venusstar Technology now.

"Mr. Zhao, is Venusstar Technology already researching aerospace vehicles?"

The American space shuttle at that time was a typical aerospace vehicle. It could not only fly inside the atmosphere, but also fly in space.

But the final fate was not very ideal.

Now that Venusstar Technology is going to develop aerospace vehicles, Zhao Tianling is really looking forward to what it will look like.

"We do have a team developing related products, but the product has not yet been finalized."

Zhao Siyu was not sure whether he was suitable to talk about the specific content of this product that had not yet been disclosed to the public, so he did not prepare for detailed communication.

However, the other party certainly did not want to give up easily.

Even Qian Junfeng of Aerospace Science and Technology was chasing Cao Yang and asked: "Mr. Cao, this hypersonic wind tunnel laboratory is indeed very beneficial for the development of aerospace vehicles."

"We at Aerospace Science and Technology are also discussing the product development of an aerospace vehicle with AVIC."

"Why don't the three parties merge the projects together and jointly discuss the development of this product?"

Qian Junfeng felt that with the participation of Venusstar Technology, this aerospace vehicle could appear in front of everyone more quickly.

So he wanted to pull the other party into the project.

Otherwise, if the product they worked hard with AVIC for many years was not as good as Venusstar Technology, it would be a bit uncomfortable.

"The aerospace plane will be one of the key weapons for countries in the world to compete for air and space supremacy in the 21st century."

"America, Polar Bear, China and Germany are all studying aerospace planes, but no one has actually succeeded. Most plans still rely on disposable launch vehicles to take off, similar to the old-fashioned space shuttle concept."

"In an ideal state, the aerospace plane, as a future aircraft, can take off horizontally like an ordinary aircraft, fly in the atmosphere at a hypersonic speed of 16,000 to 30,000 kilometers per hour, and fly at a speed of 12 to 25 times the speed of sound at an altitude of 30 to 100 kilometers."

"And it can directly accelerate into the Earth's orbit and become a spacecraft. After returning to the atmosphere, it will fly like an airplane. Landing at the airport, it becomes a means of transportation that can freely travel between heaven and earth. "

"Before this, aviation and aerospace were two different technical fields, with aircraft and spacecraft operating in and out of the atmosphere respectively. The aviation transportation system is reusable, and the space transportation system is generally not reusable. The aerospace plane can achieve the goal of complete reusability and greatly reduce the cost of aerospace transportation."

"AVIC has rich experience in the aerospace field, Aerospace Science and Technology has accumulated many years of experience in aerospace flight products, and Venusstar Technology is involved in both aspects."

"I think the three-party cooperation can definitely play a very good chemical reaction."

Zhao Tianling also immediately agreed to Qian Junfeng's proposal.

He is naturally very clear about the strength of Venusstar Technology.

Future products such as aerospace vehicles must rely on the strength of AVIC and Aerospace Science and Technology. At least in the next ten years, it is difficult to see the hope of mass production.

But if Venusstar Technology is brought in, he thinks it may not take ten years to be launched.

This is definitely something worth looking forward to.

"Everyone knows a lot about the development plan of the United States' space plane, such as X-24, X-33, X-34, X-43, etc. In fact, the European Union is also conducting intensive research. The European Space Agency is promoting the European space plane plan and developing a rocket-based air-breathing combined cycle engine for it."

"Polar Bear is a long-established aerospace technology power, and has a particularly strong technical accumulation in the scramjet engine used in space planes. The Rainbow Mechanical Design Bureau launched the "Needle" and "Rainbow-2" verification aircraft plans in the 1970s and 1980s, and conducted preliminary research on hypersonic space vehicles."

"On the contrary, our Chinese actions in this regard are relatively slow. Our three parties will work together to catch up with and surpass competitors such as the United States and Polar Bear more quickly."

Qian Junfeng further persuaded Cao Yang on the side.

After all, to develop a space plane, such a product has too many technical barriers.

The reason why Aerospace Science and Technology and AVIC have discussed for a long time but have not officially established the project is because there are too many problems that have not been solved.

For example, in terms of materials, since the aerospace plane needs to enter and exit the atmosphere many times, each time it will generate a lot of aerodynamic heating due to the intense friction with the air, especially when returning to the atmosphere at hypersonic speed, aerodynamic heating will cause its surface to reach extremely high temperatures.

The temperature at the nose is about 1800℃, the temperature at the leading edge of the wing and tail is about 1460℃, the lower surface of the fuselage is about 980℃, and the upper surface is about 760℃.

Therefore, there must be a light-weight, high-performance, and reusable heat protection system.

Another problem is the development of engines.

The flight range of the aerospace plane is from the atmosphere to the outside of the atmosphere, with a speed from 0 to 25 Mach.

Such a large span and working environment changes are impossible for all existing single types of engines to cope with, making the development of a brand-new engine for the aerospace plane the key to the entire project.

Other aerodynamic design and other problems, any one of which is a headache, and there is no hope of resolution in a short time.

"The tripartite cooperation can indeed speed up the development of this project. We at Venusstar Technology are very willing to work with AVIC and Aerospace Science and Technology to develop air-conditioned aircraft."

"At that time, you can set up a project team in Chang'an, Yangcheng and the capital, and promote each small project in combination with the overall needs of the project."

"For example, the design of the appearance and aerodynamics of the aerospace vehicle can be placed in Yangcheng, where our newly built super wind tunnel is located."

"For example, the research related to the body structure and material selection can be placed in Chang'an City. The headquarters of Nanshan Carbon Fiber is now located there, which can give full play to their advantages."

"Some projects related to human-machine engineering interaction can be considered to be placed in the imperial capital, giving full play to the advantages of AVIC and Aerospace Science and Technology."

"As for the engine, we can further decompose its R\u0026D tasks by combining the situation of Nanshan Engine, AVIC and Aerospace Science and Technology."

Zhao Tianling and Qian Junfeng have already said this, so Cao Yang will naturally not refuse.

However, although he cooperates with the two companies to develop aerospace aircraft projects, Cao Yang still hopes that the final initiative will be in the hands of Nanshan companies.

After all, the other party has just started discussing this product, while Venustech has officially started the relevant research and development.

The best way now is to let the two companies cooperate with Venustech's development needs, provide relevant personnel and technical support, and finally bring out the product as soon as possible.

Qian Junfeng and Zhao Tianling can understand this point.

Anyway, it's not that they haven't cooperated before. For example, the H-20 project has now been handed over to Venustech to lead.

Even many technical personnel in Venustech have jumped from AVIC or Aerospace Science and Technology.

Everyone's communication and defense are not that great.

"I agree with Mr. Cao's idea. If the aerospace vehicle project is to be implemented as soon as possible, we must maximize the advantages of our three companies."

"Now Venustech has started to advance, and we will cooperate with AVIC with all our strengths."

Zhao Tianling stood up first to express his attitude.

He had just said so much about the necessity of cooperation. If Cao Yang had just agreed, he would have raised a lot of opinions, which would obviously be inappropriate.

Qian Junfeng's idea was similar, and he followed closely and said that Aerospace Science and Technology also supported Cao Yang's arrangement.

This product, which will have a significant impact on the world in the future, quickly accelerated its progress.

Of course, outsiders do not know this information.

…

For the aerospace vehicle project, whether it is Venusstar Technology, AVIC, or Aerospace Technology, they all attach great importance to confidentiality.

However, the ultra-high-speed wind tunnel laboratory developed by Venusstar Technology has been reported to the outside world on a large scale.

For professionals, it is still easy to infer some conclusions from this laboratory.

After all, this kind of wind tunnel is needed for either hypersonic missiles or hypersonic aircraft, nothing else.

And no matter which product it is, it is a very sensitive thing for China's competitors.

For example, in the United States, John found David from Boeing to discuss the things behind the ultra-high-speed wind tunnel laboratory developed by Venusstar Technology.

"Although there is no specific source of intelligence, according to the information we have, Venustech is already developing several types of missiles, and even anti-missile systems are also being developed."

"This time, the hypersonic laboratory is likely to have a certain relationship with this project."

Although Venustech has done a good job of confidentiality, many things cannot leave no traces after all.

Besides, Venustech alone has more than 100,000 employees, and this number is still increasing rapidly.

In this case, some information is even more impossible to keep completely confidential.

So it is normal for the organization behind John to find out some information.

"Venustech has strong technical strength in rockets and satellites, and it is not surprising that it can produce advanced missiles."

"But I am worried that they will not only develop a few missiles, but will come up with some products that no one has imagined at all, which will be very troublesome."

David has been dealing with Venustech for many years, and has suffered a lot from the other party.

Many things that everyone thought were impossible before, in the end, Venustech has done it.

If he hadn't experienced this kind of thing himself, he would never believe it.

"Your concern is not without reason. I heard that Venus is now fully engaged in the research of various military products."

"They used to advertise themselves as a private enterprise that produces civilian products, but now they don't advertise like that much."

John felt a little overwhelmed.

The situation is getting more and more difficult to deal with.

"If the Venus 9 is modified, it will be an intercontinental ballistic missile."

"If the Chang'e space station is slightly modified, it will be a mobile space military base."

"Not to mention the similar products of Black Hawk and Apache that they are currently developing, which have nothing to do with civilian use."

"Let's not be misled by their propaganda."

David never thought that Venus Technology was a civilian enterprise.

Just like Boeing, it has never been a civilian enterprise.

Even though Boeing's most famous products are various civilian aircraft, it is essentially one of the best military-industrial complexes in the United States.

That is the confidence of the United States to dominate the world.

"David, Venustech is doing more and more things. Do you have any way to curb their development?"

Talking about other things can only vent the resentment in your heart, but it can't solve the problem.

John came here with the purpose of solving the problem today.

"If you want to curb the development of Venustech, you have to curb the development of China, otherwise it will be impossible to curb it."

"In the past few years, we have divided our focus very much. We are desperately involved in various things around the world."

"I think we need to make appropriate choices in the future and focus our attention on the Asia-Pacific region."

"Around China, we have to think of various ways to cause trouble to the other side so that they don't have so much energy to focus on economic development."

"As long as the economic strength is not good, various problems will arise. Wasn't the polar bear defeated by us in the past?"

In fact, David had discussed the issue raised by John with people inside Boeing for a long time.

Now I just took this opportunity to speak out.

Of course, Boeing will definitely not rely on John as a voice channel, they also have their own spokespersons.

In fact, Boeing is not the only one doing this kind of thing, Lockheed Martin and other companies are also doing similar things.

Only by focusing America's attention on the most threatening places can their relevant departments realize that many American military equipment needs to be updated.

It is also necessary to continuously increase the military expenditure allocated by relevant departments.

In the end, a large part of these expenses will fall into the pocket of Boeing, the military giant.

…

"Grotin, this time I go to Venus Technology for exchanges, I want to add an exchange project, that is, to borrow their wind tunnel laboratory to carry out some modeling research."

Dmitri is now very concerned about the movements of Venus Technology. He vaguely feels that Venus Technology will be a leading enterprise in the global aerospace field in the future.

It is not bad for Polar Bear United Rocket and Space Company to grasp the development rhythm of the other party in a timely manner.

So he naturally knew about the newly built hypersonic wind tunnel laboratory of Venusstar Technology.

Although many countries seem to have wind tunnels, the difference between wind tunnel laboratories and laboratories is also very large.

Just like many countries can produce drones, but the difference between drones is not too big.

The wind tunnel laboratory of Venusstar Technology can be said to be the most advanced in the world, without a doubt.

One of the development focuses of Polar Bear United Rocket and Space Company in recent years is to develop various hypersonic cruise missiles and ballistic missiles.

At present, the technology they have accumulated in this regard is still quite good.

However, in terms of the appearance design and aerodynamic layout of missiles, Dmitri feels that there is still room for optimization.

After all, some things are definitely not enough to rely on computer software simulation alone.

The simulation parameter design of those software is itself derived and sorted out based on some actual data.

If there has never been a similar experiment, then some information from the simulation software can only be used as a reference.

"Do you want to use the other party's wind tunnel laboratory to carry out missile research?"

Grogin is not stupid, and he immediately knows what Dmitri's purpose is.

A large part of the funds allocated to them by the relevant departments of Polar Bear is used to study missiles and rockets, which are also closely related.

If there are no qualified results in these two fields, it will affect the acquisition of funds in the future.

So Grogin also attaches great importance to this business.

"Yes, I think that looking at the world, the only one who can help us in the research of hypersonic missiles is Venustech."

Dmitri gave his reply very affirmatively.

"Let's not talk about whether the other party is willing to cooperate and what conditions are there."

"Just if we cooperate with the other party, won't the relevant missile information be leaked?"

Confidentiality is a very important issue in military units, and it is not too important to pay attention to it.

So Grogin doesn't want to suffer a loss here.

"It's just an appearance information. Even if Venustech knows it, it won't have a particularly big impact."

"They have rich experience in this area, and they may not be willing to learn from us."

When Dmitri said this, Grogin's face darkened.

China learned missile technology from Polar Bear. It can be said that the other party has always been his apprentice.

But now it seems that the apprentice's level is improving very fast, and the master is about to starve to death!

However, it is true, so Grogin has no reason to object.

Besides, between two evils, choose the lesser one.