Rebirth in America

After several failed launches, the U.S. Navy could no longer withstand the pressure from the public and the government. They had no choice but to send people to Interstellar Technology Company to learn from their experience.

Of course, this is just one theory. Another theory is that Eisenhower could no longer bear to be fooled by the Navy. He ordered the Navy to succeed in its next launch, otherwise it would be a failure.

At the same time, there is news that the president is promoting the integration of all aerospace research and development institutions in the United States, intending to select one of several institutions as the main body, and then let this institution coordinate all resources and talents.

Holy shit! Isn’t this the rhythm of wanting to dominate the world?

Insiders in the American technology community were shocked. Not only them, the Soviet Union also immediately received relevant news.

Everyone asked about which organization was so lucky to be the ultimate winner in this field. Surprisingly, the current competition is between only two agencies, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics and Interplanetary Technologies.

National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics?

That's right, this company studies aircraft, what does it have to do with rockets and satellites! I protest that our institution is more qualified than it is.

As for Interstellar Technologies? When did this pop up?

Um? I heard that there is a popular program "American Artificial Moon" recently, which is famous for filming this research institution. I heard that the ratings were very high and it was very popular among the audience, so that the company became famous among ordinary people.

You, you are bragging!

This program is even more false than false advertising. Who dares to guarantee that their first rocket will successfully ascend to the sky! The Soviet Union's first satellite was successfully launched, probably only after countless failures!

This private company is better. Dare to broadcast live? Aren't you afraid that the rocket will fall from mid-air and blow up you bunch of bastards?

So I had this feeling. Rocket research experts from the U.S. Navy came here specifically to "learn from their experiences"! Not only one family, but also people from the Army came. People from other governments also sent their troops, intending to grab a front-row seat to watch the joke.

The most angry people are the experts of the US Navy. They come here with great arrogance. Other departments are just theoretical schools. They are the only ones who have practical experience.

Although we have suffered repeated defeats, the experience of failure is also experience. After all, failure is success!

Alex felt uncomfortable watching these people lining up and coming in and out of his research room. But there was nothing he could do. Now is not the time to show off his temper. A few years ago, he might have just kicked these people out.

Hughes also sent a message, saying that he should receive these guests well, let the visiting experts come here comfortably, and then leave comfortably.

"Damn it! I'm not a lost girl of DG. Do I need to make all the guests feel comfortable?" Alex muttered in his heart. He could only endure it without showing any sign of impatience.

Receiving these guys was Von Bryan. Fortunately, Alex was not allowed to go, otherwise something would really have happened. Feng Brian obviously knows these experts and so on, and the relationship is a bit strange.

A few years ago, von Bryan was the number one rocket expert in the United States. It's a pity that as a former Nazi, he has never been reused. In the end, they were squeezed out by the short-sighted guys in the Army, allowing Hughes' people to easily take over (Interstellar Technology Company) to do research work.

Bryan Feng was bullied by dogs when he was in peace. The villains who had helped him in the past also climbed up.

On the surface, they laughed and greeted each other cordially. In fact, the subtext is saying, why are you doing so poorly now? Look at me, I am already the director of a certain government agency.

So, the civil servant profession is not only popular in China, it is also quite popular abroad.

If von Bryan went to the research institute of the Rockefeller Foundation, he might be able to save some face, but Interstellar Technology Company is nothing! I had never even heard of it a few months ago. It was said that it was only established a few years ago. What’s even worse is that the funding in the first few years was only a few million.

How miserable! Well, how miserable!

Those experts looked down at others with condescending eyes, looking at everything here, feeling that it was not comparable to their own research institutes.

In fact, Feng Brian knew what those people meant. In the first few months, he had thought about avoiding people and transferring him back to the Army's rocket research department. It was only after he got to know Alex for a period of time and had contact with him that he realized that this place might be just the place for him to flourish.

Alex's ability is indeed unquestionable, and his support is also very firm, and Von Bryan has never wavered. The biggest difficulty in doing research and development work is not the scientific problem, but the will of the boss. If you are halfway through the work and your boss asks you to stop and do other things, you will really feel like crying at that time.

In many cases, just when the results are about to come out, the boss changes his mind, and then the project ends in vain.

Feng Brian dealt with these experts with ulterior motives, and Alex was happy to take a break and hide in the satellite testing area. After all, the main consideration for people nowadays is to send things up first. As for what things to send up and what they will be used for after sending them up, we will talk about it later.

The test of the satellite has ended and is being finalized. There are not many staff members, only three or two kittens. Alex pays close attention to everything, and he has to do it himself to avoid problems at any point.

Unexpectedly, those experts also came here. Some experts may think that this place is remote and may have something good hidden there.

"This is our satellite!" Feng Brian pointed to the satellite and explained: "This satellite weighs 240 kilograms, which is nearly three times heavier than the Soviet Union's first satellite! We plan to use it as a communication satellite Used, the design life is nearly 10 years!”

The satellite is rectangular in shape. It is not only coated with a black iron-nickel layer, but also has six foldable solar silicon panels. In addition, there are several sharp antennas protruding from the front end. You can tell at a glance that it is used to receive and send radio signals.

Those experts shook their heads. They thought the satellite was too heavy. It definitely can't be launched. One of the tall and thin experts circled the satellite several times and wanted to reach out and touch it. As a result, Alex stopped him.

"Don't touch it!"

Alex shouted loudly, and he quickly pushed the expert away: "Do you know that just touching it may lead to serious consequences?"

The tall and thin man looked at Alex strangely. He didn't expect that there were such young researchers in the institute. He is not a person who likes entertainment very much. He has only heard of Alex but has never seen him, so he did not recognize him.

"Who are you?" the tall and thin man asked.

"Who do you care I am? In short, you can't touch this satellite!"

The tall and thin man was very angry at Alex's words and was about to yell. Fon Bryan immediately came over and introduced: "This is Mr. Stuffa, the director of the U.S. Naval Rocket Research Institute!"

Stufa glared at Alex, as if he was not familiar with you. Next, he was immediately stunned by Fon Brian's introduction!

"This is the president of Interstellar Technology Company, Mr. Alex!"

Alex? Is that Alex Carpenter, the genius inventor with an IQ of 220 who invented the bipolar transistor and the first generation of computers in his teens?

Not only was Stufa surprised, but other rocket experts also gathered around, wanting to get to know this young man known as a genius. They whispered, but also immediately changed their minds about the satellite. Many designs that originally seemed useless have become inscrutable and have many uses!

Stufa doesn’t think so. He circled the satellite, shook his head, and sighed: "Such a design cannot fulfill the purpose of a communication satellite at all. How can it be made into a square shape? Hey, such a slender antenna is used to receive and transmit signals. .It’s simply childish!”

Alex glanced at the other party and asked deliberately: "Oh? Then what do you think should be done to realize the function of the communication satellite?"

Stufa suddenly became energetic, as if someone was cheering for him when he was talking about cross talk. He immediately replied: "First of all, it needs a certain size. Only in this way can the reception surface of radio waves be large and the signal be strong enough!"

This view was immediately recognized by the experts present. They all nodded in agreement. After receiving the encouragement, Stufa became even more enthusiastic. He said: "There is also the surface coating of the satellite, which should be able to reflect radio waves from all directions, and then concentrate the reflected radio waves on one point to enhance the energy of signal reception. It is like For solar boilers, we know that as long as there is a certain curved surface, the light waves can be focused together."

"Oh, I understand, balloon! As long as the satellite is made in the shape of a balloon, the effect you mentioned can be achieved!" One of the experts shouted as if he suddenly understood.

Stufa said proudly: "You are right, such a satellite does look like a huge tonal beach balloon. We have already started to build such a satellite, and it is estimated that it will be launched in two years."

"Wow! It's so awesome. Are you already manufacturing it? Then I want to ask how you solve the problem of volume and weight." The expert asked.

Under Alex's cold gaze, Stufa walked to a blackboard in the room, picked up the chalk and wrote on it and said: "We plan to make a large aluminized polyester film ball with a diameter of 30 meters, so that you can Look, its volume can be ensured, its weight can be effectively reduced, and it can also achieve good reflection of electromagnetic waves."

The experts present all let out bursts of exclamation, praising Stufa's satellite design as very creative. Even Feng Brian was so fooled that he almost wanted to ask Alex to change the satellite design. plan.

Only Alex simulated the reflected electromagnetic waves between the satellite and the earth in his mind. He laughed quickly, attracted everyone's attention, and said: "You are really stupid and naive! Let's do the math. Let’s talk about how much electromagnetic waves such a satellite can reflect to the earth.”

He also went up and picked up a piece of chalk, drew a satellite and the earth on it, and marked the distance between them. Then he calculated the formula in his mind and quickly wrote several data on the blackboard.

All that is left is simple addition and subtraction, and the result is calculated immediately. The electromagnetic wave signal reflected back is very weak.

They found the original idea to be a good one. But in fact, the electromagnetic waves reflected by this shiny aluminized Mylar ball are scattered in all directions, not concentrated.

Look at the final calculation results. Stufa's face turned blue and white, very ugly. It's not just him. The expressions of other professionals were also all kinds of strange, and every one of them discovered the problem like Alex did. This is simply embarrassing and embarrassing.

Stufa yelled: "No, your calculation data is wrong at all! There is no calculation process at all, are you bluffing me?" As he said that, he calculated it himself, but the formula seemed simple, but it was actually quite good. Complex ones, especially the calculation process, are not immediately available.

Seeing this situation, other experts also joined in to calculate with Stufa. This speeds up the calculation.

Alex shrugged. Ignore them. He went back to clean the dust on the surface of the satellite and planned to package the satellite.

Half an hour later, the results were finally calculated over there. The results they calculated were slightly different from Alex's, but the error was not large and could almost be ignored. In other words, Alex's calculations were correct, and this satellite plan was terrible.

Faced with this conclusion, they all looked at each other, feeling their faces burning. It turned red as if someone had slapped him in the face.

When they tried to discuss it with Alex again, they found that he had disappeared. So I went to Brian Feng and was told that Alex had left the Rocket Research Institute and was nowhere to be found.

In the end they had to give up. Never mention this embarrassing thing again. At the same time, they also became interested in Alex and studied his satellites more carefully. The more I study, the more I find that this satellite is simply the most advanced technology of this era. If it can finally achieve its design purpose, at least no research institution in the world has reached this level.

They're from this satellite. I found many amazing solutions.

For example, antennas that transmit signals, coatings that absorb solar energy, and solar silicon cells that absorb and store energy. Cores capable of signal processing and so on.

Not only these experts, but also the Soviet Union attracted attention. They sent spies one after another to try to sneak into the research institute and steal relevant information.

They first learned about the rocket development progress of Interstellar Technology Company from the TV station. After sending this information back, it immediately inspired Korolev and other Soviet rocket experts. He asked the KGB to get more detailed information.

Korolev said: "We are only temporarily ahead of the United States and may be surpassed by them at any time. Especially the rocket technology of the Interstellar Technology Company is already very advanced. In my opinion, they have great ambitions and want to You have to throw us far away in one fell swoop. You must get their research data back! You must get it back!"

After his repeated emphasis, the KGB immediately raised the matter to several emergency levels, asking Soviet agents lurking in the United States to seize the time. Soon they discovered that although Interstellar Technology Company was only a private company, UU Reading www.uukanshu. net, but an army has been stationed to guard it.

It is difficult for spies to sneak in, at least for now. Unless some opportunities can be created, it is possible to steal the design information.

The company is now not only protected by government troops stationed on the outside, but the company's security forces inside are also very powerful. They surrounded the entire company's research, and even a fly couldn't fly in.

"It's really unlucky. This company's confidentiality measures are so good! It's simply more difficult than sneaking into the Pentagon to steal information!" After the KGB spies got the mission, they quickly complained secretly. They knew they were encountering a problem. .

However, the orders from above are the actions of the people below, and they must obtain relevant confidential information.

In the eyes of ordinary people, at this time, apart from the Soviet Space Agency and the US Naval Rocket Research Institute, the company's research institutes were probably the most advanced in rocket research technology.

However, Alex knew that after the company successfully launched the rocket, it would definitely attract many forces to watch. In this case, he might as well do the relevant security work as early as possible. (To be continued...)