Technological Hegemony

Red flames rose from under the white rocket, and the entire launch platform roared like a beast. As the giant calipers holding the rocket were released, the rocket began to soar at a relatively slow speed. A few seconds later, the twelve Xingchen A1 vector engines started Afterburner, to push the rocket to accelerate.

The rocket did not come to a standstill until it was close to the atmosphere. It stayed in the air for more than ten seconds, and then began to slowly descend. The vector nozzle made slight adjustments to ensure that the rocket landed in a straight posture, and finally returned to the launch station in the Gobi. Platform, stop firmly on the alloy platform.

Boom~

After the last roar, the twelve A1 engines were all extinguished, and the whole world was instantly quiet, except for the huge white rocket, still pointing at the blue sky.

Long live!

Cheers erupted, and people rushed from all directions to celebrate this historic moment. The test launch of the sparrow-shaped recyclable launch vehicle developed by Xingchen Technology was a perfect success!

This scene was broadcast live to the world through Star TV, and it caused a huge sensation.

The branch of Xingchen Technology in Jiuquan has now become a sea of ​​joy. When Luo Jia, wearing a black T-shirt, appeared at the press conference, the scene immediately boiled.

"Mr. Luo, why is the rocket launched this time named Sparrow? Does it have a special meaning?" A reporter from Agence France-Presse seemed to ask.

Luo Jia said with a smile: "There is no special meaning, this is the smallest model rocket in our plan, so it is named Sparrow, and our largest rocket will be named Kunpeng class, from Sparrow to Kunpeng, simply In other words, it means from childhood to adulthood.”

After hearing Luo Jia's explanation, the reporters were stunned, because the Sparrow class has twelve A1 engines with a total thrust of 6,600 tons. Such a heavy-duty launch vehicle is actually the smallest model in the Xingchen Technology Plan? Is this too exaggerated?

The heavy-duty launch vehicle in the eyes of others is the little sparrow of Xingchen Technology.

Luo Jia's pretense is not light!

It's hard to imagine, what kind of existence will the Kunpeng class be like?

It must break through 10,000 tons of thrust, right?

"Excuse me, after mastering the recoverable rocket technology, the next step is to open the road to the sea of ​​stars, right?" A reporter from Huaxia asked.

Luo Jia shook his head with a smile,

"I'm afraid you think the stars and the sea are too simple. This road is our long-term direction. In addition to the rocket, we also need to design and manufacture two space stations, and send the space station modules into space and reassemble them in space."

"It will take a long time just to build the space station, so I'm afraid I will disappoint everyone. The road to the stars and the sea will not open quickly."

Luo Jia's eyes scanned the audience. When the reporters heard that the Xingchen Technology would not open the sea of ​​stars in a short time, the western reporters were obviously relieved, while the Chinese reporters were more disappointed.

"Does this mean that for a long period of time in the future, there will be no black technology coming out of Xingchen Technology?" A reporter asked.

Luo Jia chuckled, "How could it be? In addition to long-term goals, we also have medium-term and short-term goals, such as the life science and modern agriculture plans we are advancing. We will also launch genetic medicine plans in the future. In the industrial field, we also have We plan to transform the existing aviation and railway systems to improve traffic efficiency, but there are still many things that can be done, and the future is always worth looking forward to."

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"Star technology is amazing!"

Musk, who is far away in North America, also watched the whole process of the sparrow-class rocket test, and witnessed the successful launch and return of 6,600 tons, Musk couldn't help but admire.

Anyone who knows Musk knows that the biggest goal of this guy in his life is to colonize Mars.

Because there is no oxygen on Mars, he researched electric vehicles. In order to solve the problem of power generation on Mars, Musk did it. The air pressure on Mars is low and the environment is harsh, so Hyperloop is needed to solve public transportation. Falcon rockets are needed to get from Earth to Mars. The Raptor engine is needed, the Dragon spacecraft project is needed, and in order to be able to surf the Internet on Mars, the Starlink project is also needed.

Most people may not know that Musk actually has a younger brother named Kimball Musk. His company is called Square Root, which is engaged in soilless cultivation, and the soilless cultivation technology is also used to colonize Mars. prerequisites.

In short, Musk is not a dreamer, on the contrary, he is a real industrialist, the kind who does things down-to-earth. With his full promotion, rockets, star chains, and dragon spacecraft are all becoming reality step by step .

It’s just that Musk’s ideas are so advanced that many people who don’t know the truth think he is a daydreaming liar. This is probably the gap between ordinary people and geniuses. Geniuses realize dreams that ordinary people cannot understand, while ordinary people I think geniuses are crazy.

"Small in size and high in thrust, Star Technology's sparrow-shaped rocket will definitely be a powerful tool for exploring space in the future. It's just a pity that their goal is to build a space station. If they are willing to work hard for the colonization of Mars, such a worthless project, That would be great." Musk muttered, pacing back and forth in his office.

In Musk’s view, a large space station is a project with no future. It costs a lot of money but is of little value. It is far better to work towards colonizing Mars. Humans don’t need to stay in space, just go directly to Mars to open up new worlds.

However, Musk did not know that the real intention of Star Technology is not a space station, but to build a space elevator, truly realize the freedom of movement from the earth to the synchronous orbit, and let humans go into space, as simple as traveling around the world.

At this time, the phone in the office suddenly rang, and it was a direct call from the White House. After witnessing the liquid oxygen methane rocket technology of Xingchen Technology, the person in the White House couldn't sit still and ordered Musk to increase the power of the Raptor engine.

"Mr. President, please forgive me." Musk said calmly: "The Starlink project is a medium-intensity launch mission. The weight of each communication satellite is only 2.26 tons. It does not need to be like China and Russia. Exaggerated thrust."

"Besides, the fundamental reason why Xingchen Technology can manufacture the A1 engine with excellent performance lies in its absolute leadership in material science. Instead of ordering me to catch up with their technology, it is better to send a representative to negotiate with the Huaxia people and implore them to let go Technology blockade, so that we can buy high-strength carbon fiber and graphene, that is a more realistic goal."

what! ?

Ask the Chinese people to let go of the technological blockade?

The person in the White House became angry after hearing what Musk said. As a beacon of civilization, North America went to China to ask for it. Is that plausible?

"Forgive me for being helpless." Musk said frankly, regardless of Mr. President's feelings: "Without solving the problem of materials science, it is impossible for us to design advanced equipment similar to the A1 engine. In terms of materials science, we are already far behind. gone."