Technological Hegemony

During the meeting of the Authority, Luo Jia decided to use the starship team to create a transportation plan in the atmosphere.

The starship team, code-named No. 2, is part of the entire space program of Xingchen Technology. After the space station and the space elevator are completed, the next step is the moon base, which requires large-scale inter-galaxy vehicles to complete the round-trip between the earth and the moon, transport personnel and minerals, and go to the moon base. To more distant deep space exploration and other tasks.

The starship team has been preparing for long-distance travel between galaxies. They slightly modified this kind of galactic vehicle and put it into operation on the earth. There was no problem, and there were even suspicions of overkill. After all, the construction standards of starships are obviously higher than ordinary aircraft.

Shua~

The special plane with the rotating galaxy badge of Star Technology landed against the wind. This is Bayannur, a city hanging alone on the grassland outside the Great Wall, and it is also the station of the starship team.

The helicopter sent Luo Jia to the research institute in the open area outside the city. Here and Jiuquan are the research centers with the largest area of ​​Xingchen Technology. The steel structure roof stretches for several kilometers. Under the gray roof, those unknown giants are planned and produced. Iron monster.

After getting off the plane, Luo Jia saw the person in charge, Bu Mobei, an upright man from the Northwest. Because of the frequent exposure to ultraviolet rays, the neck and up became red and black, and the company's researchers generally had a deep nerdy personality, and most of them had pretty faces. Dr. Bu Walking in the crowd is very conspicuous, but also very old.

Bu Mobei's actual age is only twenty-nine years old, and he is not married yet, but everyone thinks that Teacher Bu's baby must already know how to herd sheep. If you tie a white towel on his forehead, take a dry pipe, and point towards the corner Squatting in the sun, he looked like an old farmer in northern Shaanxi in the book.

"1969 was a special year for the world's aviation industry, because in this year, major aviation powers simultaneously launched the development of a new generation of fighter jets, including the former Soviet Union's Su-17 and MiG-27, the F14 in North America, and the Tornado in Europe. etc."

Bu Mobei adhered to the good habits of a straight man of steel, did not talk nonsense, did not even greet Luo Jia, directly took Luo Jia under the huge steel ceiling, and said in a very fast tone: "In addition, the British independent research and development The Harrier vertical take-off and landing fighter, also successfully entered service in 1969."

"Compared with other fixed-wing aircraft, the vertical take-off and landing fighter does not need an airport runway, which fundamentally changes the contradiction between high and low speed flight, and its maneuverability and combat capability are also quite good. It is an important milestone in the history of aviation development."

"Many people have heard of the Harrier fighter, but few people know it. In fact, in August 1969, my country also started the secret research and development of a vertical take-off and landing fighter. It was code-named Mission No. 4 and was undertaken by Shenyang 601."

Luo Jia nodded lightly. There are quite a few people in the company who majored in aerospace.

But there is only one person who is completely obsessed with this cause like Bu Mobei. He is the living encyclopedia of aerospace.

"And what happened next?" Roger asked.

"I lost, and I lost completely." Bu Mobei said with emotion in his heart: "After all, at that time, we didn't even have special titanium metal that could withstand high temperatures, and we couldn't even talk about the high-lift engines needed for vertical take-off and landing. "

"Since then, we have given up the research and development of vertical take-off and landing fighters. To this day, the number of vertical take-off and landing fighters in our country is still zero."

Luo Jia said with a smile: "Old Bu, I didn't say we want to build fighter jets. Our goal is civilian aircraft."

Bu Mobei nodded slightly, "I know, but I just couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Back then, my teacher was a member of the No. 4 task force and was responsible for calculating the channel. He often recalled the past in front of me. You might think that he The old man's past must have been very exciting, like an epic? But it wasn't."

"The thing that the teacher recalls the most is that he was poor back then, had no tools, beat the wings with a hammer, was hungry every day, and wished that the cafeteria could make pork stewed vermicelli, and wished that he could eat white noodles. Eating too much corn bread with stick noodles could easily cause stomach problems."

"Why are you saying this all of a sudden?" Luo Jia asked.

Bu Mobei said indifferently: "It's nothing. After receiving your call, I couldn't help thinking of what the teacher said. Vertical take-off and landing is a good thing. It can solve many problems, and it can also be used to pretend. The teacher didn't use it back then. The hammerhead knocked out the vertical take-off and landing aircraft, let me, a student, do it for him today."

Luo Jia frowned, "What do you mean when you said you can still pretend?"

Bu Mobei rolled his eyes, "You told me on the phone that this project is an air bus, a new product belonging to the automobile system, and it is also in cooperation with the three major automobile manufacturers when it is put into production."

"Then your old man formulated several standards, such as vertical take-off and landing, Mach 3 cruise, a ceiling of no less than 30,000 meters, and various active and passive safety systems. You said that there is a cruising speed in the world. A Mach 3 bus?"

"The standard you set exceeds the world's most advanced reconnaissance fighter, the SR-71 Blackbird, but the name is called the Star Bus. If this is not pretentious, what can it be? Their top aircraft is not as good as ours The bus, that's outrageous."

Puff~

The surrounding researchers couldn't help laughing.

Luo Jia was going to get a big guy that surpassed the Blackbird reconnaissance plane, and then declared it to be a bus, and sold it all over the world under the name of a bus without filing an application with the European and North American Aviation Administration.

If Star Technology really does this, it will definitely drive the Western aviation industry crazy.

Furthermore, if Luo Jia is not happy one day and sells this super air bus to anti-American organizations, they can directly break through the North American air defense chain and enter the inland with a little modification. , they would hate Rodya to death.

"I have this plan." Luo Jia said bluntly: "You have been in Inner Mongolia, and you don't know much about the situation outside. The struggle has gradually heated up, and the methods of the two major air traffic control bureaus in Europe and North America are very insidious. On the one hand, they promised to issue airworthiness certificates, on the other hand, they are delaying the time, forcing COMAC to do various tests.”

"Then why don't you get rid of them!" Bu Mobei said heartbrokenly, "If we don't agree with each other, let's do it ourselves at worst!"

Luo Jia shrugged, "It has taken so long and invested so much money and resources. The large aircraft project can't be withdrawn casually. It has been the responsibility of COMAC for many years to sell our aircraft to the world. The West has grasped this dream, and it has put COMAC in a dilemma."

"When I went to COMAC a few days ago, I happened to meet officials from the European and North American Air Traffic Management Bureau. According to my observation, the future may not be very optimistic. Although I also think that the community of shared future for mankind is a great plan, the reality is that Always tell us so ruthlessly that people who are not of our race will have different hearts."

The two of them walked into the huge factory building while chatting. The main product being manufactured here was the space dock.

Due to the relationship of gravity, Star Technology will not assemble the starship on the ground, but will build a space dock on the zero space station, send the manufactured parts to the synchronous orbit by elevator, and then place the starship in the space dock. Ships combined.

The space dock adopts a modular design, and it is still relatively scattered. It is a pile of parts. Only when they are all combined can you appreciate its unique charm. There are three space docks in the plan, and two small and medium-sized docks are nearing completion. The design of the large dock has also been finalized and is waiting to be put into manufacture.

"Space docks and starships can be built, so flying buses are no problem, right?" Luo Jia asked with a smile. He thinks the name of flying buses is good. Compared with flying saucers in the atmosphere, flying buses are more pretentious. .

Bu Mobei nodded, "No problem, the starship requires the ability to enter and exit the atmosphere. After all, when we drive the starship to other planets, we have to park and leave."

"Now the company requires vertical take-off and landing in the atmosphere, which is actually a simplified version of the starship, removing the space navigation part, reducing weight, increasing passenger space, replacing ion propulsion with ultrasonic turbo propulsion, etc."

"Actually, after receiving the notice the day before yesterday, I led people to refit a subsonic regional airliner overnight, and the results went smoothly. Considering the technical capabilities of the three major automakers, it is not difficult for them to complete the manufacturing of regional airliners and short-haul airliners. task, but the mainline airliner with the speed of Mach 3, I am afraid that we can only build it ourselves."

The so-called feeder airliner means a provincial airliner, which transports passengers from various prefecture-level cities to central cities, and then connects about 30 central cities across the country with supersonic mainline airliners, thus forming a well-connected domestic traffic network.

As for short-distance passenger planes, they are used to connect districts and counties. They use low-altitude flight, and the 30-kilometer journey takes only two minutes. Short-distance passenger planes do not need to build airports and stations, as long as there is a piece of concrete ground, they can be parked, which is very flexible and convenient. convenient.

Traffic is like the blood vessels of the human body. The aorta and capillaries are indispensable. After some discussions, the bosses of the three major automobile factories received a call from Luo Jia. Luo Jia warmly invited them to come to Inner Mongolia. Let's take a look at the new "bus" of Star Technology.