The project team that moved back to the scientific research center is only a small part of the scientific research department that Chen Xin is now in charge of, accounting for about one-third of the current scientific research department's manpower, but they are responsible for many projects, and Most of them take up space.
For example, the research on laser weapons that has been put into practical use by Chen Xin. This project team is studying how to create a powerful laser weapon so that it can sweep across the frontal battlefield as described by Chen Xin. It is not the current method of burst shooting to destroy the enemy.
In addition to this project team, other research projects that require large-scale test sites, such as Titan mecha improvement research, development of new models of power armor, and electromagnetic weapon research, are among the relocation teams this time.
After all, compared with the office buildings in Dome New City, the specially built weapons testing site at the Scientific Research Center is more suitable for conducting research on these weapons projects.
The space at the research center was originally much more spacious, and after Chen Xin came back, he also made an upgrade in order to re-use it. The facilities are undoubtedly more comfortable to use, and the various project teams are naturally more willing to conduct research here. .
Although poor conditions do not mean that you cannot engage in scientific research, it is obvious that a good research environment will greatly promote the research progress of the project.
A venue that can be easily opened not only provides them with a testing ground for the projects currently being studied by these research groups, but also allows them to better test the things they have developed.
To give the simplest example, the project team studying power armor originally only had a research room about the same size as a school teacher. It usually had no problem conducting theoretical research and sample trial production.
But once they want to conduct sample testing, they have to apply for an additional experimental site. This experimental site is shared by several project teams, and anyone who needs it can apply.
If no one has anything to test, that's fine, and space will be available soon. However, if it happens that several project teams have to test, they will have to wait in line, which will seriously affect the progress of the research.
Back at the research center, the test site assigned to the project team studying the power armor was enough for the testers to run a fifty-meter dash in the power armor, allowing them to do whatever they wanted.
Thanks to this, various project teams have taken out projects that were originally shelved due to lack of sufficient test sites, and Chen Xin's desk was suddenly filled with new project applications.
Even Chen Xin himself started research on a new project after moving back to the scientific research center.
The new project launched by Chen Xin does not have much to do with the current battle against alien invasion, because the problem he is trying to solve now is how to make the land craft break through the atmosphere and develop smaller land craft.
Or it should be renamed something like a spaceship or a floating ship.
The land cruiser originally developed by Chen Xin mainly traveled on land. Only when it encountered insurmountable obstacles would it turn on the anti-gravity device and conduct floating navigation.
However, in actual use, everyone complied with the operating regulations at first, mainly using land travel as the main mode of movement, and the floating mode was only used when necessary.
However, with the gradual withdrawal of land crafts from small ships, and Chen Xin's upgrade and replacement of land crafts, most of the land crafts soon chose the floating mode as the main mode of movement. Only when they arrived at the destination, Or it will only land on the ground during a short voyage.
As a result, the land craft has basically become a floating ship in the atmosphere, flying in the sky all day long.
So it was logical that the aerospace department approached Chen Xin and asked him whether the land craft could break through the atmosphere and enter outer space.
Yanguo's aerospace department has been very low-key in recent years, and it can even be said that its presence is quite thin.
This is mainly due to environmental limitations. The aerospace sector itself is far away from ordinary people's lives. In addition, after the end of the world, the sky is obscured by dust. Humanity has lost contact with outer space. At the same time, it is impossible to launch spacecraft into space. Space activities It is almost completely cut off, and it is not enough for the aerospace sector to fade out of people's sight.
However, Chen Xin used the weather controller to reopen the sky by mistake, and the aerospace department also regained contact with the spacecraft that had been drifting in space for several years. This has made the aerospace department now return to people's attention. within sight.
However, it is still limited by the influence of the general environment. Even Yanguo currently does not have many resources to invest in the aerospace industry, so that the aerospace department has inevitably been experiencing difficulties in recent years.
However, even so, people in the aerospace sector have not given up on the construction and research of the aerospace industry.
Funds were limited, so they tried to save money. Since they couldn't carry out space activities, they focused on researching original topics...
In the past few years, although the aerospace department has not conducted another space activity, it has still produced a lot of scientific research results.
Some of these research results have been applied to the military field. For example, many technologies originally used in space suits have been applied to equipment such as powered armor, exoskeletons, and protective suits that are now commonplace in daily life for Yanguo people.
In fact, even the land cruiser created by Chen Xin used many technologies originally used to build spacecraft.
Otherwise, it would not be that easy for a ship to truly fly and achieve mass production, even if Chen Xin could use the system to upgrade it into a land-ship.
But now, with the end of the civil war and the adjustment of national policies, the aerospace sector has received a long-awaited capital injection. In addition, the sky over Yanguo has been reopened, and the original Jiuquan launch site can also be used again. Space activities that have been put on hold for a long time by the aerospace sector have been put on the agenda again.
However, the aerospace sector also knows that today is different from the past. The country can no longer support large-scale space activities, and the funds they have obtained are also very tight, which is only enough to launch a medium-sized launch vehicle once.
Under such circumstances, the aerospace department naturally wants to find cheaper ways to enter space, preferably ones that can be recycled and reused.
The land cruiser created by Chen Xin naturally entered the aerospace department's field of vision.
In their opinion, since the land craft can fly, is it possible to transform the land craft into a spaceship and send it into space?
This question from the aerospace department was placed on Chen Xin's desk, and for Chen Xin, there was naturally no answer of "no".
