After a while of pleasantries, Wu Hao was immediately invited to the command and control hall by Wei Hongyu and others. There are several more halls like this here, just like those on TV, but compared to the TV pictures, he actually came and saw more things that couldn't be seen on TV.
The middle picture on the big screen is the Jianmu-2 modified rocket that has opened its protective cover. It is standing quietly in front of the launch pad.
Compared with Wu Hao's own launch vehicle in the Northwest R&D Center, the launch site in the launch center naturally looks much more majestic.
As the commander-in-chief of this launch mission, Gao Jinguang of course refused to introduce it to Wu Hao: "Currently, our preparations before the launch are being carried out in an orderly manner. According to the preliminary plan, we have set the launch window for tomorrow morning. Twenty-seven minutes past eleven o'clock, less than twenty hours before launch."
Wu Hao looked at the countdown time on the big screen, and then nodded involuntarily. This launch mission has attracted so much attention. To be honest, Wu Hao was a little nervous and unsure.
Although in the previous launch missions, this Jianmu-2 rocket performed excellently, and it can be said that it hit every target. But there was no launch, and no one knew the result. The launch success rate of the rocket is only 50%. This is not the case for their Jianmu-2 rocket, but also for all other rockets.
The success rate of a rocket launch is only 50%. Either it succeeds or it fails, there is no other option.
Therefore, for every launch mission, everyone will be very nervous, including the seniors who have been at the launch position all their lives. Faced with such a launch mission, everyone's face is not easy.
In addition, what was launched this time was an improved Jianmu-2 rocket. In addition to the huge changes in the second-stage rocket, other parts of the rocket were also improved and optimized accordingly, and some new technologies were used.
Whether such improvements and optimizations will work and whether these new technologies are reliable are also unknown.
Seeing that Wu Hao didn't speak, Gao Jinguang continued: "In fact, we originally suggested that the launch time should be at night or in the middle of the night, because this would make the rocket more convenient for ground telemetry equipment to track.
However, considering that this launch is a retractable rocket, it means that after the launch, the first-stage rocket body of the rocket must be recovered off-site, and the fairing must be recovered in the air.
As for the rocket's secondary body, it also needs to undergo a fixed-point landing test.
So for the sake of convenience, we set the launch window at noon, which is also conducive to live broadcast and more people watching. "
Forgetting your trouble. Wu Hao smiled and thanked.
Where, this is what we should do. Gao Jinguang said with a smile: "To be honest, I have been dealing with rockets all my life. Being able to launch your Jianmu-2 rocket this time can be regarded as filling a gap in our careers.
In addition, I also want to witness history. You know, this is the first truly retractable commercial launch vehicle. "
Hahahaha, Wu Hao smiled and shook his head and said: "You are kidding, we are still far from what you said. This time we are just conducting a secondary rocket fixed-point landing. To put it bluntly, it is a controlled fall, similar to a missile. , we are still far from achieving recyclability.
Moreover, we are all engaged in rockets, and we also know that in addition to the carrying capacity of a launch vehicle, the cost is the most important. How to launch the maximum mass aerospace payload at the lowest cost is a difficult problem that all of us are studying.
And our recycling and reuse technology is just opportunistic. If the cost of recycling is much higher than the cost of manufacturing, then the project will be meaningless. "
It still makes sense.
Wei Hongyu smiled after listening to his words and said: "First of all, let's not talk about the cost. This launch vehicle reuse technology is very meaningful and very valuable.
It may be that the advantages of this technology are not shown in normal times, but once we encounter an emergency and we need to launch a large number of satellites or other spacecraft into the sky, then this ready-made rocket can play a very critical role.
Secondly, all technologies are the same. The cost investment may be relatively high at the beginning, and some may not be able to make ends meet. But this is only temporary. As the technology is improved and optimized, its advantages will gradually become apparent.
Many equipment, many products, and many technologies are like this. There are many examples.
Finally, the development prospects of this technology are very broad. As countries pay more and more attention to space, the earth's resources have begun to gradually decrease day by day. Therefore, the arrival of the era of large spaceflight may be much closer than you and I imagine.
Just like the great voyage, now we lack a sharp weapon to enter space. I think your technology may be a key or a ferry that opens us humans up to enter the universe on a large scale. "
You joked.
Wu Hao smiled and shook his head, then looked at a few people and said with a smile: "I have the same point of view as you. I think the era of big spaceflight may come early, especially now that all countries have proposed ambitious space programs.
Therefore, I predict that the next twenty years will be a critical period for us humans to enter the space era on a large scale.
If we miss these crucial twenty years, we may have to be locked on the earth like others and repeat the tragedy that happened more than 500 years ago. It may happen again.
We have already missed the Age of Discovery, and we must not miss this Age of Spaceflight. "
Wu Hao's words made everyone present nod in unison. Gao Jinguang said with a serious face: "You are right, we really can't miss it anymore.
If we miss it, our entire country and our entire nation's path to rejuvenation and rise may be completely ruined.
This universe is too vast, and there are really too many treasures hidden in it. "
Wei Hongyu laughed heartily when he heard Gao Jinguang and said, "Let me just say, your previous worries are completely unnecessary. We will definitely have a common topic with Xiao Wu."
Speaking of this, Wei Hongyu said to Wu Hao: "Before you came, Lao Gao was worried that you were relatively young and difficult to get along with. Now it seems that the worry was really in vain and completely unnecessary."
I'm overthinking it. Gao Jinguang said with a smile, then looked at Wu Hao and said with a smile: "The worries I had about you before were completely unnecessary. Now I see that we met too late.
Come on, let's sit down and have a good chat. I'd like to hear more from you about our country's aerospace technology and development direction. "
With that said, Gao Jinguang couldn't help but grabbed Wu Hao and walked to the lounge. This made Wei Hongyu behind him shake his head repeatedly, and then quickly followed.
