The copy of the Apollo program training camp was in 1969. If the blonde beauty was not lying, then he was now fourteen years before the Apollo program began.
If Zhang Heng remembers correctly, NASA had not even been established at this time, but its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), was established in 1915. In fact, he followed the blonde beauty to the laboratory and saw Other intern students and laboratory director Zhang Heng finally figured out what the Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory was.
It is the third laboratory under NACA. It was originally called the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory. It was originally established to solve the backwardness of American engine manufacturing. In 1939, when World War II broke out, European liquid-cooled engines compared with American air-cooled engines. In terms of combat, it has the advantages of speed and altitude. Some insightful people realized that the United States was lacking national-level engine research facilities, so they pushed Congress to approve a proposal to build an engine research center near the Cleveland Municipal Airport in Ohio in 1940.
The Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory was established under this background. In 1948, it was renamed the Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory to commemorate the deceased George Lewis, director of the NACA Aeronautical Research Department. However, its more widely known name is actually the Glenn Research Center. (renamed again in 1999), it is an important research institution of NASA, specializing in the research of aerospace engines.
Although this transitional copy was forcibly opened by the system in response to the bug caused by Zhang Heng, it did not completely separate from the main copy of the Apollo Project training camp. Instead, it gave him the identity of an MIT graduate student and threw him away. When he arrived at the Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory fourteen years ago, if nothing else happened, he would return to the copy of the Apollo Project training camp after the time stop.
In terms of results, of course, this is not a direct stop. He can solve the competition in the still world, which is equivalent to clearing the level in advance. However, judging from the previous prompt sound, because it cannot determine whether he is cheating, the system is protecting other players. Under the premise, he was also compensated to a certain extent.
The Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory was an important laboratory under NACA. The people working there were all the top scientists and engineers in the United States at that time. After NACA was dissolved, it was merged into NASA. The focus of these experts' work also turned to aviation technology. Although Zhang Heng could not You can directly learn future aviation knowledge here, but you can also supplement the prerequisite physics, engineering and aerodynamics knowledge in advance.
Moreover, the Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory is located next to the Cleveland Municipal Airport in Ohio. Although he cannot complete the main mission of seeing the earth from another angle in advance, if he is lucky, he can at least fly the plane in the sky twice for use in the Apollo project. The T-38 training aircraft for training had not yet been developed at this time, but its predecessor, the T-33, was introduced for flight training in the early 1950s.
If nothing else, the jet plane Zhang Heng saw on the runway before was the T-33.
But before that, he had to solve a problem. The system identified him as a graduate student at MIT, and soon Zhang Heng knew why the Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory wanted to recruit a group of graduate students for internship, because NACA had launched a Hypersonic Research Engine Program.
——X-15, which directly uses rocket-powered engines, has a maximum speed of Mach 6.72, close to six times the speed of sound, and a maximum flight altitude of 107.8 kilometers from the earth. It directly breaks out of the Karman line and enters space. It is still the fastest human being until the 21st century. Manned aircraft.
The X-15 research and development plan was officially launched in 1955, and the Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory also participated in it. Zhang Heng and his group of MIT graduate students were recruited to assist the engineers and scientists in the laboratory in related research, but the problem was that Zhang Heng The master's degree was given by the system by charging phone bills. He hoped to learn relevant knowledge in the laboratory, but once he revealed that he had no foundation, he would most likely be sent back to school directly.
And even if the situation develops for the best, he can still stay in the laboratory. With such a heavy scientific research task, who would be willing to make up lessons for him from scratch.
Before Zhang Heng had time to think of a countermeasure, the blonde beauty in charge of human resources had already begun to assign these internship graduate students to the engineers in the laboratory. Of course, if the engineers have someone they particularly want, they can directly name them. Among them are two engineers. He must have had contact with some of the graduate students and directly picked the ones he wanted.
However, most people just told the blonde beauty their needs and waited for the manpower to be allocated. However, Zhang Heng did not expect to see a yellow face among them.
You must know that this is not the future. In the United States in the 1950s, especially in top scientific research institutions, there were not many Asians. What's more, judging from the appearance of the other person, there is a high possibility that he is Chinese.
So Zhang Heng tried to say hello to the other party in Chinese. There was a look of surprise on the latter's face, and he obviously understood Zhang Heng's question. However, Zhang Heng's current appearance has been systematically corrected, and his features are more European and American. Obviously, the Chinese engineer was a little surprised.
Zhang Heng had no choice but to speak again, "Hello, can I be your assistant?"
"What is your major? I am doing research on the flow theory of turbomachinery. I wonder if you are interested?"
"Economics, sophomore." Zhang Heng felt ashamed. He couldn't hide this kind of thing. Instead of telling him after he was assigned a task, it would be better to confess now.
"..." The other party was obviously stunned by this answer. He was speechless for a long time. He was not sure whether this was some American humor or some hidden discrimination. After all, he had studied in the United States for so many years. experienced discrimination.
"Sorry, I need to stay in the laboratory for some reasons, and if possible I also hope to learn some engineering knowledge. If you really find it troublesome, I can try my luck with others."
Because the above conversation was conducted in Chinese, no one else could understand it except the two of them. Therefore, Zhang Heng was not worried about other people listening, nor was he too worried that the other party would tell other people his details, because Chinese Americans abroad basically hold the attitude that doing more is worse than doing less.
However, if the other party rejects him, it will not be easy for him to keep fishing in the laboratory.
Fortunately, I don't know if it was because of Zhang Heng's fluent Chinese that impressed the other person and made him feel a sense of intimacy in a distant foreign country. After hesitating for a moment, the man spoke again, with only one simple word, "Okay."
Then he walked to the blonde beauty and asked for Zhang Heng, plus another female student from MIT who was assigned. These were his two assistants.
When the matter came to an end, he returned to the laboratory and extended a hand to Zhang Heng, "It seems that I haven't introduced myself yet, Wu Zhonghua, Chinese."
"Zhang Heng." Zhang Heng also reported his real name, paused, and then added, "Chinese."
Note: Wu Zhonghua, Qian Xuesen in the Chinese aviation industry, graduated with a PhD from MIT. He once worked at the Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory and created the internationally recognized universal theory of ternary flow in impeller machinery. He is a world-class scientist and is the same as many veterans of that era. Like a generation of scientists, he gave up his high salary abroad, and then returned to China from Europe with his wife on the pretext of traveling. Both of them are the founders of China's aviation industry, but at this point in the real world, he has actually returned to China, or Writing about him, apart from the need for the plot, I also have some selfish motives. I hope more people can know about these older generation scientists. In addition, the transition script is not the focus, it will end soon, the focus is still on the Apollo project. (The exception is written in the text. It may cost you a few cents more. I hope friends who watch pirated copies can also see it.)
