A big country of aerospace with black technology

After nearly ten hours of delay due to medical examination, Zhang Xingyang finally boarded the helicopter to the manufacturing base.

It was already late at night, but the rocket manufacturing base was still brightly lit.

The engineers in the base are conducting final inspections on the rocket body and various parts that are about to be packed and shipped.

It is guaranteed that the rocket will not have any problems when it leaves the factory.

"The first-stage rocket has now been inspected and is ready to be loaded and transported at any time."

Geng Bo seriously reported the progress of the rocket inspection.

"It will take about four hours for the second-level rocket and the escape tower to be inspected."

Various electronic equipment and safety equipment used in the secondary rocket and escape tower are very complicated, and these equipment are not only related to the scientific research mission of the manned spacecraft in space, but also directly related to the life safety of the astronauts.

There is no room for carelessness and carelessness.

So even if Geng Bo verbally said that the inspection was completed, the Rockets did not have any problems.

But Zhang Xingyang still checked carefully, and signed the rocket factory inspection report cross-checked and signed by several engineers.

The current production responsibility system adopted by the manufacturing base, if you are responsible for the production or inspection parts have problems, you will be severely held accountable.

In serious cases, you may even be imprisoned.

Zhang Xingyang checked the test report carefully, and there was nothing wrong with the above data.

The factory inspection can do this, which is already considered possible.

And in fact, after the assembly of the rocket is completed at the final assembly plant of the Jiuquan Launch Center, it will undergo a more stringent inspection.

At that time, even whether the pins of an attitude control chip on the rocket are normal or not will be tested.

"It doesn't look like a big problem right now."

Zhang Xingyang closed the thick dozen reports in his hand, and said to Geng Bo.

In front of the two of them was the first-stage rocket that was slowly transferring.

Although the rocket can reach a speed of tens of Machs when it is launched, its transportation speed on land is very slow.

For example, now, the first-stage rocket, which is nearly 50 meters long and weighs nearly 100 tons without fuel, lies on the transfer vehicle with a huge chassis, and can only move at a speed of about 5 kilometers per hour.

From the time when the first-stage rocket leaves the final assembly plant to when it is transported to the special train, although it is only less than eight kilometers away.

But with such a small distance, the transfer vehicle also traveled for nearly two hours.

And there is a huge team of engineers throughout the whole process to carry out support work next to the rocket's transport vehicle.

Once the rocket has any problems during transportation, they can deal with it in time.

The rocket launch site this time was different from the seaside launch base they were familiar with because it was deep inland.

It is impossible to carry out overall transportation through sea transportation with huge transportation capacity.

Therefore, the engineers put all their energy into this transportation work, and tried their best to avoid any problems during the transportation of the rocket.

Fortunately, there were no accidents during the two-hour transfer process.

The huge first-stage rocket arrived at the train platform waiting for it at the scheduled time.

The railway station itself was set up for the rocket manufacturing base, and there is no passenger transport business at ordinary times.

And this time, in order to ensure that there will be no accidents during the transportation process, all the places within one kilometer around the railway station were searched during the loading process of the first-stage rocket.

"Geng Bo, I will leave the job of escorting the first-stage rocket to you!"

After several hours, the first-stage rocket finally completed the task of being loaded on the train, and completed the fixing work to prevent it from rolling over during the transportation.

At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of rocket transportation, Geng Bo will take this train as the person in charge.

Before the train departed, Zhang Xingyang gave Geng Bo a warning in advance:

"If you encounter any problems that cannot be solved, remember to ensure the safety of the rocket first, and everything else is secondary. Call me if you have any problems."

Although the probability of problems in train transportation is extremely low compared to other transportation methods, Zhang Xingyang is still not very relieved.

After all, the probability of any accident is not zero.

The two situations that train transportation is most afraid of encountering are natural disasters, such as mountain torrents and mudslides.

The second case is a train collision accident.

Flash floods and mudslides are relatively easy to deal with. It is difficult to directly cause damage to the rockets on the train. The biggest danger is that it may cause train jams.

A train collision accident will be a lot of trouble, not only may cause casualties, but also may cause damage to the rocket under the huge impact force.

But no matter how worried Zhang Xingyang was, the train carrying the rocket still left as scheduled.

From the manufacturing base to the Jiuquan launch center, it almost traverses half of the country.

Even if this trip is a special train, except for the necessary work of adding water and sand, there will be almost no stops on the way.

But most of the train speeds today will not exceed 140KM/h, and for the safety of transportation, the maximum speed of this train will not exceed 100KM/h.

So it takes at least 35 hours to transport to the Jiuquan launch center.

Zhang Xingyang is in charge of the second-stage rocket and the escape tower, which have more complex components.

These two parts will be transported by road due to the sensitivity of the parts.

The whole journey is more than 4,000 kilometers!

The length of the second-stage rocket is less than twenty meters. Although it is also a giant, it is a small guy compared to the first-stage rocket that is almost twice as long.

The super-long rocket truck can be parked directly at the gate of the factory building of the manufacturing base.

Then a large crane capable of lifting up to 120 tons was lifted, and the secondary rocket was slowly hoisted onto the truck.

The rocket is firmly fixed in the compartment through the special tenon and fixing bolts.

After using the ancestral three-color plastic sheet to complete the outermost layer of camouflage, this ordinary-looking rocket transport vehicle, even a bit earthy, has completed the loading work.

As for the transportation of the escape tower, it is even more convenient, because its size is the smallest here, less than five meters, and even an ordinary truck can fit it.

By the time the sun was rising, the important components of these two rockets had all completed the preparations before transportation.

This transportation work is very important, so there are two jeeps responsible for clearing the road and safety work at the front and back of the transport vehicle.

Once they encounter any special situation, they will come down to guard the rocket transport vehicle.

But basically they will not encounter any special situation.

After all, at the front of the convoy, there will be two police cars with lights flashing, responsible for coordinating traffic.

The 4,000-kilometer road transport takes far longer than the 35 hours required for rail transport.

Although each car is equipped with three drivers, people don't need to rest, and the car has to run for 4,000 kilometers all the time.

So in the end, the convoy led by Zhang Xingyang was almost 28 hours behind Geng Bo's rail transport.

It took almost three days and three nights on the road before finally reaching the destination.

"Thank you for your hard work!"

Zhao Tianming is currently in charge of the commander-in-chief of the Shenzhou-3 manned project.

After Zhang Xingyang escorted the second-stage rocket and the escape tower to the assembly plant of the Jiuquan Launch Center, he immediately waited at the assembly plant.

"It's nothing hard, Commander Zhao."

After Zhang Xingyang got off the car, although he felt a little unwell, he didn't say much.

The expressway construction work in these years has not started on a large scale.

There are only asphalt roads in many places, but because there are too many vehicles, there are potholes on these asphalt roads.

When walking this kind of road, you can feel the bumps almost all the time.

Even Zhang Xingyang, who had always been in good physical condition, felt nauseated and nauseated.

Fortunately, the last section of the road leading to the Jiuquan launch base was well repaired, which eased the situation for everyone in the convoy.

Otherwise, Zhao Tianming would be able to see the scene of the arriving crowd jumping out of the car and vomiting in the first place.

"The second stage rocket has started vertical work."

Zhao Tianming is obviously also a straightforward person, he didn't have too much politeness with Zhang Xingyang who just got off the car, and directly chatted about the work of the rocket assembly.

During the transportation process, the rockets are all laid flat for transportation, so when the final assembly is carried out, the first thing to do is to erect the rockets that were originally laid flat.

In the rocket factory building, the first-stage rocket with a height of more than 40 meters has completed the vertical work.

Now the engineers of the assembly plant are conducting preliminary inspections on the first-stage rocket.

Take a look at the first-stage rocket to see if there are any problems during transportation.

"Since the vertical work of the first-stage rocket has been completed, let's check the second-stage rocket as soon as possible!"

After Zhang Xingyang slowed down for a few minutes, he felt that he had come out of the uncomfortable state, so he couldn't wait to start working.

"Doesn't Dean Zhang need to rest?"

Zhao Tianming looked at Zhang Xingyang who seemed to be very energetic and said in surprise.

"I don't need to rest."

After Zhang Xingyang finished speaking, he seemed to have thought of something, and looked at the other people behind him who were not in good condition:

"However, they should need to rest for a day. Please Commander Zhao to arrange it."

Not everyone has as much energy as Zhang Xingyang, especially the on-board engineers who work almost three shifts, although in the transportation project, there is no situation that requires them to work intensively.

But they are still in the process of transportation, and they are always vigilant, which also leads to a lot of energy loss.

Now many people are in a shaky state.

Zhao Tianming and the others had already expected such a situation.

That's why he was so surprised after seeing that Zhang Xingyang seemed to be fine.

The engineers of the assembly plant carefully removed the various tenons and fixing bolts used for fixing on the transport vehicle.

Then, the second-stage rocket was gently unloaded by the crane in the workshop.

The vertical work of the second-stage rocket, because of its relatively small height, is simpler than the first-stage rocket, which took several hours.

But it also took two hours of the engineers in the assembly plant.

However, after the second-stage rocket is vertical, it will not be assembled with the first-stage rocket for the first time.

Instead, final assembly will not begin until preliminary inspections have been completed.

This is also considered for the follow-up inspection of the rocket.

If the problem is found after the final assembly is completed, it will be much more difficult to solve because of the height of the rocket.

But the hoisting has not started yet, even if some problems are found, they can be solved in time.

This saves follow-up time and facilitates inspection work.

Just when the engineers were working hard.

Zhao Tianming found Zhang Xingyang who looked like a pillar of Optimus under the rocket.

"It is estimated that after three days, the final assembly work will be completed."

"If everything goes well, preparations will begin for the launch of Shenzhou III in a month's time."

Zhao Tianming also looked at the Shenzhou-3 manned spacecraft and said with some emotion.

This day, the domestic astronauts have been waiting for so many years, is finally coming to this day that is about to come true!

The people of Long Kingdom will finally enter the boundless space in the spaceship designed and manufactured by themselves.

This mysterious place that once belonged only to those private lands in developed countries is finally going to lift its mysterious veil to hardworking and capable Chinese people.

Although they have been facing all kinds of suppression from Eagle Sauce, the domestic astronauts have grown up vigorously.

"What was the weather like that day? Did the meteorological department make a forecast?"

Zhang Xingyang asked with some concern.

Because the climate this year is rather weird, it is almost September now, but two typhoon embryos have been formed in the Pacific Ocean near the waters of our country.

Although these two typhoon embryos are unlikely to develop into super typhoons, they may still have a more severe impact on the subtropical high.

If it is true that a large amount of water vapor is transported to the inland, although it is a good thing for many areas that are relatively dry this year, it is not good news for rocket launches.

"The supercomputer of the Meteorological Department has made special predictions. They believe that the two typhoon embryos currently in the Pacific Ocean are difficult to upgrade to the typhoon level."

"However, if they continue to move now, it is possible to send a large amount of water vapor to the northwest of our country. They have made a special explanation with us."

When Zhao Tianming mentioned this point, he didn't feel particularly optimistic.

Because judging from the current atmospheric conditions, it is almost a certainty that a large amount of water vapor will enter the northwest.

It's just that I don't know how much water vapor can be, so I came to the Jiuquan Launch Center in the northwest.

Zhao Tianming is still more optimistic:

"The Pacific Ocean is far away from us. Even if the water vapor can go deep into the inland, it can only reach the Qinling Mountains at most, and cannot reach us here."

Zhang Xingyang should be more conservative, after all, in his view, as long as there is a chance, then such a situation must be taken into consideration.

"We'd better be more prepared."

At this time, Zhang Xingyang somewhat missed an invention of later generations.

Ultra-long-distance microwave power transmission technology.

This technology was originally invented to transmit electrical energy generated by space power stations to the ground.

But later, everyone discovered that it has another use.

Under certain frequency bands, the atmospheric conditions can be changed.

For example, the generation status of typhoon embryos can be adjusted through microwaves, and a typhoon that was originally only a tropical storm level can be upgraded into a super typhoon.

Likewise, super typhoons can also be downgraded to tropical storms.

After more in-depth research and experiments, it has a more familiar name, weather controller! (end of this chapter)