Chapter 709 You Are Half Right

If you want to say the most exciting news on New Year's Day, I am afraid it is not the New Year's Eve wedding of a certain star, nor the official grid connection of Xihedui in Daya Bay, but a series of events from the launch of the Auspicious Ship to its successful return.

From the successful launch of the auspicious ship, to the 25-second video, to the New York Times report, and finally to the safe return of the auspicious ship, every moment can be said to have earned enough attention.

There are no rocket builders.

But at present, I am afraid that he is the only one who dares to ride the rocket he built himself to the sky.

Even Musk, who has always been called the Iron Man of Silicon Valley, never said that he would take a Falcon 9 rocket to the sky.

And the sensational innovative propulsion method completely subverted people's understanding of spaceflight.

It seems that this New Year's Day spans not only the year 2020, but the entire era.

From the old era to the new era.

From the past to the future...

In fact, it's actually quite interesting to talk about this matter. If it wasn't for the news released by NASA through Columbia TV, perhaps most people would not know that the auspicious ship uses an electric propulsion system.

After the news came out, neither Xingkong Technology nor Huaguo officials seemed to mean to deny it, but they did not give a positive answer to the news. For the vast majority of people, this has amounted to a tacit consent that has not been publicly acknowledged.

And it was the power that was faintly displayed in this silence that made those who silently prayed for the auspicious ship when they returned to voyage, raised their eyebrows fiercely in their hearts.

For a long time, in the field of aerospace, China has been chasing the footsteps of the United States and Russia. In the design of high-thrust rockets and outer space spacecraft, it is even more inadequate than Europe and Japan, which are slightly inferior to the United States and Russia. Now that the Xiangrui has achieved overtaking on a curve through electric propulsion technology, Huaguo has been at least five years ahead of schedule and has a low-Earth orbit delivery capacity of 50 tons.

The first step of the lunar landing program has been realized.

The rest is to study how to send people up safely...

Not to mention the distant things for the time being, these things are not what ordinary people will pay attention to. In any case, the safe return of the auspicious ship has caused a considerable number of people's faces to hurt and swell.

Especially Lu Zhou's side.

After learning the whole story from senior sister, he also sent a scarf to watch the fun, accompanied by the photo that the system asked him to take, and attached a line of text below.

[I heard that someone said I can't come back? (funny)】

Less than half a minute after the scarf was sent out, hundreds of comments were written.

[Haha, what about NASA's experts? What about those mentally crooked nuts? Why didn't you come out and disintegrate? 】

[What the hell is the New York Times, spreading rumors all day long! Not too big of a deal! 】

[I just want to say, God Lu is awesome! ! ! 】

[Actually, the auspicious ship was originally going to disintegrate, but it was fed by a mouthful of poisoned milk from NASA and would go. (funny)】

[Haha, does your face hurt? I knew that Lu Shen could not be in trouble! 】

[Lu Shen, I want to have a baby monkey with you in space~~ (shy) (shy)]

[The above mentioned H has reported it! 】

[After looking around, no one has praised Lushen for being handsome. Let me praise it. Brothers, go through the process and send me up! (dog head)]

【…】

In less than half an hour, the number of reprints of this scarf exceeded 10,000, and it was reprinted and liked by a large number of media such as CTV and Renren Daily. Its heat quickly spread from the scarf to the entire network, and spread from the inside to the outside of the wall.

Many people posted a screenshot of Lu Zhou's scarf on Twitter, and Aite set up the New York Times account.

However, what is more interesting is that the first response was not the New York Times, but the official account of NASA.

On the official account, NASA quickly clarified that it has never published any news that the auspicious spacecraft may disintegrate in the atmosphere. The content reported by the New York Times is a misinterpretation of the content of the press conference, and the entire report is a gimmick that cannot be trusted.

As soon as the news came out, it also caused a lot of repercussions on Twitter, and it also discredited the New York Times for a while.

When we got here, Lu Zhou originally thought that this matter was over. After all, in his opinion, it was just a test flight, and it was not a particularly important event. However, he did not expect that it would not be so simple.

After interviewing the two astronauts, CTV made a special documentary on the launch process of the auspicious spacecraft based on the previously collected materials.

In this documentary, the consistent shooting style of Central Media is adopted, focusing on the difficulty of R&D work and the danger in the launch process. As the focus of attention, Lu Zhou, who went to the sky with two astronauts, has also been rendered as a hero who uses his life to challenge space...

He even added a line for him in a generous tone of sacrifice.

"I'm the chief designer, and I have the first-hand information I need there! If I don't go up, who will go up?"

It doesn't seem like he's going to test the spacecraft, it's like he's going to fight aliens...

"...It's really a pig teammate."

In the special ward of the 301 hospital, Lu Zhou threw the unread newspaper on the table, sat on the bed and shook his head.

The reason why he stayed in the ward was not because he was sick, but because the organization required him, like the two astronauts, to undergo routine examinations after the space activities.

Although he has repeatedly stated that his health can no longer be healthy, he really can't beat the old experts at 301 Hospital.

Of course, Lu Zhou also understood that they were kind, for fear that he would leave a little hidden danger on his body.

Therefore, he did not resist so much.

"I think it's well written..."

Wang Peng glanced at Lu Zhou with a strange expression on his face.

Why haven't I seen you being modest before, but this time I dislike your writing...

Yan Yan leaned over to take a look, and said with a light cough.

"Let's make a fair assessment, it's actually quite touching."

"You don't understand." Lu Zhou shook his head.

Standing beside the hospital bed, Chen Yushan bent the corners of her mouth and said, "Can I guess?"

Lu Zhou sighed and said. "whatever."

After the hug on the day of the return flight, the relationship between him and his senpai became a little more delicate.

But where is the subtlety, if Lu Zhou really wants to say it, he doesn't know how to describe it.

In short, since then, neither of the two have mentioned that incident, as if nothing happened.

So it became what it is now.

how to say?

Lu Zhou didn't quite know what this feeling was.

This may be the so-called blind spot of knowledge...

"Well... you want to tell people through this launch that in the not-too-distant future, space travel is not fundamentally different from ordinary travel, or that it is not as dangerous as imagined?"

Lu Zhou was silent for a while, and his eyes drifted to the side.

"...Well, I count you half right."

In fact, only a quarter of the answer is correct.

At least one-half of it is due to system tasks, and the other one-quarter just wants to see what is going on with his aircraft in the air. Only by putting himself in his shoes can he know what needs to be improved, not just Do research against some pale data and the pilot's dictation.

Although only half of the answer was correct, Chen Yushan still raised the corners of her mouth happily.

Yan Yan, who was standing beside her, curled her lips unhappily, picked up the test sheet in her hand without saying a word, and went outside the ward.

However, Lu Zhou did not notice these subtle details. His attention was completely attracted by the snowflakes flying outside the window.

Speaking of which, before you know it, it's winter again.

It seems that it was about this time when the STAR-2 experimental reactor was successfully ignited.

Time goes by so fast...