Chapter 231 Ecstatic NASA

The Electromagnetic Launch Research Institute was conducting mass projector testing at the same time.

Aerospace agencies around the world have discovered this thing.

Dongtang Space Administration, as the local aerospace management department, even though they had been notified in advance, they knew that Galaxy Technology was going to test the mass projector today.

But they are not optimistic about Galaxy Technology's mass projector.

The reason is very simple. The mass projector is different from the space rocket. The speed of the space rocket is slow at first and then fast. With the continuous consumption of fuel, the mass of the rocket continues to decrease. Coupled with the blessing of the planet's rotation force, and with the altitude As it rises, the speed will continue to accelerate, thus breaking through the Kármán line and reaching the designated orbit.

The mass projector has a very large initial velocity, which just collides head-on with the dense atmosphere at the bottom, thus consuming a huge amount of kinetic energy and making the speed slower and slower.

In this way, vacuum pipelines must be built to reduce atmospheric resistance. The problem is that such vertical vacuum pipelines of more than several kilometers are simply a big hole. If it is not worth several trillions of dollars, it is impossible to even think about it.

Regardless of how long the vacuum pipeline of the Strait Cross-Sea Bridge built by Galaxy Technology is, lying flat on the ground and perpendicular to the ground are definitely exponentially more difficult. The two are not of the same order of magnitude at all.

They have trillions of dollars, so they might as well build high-thrust launch vehicles or space shuttles.

Although several space agency bosses know that Galaxy Technology has room-temperature superconductors, room-temperature superconductors are not omnipotent, and other problems with the mass projector are still very difficult.

However, they were still surprised by the test results of Galaxy Technology today. The monitoring satellite showed that the projected object reached an altitude of about 94 kilometers.

"What do you think?" Wang Guanghai, chief designer of the aerospace system, looked at the monitoring results and asked chief engineer Li Zhongting.

Li Zhongting looked at the monitoring results: "Judging from the satellite monitoring results, the size of the projectile is quite large, estimated to be around 270 to 300 cubic meters. With such a large volume, the weight will not be much smaller. About twenty or thirty tons.”

"I didn't expect that the old horse is still young!" Wang Guanghai said with a smile.

"It's not that Lao Ma is great, but Galaxy Technology's technology is great. Don't forget their room-temperature superconductors and strong magnetic repulsion materials. These two materials can greatly enhance the explosive power of the mass projector." Li Zhongting understood the key to this.

"I don't know how they plan to solve the problem of vacuum pipelines. They don't really want to invest trillions to dig up the Himalayas, do they?" Wang Guanghai joked.

Li Zhongting shook his head: "It is unlikely to dig the Himalayas. First, Galaxy Technology does not have the money. Second, I cannot see through Huang Junjie's thoughts."

"If they make the object smaller, maybe they can project it above the Karman line, then start the rocket engine and reach the designated orbit." Wang Guanghai thought for a while and said.

"There is no vacuum pipeline. Once the initial speed is too fast, I am afraid that the projectile will disintegrate in the air."

"Let's wait and see what happens!"

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the other side.

Milijia Space Agency NASA.

"Report, an unknown object launched by Dongtang was detected."

"The azimuth east longitude...the current altitude is 67,000 meters, it is rising rapidly, the speed is 1,973 meters per second, and the speed is falling."

NASA Administrator Maxwell heard the report from his subordinates and rushed to the space control room.

"How's the situation?"

"The unknown object has returned to the ground. This is the picture taken by the monitoring satellite, as well as the monitoring data." Dr. Archimedes clicked on the computer display.

"Tell me the specific situation." Maxwell asked, looking at the pictures on the computer.

Dr. Tyrant touched his chin and replied: "This thing is not like a launch vehicle or a space shuttle, but like something else."

"Those tungsten rod projectors in the Eastern Tang Dynasty!" Dr. Archimedes added.

"You are saying that this thing was projected by a mass projector?" Maxwell asked hurriedly.

Dr. Archimedes clicked on the speed, altitude, and orientation analysis chart of the flying object: "Mr. Mike, you will know after just looking at these data."

Speed ​​is inversely proportional to altitude. As altitude increases, speed decreases, and the orientation is almost perpendicular to the ground. Seeing these data analyses, Maxwell immediately knew that Dr. Archimedes was right.

"This thing was definitely launched by a mass projector. They should be testing it." Dr. Tyrant said something and suddenly thought of something:

"By the way, this position seems to have some records in the past few months!"

The person in charge of the database on the side quickly called up the latitude and longitude data of Caiyu Island.

After checking, it turned out that eleven monitoring data were found.

"Before, I thought these were testing tungsten rod projections, but now it seems they were testing mass projectors." Dr. Tyrant said, pointing to the data.

Dr. Archimedes raised his glasses and looked carefully at the monitoring data in the computer.

"It's true! The altitude they project is getting higher and higher, and the mass is getting bigger and bigger. This time the altitude has reached 94 kilometers. If a rocket engine is installed on it, it can break through the Karman line and enter space at any time."

"Judging from the satellite monitoring data, this projectile is a regular hexagonal cylinder with a side length of about 3 meters, a height of about 12 meters, and a volume of about 280 cubic meters. In this way, its mass will definitely not be small. Where to go." Dr. Tyrant also expressed his analysis.

"So, if they reduce the size of the projectile, they can definitely hit space." Maxwell looked grim.

"No, it's not that simple. Its initial velocity is too fast and consumes too much kinetic energy in the lower atmosphere. Unless they set up a vacuum pipeline of about ten kilometers..." Dr. Archimedes shook his head and said.

Maxwell interrupted Dr. Archimedes and continued: "No, this is definitely a threat. Our great Mi Li family cannot fall behind. What do you say, gentlemen?"

Dr. Tyrant and Dr. Archimedes looked at each other and smiled. They had obviously reacted. Dr. Archimedes quickly changed his words:

"That's right. We cannot fall behind in Dongtang. We need to explain the situation to the parliament. If we don't increase funding, we will fall behind."

"For the sake of honor, for lard, and for Mi Li's family, we will never allow ourselves to fall behind." Dr. Tyrant also said loudly.

Others also looked excited, as if they saw countless small coins rushing towards them. NASA has never enjoyed this kind of pleasure since the old furry bear fell, and the situation became more and more embarrassing. One year of funding Years are decreasing.

Even the launch business of space rockets was packaged to Elon Musk. NASA, which was all-powerful at the time and could land on the moon, was forced to do this.

The birds are all good and the bows are hidden, the cunning rabbits are dead and the running dogs are cooking. The ancients sincerely do not deceive me.

Nowadays, it is rare to have a target, and there must be a big brag to get money from the parliamentarians. As for whether they can get money by deceiving them, it depends on how well they tell their stories.

Even though they were going to talk about Dongtang's mass projector in great detail, it seemed as if the Mi Li family would be surpassed if they didn't keep up.

To a certain extent, the report they gave to Congress was accurate. Although NASA’s original intention was to swindle money, Galaxy Technology actually did it.