My Side Job is a Trader

A year later, a spaceship equipped with the latest nuclear fusion propulsion device took shape, and Chaos internally named it "Flying Dragon".

At this time, two batches of astronauts have been replaced in Huaxia's space station.

When the National Aeronautical Center learned that Chaos Space Exploration Company had made a technological breakthrough in the spacecraft, it immediately formed an expert team to visit Yingzhou Island.

In terms of the application of controllable nuclear fusion, Matrix can be said to have always been at the forefront of the world, which even the government has to admit.

Since the technology needs to be highly confidential, the matrix cannot apply for a patent.

Generally speaking, no one will apply for a patent for this kind of high-tech that can be applied to key fields such as military or space, because applying for a patent means that the technology in it needs to be disclosed. Once someone ignores the patent protection, they can use it by themselves at any time .

Although patent protection has a certain restrictive effect, if the interests involved are large enough, the so-called patent protection mechanism will become a joke.

Sun Shucai is the person in charge of the team led by the National Aviation Center, and Zhang Xin is also an old friend, after all, the two sides often deal with each other.

"Mr. Zhang, how are Mr. Qian and the others?"

Counting, Qian Yawei, Zhao Yunchang, and Yu Hanrong have worked for Chaos for more than ten years. At that time, the three were about to retire, but they were ordered to come to Chaos Space Exploration Company according to the instructions above to help Zhang Xin organize the company structure. Build it up.

Now ten years have passed, and all three of them are almost seventy years old. As the old club, they are naturally very concerned about these three national treasures.

Zhang Xin said: "Hey, do you think I will be the same as those capitalists outside? These three are very popular and hot, and they are in good health. It is impossible to tell that they are seventy years old."

Sun Shucai looked at the environment on Yingzhou Island and said, "I still believe this. After all, your place is now a famous tourist resort in China. It is located in the warm Pacific Ocean and has a pleasant climate. It is indeed a good place to retire."

The two sides talked and laughed, and came to Space Island, which is the exclusive island of Chaos Space Exploration Company.

"Mr. Qian, Mr. Zhao, Mr. Yu, and Sun Shu just came to visit you."

Sun Shucai also worked under Hanrong. It can be said that Yu Hanrong had a great influence on his career.

"It's you, kid. You are now leading the team. It seems that the National Aviation Center wants to train you to be the chief engineer of the rocket research and development department."

Sun Shucai just smiled, and then introduced the identities of the five people who came with him this time.

These five people are also well-known in the field of rocket power, and they have basically been determined to be the successors of the previous generation of rocket power research experts.

The purpose of this trip is to learn how to miniaturize a nuclear fusion reactor and apply it to a power plant.

Everyone deliberately went to observe the warehouse where the "Feilong" spacecraft was parked.

I saw a spaceship about three meters high, six meters wide, and more than ten meters long parked in the middle of the spacious warehouse. It was similar in shape to a space shuttle, with wings on both sides and a power propulsion engine behind it.

These people are basically their own people, so there is nothing to reserve when speaking.

That's why Sun Shucai asked after visiting the power propulsion engine of the Flying Dragon, "Everyone, since you can apply nuclear fusion to the spacecraft, does that mean that this thing can be applied to the bomber?"

For such a sensitive topic, Zhang Xin has always been reluctant to intervene too much, so he turned to Yu Hanrong.

After receiving Zhang Xin's hint, Yu Hanrong said: "In theory, it is indeed possible. You can even put it this way. If the military needs it, we can even produce strategic bombers here, but if you want to use nuclear fusion power to propel For engines, it might be a bit more difficult, but it is possible to use a nuclear fission reactor to power an aircraft."

Sun Shucai and the people around him looked at each other, sighed helplessly, and said, "Everyone, actually we came here this time to ask for advice. Why can't we convert the energy produced by nuclear fusion into the power we need? .”

After hearing this, Zhao Yunchang understood their difficulties, and asked, "Are you unable to find materials that can withstand high temperatures?"

Sun Shucai said: "Indeed, we have obtained the data you gave us, but when converting nuclear energy into other energies, we have encountered a problem, that is, we have found no material that can hold up to tens of millions of energies." Celsius, so our research was stagnant for a while, until we saw that you actually applied the nuclear fusion propulsion engine to the aerospace vehicle, we knew that you must have found a solution."

Zhao Yunchang said with a wry smile: "Actually, we were lucky enough to find this high-temperature-resistant metal from an extraterrestrial meteorite, and then we used special methods to make a metal that can withstand hundreds of millions of degrees of high temperature." alloy, and now almost all parts on it are made of this metal alloy.”

Zhao Yunchang pointed to the Feilong.

"Is this alloy still available?"

Zhang Xin shook his head and said: "After the completion of this spaceship, there is almost nothing left, but we can be sure that this high-temperature-resistant metal does come from outer space, so we are trying to find a way to go to other stars in space. Let's see if we can find similar metals."

Sun Shu frowned and asked, "Can't this kind of metal be artificially synthesized?"

Zhang Xin said: "It cannot be synthesized, because this element has not been found on the earth at all, we just call it a super metal."

Perhaps to show that there is really not much left of this superalloy, Zhang Xin deliberately took everyone to the warehouse where the superalloy is placed. There is indeed not much left, but there are still enough materials for the parts that need to withstand high temperatures in the power plant. use.

Just when Sun Shu looked at Zhang Xin and was about to ask for this batch of alloys, Zhao Yunchang said, "I'm afraid it won't be of much use if you take these alloys back, because this alloy has a very disgusting characteristic, that is You can't re-melt the alloy."

Sun Shu realized the reason after thinking about it. High-temperature-resistant alloys naturally cannot be melted into liquid metal due to heating. If they want to make corresponding parts, they must be processed into the required parts one by one. parts.

But it is precisely because of this that it becomes even more impossible. A power propulsion engine involves more than tens of thousands of parts. If you want to make a lathe manually, the time cost is too high.

At present, Huaxia does not have too much time. After all, there is an "ambitious person" next to it. It always imposes a technical blockade on Huaxia. If time is delayed, some variables will inevitably appear later.