Chapter 490 Global shock, lunar transformation plan

"The signal from the Tiannian has been received."

In Dingguang Aerospace Research Institute, in the ground tower.

The staff responsible for docking with the Tiannian began to get busy.

Although the Tian Nian uses intelligent driving, their ground tower also needs to maintain contact with the Tian Nian to understand the current situation of the Tian Nian.

As for their "tower", in fact, judging from the appearance of the building they are in, it doesn't look like a tower at all, because the command room is completely inside the hangar and does not stand completely alone like an airport tower.

This is because the connection between them and the Tiannian relies on quantum communication.

After such a long period of research, the original four-freedom quantum communication has achieved a transmission speed of 50,000 bits per second.

Fifty thousand bits is approximately equivalent to 6.1kB per second.

Although it is small, it is still enough for them. It can transmit some text messages and pictures, and can even remotely control the Tiannian directly from the ground. The most important thing is that it is instantaneous and avoids delays.

In the command room, Lin Xiao was also standing here. He looked through the window at the southern sky.

Because there were clouds blocking it, he couldn't see what was in the sky, but the headphones on his ears would hear Xiaomi's reports from time to time.

Compared with the data obtained by the staff present through various sensors, the data he obtained through Xiaomi is obviously faster and more accurate.

Of course, the staff at the scene did not know this, but continued to maintain their excitement, and then reported the current situation from time to time.

"The Tiannian has entered Lu Province!"

"The Tiannian has begun to lower its altitude and speed. The current altitude is 8,234 meters and the speed is 564 kilometers per hour."

"The estimated arrival time at the airport is 17:45."

Everyone present was filled with suppressed excitement. They all knew that the landing of their Tiannian had attracted the attention of every country in the world.

I don’t know how many satellites are watching in the sky.

There were even websites abroad that started live broadcasting the landing of the Tiannian, and more than 10 million people watched the live broadcast, covering the whole world.

Because countless people around the world want to know whether this behemoth aerospace plane, which is much heavier than the AN-225, can land safely.

Failure, then this is a heavy setback for China's aerospace industry. After all, it has been estimated on the Internet that the cost of this aerospace plane may be as high as tens of billions of yuan, which is very expensive. If an accident occurs, it will definitely be a major disaster. Loss.

Many foreigners are happy to see this.

And if it succeeds, it means that reusable spacecraft have been born. Is the era of universal spaceflight very close?

Maybe in the future, they will be able to travel in space on a space plane just like flying on an airplane?

And more people are interested in this.

Therefore, there is no difference in the number of people whether they are those who hope that the Tiannian will be successful or those who hope to fail.

But if all these people were added up, it would be almost equivalent to half the earth.

Therefore, for these people present, they had to be excited about it.

Finally, as time passed, the expected landing time was very close.

There are many people standing around the ten-kilometer runway. Of course, all of these people are official people. The Tiannian is still classified as a secret. Although it is a secret known to the whole world, the Tiannian The specific appearance of the vehicle, such as the engine, detailed structure, etc., cannot be made public for the time being.

So everyone who can come to the scene has been approved.

In addition to people from the military, there are also people from the space agency. Of course, people from the Moon and Stone Division are also among them, but they come in the name of the space agency.

Of course, reporters from CCTV are also here. They will take official photos and videos for publicity. In addition, such an awesome thing will be very good for the Air Force to recruit pilots in the future.

And at this time, someone pointed to the clouds in the south and said in surprise: "It's coming! It's right there!"

When everyone heard the sound, they all looked at where the man was pointing, and their faces showed excitement.

I saw a white shadow flashing from time to time among the layers of white clouds in the distant sky. Although it was very small, it could still be seen.

This is also due to the fact that the air today is relatively clean and there is not much dust.

Of course, in fact, since the Shangjing area used controllable nuclear fusion power generation, the air quality has been visibly improving every month.

Although it has not completely improved, it is now much better.

At least, today they could see the white shadow in the distant sky.

Obviously, that is their Tiannian number.

The average height of the clouds in the sky today is about five or six hundred meters, so the height of the Tiannian is still almost five hundred meters in the sky. As for the straight-line distance, it is probably only a few dozen kilometers.

That means it's not far away!

Thinking of this, the people present became even more impatient and stared at the place where the white shadow appeared.

Just like that, as time passed, finally, the white shadow broke through the clouds, as if it had descended into the world.

And everyone present once again widened their eyes and exclaimed: "It's so big!"

It is indeed very big, especially as the Tiannian gets closer and closer, they can feel the sense of hugeness more and more.

Some of the people present had seen the landing of An-225, because An-225 had also visited China before, and at this moment, looking at this huge Tianan, it reminded these people of the landing of An-225.

Looking at it now, An 225 is nothing at all. In front of the Tiannian, it seems like a little brother.

"Good guy, we must find a way to get the country to build a similar one for our air force. Our air force must have such a thing!"

An old soldier looked at the Tiannian and his eyes widened. It was such a spectacular thing, and it was still flying in the sky. There should be so many of them in their air force!

The soldier next to him also nodded and said, "We should have one in the navy."

The old soldier glanced at him and said with a smile: "Oh? Is it your several hundred meters long deck runway that gives you confidence, or something else?"

"Haha, I mean the shrunken kind." The soldier next to him snorted, unwilling to be outdone.

The old soldier curled his lips. If he had known earlier, he would not have come to join in the fun of these flying guys.

Then he looked at the Tiannian, which was getting closer and closer, and felt more and more in his heart, how great would it be if their army could also have such awesome equipment?

Look at the forty-eight wheels on the landing gear, they are so handsome.

At this time, the Tiannian had lowered its landing gear, and its forty-eight wheels obviously attracted the attention of everyone present.

In this way, time passed quickly, and the Tiannian was getting closer and closer to the ground.

"The Tiannian's current altitude is 100 meters."

"90 meters."

"80 meters."

"..."

Everyone in the tower held their breath, waiting for that moment to come.

In reality, the landing of any civil aircraft requires manual control. No civil aircraft has ever been able to land safely on autopilot.

This is because the landing procedure of a civil aviation aircraft is a series of complicated processes. After all, the weight and volume of civil aviation aircraft are very large, unlike ordinary drones. Because they are small, the landing is simple. Even if the landing fails, It won't cause any big problems.

Once a civil aviation aircraft fails to land, the property losses and social impact will be immeasurable.

Although the Tiannian is not a civil aviation aircraft, if it fails to land, the property losses and social impact will be equally huge.

But it happens to use an intelligent driving system that is impossible to use in civil aviation.

Therefore, everyone present was afraid that something might go wrong and the landing would fail.

This is the first time in history that artificial intelligence has been used to land such a huge aircraft.

The staff in the command room watched the current situation closely while looking at Lin Xiao from time to time, wanting to know what Lin Xiao was thinking at this time.

However, Lin Xiao's face was expressionless at this time, holding a tea cup in his hand, waiting quietly, seemingly not worried at all.

In fact, he wasn't even worried at all, and was even a little helpless.

Because Xiaomi seems to be addicted to playing.

"Master, it's so fun to drive this thing. Can I play it again?"

Lin Xiao said nothing.

And Xiaomi asked: "Master, master, if I can't play this time, when can I play next time?"

Lin Xiao shook his head helplessly, then took off his headphones, took out his mobile phone, and typed a few words: "Next time, I'll let you go to the moon."

Then two words appeared on the input box: "Okay!" 』

"20 meters."

"15 meters."

"10 m."

"..."

The staff were talking, and at the same time, they were able to see the huge thing outside through the window.

The huge landing gear, the huge fuselage, and the deafening roar.

A huge sense of oppression came. This sense of oppression was unique to the Tiannian when it landed. It was completely different from the spectacular feeling when it took off.

This sense of oppression can be felt even by them in the command room, let alone those on both sides of the airport.

If there is an emperor in the air now, in today's human civilization, then probably only the Tiannian can be called one.

"5!"

"4!"

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

As the landing height came to the end, everyone looked out the window and looked at the Tiannian.

The landing posture is perfect, just like the most standard landing posture, the speed is even and everything is stable.

Then, the forty-eight wheels touched the bottom steadily, and then began to roll.

As the pressure on the fuselage completely bottomed out, the sound of friction between the tires and the runway was heard violently.

This kind of specially-made tire has very excellent cushioning performance and can easily withstand the landing of the Tiannian.

Just like that, with the activation of the braking system, Tian Nian finally slowed down completely and then stopped steadily at one end of the runway.

Seeing this scene, everyone in the command room and on both sides of the runway cheered.

All doubts from abroad were completely shattered at this moment.

"pretty!"

"Amazing!"

"What is a perfect landing? This is called a perfect landing!"

People were dancing and their faces were full of excitement.

As for the photographer from CCTV, he almost clicked the shutter like crazy.

When he was sent to carry out this work, he was very excited. After all, being able to have such close contact with the Tiannian made all his colleagues crazy with envy.

If he hadn't been the photographer for many military propaganda films, this opportunity would never have been his turn.

Now, while he can only feel shocked in his heart, he is also grateful that he can be the world's first professional cameraman to shoot the Tiannian.

Just like that, he didn't give up until the Tiannian landed completely and he took photos from several angles.

Next, he will first hand it over to Dingguang Aerospace Research Institute for review, and then the approved photos will be returned to CCTV for publicity.

And it didn't take long. He quickly submitted all the photos to the people at the Aerospace Research Institute. Soon, some qualified photos were sent to CCTV.

CCTV, which had been waiting impatiently for a long time, published the report directly on the Internet.

[The Tianchaan lands smoothly! The era of aerospace planes has officially arrived]

When netizens saw the news released by CCTV, they immediately jumped in.

Who said that only CCTV can publish close-up photos now?

The photos of the Tiannian in the CCTV news once again aroused everyone's excitement.

Although this photo is not as powerful as the previous ones taken in the universe, it amazes people even more because it is clearer and closer.

Chinese netizens immediately started commenting.

"Fortunately, the person who took the photo was not a member of the military. It seems really oppressive!" 』

"Haha, now we no longer need a war to keep a low profile. When the Tiannian comes out, who can compete with us?" 』

"I can only say it again, Lin Shen is awesome!" 』

"The forest god is awesome!" 』

…

At the same time, various foreign platforms have also become agitated, because CCTV also posted the photos on their foreign platforms.

For some countries with cultural heritage and history, they may be a little envious, but for some countries without cultural heritage and history, this kind of science fiction is simply the envy of their citizens. of going crazy.

"My Jesus, is this the flying Titanic?" 』

"What the hell, this is a Jedi starfighter. How dare something like the Titanic, which sank, compare to this?" 』

“Why are the Chinese always able to create such powerful things? This is really unacceptable.』

"Isn't it because our scientists are so useless? Besides making money, what else can they do? 』

"I want to go to China!" I want to become an astronaut from China! In this case, I will have the opportunity to fly this aircraft called "Tian Nian", right? 』

"Then you must first have a green card from China, and the green card from China is the most difficult to obtain in the world."

"Oh no! Why was I born in this country! 』

"Okay, okay, let's look forward to it. In the future, China will be able to open space tourism flights by aerospace aircraft."

"..."

In this way, on major foreign forums, the successful landing of the Tiannian, as well as the few photos, became a hot topic, and easily topped the hot search lists.

Ever since, on this day, almost the whole world was discussing the successful landing of the Tiannian.

As for the U.S. invasion a few months later, it was basically ignored by everyone.

After all, there are only a few people who can land on Mars, and ordinary people have no choice.

The aerospace plane is different. It is something that everyone can get on. Since it is reusable, the price will definitely not be as expensive as a rocket launch.

Just like SpaceX, the price per kilogram of cargo launched into the universe is the cheapest in the world, but it is still as high as 3,000-5,000 US dollars.

According to this price, if the average person weighs 60 kilograms, it will be at least 180,000 US dollars, and what you need to know is that this is goods.

Unless you want to bury yourself in the universe, the price will be much higher.

As for aerospace planes, they might be much cheaper.

Moreover, aerospace planes are not like rockets. They need to start training at least one or two years in advance and cope with gravity accelerations of up to several G.

The aerospace plane is relatively gentler, so anyone who doesn't have any physical illness can board it.

All in all, countless people are looking forward to the day when they can see with their own eyes what the blue planet looks like.

…

Compared with the lively discussions on the Internet, the discussions here at Dingguang Aerospace Research Institute are equally lively.

After all, others can only discuss it online, but here, they can board the Tiannian directly and observe it inside.

Lin Xiao personally led a group of people into the spacecraft to experience it, and the interior space of the spacecraft was also unique.

It's almost the same as those in science fiction works. Probably the only difference is the 3D projection.

After appreciating it, they returned to the conference room of the institute.

"It's really amazing, Chief Lin. He is worthy of being our country's chief scientist! Having you is really a great development for our country."

Ren Guohua, director of the space agency, held Lin Xiao's hand and thanked him repeatedly. From now on, their space agency will take off. Hey, who in other countries can build a space shuttle?

From then on, they are the number one country in aerospace!

And their space agency can feel proud from now on.

Hey, in the past, the world only knew NASA and not CNSA. From now on, CNSA will be their real thumbs up.

Lin Xiao said with a smile: "Being the director doesn't mean I won't. I just did what I should do."

At this time, the old soldier asked again: "Chief Lin, can the intelligent driving system of your aerospace aircraft be used on our aircraft?"

Hearing the old soldier's question, Lin Xiao smiled and said, "That's for sure, and there's no problem at all!"

"In other words, apart from the Tiannian itself, the most important thing about this test flight is to demonstrate our intelligent driving system."

In addition to the miracle created by Tian Nian itself, Tian Nian has also created a new achievement, which is to use artificial intelligence to make such a huge aerospace aircraft, from takeoff to orbit, to return and landing, artificially Intelligence does all the work!

This is something no other computer technology company in the world can do.

And their Tiannian did it!

Therefore, the veteran soldiers quickly realized the power of this.

If the functionality of this intelligent driving system is more powerful than that shown on the Tiannian, and it can handle more complex situations, maybe all civil aviation pilots will be unemployed in the future.

Of course, for the military, this kind of intelligence is even more coveted.

Especially for the Air Force and Navy, if this kind of artificial intelligence can fly their various military aircraft, such as fighter jets, doesn't this mean that they will be able to completely save the time of training pilots and directly create drones? A man piloted a fighter jet and went directly into battle?

And the most important thing is that you don’t have to worry about sacrifice.

After the veteran soldier heard Lin Xiao's story and learned that the intelligent driving system only needed slight modifications to be able to fly a fighter jet, his eyes lit up.

"Okay! I'll talk to the Military Commission when I get back!" the soldier immediately clapped his hands.

The soldiers next to them also brightened up. After all, the carrier-based aircraft belonged to them, so they immediately said: "Me too!"

As for the old soldiers, they talked about it in every possible way.

It's flying in the sky again.

The joys and sorrows between people are not connected, he only feels noisy.

But at this moment, Lin Xiao suddenly said to him: "This autopilot system can also be used on the Army's cellular drones. I just wonder if you have heard of the lethal autonomous weapons system?"

When the soldier next to him heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

Yes!

cellular drones, and lethal autonomous weapons systems.

He knows so much!

Immediately, he also joined in this lofty discussion.

Until the end, several military soldiers left with satisfaction.

Until the end, only the director of the space agency and the people from the Moon and Stone Division were left.

"Do you guys have anything else to do?"

The director of the space agency, Ren Guohua, turned serious and said, "Chief Lin, we want to start the lunar transformation plan as soon as possible."

"Now that the Tiannian has achieved great success, I believe it can be used to carry out this project, right?"

Lin Xiao nodded slightly and said: "We can start it after our six pilots have completed their training, and there are still three months until their training is completed."

"Okay!" Ren Guohua nodded heavily, "Then we will wait for three months!"