Genius of the Rules-Style System

Chapter 1424: Chapter 675: Seizing the Initiative is Important!_2

After all that talking, Zheng Bin felt no nervousness at all.

Lu Xiaowei was never anxious, to begin with.

Compared to the perilous Mars Mission, boarding a sightseeing ship was like going on a vacation.

Then, Zhao Yi directly discussed the bonus incentives, mentioning that Lu Xiaowei could take consecutive holidays after completing back-to-back missions.

Zheng Bin, on the other hand, would receive a promotion and a salary increase, as well as a substantial bonus for going to space.

Wait a moment.

After outlining the series of salary and benefit plans, it not only motivated employees to work harder but also significantly lightened the mood prior to starting the mission.

For example, Lu Xiaowei was looking forward to his vacation.

Zheng Bin was anticipating a hefty bonus. Yixing Company had recently signed a large number of astronauts, totaling over fifty. Some had undergone astronaut training while others had not. Those joining Yixing would undergo training and could become astronauts after two or three years.

The astronaut training cycle was rapidly shortening, mainly due to the development of anti-gravity technology. Astronauts could experience the feeling of weightlessness in space right here on Earth.

This significantly increased the speed of astronaut training.

At the same time, the threshold for becoming an astronaut was getting higher. Once astronaut training became simpler, it could be required for astronauts to master various skills.

For example, engineers and pilots from some of the latest technological fields could apply for astronaut training if they met the physical requirements.

In short, if someone had certain talents, they would certainly be prioritized for training.

Zheng Bin did not have any special talents. He was also among the first group of astronauts to sign with Yixing, knowing that the competition would become fiercer and that opportunities to go to space would be hard to come by.

Now was the best time. Carrying out a test mission would allow him to secure a significant bonus, which was indeed very appealing.

Many trainee astronauts were envious of those who had gone to Mars, like Lu Xiaowei and Zhang Liping. They were regarded as heroes for landing on Mars, but they also received substantial bonuses.

Such bonuses were not easy to earn.

Now with the chance to execute a test mission on the transport ship and the promise of bonuses, Zheng Bin was also very much looking forward to it.

Of course, completing the mission was most important.

When the time came, Lu Xiaowei and Zheng Bin boarded the sightseeing ship together, and finally, the anti-gravity thruster launched, lifting the sightseeing ship high into the sky.

There were also three people on the anti-gravity thruster because sending the sightseeing ship into space relied on anti-gravity technology and was virtually hazard-free.

Compared to traditional rocket thrusters, anti-gravity thrusters were much safer, mainly because they used very little solid fuel. Even if the solid fuel burned at high intensity, it wouldn’t affect the ship’s body, reinforced with compression materials.

After the sightseeing ship was successfully launched, Zhao Yi didn’t stay in the command center; instead, he found the technical staff and inquired about the progress of the transport ship’s construction. freewēbnoveℓ.com

The second test of the sightseeing ship was basically risk-free.

Zhao Yi had also used the "Law of Cause and Effect" to check, and once he was certain there were no risks, he didn’t continue to pay attention. Instead, he found it was time to discuss the issues related to research and development.

The development and manufacturing of the transport ship were much more difficult than that of the sightseeing ship.

In terms of the ship’s body design, the transport ship was very similar to the sightseeing ship, but the transport ship required much more fuel than the sightseeing ship.

This was mainly because the transport ship had a much larger cargo capacity.

The sightseeing ship was like a cruise liner, while the transport ship was like a sea freighter. With respect to space ascent technology, the solid fuel thruster was an essential part.

With a very high payload, the thruster needed to be built larger.

In addition, the technical requirements for the transport ship were higher mainly because the transport ship was intended for transporting materials to the moon, not just for pairing with a spaceship.

Yixing Company had always been working to realize the Lunar Base plan.

For transportation from Earth to the moon, in order to reduce energy consumption, the technology couldn’t rely on space shuttling but rather use conventional gravitational slingshot to propel the spacecraft toward the moon.

Thrusters would still be needed in this process to ensure the direction of flight and speed control in space.

Therefore, a large portion of the transport ship’s space must be allocated for solid fuel storage, making the technology more challenging than that of a sightseeing ship which only flies around Earth.

Moreover, the cost of constructing a transport ship was very high; — the manufacturing costs for the first transport ship were at least six billion yuan.

This was Yixing Company’s biggest project to date, and even the short-term investment outpaced the ongoing construction of the Energy-Gathering Satellite.

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In recent months, Yixing’s investments have involved more than just the Energy-Gathering Satellite, the sightseeing ship, and the transport ship. Efforts related to the Lunar Base plan have been ongoing, continuously advancing relevant technologies, searching for suitable materials and equipment, and conducting innovative research.

Take, for example, the Lunar Rover—or more precisely, the "Lunar Base Rover."

After the sightseeing ship ascended into space normally, the senior leadership also questioned Zhao Yi about the progress of the Lunar Base plan.

Zhao Yi then discussed the design of the Lunar Rover, "We’ve collaborated with domestic car manufacturers to create a model of a Lunar Rover."

"This kind of Lunar Rover, or Lunar Base Rover, can utilize perpetual motion technology to operate continuously on the lunar surface."