Chapter 1428: Chapter 677 Announcing the Grand Plan!
The construction of the transport ships is very important, whether for Yixing, the Aerospace Bureau, or the senior departments, all are highly concerned about the progress of the construction of transport ships.
Compared with sightseeing ships, transport ships have higher-end technology, their manufacture is more complex, and their function is not something that sightseeing ships can compare with.
In the spaceship project, the transport ship is the most important auxiliary small craft, used for many tasks, and transport ships are not only for transportation but can also have other uses.
During the construction process of the transport ships, sightseeing ships were also continuously tested, quickly completing three rounds and four rounds of tests in over two months.
The third and fourth rounds of tests examined the reliability of the equipment on the sightseeing ships, and at the same time, were also a test of the anti-gravity propulsors manufactured by Yixing.
The propulsors designed by Yixing, unlike those of the Aerospace Bureau, have many corresponding improvements and can be said to be upgraded versions; they also use the electronic systems and intelligent systems developed by Yixing.
The latter is very crucial.
It’s like a mobile phone, which exhibits different functions when using different operating systems.
Although the overall functions are very similar, the operation of the electronic system during its operation generates a large amount of data.
This data is very valuable.
The Aerospace Bureau has many technologies, which are inseparable from the experience of multiple space explorations, and part of that experience is a series of data.
The propulsors manufactured by Yixing, having successfully completed the tasks, also mean that they possess the technology for manufacturing propulsors, able to independently design and understand their own propulsors.
This has been a significant weakness for Yixing Company; every time it undertakes related launch tasks, it can only use the propulsors of the Aerospace Bureau. Not to mention the increased costs, the related experimental tasks would also face restrictions.
For example, their experimental tasks must not conflict with the plans of the Aerospace Bureau.
Now with their own propulsors, they can freely conduct some experimental tasks. Coupled with the establishment of the high-energy Z-wave satellites for creating space lanes, they now possess all the technology required for a space shuttle to ascend from Earth and navigate through space, land on other planets to execute missions, and return.
If they were to undertake a Mars exploration mission now, Yixing Company could even complete it independently, without the need for assistance from the Aerospace Bureau.
At the same time, the propulsor can also be installed with sightseeing ships, transport ships, and other small space shuttles to give space shuttles the capability of using anti-gravity technology to independently take off and land from the ground.
After completing the fourth test, Yixing internally convened a meeting to stress the importance of very detailed standardization in design.
This standardization mainly concerns the integration of propulsors and space shuttles.
If these two components are combined, analogous to a jet fighter, then the propulsor is like the fighter’s engine. They hope to manufacture standardized engines that, regardless of what model of fighter is designed, the same engine can be installed onto it.
If such standardization can be achieved, it would not be necessary to bind the propulsors with a fixed model of space shuttle. If any issue arises with either, the other can be replaced.
Meanwhile, the Aerospace Bureau also began the construction of a transport ship, having obtained a technology license from Yixing Company, and decided to build a transport ship for the Aerospace Bureau to commence the ’Lunar Radar Plan’. ƒгeeweɓn૦vel.com
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This indicates that transport ships may, in the future, achieve standardized and large-scale manufacturing.
Internationally, there is no precedent for standardized manufacturing of aerospace equipment.
Domestically, Z-wave satellites and Energy-Gathering Satellites have already achieved a level of standardized manufacturing, and the prerequisite for achieving standardization is that a sufficient number of devices must be manufactured.
Clearly, ordinary detectors are not suitable for standardized manufacturing.
Many detectors are manufactured for a specific mission, for example, Mars detectors are for exploring Mars, and lunar detectors are for exploring the Moon. Manufacturing more of the same model of detectors for every exploration task does not make much sense.
But Z-wave satellites and Energy-Gathering Satellites are different.
Z-wave satellites, like military equipment, can be mass-produced. To date, more than five hundred have been deployed, and if not for the desire to upgrade technology to extend the service life of the Z-wave satellites, the number manufactured could only increase.
Energy-Gathering Satellites need to be even more standardized than Z-wave satellites because the demand for transmitting solar energy infinitely is nearly endless. Unfortunately, due to extremely high costs, rapid mass production is not realistic.
The construction of the second transport ship is now underway. If it passes the test phase and is deemed to meet performance standards, undoubtedly a third and fourth ship will be constructed. The universe’s spaceships need transport ships, and the Lunar Base project also requires them.
"If the Lunar Base project is initiated, at least four or more transport ships are needed to shuttle back and forth between the Earth and the Moon."
"Space shuttles need two, and they must be technologically mature."
"Therefore, at least four more must be constructed!" This is the conclusion drawn from the research conducted together by the Aerospace Bureau and Yixing.
The construction process of the transport ships, when compared with Z-wave satellites and Energy-Gathering Satellites, is much more complicated. During the process, the relevant personnel discuss and record which parts can be manufactured in a standardized way and which must be manufactured individually.