I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

"Teacher Zhou, Teacher Zhou...Old Zhou! Don't go anywhere and listen to me."

"I won't listen, I won't go. At my age, how can I go when there are seniors and juniors above me!"

Lin Ju had already expected that he could not persuade Zhou and Tong, so he turned around and informed Principal Jiang.

When Chiang Kai-shek heard this, he thought, manned to space and conducted scientific experiments, this is a big project!

Now they are asked to send people to be astronauts. That is a good thing for Nanjing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. How can they refuse?

Just before the start of the school year, the school organized a physical examination for teachers, and he directly took the reports of two people.

Tong Peiqiang has chronic bronchitis and is at risk of asthma, so he definitely won't be able to go.

But Zhou Rui's health is unexpectedly good, his physical indicators are very healthy, and he can withstand the training, which fully meets the requirements.

So as soon as Zhou Rui came out of the classroom that day, Lao Jiang blocked the door.

"Old Zhou, it is precisely because you have an elder and a younger one, your grandson can take care of himself, your aunt left early, and your eldest sister can take care of your uncle, so what are you afraid of?

I'm the same age. If I hadn't had high blood pressure and wanted to lick my face and recommend myself to Xiao Lin, I would still be a graduate student from the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of Shuimu. I would be happy to let me go.

You can go with peace of mind. I will make arrangements for you in the department. It will be absolutely no problem to find someone else to take care of a few students. "

"If you don't want to go, you won't go. What nonsense? Manned people and satellites are the same thing..."

The two of them were talking in the corridor, pushing and shoving each other from time to time.

At this time, two graduate students who were looking for Zhou Rui happened to come forward and were directly pulled over by Principal Jiang.

"Your instructor is incredible. He wants to take a spaceship to heaven, become an astronaut, and do space experiments. It's just that he doesn't want you students to go. Come and persuade him."

"ah?"

The two graduate students looked confused, and it took them a few seconds to react.

"Teacher Zhou wants to go into space? Then he must go to training. Is our thesis..."

"There are still three teachers in the department. I will ask them to correct it for you, and it will definitely not delay your graduation! As long as you, Mr. Zhou, go to heaven, I will find a way for you to take the Ph.D. exam."

Seeing the principal's determined expression, the two struggling graduate students felt like they were being hit by a big pie, and suddenly they hugged Zhou Rui's thigh.

"Teacher Zhou, you can go with peace of mind. Junior brother, I will make sure that he will never damage the equipment."

"Teachers Zhao and Tong helped with the paper, and we will never let you down!"

"Teacher, we can't bear to leave you, but I look forward to your return like lightning!"

"Teacher Zhou x2!"

"..."

Zhou Rui watched the two sycophants perform with hatred, but at the same time his intention was already loosened.

"Actually, I mainly think it's a safety issue. It doesn't feel very reliable to go up there in just one year..."

"Teacher Zhou, what are you afraid of? Xinyuan can launch rockets to carry people in a month and maybe it can be done. Just go."

The speaker was a young male teacher, Zhao Xiaowen, who worked on lasers in the Department of Physics. He had also participated in rocket projects before, but it was of little use. At this time, he happened to be passing by and interrupted.

However, before Zhou Rui responded, Principal Jiang suddenly turned his head with shining eyes.

Those titanium alloy dog ​​eyes made Zhao Xiaowen a little scared, feeling that something bad was going to happen to him.

I only heard Lao Jiang’s voice whispering like a devil:

"Xiao Zhao, I remember that your physical fitness is very good. You were third in the teachers' group at last year's sports meeting!"

"No, no, no, that's the third place in our physics department, and we only have four teachers, and one of them didn't participate."

"Hey! I think you look like you have the potential to be an astronaut! Let's go for a physical examination with Lao Zhou. We happen to be professionally matched. Lasers must be different in space!"

…

Lin Ju: With one phone call, I asked the man to capture two young men for me.

After the physical examination, both of them passed the test and were fully capable of training and going to space. They were not allowed to control the rocket anyway, so there was no problem in simply being passengers.

Training is not difficult. Deng Lei is directly purchasing ground training facilities for pilots. According to the process, there won't be much problem in one year.

Commander + passengers * 2, 3 people neatly arranged, the load is much simpler.

The Nanjing Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics has contracted for 1,000 kilograms of scientific payload for the crew cabin. Of course, this time it is not just a make-up, but a real project.

This 1 ton of equipment placed in the crew cabin is mainly used for materials experiments and high-energy laser experiments in the Department of Physics, and can be converted into actual results. It is a real high-value project.

The Nanjing Institute of Technology is planning to apply for 300 million yuan in funding for this project, of which 60 million yuan will be used for payload launch and personnel costs, almost all the resources that can be allocated are spent on it.

Of course, the remaining 2.6 tons of cargo capacity cannot be left idle. In fact, when carrying three people, it can also carry a load of 4.2 tons, which means that it is 600 kilograms more than the system requirements.

In other words, there is still 3.2 tons of available weight in the cargo bay, which is of course used to deploy satellites. This is the original design purpose of the space shuttle, which can be regarded as a return to the old business.

The cargo bay of the H1 space shuttle is very large and can accommodate large satellites or several small satellites. But from the perspective of making money, of course, bigger is better. According to industry regulations, the bigger and heavier the cargo, the more it can be collected.

Lin Ju thought to himself that when the Xinyuan-1C mission in November is successful, big customers like this will come to him as he becomes famous.

Large satellites are mainly spy satellites and television broadcast satellites. Of course, the former cannot be commissioned to be launched by commercial companies, but the latter must be fine.

This cooperation with Nanjing Nanjing Institute of Technology has once again brought funding and personnel support. It can support it for almost a year, right?

Maybe?

"Boss, the K120 upgrade project must be carried out, otherwise there will be no engine for heavy-duty rockets in the future!"

As soon as he learned that the company had abundant funds again, Guo Shen and another system engineer came to visit.

The goal, of course, is the heirloom skills of any scientific research institution: funding.

When funds are sufficient, you will cry for poverty; when funds are average, you will die; if funds are lacking, you will go to the leader's house and stay there. This is the usual practice of the heads of scientific research institutions in China.

When Lin Ju calculated the funds, he only considered the main tasks to be promoted and a few profitable projects. It’s not that he didn’t want to invest in the future, he actually spent money!

The way the System Research Institute advances is to allocate funds in reality, and then there will be magical power to ensure that every penny is effective, but this also costs a lot of money.

System engineers are very confident and will spontaneously plan various projects when they have strong resources.

For example, based on K120, we can develop new high-thrust liquid oxygen and kerosene engines, high-specific-impulse hydrogen-oxygen engines, high-thrust solid rocket motors, ultra-large-diameter rocket bodies and fuel tanks, common-bottom tanks, and gliding self-propelled rocket recovery...

The project names alone are listed on several pages, but each one can give you a convincing answer and make you feel the necessity.

This is how easy it is for an expert to deceive an outsider. What he says makes sense to you, and you naturally trust the professionals.

The same was true for Lin Ju. After just a few minutes, he believed that not developing a new engine would destroy the future, so he signed his name: -10 million in funds and +1 in scientific research projects.