[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil":3,"chapter-you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-225":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","You were told to build a tractor, but you're building a rocket?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1305828,1735,"Chapter 225 - 219 Praying for YF77_1","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-225",225,"\u003Cp>Without a doubt, China’s semiconductor industry had undergone a massive transformation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But to foreign counterparts, this transformation was utterly baffling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone understood what ternary computing was, but it was 2016, not 1956 when the computing age was just getting started, and innovation was flourishing. Who would be so bold as to turn around and pursue ternary computing at this time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came the epiphany—they took out the X321 series chips that New Yuan had been selling for nearly a year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the X321 series chips were primarily used in automobiles and utilized the 28nm process, major manufacturers who had been cultivating the consumer market had not paid much attention to them. Now, however, they started to take this quietly released chip seriously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Intel, unable to contain its interest, was the first to react. Its technical director published a report analyzing the X32115 chip’s technology.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After testing by this technical director, the computing power of the X32115 chip had surpassed their main server market processor, the E5 2600 V4, for that year.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Furthermore, the technical director speculated that because it used a symmetric ternary architecture, the X32115 could emulate some characteristics of quantum computers, making it extraordinarily effective in artificial intelligence computations. This was the key reason why it could support its XW151 intelligent driving system with current mainstream computing power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core conclusion of the report was: \"Holy moly! Ternary computing has made a comeback, and it’s much more powerful than binary!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This report instantly caused a massive storm in the industry, and then everyone started dissecting the chips. After all, Xin’an automobiles were not sensitive items and could be easily purchased, leading to a significant jump in Xin’an’s overseas car sales.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What followed was... an earthquake in the semiconductor industry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On August 11, Qualcomm President Steve Mollenkopf arrived in Maple Country. There, six mainstream foreign chip manufacturers and three foundries were to have a \"routine\" international semiconductor meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With 22 hours left until the launch of CZ-10, Yun Hongjun led his entire R&D team through the still-busy assembly building, carefully avoiding the hurried staff members.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from them, there were also individuals from other departments involved in parts of the CZ-10.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the top floor, they met with experts from the Fourth Academy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Fourth Academy was the Solid Propulsion Technology Research Institute. So here’s the question: given that solid rockets have lower specific impulse and are more expensive, what kind of rocket would use them?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, they’re used for rockets small enough to be transported by vehicle, which means the Fourth Academy’s primary work is obviously related to sending people to heaven.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they were still the ones who developed the Escape Tower technology. The new generation manned spacecraft, unlike Ma’s second-generation one, still featured the Escape Tower design. It’s hard to say which is better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The advantage of a spacecraft with an integrated escape system is lower cost and simpler reuse, but the downside is increased dead weight and structure complexity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And theoretically, the Escape Tower has a higher safety coefficient, and it isn’t that expensive anyway, so safety is the best policy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing Yun Hongjun, the experts from the Fourth Academy couldn’t help but feel emotional: \"I never thought I’d be involved in a Moon landing project in my lifetime. I originally thought I would be developing boosters, but it turned out to be the Escape Tower.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yun Hongjun knew what he meant. In the early days, the space agency’s Moon landing plan involved using the successor of the Dawn project’s colossal rocket, the CZ-9. One of the old CZ-9’s configurations included using four large solid rocket boosters, which were definitely suitable for a Moon mission.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unfortunately, the CZ-9 had already shifted to a reusable, all-liquid engine rocket for recovery purposes, no longer needing the expensive solid propellant boosters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, where’s Tang Weitian? For the first flight of the CZ-10, isn’t it strange that he’s not here to see it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The expert from the Fourth Academy suddenly brought up Tang Weitian. As a key figure during the development of the YF130, it was odd that he wasn’t present at this important time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yun Hongjun: \"Old Tang? He seems to be training. He’s about to go to space, so he probably needs to take extra care of his body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General Yun, you must be not far from going to space as well, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whether I can go up depends on if CZ-10 can go up. Actually, I’d prefer to ride on CZ-10.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yun Hongjun suddenly thought of John Blevins, who, as the chief designer of SLS, was announced by NACA to be sent to the Moon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he didn’t know what Blevins thought about it, Yun Hongjun felt pretty excited anyway. Being sent to the Moon on a rocket he had designed was more romantic than poetry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding Yun Hongjun’s showy behaviour, the rest of them were exasperated and abruptly switched the topic:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder how the YF77 will perform, with a specific impulse of 430 seconds, in theory, we could increase the moon orbit transport capacity to 50 tons, just by burning a little longer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Theoretically, yes, but I think we shouldn’t rely too much on the YF77. This is our first open-cycle hydrogen-oxygen engine. Although a thrust of 70 tons is not small, liquid hydrogen poses structural challenges to the turbine pump... Let’s hope it won’t have any issues.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The YF77 having problems is a minor issue, as long as there are no issues with the YF130.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The comment about the YF77 being a minor issue was indeed indicative. The ideal second-stage engine for CZ-10 is actually the YF90, a single combustion chamber liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen engine with a high-pressure re-burn system capable of 220 tons, so it’s feasible to switch to a single engine setup.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If there’s a problem with the YF77, a replacement is readily at hand: the H240.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 240-ton class re-burn hydrogen-oxygen engine from New Yuan has already flown twice on the second stages of New Yuan No. 3 and New Yuan-2A, its reliability seems decent, offering a backup option.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Tang Weitian, who was training far away in Haidian District, was thinking about CZ-10. He wasn’t worried about the YF130, its mediocre performance meant it tended to be stable. But the people at the Sixth Academy could only say there was a 90% chance the YF77 wouldn’t have problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the space agency does have relatively little experience when it comes to large thrust hydrogen-oxygen engines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He set his alarm for 6 a.m., planning to get up early the next morning to watch the maiden flight of CZ-10.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even late at night and into the early hours, Qiongzhou and Sanya Airport were bustling with planes landing continuously, all additional flights carrying people eager to witness the rocket launch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to New Yuan, the space agency still had a very strong draw among the public. The airport staff in Qiongzhou looked at the packed passenger walkways and estimated that just this one airport had seen more than twenty thousand arrivals that evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The launch management office was even aware that the crowd around the viewing area might exceed 500,000 the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since last year, the almost year-round medium and large rocket launches in Qiongzhou had become a signature promotional feature. Essentially, if you stayed for about a week to ten days, you’d likely witness a rocket launch, and the number of tourists kept climbing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even more astonishing, according to internal customs statistics, among the foreigners entering the country intending to go to Qiongzhou for the rocket launch, the number of visitors from the Island Country surged to twenty thousand!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Twenty thousand people!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following the lead of Zhang Chuanyong and Xiao Okada, the past four months saw an increasing number of people from various industries coming to China with the intention of staying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The news of the imminent maiden flight of CZ-10 was having as much impact in the Island Country as on the mainland, with their national television stations covering it prominently, and supporters of Greater Asianism rapidly growing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, the visitors coming to observe the maiden flight of the CZ-10 were completely unorganized; it was all spontaneous!\u003C\u002Fp>",1373,"2026-06-05T18:20:54.444Z",1,"novelbin.me","1bd9cb77e84442c2b108d5da5756dd8d916c5075fdbf0f888c54de24324fe071","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-226","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-224",804,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-cover.jpg"]