[{"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-234":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},1305837,1735,"Chapter 234 - 228 Veneto One_1","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-234",234,"\u003Cp>Xiao Okada didn’t quite understand Xie Liaofu’s point. The maintenance cost of H1 was already 20 million, which meant the launch system was less than 10 million? How was that possible?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Liaofu opened his X16 laptop and flipped the touch screen to a 180-degree angle to activate the electronic drawing board.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look, if we build an unmanned H1, not a manned one, and raise the internal temperature limit to the maximum threshold of 60 degrees, will the weight reduction be enough to fit a ten-ton payload, and can we lower the maintenance cost to below 20 million?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, that’s no problem. Whether it’s 20 degrees or 60 degrees, there’s no difference to the equipment. In that case, I think 16 million would definitely be enough for maintenance. The insulation layer would certainly be greatly simplified.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Liaofu: \"Then, it comes down to the method of launch. Have you heard of the MAKS project?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Okada: \"MAKS... Mark’s? No, I remember now, launching an aero-space plane with an An-225?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Liaofu: \"Before I died, the Union was researching a plan that could cheaply and conveniently launch small aero-space planes or aerospace fighters into space. Back then, there was no MAKS; it was the ’Spiral’ project proposed by the MiG Design Bureau.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They planned to create the MiG-105, a small aerospace fighter, carried to about Mach 5 by a hypersonic carrier aircraft built by the Tupolev Design Bureau, then released to fly into space on its own, somewhat similar to your Cloud Ascend project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Latter on in the 1980s, after the birth of the An-225, the Lightning Design Bureau introduced MAKS after several project concepts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The MAKS aero-space plane project was a space project pushed by the Union in the last century.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The core of the project was to use the An-225 carrier aircraft to take the MAKS small aero-space plane and a composite of over 200 tons of fuel tanks to an altitude above 10,000 meters. Once at a certain speed, the composite would be released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the two engines at the rear of the MAKS spaceplane, each providing 275 tons of thrust, would start, propelling the composite straight to near-Earth orbit, after which the fuel tank would be discarded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire launch process wouldn’t cost much for the An-225 carrier aircraft’s takeoff; the fuel tank carrying over 200 tons of fuel would also not be expensive, and the spaceplane could be recovered, only incurring maintenance costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Liaofu: \"H1 is bigger than MAKS, but that’s not a problem. The An-1250 can carry a payload up to 500 tons. A 300-ton fuel tank would suffice. As for the engine, we must use a high specific impulse hydrogen-oxygen engine, let’s go with the H240. Scale it up and make an H300, outputting at 110% power at an altitude of 10,000 meters, it will definitely have 330 tons of thrust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How much would it cost for an An-1250 to take off? The disposable fuel tank and the fuel would be the most expensive part, probably around 12 million. So, the entire launch system could be kept under 30 million, and its overload would be absolutely low, around 3G, even lower than launching with New Yuan 5A.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Okada quickly found some information that had been publicly disclosed about the MAKS project back in the day, and it quickly confirmed Xie Liaofu’s claims.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So in that case, what we need is to build or modify an unmanned H1 and design a fuel tank, which is much simpler than waiting for the completion of H2M.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Liaofu: \"Yes, we have everything we need at the base. Give me one month, and I can complete the design, and the whole plan won’t cost much. The only downside to this plan is that the fuel tank can’t be reused and the liquid hydrogen fuel is a bit costly, but it’s only a little over 200 tons, so we can keep it within budget.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then we should go to the president...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No,\" Xie Liaofu waved his hand, \"For projects under one billion, I make the decisions. Give us three months of hard work, and by December, let’s send our MAKS into space. Base C just became available, let them handle it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blue Sword Aerospace launched the first liquid oxygen kerosene reusable rocket, Qinglong No.2. It is reported that Qinglong No.2’s recovery Low Earth Orbit (LEO) capacity reached 20 tons, and its commercial quotation starts at 57 million US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a tremendous success for our medium and small private aerospace enterprises...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On August 23, the Qinglong No.2 rocket launched and successfully recovered at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the largest rocket manufactured by a private aerospace enterprise in the country other than the Xinyuan Company and is also the rocket with the highest technological content.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mid-to-large size rocket with a takeoff thrust of 870 tons, seven liquid oxygen kerosene engines, and recoverability—why does that sound a bit familiar?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Except for the seven K120 engines replacing the nine Merlin 1D engines, the Qinglong No.2 could be considered a plus version of the Falcon 9—they look exactly the same!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as a bare stick rocket, Qinglong No.2 can also develop a Heavy Qinglong configuration with CBC; its maximum LEO capacity without recovery reaches 81 tons, firmly classifying it as a super heavy-lift rocket.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Heavy Falcon needs non-recovery to achieve a 60-ton capacity, but the Heavy Qinglong can do it with recovery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, unlike the Falcon 9, Qinglong No.2 succeeded in recovery on its maiden flight, perfectly replicating New Yuan’s initial successful steps, stabilizing investors’ hearts, and diminishing their urge to immediately push for Blue Sword Aerospace’s IPO.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As many cheered for the rise of private aerospace, some people spotted a problem:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The recovery system, purchased; the engines, bought; only the rocket body was self-made—doesn’t that sound like the major smartphone manufacturers?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buying key components and assembling them to manufacture a rocket with high technological content—can that be considered self-developed?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it can, and everyone is more than willing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The domestic price of 3.5 billion Yuan for Qinglong No.2 immediately attracted orders: The Aerospace Development Committee was preparing a year-end mission for Tianzhou No.2, and it was already decided to use Qinglong No.2 for the launch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If they always use New Yuan’s rockets, it appears somewhat improper, but if the blessings are shared, then the Aerospace Development Committee can claim it’s part of the hoof quality reform, optimizing industry structure, and streamlining the tasks of the aerospace agencies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to the Aerospace Development Committee, 3.5 billion is truly not expensive, much cheaper than rockets that can’t be reused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, CZ-7’s outrageous CCBCC configuration, with nine K120 engines requiring full recovery, has a truly pitiful payload coefficient, but the Aerospace Development Committee hasn’t stopped; they plan to continue and are about to have their maiden flight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the cost of reusing CZ-7 is only a little over 1.5 billion—savings must be made where they can be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now the Qinglong No.2 rocket is also cheap enough to neatly fill the gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The success of Qinglong No.2 also greatly inspired other domestic private enterprises, who believe that this model can be sustained and can rapidly improve their rocket launch success rates.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also profoundly affected the international aerospace community.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On August 24, during a rather uneventful executive meeting of the European Space Agency, the Italian delegate, Badis, made a startling statement:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Gentlemen, I think there’s no need to continue developing the Ariane rocket.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, the most agitated French delegate, Antoine, sprang to his feet and pointed angrily at Badis’s nose:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Ariane 5 is the last glory of Europe’s heavy-lift rockets! Without it, the European Space Agency will have no heavy-lift capability of its own! Do you intend to sever Europe’s aerospace roots?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Badis, calm and collected, said, \"The launch cost of the Ariane 5 has reached 2 billion US Dollars! Gentlemen, the international launch price for the New Yuan-2 is only 130 million US Dollars. A rocket that cannot be recovered is worthless; we need a new generation of recoverable rockets.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The UK representative said, \"If we are to develop a new generation of reusable heavy-lift rockets, I fear the UK does not have adequate funds to support it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the countries were already accustomed to the UK’s preemptive dismissals, Badis simply rolled his eyes and then stated firmly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Italy has its own heavy-lift rocket, the ’Veneto One.’ It can send a 30-ton payload to orbit while being reusable, and each launch costs only 200 million US Dollars, one-tenth that of the Ariane!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1432,"2026-06-05T18:20:54.444Z",1,"novelbin.me","f02ac4fed9f32874c4b5c1ae6494cf980ec26319c5f48749bbec00971d0a20de","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-235","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-233",804,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-cover.jpg"]