[{"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-560":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},1306318,1735,"Chapter 560 - 9_1","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-560",560,"\u003Cp>\"How can it be so high?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Robert’s first reaction was disbelief, but he quickly came around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hypersonic flight brings not only high ticket costs but also significant time savings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A past trip took at least sixteen hours, while a supersonic airliner needs only three to four hours; the time saved could allow for several more flights, naturally increasing the profit per aircraft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the economic feasibility of supersonic airliners was definitely not an issue, which left the problem of noise pollution.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about the sonic booms? How do they plan to deal with public protests?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jim didn’t have an answer to that but, after thinking for a moment, came up with a clever response:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In China, there are so many hypersonic aircraft flying around now, and they don’t seem to have been stumped by this issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, if we could really facilitate the lifting of bans on supersonic airliners, it would be beneficial for SSTO and SR91 as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once they’re in service, they will inevitably fly at high intensity, and we’ll have to persuade the public to accept the noise from these crafts just the same.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jim’s words made a lot of sense to Robert. In a year or two at the latest, the noise problem associated with high hypersonic flight would become an issue, even noisier than that of supersonic airliners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the Space Force would never compromise, so it seemed they could leverage its power for a solution instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, let’s go and talk about it. If the situation looks good, NACA will also support the supersonic airliner program.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll go make the call... Oh, one more thing: are our nuclear experts ready? I ran into some British folk the other day—Robert Luo’s nuclear specialists who are preparing to go to the Moon have all arrived in China. United Mining’s exploration mission is probably about to start.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>B-level Base.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Cloud Ascend completed another 24-hour flight and once again landed on the base’s runway, Academician She immediately saw the Jiuzhang Spaceship, which had been moved to the open space beside the runway. From a distance, it looked conspicuously like a spaceship that had landed on Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to go over and see what was happening right away, but at the moment he had just been moved onto a chair, as each of the 22 crew members from this mission was of extraordinary status, necessitating a memorable photograph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the photograph, Academician She was wheeled over in his chair—older people need to be safer after all, their adaptability isn’t nearly as strong as that of professional astronauts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wasn’t even a hundred meters from the spaceship when he was stopped, and then he saw Xie Liaofu, dressed in a white jumpsuit, approaching with a grin:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How does space feel? It must be the most wonderful moment of your life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not bad... Why have you moved it out here? Are you preparing to transport it? Why don’t I see the flatbed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Academician She looked around for the heavy, unmanned flatbed that was previously used for transporting New Yuan No. 4 but saw nothing. Even the base’s gates didn’t look like they were prepared for large objects to be transported.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are planning to transport it, but not by flatbed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Liaofu became excited and made an upward gesture:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ve decided to let it take off from here, fly directly to Yizhou, then load it onto a ship.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surprise was entirely expected by Xie Liaofu, who then explained:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Though the Chapter 9 isn’t as large as New Yuan No. 4, its width and irregular shape make transport problematic... mainly it’s slow, and hoisting requires a lot of care.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can output 120% of the thrust on the ground, and now its internal empty weight is only 39 tons. We’ve refueled it with 60 tons of fuel, and it will fly directly to the main stream of the Yangtze River on the Yizhou side, avoiding the narrow Min River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I’ve calculated it; when flying near the ground, it can reach speeds of over 1,900 kilometers per hour. 60 tons of fuel is enough for 5 minutes of safe flight over 150 kilometers. It only needs to refuel once at Renshou, and before evening, it can be on a ship at Yizhou.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it takes at most a day and a half to ship it from here to Yizhou by water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Liaofu: \"Yes, but this flight also provides an opportunity to test the flight computer. It would be such a waste if such a ship-shaped aircraft didn’t fly within the atmosphere at least once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Imagine, when people look up, they will see such a huge spacecraft flying overhead. Wouldn’t they feel like they have traveled to the future? Or that they’ve seen a UFO?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Academician She: \"The Aerospace Development Committee hasn’t approved it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Liaofu: \"This is an atmospheric flight, the Air Force and the province have both agreed, there’s no need for approval from the Aerospace Development Committee.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fine, Academician She knew that both the Rong City Military Region and the provincial government had a laissez-faire attitude towards New Yuan. With their capabilities, making this flight happen wouldn’t be difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, he was still very concerned about the safety of the flight. Although there was no need to doubt New Yuan’s technical power, the thought of this incompatible-looking behemoth flying around still made him feel a bit queasy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too late to stop what was happening now. Just as he was about to ask a few more questions, he noticed that Xie Liaofu was actually wearing a sealed workshop’s jumpsuit and boots, which immediately raised his suspicions:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Liaofu, why are you dressed so heavily on such a hot day?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Liaofu was startled but did not answer this question. Instead, he signaled for other people to take Academician She to a safe distance of 500 meters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Academician She realize and looked towards the nearby Jiuzhang Spaceship. The personnel hatches at the front of the craft were open!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He called after Xie Liaofu’s name, but the latter just briskly ran towards the spaceship. It was clear what was going to happen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The staff struggled to hold him back from getting out of his wheelchair. Upon realizing he couldn’t muster the strength, Academician She turned to shout to the accompanying Aerospace Development Committee staff:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Quick, call for Lin Ju, and drag Xie Liaofu down for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The accompanying staff were stunned and hurriedly ran toward the base’s office area. As he watched their retreating figures, Academician She inwardly blamed Lin Ju for not being reliable. For something so important, he wasn’t present to stop it... Wait a minute!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Liaofu had gone up, and surely he wasn’t the only one. It seemed he hadn’t seen any of the familiar executives!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, by now it was already too late; the area around Chapter 9 had been completely evacuated, and the piercing screech of the turbopumps could be heard in operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Ju was sitting in the central control console at the front upper part of the cockpit, with the large seat enveloping him completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interior of the spacecraft was decorated in gray and black, and, according to his request, the monitors and lights were predominantly pale blue, feeling just like being in a sci-fi movie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unlike the space shuttle, the Chapter 9 truly gave the feeling of a spacecraft. Just sitting inside it brought an exhilarating sense of satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his left and right, there were two seats each, with Ye Changsi, Xie Liaofu, and other senior engineers from the base all present, not worried at all about a collective demise—after all, if the boss died, the base would lose its reason for existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Liaofu was now acting as the co-pilot, but actually, none of the five had anything to do; the entire flight process was taken over by an upgraded version of the SC09. The aerodynamic shape of Chapter 9 was consistent with the XN90, just scaled down, making it second nature to control.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four engines at the bottom and the two at the rear ignited in succession. Inside the cabin, the five felt the whole space vibrate and then suddenly experienced a sense of breaking free from constraints. Glancing through the side windows, the base buildings disappeared in seconds, leaving only the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The SC09 precisely controlled the thrust of the four bottom engines and the trim nozzles, hovering the spacecraft at an altitude of a dozen meters, then turned it in the right direction before it tilted and fully powered the two rear engines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the ground, Academician She first felt a powerful gust of wind, then saw Chapter 9 shooting out nearly transparent pale blue flames as it rose steadily amid ground-shaking tremors, almost instantly igniting the two rear engines right after hovering briefly, and shot straight up towards the slanting clouds above.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In just an instant, all that remained in view was a pair of bright lights trailing the gray-black exterior of the spacecraft.\u003C\u002Fp>",1510,"2026-06-05T18:21:12.334Z",1,"novelbin.me","f250a0e9c271c4fd0bc658c19f97efbdb7dd6594442368174615fd1bf4deb807","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-766","you-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-chapter-686",804,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fyou-were-told-to-build-a-tractor-but-you-re-buil-cover.jpg"]