Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 2621 A Small Step and a Big Step
When Yang Xiaotao saw the words on Mr. Wang’s notebook, he almost laughed out loud.

Fortunately, Yang Xiaotao knew that the occasion was not right, so he lowered his head and pretended to be

Try your best and Yang Xiaotao looks at the TV again.

At this moment, the countdown has ended and the picture shows a distant view of the launch site.

Yang Xiaotao saw a ball of white light bursting out on the screen.

But he knew that this was probably because of the TV. With this kind of black and white TV, everything looked white.

It would be great if this TV was in color so that I could judge things by the color.

At least you can tell what fuel is used.

Soon, the camera began to zoom out, and the rocket spewed flames and quickly shot up into the sky.

Until there is only one white dot in the picture.

In less than a minute, the Rocket disappeared from the TV and the screen switched to the two hosts.

The room was quiet, and everyone was looking at the screen in front of them.

Even though the rocket could no longer be seen at this time, he still stared ahead.

Yang Xiaotao took a deep breath and put down his pen.

There is nothing else on the notebook except the date and time.

Meanwhile, Mr. Qian lowered his head and wrote below the rocket: The first-stage rocket has five launch ports and is preliminarily estimated to have five engines.
Yang Xiaotao thought about it and decided to copy a sentence on his notebook: Five engines, one Chinese and four foreign ones.

As the rocket took off, people in every corner of the world, day and night, turned their eyes to the sky.

As time passed, the expressions of everyone in the conference room became more and more solemn.

At this time, the voice of the United States commentator came from the TV. Without Wang Lao's urging, Yang Xiaotao began to translate.

"The first stage of the rocket fell off and the second stage ignited."

As he spoke, Yang Xiaotao looked at the time and quickly wrote it down.

Another comparison shows that it was about 2 minutes and 40 seconds after the launch.

After that, the TV fell silent again.

Everyone continued to wait.

At this time, even Mr. Wang didn't dare to say much, for fear of affecting others.

At this time, Mr. Qian next to him was recording the time from rocket launch to liftoff in a notebook, and then recording a number.

Yang Xiaotao copied the homework and wrote down the four words "sixty kilometers" in the notebook.

Of course, these are estimates.

After a while, he heard another sound coming from inside. Yang Xiaotao listened for a while and it seemed like some kind of escape cabin.

Yang Xiaotao was not sure, so he turned his head to look at Mr. Qian.

Sure enough, General Qian wrote down "Escape from the System" and then wrote the words "Seventy kilometers" next to it.

Yang Xiaotao wrote down the same thing, but he was still a little curious. This escape capsule was as big as a parachute, so why was it abandoned?
I made a mental note of it and waited to ask Mr. Qian about it.

"The second stage rocket is detached and the third stage rocket is ignited."

The sound came from the TV again. Yang Xiaotao wrote down the time and calculated in his mind that it took about 11 minutes and 40 seconds.

In this way, Yang Xiaotao listened to the introduction on TV, recorded information, and copied Qian Lao's homework.

Anyway, I don’t know about other people’s notebooks, but Mr. Qian’s notebook has already had several pages of writing on it.

Yang Xiaotao also recorded a lot of things.

As time passed, the sky outside began to brighten.

Yang Xiaotao was yawning. The host on TV had been replaced, but all he was saying now was nonsense promoting the United States.

Many people present didn't understand, but seeing the expressions on the two men's faces, they could guess what was going on.

"Master, do you want to take a rest?"

Yang Xiaotao saw Mr. Qian rubbing his eyes and asked.

At this moment, a lot of content has been recorded in Mr. Qian's notebook, many of which are processes seen through live broadcasts, but more are knowledge points derived by Mr. Qian.

"It's okay, it will be fine soon."

Mr. Qian put down his hand and said, Mr. Chen beside him said with concern, "Mr. Qian, go and have a rest first, we are here."

But Mr. Qian shook his head, "It doesn't matter, this rocket should be orbiting the earth."

"I think it won't be long before we can leave Earth's orbit and head for the moon."

After hearing what Mr. Qian said, Yang Xiaotao immediately asked, "Master, the speed to leave the earth needs to be accelerated. Can their spaceship still accelerate?"

Yang Xiaotao asked this, and Ran's father behind him snorted coldly, "How did you listen just now? You were not careful at all."

If it were someone else, they probably wouldn’t dare to say that.

But this is Ran's father, so there's nothing we can do.

Yang Xiaotao smiled and lowered his head.

Mr. Wang on the side smiled smugly, "You kid, you don't listen to the class carefully."

Yang Xiaotao turned around and glanced at Mr. Wang. At this moment, there were still those three words on the notebook: Big Rocket.

"You know?"

"Can you tell me how to fly out?"

Old Wang rolled his eyes and said directly, "Director Ran, explain to Director Yang that this is our Machinery Department's specialty. Don't let others look down on you."

When Mr. Ran finished speaking, he realized that the occasion was not right. It was mainly because he was too focused and answered subconsciously.

Now after hearing what Mr. Wang said, his expression softened a lot after he realized what was going on.

Without even looking at Mr. Wang's expression, he picked up his notes and said, "Do you remember whether the other party's third-stage rocket has separated?"

Hearing this, Yang Xiaotao quickly looked through his notes, and only then discovered that the opponent's three-stage rocket only had ignition time.

"No."

Yang Xiaotao looked at Ran's father and then asked, "In other words, this spacecraft and the three-stage rocket are orbiting the earth overhead?"

Father Ran nodded, "That should be the case."

"It's just like a satellite, orbiting the red earth. This process does not require any additional power. It should be shut down autonomously."

Father Ran's guess made many people around him nod, and they all thought of this possibility.

Yang Xiaotao quickly wrote it down in his notebook, and at the same time, he had another question, "How do they know when to ignite and when to provide power?"

After saying this, Father Ran also shook his head.

Only then did Mr. Qian speak, "Experiment, continue to experiment to improve the data."

After he finished speaking, Mr. Wang rubbed his face with his hands and said, "How much money will it cost to keep doing experiments? Can we afford it?"

Everyone was silent.

Anyone can see that the amount of fuel consumed by a rocket flying into space alone is an astronomical figure.

Moreover, the materials used to make rockets are all special alloys, not to mention the precision instruments inside.

These all require precise control. Any slight mistake may result in the destruction of the ship and the death of people.

Yang Xiaotao looked at the notebook silently.

Only then did I realize how difficult it was to achieve those achievements in the aviation industry in another time and space.

It is not just a competition of science and technology, but also a test of a country's comprehensive strength.

And in this time and space, at the moment, the only countries that can afford to play "Star Wars" are the United States and the Alliance.

Others can’t afford to play.

China, I dare not play either.

After a moment of silence, Mr. Qian suddenly laughed, "We can't do it now, but we can do the preparations first. When our strength allows, we can take small steps and run fast to catch up."

"Yes, Lao Qian is right. We have no money now. Will we still have no money in the future?"

Mr. Wang also cheered himself up, and the others behind him also regained their confidence.

Isn’t this how their careers were built up bit by bit?

Isn't their present day the result of walking step by step? As long as they don't stop, there will always be a day when they will meet again.

At that time, we will compare the two routes we took to see whose route is shorter.

The sky brightened and the sunlight shone through the glass. The air conditioner in the room, which had been on all night, was turned off.

Someone came forward and opened the window, and hot air rushed into the room, along with the noise outside.

"Ladies and gentlemen, audience friends"

"It's about to begin."

When the picture appeared on TV again and the male and female voices were heard again, everyone immediately cheered up and did their best.

After some introduction, Yang Xiaotao finally heard some useful information.

"Just now, our great Apollo has reignited its third-stage rocket."

"The astronauts also said hello to their families and rushed to the moon with blessings."

"According to authoritative experts, this whole process takes sixty to seventy hours."

When this information was recorded, Yang Xiaotao clearly felt that Qian Lao beside him breathed a sigh of relief.

Finally I can take a break.

Old Chen stood up, his face also showing fatigue.

"Comrades, have a good rest. We will hold a symposium at 2 pm."

"Okay, let's go eat something and get ready to rest."

After Mr. Chen finished speaking, everyone stood up and walked out. From time to time, some people were still discussing something. They looked tired but were excited in their hearts.

Yang Xiaotao accompanied Mr. Qian out of the door, followed by Mr. Wang and Ran's father.

After sending Mr. Qian to the arranged resting place, Father Ran called Yang Xiaotao over.

"I heard from Qiuye that you went to Yanzhou?"

Yang Xiaotao nodded. "Secretary Li in Yanzhou fell ill. I went to see him. I didn't expect to encounter this incident, so I hurried back."

After hearing this, Ran's father felt relieved, and then the two of them went to the rest area.

"Any ideas?"

Yang Xiaotao was pouring water for Ran's father. When he heard Ran's father's question, he thought for a moment and said, "They are very strong."

Father Ran hummed, then sighed, "We all knew there was a gap before, but we never thought it would be this big."

"Speaking of which, looking at the other side's rocket ship, it makes people not want to catch up."

Yang Xiaotao remained silent. This kind of thing could not be solved by just shouting a few slogans.

Objective existence cannot be changed by subjective will.

"We can learn from others' experience, and this is our opportunity."

Father Ran sighed, then looked at Yang Xiaotao, "This time will not be short, and we don't know if our generation can catch up."

Yang Xiaotao smiled and said, "Dad, you are still young and strong, you will definitely be able to catch up."

Father Ran waved his hand and said, "I'm in the Seventh Ministry of Machinery. I know our situation."

"Just from this live broadcast, you can see how much the other party has invested."

"To be frank, even the current alliance is far behind in the field of aviation, let alone us."

"What's more, we are not rich yet, so it is impossible for us to invest in projects with short returns."

Yang Xiaotao saw that Ran's father was in a low mood and didn't know how to comfort him.

Each era has its own mission, and each generation has its own responsibilities.

Perhaps, the mission of Ran's father's generation is to make the country and the nation stand up, so all they think about is how to make this nation stand on the top of the world again and make this country prosperous and strong without being humiliated.

What about their generation?

Yang Xiaotao thought a lot, but couldn't think of a suitable word.

Yang Xiaotao was still thinking until he left Ran's father's lounge.

Finally, I walked back to the rest area and lay on the bed. The image of that country in later generations that spoke more and more arrogantly emerged in my mind. I couldn’t help but think of a saying: Whoever openly offends the mighty Han will be punished, even though they are far away!

After waking up, Yang Xiaotao looked at the time. It was twelve o'clock noon.

So I got up, packed up, and went to the restaurant to eat.

After dinner, Yang Xiaotao took the notebook and went to the meeting room.

The meeting was chaired by Mr. Qian, while Mr. Chen had already left due to other matters.

Also leaving at the same time were Mr. Huang, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Qin and others.

The spacecraft has already entered orbit, so there is no point for them to stay here. As for whether they will come later, that is unknown.

However, Yang Xiaotao was determined to stay, if for no other reason than to learn from Mr. Qian and broaden his horizons.

In the room, Mr. Qian took out his earnings from rocket launches, and everyone expressed their opinions based on this.

Yang Xiaotao sat on the left side as a listener and sorted out the information at the same time.

I thought this exchange would end quickly, but it turned out to be just fuel for the first rocket, and everyone discussed it for the entire afternoon.

In the end, there were still no concrete results.

However, people speculated that such a large rocket would definitely require high-thrust fuel in the initial stage, so the combination of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen might not be able to meet the requirements.

Finally, Ran's father guessed that it must be kerosene, because kerosene has a high energy density and can quickly generate huge energy when combined with liquid oxygen as a combustion aid.

In the following time, Yang Xiaotao got up and went to the meeting room, then listened to everyone's collective discussion.

Questions are raised one after another, and the answers and conjectures are listed one after another.

Yang Xiaotao found that the more notes he took, the more disorganized they became, and he finally had to take time out at night to reorganize them.

I even had to ask Mr. Ran and Mr. Qian some questions.

During this period, Yang Xiaotao was like a student, busy and happy.

Time flies by, and the live broadcast of the United States starts again.

In the conference room.

Old Chen and others came over again and looked at the pictures on the screen, with different expressions on their faces.

"About time to land."

I heard Mr. Wang's somewhat nervous voice.

Yang Xiaotao also became nervous.

He didn't know what he was thinking.

We hope that the other person will succeed, because after all, success means that the world will still be the same as before.

But at the same time, they don’t want the other party to succeed, because the impact of success will be too great.

The United States will become more difficult to climb.

For a moment, complex emotions surged in my heart.

When I looked at the people around me, I found that they were all the same color.

Finally, the immortal classic quote came from the TV screen.

"That's one small step for me, one giant leap for mankind."

Soon, human footprints finally landed on the moon.

There were cheers coming from the TV screen, but the conference room was dead silent.

Papapa

After a long time, Mr. Chen clapped his hands and then stood up.

Papapa

Mr. Qian also applauded, and gradually, the entire conference room was filled with applause.

As the other party said, this is a big step for mankind.

As human beings, this moment is worth being proud of.