Did the world end today?

Chapter 8 Interesting Young People

"Lin Xu! Run!"

"run!"

"Lin Xu! Run!"

"You only have 15 seconds left! Run!"

The next day was the weekend, so Lin Xu spent almost the entire night shuttling between the bracelet world and the real world.

He became the most loyal visitor in the Sky Dome Technology exhibition hall, and after entering the bracelet, he immediately asked for three things.

Take off the equipment, go to the exhibition hall, and see the exhibits.

He didn't look for any additional clues because there was simply too little time.

In the world of the bracelet, he had no way to bring anything out; all he could rely on was his own memories.

Therefore, he had to seize every second to record what he saw before his memory faded.

The bad news is that the more times you access the bracelet, the more energy you consume, and the more severe your memory decline will be.

Good news! The Star Travel No. 1 project introduction displayed in the exhibition hall is inherently "customer-oriented" and has an educational aspect. He can directly copy and use anything he has written down.

After spending nearly 8 hours and repeatedly entering the bracelet world 5 times, Lin Xu finally managed to copy almost all of the overall design of Star Travel No. 1.

By this time, his computer documents were already full of notes.

The next step is to organize these things into a document that is generally presentable.

"Structural Systems. Hull Design"

"Carbon fiber composites are used for lightweight, high-rigidity components, such as fuselage frames, to reduce weight and increase strength."

"Aluminum alloys are used for fuel storage tanks, and TC4 titanium alloys are used for high-temperature and high-pressure components."

"Propulsion system. The main engine uses a variable cycle engine or a space-air dual-mode staged combustion cycle engine. Model number is not required."

"The solid rocket booster continues the design scheme of Experiment 3, adopting a reusable booster rocket."

"Heat protection"

Navigation, guidance and control system

Avionics and communications

"Life support."

"Load."

Lin Xu meticulously reviewed the design plan for Star Travel No. 1 that he had copied from the exhibition hall of Sky Dome Technology 20 years later.

It has to be said, this thing is incredibly complex.

Although I have indeed learned some knowledge about overall framework design after entering this industry, I am afraid that I would not be able to create such a system on my own.

After all, no one is omnipotent.

I'm very familiar with flight control, and I can understand avionics and communications to a passable extent, but when it comes to rockets and engines, I'm completely clueless.

Nonsense, these are two completely different disciplines!

Even within the same university, these two majors are worlds apart.

Let alone himself, as far as Lin Xu knows, no one in the entire history of mankind has ever been able to work on both rocket engines and flight control.

To reach the level of "chief engineer," one must rely on a vast amount of resources, knowledge base, and think tank to support design decisions for projects.

Lin Xu obviously doesn't have such a thing.

But the bracelet is his knowledge base.

After spending another two hours, Lin Xu had put together a design plan that looked quite professional.

To be honest, this is far from a true "draft of the overall design", but at least the framework is complete.

If we can find enough technical personnel to fill in this framework, we might actually be able to come up with a complete solution in a short period of time.

Lin Xu looked at the plan on the computer desktop with satisfaction, pressed the shortcut key to save it, and then casually opened the internal chat software and sent it to Jiang Xingye.

The initial draft of the design scheme for Star Travel No. 1 has been accepted.

The message popped up, startling Lin Xu.

Not sleeping yet?
It's almost 8 o'clock.

What's wrong? Did you stay up all night like me?

He was just about to send a message to check on her when Jiang Xingye's message arrived.

"???"

"You did this???"

"Yes."

As soon as Lin Xu's name was sent, Jiang Xingye called immediately.

"No, Lin Xu, are you serious? Where did you steal this thing from??"

"Would you believe me if I said it was stolen from NASA?"

Lin Xu rubbed his slightly throbbing temples and continued to ask:
"How is it, does it work?"

"I do not know."

Jiang Xingye clicked his tongue in amazement.

"This thing is far from a real overall design plan; first of all, there's no feasibility analysis."

"Secondly, the overall layout of the rocket is too rough, and there are also loopholes in the design of the propulsion system."

"A dual-mode air-space engine? Even if we had one, we couldn't buy it."

"Flight control and navigation are also issues; the technologies you've listed aren't exactly easy to implement."

"Overall, this is not a complete design plan."

"This is a collection of fragmented ideas."

So it's useless?

Lin Xu was slightly disappointed.

But the next second, Jiang Xingye spoke:
"On the contrary, it's extremely useful!"

"The design process for rockets and spacecraft is now well-established, and it is not difficult for experienced engineers to develop a complete design scheme."

"However, what they lack is ideas and strategies!"

"And what you've put together provides a really good idea!"

"There are problems, but they can be solved!"

"Never mind that. I've already sent the stuff to Chen Yan. He's in a meeting with the boss and the chief engineer right now. Let's see what they say!"

".Fine."

Lin Xu collapsed back onto the bed.

"Go ahead and send it, I'm going to sleep now." "I've been up all night, I really can't take it anymore."

"Okay, let's sleep together."

Jiang Xingye yawned.

"Could you please stop using such offensive language all the time? You'll be quiet when I actually come downstairs to find you in a bit."

"Honest my foot!"

Jiang Xingye spat and said:

"If you're tired, have some ginseng and goji berry tea. My cup is still with you, isn't it?"

"Alright, time for bed, bye!"

After hanging up the phone, Lin Xu tossed his phone aside and closed his eyes.

He fell completely asleep within seconds.
Meanwhile, in the chairman's office of Sky Dome Technology.

Chairman Ren Jian sat opposite Chu Xu, the chief designer of Experiment No. 3, while Chen Yan, sitting in the corner, was introducing the results collected at the project launch briefing over the past two days.

"Therefore, based on the opinions and suggestions of the employees below, we can initially conclude that everyone quite approves of the 'interstellar travel' vision proposed by the boss and the chief engineer."

"The general consensus is that this vision aligns with everyone's original aspirations in choosing the civil aerospace industry, and it has also rekindled everyone's passion for their work."

"Although there are still many technical challenges and difficulties, we believe that with the speed of development of Sky Dome Technology, these problems will be solved in the future."

“The obstacles to the project have been largely eliminated, and I believe that the conditions for launching the project are ripe.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the two leaders opposite him nodded in unison.

"That's really good; young people still have a lot of drive."

Ren Jian turned to Chief Engineer Chu Xu and said with a smile:

"Engineer Chu, if we were young, would we have dared to even mention such an idea?"

"Space travel. I wouldn't even dare to think about it, let alone do it!"

"Times have changed."

Chu Xu shrugged.

"These days, the difficulty of undertaking aerospace projects is actually about the same as the difficulty our country's first batch of entrepreneurs faced when they built domestically produced cars."

"Someone has to pave this road. Since we are the ones who pave the way, it is only right that we take one more step forward."

"That's true."

Ren Jian nodded in agreement.

"Unfortunately, these young people didn't come up with many specific ideas."

"My original idea was to guide their thinking in this way so that the subsequent projects would proceed more smoothly."

"However, it seems that this expectation has been somewhat dashed."

Chu Xu flicked his cigarette ash and echoed:
"Take it slow. Young people lack experience and have their concerns, after all. We..."

"Ding!"

Before he could finish speaking, Chen Yan's computer suddenly emitted a notification sound.

The three people's attention was immediately drawn to it. Chen Yan awkwardly closed the pop-up page and explained:
A team member sent me a file.

"I saw."

Ren Jian suddenly became interested.

"Star Travel No. 1? The filename is Star Travel No. 1, right?"

"What is it? Open it and take a look."

Chen Yan waved his hands repeatedly and said:
"It was something a young guy in the project team came up with. We'll revise it and then let you know."

"Why look back? Let's see now!"

As Ren Jian finished speaking, Chen Yan pretended to be embarrassed.

"Mainly because it's not mature enough yet, and I'm afraid of you."

In fact, he had already begun to gloat.

He had just seen the message Jiang Xingye sent him; this was the so-called "solution" that Lin Xu had come up with.

Good heavens, you only made the pledge yesterday, and you've already produced the goods today?

What good stuff could you possibly make in one night?

He actually couldn't wait to open the document and show it to his boss; the more immature the better.

The rougher the work, the more it proves that the young man is frivolous, and the more reason I will have to fire him later.
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To be honest, I don't really have any prejudice against Lin Xu.

However, he really didn't want a troublemaker to emerge in his project team.

Then I'll just have to trouble you.

Seeing that his boss's brows were already slightly furrowed, Chen Yan quickly opened the file sent by Jiang Xingye.

"I haven't actually looked at this document yet, so I'm not sure if it's appropriate to show it to you."

"Let's watch it together. It's the weekend, what's wrong with watching it?"

Ren Jian interrupted Chen Yan, and Chen Yan wisely shut up.

The three of them read Lin Xu's proposal in silence. At first, Ren Jian and Chu Xu joked around with each other, but as they read on, Chen Yan suddenly realized that something was not quite right.

Neither of them spoke.

In the spacious office, only a monotonous sound remained.

"Turn the page."

"Turn the page."

"Next page."

Chen Yan's eyes widened in surprise.

He could tell that the two leaders had truly absorbed the material.

What the hell? !
Is this even watchable?
Yeah, if you come up with a proposal that's a dozen pages long in one night, even if it's full of garbage, it's still worth taking a look, right?
But it seems these two top leaders don't think it's garbage?

The plan has finally reached its last page.

Ren Jian breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Chu Xu, asking:
"Engineer Chu, what's your opinion?"

Chu Xu's eyes gleamed.

He opened his mouth and said:
"It's rough, it's rudimentary, and it's even a bit childish."

"However, the thinking, ideas, and keen awareness of new technologies demonstrated in it are truly commendable!"

"What's this young man's name again? The ID on the document is Lin Xu?"

"Mr. Ren, could you arrange a time for us to meet with him?"

(End of this chapter)