Live Stream 1980: Netizens Teach Me How to Make a Rocket by Hand

"Hey, you intern!"

"What are you staring at?"

"Quickly send the cable to platform three!"

A harsh roar suddenly filled my ears.

Lin Xi shuddered.

I looked down at the rough, pilling military green overcoat and the pair of work gloves stained with oil.

Two minutes ago.

He is a graduate student who will graduate from the aerospace university in 2025.

just now.

He was an intern in the maintenance team at the Northwest Launch Site No. 1 in 1980.

The memories of the transmigrator and the original owner were instantly merged.

Looking up, what appeared before me was a giant, milky-white arrow—

Red Star II.

Looking at the four large vermilion characters on the arrow, Lin Xi's fingers trembled slightly.

The calendar and clock on the wall clearly indicate the current time:

May 1980, 1 20:16

Three days later, January 23, 14:00

The rocket will explode in mid-air 26 seconds after liftoff.

Five years of hard work by thousands of researchers, and hundreds of millions of yuan squeezed out of tight budgets to realize the space dream.

It would explode into a ball of despair on that cold afternoon.

This incident is historically known as the "January 23 Incident".

The reason is even more infuriating:

A few days before the launch, the temperature plummeted to -28 degrees Celsius.

The rubber seals of the first-stage engine became brittle and failed due to freezing, leading to fuel leakage.

"Hold."

"What can I, an intern, do?"

Lin Xi looked at the tower and cursed inwardly.

Just then, a pale blue light screen suddenly appeared in the lower left corner of the field of vision.

[The Time-Traveling Livestream Room is now activated]

[Anchoring the target time and space: 2025]

[Note: Do not disclose the existence of this system to anyone born in the 1980s.]

Brother Tong?

Before Lin Xi could react...

The screen was instantly flooded with comments.

[Holy crap? Where am I? This picture quality is amazing, it must be at least 8K!]

[Is this streamer's outfit—a military overcoat and work boots—a retro cosplay look?]

[Wait a minute... that big thing in the background looks familiar! Isn't that the Red Star 2? Didn't that thing retire over forty years ago?]

[What an amazing production team! The weather effects, the metallic textures—the budget is burning!]

[Hey streamer, say something! What are you standing there for? Did the wind blow your brains out?]

Lin Xi glanced at it, her heart pounding.

This live stream connects to the online world of 2025!

Give it a try!

I was stunned for a moment.

He tried to silently repeat in his mind:

"This isn't acting, everyone, I've traveled through time."

"It is now 1980, three days before the launch of Red Star 2."

The barrage of comments exploded.

[Time travel? Are you kidding us, streamer?]

[The script is good, but this rocket model is incredibly realistic! Thumbs up!]

[I have to say, this streamer is actually quite good-looking. I've followed him!]

Lin Xi didn't continue arguing with the silly netizens.

He decided to take action.

If we can't fix that damn seal...

Three days later, this place will be a sea of ​​fire.

Both morally and logically, he had to try to prevent this tragedy from happening.

The most direct method, of course, is...

Report it directly!

Lin Xi looked around.

This is a 93-meter-high vertical assembly and testing plant, which belongs to the technical area.

If you want to report it, you have to go to the command area next door.

The main command center is located there.

There was a fence separating them, and guards with guns were stationed there.

As a unit with the highest level of secrecy, the regulations for entering and exiting the launch site are extremely strict.

An intern is not allowed to go to the command area unless there are special circumstances.

However, Lin Xi wanted to give it a try.

......

"Kobayashi! I told you to deliver the cable, what are you dawdling about for?"

In the distance, Lin Xi's mentor—Li Jianguo, the head of the maintenance team—was roaring at them.

Lin Xi took a deep breath.

Pretending to go the wrong way, he picked up the cable and rushed towards the command area.

"Back off!"

"Getting any closer would cross the secrecy red line!"

The shouts of the armed sentries sounded somewhat distorted in the cold wind.

The dark muzzle of a Type 56 assault rifle was already pointed at Lin Xi.

The young soldier's face was purple from the cold, but his eyes were resolute.

Lin Xi raised her hands to indicate that she meant no harm.

He only had a bundle of rope in his hand.

this is the truth.

If Lin Xi walks any further, the soldiers will really open fire!

If the people in the command center over there knew that there was a problem with the sealing ring, they could have prevented this disaster.

There's only a fence separating them.

But this fence is an insurmountable barrier! It's impossible to cross!

......

He turned around helplessly and dragged the cable to the outer work area.

If the problem with the rubber seals in the primary engine is not resolved...

Three days later, this place will be a sea of ​​fire.

"Kobayashi! What are you daydreaming about? It's taken you so long to deliver a cable flower."

Li Jianguo looked disgusted.

He was wearing a dark blue overall that was covered in oil stains.

Holding a vernier caliper, he was giving a lecture to a group of technicians.

Lin Xi's mind raced.

【Should we tell the master and have him report it to his superiors?】

Lin Xi walked over quickly and put down the cable.

Taking advantage of the moment when the master was drinking water, I gritted my teeth and went over.

"Master," Lin Xi said in a low voice.

"The temperature dropped to minus thirty degrees Celsius last night."

"The rubber seals used in our stage 1 engines have low-temperature brittleness resistance..."

"stop."

Zhao Gong put the lid on the enamel tea mug.

She didn't even look at him directly, only glanced at him:

"He hasn't read many books, but he thinks quite far ahead."

"That's a pre-made product that has undergone dozens of cold-resistance tests."

"But static testing and ignition vibration environments are different..." Lin Xi said.

"The airtightness test has just been completed!"

Engineer Zhao pointed to the pressure gauge in the distance, his tone becoming stern.

"The pressure gauge is completely still, right in the middle of the red line!"

"We in the aerospace industry value data."

"Go, go, go, move that liquid nitrogen tank over there."

Lin Xi opened her mouth, but ultimately swallowed her words.

In this frigid cold where water freezes instantly, the sealing ring already had micro-cracks invisible to the naked eye.

But in 1980, routine examinations couldn't detect it at all.

Pointers don't lie, but they can be deceiving.

Lin Xi shouldered the heavy liquid nitrogen tank and walked to a sheltered corner.

He immersed himself in the system.

The pale blue light curtain reappeared.

The live stream was even more popular than before, with the number of viewers exceeding 10,000.

"Everyone," Lin Xi whispered.

"The situation is terrible."

"The rocket will explode in three days."

"I know the problem is that the seal is broken, but I can't prove it's broken."

"I'm just an intern, nobody listens to me."

The comments section was flooded with messages.

[The streamer's acting is amazing; that helpless look in his eyes deserves full marks.]

Stop acting, show us your talent! Hand-craft a nuclear bomb!

[Shut up, this is a hardcore tech channel. The anchor is talking about the O-ring effect, right? That's how the Challenger exploded.]

Suddenly, a comment appeared on the screen.

[Long Five-Screw - Retirement Version:]

[Comrade Xiaolin, calm down. This is Lao Hai.]

Don't panic, there's always a solution.

Do your sensors use analog signals?

Lin Xi's heart skipped a beat.

This surname is very rare, but it is the surname of the Chief Engineer of the Fifth Division!

Judging from the tone, could it be...?

He immediately replied, "It's an analog signal, what's wrong?"

[Long Five-Screw - Retirement Version:]

Since you were an intern in 1980, you should know that sensors in that era all output analog signals.

[Analog signals have a characteristic: their airtightness testing only considers the average pressure gauge reading.]

[Long-5 screw - retired version: Minor leaks will be filtered out as background noise or mechanical vibration.]

Another comment followed immediately.

[Signal processing maniac:]

That's right! All you need is a waveform of the raw data; just one segment is enough!

[By performing extreme noise reduction and Fourier transform using current algorithms, the leaked characteristic wave will become apparent!]

Lin Xi's eyes lit up.

Dimensionality reduction strike.

This is a dimensional reduction attack from the future.

The minute tremors that were invisible to the human eye in 1980 will be impossible to hide from the technology of 2025.