The "mobilization meeting" at the institute was completed soon.

After distributing the specific work arrangements, Liu Feng once again convened the R&D backbones of each project, and the two sides further solicited and discussed the details of the work.

As the end of the project, Director Yang hesitated for a while and said, "Professor Liu, I have a suggestion that I don't know whether to speak or not."

Liu Feng nodded and said with a smile: "It's all for our aerospace vehicle to succeed as soon as possible. I don't have any 'dictatorship' here. What's wrong with it? You said."

He gritted his teeth and heard Yang Xijia say, "Professor Liu, I think it is better for us to study unmanned aircraft first. We should get on humanized aircraft from the beginning. Will this step be too big?"

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and saw that there was no unpleasant expression on Liu Feng's face, and he breathed a sigh of relief and continued to add,

"On the one hand, we don't have much experience in developing aerospace vehicles. If we start with unmanned aircraft, it would be much safer to get onto a human aircraft after the conditions are ripe. After all, if we get onto a human, once something happens here... there will be a lot of things to operate."

"On the other hand, I see that your development plan is to create a prototype before March next year. This... It's okay to say that the prototype should be completed on time when working overtime, but we are still missing a few astronauts who test the prototype..."

Hearing his suggestion, Liu Feng immediately patted his head.

He was not worried about the situation in the aircraft. With his participation, if the aircraft still had a big problem, they might as well go home and hold the child directly!

Experience is a matter of opinion. In fact, as long as the preliminary preparations are done well and perfectly enough, there is no need to worry about lack of experience or something.

Only the astronaut's matters are not considered thoroughly, or in other words, too optimistic and did not consider them at all.

Touched his chin.

It is August now, and it only takes more than half a year to complete the full schedule. With their strength, there is no problem with the manufacturing of prototypes, but it is definitely not too late to train the astronauts for themselves.

After all, the pilots of the space shuttle are much more demanding than ordinary civil aviation aircraft pilots. This requirement is not only reflected in physical fitness, but also in psychological quality. Especially the aerospace aircraft like them are new things. Whether it is the control of instruments, the environment of the spacecraft, flight missions, etc., they are very different from the Shenzhou series of manned spacecraft, and there is no much experience to learn from.

Therefore, selecting and cultivating a talent capable of such flight missions cannot be completed in just a few months. It is definitely a difficult task for a project team that does not have enough time and funds.

Thinking of this, a hint of embarrassment appeared on Liu Feng's face.

"Well, I almost forgot about the astronaut..."

Yang Xijia: "???"

Everyone: "..."

Why do you suddenly feel like you were on the wrong pirate ship?

"Ahem,"

Perhaps because he noticed the "repentant" gaze of these people, Liu Feng cleared his throat and continued,

"Professor Yang's advice is still very good, but I decided to get on the horse and someone's aircraft."

Speaking of this, regardless of the confusion of the people around him, this guy said firmly in a confident tone:

"Indeed, unmanned aerial vehicles can accumulate a lot of R&D experience for us, but this is not a step that must be gone!"

"Our current situation is different from the time when the Shenzhou series of spacecraft is blank in space. Whether in Earth space or in space, we have already had our footprints. Therefore, it is difficult to directly get on someone's aircraft, but it is not impossible to overcome."

"Of course, Professor Yang is a mature idea for safe reasons; but time does not allow us to be so 'luxury'! If the incident happened last year, we could still develop these things step by step, but now those people will not give us so much time..."

Although after experiencing that stage of affairs, the senior management has sufficient solutions to deal with it, and the Chinese people should not have such opportunities again, Liu Feng felt a deep sense of crisis hidden in his heart, and he did not dare to put all his expectations on a good environment.

What if something happens again?

If you are not afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of something!

Therefore, he has been racing against time and trying his best to "explode" the time when scientific research can produce results. He even wants to regard one day as three days. Otherwise, in just a few years, no matter how talented he is or how cheating he is, he will never be able to achieve so many results!

People outside generally praise his "genius" and even regard him as the most genius scientific master throughout history. However, few people have noticed how much sweat he has put in behind such a "genius"!

Needless to say, since he took over the antimatter engineering, his average daily sleep time has been compressed by him to less than 4 hours. Even when he was asleep, he often thought about and even solved some problems in his dreams, and then he could immediately turn over and get up and record the answers.

How many young people can do this?

Obviously, his success was not accidental.

"As for the astronauts' issue," Liu Feng couldn't help but look embarrassed on his face.

On the surface, although he is already the general consultant of aerospace engineering and also serves as the chief designer of the landing of Mars, in fact, the Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation is not as good as in antimatter engineering. Before, he was able to "requisition" many experts from there without conditions under the banner. It was already a gift for others. This time, he still wanted to continue to requisition other people's astronauts, which is probably not so easy...

Forget it, I can only continue to be shameless.

"Well, you don't have to worry about astronauts. I'll find a way. Just make the prototype..."

It has to be said that borrowing two astronauts from relevant departments is the most convenient way to do so at present. However, Liu Feng once again estimated the form too optimistically.

When he called Academician Zhou Jianping to talk about this matter, he did not expect that even Academician Zhou, who supported him the most, would reject him without hesitation this time.

"Professor Liu, it's not that we don't support your work. It's really our side, astronauts are also 'rare animals'. And even so, they will be on board to perform a new mission soon. You will have three people as soon as you open your mouth... We really can't squeeze out."

Liu Feng: “…”

Didn’t it mean that all manned space projects have been suspended? Why are there new missions?

In fact, this guy really wronged him.

That's right, the country has indeed listed the Mars project as the primary project of China's manned space flight, and has also announced a series of space development plans such as the suspension of space stations, but this does not mean that manned space flight is idle like this.

It’s nothing more, it’s just for the sake of training manpower and accumulating experience!

After all, astronauts cannot be trained overnight. If you participate in the R&D team, logistics support team, etc. of manned space flight, you also need to continue to accumulate experience and train the team, especially when the manned space flight in China is not more than the five-finger count and the experience is not rich.

The most important thing is that they cannot be sure when Liu Feng will get out the new spacecraft. If they stop manned space now and spend all their resources on Mars exploration, they will be caught off guard when they need people?

Now, I'm caught off guard.

As if he was a little embarrassed, Academician Zhou took the initiative to give him an idea: "How about this, discuss with the air jun system and select a few staff members. Let's start training targeted now. How about it?"

"I'm afraid there's too late." Liu Feng said helplessly.

"It's okay! We have a space reserve staff member here, who has sufficient space training experience. We originally planned to be prepared for any eventuality, so we will give it to you this time. I believe that with him taking the lead, you will choose two more people, which can still meet the test plan, right?"

Liu Feng could only smile bitterly: "I have to do this."

But the trouble is that he is not familiar with Kongjun system and wants to borrow someone but he doesn't know who to look for. Fortunately, in order to make up for him, Academician Zhou arranged all this properly and directly contacted him the person in charge there.

When he heard that Liu Feng was going to select pilots for the "Space Shuttle", the Air Jun Equipment Department was even more active than him.

Just as he had arranged the work and was about to leave the Hypersonic Vehicle Research Institute, he rushed over and was led by the top leader of the equipment department himself.

Accompanied by Yang Xijia, Liu Feng personally welcomed the team from the equipment department.

"Hello, Minister Jiang."

Looking at the old man wearing military uniform and looking serious, although Liu Feng took the initiative to come forward to say hello, he was embarrassed and didn't know whether it was better to salute or shake hands.

After all, in terms of identity, he also belongs to the army and is also a colonel, but he has rarely been conscious as a soldier for a long time. This time, this old man full of powerful aura reminded him of his identity.

However, the old man seemed meticulous and gave people a solemn feeling, but in fact, he was still very friendly, especially when he was still famous and had great achievements in the state.

"Young man, you are the famous Professor Liu. I have always heard them say that you are so great. I don't believe it. This meeting today is indeed worthy of your reputation! Lucky to be happy to be lucky to be lucky to be lucky to be lucky to be lucky to be lucky to be lucky to be lucky to be lucky to be lucky to be lucky to be here."

"You praised me, I have no big name, it's all for everyone to love."

The two exchanged greetings.

Then, Minister Jiang went straight to the point and talked about the serious matter: "We won't say much about polite words. Professor Liu, you are also a busy person. I heard from Academician Zhou that you also need to train astronauts here?"

Liu Feng smiled: "That's right, there's something going on!"

Minister Jiang said excitedly: "There are really space shuttles? Have you made them all?!"

You know, when he heard Academician Zhou tell him that Liu Feng was going to select a test pilot for the "Space Shuttle", he was more excited than anyone else.

This is a space shuttle!

If all this thing can be done, such as strategic bombers, wouldn’t it be a piece of cake?

As the Minister of Aircraft Equipment Department, he is more anxious than anyone else about Aircraft missing, especially as a "big power Aircraft Army", how can there be no strategic bomber?

When the senior management decided to suspend the strategic bomber project, he was heartbroken. He didn't agree with it. If he hadn't finally heard about Liu Feng's plan at the conference, he would have felt a little comforted, and he would have come directly to the door and skinned Liu Feng, the "traitor", and had cramped!

Despite this, the old man's heart was still empty. He had not seen any antimatter engines or new spacecraft with his own eyes, and he had always had hundreds of thousands of doubts in his heart.

Therefore, taking this opportunity, he wanted to come over to find out, and he also wanted to know what kind of person Professor Liu was, which could make the senior management trust him so much.

"That's not, but it's not far away." Liu Feng responded with a smile. Although he didn't know how he could lead such a big shot because of just a few pilots, it didn't prevent him from doing anything. And it was better. With such a big shot, he would be much more at ease than others.

Therefore, he felt that it was necessary to explain clearly so that people would not be underestimated or misunderstood something.

space shuttle?

They are doing aerospace vehicles!

"But we are not building a space shuttle. To be precise, it should be an ultra-high-speed aerospace dual-purpose aircraft, which uses pulse energy engines, which are more technical than the space shuttles that Chinese people have."

"Okay, okay!" Minister Jiang became even more excited when he heard Liu Feng's answer with such affirmative answer, and his expression looked at Liu Feng even more kind. "No wonder you look down on strategic bombers. It turns out that there is such a good thing!"

Speaking of this, the old man's expression suddenly became anxious and stared at Liu Feng and said seriously: "But, young man, you shouldn't be happy with the old man. Such things can really be made next year. Are you really sure?"

You know, if this thing comes out, the entire air combat pattern will probably be rewritten, but this thing is just understatement in this guy's mouth, and it can be done in a year or two?

It's too incredible!

If the famous Professor Liu was not the one who said this, I am afraid that the old man would treat this person as a liar and send him to jail.

Liu Feng was not dissatisfied with being suspected. He thought about it and said rigorously:

"I understand what you mean. If it is an aerospace vehicle that can be used for combat, I am not sure about this, but it is only used for simple manned space experiments to achieve round trips between the atmosphere and space fixed targets, I am quite sure of this."
To be continued...