309: Science fiction film, rocket hovering technology

The World's netizens were incredibly shocked!

Every year, there are many news reports.

Some travelers driving cars attempt to cross deserts and uninhabited wilderness areas, only to go missing halfway, with no phone signal or GPS, making it impossible for search teams to find them.

When they are found, their bodies are often exposed in the wilderness, some even gnawed down to just a skeleton by wild beasts.

The disgusting level of those images, if not censored, would make it impossible for a normal person to eat for days.

But starting today.

As long as you're driving a Fenglei Automobile, such incidents will not happen.

Once the Tianting Starlink begins operation, it will automatically connect to the Fenglei Automobile Zhi Jia System, providing satellite communication and GPS positioning services, achieving unobstructed communication.

By then, even if a Fenglei Automobile owner drives into a desolate, uninhabited area, as long as they are within satellite coverage, they will be safe and receive accurate and timely rescue.

Of course.

According to Ren Yi's view.

Some travelers who enjoy challenging extreme environments and uninhabited areas are definitely doing it because they have nothing better to do.

After all, there's no gold to pick up in uninhabited areas; a meaningful challenge is a challenge, a meaningless one is purely a result of having nothing better to do.

Ren Yi looked at the large screen on the command console.

As the Starlink satellites reached their geosynchronous orbit, their internal thrusters activated, automatically completing the orbital insertion procedure.

Next.

It was the highly anticipated rocket recovery phase.

The control room at Fenglei had already locked onto the trajectory of the first-stage rocket.

After circling the Earth once, a streak of light re-entered everyone's sight from the atmosphere at a speed of Mach 30.

And at a position 5 kilometers above sea level, the internal hybrid engine began to adjust its power, changing the flight trajectory of the vehicle, allowing it to land vertically.

It could be seen.

While adjusting the reverse thrust in the lower part of the vehicle, a huge triangular support frame slowly unfolded from the bottom.

When approaching the sea-level recovery platform at 1000 meters, a large amount of airflow suddenly erupted from the tail, slowing down the descent.

Then, it descended steadily and slowly towards the designated recovery platform.

And Ren Yi had already switched the screen to the monitoring view carried by the rocket body.

The entire recovery process was broadcast live.

In the live stream.

Tens of millions of people worldwide gasped in unison when they saw this scene.

“This image… is this rocket recovery?!”

“Is this view something you can see for free??”

“Unbelievable, Fenglei this time not only successfully test-fired the rocket and launched satellites, but also managed to complete rocket recovery in one go??”

“Awesome, my Fenglei!!”

…

Aerospace personnel and astronomers from other major countries watched the live broadcast.

Exclaiming, “Holy cow!!”

So it wasn't just talk.

Fenglei's successful launch and satellite orbital insertion weren't the end; they were actually going to perform rocket recovery, achieving it in one step.

What else can't you, Fenglei, do??

SpaceX rocket launch base.

Elon Musk watched the rocket recovery footage in the live broadcast, completely dumbfounded.

What was going on? It succeeded just like that??

SpaceX had been researching heavy rocket recovery technology for more than ten years, and Fenglei just achieved it so easily??

“No, it's impossible, this is movie special effects, meant to fool people!!”

Elon Musk roared internally.

“Mr. Musk, could we get your current thoughts?”

“The Fenglei rocket test launch was successful, and it successfully launched 180 Starlink satellites, 30 more than the Falcon 9. How do you feel??”

“According to the Fenglei chairman, it seems that this is not the rocket's maximum payload, and it can carry even more Starlink satellites. Does this mean Fenglei will soon have its own Starlink? Mr. Musk, do you feel any pressure??”

“You just said that Fenglei couldn't achieve rocket launch and Starlink orbital insertion in a short time. Does that statement count as a slap in the face??”

The media on the side were frantically asking questions.

Microphones were practically shoved into Elon Musk's face, and every word was a direct hit.

Elon Musk's face turned green with anger, his mental state on the verge of collapse.

Damn it!!

Damn Fenglei.

Looking at Fenglei's momentum, if rocket recovery technology is truly realized, then SpaceX will no longer be the only company in the World with its own independent Starlink.

A formidable rival had emerged.

Watching the huge rocket getting closer and closer to the landing platform.

Elon Musk secretly prayed, hoping that something unexpected would happen at this moment, and it would be best if it exploded.

Even if it didn't explode, breaking into several pieces would be good.

At this moment.

The eyes of the World were focused here.

In the live stream, including everyone in the command center, no one dared to blink.

Fearing they would miss the rare sight.

“It's starting to land!!”

“This is the most crucial step. If the vehicle isn't adjusted correctly, if it's crooked or slightly off, or if it lands in the wrong spot, there's a very high probability of disintegration and explosion.”

“Oh no, it really seems to be crooked!!”

…

Sharp-eyed viewers noticed.

Although Fenglei's rocket was trying its best to adjust, it still experienced turbulence, causing the vehicle to tilt.

After all, it was the first time recovering such a massive rocket, and experience was lacking.

The data collection, aerial angle calculations, and reverse thrust ignition timing control could not compare to companies like SpaceX, which had dozens of successful recovery experiences.

Therefore, it was still difficult to achieve perfection in the timing of power adjustments.

This was a bad sign.

And as Elon Musk, who understood this technology immensely well.

At this moment, his face was beaming with joy.

Several times before, the Falcon 9 had experienced vehicle tilting during landing, leading to disintegration and explosion.

And Fenglei's rocket also encountered this situation at this critical moment, which meant that recovery would likely fail.

Anyway, in such a situation, SpaceX currently had no successful experience.

Therefore.

Elon Musk had already thought about how to answer the reporters' questions.

You little rascal.

Still asking me what I think?

Do I have any pressure??

I have no pressure at all, Fenglei is nothing special!!

But just at this moment.

A row of small holes suddenly appeared on the top of Tianting Heavy Industries One's vehicle, spraying out a large amount of airflow from inside.

Immediately after, the huge rocket actually began to rotate.

At the same time.

The tail nozzles also erupted with a large amount of blue flames, and the originally descending vehicle actually hovered in mid-air.

And as it rotated, the entire fuselage also began to automatically adjust, slowly returning to vertical.

This scene.

Left everyone dumbfounded.

Especially experts and scholars in the Aerospace industry, each of their expressions was as if they had seen a ghost.

“What? What the heck is this??”

“There's such a maneuver??”

“Good heavens, is this even possible?”

“What the f***, if this isn't special effects, I'll eat s*** live!!”

Everyone found it hard to believe.

It was simply mind-blowing, more sci-fi than a sci-fi movie!!

After this entire sequence, some netizens considered their psychological resilience to be strong enough.

But they never expected.

The sudden twist of events caught them off guard.

With this brief hover.

The entire rocket body immediately stabilized, performing a stable vertical descent from above.