"This... this rocket is so huge!"
Since Su Jie was in charge of the rocket project, Liu Yingying had originally thought the rocket was just fifty or sixty ters high, the standard height for mainstream rockets nowadays.
But what she saw now was much taller and bigger.
"The Kunpeng Rocket, 185 ters in total length, 15 ters in diater, is mainly made of stainless steel and equipped with the newly developed 'Sky Peng' engines, totaling 44 units. When fully stacked and fueled, the Kunpeng Rocket weighs 11,380 tons. According to design specifications, the Kunpeng Rocket is capable of transporting a payload of 850 tons to Blue Star's near-Earth orbit and 250 tons to the geostationary transfer orbit."
Mr. Pang pushed his glasses up, and though he tried to remain calm, the slight upward curl of his lips revealed his excitent.
Because once the Kunpeng Rocket was revealed, it was certain to astonish the world.
Listening to Mr. Pang's introduction, Liu Yingying's eyes widened as she looked up at the towering Kunpeng Rocket and said in disbelief, "Isn't this even more powerful than the Saturn V?"
Compared with Saturn V, the largest rocket ever created by humanity, which stood at around 110 ters tall and weighed nearly 3,000 tons, it made all existing rockets pale in comparison.
The Saturn V was a result of intense national competition during the Cold War between Beautiful Country and Mao Bear, and its 140-ton near-Earth payload capacity remains unmatched by modern rockets.
But compared to the Kunpeng Rocket, even the Saturn V seed inferior.
The weight of the Kunpeng Rocket alone was four tis that of the Saturn V, and its payload capacity far exceeded the latter, not to ntion when compared to today's mainstream rockets.
Even Falcon 9, today's most successful rocket, with its re 70 ters in length, 549 tons of launch weight, and 22.8-ton payload capacity for near-Earth orbit, seed like a tiny sprout before the Kunpeng Rocket.
"Yes, our designed Kunpeng Rocket on paper far surpasses the Saturn V, and it also stands as the largest rocket ever built by humanity so far. However, all these claims hinge on the successful launch of the Kunpeng Rocket; otherwise, we cannot yet say we have surpassed the Saturn V."
Mr. Pang nodded, feeling proud inside for designing and building the largest rocket in human history.
He also felt nervous and worried, for if the rocket failed to launch, he would face ridicule and skepticism from around the world.
Moreover, he did not want to let down Su Jie's trust and expectations.
Jieke Company had provided him with excellent treatnt and an environnt where funding and resources were never lacking.
If the rocket launch failed, he felt he would be too ashad to face Su Jie.
Not to ntion, the Kunpeng Rocket alone cost over 1.5 billion US dollars, not counting the special materials used during its construction.
Those materials, all provided by Su Jie without a price tag, would undoubtedly cost a staggering amount given their extraordinary performance.
Given such a high-value "toy" potentially going up in smoke, Mr. Pang naturally felt imnse psychological pressure.
These days, he could hardly enjoy als or sleep well, consud by thoughts of the Kunpeng Rocket, conducting danger checks over and over again, just worried about any potential faults that could cause the launch to fail.
"Mr. Pang, you need to have more faith in yourself and the Kunpeng Rocket's design and construction team; this rocket will definitely succeed in launching."
Su Jie patted Mr. Pang's shoulder, apparently having more confidence than Mr. Pang, the chief designer who oversaw the Kunpeng Rocket.
The reason being that a variant model of the Kunpeng Rocket had already successfully launched in Tianyuan World.
Although it was destroyed in Triple Heaven, swapped into Blue Star's space environnt, it was more than adequate.
"So, is the launch date set?"
Suddenly rembering sothing, Su Jie asked.
Mr. Pang imdiately responded, "I was just about to report to you, Mr. Su, we plan to conduct the first flight test of the Kunpeng Rocket on the 15th of this month. All the rocket tracking stations along the route are already built, and after strict calculations, the weather on that day is guaranteed to be clear for launch."
"Then let's set it for the 15th."
Su Jie nodded slightly, then instructed Liu Yingying, "Yingying, make sure the preparations for publicity are in place. Let's send out the news of our Kunpeng Rocket launch and invite all the major dia for a live broadcast. We want our Kunpeng Rocket to ascend into the skies with the whole world watching."
"All right, I'll get right on it and make sure everyone knows about the Kunpeng Rocket launch."
Liu Yingying responded promptly and turned to tell the public relations departnt to work overti and create a major scoop.
"Mr. Su, maybe we shouldn't invite the dia just yet, in case the first flight fails..."
When Mr. Pang heard Su Jie's words, he felt imnse pressure, broadcasting the rocket launch live in front of millions—if it succeeded, all would celebrate, but if it failed, it would be an embarrassnt on an international scale.
"There are no 'what ifs'. I have confidence in you all, and that settles it."
......
After leaving Red Sun Rocket Launch Center.
In the villa in Mande City, Liu Yingying sat on the sofa in the living room, holding a tablet, laughing uncontrollably.
"What's going on?"
Su Jie just ca out after a shower and saw Liu Yingying laughing uncontrollably.
"Look at this, Boston Dynamics just released a video introducing their latest developed combat cha, claiming it will surpass the Jieke Group."
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