This private company said that it wants to let the common people go to heaven.
In early June, Sky saw the news that two "Super Jumbo" transport trucks were going to drive from Zhangjiagang to Gongyi, Henan Province, nearly 900 kilometers away.
The reason why it can be in the news is because the vehicle is carrying a large liquid launch vehicle rocket body, a single length of almost 6 floors down, a full 22 meters.
And this is to be loaded with rocket fuel, the shell can't withstand the slightest bump, it seems to be a behemoth, but in fact it is extremely "delicate".
The rocket body, named "Suzhou", belongs to a private commercial aerospace company called Tianbing Technology.
This company is in the limelight in the private aerospace field, established for more than 5 years, has taken more than a dozen rounds of financing, and has received a total of more than 4 billion yuan of financial support.
Kang Yonglai, the founder and chairman of Tianbing Technology, has nearly 20 years of experience and has covered many aerospace national team projects:
It should belong to the kind of old aerospace that Zhang Beihai thinks.
According to the technical personnel, the purpose of this special trip north to Gongyi was to carry out the "nine-machine parallel" hot test of the rocket.
In layman's terms, it is to ignite the nine engines of the rocket at the same time, but at the same time, it is necessary to press the rocket to the ground and prevent it from flying, so as to see if the rocket is running smoothly.
If this hot test is successful, it means that the rocket meets the conditions for the first flight, and it can be transported to Hainan for launch in the next step.
As for whether this experiment went smoothly, everyone swiped it on the Internet over the weekend.
The good news is that the engine ignition is normal, and there is no problem with the "nine-machine parallel". The bad news is that the rocket is not holding down on the ground:
Accidentally made the first flight ahead of schedule.
A large rocket manufactured by Zhangjiagang and named "Suzhou" almost hit the head of the fellow villagers in Gongyi, Henan.
It's okay to farm rockets, don't come to the real thing.
In a number of videos that have gone viral, the rocket is halfway through the flight to perform a high-altitude free fall, and the picture turns to the sky with flames and mushroom clouds rising into the sky.
Those who know the situation know that the rocket fell, and those who don't know think it's the latest video from the Wudong Plain.
In your aerospace field, how can you also perform like the stock market?
After the incident, the relevant departments of Gongyi City immediately replied to the media:
It is a test flight of a rocket engine.
Many Henan friends almost misunderstood after reading the news, thinking that the fifth largest launch center had been built near the residential areas of the most populous provinces.
Afterwards, according to the situation of Tianbing Technology, it turned out that in Gongyi, Henan, it was actually a test center for their company to test the hot test of the power system.
Skiz checked the information, in fact, commercial aerospace companies have their own engine test benches.
For example, the test bench of Blue Arrow Aerospace is in Beauty Mountain, Huzhou City; The test bench of Kyushu Yunjian is in an abandoned mine in Dahong Mountain, Bengbu City.
The test bench of Tianbing Technology is in Xuezhuang Village, Dayugou Town, Gongyi City, which is also rebuilt from an abandoned mine.
The advantage of such a site selection is that the deep mountains and old forests, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and the mountains are surrounded by mountains, which fully considers the risk that the liquid engine may explode at any time during the ignition test.
But only if you don't fly out.
According to Tianbing Technology's explanation of the cause of the accident, in layman's terms, the test bench failed to hold the rocket and flew out carelessly.
They also specifically explained that the test site was far away from the urban area of Gongyi, and there were no casualties after investigation.
But Sky checked the map and found that near Xuezhuang Village, Dayugou Town, Gongyi City, where the test site is located, it is a straight-line distance from the outer urban area of Gongyi:
That's about 5 kilometers.
At this distance, there are schools, hospitals, and communities, and according to the speed of the rocket, if it gets out of control, it will only take a few seconds to fly over.
I remember that some time ago, when some media reported on Tianbing Technology, the news headline was called:
This private company said that it wants to let the common people go to heaven.
Now that something has happened, looking back at this sentence, no matter how you look at it, it feels awkward:
You'd better not say that kind of heaven!
Some media interviewed industry insiders about this matter, and the experts were more conservative in their comments, saying:
Unexpected take-off of a rocket on a test bench is quite rare.
But netizens really didn't give face at all when they discussed it, saying that this is an outrageous event that is rare in the entire history of aerospace:
You can't even really define whether it's a success or a failure.
To say that it is successful, the test bench cannot pull the rocket, and if the position is slightly wrong, the consequences are unimaginable.
If you want to say that it failed, it has a good rocket flight attitude.
In the past, the protagonist of this kind of thing was generally India, and we were responsible for watching the fun, but now I didn't pay attention, and the boomerang hit me.
As for where the real cause of the accident is, whether it is a design error, equipment negligence, or quality problems, it still needs to wait for a rigorous investigation to reach a conclusion.
It stands to reason that the successful experience of commercial rockets is all blown up.
In the past, Musk's Space X set off fireworks all day long, but everyone praised him for daring to take risks and have the courage to try, and he couldn't come to us and sneered.
The problem is that if it is blown up on the ground this time, it will definitely be regarded as a direct failure, and the more frustrated it is, the more courageous it will become, but the ignition test that was originally static will fly out:
Is it a test failure or a safety incident?
The empty X is bombed in a variety of ways, but it didn't blow up near a residential building, did it?
Some industry insiders predict that this incident may have a series of impacts on private aerospace companies, and subsequent relevant approvals may be stricter.
In his opinion, it is not impossible to bomb, not to fail, and not to pay tuition fees in aerospace scientific research.
However, this tuition fee must be worth it, and development belongs to development, and it cannot be at the expense of threatening the safety of the people's lives and property.
Don't pay such a thrilling tuition fee next time.
It was previously reported that Tianbing Technology built a test center in Gongyi to fill the industrial gap and inject new vitality into the city's economic development.
Sky saw on Gongyi's recruitment platform that Tianbing Technology recruited fitter welders for the rocket engine test bench in the local area, and the salary offered was:
6000-10000 yuan/month.
According to the formula theorem of the recruitment website "'6-8000 yuan' starting salary is 6 yuan", the starting salary for rocket welding is also 6000 yuan.
But according to the data of the recruitment platform, in May this year, the average salary of welders was 6,887 yuan:
Engaged in electric welding for rockets, and it seems that he did not get ahead among the welder masters.
I don't know if the joint structure of the test bench that failed to pull the rocket has the problem of false welding of solder joints.
We always say that thousands of high-rise buildings rise from the ground, and every brick and tile is the foundation.
It is a big project of tens or tens of billions, the goal is the sea of stars, the ideal is the sea and the sky, and it was said that he would take the community to the moon.
Don't end up finding out that it's all people with a monthly salary of a few thousand working hard.