On the evening of August 8th, 11:30.

Wenhai Space Launch Site Collaboration Building.

Most Huang Er development and launch personnel, including Chen Wei, carried out the first step of accident data analysis.

However, the person in charge of Huang Er's technical matters, the chief designer Shen Tinglan, was called away alone by the commander-in-chief Chen Hongbing.

Chen Wei watched this scene silently, and the fighting spirit that had just surged up was instantly cast a shadow.

Next to him, Jiang Ning from the maintenance team looked at the backs of the two men and lowered his glasses: "After all, there is still accountability..."

"Teacher Shen... this time..." Chen Wei raised his hand and grabbed his forehead, as if he wanted to rip off his scalp, "Don't, don't... give us one more chance, just once..."

"We have a chance, and so does Huang Er." Jiang Ning sighed, "It's just that Teacher Shen may not have a chance."

Chen Wei banged the table and shouted: "Without Teacher Shen, there would be no us, and no Huang Er!"

"Don't yell at me, I know." Jiang Ning took off his glasses and gently wiped the lenses and said, "Others also know, the commander-in-chief knows, the leaders also know, but so what, will Old Aerospace let her go?"

"..." Chen Wei's fist gradually softened.

He wanted to cry, but the commander-in-chief's order came first and no one was allowed to cry.

He could only hold back and let tears well up in his eyes.

…

A few kilometers away, Dongjianling.

Li Zheng and Lin Yujing were still sitting on the trunk, leaning against each other.

They didn't want to leave until the tower's lights went out.

Li Zheng turned around and took out his coat and put it on Lin Yujing: "Do you want to call Auntie?"

"Better...don't do it yet." Lin Yujing leaned beside Li Zheng and sighed softly, "She should be facing the biggest trouble in the world right now...it's better not to disturb her."

"That's right. We must seize the time to analyze the cause of the accident."

"That's what Chen Wei wants to do. My mother will be in much bigger trouble." Lin Yujing lightly scratched Li Zheng's arm, "Do you think people who are engaged in aerospace are all as simple as you?"

"My city is very deep, okay?" Li Zheng said with a smile, "Isn't it just about accountability? Don't worry, Auntie's level is there. I will rely on her to turn things around in the future. It won't be too serious."

"What if we lose again?"

"Then let's fight again." Li Zheng nodded, "It's not scary to lose, it's scary to be afraid."

"That's you." Lin Yujing sighed, "The real situation is that there are always more people who are afraid than losers."

Thinking of the busy engineers on the launch tower, Lin Yujing talked about what she knew about aerospace and what she knew about her mother.

Although she deeply loves rockets and the stars, she always knows that our aerospace industry is extremely political and has a very low tolerance for failure.

In a failure like tonight's, the one who bears the greatest pressure is not Shen Tinglan, but also her leader, leader's leader, and leader's leader's leader.

In the face of such tremendous pressure.

It is impossible to demand that everyone have the consciousness to risk their own lives for spaceflight.

Therefore, the conservative strategy has been the consistent principle over the years.

Before Huang Er, a large number of launch vehicles were actually repeating proven routes and did not dare to practice risky routes.

This results in a nearly 95% launch success rate.

At the same time, it also led to the stagnation of launch vehicle technology.

On the one hand, singing and dancing bring peace.

On the one hand, they are standing still.

What is gratifying is that several big countries are basically standing still or even regressing, so this contradiction is not obvious.

According to Lin Yujing's understanding and the data analysis of Huang Er's previous rockets, in fact, the original technical route had basically come to an end as early as ten years ago.

It was at that time that a group of innovative people represented by Shen Tinglan gradually made their voices heard.

They believe that "maintaining the status quo" is not sustainable.

Although the aerospace development of most developed countries has also stalled, their technological reserves are there and may be ignited at any time. In the past, the lead in the space race was politics, but this time it is likely to be capital.

If we continue to maintain the status quo for the sake of safety, maybe it will be okay in 5 years or 10 years.

But one day, something will ignite the competitor's aerospace industry, and our launch vehicle technology will inevitably be greatly surpassed by it in a very short period of time.

By then, people will see that the results achieved by competitors in one year are worth more than ten years of hard work here, and the subsequent political impact will only be a hundred times more severe than a failed launch.

on the contrary.

The stagnation of the aviation industry in developed countries is precisely our golden opportunity to overtake.

These ten years are the golden years.

Instead of stopping when others stop, it is better to seize the time to experiment with new technologies, launch new projects, and save energy for the leap forward of our aerospace industry.

In fact, there have always been such innovative people, and the ideas of Shen Tinglan's generation are no better than those of their predecessors.

However, challenging new technologies means encountering greater risks.

Maybe it will take more than ten years to find any new technology, and the whole life will be mediocre.

Maybe if the launch fails like today, the future will be ruined.

Moreover, aerospace planning is often divided into ten years, and the cycle from planning to results is often longer than the leader's term. Most of the time, only front-line researchers and engineers can carry it out from start to finish.

Fortunately, as Shen Tinglan's generation grew up, they gradually gained the right to speak and met leaders who supported new technological lines.

Ten years ago, the leadership of the hospital approved Huang Er's research and development against all objections.

In order to make up for lost time and take advantage of these precious ten years, Huang Er plans to adopt more than 90% of new technologies, much higher than the international average of 30%.

Such a leap forward will of course entail unprecedented risks.

From the day the Huang Er project was established, it has been surrounded by controversy.

Some people don’t want the technology they have specialized in for a lifetime to be eliminated and criticized.

Some people argue in order to distance themselves from risks.

Some people raise objections in order to defeat their career rivals.

Some people held the honorary plaque of "China Aerospace" and objected.

Even so, Shen Tinglan's generation still withstood the pressure, overcame all difficulties, and sent Huang Er to the launch pad.

Before it crashed into the Pacific Ocean, no one in the entire team imagined the outcome of a launch failure.

It's not that I can't, but I don't dare.

Whether it is the anger of the old aerospace industry, the anger of higher-level officials, or the public’s accusations of wasting people and wasting money,

None of them can bear it.

When Li Zheng heard the last part, his body could no longer restrain itself from shaking violently.

He seemed to see that woman who was alone, who gave up everything and fought against the world single-handedly.

When she swayed all the way to the finish line.

What greeted her was an abyss.

"So... don't bother your mother..." Lin Yujing wiped her eyes and said, "Even if we can enter the courtyard... maybe she will be gone by then, and Huang Er will be gone too... Besides, how can we what to do?"

"Do whatever you can, and do as much as you can." Li Zheng hugged Lin Yujing and said, "It doesn't matter even if you don't accomplish anything, just think of it as studying engineering."

"But..." Lin Yujing gritted her teeth and said, "If there was no mother, no Huang Er... I would hate it there..."

"Yeah, no one can make you learn something you don't like."

Li Zheng let go of his hand and jumped out of the car.

"Suddenly I remembered what the old man said last time."

"Never despair."

"It's not despair for the objective world, it's despair for people."

"Should we be alone, or should we accept reality?"

"Be upright and upright, but also be able to bend and stretch."

"We all have to face it ourselves and make our own choices."

"There's nothing to deal with, it's not a big deal."

"Don't despair."

Li Zheng said and patted Lin Yujing.

"We shouldn't stop where we are."

"walk home."

"Mechanical, engineering, power, and engineering cybernetics."
To be continued...