When the value table showed that the first-stage rocket was only five kilometers away from the ground, Meng Xiaobai shouted: "Everyone, pay attention!"
As soon as he finished speaking, all the engines of the first-stage rocket were ignited, forming a reverse thrust to brake.
At this time, the observation platform outside Deep Space Technology's offshore rocket launch silo was filled with spectators and media reporters. They all looked up to the sky in unison.
The rocket body is clearly visible, and it is descending towards the launch silo at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Everyone, the last step is about to be completed..." Reporter Yin Qiu'an's words were interrupted by a deafening explosion.
All the spectators looked at the sky in disbelief and covered their ears.
There was a violent explosion, and there were multiple explosions! In the sky, fierce fire appeared around the rocket body, illuminating the sea at night as if it were daytime!
"Buzzing buzzing..." Everyone's ears were filled with buzzing tinnitus, and it took dozens of seconds to gradually recover. At this time, the sea was completely dark, with only a little firelight illuminating the situation, making it difficult to see clearly.
"It exploded!" a reporter shouted.
"The recycling failed?" Yin Qiu'an opened his mouth, unwilling to believe his guess.
"What happened?" Everyone else looked at the launch silo nervously and blankly. At this time, they clearly saw that part of the rocket body did not land on the offshore platform, but fell into the sea water after more than ten seconds.
Among!
They know that this part has been damaged, and as long as sea water enters, the equipment inside cannot be used again.
"Recycling really failed?"
"Although it is big news, I really don't want to report it..." someone sighed.
On the online live broadcast platform, the audience who were celebrating just now were dumbfounded.
"What the hell? The rocket exploded?"
"Recycling failed?"
"It's too early to be happy, you guys!"
"Oh, what a pity!"
"It's okay, come on! The satellites are already in the sky anyway!"
"If the recycling fails, they will suffer heavy losses this time and the rocket will have to be remade!"
"Tsk, tsk, smile without saying a word!"
…
"What happened? Did it explode?" Tang Biyun was so anxious that she wanted to call her son to ask about the situation, but she knew that this was not the time to ask.
"Don't worry, let's take another look." Meng Lei frowned, waiting for follow-up reports.
Gao Yuan, Su Lianyue, Fukuda Asaka, Alina, Kai Lin, Ruan Song, Pan Yu, Yu Liming... The people celebrating all listened and stared at the screen blankly. Could it be that this rocket mission will finally end?
Or will it end in failure?
Noah, the Internet celebrity who was being criticized by netizens just now, saw the picture and immediately posted a message in excitement: "The recovery failed. Facts have proved that the rocket technology of deep space technology is still not up to standard! Don't tell me that sending a satellite into the sky is considered a success.
, a launch costs more than one billion, they can’t afford it!”
"Hahaha, what exciting news!" A senior executive of Samsung Group laughed.
"It exploded! It exploded! It exploded well!" Some people in the island country were overjoyed!
In the United States, Australia... everywhere, people are rejoicing. Fortunately, the Deep Space Technology rocket recovered and exploded, otherwise they would really have no hope.
"Everyone, something seems to have gone wrong. We need to contact the launch command center now to inquire about the specific situation!" Yin Qiu'an said to the camera.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the rocket launch command center was not as impetuous and anxious as the outside world.
"Report the situation!" Meng Xiaobai said.
"There was a deviation in the landing location of the No. 2 booster. The error was about fifteen meters. It fell into the sea and was scrapped." The technician reported.
"Well, don't panic, it's just a booster." Meng Xiaobai's tone was calm, which made the nervous staff feel relieved a little.
"Booster 1 Situation."
"Booster No. 1 landed successfully, and the damage is expected to be no more than 10%."
"Very good, the No. 1 booster was recovered successfully." Meng Xiaobai nodded, "How is the condition of the first stage rocket body?"
"Checking!"
The first stage rocket body is the most important part in the recovery. Most of the Hercules rocket engines are installed on it. The explosion sound just now was from the first stage rocket body.
The command center fell into silence again, with only the sounds of computers and machines operating.
Everyone was waiting patiently. Zhan Haoran remained silent, but there were a few drops of cold sweat on his wrinkled forehead.
Two minutes later, the technician replied in surprise: "The first-stage rocket was successfully recovered, with a loss of 18%!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire command center burst into enthusiastic cheers. Some technicians even jumped up, raised their hands and shouted: "Wingshen!"
"Wing God!"
"Wing God!"
"Success!"
"Hahaha, we succeeded!"
"Successful!" Meng Xiaobai also laughed.
"Yes, we succeeded!" Zhan Haoran stretched his wrinkles and said in a voice of irrepressible joy: "The sonic boom just now was too loud, but fortunately it was not an explosion!"
…
In the offshore rocket launch silo, the thick smoke cleared. Through the searchlight, people could clearly see that a section of the rocket body was standing firmly on the recovery platform. Except for some wear and tear on the surface, there was no problem with the whole thing.
"What's going on? Didn't it explode just now?"
"???What is the explosion? Is it an internal explosion?"
"Isn't Rocket good?"
The media and the audience were confused. Could it be that the rocket exploded internally just now, but why did nothing happen to its shell?
"Dear viewers, we are now connected to Professor Zeng at the rocket launch command center." Yin Qiu'an said to the camera, "Hello, Professor Zeng."
"Hello." The other party is a middle-aged man.
"Professor Zeng, we have many questions during this rocket launch, but what we want to ask most now is what happened with the explosion just now? Did the recovery of the Yishen-1 rocket fail?" Yin Qiu'an asked what everyone was thinking about.
Questions you want to know.
Countless people looked at the screen, waiting for an answer.
Seeing the unconcealed joy on Professor Zeng's face, some people had a bad premonition in their hearts.
"Our rocket has not failed to recover! The main rocket body has been recovered successfully, and the loss is very low. The only mistake was that a booster fell into the sea, which had little impact." Professor Zeng explained.
"As for the explosion sound just now, it is a normal phenomenon."
"During the landing process of the rocket body, the gravitational potential energy gradually increases! To reduce it from the first cosmic speed to zero speed, all rocket engines need to be turned on and a reverse force is exerted. At this time, an instantaneous force is exerted on the rocket
The thrust caused its reverse speed to rise sharply to supersonic speed!"
"As we all know, objects will produce sonic booms when they reach supersonic speeds. The explosion just now was due to the low-altitude sonic boom of the rocket body, and it was not just once! It was nine times, each from the first-stage rocket and the two boosters.
The aircraft’s engines, landing gear and stabilizers!”
"The power of sonic booms at low altitudes is quite amazing! It is no exaggeration to say that if you are a little closer, you may be stunned! These nine sonic booms are superimposed together, and you will hear the loud explosion.
.But it’s not that our rocket recovery failed, it’s a normal phenomenon.”
After Professor Zeng explained, the reporter realized that the explosion he just heard was an ultra-low-altitude sonic boom. The fire he saw was the fire snake ejected by the rocket engine at full speed. In addition, the sea surface could not be seen clearly at night, so he realized
I mistakenly thought it was a rocket exploding. The relationship was just a false alarm!