The copy of Apollo program training camp was in 1969. If the blonde didn't lie, then he is now 14 years before the beginning of Apollo program.
If Zhang Heng remembers correctly, even NASA had not been established at that time, but its predecessor, the National Aeronautical Advisory Council (NACA), was established in 1915. In fact, after following the blonde to the laboratory and meeting other interns and laboratory directors, Zhang Heng finally figured out what Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory was.
It is the third laboratory under NACA, formerly known as aircraft engine research laboratory. At the beginning, it was established to solve the backward situation of American engine manufacturing. With the outbreak of World War II in 1939, the liquid cooled engines in Europe have the advantages of speed and height compared with the air-cooled engines in the United States. Some people of insight realized that the national engine research facilities in the United States are very important In 1940, Congress approved a proposal to build an engine research center near Cleveland City Airport in Ohio.
Under this background, the aircraft engine research laboratory was established. In 1948, it was renamed Lewis flight power laboratory to commemorate the death of George W. Lewis, director of NACA aviation research department. However, its more widely known name is Glenn Research Center (renamed again in 1999). It is an important research institution of NASA, specializing in the research of space engines .
Although the transition copy was forcibly opened by the system in response to the bug made by Zhang Heng, it did not completely break away from the main copy of the Apollo program training camp. Instead, it gave him the identity of a MIT graduate student and threw him to the Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory 14 years ago. If there is no accident, he will return to the Apollo program training camp after the end of the time In the copy of the camp.
In terms of the result, of course, it doesn't stop directly. He can solve his competitors in a static world, which is equivalent to customs clearance ahead of time. But from the previous prompt sound, because it can't determine whether he is cheating, the system also makes certain compensation to him on the premise of protecting other players.
Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory is an important laboratory under NACA. The people working in it are all the top scientists and engineers in the United States at that time. After the dissolution of NACA, they were merged into NASA. The focus of these experts' work also turned to aviation science and technology. Although Zhang Heng could not directly learn aviation knowledge in the future, he could supplement physics and Engineering in advance And aerodynamics.
Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory is next to Cleveland Airport in Ohio. Although he can't complete the main mission of looking at the earth from another angle ahead of time, he can at least drive the plane around in the sky for two times. The T-38 trainer for Apollo program training has not been developed yet, but the predecessor t-33 was introduced in the early 1950s Flight training.
The jet that Zhang Heng saw on the runway before is the t-33 if there is no accident.
But before that, he had to solve a problem. The identity given to him by the system was a graduate student of MIT, and Zhang Heng soon knew why Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory wanted to recruit a group of graduate students for internship, because NACA launched a hypersonic research engine program.
The X-15, powered directly by a rocket engine, has a maximum speed of Mach 6.72, close to six times the speed of sound, and a maximum altitude of 107.8 km from the ground. It directly rushes out of the Carmen line and enters space. Until the 21st century, it is still the fastest manned aircraft of mankind.
In 1955, the research and development plan of X-15 was officially launched, and Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory also participated in it. Zhang Heng, a group of MIT graduate students, was recruited to assist laboratory engineers and scientists in relevant research. But the problem is that Zhang Heng's master's degree is paid by system charging. He hopes to learn relevant knowledge in the laboratory, but once he reveals himself Without any foundation, it is more likely that they will be sent directly back to school.
And even if the situation develops in the best direction, he can still stay in the laboratory. In the case of such heavy scientific research tasks, who is willing to make up lessons for him from scratch.
Zhang Heng hasn't had time to think out a solution yet. The blonde in charge of human resources has begun to assign these internships to the laboratory engineers. Of course, if the engineers have someone they want, they can also call the names directly. Among them, two engineers should have contact with some of the graduate students and directly pick the person they want.
But the vast majority of people just tell their needs to the blonde, waiting for the allocation of manpower, and Zhang Heng did not expect to see a yellow face in it.
You know, this is not the future. In the United States in the 1950s, especially in the top scientific research institutions, the number of Asian Americans is not very large. Moreover, judging from each other's appearance, it is very likely that they are Chinese.
Therefore, Zhang Heng tried to say hello to the other party in Chinese. The latter's face showed a look of surprise, and obviously understood Zhang Heng's question. However, Zhang Heng's present appearance has been systematically modified, and the characteristics of European and American people are more obvious. Therefore, the Chinese engineer was somewhat surprised.
Zhang Heng had to say again, "Hello, can I be your assistant?""What's your major? I'm doing research on the flow theory of turbomachinery. Do you have any interest? "
"Economics, sophomore." Zhang Heng is ashamed. This kind of thing can't be concealed. It's better to confess now than to say it after the assignment.
“…………” The other party was obviously deterred by this reply. For a long time, he was speechless. He was not sure whether it was American humor or invisible discrimination. After all, he had been studying in the United States for so many years without discrimination.
"Sorry, I need to stay in the lab for some reasons, and if possible, I hope to learn some engineering knowledge. If you are really in trouble, I can try my luck with other people."
Because the above dialogue is conducted in Chinese, other people can't understand it except for two people. Therefore, Zhang Heng doesn't worry about other people's listening, and he doesn't worry too much that the other party will tell others his details, because Chinese Americans basically hold the attitude that more is better than less when they are abroad.
However, if the other party refuses him, it is not easy for him to fish in the laboratory all the time.
Fortunately, I don't know if Zhang Heng's fluent Chinese moved the other party and made the other party feel a sense of intimacy in a distant foreign country. After hesitating for a moment, the man said again, with only one simple word, "OK."
After that, he went to the blonde and asked for Zhang Heng. Together with another MIT girl who was assigned, these were his two assistants.
When things came to an end, he went back to the laboratory and held out a hand to Zhang Heng. "It seems that I haven't introduced myself, Wu Zhonghua, a Chinese."
"Zhang Heng." Zhang Heng also gave his real name, pausing and then adding, "Chinese."
Note: Wu Zhonghua, Qian Xuesen of China's aviation industry, graduated from Massachusetts Institute of technology. He once worked in Lewis Flight Dynamics Laboratory and founded the internationally recognized general theory of three-dimensional flow of turbomachinery. He was a world-class scientist. Like many older scientists in that era, he gave up high salary abroad and then took his wife back to Europe in the name of travel Guo and his wife are both the founders of China's aviation industry. However, at this time point in the real world, he has actually returned home. I would like to write about him. In addition to the need of the plot, I also have some selfishness. I hope more people will know about these older generation scientists. In addition, the transition script is not the focus. It will be over soon. The focus is still on the Apollo program.
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