Recently, the official website of the National Natural Science Foundation of China released the "Notice on the Evaluation Results of the National Natural Science Foundation of China Centralized Receiving Projects in 2022 ". The project successfully passed the review and received project approval support. This is the first key aerospace project in the history of the Transportation and Vehicle Engineering discipline of the Department of Engineering and Materials Science of the National Natural Science Foundation of China. For the first time, aerospace has also been included in the key development direction of transportation and transportation engineering disciplines.
The project leader and applicant, Song Zhengyu, chief designer of the Long March 8 carrier rocket, introduced that in recent years, long-distance and high-speed transportation has become a new hot spot in aerospace research: SpaceX has invested billions in the development of the "super-heavy-starship" carrier. The U.S. Air Force has invested nearly 200 million US dollars in research materials for the rapid global strategic delivery of materials, and major aerospace countries such as Germany and Italy are also carrying out related technology research. It is planned to be operational after 2030.
The suborbital long-range air-to-space transportation system comprehensively utilizes the ultra-micro resistance characteristics of space height and the convenience of lift take-off and gliding landing in the atmosphere to realize long-range extreme speed transportation . It has the characteristics of long range, large carrying capacity, many times of repeated use, high reliability requirements, lift take-off, gliding landing and other mission characteristics.
After the system is put into use, it will have an hour-level intercontinental reach capability, which can give birth to new industries such as one-hour global high-speed transportation and popular space tourism, promote the development of China's strategic emerging industries, and vigorously promote the development of science and technology, aerospace technology innovation, and human transportation modes. Reform, facing the country's major needs, the main economic battlefield and the world's scientific and technological frontiers, supports the construction of China's scientific and technological power, aerospace power and transportation power, and has practical social, technological, economic and other application values.
The "Overall Design and Control Technology of Suborbital Long-Range Aerospace Transportation System" project carries out cutting-edge exploration and pilot research for new and original transportation modes in the future , and is committed to building a set of original theoretical methods to provide innovative design and application of the system. Supported by advanced design theories and methods, it will promote the integrated development of aerospace technology and transportation and industrial transformation in the future.
This project is not only an important embodiment of the Rocket Academy's focus on basic scientific research and original innovation, but also a manifestation of the strength of the Rocket Academy. It will lay a solid foundation for the development of the Academy's future long-distance air and space transportation, and is expected to further promote the flight of our aerospace transportation system. development to realize the deep integration of aerospace and transportation.