Into the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Precision Machinery of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Department of space laser technology and systems, researchers are around a length and width of about half a meter of the "metal box" busy, they are wearing clean clothes, wearing goggles, for the "metal box" loaded with one by one! They are wearing clean clothes and goggles, loading the "metal box" with parts and components, and are as nervous and meticulous as the doctors doing surgery.
This year's Spring Festival, the team of more than 20 young science and technology workers together to chase the "light", did not rest a day. Shanghai Institute of Optical Precision Machinery of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is a senior engineer Wang Mingjian pointed to the "metal box", said: "This is used to protect the space lasers for major space missions, we must rush to the end of July this year to complete the development of seven products, in accordance with the node plan to complete the delivery of the task. "
In fact, according to the conventional development cycle, the task requires two to three years. However, when the task is given, it means that the attack has entered a countdown to the end of the day, so the team does not consider holidays and weekends when making the development plan, in order to be able to complete the final product delivery on time.
Researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Optical Precision and Mechanical Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences are conducting integration tests.
As an indispensable equipment in the field of aerospace, space lasers are like the eyes, ears and other senses of the spacecraft, playing an important role in ranging, imaging, analyzing atmospheric composition and many other aspects. For this space laser currently under development, the team has completed the specific technology development, and now to do is to realize the real space engineering applications. This step is extremely difficult, because the technology development only need to consider the performance, do not need to consider its size, weight and space environment adaptability. Engineering development, the need to integrate hundreds of components into this "metal box", but also to ensure that they can operate reliably in the harsh space environment for a long time.
"Every day, we are afraid of problems at the development site, and once problems occur, it means that the program may be postponed, which is something we all do not want to see. Subsequently, we have to optimize the process according to the actual situation and grab time minute by minute." Wang Mingjian said.
The reporter learned from the interview that over the past year, the team has managed the task in terms of days, and these young science and technology workers have almost dedicated themselves to this major science and technology project. Among them, some are first-time fathers, but only took three or four days off when the baby was born and immediately returned to work; some were scheduled to go home in the Spring Festival to settle down with their families, and now they have postponed their plans; more people are working 24-hour shifts, wearing stars and moon ......
Historical photos of the team.
During the interview, the reporter noted that this Spring Festival is just a microcosm of the team's struggle over the past 10 years. Wang Mingjian introduced that the team's growth has accompanied the development of China's space lasers, and as its technology level has become more advanced, the direction of application has become more and more extensive. Since the successful development of China's first space laser in 2007, the space laser developed by the team has been applied to the moon project, manned spaceflight, civil spaceflight and other fields.
Good start, good end, good work. When the reporter asked the team what wishes for the new year, Wang Mingjian said that everyone's biggest wish is to successfully complete the task. This may be the common voice of science and technology workers who are still struggling in the new year: "We all know that this task is difficult, but since it is a mission task given to us by the state, we must complete it, and no matter what, we have to ensure that the last time node - 'the back wall does not fall down! '!"
