A hand rested on his shoulder.
"Unhappy about being chosen? The organization's selection shows they value you. Would you have gotten this opportunity a decade ago? Even Union members can't achieve this. Moreover, this isn't a trip for pleasure; it's about finding us a direction for our work!"
The speaker was Li Xi, who had come to the Aerospace Development Committee seeking assistance—the challenges of the CZ-5 were simply too great!
Forget the YF135 engines that the new CZ-5 would use, or rather the YF135K as it should be called, which is the reusable version. The 6th Research Institute said they could get it ready by 2018 at the earliest and 2019 at the latest, in time for the CZ-5's maiden flight in 2020.
Due to the new 6-meter diameter rocket body, the technical difficulty of the CZ-5's rocket body was indeed significant.
