The Rise Of Space Technology

Chapter 402 Star Catcher Spaceship

In addition, there is an agricultural area on the Xingchen, which is specially used to grow green vegetables and fruits to meet the needs of the personnel on the Xingchen for vegetables and fruits.

“What about power?”

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This is still the internal cost of Xinghai Technology. If it is used for sale, Xinghai Technology must at least double the price before it is willing to sell it.

Xinghai Aerospace Technology Group Industrial Base is here.

For this reason, Xinghai Technology has also spent a lot of money. It has established relevant laboratories in the earth’s space, recruited many doctors, and conducted research and experiments in space to carry out various surgical methods and possibilities.

“Not bad~”

“Not bad.”

This kind of spacecraft that can be used to travel to and from space and interstellar space is even more expensive to build. Any one of them costs tens of billions, or even hundreds of billions.

In addition to the need for powerful power, in the design of the spacecraft itself, it is also necessary to take into account the huge pulling force, and it must be designed in a targeted manner, otherwise, the spacecraft may directly disintegrate when it is pulled.

“At the same time, this material also has the characteristics of low temperature resistance, light resistance, and corrosion resistance. It can be used for operations in space. The density is very low, and it is as light as spider silk.”

Going to the asteroid belt to mine asteroids requires professional skills, and because it takes a long time, the screening of personnel within the company began in the second half of last year.

Liu Yuan looked at the bottom of the spaceship’s ass, where there was a huge hook, which should be the largest hook ever made by human beings, and it seemed to be full of power.

“Chen Jing from the Academy of Materials Science has provided us with a new material of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene material, which is dozens of times the strength of ordinary ultra-high molecular weight materials, and several hundred times that of steel wires of the same diameter. With this material, it can easily lift dozens of tons of objects.”

Tens of billions, hundreds of billions of spaceships are built one after another, used to travel back and forth between the earth and the moon, used to open up and explore the solar system, mine asteroids and so on.

However, the technological content of this cosmos is definitely the highest among all spaceships at present, because the spacecraft is not only equipped with the latest anti-gravity engine, but also equipped with the latest gravity generation device researched by Xinghai Technology.

Beside Liu Yuan, Tang Peng was introducing Liu Yuan in detail about the design of this Star Catcher spacecraft, which is a spacecraft going to the asteroid belt to mine asteroids.

“Because the Star Catcher wants to drag the asteroid, we have specially designed its tail. In the overall load-bearing structure, we have adopted an integrated load-bearing structure design so that it can withstand greater pulling force.”

This is the case in space. Asteroids in space are not affected by gravity, regardless of their large mass, but it is not impossible to drag them. But the mass of 300 million tons is still a very terrifying mass. Even if there is enough power, it still needs a strong enough rope to withstand the terrifying pulling force.

Liu Yuan read it in detail and was very satisfied.

The mass of asteroids is very huge, and they are often tens of millions of tons or hundreds of millions of tons. Even the smallest asteroids have a mass of several million tons. With such a huge mass, if humans want to mine it, absolutely Not an easy task.

When screening personnel, Tang Peng attached great importance to this point, and for the identified personnel, relevant training was carried out in advance to ensure the safety of mining asteroids this time.

“But after learning the news, the Institute of Astronomical Sciences asked to bring 10 cosmic astronomy scientists to the asteroid belt to conduct scientific investigations in the asteroid belt, so it was a team of 46 people in total.”

Humanity is just beginning to buy into the space age, and there are many considerations when conducting any related activities in space.

Tang Peng said quickly.

“It’s settled.”

It is not easy to go to the asteroid belt to mine asteroids. It requires a professional team, including scientists, engineers, and astronauts. When something happens temporarily, a professional team can negotiate and deal with it.

For example, the astronauts on the ship have also obtained professional engineer certificates, and have also carried out relevant training on spacecraft maintenance and related equipment within the company.

“According to our calculations, it can mine asteroids up to 300 million tons at a time.”

“Boss~”

At the same time, several people on the ship have received professional medical knowledge training, and can perform some simple operations on the ship, deal with some emergencies, diagnose and treat some diseases and so on.

Although it can only reach about half of the gravity of the earth, it is still an epoch-making scientific and technological progress. From now on, humans can enjoy gravity in space, and no longer need to worry about the many effects caused by the lack of gravity.

Liu Yuan nodded slightly, with such a thick hook, it should be enough.

Liu Yuan took the rope, it was very light, it felt like it had no weight, and then pulled it gently, there was no change at all. You must know that Liu Yuan’s body was injected with the top genetic optimization in the inheritance seeds. After several years of slow and continuous transformation and strengthening, the liquid has long been extremely powerful, and its strength is very terrifying. Even if the steel bar with the thickness of the thumb can be easily pulled off, it is the ultra-high molecular polyethylene material in front of me that has nothing to do with it. Method.

Liu Yuan is naturally talking about people who go to the asteroid belt to mine asteroids.

Seeing Liu Yuan’s appearance, Tang Peng immediately laughed.

Now Xinghai Technology has a lot of money on hand. In addition to hoarding minerals on the moon, it is also constantly building spacecraft.

There is a big difference between a spacecraft that mines asteroids and other spacecraft.

After the New Year, the entire Xinghai Technology has become extremely busy again.

No way, the farther away from the earth, the more difficult the communication and the greater the delay. Many emergencies need to be handled by themselves on the spacecraft, so they must be fully prepared.

This is a spacecraft specially used for mining asteroids produced by Xinghai Technology. On the outer shell of the spacecraft, the three characters ‘Star Catcher’ are very dazzling and eye-catching, and people can guess its purpose.

“What material do you use for the tow rope?”

For example, the Xingchen spacecraft that went to Mars to investigate, the huge Xingchen not only has a simple industrial center, but can use the equipment on it to smelt steel, produce and process some things, and there is a small hospital on the Xingchen, which can be used in space. in the surgery. M..

The personnel on board are also screened in detail. Often a person must master a variety of skills and receive relevant professional training and systematic learning.

“300 million tons is enough.”

Among the many series of spaceships of Xinghai Technology, it is not the largest spaceship, and it is still a lot thinner than the huge Xingchen.

“Haha, boss, it’s not easy for you to break it, you need a powerful pulling machine.”

This is like a person trying to lift 1,000 pounds, which is almost impossible, but if the 1,000-pound object is suspended by a rope, you can easily push it.

“This is the personnel list.”

In the huge open space, a huge spacecraft is undergoing the final inspection before takeoff. This spacecraft is more than 100 meters long, more than 70 meters wide, and more than 30 meters high.

“In terms of power, we have installed 4 super-large anti-gravity engines and 6 heavy-duty rocket engines for the spacecraft, which are enough to provide it with strong power. Under normal circumstances, its speed can exceed 200 kilometers per second. , even faster than the speed of the Xingchen.”

There are also these crew members on the ship, who may themselves be outstanding chefs, have good cooking skills, and can replace the chef’s position when necessary.

“Star Catcher was originally scheduled to be a team of 36 people, 12 astronauts, 12 engineers, plus six scientists and six others.”

Therefore, every time a spacecraft is built, Tang Peng has to personally intervene to understand the detailed parameters, data and design.

Liu Yuan smiled, thought for a while and asked, “Have the candidates been decided yet?”

The cost of each spacecraft is very high. Ordinary large-scale anti-gravity aircraft used for flight and transportation on the earth often cost billions or tens of billions.

All the spaceships, Tang Peng will personally intervene, especially the things that Liu Yuan emphasized and explained, which he kept in mind.

In addition, the spacecraft must be equipped with chefs, cleaners, and doctors, two of whom each need to be equipped. At the same time, most of the other personnel on the ship can hold multiple jobs and have various professional skills.

Tang Peng handed a thumb-thick rope to Liu Yuan and said.

Tang Peng handed a list of personnel to Liu Yuan’s hands.

If the huge mass of 300 million tons is placed on the earth, it is impossible to drag it, but in space, the force required to drag an object can be much smaller.