The announcement here in China of the action plan to make Peiping the world's first true city that never sleeps has once again attracted the attention of the world.
Since the beginning of the year, Gaoshou Company has begun to formulate the space mirror plan. This has really been a series of twists and turns, but the world has never been so lively.
According to the data released by China, the plan to light up Peiping has been in progress for more than three months in order to show the shock and the greatness of new era technology, but it has only been adjusted now.
There are many reasons why it is so slow. First of all, this is the first city in the world to truly implement the Space Mirror Project. No one can predict what will happen. To be cautious, of course, check, check, and calculate again! Some things are not incapable of failure, but failure may cause uncontrollable adverse effects.
And then this is the capital of China. Risking the capital directly requires not only courage and strategy, but also absolute confidence in technology. If an accident occurs, there will still be a blow to China. It’s hard to estimate the exact amount, but it’s obviously not a good thing.
And the last one, but also the most important one: national pride!
Only with national pride can a nation and country unite, and only in this way can a more powerful force be unleashed.
The entire urban area of Beiping has expanded to 1,000 square kilometers. In order to achieve the maximum effect, that is, covering 1,000 square kilometers of lighting at one time, Gaoshou Company has been working hard for this period of time. Taking into account the new Rise's carrying capacity and the difficulty of installation in space, the films assembled on site are all covered with titanium-coated aluminum foil with plastic plates, and then use thin aluminum profiles as brackets to form ten-meter-long, 5-meter-long films. Meter width reflector.
The thickness of these formed sheets is only 3mm, but they are strong enough. Because they use grille technology, they are very light. The advancement of technology makes them lighter and cheaper than originally designed. Such a thin plate only weighs 1.2kg㎡, and the cost is as low as 20 yuan, and this is the cost after inflation.
The cost of 1,000 square kilometers of reflectors has been reduced to 2 billion Chinese yuan, which is considered cheap; and the total weight is only 1.2 million tons. Just adding some supporting adjustment facilities, fasteners, etc., the total weight is about 1.3 million tons. This allowed the newly designed Uprising space shuttle to fly thousands of times. At the same time, the already very nervous scientists in space must be mobilized. For this reason, the construction of space bases has to be appropriately slowed down. Fortunately, the current construction of space bases almost all relies on automated machinery, and humans do not play a particularly big role.
Ordinary people are excited, and some romantic teenagers are even ready to make a private life here, under today's circumstances...
But at this moment, in the control room of the master company, in the control room of the Chinese country, and in the space station in space, the personnel in the three places are all tense and are conducting the final inspection.
The autofocus system is normal...
The rotation positioning system is normal...
The power adjustment system is normal...
The space positioning system is normal...
The temperature dispersion cooling system is normal...
The power supply system is normal...
The solar system is normal...
The solar wind detection device is normal...
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Hundreds of staff from the Department of Space Environment and some scientific and technological operations are working nervously and orderly, and thousands of instructions are undergoing final verification.
Zhang Jingyuan and more than 50 senior executives of the master company are fighting on the front line.
Zhong Yuanxing is even more busy. This is the first action of the Ministry of Space Environment, which is of great significance; Albert Gore is leading his team to conduct the final simulation to see how such an action will affect the earth's environment. What impact will it have. As for the remaining 300 experts from the Department of Space Environment, in addition to operating the workbench, they were all busy conducting final inspections on their work to ensure that there was no oversight.
Behind every major scientific and technological invention and application is the hard work and wisdom of countless scientists and workers.
Zhang Jingyuan and others did not speak. However, Zhang Jingyuan came here today not only to watch and create pressure for everyone, but also: "Everyone, we are about to carry out the third great operation in the history of Gaoshou Company.
I know that everyone is very excited and nervous. Me too, being born in this great era and being able to contribute to mankind's entry into space is something that everyone is proud of; and above all, we are proud to be able to see with our own eyes that our nation and country are becoming stronger.
Of course, perhaps it is precisely because this layer of pride has caused tremendous pressure on everyone that the consequences of failure may be unbearable for us.
But I, Zhang Jingyuan, have something to say here: Don’t be afraid of failure, failure is the mother of success! We all come from failure.
And if it fails, all the responsibility will be borne by me! And if you succeed, all the glory belongs to you!
Everyone, work hard, a brilliant tomorrow is waiting for us! ”
At the same time, the reflector far away in space is 200,000 kilometers away from the earth. Relatively speaking, it is not as close to the earth as it is to the moon - if the moon passes through this position in space at this time.
There is no way around this. In order to reflect light, it must not be placed in the shadow area of the earth; and to reflect light 24 hours a day, it must be further away from the earth. But at a distance of 200,000 kilometers, if you want to always be fixed at a fixed point in space relative to the earth, you must have an engine that adjusts its orbit at all times. But there is a fatal danger in this location - it is too far away and has exceeded the protection range of the Earth's magnetic field. Once it is hit by the solar wind in space, the consequences will be bleak. These weak things simply cannot withstand the impact of high-temperature solar ion winds. Therefore, the protective facilities must also be complete - you can run away when necessary, and the runway is in the shadow area of the earth.
Time passed by minute by second, and quietly came to 23:50 on the night of the 20th.
At this time, the whole of Peiping began to turn off the lights in a planned way. Fortunately, everyone had been notified before this, and the police were already in place. In order to prevent chaos, more than 300,000 troops were even stationed; those who committed crimes today will be punished with death.
The lights were turned off one by one, and the whole of Peiping seemed to have entered a desert era of technology. Even the most basic rainbow lights were turned off - the city's power supply was cut off except for necessary ones.
At 23:57 on the 20th...
"Start!" Zhang Jingyuan ordered.
The command was sent and it arrived at the reflector base in space three seconds later. After receiving the signal, the machine started to start according to the automatically set program.
Pieces of 10x5 meter reflectors slowly flipped, from a position parallel to the sun's rays to a vertical position...
On the ground, only a bright light appeared in the space, as if a sharp sword cut through the sky - it was the result of looking at the side of the reflector that had just been turned over.
Then the light in the sky gradually widened, and a little bit of light penetrated the atmosphere, leaving beautiful spots; the stars in the sky began to disappear, the dark sky began to appear a little blue, and a little white cloud appeared from a distance; and With the flip of the reflector, it is like an invisible but existing curtain, gradually opening from a distance; the bright sunlight gradually sweeps across the earth, buildings, fields... and even the heart of China...< br>
And in just two minutes, less than midnight, the reflectors covering a thousand square kilometers were fully functioning. Strong sunlight, sunlight from the back of the earth, after reflection, illuminated Peiping!
At 12 o'clock in the evening, the sun illuminates the earth! ! !
Cheers... spread quickly from Peking to the whole country! In the distance, here at the Master Company, you can only see a bright pillar of light, like a pillar reaching the sky, hanging from space, lighting up Peiping... and lighting up China!