But Zhang Jingyuan has been here for more than ten days at Guanghan Palace in the Ocean of Storms, and the second wave of construction workers arrived earlier. Now, the foundation laying of the Guanghan Palace's forward base has been completed, and preparations for the pillars have begun.
A slightly flat "ice rink" with a diameter of about one kilometer now appears on the desolate moon surface. This is the basis of the advanced base that the Master Company has completed. Now, more than a dozen machines are at work, drilling holes in the ground.
The drill bit rotates violently, using water as cooling and lubricant. This water is basically collected from the moon's south and north poles. If all the supplies were transported from the earth, Zhang Jingyuan would be so painful that he would grin. Even if it is a master company with a golden finger, the comprehensive transportation cost of transporting materials to the moon is as high as 20 yuan per gram! It seems that in the space age, sanity can be ignored!
The only thing that satisfies Zhang Jingyuan is the space sunshade. After construction at all costs, such space sunshades have also brought 2.25 million square kilometers of photovoltaic cells to Gaoshou Company. Most of these photovoltaic cells use new technologies and are slightly closer to the sun. Their efficiency per square meter can reach about one kilowatt-hour of power generation.
2.25 million square kilometers of photovoltaic cells can provide Gaoshou Company with up to 2.25 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity per hour, which provides a strong impetus for the development of Gaoshou Company. And the space visor that Zhang Jingyuan insisted on has become the world's largest power generation factory, and the electricity it provides per hour has exceeded the total hourly power generation on earth by more than 170 times - you know, for the space competition these years. The world is building nuclear power plants crazily!
Zhang Jingyuan used his vision and persistence to make Gaoshou Company once again stand at the top of the world. Just these photovoltaic cells have become a monument of an era - a great achievement that no country can surpass for the time being!
A Uprising space shuttle slowly approached the space photovoltaic base, unloaded nearly 20,000 cubic meters of physical batteries that had run out of power, and placed them in a warehouse; the staff, automated machinery and conveying equipment here, Put the fully charged physical battery into the container, and then put the container on the space shuttle's backup backpack for transportation. There is no air resistance or gravity in space, so there is no need to consider appearance design at all.
now. The latest physical battery from Gaoshou Company. It has been able to store 20 million kilowatt hours of electricity per cubic meter, which is one-tenth of the theoretical value. But even so, there is this huge photovoltaic power plant in space. There is also a lot of energy being wasted. But it doesn't matter. Photovoltaic power stations have one advantage. As long as the sunshine continues, there is no need to worry about wasting it!
20,000 cubic meters of physical battery, core part. There are about 15,000 cubic meters of physical battery core, and the rest is the casing etc. Such a Rise space shuttle can deliver up to 300 billion kilowatt hours of electricity at a time. Nowadays, this place has become the space energy factory of Huaxia Hegaoshou Company. You can see a steady stream of space shuttles of various sizes traveling back and forth, carrying disproportionately large containers, and busy work. A busy space age has begun to take shape!
During the loading process, the pilot Wang Yun stared at everything in front of him. Although he had seen it many times, he was still shocked! Ten years ago, who could have imagined what space would be like today. The development of science and technology is changing with each passing day, and it is developing in an explosive manner. At the beginning, I was just a small pilot. In the recruitment process of the master company, I was at the lowest level and almost didn't get selected.
Looking back now, the master company really has a good way of selecting personnel. People like Mu Xinghai and others have basically reached the mid-to-late stage of the Xudan stage, and he is only at the ninth level of the Qi refining stage; he may be considered good among ordinary employees, but among the 110 pilots initially recruited by the master company, there are already Belongs to the bottom. The only gratification is that my son lived up to his expectations and was admitted to the master company Shenlan Middle School this year with the tenth overall score.
The current space sunshade - this is what people on the ground call it; but in the eyes of expert companies, this is an alternative photovoltaic base! The overall area exceeds 4.5 million square kilometers. Due to the spaced layout, the photovoltaic cells cover approximately 2.25 million square kilometers. With such a large area, even in space, standing on one side, one cannot see the other side. The entire sunshade or photovoltaic cell base is balanced with more than 2,000 engines with a thrust of about 50 tons. You can see the engines working at all times; the water vapor emitted by some engines forms a short-lived iridescence in the sky. . On the back of the sun visor, there are criss-crossing guide rails, which are both brackets and guide rails for unmanned transport vehicles. Batteries are transported to various locations of the photovoltaic cells through these guide rails and transport vehicles.
This is a man-made space continent! It is also the largest energy base for mankind! Dozens or hundreds of space shuttles come here to replenish energy every moment! Yet these planes still use less than a thousandth of the energy they use; the rest is wasted. Moreover, all the aircraft are from the master company or China, and not a single aircraft is from abroad.
When it comes to space energy, master companies would rather waste it than provide it to foreign countries! Even if the bid is extremely high! Sometimes, it depends on the long-term development! What's the point of wasting money? As long as foreign countries don't develop, the entire space will belong to China! This is where the greatest benefit lies.
And it is also because of this huge space photovoltaic base that Gaoshou Company finally has a completely equal opportunity to dialogue with the country - on the ground, Gaoshou Company needs talents, land, electricity, etc. provided by the country; while Gaoshou Company provides China with energy in space. Providing large and cheap transportation solutions and a steady stream of cheap photovoltaic cell power! The two parties are already an interdependent whole.
More than an hour later, the loading was completed; Wang Yun started to start the plane. Because the Rise carried too much weight and accelerated slowly, it did not return to the lunar base until more than thirty hours later. Today, a wide and flat airport has been built on the moon's surface. One is an apron, measuring 1,000x1,000 meters, and the other is a runway, measuring 100x10,000 meters. There is no air on the moon, so if an airplane wants to get out of the moon, it can only accelerate. It will not get rid of the moon's gravity until the aircraft's speed reaches more than 2.4 kilometers per second.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Liu Haibo kept commanding. Although there is currently only one Rise space shuttle to transport energy, it can transport 300 billion kilowatt hours of electricity at a time, which is enough for everyone. As for the current lunar advance base, the electricity consumed every day will not exceed 10 million kilowatt hours. Of course, with the acceleration of construction and the arrival of various machines on the ground, power consumption is doubling! However, it is still necessary to reserve a large amount of electricity in advance. After all, all energy now needs to be transported from the space photovoltaic base (space sunshade) hundreds of thousands of kilometers away. No one can guarantee that there will be no accidents!
‘Hey, puncher No. 3 is low on power and needs to replace the battery! Battery model 0.1 cubic meter. ‘
"Wait a moment, it will be delivered right away!"
"Mecha No. 10 is low on energy and needs to be replenished. A 0.2 cubic meter small battery is needed."
"Okay, it will be delivered in three minutes."
"The remaining energy of excavator No. 12 is 2%. Please apply for battery replacement. Three standard batteries per cubic meter are required."
The airport was extremely busy. As soon as the Rise plane stopped, a large number of vehicles arrived below. Then, a huge robotic arm removes the physical battery container, places it on the load-bearing vehicle, and then puts it into storage and sorting, waiting for you to use it.
At the same time, a Uprising space shuttle on the other side was being loaded, and containers were placed on the back-up. Of course, there were more in the cabin. The back is specially designed with a streamlined load compartment that can load up to tens of thousands of cubic meters of supplies.
Huh... Flames spurted out, and the huge Uprising space shuttle slowly taxied to the runway. Then more than a dozen engines suddenly exploded, and long tail flames sprayed out thousands of meters on this airless planet, a large number of Water vapor began to permeate the surrounding area, transmitting the roar of the engine so that the airport personnel could hear it.
Whoosh... The violent tail flames blew away the mud and sand on the runway. The plane accelerated rapidly, but still ran more than 70,000 meters before accelerating to a speed of 2.4 kilometers per second, and then rushed in with an indomitable speed. space. The gravity of the moon can no longer restrain this spirit that only belongs to space!
Behind is water vapor that is tens of thousands of meters long and has not dissipated; that is the water vapor left by the S series (water working medium) engine! It brings a short-lived atmosphere to the moon, refracts sunlight, and makes it colorful!
However, the Rise, which had just unloaded the battery, did not continue to operate. Instead, it returned to Earth empty-loaded and needed to be repaired. It had been working for more than 200 hours and needed to be inspected!
The lunar construction base that had replenished energy was once again busy, with trolleys, battery carts, forklifts, etc. delivering batteries to various machines; there were even some small batteries that the driver couldn't wait for and ran directly to get replacements! From time to time, chants came from the communication channel, and everyone was full of passion for work. This is the first alien construction team on Earth!
"Hey! Come on!" A thick-walled hollow steel column 12 meters long and one meter thick was pulled up by the staff, and then carefully placed into a hole that had been drilled, and buried two meters Depth; after adjusting the vertical angle, pour cement. The heavy steel has an external weight of only about one thousand kilograms on the surface of the moon. Although it is still very heavy, it can be operated by several people working together. Although there are a small number of operating machinery, they are far from meeting the needs of the site. The entire lunar base needs to erect more than 3,000 steel pillars as support for the future forward base; but currently there are only seven small operating machines, which is simply not enough; so everyone can only do it themselves. (To be continued...)
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