On December 18, 2052, local time in China, Gaoshou Company Airport...
Today is the annual process of Gaoshang Company transporting national leaders into space to study. But this time the study is a little special, because everyone wants to take a closer look at the space factory that has been completed and has entered the acceptance stage.
The master company has no publicity, but it can't stand the enthusiasm of the people. Through some satellite images released by the state, through telescopes, etc., we have published the images of the space factory on the Chinese network, and of course uploaded them to the world's network.
Today, the reputation of Gaoshou Company among the people is so high that it is beyond imagination. Although a major accident occurred at the beginning of the year, Gaoshou Company handled it very well, and the space factory built in just over half a year has once again brought Gaoshou Company's reputation to its peak!
Different from previous space explorations, the current construction of the space factory is right under the nose and can be seen every day. In addition, the country is also publicizing and commenting on the significance of the space factory, which makes the people really excited.
Therefore, today Gaoshou Company will send nearly a thousand people to space. Among them are 100 national leaders, of course including the chairman; there are also people from Gaoshou Company, including newlywed Wang Nannan - Dongfang Yingyi I have been in space for more than half a year, and I have thought about it! There are also more than 400 experts, relatives, and students from Gaoshou Company.
There are less than 300 people left, which is the low-cost and open sponsorship provided by the master company to the whole society every year. Considering that many outstanding talents may be relatively short-term, these people now only need to pass the final test of a master company. You can ride for free; anyway, the originally promised 50,000 yuan fee is dispensable to today's master company. 300 people per month! Of course, if there is anyone cheating, the entire school will be blacklisted. After warning two, the rest became honest; but for the two colleges that were warned, the master company would not release the ban no matter what; in the end, more than ten years later, the two universities quietly disappeared in the eyes of everyone's contempt. The end.
Chairman Hua Xia looked out the window, but he was worried. Although it has been into space several times. In this era. He is already considered a national leader with an absolutely broad vision. But that's why the president has more worries! The gap between the country's current space technology and expert companies is getting wider and wider. It is said. The Die Hard 2 engine from Gao Shou Company has entered the final stages of finalization. Although the specific technology is unknown. But they know that this engine uses brand-new technology, and its single-machine thrust reaches a terrifying 5,000 tons! And now, China is the engine of the country. We are still working hard to achieve a single-machine thrust of 150 tons.
Although it is said that Gaoshou Company has always been very good to the country and everyone supports each other, the price quoted by Gaoshou Company for the Die Guarantee No. 1 engine has also daunted the country. One billion tons of steel! ! ! However, even so, the country gritted its teeth and bought three units!
Yes, no money or policies, just steel! Strong expert companies don't have second thoughts.
However, the most worrying thing is that Gaoshou Company has clearly expressed its intention. The establishment of the space factory is to prepare for the Venus project. Although Gaoshou Company says that it will take more than a hundred years to transform Venus, anyone who sees the speed of development of Gaoshou Company will probably think that it actually takes ten years! However, can the current country leave the master company?
Among these people, there are two others who are also very unique. These are our reporter Dai Xu and his assistant. But the assistant has been changed. However, Dai Xu has now reached the threshold of 50 years old, and the tremendous pressure from reporters has caused him to suffer from premature aging. But looking at the top executives of the master company not far away next to me, they all still look like 20 years old, with almost no signs of aging, so I can only sigh helplessly. Today's genetic medicine is actually no secret in a small area, and Dai Xu happens to know it. Fortunately, Dai Xu didn't know that the top management of Gaoshou Company was actually practicing cultivation.
And this time, the reason why Dai Xu was able to get a second chance to enter space was because the President of the country personally specified: China needs to report on this grand event! When people's lives are under great pressure, they need spiritual support!
Perhaps the only ones who don't have any ideas are the chattering students. However, the most discussed question among these students is: Will I be able to enter a master company in the future? This makes the leaders of the next country a little embarrassed!
The huge space shuttle to the Moon slowly accelerated. Taking into account the weak health of many national leaders, as well as the feelings of some veteran experts and professors, the acceleration of the aircraft is not too great, and it will only be about twice the gravity - it cannot go any lower, or it will overshoot the runway. Can't fly either.
A group of people with different ideas slowly rushed out of the earth. Everyone looked quietly at the earth "over their heads". Although this is not the first time for many people, they still feel shocked. And some students were so excited that they couldn't help themselves.
"The air is getting turbid!" Zhang Jingyuan sighed lightly. Today, although nuclear power is widely used, coke smelting is still the mainstream; coupled with humankind's increasing demand for metals, air pollution remains unabated. In addition, for many backward areas, nuclear power is still somewhat out of reach, and only backward thermal power technology can be used!
"Humanity is pushing itself to the edge of the cliff!" The President sighed lightly, but there was nothing he could do.
The rest of the journey was the same; but when we were approaching the moon, everyone became excited.
Under the bright sunshine, the newly built space factory shines like a dragon palace or a palace of gods. In the background are tens of thousands of square kilometers of blue photovoltaic cell bases; there is also an array of hundreds of square kilometers of reflectors, and the huge space factory is floating silently in the dark space. There are also a large number of "floating" metal blocks in the orbit of the space factory, which are also shining brightly in the sun. These metal blocks are basically cylindrical in shape.
Listening to Zhang Jingyuan’s explanation, the President sighed again. A middle school student actually designed the projectile rail technology. This technology saves expert companies unimaginable transportation costs. The most important thing is. Built on the ground, maintenance is simple!
"Why not build on Earth?" asked the president.
"The atmosphere is too thick." Zhang Jingyuan sighed in distress, "If you want to eject objects on the ground into space, the atmospheric friction alone will make the materials almost evaporate. It's not like expert companies have never done this before. But all failed.”
But the current chairman no longer has the heart to listen to Zhang Jingyuan's answer. As we approached, the beautiful and dreamy space factory had caught the chairman's attention. Thousands of small white dots are busy, and they are workers who are busy inspecting and accepting.
The space shuttle Flying to the Moon was parked quietly in space, and all the passengers were watching quietly. Look at the space factory where technology and dreams are combined. Look at everyone's busy acceptance work.
Soon, the space shuttle slowly docked with the shipyard of the Space Factory - yes, the Space Factory has established a shipyard belonging to space, but only the space shuttles are docked. in a gravity-free environment. through electromagnetic attraction. Resting on a protruding steel shelf. The interior of the shelf is a sealed corridor. There are also various channels for transporting supplies.
"Thank you for your hard work!" After meeting, Zhang Jingyuan couldn't believe that Dongfang Ying, who was handsome and unrestrained after training, actually looked like a skeleton. fine. Cultivation also gave him a strong body. It may seem dangerous, but as long as he returns to earth to rest, there will be no sequelae.
"It should be." Dongfang Ying grinned, quietly took Wang Nannan's hand, and grinned at Zhang Jingyuan, with endless pride shining in his eyes. "Mr. Zhang, fortunately you have fulfilled your mission!"
At this moment, Dongfang Ying seemed to have completed her transformation. Although her body was thin, she gave people a feeling of being upright. Such momentum made Zhang Jingyuan stand in admiration! Unexpectedly, this guy actually broke through to the Golden Core stage.
The president watched quietly from the side, and Dai Xu took the time to take pictures. But at this moment, everyone had a tacit understanding not to disturb; it seemed that everyone had already acquiesced that the honor at this moment belonged to the expert company.
Outside the porthole, there is a beautiful space factory in the sun. In the background, people are constantly reporting that xx has passed the inspection, and the inspection person's words are so-and-so; however, at this moment, it seems like the most perfect music in the world! There is no accompaniment or melody, but such plain words contain the will of a nation to rise.
"Chairman, this is a rare opportunity. May I be honored to take a photo with you?" Zhang Jingyuan smiled and extended the invitation. Looking at the president with twinkling eyes next to him, Zhang Jingyuan certainly understood what he was thinking. But for Zhang Jingyuan, what makes Gaoshou Company what it is today is more because of the support of this great nation and country.
"Okay!" The President hesitated for a moment and immediately agreed. "I just want to take advantage of the expert company."
"No, Chairman, you are wrong." Zhang Jingyuan retorted simply, "The achievements of Gaoshou Company are China's achievements and the result of the support of tens of millions of Chinese people. How dare we, Gaoshou Company, monopolize it."
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"Good! Well said!" Some professors praised loudly. In any case, these few words of Zhang Jingyuan are impeccable. And it’s not entirely unfounded. Yes, Gaoshou Company’s current achievements are really inseparable from the support of the entire nation and country. You know, many group companies were established abroad at that time, but where are these group companies now? It has already been swallowed up by the country! Today, only China in the world has ushered in an era of great development of super groups. Gaoshou Company, Dongfang Group, and Baojian Group, three huge group companies, stand in this great era with unimaginable power and have brought unimaginable power to the development of China.
After that, Zhang Jingyuan led everyone to properly observe the space factory. They just took the space shuttle, circled slowly, and then left. For the expert company, the inside of the space factory is the core and secrets cannot be leaked. You know, when China imitated and learned from the West, it was based on its appearance. Never underestimate the wisdom of others, especially the Chinese nation.
In fact, the threshold of science and technology in the world is not as high as imagined. As long as others see the internal factory structure of Gaoshou Company, top expert engineers, etc., they can reversely deduce the production capacity of Gaoshou Company and so on. This must be kept secret for expert companies; at least, you can know what I can produce, but you can't know what my output is!
On December 21, all inspections were completed, and the huge Explorer spacecraft slowly left the space factory, regained its freedom, and prepared for its next flight into space. As the order is issued, the space factory can now fully enter automated production.
The spider robot or mecha with its claws and claws captured the aluminum, steel, copper, etc. floating in space and put them into the warehouse designated by the space factory. Then in a gravity-free environment, these metal cylinders with a standard mass of 2 tons were sent into the smelting furnace; in space, the reflector array began to work, and those non-ferrous metals that cannot be melted by electromagnetism were melted through high melting; while iron Smelted through an electromagnetic furnace.
More than 10,000 square kilometers of photovoltaic cells provide the space base with up to 8 billion degrees of electricity per hour, ensuring that this huge space factory can work 24 hours a day, all year round. The reason why it is 8 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, rather than the same power as a space sun visor, is that on the one hand it is slightly far away from the sun, and on the other hand, the cost of thin-film batteries is low and the efficiency is also somewhat low. But considering the low cost, they are still extremely excellent photovoltaic cells.
As the metal melts, standard parts are automatically produced one by one, and then cool naturally in space where the sun does not shine. In space, even the temperature in space around the earth and the moon is below minus 200 degrees, and ordinary cooling processes are sufficient. Some things that are really impossible to achieve can only be produced temporarily on the ground and then sent to space. However, there are very few parts with such high standards.
Such a huge factory can already complete the automated processing of most metals and other materials; however, plastics, electronics and other materials still require ground transportation. Technologies such as plastic electronics require huge industrial chains and systems to support them. There is no plastic in space, so technology in this area is naturally limited. However, almost 99% (based on mass) of the heaviest metal parts can already replicate themselves in space, which has completely brought Master Company to the threshold of interstellar expansion!
For a time, the whole world finally felt unprecedented pressure again!
The Gaoshou Company released a set of data: Among the mechanical equipment we sent to space in the past, more than 90% of the metal parts can already replicate themselves in space based on weight; this means that if the transportation volume remains unchanged, Next, the space construction speed of the Master Company exploded by more than ten times!
In other words, the original development speed of Gaoshou Company has exceeded everyone's by a lot; but now, the development speed of Gaoshou Company has completely left them to eat dust, or in other words, they are not even qualified to eat dust - when you catch up The previous steps of Master Company have already been settled!
This is a gap that is destined to be impossible to pursue! The gap is so big!
This is why Zhang Jingyuan said that Gaoshou Company has entered the real space age today. Only when humans have the ability to replicate in space can we truly enter the stage of space civilization.
For a time, the pressure that Master Company brought to the world finally exceeded everyone's tolerance! Because, if development continues at this rate, within three to five years at most, China and its expert companies will completely stand at the top of the world, trampling all countries and nations under their feet, and they will never stand up again!
No one would naively think that China would give everyone a chance to relax; even if China wanted to do so, reality would force China to oppress foreign countries. Because, resources! ! ! The resources of the earth cannot support several countries entering the space age at the same time, even if the moon is added!
Don't look at the space factory established by Gaoshou Company. It is the result of many years of accumulation. But this is just the beginning; if you want to develop in the future, you will need more resources. Perhaps, digging out the moon is the only currently feasible plan!
However, there is only one moon for now! The resources in space seem to be abundant, but if we consider it in the long run, it is still unsustainable in the face of humankind's growing needs. How many resources will humankind need in the era of space civilization? Please pay attention to the exciting chapters later o(n_n)o haha~ (To be continued...)