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Chapter 246 Asteroid Mining

It's done!

This was the first thought in Lu Chen's mind.

What is the concept of 341.5 million kilometers?
From the perspective of the earth, this distance is undoubtedly a natural moat, but from the perspective of the universe, 341.5 million kilometers is almost ten times the distance between the earth and the moon.

Nothing at all.

Especially for the space transport ship Tianshu.

If the performance of this space transport ship meets Lu Zhou's team's vision, this distance is nothing!

Not to mention flying over a distance of 341.5 million kilometers, it is extremely easy for Tianshu to go back and forth between Earth and Mars.

of course.

The prerequisite for accomplishing all this is that the Tianshu can successfully complete the voyage mission, and the performance data fully meet the expectations of the Lu Zhou team.

Besides.

It is also necessary to build a space port in geosynchronous orbit to park and repair space transport ships.

This is crucial.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although he has acquired steel companies and various minerals on the earth, compared to building a sky city, the mineral materials he collected are still a drop in the bucket.

He estimated that, at most, it was only enough to build a prototype of a space city.

As for a complete space city, there are too many kinds of minerals needed, and the global mineral prices will inevitably skyrocket in the future.

In this regard.

Lu Chen was ready to be slaughtered by all countries.

Unexpectedly, when he was here in Luzhou, he actually heard the good news.

There is no need to use the minerals on the earth, let's mine on the asteroid by ourselves!
Think about it carefully.

Lu Zhou's idea is indeed much more reliable.

This plan is divided into three steps.

First, transport materials from Earth to build spaceports and space factories.

Second, build more Tianshu No. [-], No. [-] and No. N in the space port.

Third, use these manufactured space transport ships to go to asteroids to mine, and process the collected minerals into various materials to meet the needs of building space cities.

Even then.

There is no need for Tianshu to return to Earth.

Because as Lu Zhou said, the Tianshu is too heavy. Every time it overcomes the gravity of the earth, it will consume a huge amount of energy and the service life of the spacecraft.

And the gravity-free environment of the spaceport will undoubtedly be the best destination for the Tianshu.

But soon.

Lu Chen seemed to think of something again, and asked, "Then once the Tianshu stops at the spaceport, how will we get there in the future?"

Lu Chen pointed to the top of his head.

"Before the miniaturization of the spacecraft is completed, we can take a ladder up temporarily."

"You mean the space elevator?"

Lu Chen frowned.

The idea of ​​a space elevator was put forward by humans more than 100 years ago.

This idea is theoretically achievable.

But if you want to build a space elevator, the main difficulty lies in the need to create a cable with a high enough load.

This level of difficulty is hell level for others, but for Lu Chen who has mastered the cheats of Civilization Science Academy and Technology Editor, it is simply a matter of ease.

"To be precise, it's not a space elevator."

Lu Zhou shook his head, "It's a vertical vacuum magnetic levitation pipeline."

"Vertical vacuum magnetic levitation pipeline?"

Lu Chen was stunned.

He knows the vacuum magnetic levitation pipeline, and this technology is not difficult for the Civilization Academy of Sciences. They have mastered the room temperature superconducting material, and they can manufacture this thing at any time.

But who the hell has heard of the vertical vacuum magnetic levitation pipeline?
"What about the motivation?"

Lu Chen continued to ask in a daze.

The use of vacuum magnetic levitation pipelines on the ground is to reduce air resistance and friction.

Putting up the vacuum pipe can also achieve this purpose, but what about the power problem?

Lu Zhou thought for a while, and gave an example that Lu Chen could understand.

"Boss, you can think of the car you're riding in as a projectile fired from an electromagnetic railgun."

"Lorentz force?"

"Not exactly, but more or less."

Lu Zhou nodded.

This Nima.
Launching people into space as electromagnetic guns? !

Anyway, Lu Chen couldn't imagine how difficult the technology was, but it always felt like he was listening to a fairy tale.

Compared with the space elevator, this vertical vacuum magnetic levitation pipeline has completely broken through the limit of Lu Chen's imagination.

However, thinking that Lu Zhou and the others can even develop a [-]-ton spaceship, and they are about to fly to outer space, what else can't be done by the Civilization Science Academy and the Science and Technology Editor?
Even if there is, it is only a matter of time before it can be done.

As a leader, Lu Chen decided to retain a little dignity in front of his subordinates.

Besides, he didn't have to ask too much about technical matters.

Leave professional things to professional people, who only look at the results.

Even if one day, someone from the Academy of Civilization and Science told him that matter and energy can actually be created out of thin air, Lu Chen would not be surprised at all.

Because compared with the existing theoretical knowledge of human beings, the R-type clones of the Academy of Civilization Sciences have undoubtedly gone ahead of them.

Just when a few people were chatting.

Other staff members have completed all inspections and preparations for the departure of the Tianshu.

on the big screen.

The pure white Tianshu quietly crawled there, waiting for the order to glide into the sky.

Inside the cockpit of the Tianshu.

A total of fifteen accompanying astronauts, wearing simple space suits, sat on the seats in the cockpit.

These astronauts are all selected from the Academy of Civilization and Science.

Since Tianshu is different from the launch vehicle, the physical requirements for astronauts to ride it are almost negligible.

And the cockpit itself has a design that uses rotating centrifugal force instead of gravity.

Coupled with the real-time detection of gravity by artificial intelligence technology, the astronauts in the cockpit will not feel any difference from the gravity on the ground.

As for the construction of the spaceport after Tianshu reaches geosynchronous orbit, there is no need to bother these astronauts from the Academy of Civilization and Science.

The Tianshu carries a large number of engineering robots.

Moreover, it is an octopus-shaped intelligent robot specially designed for the gravity-free environment of space.

Once this thing is deployed in a space environment, its work efficiency will be much higher than that of the T-1 robot on the ground.

Because the T-1 robot works on the ground, it has to consider the problem of overcoming gravity to do work.

And in the space environment.

This kind of octopus robot does not need to consider the problem of gravity. It only needs to obey Ling's command, take out the materials carried on the Tianshu little by little, and build it into a space port.

As for the astronauts in the cockpit, their tasks are even heavier. They need to record and study various performance indicators of the Tianshu throughout the process.

In fact, they are the busiest group of people in the entire space trip.

Otherwise, Lu Zhou would not let fifteen astronauts go to the Tianshu at one time, after all, this is the first test flight of the Tianshu.

(End of this chapter)