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Chapter 153 Space Factory

Almost all countries in the world have installed this system. The installation of the entire system cannot be completed in three or two years. All countries that have installed the system are striving to develop their own economies.Some small countries with backward technology are relying on scientific and technological information on the virtual network to develop their own domestic technology, and even countries that are still undergoing administrative assistance system transformation are no exception.

When all countries are striving to develop their own economies, Kaitian Group's long-planned space factory has finally been officially completed, and it can be officially sent into space just waiting for Wang Zhen's order.

　
Because of the emergence of virtual networks, data transmission services such as cable TV, mobile phones, telegraphs, faxes, and broadcasts that rely on satellites have completely relied on virtual network transmissions, and traditional communication satellites have almost withdrawn from the historical stage.This includes the three communication satellites launched by the United States that have invested a lot of money recently, as well as several newest communication satellites launched by Japan, which made the governments of the United States and Japan very depressed.

On the solid base of the space factory are various large-scale laboratories and factory systems. The entire space factory includes a special bearing manufacturing plant and a special alloy factory.If the space factory can be successfully sent into space this time, Wang Zhen plans to continue to invest in the construction of more space factories, and at least three more space factories will be manufactured to cover the entire earth.

The space factories in the future will include glass fiber processing plants, some processing plants in the electronics and chemical industries, and if possible, Wang Zhen also plans to build a nuclear material research and manufacturing plant.Under the condition of weightlessness, the molten metal droplet is absolutely spherical in shape, and can become an ideal ball after cooling.On the ground, the balls made of modern technology are not absolutely spherical, which is one of the important reasons for bearing wear.

Glass fiber is a very thin glass filament with a diameter of only tens of microns. It is the main component of modern optical fiber communication. However, it is impossible to manufacture very long glass fibers on the ground.Because the liquid glass filament is not solidified, it will be pulled into small sections due to its gravity, and in the weightless state of the orbit in space, it will be possible to manufacture hundreds of meters or even longer glass fibers.

In the orbit of space in a weightless environment, a new foam material - jujube metal foam can also be made. Under the condition of weightlessness, gas is passed through the liquid metal, and the bubbles will neither "float" nor "sink" ", evenly distributed in the liquid metal, after solidification it becomes a foam metal.In this way, foam steel that is as light as a cork can be made, and it can be used as a wing, which is both light and strong. specialty alloys.

Electronics industry, chemical industry, nuclear industry and other departments, the demand for high-purity materials is constantly increasing, and the requirement for purity is at least six nines, or even nine nines (99.99% is four nines, 99.9999 is six Nine).In the process of smelting metals on the ground, it must be carried out in some containers, such as various furnaces and sand molds, and trace elements in some containers will inevitably be mixed into the metal to be smelted.

The smelting in space is carried out under the condition of weightlessness, which is the "suspension smelting" method that does not need to use various containers, which eliminates the pollution of the container to the material, and can obtain products with extremely high purity.There are also various crystals used in electronic technology. When growing on the ground, due to the influence of gravity, the size of the crystal is limited, and it is subject to the pollution of the container. Under the condition of weightlessness, the growth of the crystal is uniform. The crystals are also much larger.

In the process of Kaitian Group manufacturing optical brains and other equipment, the gallium arsenide and other crystals that need to be used are all cultivated in a gravity-free laboratory.The equipment in the non-gravity laboratory is a big power consumer, and it needs to consume a lot of power resources every hour, which increases the production cost virtually.If a factory can be successfully established in space to produce pure crystals of gallium arsenide, it will be much superior to the existing silicon crystals and will cause a major breakthrough in electronic technology.

　
Under the leadership of the staff, all the leaders came to the main control room. Unlike the last time the aerospace plane took off, there were more staff in the control room this time, and it seemed busier.Everyone was leaning on the comfortable sofa at the back, drinking tea, coffee and other beverages, while whispering about the space factory, waiting for Wang Zhen to appear.

　"Approval is requested. Operators, please enter the scheduled positions and make the final preparations for liftoff." Wang Zhen looked at the results displayed on the computer in front of him, and calmly issued the final preparation instructions.On the space factory, all the airtight doors closed automatically. The whole factory shook slightly, and slowly left the ground, floating at a height of three centimeters above the ground.

"All detection systems are normal, all sensors are normal, ready for launch, please control the command center to issue the final order." "The command is confirmed, it can be launched, and the ten-second countdown begins, ten, nine... Two, take off." With the end of the countdown to the king's array, the huge space factory slowly floated up and floated towards the sky, and the speed of ascension became faster and faster, and soon disappeared from everyone's sight.

Wang Zhen stared at the virtual screen in front of him, nervously checking the various results displayed on it. The entire space factory bucket is made of metal and carries various state-of-the-art equipment. The manufacturing cost is not one or two dollars. The overhead space plane can be compared.Although the entire space factory is equipped with a large-scale photonic computer, and under the control of the latest artificial intelligence, a large number of simulation experiments have been carried out before launch, and there will be no problems, but thinking of the huge manufacturing cost, Wang Zhen couldn't help it. not nervous.

2000 meters, 8000 meters, 5000 kilometers, [-] meters, finally, the entire space factory successfully entered space, and under the adjustment of the attitude adjustment rocket, it finally stopped at a geostationary orbit close to [-] kilometers , kept running synchronously with the ground, completely stabilized, and Wang Zhen also let out a long sigh of relief.When the final results of the stabilization of the space factory were displayed on the big screens, the entire control command center and the ground crew outside were boiling, and there were deafening cheers everywhere.

Almost all of these people participated in the assembly tasks of the space factory. After nearly four years of continuous work, they finally successfully ascended into space. No one could control their emotions, and they all cheered uncontrollably. "The first space factory has successfully entered the geostationary orbit, and the solar panels have been deployed smoothly. All are in good condition. The output power of the nuclear reactor has been reduced and replaced with a solar power supply system."

Even though there were deafening cheers everywhere, the slightly mechanical electronic synthesis sound of artificial intelligence still came from the loudspeaker of the control command center. "Everything in the first space factory is in good condition, and the energy switch has been successfully completed. The nuclear reactor has been completely shut down and powered by solar panels. It has started to supply power to the joint satellite. Start the self-inspection of each satellite system. The self-inspection is complete, and all satellite systems are normal. Start Deploy the satellite dish."

On the large screen in the control command center, through the various cameras on the space factory and the huge radio telescope on the ground, everyone can clearly see the status of the space factory.With the completion of various tests, huge satellite antennas protruded from the bottom of the space factory, and more than hundreds of satellite antennas were densely presented on the big screen, giving people a feeling of excitement and excitement .

"All satellite antennas are successfully launched, and the joint satellite will be launched in ten seconds." "All satellites have been successfully launched, and they will start transmitting signals to the ground receiving station. Three, two, one, launch." "General control and command center, here is the satellite control center , to receive the satellite signal from the first space factory, and request a communication connection." "This is the general control command center, request approval, and start the connection."

After about ten minutes, the satellite control center of Kaitian Group completed all communication connections, and reported to the general control command center again: "All satellites are connected, all satellites are in good condition, and the data transmission and reception have been successfully completed. Instructions from the command center." At this point, it means that the launch mission of the entire space factory has been successfully completed, and Wang Zhen ordered with some excitement: "This is the general control command center, please formally take over the control of the satellite from the satellite control center, and start immediately." functioning normally."

(End of this chapter)