I ask you to build tractors, but you build rockets?

Lin Ju first asked the two of them to find a quiet place, and then said:

"As for pharmaceutical methods, what the base thought at that time was that since weightlessness will cause muscle atrophy and osteoporosis, then we can just develop drugs that can promote muscle growth and bone density."

Academician She nodded. This idea has been used all over the world, but there has been no useful progress.

“We continued to develop in this direction, and then brought a reagent on the tourist flight at the end of February to do some experiments in the space environment. Unexpectedly, some wonderful reactions occurred under microgravity.

Academician She: "What's your reaction?"

Lin Ju shook his head: "I don't know, that's what the research team said anyway. Then they synthesized a macromolecule with an extremely rare structure, and produced a little bit of stock solution based on it. When used on tissue samples, it produced extremely Obvious effect.”

Then Lin Ju almost talked about the function of 304 injection in the form of speculation, and then talked about the difficulties encountered so far:

"The next step is to use primates and further experiments on humans. However, the base currently does not have this qualification, so we are looking for some support."

Academician She lowered his head and thought for a while, then his face became serious: "What you said are all speculations. After all, they are not real human experiments. Which effects are too exaggerated, I think we should be more cautious."

The underlying meaning of this sentence is to tell Lin Ju not to be fooled by the pie painted by scientific researchers, because in Academician She's opinion, the 304 injection and "mysterious macromolecular substances" have been exaggerated and look like the tricks of charlatans. And it was really contrary to his knowledge.

Lin Ju did not expect Academician She to have this reaction, but it was normal. New drugs were not convincing without clinical trials, so it was normal for Academician She to remain skeptical.

But this is just right, it can be regarded as a preventive shot in advance to prevent the 304 injection from being too shocking and causing too much impact after practical use.

Academician She: "...Forget it, I don't care about this, but I have an old classmate who should be able to talk to me. I also know the taboos of this kind of experiment. Monkeys and gorillas are definitely enough. As for The human body, this problem can be big or small. First, it depends on the medical qualifications, and second, the impact of the things you develop on the human body, but as long as there are no lives or adverse effects, it should be fine."

Look, what is a network of people!

Lin Ju: "Mr. She, our company used a piece of moon rock to smash into pieces and made an ornament. I will give you one later."

"Ornaments?! You..." Academician She was speechless for a while, but after all, those lunar soils are already the property of Xinyuan Company, and even if they are scattered into the sea, they are free to do so.

"Okay, what does the ornament look like? A rocket or a spaceship?"

"No, the pandas are custom-made, and they are exchanged for lunar soil from the provincial government. The design and manufacturing are all done by them."

"..."

…

Qiongzhou launch site.

In the No. 3 assembly building, a Xinyuan-3 rocket is closing its fairing.

The payload it launched this time was a living service module among the 12 centrifugal modules of the Advance space station, with a length of 44 meters and a weight of 90 tons.

It is another single giant cabin. Its shape is a rectangular cabin with a cross-section of 11.8 meters square. The internal space is extremely huge. It is divided into four areas with a cross structure, but each independent area is also about 5 meters in size. .

One cabin alone can provide 970 square meters of activity area, enough to accommodate more than ten astronauts. In fact, the staffing configuration of each cabin is indeed the same.

The internal cross structure was a design added later. If it didn't exist, it would be a waste of space, and the pressure-resistant design of the square casing would be more troublesome.

The 6 living cabins can support a total of 40 to 60 people for long-term stay, and each person can be equipped with a comfortable bedroom of 10 to 15 square meters, which is definitely a luxury that is unimaginable at this stage.

Not only that, the living cabin is also prepared to be equipped with various entertainment facilities such as a separate gym, sports hall, swimming pool, etc., just like the Typhoon-class nuclear submarine, providing the ultimate life experience that is superior to its peers in what should be the most precious space.

As for the kitchen, bathroom, etc., not to mention they are all standard. The space agency, which undertook half of the design of the service module, naturally also had to know the technical parameters of the living module, and also partially participated in the design and put forward many opinions.

The rectangular cabin section with a width of 11.8 meters almost overturned the stereotype of researchers about spacecraft’s precious space. After piling up various designs according to the research and development needs, they actually found that the cabin was empty. After struggling to find something that could be installed, What the hell.

This caused the cost of the living module to rise from the initial estimate of 80 million to 130 million. However, there was no pressure on Xinyuan. The money paid by the space agency was almost enough to cover the construction cost of the Advance, and cost control could be relaxed.

In fact, the three interfaces that account for a relatively large proportion of the cost of the living cabin are connected to the spoke cabin. There is a large interface, and there are interfaces to the Unicom pipes on both sides. The three interfaces are all large in size, accounting for the manufacturing cost of the cabin. of more than 20%.

But these interfaces cannot be eliminated. Let’s not talk about the interface connected to the spoke cabin. The two circumferential interfaces can open up 12 cabins, allowing astronauts to move freely when the space station rotates, and it is also convenient for personnel during operation. Material exchange and emergency repair tasks.

The construction speed of the living cabin is extremely fast, because Xinyuan has already reserved enough No. 3 rockets and No. 2 rockets, and the secondary rockets can also be recycled for most missions. There are not many vehicle manufacturing tasks for each launch.

The only spacecraft currently being produced by the base are two H2N and Advance modules. The living modules are being built on two at a time, and the progress of the second batch is already half complete...

The service module is more troublesome. Each of the six service modules needs to be installed with nuclear reactors and A100 nuclear engines. At the same time, it provides power, resources, and oxygen support for the entire space station. It also needs to carry a lot of large-scale scientific research equipment. The current estimated price has also continued to rise, respectively. It ranges from 630 million to 1.4 billion.

Of course, the money for the scientific research equipment inside is basically provided by the space agency, but the manufacturing time is slowed down by waiting for the subsystem manufacturer, and the space agency is trying to use the precious experimental environment and ultra-large space of the Advance to complete various experiments. Design plans take a long time.

However, there is still hope to complete the construction of the entire space station in October, after all, the capsule has been prepared.

While the No. 3 rocket was waiting for final assembly and launch, a transport ship from Europe also arrived in Qiongzhou.

This is a professional rocket transport ship made in China, but what it transports is not a rocket, but a "Vienna" split space hotel made by Italy's Alenia Aerospace Company.

It took fifteen months to finally complete this ultra-luxury space hotel, which was designed by Chinese people. It may not be the most advanced in technology, nor is it the largest in size, but it is definitely the first one designed with space in mind from the beginning. Tourism services, the most luxurious, extravagant and artistic space hotel.

The moment it connects to the Tiangong Space Station and officially operates, it means a major change in the equity of the Oriental International Space Hotel and a major change in its nature to attract more customers.