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

"This... let's ask our technical experts to introduce it."

Lin Ju quickly comforted the leader, and then motioned to Zhao Xiaowen, who had been anonymous for a long time, to come forward.

The latter's hair was messy, his face was covered with several purple pimples, and his eyes covered by heavy eyelids were bloodshot.

Everyone knew the first time they saw him: This is a young scientist who worked hard and experienced countless failures before making a difficult breakthrough.

This is of course intentional. Not to mention that the laser laboratory itself uses a lot of system propulsion and has extremely complete technical information. Lin Ju will not allow the people below to work so hard. Even if there is a biological laboratory, there are several pharmaceuticals. Can help.

On the day after being hinted by Zhong Cheng, he took a shot of 314 in order not to reveal his secret. He spent the whole morning in high spirits, and when he went back to sleep for a day, he was full of energy again.

In order to become like this, Zhao Xiaowen just played the game day and night for three days, forcing himself to clear several 3A masterpieces and maxing out achievements. He had a severely irregular schedule and a stimulating diet, so he pretended to be seriously overdrafted.

Even the dozen or so anxious experts and leaders who saw him like this would give a thumbs up in their hearts and sigh with emotion.

"... Chiyang is the first-generation laser smelting satellite we designed, and it is also a technology verification satellite.

What you see is only part of it, including the main launcher. The complete body also requires a 3.2-megawatt reactor and other devices. The maximum diameter is 5.5 meters, the length is more than 27 meters, and the total weight is more than 50 tons. Now this It only weighs 18 tons. "

Everyone who was listening attentively couldn't help but look surprised when they heard such numbers.

Even the current "part" is larger than the Tiangong-2 space station. It is a huge thing on the ground. It is probably not comparable to the "Sky Survey" telescope in its entirety.

“But please rest assured, this is just because many new technologies are not yet mature in the early stage and there is no previous experience. We must leave enough redundancy.

Just like the first hydrogen bomb weighing more than 80 tons, the satellites officially put into production will increase the light source power by at least 10 times while maintaining the same quality. Only then can the technological advantages be highlighted. "

Zhao Xiaowen continued to explain as if he was worried, but the five relevant technical experts present nodded in agreement, fully agreeing with this statement.

The verification machine was originally pieced together, and the design was full of compromises. It is not unexpected at all to waste structural weight, and it is very normal in scientific research.

"General Engineer Zhao, can this verification machine be ignited and tested now?"

"Of course, we have already tested it, otherwise how could we dare to declare success."

Zhao Xiaowen said a few words to the assistant next to him, who immediately ran to the side and pressed the switch on the wall, and there was a "click-click" friction sound of the metal hinge.

The "wall" facing the Chiyang slowly pulled up, and people discovered that it was actually a thick metal partition.

On the other side is a slightly larger room. The cement structure is directly exposed. At the end is a steel bracket with a thick steel block on it. The wall behind is made of an unknown material and is black.

"This is the test site. It can cool down by spraying water, and at the same time create thick fog to reduce the power leakage caused by scattering. This darkroom alone costs a lot of money...

Although the power of our light source is only 80 kilowatts, a lot of energy is required to maintain the plasma mirror. The power at the start-up moment is as high as 7 megawatts, and stable operation requires at least 2800 kilowatts.

When used in space, it requires hundreds of square meters of heat sinks to cool down, but it is much more convenient for us on the ground. Liquid cooling and air cooling can handle it. If you need it, we can conduct the test in 30 minutes, but please leave here. , otherwise the laser light scattered by the wall may also cause temporary blindness. "

Everyone immediately looked at Lin Ju.

"Since everyone wants to take a look, let's move over there first."

Lin Ju walked at the front, and the others followed one after another. The five technical experts all stayed at the back and looked around.

One of them rubbed his feet hard, touched the wall again and said softly "Hmm".

Upon seeing this, his companion immediately asked, but saw the man turn his head to observe the inside of the room where "Blazing Sun" was placed. After looking around, he slowly walked out and explained in a low voice:

"Except for the metal partition we saw, the two rooms are basically made of non-metallic materials. You see, even the walls are covered with something, and the sound doesn't sound right when it is raised. They are composite materials."

"Hmm... This shows that there are leaked high-intensity microwaves or electromagnetic waves that can affect such a wide range of metals!"

"That's right, plasma can only be restrained by strong magnetism. Although they don't know what compound they used, it can firmly pin the plasma in place... I'm afraid most of the electricity is used to maintain the strong magnetic field.

The volume of the plasma lens will not be too large. If close to 3 megawatts of power are concentrated in such a small space, how strong will the binding force be? ! "

"Damn, this can all be used for nuclear fusion!"

Both of them were shocked by this discovery, and both gave each other a ghostly look.

They had just re-read Ye Changsi's paper before coming, and were convinced that the technology was still in its infancy when it was released. How could it be that a substantial breakthrough had already been made in just 8 months?

Is it so easy to control plasma?

Both of them had a feeling of doubting life, which quickly spread to the other three people, and they had a clearer understanding of the technical level of the "Chiyang".

Seven or eight leaders were silent and waiting for the experiment to begin. The five technical experts kept whispering. If it weren't for professional ethics, they couldn't help but want to directly ask the operators who were busy preparing.

After a while, a voice came from the control room broadcast, asking everyone to put their portable electronic devices into a special shielding box, which confirmed the experts' speculation.

Zhong Cheng and several officers focused all their attention on the display screen in the darkroom. They already knew that the test object was a piece of homogeneous steel with a thickness of 1 meter, which was equivalent to the frontal armor-piercing bullet defense capability of mainstream third-generation tanks.

The surveillance screen was very dark. The brightness was reduced by almost 90% through the lens, and only the outline of steel could be barely discerned.

As Zhao Xiaowen said "get ready", the huge cooling system gradually turned on to full power. The industrial exhaust fan outside created a sharp roar similar to that of a jet engine, making the entire room buzz through the pipes laid underground.

After getting Lin Ju's nod, the engineers began to power on the Chiyang.

Inside the "blazing sun" demonstrator that people can't see, the plasma reflector in the core space, which is less than the size of a thumb, begins to heat the surface selenide.

The latter transforms into plasma in a very short time, and is then firmly bound tens of micrometers above the solid surface by super strong electromagnetic forces.

The plasma that should have been floating randomly like a raging flame was arranged neatly in rows, forming thousands of reflectors in a small space. The surface showed an extremely bright white color, and the surrounding space was slightly distorted, making it look like a The calm surface of a tiny lake.

On the monitor that was deliberately dimmed in the control room, the original dark picture was instantly filled with bluish white light. The modulated monitor did not make people feel dazzling, but suddenly flashed all white for about a second before returning to its original state.

The monitor screen suddenly returned to normal and the dark black filter was removed. People looked at the original location of the iron block:

The square steel block turned into an irregular "concave" shape, with a bright red molten hole in the center. The upper part drooped down like melted butter, and when it dripped onto the ground and came into contact with impurities, it instantly ignited. A cluster of flames quickly returned to dark red.