Chapter 358, Solar Power Plants and Solar Smelters
"First build a test field in space, conduct various studies, continue to explore and advance, step by step."
"For space agriculture, the most important thing for us is to master the technology and foundation. As for whether it is profitable or not, I don't have high requirements for it. Just don't lose too much."
After discussing carefully with Ran Hao, Liu Zheng and others all morning, Liu Yuan also gave instructions on the development plan of Xinghai Agriculture.
Liu Yuan does not expect it to make money. The main thing is to accumulate technology and explore experience now, and to collect relevant original seeds and varieties of crops to prepare for the future.
"Understood, boss."
When Ran Hao, Liu Zheng and others heard this, they also replied in unison.
In my heart, I am already thinking about how to run Xinghai Agriculture well. The boss said it doesn’t matter whether it makes money or not. That’s what the boss means. But after all, it is a subsidiary group company he leads. If it does not make performance, it will not matter.
How can I have the face to meet my brothers?
At the meeting at the end of this year, each subsidiary group company said how much it had earned. How much did you have the nerve to say how much you lost?
With the strong technological strength of Xinghai Technology, making money is very easy.
Even in agriculture, relying on powerful biotechnology technology, it is very simple to make money.
"Well, go get busy."
Liu Yuan nodded and said.
Ran Hao and Liu Zheng had just left Liu Yuan's office when Tang Peng, Wang Chen, and Sun Zilong hurried in, preparing to report to Liu Yuan about the space steel factory and the manufacturing of medium and large spacecrafts.
"Boss, this is the space steel factory plan developed by our aerospace group. Please take a look."
Tang Peng is now full of motivation and full of energy.
In the past, I worked as a teacher in a university and could earn a stable salary without living. I didn't even think about getting rich even if I starved to death. The key was that I couldn't do the research and projects I liked.
It's different when you come to Xinghai Technology.
Not only does he work in the aviation and aerospace fields that he likes, but his income is also very good. As a level 3 scientist, he is also the president of Xinghai Aerospace Industry Group. His annual income exceeds one billion, and he is definitely a working emperor.
of the ceiling.
Here, he found the second spring of his life. Just like a passionate young man who had just graduated, he was full of energy every day. He was the first to go to work and the last to leave work. He was extremely busy.
When Liu Yuan talked about building large and medium-sized spaceships in space, he was naturally very concerned about it and always took it to heart. He also asked his research team to study this matter carefully and formulate a feasible plan.
Come.
The biggest difficulty in manufacturing large and medium-sized spaceships in space is to manufacture large-scale parts. Casting them on the ground obviously does not work well.
Even if it is cast, there is no anti-gravity aircraft large enough to transport it into space.
As for splitting large parts into small parts, casting them and then assembling them, this solution is relatively feasible, and many parts are made in this way.
But the core components related to the overall structure and safety of the spacecraft must be cast as a whole, so as to ensure the safety and structure of the spacecraft hull.
In particular, Liu Yuan made it clear that he would carry out research on warp engines in the future and install powerful warp engines on these large and medium-sized spacecraft.
The warp drive is extremely powerful. Without a strong structure to support it, the spacecraft will fall apart, making interstellar navigation impossible.
It is possible to build some larger spaceships on the ground now, but what about in the future?
What about building bigger and stronger spaceships?
In the end, it still has to be built in space and completed in space.
This is an inevitable trend of development, so it is better to study these things and technologies early now and accumulate experience and technology.
Therefore, when building large and medium-sized spacecraft in space, the first problem to be solved is how to cast large parts in space, which involves the space steel factory and the space industry.
After a period of argumentation and discussion, Tang Peng, Wang Chen and Sun Zilong finally came up with a currently feasible plan.
"Solar smelting?"
The plan drawn up by Tang Peng, Wang Chen, and Sun Zilong appeared in Liu Yuan's mind.
I started reading it quickly and finished it quickly.
The principle of this solar smelting method is actually very simple.
To put it simply, it is to build a huge mirror in space, and then use the mirror to reflect sunlight, gather a large amount of light together to smelt asteroids or cast steel, and then shape it into the shape you want.
The advantage of this method is that the operation is relatively simple and feasible. The light in the sun is almost endless and the space is endless. This is completely achievable.
In addition, solar power can also be used to generate electricity to form a huge solar power station. In terms of light in space, the power generation efficiency of a solar power station built in space is far higher than the power generation efficiency on the ground.
On the one hand, it can generate electricity to obtain energy, and on the other hand, it can also be used to smelt steel and cast the parts you want. It can be said to be a pretty good solution.
"Well, not bad, not bad!"
Liu Yuan read it carefully and nodded in appreciation.
As I am inheriting the seeds, I know that among stellar civilizations, the utilization of stellar energy is the most important thing. Using the energy of stars to generate electricity and smelt asteroids is what almost all stellar civilizations do.
things.
"Haha, boss, this plan has two advantages."
"One is that it can generate electricity in space. There are many benefits and advantages of using solar energy to generate electricity in space. The first one is that solar energy in space can generate electricity 24 hours a day. Unlike the power generation on the earth, which is limited by
The lighting time has an impact. It would be good to have 8 hours of lighting a day.”
"Secondly, it is not affected by climate and weather. It requires sunny days to generate electricity on the ground. In summer, there is a lot of electricity. In winter, it is almost impossible to generate much electricity on cloudy and rainy days."
"But there is no such problem in space. You can receive the light from the sun at the most perfect angle at all times to generate electricity."
"In addition, the light on the earth is weakened by the atmosphere, and the intensity is far less than in space."
"We have calculated that if we build a solar power station in space, its efficiency can be hundreds of times that on earth. It is definitely an important direction for future energy development."
"In addition to generating electricity, we use sunlight to smelt steel and asteroids. The efficiency can be very high and it is more environmentally friendly. You can cast as many parts as you want."
"After it is smelted, it can be directly transported to the space factory to build medium and large spaceships."
Wang Chen proudly introduced the advantages of this plan to Liu Yuan. It was not easy to get Liu Yuan's approval.
What we are doing now is unprecedented and groundbreaking.
Build solar power stations, solar smelting plants, space factories, large and medium-sized spacecraft manufacturing factories, etc. in space.
These are things that no one dared to think about before.
But now, Xinghai Technology not only thinks about it, but also gradually realizes all these in space.
Everyone is very excited now. If all these can be realized, then in the future, mankind will truly enter the space age.
Although we have mastered the cheap anti-gravity technology for traveling to and from space, there is no space industry in space except for the increasingly larger space stations. That is to say, there are now a large number of lunar mining factories on the moon.
Generally speaking, space is still empty. Except for satellites, it is difficult to see anything else.
At present, we have not found any profitable industry that can really be developed in space. Space tourism and lunar tourism are very popular now, but they are just about taking a turn in space and playing on the moon.
a few days.
Real industry and the like are still invisible in space.
But once Xinghai Technology moves agriculture, smelting factories, spaceship factories, etc. into space, ushering in the era of space industry, the meaning will be completely different.
It can be said that it almost marks the development of human civilization from a mother-star civilization to a star-level civilization, and from a mother-star civilization to the level of a star-level civilization.
Home-star civilizations rely on their home stars to survive, while star-level civilizations rely on stars to survive and develop.
Although it may only be the most elementary star-level civilization, it is still a star-level civilization and is far from comparable to the parent star-level civilization.
"The plan is good, let's go for it."
"Well~ in space, we must pay attention to space junk. Once the space factories and solar power stations we build become larger and larger, the probability of being attacked and destroyed by space junk will be greater."
"Our space development over the years has created countless garbage in space. This garbage flies in space at extremely terrifying speeds. If you are not careful, something could easily happen."
"In fact, it would be best to clean up all the garbage in space, so that it will be safer, but obviously this is not something we can do."
"What we can do is take this aspect into consideration and minimize our losses."
Liu Yuan smiled and nodded, thought for a moment and then ordered, taking into account the issue of space debris.