After the New Year, the entire Xinghai Technology became extremely busy again.
Xinghai Aerospace Technology Group Industrial Base is here.
In the huge open space, a huge spacecraft was undergoing final inspections before takeoff. The spacecraft was more than 100 meters long, more than 70 meters wide, and more than 30 meters high.
Among the many series of spaceships of Xinghai Technology, it is not the largest spaceship. Compared with the huge Xingchen, it is still slightly smaller and smaller.
However, the technological content of this spaceship is definitely the highest among all current spacecrafts, because the spacecraft is not only equipped with the latest anti-gravity engines, but also equipped with the latest gravity generation device developed by Xinghai Technology.
Although it can only reach about half of the earth's gravity, it is still an epoch-making technological advancement. From now on, humans can enjoy gravity in space and no longer have to worry about the many effects caused by the lack of gravity.
This is a spacecraft produced by Xinghai Technology specifically for mining asteroids. On the outer shell of the spacecraft, the three characters "Star Catcher" are very eye-catching, allowing people to guess its purpose.
"Boss~"
"Because the Star Catcher has to drag asteroids, we have specially designed its tail. As for the overall load-bearing structure, we have adopted an integrated load-bearing structure design so that it can withstand greater pulling force."
Beside Liu Yuan, Tang Peng was introducing the design of the Star Catcher spacecraft to Liu Yuan in detail. This is a spacecraft that will go to the asteroid belt to mine asteroids.
There is a big difference between asteroid mining spacecraft and other spacecraft.
The mass of asteroids is very huge. It can easily reach tens of millions of tons or hundreds of millions of tons. Even the smallest asteroid has a mass of several million tons. With such a huge mass, if humans want to mine it, it will be absolutely impossible.
Not an easy task.
In addition to the need for powerful power, the design of the spacecraft itself must also take into account the huge pulling force and design accordingly, otherwise the spacecraft may directly disintegrate with one pull.
Liu Yuan looked at the bottom of the spaceship's butt. There was a huge hook here. This should be the largest hook ever made by mankind. It looked full of power.
"What about power?"
Liu Yuan nodded slightly, with such a thick hook, it should be enough.
"In terms of power, we have installed 4 of the most powerful ultra-large anti-gravity engines and 6 heavy-duty rocket engines on the spacecraft, which are enough to provide it with strong power. Under normal circumstances, its speed can exceed 200 kilometers per second.
, even faster than the Star."
"According to our calculations, it can mine up to 300 million tons of asteroids at one time."
Tang Peng said quickly.
Tang Peng would personally check in on all spacecrafts, especially the key instructions and explanations from Liu Yuan, which he kept in mind.
The cost of building each spacecraft is very high. Ordinary large-scale anti-gravity aircraft used for flight and transportation on the earth often cost billions or tens of billions.
This kind of spacecraft that can be used to travel to and from space and among the stars is extremely expensive to build. Any one of them costs tens of billions or even hundreds of billions to build.
This is Xinghai Technology’s own internal construction cost. If it were to be sold, Xinghai Technology would have to pay at least several times the price before it would be willing to sell it.
Therefore, every time a spacecraft is built, Tang Peng has to personally inquire about it and understand the detailed parameters, data, design, etc.
Now Xinghai Technology has a lot of funds on hand. In addition to constantly hoarding minerals on the moon, it is also constantly building spacecrafts.
Tens of billions and hundreds of billions of spaceships have been built one after another to travel between the earth and the moon, to develop and explore the solar system, to mine asteroids, and so on.
"300 million tons is enough."
“What material is used for the tow rope?”
If it were placed on the earth, it would be impossible to drag a huge mass of 300 million tons, but in space, the force required to drag an object can be much smaller.
This is like if a person wants to lift an object weighing 1,000 kilograms. It is almost impossible, but if the object weighing 1,000 kilograms is suspended by a rope, you can easily push it.
This is the situation in space. Asteroids in space are not affected by gravity. Although they are very massive, it is not impossible to drag them.
But the mass of 300 million tons is still a very terrifying mass. Even if it has a strong enough power, it still needs a strong enough rope to withstand the terrifying pulling force.
"Chen Jing from the Academy of Materials Science has provided us with a brand-new ultra-high molecular polyethylene material, which is dozens of times stronger than ordinary ultra-high molecular materials, hundreds of times stronger than steel wires of the same diameter, and a hair-thick
With this material, it can easily lift objects weighing dozens of tons."
"At the same time, this material is also resistant to low temperature, light, and corrosion. It can be used for operations in space. It has a very low density and is as light as spider silk."
Tang Peng handed a rope as thick as his thumb to Liu Yuan and said.
Liu Yuan took the rope. It was very light. It felt like it had no weight. He pulled it gently and there was no change at all. You must know that Liu Yuan's body was injected with the top genetic optimization in the inheritance seed.
Liquid, after the slow and continuous transformation and strengthening in the past few years, has already become extremely powerful, and the strength is very terrifying. Even though a steel bar as thick as a thumb can be easily pulled off, it has nothing to do with the ultra-high molecular polyethylene material in front of me.
Method.
"Haha, boss, it's not easy for you to break it. You need to use a powerful tensile machine."
Looking at Liu Yuan's appearance, Tang Peng immediately laughed.
"Not bad."
Liu Yuan smiled, thought for a while and asked: "Have the candidates been decided yet?"
Liu Yuan is naturally talking about the people who go to the asteroid belt to mine asteroids.
Going to the asteroid belt to mine asteroids requires professional capabilities, and because it takes a long time, the company began to screen personnel within the company in the second half of last year.
"It's been decided."
"Star Catcher was originally scheduled to have a team of 36 people, 12 astronauts, 12 engineers, plus 6 scientists and 6 other personnel."
"But after the Institute of Space Science learned the news, it requested that it bring 10 astronomy scientists to the asteroid belt to conduct scientific investigations on the asteroid belt, so there is a total of 46 people in the team."
"This is the personnel list."
Tang Peng handed a list of personnel into Liu Yuan's hands.
Going to the asteroid belt to mine asteroids is not an easy task. It requires a professional team, including scientists, engineers, and astronauts. When something happens temporarily, a professional team can negotiate and handle it.
In addition, the spaceship must be equipped with two chefs, two cleaners, and two doctors each. At the same time, most of the other personnel on the ship can wear multiple hats and have various professional skills.
For example, the astronauts on board have also obtained professional engineer certificates, and have also received relevant training within the company on the maintenance of spacecraft and related equipment.
There are also these crew members on the ship who may be outstanding chefs themselves and have good cooking skills. They can take the place of the chef when necessary.
At the same time, there are several people on the ship who have received professional medical knowledge training and are able to perform some simple surgeries on the spacecraft, handle some emergencies, diagnose and treat some diseases, etc.
When selecting personnel, Tang Peng attached great importance to this point, and provided relevant training to the identified personnel in advance to ensure the safety of mining asteroids this time.
"Not bad~"
Liu Yuan read it in detail and was very satisfied.
Now mankind has just begun to buy into the space age, and many aspects will be considered when conducting any related activities in space.
For example, the Xingchen spacecraft went to Mars for investigation. The huge Xingchen spacecraft not only has a simple industrial center, which can use the equipment on it to smelt steel and produce and process some things. There is also a small hospital on the Xingchen spacecraft, which can be used in space.
During surgery.
For this reason, Xinghai Technology also spent a lot of money to establish relevant laboratories in the earth's space, recruit many doctors, and conduct research and experiments in space to conduct various surgical methods and possibilities.
In addition, there is an agricultural area on the Xingchen, which is specially used to grow green vegetables and fruits to meet the needs of the crew on the Xingchen for vegetables and fruits, etc.
Detailed screening is also carried out for personnel on board. Often, a person must master a variety of skills and receive relevant professional training and systematic learning.
There is no way. The further away from the earth, the harder it is to communicate and the greater the delay. Many emergencies need to be handled by yourself on the spacecraft, so you must be fully prepared.