"Orbital Reef Space Station?" After hearing this, Fang Hong immediately looked at the two of them: "Let's talk about it and listen."
Zheng Xin, who was sitting at the conference table, immediately introduced in an orderly manner: "The so-called orbital reef space station is a concept of a large, modular and autonomous space station designed to support human habitation and scientific research in space."
"As a commercial and scientific activity center in Earth orbit, the concept of the Orbital Reef Space Station is based on an independent ecosystem, similar to a coral reef, so we call it the Orbital Reef Space Station."
"Everything needed for human survival is contained in the space station. The space station will be built using a series of interconnected modules that can be assembled in orbit by astronauts or intelligent robots."
"These modules will include living areas, experimental areas, entertainment areas and other necessary facilities to support human life in space. The purpose of the Orbital Reef Space Station is to provide a long-term living and working platform for human activities in space to support science
Research, experiments and commercial activities. For example, space tourism, scientific experiments, cutting-edge manufacturing and even space mining resource extraction.”
"The space station can provide a unique environment for developing new technologies and exploring space, and is expected to revolutionize many industries such as space travel, medicine and telecommunications."
Listening to Zheng Xin's explanation, Fang Hong couldn't help but laugh and said: "Good guy, why are you playing such a big game?"
Everyone present at the meeting couldn't help but smile, and Fang Hong asked: "Have the technical feasibility and economic feasibility passed the demonstration?"
Although the idea is very beautiful, since these two issues have not passed the demonstration, we can only think about it.
When asked this question, Chen Zongwei answered him with certainty: "The demonstration has been passed, and there are no technical problems. Economically, the final cost of the Orbital Reef Space Station is likely to be about 10% of the total budget of the 'Daily Project' project."
Another participant said: "That's not cheap. A rough calculation would cost 200 billion yuan."
Hearing this, Fang Hong, who was holding the conference table with one hand, said: "It's not like we have to spend 200 billion a year. I can afford it even a year. The key is what is the difference between this orbital reef space station and a traditional space station?"
Hearing the words of the big boss's sponsor dad, Chen Zongwei became energetic and immediately said: "The Orbital Reef Space Station is designed as a self-sustaining ecosystem. Everything needed for human survival is contained in the space station, including water, air, and food.
, waste recycling management systems and renewable energy.”
"Such as solar panels and life regeneration support systems, the Orbital Reef Space Station should be a collaborative project between private companies and relevant national institutions. This relationship is expected to promote the innovation and commercialization of space technology and create new opportunities for scientific research and exploration.
More new opportunities.”
Fang Hong nodded silently. He must cooperate with relevant national agencies. Only in this way can we ensure that the project will not be blocked suddenly and get the green light. This is very critical, especially for such a project with a huge investment scale.
Implementation must ensure that the entire project runs smoothly without hindrance, otherwise losses will be unacceptable.
Chen Zongwei continued: "The living areas in the Orbital Reef Space Station are designed to provide a comfortable and safe environment for astronauts and even space travelers to live for a long time. These living spaces need to be carefully designed to adapt to the troubles caused by living in a microgravity environment.
At the same time, it also provides necessary conveniences for long-term stays in space.”
"The solution to this problem is to use artificial gravity. Although the space station is in a microgravity environment, it can simulate the effects of gravity by creating a centrifugal force. This helps astronauts stay healthy and prevent long-term exposure to microgravity environments.
negative effects, such as muscle atrophy and bone loss.”
After hearing this, Fang Hong had most likely imagined what the overall outline of the space station looked like, a huge ring-shaped structure. Only in this way can centrifugal force be created through the rotation of the space station itself, thereby simulating the influence of gravity.
Therefore, the diameter of this orbital reef space station must be extremely large, and the bigger the better. If it were to be built, it would definitely be the largest man-made celestial body ever created by mankind. There is no doubt about this.
At the same time, Chen Zongwei continued: "In addition, the living area will also provide a panoramic view of the earth and the surrounding space. People in the space station can have a panoramic view of the earth, and can also be used for astronomical work such as observing interstellar objects, but the most important thing is
Providing a sense of connection to Earth and reminding those on the space station of the importance of the work done by those on the space station."
"In addition, there are other details to optimize, including private sleeping compartments, personal storage spaces and public areas for social entertainment. These spaces must be designed to maximize efficiency and make full use of the limited space in the space station.
space, and in addition the design of the living quarters must provide the necessary resources for long-term stays in space.”
"These include water and air circulation systems, growing fruits and vegetables, even raising livestock, and producing other necessary resources. These life-support systems need to be carefully designed and monitored to ensure the health and safety of personnel in the space station."
After a while, Fang Hong couldn't help but said: "Can domestic animals also be raised?"
Chen Zongwei nodded and said with a smile: "Of course. The orbital space station is large enough to set up a breeding area. You can select animals that do not require large-scale activities to raise. After the entire regenerative life support system is successfully built, a relatively stable environment will be formed inside the space station.
With the internal circulation ecosystem, the number of daily necessities transported from the ground can be reduced to more than 80% in the future."
Life regeneration support system, to put it bluntly, is the conversion of energy. Human excrement can be processed, recycled and reused, and the water in it can be separated and reused. It is cleaner than pure water. Organic matter can be used as fertilizer to grow vegetables. Some plant vegetables are used by humans.
It can be eaten to supplement various vitamins, and part of it can be used to raise livestock. When the livestock grow up, they are slaughtered to provide meat for people.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The entire life regeneration ecosystem can be recycled, and there must be energy loss during this period, because the energy consumed by people is the part lost by the entire system.
However, the energy provided by the sun can replenish this lost energy. In addition, the ground will regularly transport new supplies to the space station, but the frequency of supplies will definitely drop significantly.
For example, without this regenerative life support system, the space station would need to transport supplies from the earth twice a year to ensure the normal operation of the space station. With this regenerative life support system, it only needs to be replenished once every three years.
Then the saved launch resources can be used in other aspects, such as manufacturing, scientific research, etc.
As long as a life regeneration support system is established inside the space station, the cost will continue to be diluted the longer the space station operates. The longer the time, the greater the dilution.
If it is determined to build this orbital reef space station, there is no doubt that it will be aimed at the goal of a permanent space station, rather than being scrapped after ten or twenty years.
Because it is built in a modular manner, when the service life of any module is reached in the future, the modules can be regularly updated and replaced, while the Orbital Reef Space Station as a whole is permanently operational.
In this way, the life regeneration support system must be established. The longer the operation period, the theoretical supply cost will not drop to zero cost, but it will definitely be infinitely close, and it will be basically negligible the longer it takes.
Moreover, modular assembly can also continuously increase the scale, just like building blocks to slowly expand the entire space station. As long as this is taken into account at the beginning of the design and reserved.
