After receiving a five-year funding of US$60 billion, Maxwell and colleagues quickly held a press conference.
They must use a strong attitude to respond to Dongtang Space Agency and Galaxy Technology.
"We will restart Saturn V, build Saturn VII and a new space shuttle, and plan to land humans on Mars in 2030 and establish a Mars colony."
Looking at the press conference being broadcast live around the world on the holographic projection screen, Huang Junjie took one look and stopped paying attention.
The cost-effectiveness of launch vehicles or space shuttles is too low. If you want to develop space on a large scale, you cannot reduce the unit cost.
If you want to work hard to create a miracle, you will only end up dead.
After all, if economic benefits cannot be generated during space development and the space industry cannot generate its own resources, the result will be a dismal end.
Why is Lao Mao Xiong's economy collapsing? That's because he has lost his temper.
Huang Junjie and the space agency are happy to see the follow-up. I believe that when the mass projector is put into use, it will stimulate the Hemi family even more.
At that time, Mi Lijiahe will only be able to catch up if it invests on a larger scale.
Because once Dongtang and Galaxy Technology establish a colony in outer space, the consequences will be disastrous.
why so
Just think about the current blue star structure and you will know that the mushroom equilibrium state is only suitable for internal deterrence of the planet, but it is difficult to threaten the moon and Mars.
Having a colony on the moon or Mars is equivalent to having a way out. Even if someone grows mushrooms on a large scale on the blue star, it will be a big deal.
Forces without interstellar navigation capabilities can only perish from radiation, disease, and famine.
So in order to rebalance, they have to follow up on aerospace. Of course, if they choose to give in and come to Dongtang and Galaxy Technology to cooperate, that is also a way out.
In fact, there is another way, which is to act like a gangster and directly rob a mass projector.
As Galaxy Technology, which started the space race and scientific research competition, of course we are aware of the possibility of jumping over the wall in a hurry.
In order to cope with conflicts that may break out in the future, preparation of some things is essential and cannot be delayed.
Huang Haojie is currently inside the Materials Research Institute of Galaxy Technology.
"Where is the progress of the development of oxygen curing agent?"
Li wanted to click on a report and show it to him.
Looking through the holographic projection report, he saw the situation of solid oxygen.
"Currently it can only last for 89 minutes, and the ambient temperature cannot exceed 14 degrees Celsius. It has superconducting properties! What is this superconducting property?" Huang Haojie became interested when he saw this description.
Li Xiang explained: "In fact, both metallic hydrogen and metallic oxygen have room-temperature superconducting properties, but the submetallic hydrogen we produced through the curing agent has lost its superconducting properties, but this submetallic oxygen can retain superconducting properties.
characteristic."
"Perhaps this is a cheap way to produce room-temperature superconductors!" Huang Haojie said thoughtfully.
Li Xiang nodded: "I am studying this direction."
The two of them came to a laboratory.
In a liquid nitrogen freezer, Li Xiang put on protective gloves and took out a small box from inside.
"Here is one of the sub-metallic oxygens we have produced, which can only be stored below minus 53 degrees Celsius. Once the temperature exceeds minus 53 degrees Celsius, the sub-metallic oxygen will become unstable, and when the temperature exceeds 14 degrees Celsius, it will completely decompose.
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Huang Haojie also put on protective clothing. Through the transparent observation window of the small box, he saw a small piece of dark red solid with a metallic luster inside the small box.
"The properties of the submetallic oxygen we produced are very similar to those of solid 8-red oxygen."
Solid oxygen 8 is composed of eight oxygen atoms. It is one of the allotropes of oxygen. Because it appears dark red, it is also called red oxygen.
Huang Junjie clicked on the holographic projection and checked the curing agent status of the Materials Research Institute.
I discovered that Li Xiang and the others had developed six similar curing agents based on the hydrogen curing agent, and the red submetallic oxygen was the effect of one of the curing agents.
As for the light blue submetallic oxygen that shows superconducting properties, Li Xiang and others call it superconducting submetallic oxygen, while the dark red submetallic oxygen is called submetallic oxygen.
Li Xiang took out another small box from the freezer. He glanced over and saw that the observation window was filled with light blue.
"This is superconducting submetallic oxygen. It is more unstable than dark red submetallic oxygen. It must be maintained below minus 87 degrees Celsius to maintain stability. If the temperature exceeds minus 87 degrees Celsius, it will quickly decompose."
After hearing this explanation, Huang Haojie put aside the small box of dark red metallox and carefully observed the light blue superconducting metallox.
"The two kinds of sub-metallic oxygen should no longer need to be stored under high pressure!"
"Well! We have got rid of the high-pressure storage conditions and can now use low temperature for storage, but it is still uneconomical." Li Xiang said still dissatisfied.
Huang Junjie did not speak, but continued to open the experimental report of the Institute of Materials with a smile.
There were experimental reports and research results on it, and he was thinking about them while reading them.
The instability of dark red metallic oxygen is caused by the instability of chemical bonds, which seems to be a natural defect.
Li thought that even if they added other stabilizers, it would still be difficult to suppress the breakage of chemical bonds. They could only suppress the breakage of chemical bonds by reducing molecular motion through low temperature.
The reason why low temperature can form a solid state is because low temperature suppresses the movement of atoms and molecules.
From the perspective of thermodynamics, the temperature we usually recognize is actually a manifestation of the movement of atoms or molecules. The faster the atoms or molecules move, the higher the temperature. The slower the atoms and molecules move, the lower the temperature.
Conversely, the higher the temperature, the more intense the movement of atoms and molecules; the lower the temperature, the gentler the movement of atoms and molecules.
It took Huang Haojie more than an hour to roughly read through the experimental report on submetallic oxygen from the Institute of Materials Research.
He found a problem, or a breakthrough.
"Li Xiang, why don't you try using high pressure to experiment?"
"high pressure"
Li Xiang was suddenly stunned.
"Yes! Why didn't I think that the Harvard University laboratory produced metallic hydrogen through high-pressure methods? Perhaps submetallic oxygen could be produced through high-pressure and suppressed into a state that can be stored at normal temperatures and pressures."
After Li Xiang was awakened by Huang Junjie, he walked around excitedly and muttered to himself. After a while, he woke up.
"Is this idea feasible?" Huang Haojie patted Li Xiang on the shoulder and said.
"I don't know if it's feasible or not. I'll prepare an experiment right away."
"Let's go together!"
Li Xiang arranged the relevant experimental equipment and hurriedly called on his assistants and researchers to start the experiment.
In the laboratory, a piece of dark red submetallic oxygen was taken out from the liquid nitrogen freezer and placed into a low-temperature and high-pressure equipment.
After taking safety measures, Li Xiang urgently ordered:
"Start with the minimum pressure."
The equipment used in the materials laboratory is similar to a large forging press.
Waves of tooth-aching sizzling sounds sounded in the laboratory.
After a while, the assistant took out the experimental samples from the equipment to check the assay.