There was no other way. In the end, Taro Ishida had to buy 10 million tons of steel from Qin Yi at a price of 3,800 Chinese dollars per ton.
Although this price is only 200 Chinese dollars per ton cheaper than transporting it from the ground to space, these tens of millions of tons of steel are still 2 billion Chinese dollars cheaper. This is not a small number, and the Chinese dollars are very valuable.
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What's more, it's not just a matter of saving a lot of money, because it is in space, it also eliminates the trouble of transportation, saving its own strength and time. This is why Qin Yi can hold them.
, because this is the best choice, although the price is really not cheap.
After talking about the business, Ishida and his party left quickly. However, not long after Ishida left, Uncle Sam from North America sent someone over again, with the same purpose as Ishida and others, to buy steel.
The Japanese have the "Kaguya Project" in space, and are preparing to rely on their own technological strength to build a large spacecraft comparable to the Blue Dragon; North America's Uncle Sam has once again proposed a huge "Apollo Project", and the new
The Apollo program was different from the original moon landing program. The purpose was also to build a large spacecraft that could go to the asteroid belt to mine asteroids.
In addition, the European Space Agency has also proposed a "Columbus Project" to build a large spacecraft called "Columbus" to recreate their glorious history hundreds of years ago.
The Polar Bears have come up with the "Krolev" plan to build large spaceships to mine asteroids and prepare for the construction of space battleships in the future.
Even the Indian elephants have ambitiously launched the "Light of India" project, hoping to spread the flavor of curry throughout the solar system.
Ambitious countries have put forward their own plans, and everyone clearly sees the importance of mining asteroids. Especially with the lessons learned from previous lunar mining, each one is not far behind.
Now all the territory and resources of the moon have been divided up. Chinese people account for the absolute majority. Other countries combined do not have as many Chinese people. Some slow-moving countries have continued to protest and shout every time the United Nations General Assembly is held.
The moon is the moon for all people on earth, so we need to share lunar resources.
Everyone remembers this lesson firmly, so when it comes to mining asteroids, no one dares to show weakness and does not want to lag behind others.
Because you are one step slower than others today, you may soon be thousands or ten thousand steps slower. When the resources in the asteroid belt are divided up, you will only be able to cry at the United Nations General Assembly and completely lose your ability to live in space.
The right to speak.
Once it lags behind others in the new era, it is destined to become a second-rate country and will not be able to reap any benefits in the future era of interstellar navigation.
Qin Yi sells spaceships too expensively. They can't sell them for even a penny less than 5 trillion Chinese dollars. Even the Japanese who are the craziest in hoarding Chinese dollars are still far behind, a lot.
Not to mention other countries.
There is no other way. We can only rely on our own efforts. With these huge funds of trillions of Chinese dollars, it is no problem to build 10 or 8 huge spaceships. We can also cultivate our own scientific research team, engineer team, and space shipbuilding capabilities.
, drive the development of related industries in our own country, etc.
When it comes to settling accounts, everyone is smart and no one is a fool.
Therefore, many people came to Qin Yi to buy steel. They were all representatives of various countries. They were all very ambitious and wanted to buy tens of millions of tons of steel.
Not long after Qin Yi's steel was smelted, it was 10 million tons today and 10 million tons tomorrow. He quickly sold tens of millions of tons and recovered more than 200 billion Chinese dollars.
"Every plan is good, but if you want to rely on traditional rocket technology to propel the spacecraft to mine asteroids, there should be no problem with asteroids of a few million tons or tens of millions of tons. But if you want to mine large asteroids,
Planet, hehe~"
In Qin Yi's office in the spaceship headquarters building of Galaxy Technology Group, Qin Yi stood by the window and watched the Nanbangzi leave, and couldn't help laughing.
Traditional rocket power technology relies on burning solid or liquid fuel to obtain powerful thrust. Before the emergence of anti-gravity technology, this was the only way for humans to enter space.
Rocket technology has a long history of development and is very mature. It has also made great contributions to the development of human space industry, but it is obviously not feasible to use it in mining asteroids.
When a rocket burns, its fuel will burn out quickly, but it can still be used for short-distance space navigation. Many of the spacecraft currently traveling between the earth and the moon are made by countries around the world and use rocket thrust.
Because the distance between the earth and the moon is short, less than 400,000 kilometers, it can still be traveled by relying on the thrust of the rocket.
But when going to the asteroid belt, even the straightest distance from the earth to the asteroid is more than one astronomical unit, which is at least 150 million kilometers.
In fact, it is impossible to fly in a straight line because the earth is rotating. If you fly in a straight line, you will not be able to catch up with the earth at all. You must move in the direction of the earth's revolution.
The one-way journey is much longer, more than 200 million kilometers casually, and if you include the round trip, it will be a long journey of at least 400 million kilometers.
For such a long distance, although flying in space requires power only when starting up and decelerating, and most of the time it relies on inertial flight, various situations may occur during such a long distance, and it is practical to rely on traditional rocket power technology.
It's too unreliable.
If the calculation is accurate and everything goes well, it is still possible to mine asteroids and come back, but the room for maneuver is relatively small and the error tolerance rate is very low. If something unexpected happens, whether you can come back is a question.
Qin Yi believes that scientists from these countries have made repeated and detailed calculations on this. They know very well that the risks involved are very high, but they have no choice. Even if there are risks, they still have to go up, because they cannot lag behind others, and they cannot
I watched helplessly as the Chinese family became the dominant one.
Scientists also believe that anything may not be good enough at the beginning, but with the advancement of technology and the accumulation of experience, it can be slowly and continuously improved to reduce risks, just like when airplanes first appeared, accidents
The rate is extremely high, but now, flying is the safest way to travel.
In space, Mount Fuji Space City.
This is the largest space building built by the Japanese in space. It integrates scientific research, shipbuilding, tourism and many other functions. It is very large and very lively. It can be regarded as the embodiment of the power of the Japanese in space.
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"Gentlemen, for the sake of our glorious future, and for the sake of creating a starry sky for our descendants, in the days to come, I hope that everyone can exert 100% energy and strive to build the Kaguya spacecraft as soon as possible.
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Kaguya Project chief engineer and chief designer Omura Jiro said to a group of scientists and engineers.
"Hi~"
When everyone heard this, they all looked solemn and immediately responded in unison with great respect.
This is a team with high mobility and a very professional team. In order to build the Kaguya spaceship, the entire project team mobilized Japan's top scientists and engineers in various fields, totaling more than 100,000, plus relying on the entire country
With the help of hundreds of universities across Japan, and the active assistance of tens of thousands of powerful companies, it is bound to build a huge spaceship that will attract worldwide attention.
The shipbuilding dock at Mount Fuji Space City was originally used to manufacture small spacecrafts. All other businesses have been stopped or moved to other places.
The steel purchased from Galaxy Technology Group was transported by spacecraft, and the robotic arm from Huaxia Mozhao Machinery Technology Group became extremely busy.
The entire shipbuilding dock almost looks like a smaller version of the Dragon Nest Space Factory. Although I don’t want to admit it, in this era and the development of the space field.
Not only Japan, but all countries around the world have been influenced by China, and they are also learning from China. Whether it is building space buildings, building spaceships, etc., everyone is learning, learning from China, and learning from Galaxy Technology Group
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The same is true for the construction of the Kaguya spacecraft, because the Seiryu spacecraft is too big and was built in the exposed dock of the Dragon Nest Space Factory, directly exposed to space.
Countries around the world that are very concerned about this will naturally not give up a good opportunity to learn. Therefore, when the Qinglong spacecraft was being built, countless pairs of eyes were watching at every moment, using cameras to give a complete view of the construction process.
Photograph it.
Now they have to build the 'Kaguya' spaceship. The Japanese have also studied the process and steps of the Galaxy Technology Group's construction of the 'Blue Dragon' spaceship, and then combined it with their own design to make some changes and modifications.
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In just a few months, a huge keel appeared next to Mount Fuji Space City. Although this keel is not as huge as the Seiryu spacecraft, it is also more than 800 meters long, more than 300 meters long, and as high as
At more than 100 meters, it can be seen that this is definitely a very large spacecraft.
At the same time, there are several rows of rocket propulsion designs on the two wings at the bottom of the spacecraft. It is obvious that in terms of power, the Japanese did not design a single-power rocket thrust system, but adopted a safer and more secure multi-power system.
Design, also because it uses a multi-rocket propulsion system, its power will be more powerful.