In the outer space of the earth, here at the space smelting factory of Galaxy Technology Group, an asteroid that has just been mined from asteroids has been transported.
Soon, rays of light continued to converge on the asteroid. The asteroid became dazzling, the temperature rose sharply, and the large amount of metals rich in the asteroid began to melt out.
After half a day passed, all the metal in the asteroid melted and turned into a huge water ball standing quietly in space.
One after another, the robotic arms began to hold pieces of various pure metals and continuously added them. At the same time, the robotic arms began to stir continuously, so that the metal liquids could be more fully fused together.
Space smelting technology is becoming more and more mature, and it has been able to smelt a variety of steel materials according to customer needs, but this time, the smelted steel is really special.
The construction of the Dragon-class spaceship 'Hanwu Emperor' has officially begun, and the headquarters of Galaxy Technology Group has issued formal documents to various subsidiaries, research institutes, and institutes of the entire Galaxy Technology Group.
More than 100,000 scientists and engineers were removed to jointly complete the construction of the 'Hanwu Emperor', which shows that Qin Yi attaches great importance to this dragon-class spacecraft.
There are many core difficulties in building a Dragon-class spacecraft, including a powerful anti-gravity engine, a nuclear fusion reactor, and a gravity generation device.
But there is another very inconspicuous, but equally crucial thing that is also a difficulty, and that is the keel.
The keel does not seem to have any technical content. The Galaxy Technology Group has built many Qinglong-class spaceships. It has already been very experienced in building keels, so it should not be difficult.
But in fact, on the contrary, the construction of this keel stumped the scientists.
The 'Hanwu Emperor' spacecraft is a dragon-class spacecraft, and its mass is designed to exceed 100 million tons. It is the largest spacecraft and the most massive spacecraft ever built by mankind.
With a mass of 100 million tons, many people would say that any asteroid would have a mass of hundreds of millions of tons. What’s so strange about this? It should not be difficult.
But an asteroid is an asteroid, and a spaceship is a spaceship.
Asteroids are solid, not to mention 100 million tons, just one billion tons, tens of billions of tons are nothing, but once the mass of a spacecraft reaches hundreds of millions of tons, because its interior is empty, this means
It needs a strong keel to support it.
In particular, this dragon-class spacecraft will also be equipped with a gravity generating device. The gravity here in the core nuclear fusion reactor is even more amazing, although scientists can control its influence within a certain range as much as possible.
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However, this will still put huge pressure and test on the overall structure of the spacecraft and the keel of the spacecraft. The design and arrangement of this keel cannot copy the keel design of the Azure Dragon-class spacecraft.
It has to be redesigned, from the keel material, the structure of the keel, the design and arrangement of the keel, to the placement of core components on the spacecraft, etc. These all need to be re-created and re-designed.
The huge mass of hundreds of millions of tons places extremely strict requirements on every keel on the spacecraft.
What's more, the engine installed on the Dragon-class spacecraft is more powerful than the engine of the Azure Dragon-class spacecraft, and its thrust is even more terrifying.
Strong strength means the need for strong support, which places higher requirements on the keel. Without a strong enough keel, the spacecraft's engine is enough to tear the spacecraft into pieces.
The robotic arm is still stirring the huge metal liquid. Various pure metal blocks are continuously transported by the robotic arm, and then melted and merged into the large metal liquid ball.
A large piece of gold weighed dozens of tons. The gold exuded charming light and color under the refraction of the sun. But soon, the gold melted and turned into a small water ball, and then a small ball of water.
The water ball also slowly merged into the huge metallic liquid ball.
The robotic arm is constantly getting shorter, the concentrated sunlight is also constantly changing, the inside of the liquid metal ball is constantly flowing, and various metals begin to perfectly fuse with each other, gradually forming a brand new
Alloy material - obsidian gold material.
Obsidian gold material is a new type of alloy specially developed by the Materials Science Institute of the Galaxy Academy of Sciences. This kind of material has a characteristic, that is, it is expensive and requires a certain proportion of gold.
The use of gold to study emerging alloy materials is also a new discipline emerging now. Gold used to be very expensive. Even if there were gold-related alloy materials, no one would be stupid enough to use gold to make alloy materials. The cost would be too expensive.
, there is no competitiveness at all.
But things are different now. With the booming development of the asteroid belt mining industry, more and more gold is being mined from the asteroid belt. The global price of gold is falling again and again. Scientists from the wealthy Galaxy Technology Group
I also slowly started researching gold-related alloys.
The use of gold in the industrial field has more practical value than its use as a symbol of wealth, and various gold-related alloy materials are constantly being researched.
This obsidian gold material is one of the most representative materials.
This material is light in weight, has high hardness, and has good support. It is very suitable to be used as the keel of spacecraft, especially the keel of Dragon-class spacecraft.
The keel of the Blue Dragon-class spacecraft is sufficient to use ordinary alloy materials. The keel of the Dragon-class spacecraft must use special alloy materials to ensure the overall strength and support of the keel, thereby supporting the huge size of the Dragon-class spacecraft.
quality.
"You said that if we build a spaceship larger than the Dragon-class spacecraft in the future, what material should we use for the keel?"
In the smelting factory, Ren Qing, the head of the Institute of Materials Science of the Galaxy Research Institute, asked Yang Hongyan beside him.
"I don't know either. This spaceship is getting bigger and bigger, its mass is getting bigger, its power is getting stronger, and it has more and more requirements for its keel."
"It is estimated that degenerate materials will be needed in the future."
Yang Hongyan thought for a while and said that he came here this time to see for himself whether the material of the keel could pass the test. The keel is the core of a spacecraft, and it is also what he is most concerned about now.
The keel of the spaceship has been blocking everyone's progress for several months. Although the boss Qin Yi didn't say anything, he still remembered the first time the boss asked him for money, which shows that Qin Yi attaches great importance to this matter.
"Degenerate materials?"
"I have been studying degenerate materials here, and my boss has given me a lot of information, but until now, I still haven't been able to study them."
Mentioning degenerate materials, Ren Qing couldn't help but frown.
The Institute of Materials Science is having a hard time. Each institute of the Galaxy Institute of Science will make requests to him for any new materials they need.
For example, building spaceships, anti-gravity engines, etc. require different materials and many requirements, which keeps the Materials Research Institute in a state of high pressure.
This time when building the 'Hanwu Emperor' spacecraft, starting from the manufacture of the core anti-gravity engine, Ren Qing was often annoyed by Yang Hongyan in front of him.
The thrust of the engine of this Dragon-class spacecraft is so powerful that if there are not strong enough materials to make it, the powerful force will tear the engine apart.
After finally settling the issue of engine materials, Yang Hongyan now came to discuss the matter of keel materials. The keel also had many requirements. It had to withstand a mass of hundreds of millions of tons, and it also had to be able to withstand the strong pressure released by the powerful engine of the spacecraft. This construction
The burden of keel material fell on his shoulders again.
Ren Qing can't wait to research degenerate materials now. Once we have degenerate materials, I don't care if you want to build an engine or a keel, or you want to build a gigaton or tens of billions
I can send you a multi-ton spacecraft with just one material.
"Take your time and don't rush. At present, we can't use degenerate materials for the time being, but we will definitely use them in the future. Not to mention anything else, the engine and keel of this spacecraft alone will definitely be used in the future.
Only degenerate materials will do.”
Yang Hongyan smiled and said.
Looking outside, part of the huge liquid metal ball has begun to cool and solidify. The robotic arm begins to hold this part, which has cooled, and the solidified part is slowly shaped.
The Dragon-class spacecraft is a spacecraft used for interstellar navigation and interstellar colonization. In terms of design, it is very large, with a length of more than 10 kilometers, a height of 3 kilometers, and a width of more than 5 kilometers.
For such a huge spacecraft, in addition to the special material requirements for its keel, each keel must be made of a single piece of casting as much as possible to increase its load-bearing capacity.
With the dragging of the robotic arm, the front part has completely cooled and solidified, while the rear part is connected to the metal liquid ball, and the metal liquid is slowly being dragged out from the huge metal liquid ball.
A few hours later, a huge golden hoop appeared in the void. This long golden hoop was just the embryo of a keel. A spacecraft came over and dragged it to the Dragon Nest Space Factory.
This way.
The Dragon Nest Space Factory will further process it, using the entire casting to process it into keels, and each keel needs to be individually customized from smelting to shaping and processing.
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