Chapter 632: Spaceport
The distance between the moon and the earth is very close, and in just over a day, the Zeus-2 spacecraft took tourists to the moon. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
The moment everyone stepped on the surface of the moon, their hearts were beating faster, and the excitement was indescribable!
"You can move around freely within 300 meters of the base, and if you go beyond that, you will receive a warning from SpaceX in your headset, please follow the rules!" said one of the tour guides.
As soon as the words fell, everyone left in twos and threes and began to continue their journey of exploration of the moon, and after a while, they saw a tourist jumping up and then flying in the air. When everyone saw this, they all jumped up.
"Wow, oh my God, I jumped so high, I feel like I'm already flying!!"
"Haha, that's what it's like to fly, it's amazing!"
"Oh yes, I'm Superman!!"
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From time to time, everyone's exclamations can be heard in the headset.
At this moment, the national live broadcast app software is also playing their videos on the moon and listening to their speeches, which are watched by 652 million people worldwide!
Countless netizens are really envious, don't want it.
"I'm rubbing, this TM is too cool!"
"Damn, I really want to go to the moon to play!"
"The most expensive tour in the world is really worth the money!"
"Seeing them flying around, I have to say that the earthlings are actually very powerful, and they have become superhumans on alien planets!"
“……”
On the other side, the Zeus-2 spacecraft is unloading, which contains food, genetically modified plant seeds, a large number of graphene materials and some advanced equipment.
With advanced equipment, it is possible to source local materials, thus saving a lot of materials transported from the earth.
The first is to build a large closed base, and then build a relatively complete ecosystem in this closed base, which has a circulation system of water and oxygen, and then grow some crops to achieve food self-sufficiency!
The Moon's gravitational pull is too small to trap the atmosphere, so if there is no enclosed space, no amount of oxygen will be produced from the Moon. Therefore, the base on the moon is destined to be built as a closed base.
Previously, SpaceX's base was a temporary residence for astronauts in graphene inflatable houses, but this was inconvenient and not conducive to the establishment of an ecosystem. What's more, Henry hopes to build a magnificent city on the moon, and the graphene inflatable house obviously can't satisfy Henry's wishes!
It was quite difficult to build a huge barrier in the sky above the city.
How to build it?
Henry thought of one thing - a drone 3D printer.
Let the drone fly into the air for 3D printing, and directly print the graphene glass wall.
The main difficulties involved are the development of drone 3D printers and positioning systems. At present, on the one hand, it is to carry out the development of technology, and on the other hand, it is to reserve materials, if you want to build a city as big as Shanghai, then the materials transported by the Zeus-2 spacecraft can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket!
There are no graphite mines on the moon, and graphene glass material is the best material for building urban barriers. First of all, graphene is almost completely transparent, only absorbing 2.3% of the light, so the rest of the light, the moon city base can make solar panels to generate electricity; secondly, graphene is very dense, even the smallest gas molecules cannot penetrate, naturally, the oxygen in the enclosed space will not run outside; in addition, graphene is the strongest material, the breaking strength is 200 times higher than the best steel, not easy to break, and even if it is broken by accident, it is only partially broken, easy to repair!
Henry is talking to Dr. Dick Barth, CEO of SpaceX, about how to speed up the transportation of graphene glass materials.
"We all know that the biggest cost of interstellar travel is speed. After Zeus-2 goes to the moon, Zeus-1 is about to return, and when Zeus-1 is out of lunar orbit, it can still maintain a very high speed, and if it is allowed to return to the surface of the earth, it will undoubtedly reduce the speed to zero. When it is sent to the moon again, it will consume a lot of energy. So, we could consider building a cargo transit station in Earth orbit, that is, a spaceport! First, the spaceport could be a base for storage, refueling, repair, supply, maintenance, and launch of transit spacecraft and in-orbit maneuvers, and second, it would also be a transportation hub for people and equipment to and from the rest of the world.
When Zeus-1 arrives at the spaceport, we will send the currency from Earth to the spaceship, and when it leaves the spaceport, it will still be able to maintain a very high speed! In this way, the time between Zeus-1 and Cosmos-2 between the Earth and the Moon will be greatly reduced, maybe only a few hours!!" Henry said as he thought.
Dr. Dickbart was applauded by Henry's idea!
"Your Majesty, this idea of yours is very good, after having a spaceport, the spacecraft can not only save energy, but also no longer have to be destroyed by the earth's atmosphere, and the service life of the spacecraft will be longer! Although SpaceX has mastered the rocket recovery technology, the rocket recovery must pass through the atmosphere again. We can get the rocket to complete its mission and return to the spaceport to serve the other ships!"
"Not only SpaceX's rockets, but also rockets from other countries or companies can stay in the SpaceX spaceport, which will inevitably lead to a reduction in the launch cost of rockets, and the spacecraft will also have enough rocket thrusters. It is foreseeable that the completion of the space port will certainly speed up the development of space development!"
Dr. Dickbart's eyes lit up, and he said loudly: "The rockets of other countries or companies cannot return to the earth, but if they want to fly to the spaceport of space!! it is much easier.
"Yes, that's right!" Henry nodded, "And the spaceport will definitely become the busiest platform for space trading in the future! Spaceships coming from other planets, they will not go to Earth, but will directly complete cargo transactions in the spaceport!"
Dr. Dickbart nodded in agreement and said to Henry, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, we can expand the size of the spaceX space station and build it into a space port!!"
"Hmm!"
Henry groaned and said, "SpaceX's main task at the moment is to build a spaceport, as for the moon base...... You can slow down and wait for the SpaceX port to be built, and then build a huge city on the moon!"
"Okay!"
(I have a cold, I finally wrote one, and I'll be better tomorrow, and I'll make up for it in three chapters)
(To be continued.) )