Chapter 115: Two-Stage Proposal (Second Update, Ask for a Monthly Pass!) )

Ramon. Anthony opened a copy of the text in his hand, which was Galen. Smith had just sent someone an hour earlier. The preliminary completion of the Zeus program, which allowed Raymond. Anthony was excited, but he was also anxious about the progress of the follow-up plan.

A year has passed since the start of the Zeus program, and although the technology of controlled thermonuclear fusion has been mastered and the practical device has been completed, it is still important for Raymond. Anthony said that it was not enough, because the engine of the spaceship, which he paid most attention to, was still on paper.

As a successful businessman and a powerful political influencer, Raymond. Anthony is not an ordinary person, although he is not a professional when it comes to technology, he also knows that the research progress of science and technology cannot be successful overnight.

In accordance with the state of Zeus's plan, Raymond. If Anthony's original plan goes according to plan, success is inevitable, and he has now seen the light of day. There is no theoretical problem with the use of controlled thermonuclear fusion technology in the engine and power of spacecraft, but the problem lies with Raymond. Anthony didn't have that much time to wait.

He turned 70 this year, and as time passed, Raymond. Anthony clearly feels that his body has been declining day by day in recent years. Not so long ago, Raymond, who was accustomed to riding a horse and trotting on the farm every day. Anthony felt that the sport he had loved since he was a teenager was a little inadequate, and although he refused to admit it, he knew in his heart that he was old.

Although the results of the doctor's examination were good, according to his most trusted personal doctor, Raymond. Anthony's body is healthier than ordinary people his age, but no matter how healthy he is, he is also an old man. Anthony was well aware that he was running out of time. He didn't have any more years to wait patiently for that kind of step-by-step success. Even according to the original plan of the Zeus Project, when a spaceship that can travel completely into space is built, I am afraid that Raymond. Anthony's has long been a handful of loess buried deep in the ground.

If that's the case, then what's the point of doing a qiē? Ramon. Anthony had to race against time, so he proposed to modify the Zeus plan, requiring the entire plan to be completed in the shortest possible time. to achieve the results he wants.

And in front of him this article is a revised report on the plan, according to Galen. Smith said that he was talking to Kevin. After many conversations with Professor Adams, Kevin Adams. Adams came up with an ingenious idea for the new Zeus project, which may be the only feasible option at the moment.

With anticipation, Raymond. Anthony opened the text and looked at it carefully, and when he read a few lines, his eyebrows moved slightly involuntarily, and those who were familiar with him knew it. This is Raymond. Anthony's tempting expression is enough to see that the content of this article has already interested him.

At the beginning of the text, Kevin. Adams first made it clear that it is almost impossible to complete the design of a spacecraft engine with the current technology of controlled thermonuclear fusion, and that the use of it as an engine rather than a device must first solve the miniaturization and safety problems of controlled thermonuclear fusion, especially the latter, when the spacecraft takes off and launches. The entire engine assembly is affected by air pressure, gravity, friction, temperature, vibration, etc., without solving these critical problems. Using such an unperfected engine is almost suicidal.

This judgment is tantamount to vetoing the possibility of directly converting the currently just-completed device directly to the spaceship engine. But at the same time, Kevin. Adams put forward another idea, that is, to avoid the two most uncertain environmental factors of take-off and landing, and avoid causing damage and changes to the engine caused by environmental changes, so as to solve this problem from another angle.

Kevin. Adams's approach is more ingenious. He proposed a two-stage construction in a targeted manner. The central part of the spacecraft is to build the spacecraft directly in the Earth's low-Earth space orbit in the form of a space station, so as to avoid the environmental impact of the spacecraft being launched directly from the Earth. In addition, the construction of a spacecraft in space orbit can ensure that the entire spacecraft structure is not limited by aerodynamics because of the vacuum in space. Circumventing the various air resistance and acceleration problems that would be faced when launching from the ground to escape from gravity, it is also possible to construct a suitable space for the installation of a controlled thermonuclear fusion device inside the spacecraft to the maximum extent.

In this way, the controlled thermonuclear fusion device will only need to solve its safety problems in space, and its volume will not need to be miniaturized for the time being. As for the size of the spaceship, it is not a problem, because if you build a spaceship in space orbit, as long as you are satisfied with the supply of materials, you can build it in the general direction as much as possible, which can also reserve enough storage space for the entire interior of the spaceship.

Follow Kevin. Adams's idea is that at least two or more sets of controllable thermonuclear fusion devices can be loaded on the spacecraft at the same time, which can not only meet the spacecraft's flight power needs in space, but even be used as backup power.

As for the spacecraft that arrives in orbit from the Earth, and the spacecraft reaches its target, it is not difficult to land on other planets. Since the spacecraft was built in space orbit from the beginning, it can ensure that enough space is reserved inside the spacecraft, so why can't the problem be solved by using a shuttle in the same way as an aircraft carrier?

Using the large spaceship as the mother ship and the shuttle as a tool for take-off and landing can solve the most important problems. What's more, the huge space inside the mother ship can not only store enough supplies for long voyages, but also store the traditional energy used by the shuttles. Combine the two with each other, and that's Kevin. Adams's two-stage building yì.

Look at this thing, Raymond. Anthony's eyes grew brighter and brighter, as if he had seen a huge spaceship gradually being built in orbit above the earth, and its shape was like the sci-fi appearance of "Star Wars", which looked majestic. Underneath the spaceship, the white space shuttle he was riding took off from the ground, went in and out of it, and when he entered the mothership and closed the hatch, the controllable thermonuclear engine of the huge spaceship began to start, and the tail sprayed a blazing flame, and the entire spacecraft accelerated to an extremely high speed in a short period ......of time, breaking away from the earth's gravity and heading towards the vast space. (To be continued......)

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