Chapter 43: Preparation
"The head is big, and the design ...... has to be carried out"
Hogu complained to himself rather depressedly, but he didn't want to stop the act of designing, he did it just to vent the tension in his heart so that he could regain his composure.
Huo Gu didn't want to be nervous, but it couldn't be nervous, in his previous life, he was just a scholar specializing in archaeological excavations, let alone designing rockets, and he hadn't even touched the real thing!
"I regret it......"
"Why didn't I write down the drawings of the International Aerospace Center at the beginning, obviously it was on the table when I was chatting with Lao Li......"
Huo Gu looked at the cluster of cells that were placed at the bottom of the water, tired and shrunk into a lump of flesh, and in the sea of thoughts, there was only a blank space, and a thick regret could not reach.
You know, this cluster of cells is an important tool in the fight against the enemy, and it must be ensured that it is foolproof and can be successful the first time.
In the event of a defeat, the enemy will inevitably be more vigilant and will also show even more frantic counterattacks.
Huo Gu is not afraid of any counterattack, the big deal is to be beaten back to the state of microorganisms, anyway, it is a huge planet, it is impossible for the enemy to take a microscope and look for it everywhere in the ocean, right?
It's just that once you fail, it will be difficult to succeed next time, and the attack is largely taking advantage of the enemy's relationship between the open and the dark, as well as the suddenness of the first attack.
"It's really troublesome, it's better to shoot a shot directly......"
“……”
Huo Gu suddenly came to his senses, and he began to ponder the feasibility of his unintentional words.
“…… out... Shoot ......"
"yes, I'm a genius!"
Compared with complex rockets, the structure of the shell can be said to be extremely simple, and it does not require many shells with advanced and complex structures, as long as it can detonate the internal charge and rely on the explosion to launch it.
"Anyway, there are no people sitting in it and no precision instruments, why should I refer to the structure of the rocket for design? It can be blown directly into the outer space of the planet in the form of an explosion like an artillery shell......"
"It is best to tilt the barrel of the fire at 45 degrees, so that it can better enter the low earth orbit of the planet......"
"Well, that's it, the cell clusters can be designed exactly according to the style of the shell, the hard shell of the shell can be made of titanium, and the barrel is the same......"
“…… Isn't it better to add rifling or something? ”
Hogu struggled to recall his knowledge of barrel rifling......
"The rifling is to allow the launched object to remain in a rotating state during the launch, which can play a role in stabilizing the trajectory...... In this way, it seems that this is needed, although it will reduce the initial velocity a little, but in terms of cost performance, it is still worth it. ”
The way to launch the cell cluster into outer space was set, but Hogu didn't let it rest easy, and there were other problems that needed to be solved.
"Radiation in the universe, α, β, γ rays...... I don't know much about radiation protection materials, only lead, but then the weight is ......."
After pondering for a while, Huo Gu, who didn't have any good alternative materials, had no choice but to accept it.
“…… Forget it, let's use lead, make a sandwich between titanium alloy eggshells, and seal the lead in it. ”
An increase in meaningless weight means a decrease in meaningful weight, and in other ways, a decrease in the mass of other things that can be carried.
But there is no way, the cells can not adapt to the environment of radiation everywhere, which is directly related to the scarcity of radiation they receive, the Pluto is actually thick clouds, although the radiation from the sun cannot be said to be no, but compared with the earth, it is really pitiful, because of this lack of contact, the cells do not have a very good adaptability in this regard, and are very prone to lesions.
After solving the problem of radiation protection, it is the problem of the cosmic vacuum environment.
Although it cannot be said that there are no gases at all, the density of these gases is quite small, so small that it can be regarded as if there is no gas, and there is only one atom for every cubic meter.
The strength of titanium alloy is absolutely sufficient, although it has not actually been tested in space, but Hogu has used submarine water pressure to test, and the strength requirements of the test data have been tripled.
However, even with this strengthening, there is still a place on the cell cluster that Huo Gu can't put his heart down - the eyes.
The outside of the eye is covered with thick tempered glass, and there are some interlayers inside the glass, which is filled with a nitric acid solution, and the nitrogen dioxide in the nitric acid solution can effectively absorb all the ultraviolet rays and part of the visible light, so as to avoid excessive ultraviolet radiation from damaging the eyes.
The next thing is the ability to move in outer space, in a gravity-free environment, if you want to change your position and reach your desired position, it is quite a troublesome thing, and Huo Gu has no good way to do this, so he can only design six propulsion ports in different directions on the cell cluster, and the subtle angle adjustment will be handed over to the air pusher.
To propel fuel, Hogu decided to use liquid hydrogen, and then the oxidizer was liquid oxygen, and it was not very difficult to make them, first, to make oxygen and hydrogen, and then use artificial water pressure, forcibly compress them into a liquid state, and then put them into pre-made titanium alloy gas cylinders.
There is also the problem of temperature, space is close to absolute zero, and that place is very cold, although because the vacuum can block the heat dissipation medium, but the temperature will continue to be released in the form of heat radiation.
"In other words, it is necessary to add a thermal insulation layer to the 'shells'......"
So the question is over?
No, there is also a crucial issue, and that is the weapon that can be used in space.
A pair of titanium alloy skeletons are mounted into the cell cluster by Hogu, and the fangs are not simple claws, but sci-fi monomolecular blades, restrained by the electromagnetic force generated by bioelectricity.
For Hogu, who can operate at the molecular scale, it is not difficult to make such a weapon, which is equivalent to an ordinary person building a house out of red bricks.
The advantages of the monomolecular blade are obvious, but the disadvantage is also extremely obvious, that is, it requires a lot of energy.
However, even if the entire biocurrent of the cell cluster is exhausted, it can only be maintained in a single-molecule blade state for four seconds, and it cannot be used in an atmospheric environment, because the charged particles will be magnetically adsorbed on the single-molecule blade surface due to the magnetic nature of the electric field, causing it to gradually become dull.
If the enemy is a large mech, the fangs can break through the opponent's armor, allowing clusters of cells to infiltrate and destroy them.
The other weapons are live-fire weapons, which use sodium metal as the filler, a special sandwich structure to ensure that sodium and water can fully react, and metal chromium as a warhead, which can easily penetrate a steel plate ten centimeters thick, is the result of the test.
In the worst-case scenario, neither weapon can destroy the other, so this cluster of cells entering outer space will be used as a booster engine to push the outer space satellites to the surface, which is option B.
Although cell clusters are biological tools, they are still not in line with Hogu's values when they are used and discarded, so plan B will only be activated when plan A is not effective.