Chapter 77, the most precious substance
In the low, medium and high orbits of the L4 gas giants, there are three quasi-planetary spacecraft around them, their size has more than doubled after more than ten years of expansion, it can be said that the mass of each is close to the giant planet, under the superimposed gravitational influence of the three such huge quasi-planet spaceships, the gas clouds of the L4 gas giants will naturally be greatly disturbed, and under the huge gravitational wrestling force on both sides, the gas clouds of the gas giants are stretched and raised a lot. At this time, in the sky above the gaseous state stretched up, the quasi-planetary spacecraft stretched out a super huge straw, and under the dual action of huge gravity and suction, the gas of the gas giant was swallowed by a large number of predatory whales.
The difficulty of plundering gas giants is mainly in three aspects, first, it is the ring of the gas giant, there is a large amount of material floating on the ring, which is also mixed with many satellites of different sizes, and some satellites with large physiques will make gravity chaotic, but fortunately, after more than ten years of mining, the star ring has been rudely plundered by a quasi-planetary spacecraft.
Second, the mass of the L4 gas giant is huge, and the gravitational force that can be generated will be beyond imagination, so the quasi-planetary spacecraft needs to increase its own speed, reaching more than 60 kilometers per second, in order not to stall and fall into the gas giant, causing huge collisions and destruction, the quasi-planetary spacecraft is very huge, then the requirements for the engine are unusually high, hundreds of kilometers of super-giant engines abound, and it is very difficult for each such engine to be built, that is, in vacuum space. In order to erect such a behemoth-like engine.
Using the principle of space expansion of magnetic confinement nuclear fusion, to propel the quasi-planetary spacecraft, such a huge quasi-planetary spacecraft, every little increase in speed, will consume the same amount of energy as astronomical, fortunately, the energy consumed in these can be huge energy treasures on the gas giant, where you can continuously capture precious energy, as long as you pay a small amount, you can harvest a lot, which is extremely cost-effective than trading.
Thirdly, there is a large storage of gaseous substances, hydrogen and helium account for 75% and 24% of the total mass respectively in the atmosphere of the gas giants, and the remaining 1% is composed of other elements, including trace amounts of methane, water vapor, ammonia and silicon compounds. The average surface temperature is about -150 °C, the hydrogen liquefaction temperature is -252.76 °C, the helium liquefaction temperature is -267 °C, the two main gases need extremely low temperatures to be able to liquefy, and only after liquefaction can it be convenient to store a large number of gases, which requires the construction of a large number of cooling devices to meet the needs of a large number of gas liquefaction, and also needs to separate various gases in the process of liquefaction to facilitate future use.
Once it can use gravity to capture gaseous matter on a gas giant, then it will be easier to capture matter than a solid planet, mainly because the threshold of its capture is too high, after this threshold, everything will become extremely simple, and the process of capturing gaseous matter is very smooth, after all, gases are very small scattered individuals, unlike solid matter, there will be various sizes of volume shapes, with great impact and destruction ability, but gas also has disadvantages, that is, it is too loose, and it will drift and scatter everywhere, Extremely liquid, which can be said to be a disadvantage, but also an advantage.
Using the extremely strong mobility of gases, the three quasi-planetary spacecraft can do not need to change their orbits to carry out the circulation of materials, the distance between the quasi-planetary spacecraft is actually not far, and there is a strong gravitational attraction between each other, using the gravitational force between them, the gas collected by the quasi-planetary spacecraft in low orbit can be diverted by 66%, and collected, cooled, separated, and stored by the other two quasi-planetary spacecraft.
Hydrogen is easy to ignite when it encounters oxygen, and a violent chemical reaction occurs, that is, an explosion, fortunately, most of the space of the quasi-planetary spacecraft does not contain oxygen, and only some material spaces inhabited by people or creatures will produce oxygen, and these material spaces are still closed, and it is difficult to mix with the hydrogen gas that is captured and separated, so these captured gases will not cause hidden dangers to the quasi-planetary spacecraft.
The gas giant encountered the combined force of three little hooligans, and it could only be beaten passively, she was bleeding continuously, the gorgeous atmosphere on the surface was slowly pulled out of the atmosphere in the violent disturbance, but more deep gas filled the gap in the atmosphere, so it lasted for several months of destruction, and the gas giant did not have the feeling of shrinking, but the average surface temperature of the gas giant has increased a lot, which is the reason for the deep heat, the original surface low temperature was extracted away by the quasi-planet spacecraft, The newly surging gas did not have time to cool down sharply, but was continuously pumped away, and the rising temperature caused some troubles to the quasi-planetary spacecraft, mainly because the difficulty of cooling was increased, which made Tan Qiusheng have to speed up the production of these cooling equipment to meet the needs of the rising temperature in the future.
This gas giant will always exist in a gaseous state, and as much gas as it withdraws, it will gush out as much gas to fill the vacancy, but the temperature will get higher and higher, such a planet can be described as a real treasure.
It seems that the gas giant is not shrinking, but in fact it is slowly reducing its mass, its density is constantly decreasing, obviously, the change in gravity cannot deceive people, quasi-planetary spacecraft need to constantly adjust the distance between each other, in order to achieve the best acquisition and transmission state.
In this state, the quasi-planetary spacecraft does not forget to continue to expand, from the Kuiper Belt and the L5 gas giant star ring, the module materials transported are constantly installed on the three quasi-planetary spacecraft, and after the unloading of the spacecraft, the liquefied hydrogen and helium packed in the container, all consignment to the orbit close to the Kuiper Belt, the temperature here is extremely low, suitable for storing these substances that need to be kept at a low temperature, and it is also a cost-saving way to install signal equipment for these containers. It is easy to find them in the future and avoid collisions.
If you want to collect solid matter from gas giants, you can only find it in the core layer, and these solid materials are liquefied at high pressure and high temperature there, so like obtaining solid matter, you still need to cool them to obtain solid matter.
For the civilization that can develop the entire planet, gold, platinum and other precious metals are no longer scarce, gold has good electrical conductivity, and it is also a corrosion-resistant precious metal, an important material in the electronics industry, modern communications, aerospace industry and other departments, but Tan Qiusheng is used to make wires in gold, and it will have an excellent effect in some key places, who makes Tan Qiusheng their life too long! Of course, the spaceship manufactured must also be durable, so the spaceship is basically made of corrosion-resistant alloy materials, even if there is no corrosion resistance, these areas will be vacuumed and low-temperature, so that the spacecraft is as far as possible in a relatively favorable environment for quality retention, and the usual inspection and maintenance are also essential, these aspects are done, the spacecraft can be guaranteed for a very, very long time.
For precious metals, Tan Qiusheng still cares a lot, and it is more urgent! But these heavy elements are things that must be reduced, because they are difficult to use as fuel for nuclear fusion and cannot be converted into energy, in comparison, she cares more about hydrogen and helium, the amount of these light elements, the fuel that is easy to produce nuclear fusion, is the most precious material in the universe. Read the latest chapter of "Obsessive Survival Claw Book House" for free for the first time.