Chapter 475: Space Program
Although with Shen Bing's current strength, he can also climb up from between these cliffs, but these cliffs are more than thousands of miles high, so it is better to wait for the Bull Demon King to climb up like this.
Even if these cliffs are a little lower, Shen Bing has a lot to think about, such as using the eye of heaven to light up a map with a radius of thousands of miles.
It's true that the cliff is too high, so it can't be done.
Although he can also use the relay method to search, there is a problem in this, he is not sure whether this Peng Demon King is deliberately hiding and disappearing, or because this place is too big, Peng Demon King did not hear his own shouts.
If it is the latter, this method is still effective, but Shen Bing estimates that the former is more likely, and when the teleportation charm is used up, he won't even see a single hair of the Peng Demon King, isn't it a tragedy?
Anyway, it's been two days since the Bull Demon King went to look for the Jiao Demon King, and he can come back tomorrow at most, and then he will look for it slowly.
Just as Shen Bing was about to teleport to the Nine Secluded Land, Yuan Wei and Yun Xue had already walked out with their meals, and Li Xiao had already arrived in the living room.
After the meal, Shen Bing sat in the living room with the two girls and chatted for a while, and after learning some of their research and development trends, they went to the second villa next to them.
After such a long period of renovation, Villa No. 2 has now been transformed into Shen Bing's personal scientific research place.
From the basement to the third floor of the villa, there are all kinds of experimental equipment and instruments.
Even the world's top lab managers will be amazed at the experimental instruments used here.
Their precision and intelligence can be looked up to by everyone.
To purchase such a batch of equipment, regardless of the impact of embargoes and other aspects of various countries, I am afraid that the capital demand alone will not be less than one billion.
If some people who know about the existence of this laboratory know that it is nothing more than something that Shen Bing uses to hide people's eyes, they will probably be so depressed that they vomit blood.
However, this is the case, Shen Bing came up with such a set of equipment, really just to explain why he often hides in Longhu Island for research and development.
Now in this villa, there is also a passage to the underground base, and Shen Bing enters this villa, and the main purpose is to go to the underground base.
At present, there are project leaders in various fields in the underground base, and in fact, Shen Bing generally does not need to intervene.
But as the leader of the carriage of Phantom Immortal Technology, Shen Bing must ensure that there are no mistakes in the direction of research and development. At the same time, he has much more technical information in his head than others, and in some aspects, he can also guide various project teams.
Coming to the underground base, Shen Bing went directly to the aerospace R&D area.
Although the news just now did not bring much shock to Shen Bing, if he can completely ignore this incident, then he is not a qualified business leader.
The successful launch of the Heavy Falcon rocket by SpaceX has already shown that the company is already capable of sending astronauts to the moon.
After all, half a century ago, the United States and the Soviet Union had already completed this initiative, but it was only possible by the two countries with the strength of their countries, and they were forced by the pressure of the international situation at that time.
But now SpaceX is just a private enterprise, with the profit-seeking nature of the enterprise and the more efficient and flexible strategy formulation means than the government, with SpaceX already mastering this technology, it is conceivable that it will usher in rapid progress in a very short period of time.
The space field, like the deep sea, is the main target of competition among all countries and forces in the world, among which space is the most important, in the final analysis, although the marine resources are abundant, but after all, there are also limitations, not as full of endless possibilities as space.
Once SpaceX really goes into space, it doesn't have to go too far, just dangling on the moon for a while, and it can grab unimaginable wealth on Earth.
With these resources as the foundation, SpaceX's future development will be even more rapid.
Even if Shen Bing is not afraid to compare the development speed with any company, he also does not want others to rush ahead of him to grab resources, even if it is just these ...... on the moon
When Shen Bing found Locks, the head of the aerospace R&D department, this guy was fiddling with a cylindrical thing, and he didn't even notice Shen Bing walking over.
It was only his subordinates who reminded him when they saw Shen Bing that he raised his head.
"Boss!"
Shen Bing smiled and asked, "What are you busy with?"
"We have completed the initial design of the hull of the new spacecraft and are currently working on the engine technology. At your request, boss, we will abandon the previous method of separating the spacecraft hull from the power plant and adopt an integrated structure. I had a discussion with Philo the other day that our spacecraft would be powered by nuclear energy. They are responsible for the power take-off, that is, the nuclear reactor, while our side is responsible for the development of the power conversion unit. ”
Shen Bing said: "Let's talk about the progress on your side first." ”
This is Locks' area of expertise, so he didn't need to make any preparation, and said directly: "After our discussion, the best way to take at the moment is to use the reverse thrust provided by the high-speed ion beam generated by nuclear fusion to provide the spacecraft with forward power." This technology has been conceived for decades, but due to the limitations of basic industry and master control technology, this technical solution has only existed in the imagination. Now our R&D base has broken through the barriers of basic industry. Philo has inferred that with the material technology and other technical reserves we have now, he is confident that he will lead the team to complete the research and development of controlled nuclear fusion within half a year. And our project team is a little faster than them. According to the docking rules developed by our joint research, we need to complete the research and development of directional restraint and velocity control of high-speed ion beams. ”
Shen Bing frowned slightly, and said, "If the entire spacecraft project research is completed, how long will it take?"
Locks said: "It's not easy to say, our initial goal is to develop a spacecraft that can fly within the solar system, and the farthest distance it can reach will be the Kuiper Belt planets nearly 10 billion kilometers away from the Earth. Although our first ship was designed to reach a speed of 100 km/s, it would take about two years to complete the longest voyage. While we can carry a lot of food on board the ship, it's not a long-term solution. We plan to create a small man-made ecosystem on the spacecraft to maximize the use of resources and extend the spacecraft's stay in the air. At present, I have sorted out the plan for implementing this technology and reported it to the general control center. Director Qiu has refined the project and assigned it to various R&D teams. It's just that I can't be sure how long it will take to complete this technical breakthrough. ”
Shen Bing thought about it, although this seemed like a trivial matter, but when he thought about it carefully, it was extremely important.
As the saying goes, the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved, if you can't even solve the problem of eating, then what a ghost?
Shen Bing built this spaceship not for scientific research, but for space development, and the number of people carried on the spacecraft at that time will definitely not be like the "fake spaceship" that can only carry three or five people in the world, at least it must have the scale of about 100 people.
Take eating as an example, one person consumes one ton of resources and materials a year, which is not much. But hundreds of people is definitely a large number, not to mention that it is impossible for a spaceship to go out just to go around, right? If you need to stay at the destination for a year and a half, it will consume more resources.
The spacecraft that Shen Bing plans to build is indeed very powerful, and it is barely able to transport thousands of tons of materials. But if the living supplies of the crew alone need to consume nearly 1,000 tons of capacity, then what else can this spaceship do?
However, Shen Bing also has his own considerations, although it is not particularly difficult to build a complete small ecosystem, it is not so easy to build such a system in space. It is necessary to consider not only factors such as moisture and light, but also energy supply and excess weight loss.
"You should know about what SpaceX did yesterday, right?" asked Shen Bing.
Locks nodded and said, "Yes!"
Although the underground base is isolated from the world, it does not mean that the people in the underground base are completely cut off from the outside world.
All the people in the underground base can obtain news and information from the outside world through a variety of channels, but this information acquisition is one-way, and no one inside can pass on the news.
Of course, if it is approved by Shen Bing, under the monitoring of Qiuqiu, the people in it can still contact the outside world, but so far, no one has used this method.
Shen Bing said: "How long do you estimate it will take for SpaceX to achieve the moon landing at the earliest?"
"With SpaceX's technical reserves, if you don't count the consequences of failure, they can go to the moon right now," Locks said. In fact, the most important factor restricting whether the company will go to the moon is only whether its person in charge is willing or not. ”
Locks' views in this regard are almost the same as Shen Bing's, which is the main reason why Shen Bing rushed over to discuss with Locks.
"I don't want to see the Yankees standing on the moon before we do. ”
"Actually, they went up before us, decades ago......"
"I'm talking about the present!"
"Okay! boss. If it's just to get on the moon, we can ignore the creation of ecosystems. As long as Filo's side can complete the development of a controlled nuclear fusion device within half a year, we can start building the spacecraft immediately. As for the time it will take to build this first spaceship, it's not up to us at our underground research base to decide. ”