Chapter 450: Space Transportation Channel
Academician Zhu Bingwen and his team were happily celebrating the success of the miniature nuclear power plant.
Li Hao did not participate in their celebration, but left directly.
He didn't rush back to the research building, and now it's getting late, and it's time for him to go home.
Li Hao returned home in the smart electric car he had hailed in advance.
When he returned home, he found that Zhou Yunsheng had fallen asleep.
Li Hao didn't bother and asked the robot to cook a meal for himself. After teaching the puppy Bei Bei to read for a while, he went to rest.
Early in the morning of the 16th, Li Hao and Zhou Yunsheng came to the company.
They are on the way, and they have reached a consensus on the details of the establishment of the intelligent industrial group.
After Zhou Yunsheng came to the company, he began to launch this plan.
She first had to divest and integrate the manufacturing industry that belonged to the original company, and then re-plan the organizational structure of the smart industry group.
Li Hao sat on the boss's chair, seemingly resting leisurely.
He actually sank his mind into the science library. Through the artificial intelligence program, search for the technology he needs.
The tech library is now readily available, and there are artificial intelligence programs that provide search engines. It's easier to choose technology.
Li Hao soon heard a knock on the door, and he exited the science and technology library. Open the office door.
This is definitely not Zhou Yunsheng's return, nor is it the company's senior management who came to Zhou Yunsheng to report to work.
As long as executives report on their work, their approximate location will be marked on the cloud intelligence platform.
At this time, someone should have asked him to report to work.
I don't know if it's someone from the research building or someone from the Space Exploration Group.
Li Hao saw a person walking towards him with a folder in his hand.
He didn't even need to look at this person's face to know that it must be Ma Yiming, the general manager of the Space Exploration Group, who has arrived.
Everyone has their own office habits, perhaps left over from their previous careers.
Every time Ma Yiming reports to work, in addition to filling in the electronic document backup on the cloud intelligent platform. He's going to bring a paper document.
Li Hao directly invited Ma Yiming to sit opposite him and asked him, "Manager Ma, what work do you have to report to me?" ”
Ma Yiming immediately reported: "Mr. Li, I think the company's development strategy in the aerospace field should be changed.
In particular, the means of space transport cannot be dominated by the space shuttle. It is necessary to establish a new space transport channel. ”
"Now the space shuttle is the easiest means of transportation, Manager Ma said what you think. Why deny it? Li Hao asked seriously.
Ma Yiming handed the folder in his hand to Li Hao.
He told the reason he believed: "Mr. Li, I am not denying the contribution of the space shuttle.
Through this experience of transporting matter to the Moon. I found that the space shuttle had a big drawback.
That is, its load capacity is too low, and the cost per use is too high.
In particular, the cost of fuel, the water and carbon dioxide required for ion engines.
All of them are ionic fuels made using a special process.
Although it is cheaper than chemical raw materials, it is also costly for frequent use. Add to that the cost of maintenance.
In addition to reusability, the cargo capacity is relatively large, these advantages. It also does not have much generational difference with launch vehicles.
Mr. Li, you said that you want to make the aerospace industry develop rapidly.
Each use of the shuttle costs millions of dollars, which the company can afford at this stage.
In the future, when you go in and out of space frequently, this price is too expensive.
In particular, some substances are of very low value in themselves. When transported with the Space Shuttle, the cost of transportation far exceeds its value. ”
"At this stage, there is no way, there is no cheap means of transportation." Li Hao waved his hand and said.
Ma Yiming pointed to the documents on the desk, and he said respectfully: "Mr. Li, I will discuss it in detail with the company's engineers. Two schemes of space transportation were formed.
They are the Space Elevator Program and the Mass Accelerator Program.
Consideration should be given to China's financial capacity and technical standards. Only one of these two programs can be executed, and mass accelerators are more difficult to manufacture. ”
Li Hao first read the space elevator plan and briefly looked at the content of the plan.
The above explanation is very detailed, if he hadn't read the popular science of alien civilizations. Will definitely choose this plan.
"The space elevator program is not considered." Li Hao sternly refused.
Ma Yiming was stunned, and he said puzzledly: "Mr. Li, why did you refuse directly?"
Our company agrees that the space elevator program is simpler.
The geosynchronous orbit is 36,000 kilometers high, 100 times the height of the International Space Station and three times the diameter of the Earth.
We use special cables that only require 10 kilograms per meter. Counting counterweights and construction equipment, the total weight is only 400,000 tons.
The biggest difficulty in building a space elevator is launching the payload into space.
There are space shuttles, which can easily do this job.
The technical difficulties encountered in the construction of the space elevator have been overcome by various means.
The gravitational pull from the Moon and the Sun, as well as the pressure from the solar wind, will cause the cable to wobble.
The lack of bending resistance was the biggest crisis before the space elevator.
We have solved this problem by using a two-way dynamic balance compensation system.
Another big killer that plagues the operation of space satellites is space junk.
It was gradually cleaned up by the space shuttle and no longer affected the operation of the space elevator.
We are ready to open the space elevator to the world, and it has a certain ability to defend itself.
Through the efforts of all parties, it will not be attacked by the weapons of the world's major countries.
Building a space elevator is the most cost-effective option. Mr. Li, you can't dismiss it because of your preferences. ”
Li Hao saw Ma Yiming's eloquent appearance, and finally looked a little anxious.
Knowing that Ma Yiming proposed these two plans, it must be that he has prepared the space elevator plan, and the mass accelerator plan has not yet been fully prepared.
Li Hao waved his hand and said, "Don't talk about its benefits.
I just ask one point, the space elevator, on the way to and from the ionosphere.
Do you know what the consequences of cutting the ionosphere with high intensity many times? ”
Li Hao saw Ma Yiming standing on the spot in a daze, knowing that he hadn't considered the situation.
He said directly: "This will generate a huge electric current, which will not affect anything inside the space elevator."
It also alters atmospheric levels at high altitudes, especially for ozone. This method is even more dangerous than compounds such as freon.
It depletes ozone in the atmosphere in a short period of time, creating a hole in the ozone layer in the atmosphere. It has caused a great ecological disaster. ”
Li Hao only said the reason why Ma Yiming could understand.
This reason is the least harmful consequence.
The biggest consequence is that after a long period of use, the electromagnetic field structure of the atmosphere is changed.
If you suddenly encounter a high-energy particle attack in the universe. Most likely, it will break through the defenses of the atmosphere.
According to the popular science materials of alien civilizations, there is a civilization that is very good at death. That's what they did.
When encountering natural disasters in the universe, they directly lose their protection, leading to the demise of civilization.
According to the records of extraterrestrial civilizations, most of the first civilizations were born on planets with atmospheres.
It is because on the time scale of the universe, various natural disasters occur from time to time.
Some civilizations were born too short to experience the horrors of these natural disasters. But that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Without the protection of the atmosphere, it is difficult for a planet to give birth to traces of the existence of civilization.
It is because of these planets that various cosmic disasters are encountered from time to time.
Even if some civilizations have great potential, as long as they cannot effectively block the attack of cosmic particles.
This civilization will die quickly, and there will be no chance to grow at all. Li Hao didn't want human civilization to become like this.
Just like the North American continent, there are no tall mountains that run from east to west.
As a result, it is highly prone to catastrophic weather, which is a fatal threat to agricultural civilization.
In ancient times, this land could not give birth to an agricultural civilization at all.
The great development of agriculture is to enter the era of industrialization and use technology to overcome natural disasters.
Ma Yiming heard Li Hao's reprimand, and his energy was no longer as full as when he came in.
He asked in a weak tone: "Mr. Li, then look at the mass accelerator, does it have fatal hidden dangers?" ”