Chapter 62: Toys
In October 2023, the Lunar City, which has just concluded a trade conference and received huge orders, is in full operation.
Cao Chuan asked Nana to open up a spacious place in a remote place, secretly mobilized a few transport vehicles, several mechanical arms for production and manufacturing, and then allocated resources according to the current material situation of the lunar base.
Huge fusion energy reactors, more than 100 tons of composite materials mixed with 5% graphene mesh, make up the bulk of this material, and in addition to this, there are all kinds of components and materials used to make spacecraft, and the amount is quite staggering.
It is self-evident what Cao Chuan wants to do, and he plans to make a "small upgrade" for his spaceship.
The Moon-By-Month spacecraft has not been discontinued and is still playing its role, but unfortunately, for interplanetary navigation, the Moon-Leaping spacecraft, which cannot be equipped with fusion energy reactors, are gradually becoming a little inadequate.
This, coupled with Cao Chuan's personal hobbies, led him to try to build a new private spaceship for his own use.
And the smallest fusion energy spacecraft, the scale is 100 meters, he alone operates thousands of tons of materials to assemble it in place, I don't know how much time, he also called Nana.
Relying on Nana's free time, she commanded dozens of robotic arms to assist in the manufacture of spaceships, which could easily add more than 10 manpower to speed up the manufacturing.
The performance parameters of the new spacecraft are as follows: length 85 meters, width 20 meters, weight 2600 tons, load 3800 tons, speed 1000 km / s, can last 3 months.
After slightly miniaturizing the Hengyue-class spacecraft, the biggest feature of the spacecraft is its speed, 1000 km/s is stacked by a large number of graphene composite structures, reaching this speed, it takes up to two days to travel back and forth between the Moon and Mars, and even the endurance time is just enough for him to travel from the Moon to Pluto.
Cao Chuan estimated the cost of his spaceship a little in boredom, and it was estimated that it would reach a terrifying 30 million merits, I have to say that the new spaceship is a toy that only local tyrants can afford, if the civilian Hengyue-level spacecraft wants to use graphene composite materials, unless the output is increased by 10 times, and the cost is reduced by 10 times, it is simply impossible.
The manufacture of the spaceship is secret, no one knows that there will be another mysterious spaceship to leave the factory soon, and they don't know that such a spaceship that gathers all kinds of advanced materials and cooperates with a variety of super-era technologies will become the most excellent spaceship at this stage.
If Cao Chuan is willing to let his spaceship show his head frequently.
After more than a month, the basic internal structure and shell were just assembled, and at first glance, the new spaceship was more slender than the Hengyue-class spaceship, and there was an elegant smell all over the body.
Then there is the installation of the ship's interior.
The internal structure of the spacecraft is completely different from that of the Hengyue-class spacecraft, with 60% of the space occupied by the cargo compartment and passenger compartment partly divided into fuel storage rooms to allow the spacecraft to sail more time, and partly divided into entertainment rooms, so that even if you travel in space for a long time, you will not get tired.
In other words, the core purpose of the new spacecraft is to sail faster, farther, and more stable, and in a sense, it is an excellent exploration spacecraft, with the possibility of allowing the employees of the Eastern Galaxy Company to explore the solar system.
And in a short time, it will belong to Cao Chuan himself.
He then occupies 20% of the space in the spacecraft to open up a servo cabin for unmanned units such as mining vehicles, satellites, unmanned aircraft, etc., which will reduce the crew of the spacecraft to 300 people, and the advantage is to further improve the comprehensive ability of the spacecraft.
"It's perfect, but because it belongs to me, plus it's a prototype, if the exploration department is interested, the only way to consider cost-saving mass production is to think about it, isn't it true that no country in history has done this?" found a good reason for his own approach, and Cao Chuan, who was approaching the end of the year, was still inspecting around the spaceship, and had no time to rest.
Nana is also helping, because Cao Chuan promised her that when the time comes, she will serve herself as a shipboard mental model, that is, the first shipwive in human history.
Surprisingly, Nana agreed and showed considerable interest.
At this time, from time to time, there are employees who smell the wind and clamoring to come over to visit and help, for the free labor, Cao Chuan did not refuse arbitrarily, anyway, Nana is in charge of management, and it is absolutely impossible for passive slacking to happen.
Seeing that the spacecraft is about to be completed, if there is anything missing, it is weapons, and now, the weapons and equipment system equipped by the East Galaxy Company is small in scale, such as pistols for self-defense, medium-sized protective clothing to resist impacts, and unmanned aircraft have been mass-produced.
Even if it is the current spaceship, in fact, it can be regarded as a space carrier-type spaceship, with more than 200 unmanned aircraft stored inside, if it is driven to the earth, if the other party does not have heavy firepower, the spacecraft will be suspended in orbital space of 300 kilometers, and then the unmanned aircraft cluster will be released, which is enough to suppress an army of nearly 1,000 people.
"So there's a shortage of heavy weapons, like a few mushrooms to store in the cabin? Or build a 200mm caliber electromagnetic cannon, in the presence of fusion energy reactors, the prospects of electromagnetic guns are quite extensive, of course, this is a physical bomb, the laser is also indispensable, plus the laser also consumes energy... Maybe I should think about it a little more... Even if, now the solar system seems safe. ”
Cao Chuan pondered, because the lack of heavy weapons was a pity at most, and it would not affect the completion of the spaceship.
So on the day of the official completion of the spacecraft, after the first test flight, the new spacecraft learned from the Hengyue-class spacecraft, flying 2 million kilometers, looking far away at the mother planet Earth, as well as the satellite Moon.
"The test flight was successful." Cao Chuan announced the result, but there was no one else in the spaceship now.
He looked around, and in front of him, in front of the captain's seat, only a 1/9 avatar of Nana, presented by holographic technology, was looking at him.
"It's time to come up with a name for the ship... How about being called Queen Nana? ”
"Sounds good, master." Nana showed rare pleasure, and then without waiting for Cao Chuan to take the initiative to ask, she directly changed the relevant parameters of the spaceship's operating system, set the name of the ship with the basic information to Queen Nana, and used her artistic talent to redesign the livery, and made an eye-catching LOGO to hang on the outside of the spaceship.
The spacecraft returned to the lunar base.
A large number of employees of the East Galaxy Company were waiting, most of them employees of the exploration department, who had been silently watching the new spaceship, hoping to go up and experience it.
"Mr. Advisor, can you take us on the boat?"
The employees rarely expressed their wishes, as if they were poor children begging for food, and their eyes showed longing.
"Aren't you afraid of danger?"
Cao Chuan guessed that his question was asked in vain, to say that the people who were not afraid of death in the East Galaxy Company must be concentrated in the exploration department, not to mention, now that there is body repair technology, what can be feared.
After a while, he shouted downward: "All those who board the ship will register immediately, this time it is a special operation of the company, and everyone will deduct 10,000 merits first." ”
Obviously, 10,000 merits did not stop the enthusiasm of the employees, and spending 10,000 was enough for them to experience what is the most advanced spaceship in the world, and who would be stingy with this small achievement.