Chapter 161 High-speed trains
"Didn't you say that you were going to spread a maglev orbit all over the moon, and did you start laying a maglev orbit in the area outside of Moontown?" The problem of transportation has always been a matter of great concern to Ye Chen, on the earth, the transportation network extends in all directions, and the heaven and the earth can be added up, almost all corners of the earth. Only when transportation is developed can the economy be activated.
"Master, come with me!" The screwdriver took Ye Chen and got on a small spaceship and flew towards the east of Moon City.
The spacecraft landed on the pass of a crater, looking at the past from the mountain, you can see a large-scale mineral from a distance, countless excavation robots and large mining vehicles are busy excavating and transporting minerals, the mined ore is transported to a dozens of parallel maglev tracks, twenty freight maglev trains up to eight or nine hundred meters long are suspended on the track, waiting for a robot to transport the ore to the train car through specific instruments.
"This mine, the largest mine we have ever found near Midmoon, is about three hundred kilometers away from Midmoon. In addition to the iron ore that we urgently need, it is also rich in a large amount of titanium, chromium, nickel, sodium, magnesium, silicon, rare earths, etc., which are all urgently needed for us, and after mining, they are transported to the smelter near the city of Moon by those maglev trains. At present, we have a total of more than 700 mines within a radius of 500 kilometers in the middle of the city, and according to our research, the minerals stored in these mines are enough for us to build a hundred cities in the middle of the moon, and there may be leftover. ”
The screwdriver remembers that this magnetic levitation track was operated by him some time ago, and it took nearly 10,000 engineering robots to build it, which temporarily met the needs of the project.
"With so much cargo transported, how fast can these maglev trains reach?"
"Thanks to the vacuum on the moon and the absence of friction between the train and the tracks. So that the maglev train has no resistance and can accelerate all the time. However, we have set a maximum speed of no more than 600 kilometers per hour, which means that the distance from here to 300 kilometers in the middle of the moon is enough to reach it in half an hour. ”
"What about the carrying capacity, how much cargo can this kind of train carry?" It seems that the number of carriages of these trains can reach seventy or eighty cars, and the carrying capacity will not be very low.
"A maximum load of 10,000 tonnes is not a problem, but for safety reasons, we have set a maximum load of 6,000 tonnes for freight maglev trains. Don't exceed that, but it will meet the needs of the base. ”
Ye Chen nodded and said, "Let's go down and have a look!" ”
Walking down from the top of the crater and entering the mining area, Ye Chen finally realized that these mining vehicles were so huge, he didn't feel it on the crater just now, and when he really got closer, this mining truck could catch up with his height of four or five on one wheel. A mining truck is like a hill to look up to.
The wheels of the mining vehicle pressed against the rocky ground of the moon, leaving deep marks on the lunar surface. Through the vibrations coming from under his feet, Ye Chen could hear the humming roar of these mining vehicles.
The mining cart passed by Ye Chen's side and continued to perform its unique duties. Ye Chen followed behind the mining vehicle. Come to the mining area with the richest mineral reserves.
A large spiral pit has been mined on the lunar surface here, about five kilometers in diameter, and the mining truck drives along the spiral road to the bottom of the pit to transport the huge ore mined by the mining robots at the bottom of the pit to the freight base. It was handed over to the maglev train to be transported to Midmoon City.
The current pit has been mined dozens of meters deep, and Ye Chen has also walked down. At the bottom of the pit, you can see the deep starry sky overhead and the rocky cliffs that have been excavated all around.
Ye Chen estimated. There are about seven or eight hundred mining robots here, although the number is not very many, but they are all very large, compared to those engineering robots that are about the same size as humans, these mining robots can be regarded as giants, the height can reach six meters, and the arms are not five-fingered, but are made into a huge sharp shovel-shaped, and the palm of the hand can stretch out a fast-rotating drill bit to mine the solid ore in the mining area and transport it to the mining truck.
Ye Chen squatted down and touched the ore cliff that had been mined, and the sharp rock reflected the light of metal. Ye Chen was stunned, the rocks below the surface of the moon were not oxides, but very pure metals, it seemed that there was no oxygen on this moon, and many minerals were more pure, and there was no peroxidation reaction.
Coming out of the inside of the mining area, Ye Chen found a screwdriver and said, "Let's go back, take those maglev trains back." ”
"This..."The screwdriver was a little speechless, these maglev trains are used to carry goods, and there is no place designed for people to ride at all, "Master, this is not good, there is no place for you to ride on these maglev trains, how can we go back?" Let's go back in a small spaceship, or you can fly back by yourself! ”
"No, I'm just going to take the maglev train back, and if there is no seat, we will sit directly on the carriage!" Ye Chen stubbornly said that although he had superhuman strength, he could even fly back to Earth from the moon alone, but this was no longer interesting to him, but it was not as good as these high-tech rail trains that heralded the hope of the moon's future.
Looking at Ye Chen's stubborn expression, the screwdriver didn't dare to refute, although Ye Chen usually looked amiable, but it was not something he could bear to get angry, since Ye Chen wanted to take the maglev train, then sit well, it didn't matter to him anyway.
Ye Chen and the screwdriver stood on the maglev train carriage that was already full of goods, fortunately, these trains were not open-air trains, and the goods were piled up inside the carriage, otherwise, Ye Chen would have to sit directly on the ore.
The train started slowly, and then Ye Chen saw the amazing speed of the maglev train, although it was not as fast as the maglev car he had ridden before, but this was a train carrying thousands of tons of goods, it was not comparable.
The surrounding scenery quickly regressed, and the train under him seemed to fly up, moving forward at a rapid speed. However, there is no strong wind coming, if this is on Earth, the wind brought by the movement of the train is enough to blow an ordinary person directly away, this is a freight train with a speed of 600 kilometers per hour, which is faster than the high-speed rail on the earth. (To be continued......)