Chapter 347: Crazy Season 1: Capturing an Asteroid
Calls from all over the world have found a master company, with a 1 in 7,000 chance, which is an extremely dangerous probability. Humans cannot take risks and wait for a decision from heaven. This is already the age of science and technology, and mankind already has the means to restrain asteroids: space-based weapons!
On June 3, at nine o'clock in the morning local time in Huaxia, Zhao Qingyun, who is in charge of the security of the master company, delivered a speech, and the master company will go all out to destroy the asteroid plan. However, due to the incompleteness of the space satellites of the master company, it is impossible to lock the asteroid orbit and needs international assistance.
The first to respond was the United States, which monitored almost all the observed asteroids in space that were dangerous to Earth throughout the year, and then the United Kingdom also expressed its full support. By the evening, more than 100 satellites around the world had locked on Apophis.
That night, the public channel of the master company received all the known details of Apophis, the number from more than a dozen countries around the world, making this information extremely accurate, whether it is time, orbit, or even size, the error is all less than one ten-millionth; Only density cannot be measured.
Seeing this number, Zhang Jingyuan sighed wordlessly, if the world can unite, mankind is expected to truly enter the space age in five years, unlike now, it is still in the transition from the space age to the space age. It's a pity that each has its own interests, but it doesn't think that the united force is even stronger. Of course, the real international cannot be counted in this way, and there are more complicated ones.
Putting this matter aside, the master company urgently held a high-level meeting, and all the high-level executives related to this matter were in place. At 11 o'clock in the evening, the headquarters building of the master company is brightly lit, and on the large screen of the huge conference hall, the schematic diagram of the Apophis orbit is evolving. Of course, even though it is a schematic diagram, it is also extremely accurate. It's just that the master company of this meeting did not agree to the request of the world open meeting, but discussed it internally.
Because in such a meeting, it is inevitable that the core interests and secrets of the master company will be involved.
Now, except for Liu Haibo, who is on a mission in space, all relevant personnel are in place. Looking at everyone around him, Zhang Jingyuan suddenly smiled, "You don't have to be so nervous, there is still a month." Besides, it's not that the master company has no experience in destroying asteroids. But this time I don't think of destroying the asteroid, but: capture!
With the acceleration of the global space race, supplies on Earth have become increasingly scarce. Just a few days ago, one-third of Africa's mines have been declared depleted, leading to further price increases in global mineral resources, and greatly restricting countries such as Germany and Japan, which do not have enough mineral resources.
So, this time I wondered, can we try to capture the asteroid. Even if it's all rock, it's invaluable in space. For example, the main component of our current photovoltaic cells is silicon wafers, and the source of these silicon wafers is stone, which is extracted step by step from quartz sand. So even if the asteroid is all stone, but because it is in space, it is also a moving gold mine, and it is really a waste to directly smash the asteroid.
The previous comet, because it was mostly ice, had nothing yet; But this asteroid is not just rocky, it is also actively sent to the door, so we can't give up no matter what.
More importantly, please see, according to the above reflection analysis, the comparison of the wavelength color position of the spectrum, etc., we can find that the surface of the Apophis asteroid contains a large amount of iron. We don't even rule out that this asteroid has a lot of iron inside. The role and status of iron need not be explained.
In fact, according to the development law of the current master company, steel is still the most powerful weapon for human beings to conquer nature. The rest, whether it is titanium, aluminum, magnesium, copper, etc., can only be regarded as ornaments that decorate steel.
In addition, I analyzed that the Earth's orbital speed is about 29.79 kilometers per second, and Apophis is approaching the Earth's vicinity faster than the Earth, with a relative speed of 15 kilometers per second, and the true orbital speed is about 45 kilometers per second.
At this speed, if we calculate the planet's orbit and let the shuttle accelerate in advance, it is completely possible to capture the asteroid.
This is a gold mine from heaven!
Mu Xinghai, what do you think of this plan, is it feasible? โ
Soon, Zhang Jingyuan turned his gaze to Mu Xinghai, who was contemplating. In the field, this is the absolute expert in space shuttle piloting. Of course, Dongfang Ying, who was in charge of the design, was also not simple.
"I think it's feasible," Mu Xinghai replied a little slowly, "But, after the capture, where do we put it?" Is it dangerous to orbit the Earth in orbit? And if you go far away, there will be some difficulties in management. โ
"This is not a problem, just a few days ago, we have completed the development of the intelligent program. We can transplant a set of intelligent programmatic space shuttles, and place two space shuttles on the captured asteroid, which are responsible for adjusting orbits at any time; According to the current development speed of the master company, by the end of this year, when the construction of the New World space base is completed, we will have the ability to deal with this treasure with free hands. โ
"Alright, I'll gather the boys and start the drill now. But capturing the asteroid, I expect it to be difficult. Mu Xinghai frowned, "I calculate, the weight of the asteroid is at least 49 million tons, which is calculated according to the texture of the rock; But we have to be prepared for what if, if it is filled with a lot of iron, it will be possible to weigh 140 million tons, of course, this is the limit weight, but the calculation, you have to calculate the limit case.
Based on the weight of 140 million tons, the asteroid has a speed of 45 kilometers per second, and carries a kinetic energy of 1.4175ร10^21 joules, which is about 3.9375ร10^14 kilowatt-hours of electricity. (The number guรฒ shows the danger of the asteroid to the Earth; Anyway, this number brother is really scared. I don't know if I don't count. ๏ผ
And the space shuttle cannot exhaust all the electrical energy, so we calculate it according to 4ร10^14 kWh, which is 40 trillion kWh! And now, the newest and largest Rise space shuttle carried by Master Company only carries 600 million kilowatt-hours of electricity. Last year, the total global power generation was less than 90 trillion kilowatt-hours; Huaxia's own power generation is only more than 9 trillion points.
To be honest, it seems a bit difficult.
We need at least 66,667 sorties of the newest Space Shuttle Rise!
Personally, this is a figure that can only be looked up to.
In addition, all planes need to be accelerated, and even need to carry a large number of steel cables, carbon fiber locks, etc., which must be taken into account, and the energy must be increased by at least one thousandth. โ
Mu Xinghai's calculations cooled Zhang Jingyuan's ambitions all of a sudden.
"No, that's how we should calculate." Dongfang Ying took over Mu Xinghai's calculations. "We should calculate the Earth's ability to capture space asteroids. As long as the calculation is accurate, it is completely possible to use the gravitational pull of the earth to make the asteroid become a satellite of the earth and orbit the earth.
The Earth's orbiting velocity is 7.9 km/s and the escape velocity is 11.2 km/s. Extreme calculations, Apophis can rotate around the Earth at a speed of 11 kilometers per second (near-Earth velocity).
Secondly, the Earth itself is also orbiting the Sun at a speed of 29.79 kilometers, a speed that cannot be lost.
According to the current calculation of Apophis's orbit, there is a little angle to the Earth's orbit, which can be ignored. Suppose we make Apophis's orbit around the Earth parallel to the Earth's orbit, then the Apophis asteroid has the speed and energy of the Earth around the Sun in addition to its own orbital speed and energy.
In this way, the limit energy is calculated approximately: 0.5ร140 million tons ร (45000^2-11000^2-29790^2)รท3.6ร10^6=1.97663647ร10^13 kWh, which is about 2ร10^13 kWh, which is 2 trillion kWh. (I don't know if this calculation is correct, please help me calculate it with the great god who found it.) ๏ผ
Belch...... Okay, it's still a bit big, but it should be feasible. That is, you need to be cautious in the process, and the calculation cannot be a little worse.
In addition, we actually calculate according to Apophis for the iron core, and if the core is rocky, this number will be discounted by three.
And now there are a total of 400 space shuttles in the master company with execution capabilities, and according to the calculations in my hands, the total electrical energy carried by these space shuttles is 60 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity; The master company now stores enough batteries to have 100 billion kWh reserves, and we can reach 200 billion kWh in a month. And all the planes can be converted, and 400 space shuttles, all the empty spaces are stuffed with batteries, and a total of about 300 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity can be carried.
In addition, according to calculations, there are about 500 billion kilowatt-hours of physical battery electricity stored in the country, and there are about 300 Wyvern fighter jets, which carry about 10 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity. The country is fully producing, which can produce 400 billion kilowatt-hours a month, and all the space shuttles of the Flying Dragon should be able to be modified, and the total amount of electricity carried will increase to 200 billion kilowatt-hours.
All the shuttles combined, can carry 500 billion kWh, and there will be an additional 470 billion kWh of physical batteries left.
This total amount is close to a trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity, and it should be possible to give it a try. However, it is necessary to consult with the state. It is basically impossible to rely on the master company itself. โ
Looking at these numbers, not to mention everyone, even Zhang Jingyuan was stunned!
Oh, I just want to get a rock to play with, as for it!
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