"The take-off weight of the new carrier will be 13,000 tons, in terms of carrying capacity and speed...... It's really better than an ocean freighter. ”

Ye Ming talked eloquently in the meeting, looked at the chief engineer of Jiangnan Shipyard, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, I don't know how many tons of cargo ships are now...... But it replaces ocean-going freighters, so it should be fine, right? ”

"Hahaha." Chief Engineer Zhou Xingwen laughed: "It seems that Mr. Ye has no concept of the current sea ship......"

"Is it generally more than 100,000 tons now?"

"Almost, now the new ocean-going freighter of more than 100,000 tons is considered standard."

"Forehead......" Ye Ming coughed: "That's not comparable, if the space carrier wants to reach a carrying capacity of 100,000 tons, it can be built...... It's a big deal to build a reactor, but the cost is heavenly, and it is estimated that a ship will be at least a kilometer long...... It doesn't make sense. ”

"Hmm. However, the advantage of a space carrier for ocean transportation is still great, after all, it is fast, can reach in a day, and can theoretically reach any city, thus bridging the gap between inland and coastal. ”

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"That's right! That's what I want to say! Ye Ming nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice.

The reason why he proposed it was entirely to find "jobs" for the transport ship - in order to build an accelerator, of course it is no problem to build so many space carriers, because there is also the construction of a space city later, which can also be used.

But human resources and production speed are still limited after all.

You can't just build a transport ship and stop eight out of ten in order to start with it...... That's not interesting.

Therefore, using it in ground transportation is one of the employment directions - for this reason, Ye Ming also deliberately designed it to be 10,000 tons, just to match the so-called "10,000-ton giant ship". Outcome...... The 10,000-ton giant ship is a thing of the past.

"The main thing is the transportation cost, if the transportation cost can be reduced, let alone 10,000 tons, it is a thousand tons at a time...... There is also a place for it......" Chief Engineer Zhou added with a smile.

"Hmm...... The Helium III plant on the moon will also expand simultaneously, and within three years, I dare not say that Helium III will become the price of cabbage, at least it will be more than half cheaper than now, and it will definitely be cheaper than sea ships with the same cargo capacity. ”

"No problem! And as long as the global freight cost can be saved, the production cost of the whole society will be greatly reduced. Chief Engineer Zhou nodded firmly.

At this time, Director Zhang suddenly said: "But if we comprehensively promote cargo spacecraft to replace sea transportation, then ...... Some countries are afraid that they are about to jump their feet. ”

Ye Ming was slightly stunned, and then realized that Director Zhang was referring to "which countries".

Yes, of course...... Those who collect tolls and run gas stations.

He smiled slightly: "Under the rolling torrent of science and technology, behemoths like Lao Mei are just praying mantises, not to mention some countries." ”

Director Zhang nodded with a smile: "Well, this is true." ”

Amid the laughter of everyone, Ye Ming announced the dismissal of the meeting, and then, he returned home, said goodbye to his parents briefly, and then boarded a helicopter with He Mo and headed for the nearest military airport.

He was going to go to the Dalian shipyard to take a look at the soon-to-be-finished question star.

After several years of construction, a whole set of naming rules for spaceships has been formed in the country - battleships, needless to say, are according to dynasties.

For civilian spacecraft, for spaceships in the solar system, especially in low-earth orbit, it is generally named X-month.

Among them, it is represented by the first moon sign, including the subsequent moon sign, the moon watcher, and the month-by-month number.

For those that are going to explore the system for long distances, the X-Day is named after the X-Day - of course, there is only one Sun-By-Day in the pipeline, which will be used for Mars and the asteroid belt - Jupiter.

The transport ship will be named the Sky Survey, but it will be divided into different models according to the carrying capacity.

The spacecraft to be used for extra-line exploration is named after the X asterisk.

For example, Finder 1-8.

The Wenxing is the first manned research ship specially designed to cross wormholes.

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It was four o'clock in the afternoon when Ye Ming arrived at the Dalian shipyard.

After a few simple greetings with Chief Engineer Huang, the person in charge who came to greet him, he took the factory car directly to the No. 7 shipyard.

"Mr. Huang, have you fully implemented unmanned production?"

He Mo's eyes were sharp, and she could see at a glance that the entire dock was full of multiple construction machinery vehicles and unmanned carrier vehicles running - there is no doubt that these were all remotely controlled by Aita through over-distance communication +6G.

"Well, the carrying, managing, and boredom aspects are almost achieved, but the construction field is still not good." Chief Engineer Huang explained with a smile: "Whether it is building a spaceship or a ship, it is still inseparable from skilled workers. ”

"It's the robot that's inconvenient, isn't it?"

"Both." Chief Engineer Huang paused: "For some work, robots can be more accurate than humans, but the strength may not be enough, the power is enough, the space is not suitable, everything is suitable, and sometimes the feel is not right......"

Ye Ming echoed with a smile: "After all, talent is the most sophisticated machine. ”

"Haha, Mr. Ye's words are on the essence."

Several people chatted all the way and soon arrived at the construction site.

Although the Asterisk is named independently, its appearance is still a reference to the Inviting Moon and the Asking Moon - after all, as long as the shape remains the same, the experience can be inherited.

However, compared to the Invitation Moon, it has quadrupled in size.

It has a total length of more than 230 meters, a total height of more than 50 meters, and a total width of 40 meters.

In the design, it will have a crew capacity of 380 people, and the cabin alone will be designed with 12 floors.

Such a height makes it necessary to design the elevator.

In addition, its transport warehouse is also divided into two floors, which is large enough to fit two buildings.

Due to the large number of personnel, the expedition team will carry more than two years of food in the past - which requires that the experimental module must have space for growing vegetables and raising.

- Although according to the current feedback, the Azure Star and the Earth show a high degree of environmental consistency, it will never be possible for these more than 300 people to take risks as soon as they land.

As such, it will also be loaded with weapons, as well as a rapid reaction force of fifty men.

And the composition of the fighters of the unit......

Let's put it this way, each fighter is carefully selected, and in addition to being proficient in combat, everyone must be good at multiple fields.

As a multi-functional exploration spacecraft, it also needs to have certain space exploration capabilities. As a result, it will also carry a small space shuttle – powered by compressed air.

Not to mention the large-scale construction and exploration tools used for ground development.

It can be said that this spaceship carries the most cutting-edge and exquisite technology of mankind so far.

and the most ardent expectations of mankind.

It can't afford to slip up.