The idea of an orbital reef space station is another unprecedented feat, and if it really wants to be made, the current International Space Station is all small Karami in front of it.

As Chen Yanwei gave a brief overview, everyone present also looked at Fang Hong and waited for him to speak.

Although he is not a technician of Kyushu Blue Arrow, nor is he directly involved in the management of this company, it can be said that whether the idea of an orbital space station stays on the idea or can assist practical actions depends entirely on whether he nods or not.

Because it is really expensive, with a budget of 200 billion yuan, the technical problems are feasible, but if there is no sufficient financial support, it is just empty talk.

At the end, Fang Hong turned to look at Chen Yanwei and asked, "Now that the project is started, what year is it expected to be put into operation?" ”

Zheng Xin answered this question: "Since we did not have the relevant experience accumulation in the construction of the space station, the team that applied to join the International Space Station was blocked by the West. ”

Fang Hong nodded when he heard this, Chen Yanwei They are still very pragmatic, and they did not enlarge the satellite in front of the big boss and boast about Haikou, after all, space exploration itself is very dangerous, and its potential risks are needless to say, and if such a big project goes wrong, no one can afford to take this responsibility.

There's nothing wrong with being steady.

At the same time, Zheng Xin added: "If the project is established this year, with the support of sufficient funds, the first experimental module can be launched in 2017, and it will take three years to launch multiple test modules to complete various test tasks, and if everything goes well, the first module of the orbital reef space station can be officially launched in 2020." ”

If the first module is launched in 2020, if everything goes well, we can expand with the efficiency of adding a new main module in a quarter, and it is expected to be put into operation around 2022, and can support normal scientific research, experiments and long-term residence of astronauts in the orbital reef space station." ”

This kind of super-large space project cannot be completed overnight, and the time is calculated in a ten-year cycle, and it is super efficient to get it done in about ten years.

According to what Chen Yanwei said, from the establishment of the project this year to the initial operation of the orbital reef space station in 2022, it will only be about eight years, which is already extremely amazing, and it may be questioned by people in the international aerospace community.

However, Fang Hong believed that they must be sure enough when they said this.

This is also due to the idea of modular expansion, which can be put into initial operation in 2022, and the orbital space station at this time should be regarded as a standard version that only has the basic functions of the space station.

Regenerative life support systems, space gardens on the space station, and even raising livestock and the like will definitely not be possible during the "standard version", and the standard version must have limited functions.

However, the continuous modular expansion will be gradually upgraded in the future, and it will definitely be realized.

After a while, Fang Hong looked around at everyone and made a decision directly: "Since the technical and economic aspects are feasible, let's start the project, the orbital reef space station project will start this year, and the project will be allocated about 20 billion yuan per year, with a total budget of 200 billion." ”

Chen Yongwei, Zheng Xin and others were all in high spirits when they heard it, and the big boss spoke, so the matter was determined with certainty.

The orbital reef space station project said that it was a budget of 200 billion, but Fang Hong knew that the final budget would definitely be more than that, Chen Yanwei and they must try to keep the number as small as possible, and the figure of the 200 billion budget must be calculated with the most ideal result.

After all, when the project is launched, and the implementation reaches the middle and late stages, the money is not enough to increase the budget, and it must be increased.

Therefore, Fang Hong's heart actually reserved space, and he calculated a budget scale of 100 billion more for this project, which is about 300 billion overall.

But the matter of reserving space must not be told to those present, this kind of idea can only be carried in one's stomach.

Chen Yanwei and they must try to calculate as small as possible, while Fang Hong is just the opposite, to calculate bigger, the two diametrically opposed algorithms are different because of the different positions and positions of the two sides.

After a while, Fang Hong suddenly asked, "Does the orbital reef space station have a military defense system?" ”

Everyone was stunned, Chen Yanwei looked at Fang Hongdao: "Military defense system? This is not taken into account. ”

As soon as Fang Hong heard this, he said neatly: "Like the space solar power station, the orbital reef space station must also establish a defense system, and my hundreds of billions of things are hanging alone in outer space, without any defense mechanism, which is not appropriate." ”

Zheng Xin: "This ......"

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, Zheng Xin turned to look at Fang Hong and said, "Isn't this a little too cautious?" Even if he was a magnesium countryman, he didn't dare to have the courage to attack the space station. ”

Fang Hong asked rhetorically: "Ming Huanghuang naturally doesn't dare, but what about secretly pretending to be satellite debris?" What about space junk? ”

As soon as these words came out, Zheng Xin and the others were speechless, they did not take into account the potential problems of Zhengzhi and military, and Fang Hong added: "Even if these are aside, from the perspective of objective reality, with the increasing frequency of human activities in the space field, more space junk will be generated in the future, and the unprecedented scale of our orbital reef space station means that the risk of being hit by space junk debris is also greater, so we must fully consider this." ”

Everyone couldn't help but nod their heads again and again when they heard this, this is indeed a problem, even if the magnesium country guy doesn't have that bad intention, but the objective reality of the space environment is there, which must not be ignored, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

If he was really secretly made bad by the magnesium country, he could still ask him for an explanation, and there was an accountability subject, if he was hit by natural space junk debris, he couldn't find the place to cry.

At this time, Luo Liang, who was present at the meeting, pondered and said: "To solve this problem, the space station itself can only have a high-energy laser defense system, and a space solar power station to clean up debris close to the space station, in addition to this, there is also an additional mobile platform, that is, a smaller artificial space station and the orbital reef space station share an orbit." ”

Luo Liang continued: "It walks in front and acts as a patrol mechanism, and its task is to patrol the orbital area and clean up some space debris that may exist along the way that will threaten the space station of the orbital reef behind, so that even if the worst happens, the mobile platform can not be cleaned up and can be detected in advance, leaving enough time and space for the orbital reef space station behind to make emergency orbit changes to avoid the risk of impact." ”

The orbital reef space station is such a huge artificial celestial body, and there are many people, scientists and even space travelers in it in the future, no matter how cautious it is, it is not enough to be nine out of ten, it is not enough to be ten out of ten.

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