Homo sapiens space station.

After a day of assembling, the construction work was finally completed.

The 10 spaceships have become 10 space capsules, of which the node module and two power modules are the core, forming the central axis.

The other 7 compartments are connected to two attachment points of the node compartment.

At this time, Meng Haiyang and the maintenance worker Sha Yuegong were floating inside the cabin, inspecting various areas.

Among them, the nuclear power tank is the target of the key inspection.

The nuclear reactor in this nuclear power tank, due to technological innovation, is said to be a nuclear reactor, but in fact it is more like a nuclear battery.

In order to reduce the accumulation of waste heat inside, the entire power generation system is prepared with four layers of temperature difference power generation, which squeezes the heat energy emitted by the nuclear reactor to the extreme, and achieves the ultimate conversion efficiency of 99.99%.

In addition, the power generation system of this nuclear power tank is also equipped with a liquid cooling system.

However, the liquid cooling system is connected to the liquid cooling water pipes of the other cabins.

Although the internal waste heat of nuclear power has been suppressed to a minimum, the heat energy brought by solar radiation cannot be ignored.

Therefore, such a liquid cooling system is set up, which will concentrate the solar thermal energy accumulated in the space station shell into the nuclear power module for supplementary power generation and cooling at the same time.

Through this liquid-cooled power generation hybrid system, it not only avoids the heat accumulation caused by solar radiation, but also provides about 0.3 megawatts of additional power generation power for the space station.

Of course, this power generation refers to the fact that when the space station is directly exposed to the sun, if it is located in the back area of the earth, then this power generation power is gone.

For this extra amount of power, the space station handles it by putting this part of the electrical energy into an artificial magnetic field.

Because during the direct sunlight, the high-energy particles and cosmic rays in the Van Allen radiation belt will increase, and this part of the electricity can be used to enhance the shielding strength of the artificial magnetic field.

The Van Allen radiation belt was chosen as the orbit for the space station, just for safety.

After all, the dangers posed by the natural environment can be overcome.

And the darkness of the human heart is an unpredictable thing.

For the spacecraft of other forces, the Van Allen radiation belt is off-limits, but for Homo sapiens, it is a pure land.

Isn't it that the cost of protection has increased a little, the range of the spacecraft has increased by 1200 kilometers, it doesn't matter, Homo sapiens can afford this increase in cost.

If, like the International Space Station, the orbit is arranged in a 400-kilometer orbit, then it is not too simple for the Starlink satellites to come over and touch the porcelain.

When the satellite lowers its flight altitude, it pushes the boat down the river, and flies to the Van Allen radiation belt.

Coupled with the fact that there are few satellites in orbit around the Van Allen radiation belt, the station's magnetic field radar is very easy to spot approaching targets.

If it is in a 400-kilometer orbit, then a large number of Starlink satellites and various other microsatellites are more difficult to monitor by an order of magnitude.

The Ministry of Space of Homo sapiens knows very well that in the coming period, low earth orbit will become a space battlefield for all forces.

There is no need to risk yourself as a scientific research facility like the space station.

Instead, the Van Allen radiation belt became the protective layer of the Homo sapiens space station.

The Homo sapiens Space Department is already planning to occupy the inner region of the entire Van Allen radiation belt in the future to achieve the suppression of the entire low-earth orbit.

Through the altitude advantage of the middle orbit, with a condescending attitude, in the future space confrontation, occupy a high advantage.

At the same time, flying in orbit at an altitude of 1,600 kilometers basically does not need to consider atmospheric drag, and the altitude of the space station can be stable for a long time, without the need to regularly increase the orbital altitude like the International Space Station.

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After Meng Haiyang and Sha Yuegong checked the nuclear power compartment, they confirmed that there was no problem, and then continued to the two power compartments.

The two power modules are also the main power systems of the entire space station, with 160 tons of methane and liquid oxygen stored on them.

Since I only used it once yesterday, the inspection is relatively simple, mainly to see if the data of each sensor is abnormal.

After the two flew back to the node cabin, they saw the deputy captain Maung Chuangxin and the psychological counselor Zhang Fengyu coming out of the experimental cabin.

Meng Haiyang asked, "There is no problem with the experimental equipment, right?" ”

"No problem."

Meng Haiyang turned his head and asked with a smile, "Dr. Zhang, when do you plan to start the experiment?" ”

"Three days later! Let's get used to the environment first, after all, we are in space for the first time, and we don't have as much experience as the space agencies of the great powers. ”

Zhang Fengyu is not only a psychological counselor, but also a materials scientist, having previously worked in Laboratory 2331 of the Institute of Biomaterials.

In fact, these astronauts are all elite new humans, specially selected for the purpose of doing scientific experiments on the space station, and all of them are all-rounders.

In order to go into space, they also implanted some special bio-based armor.

It looks like it's wearing a spacesuit, but it's actually bio-based armor.

"Is there anything unusual about Kia?"

Zhang Fengyu shook his head: "I haven't found it for the time being, and I still need to observe it for a while." ”

Although this space-based armor is specially designed for outer space, it does not mean that everything is fine.

After all, Homo sapiens had not engaged in manned spaceflight before, and even if the Department of Field Support "borrowed" the aerospace databases of major forces, it was still not 100% sure.

This is mainly because biotechnology is the core of Homo sapiens' technology tree, and other forces do not have such a thing as bio-based armor, and there is no place to learn from this aspect, so they can only rely on Homo sapiens themselves to explore little by little.

Although the bio-based armor on the five astronauts has passed a large number of simulation experiments, the simulation experiments are not the real environment after all.

This is also why Zhang Fengyu proposed to observe for three days before considering experiments.

"Alert! Solar wind ...... detected"

Meng Haiyang hurriedly said: "Return to the living cabin." ”

Everyone is like a swimming fish, entering the living cabin.

The functions of the two living cabins are actually different, such as the life they enter at this time - cabin 1, which is mainly for sleeping, medical treatment, and driving.

The other living - 2 cabins, the function is washing, dining, entertainment.

In fact, the node cabin can also be used as a temporary rest cabin by hanging a few sleeping bags.

After everyone enters the living module, the hatch quickly and automatically locks, which is a requirement in the space work regulations, that is, to ensure that each cabin is an independent airtight cabin in daily operation.

This is mainly to prevent problems in one compartment from spreading to the others.

Soon the solar wind arrived at the space station.

The station's magnetic cage defense system blocks most of the charged proton streams, while cosmic rays are blocked by the radiation protection layer of the outer shell, and the heat energy is carried to the nuclear power chamber by the liquid cooling cycle and converted into electricity.

Seventeen minutes later, this time the solar wind passed.

"David, report on the situation."

"Everything works!"

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief and blocked the test of the solar wind, which made them feel a lot more relieved.

Even new humans will feel fear and uneasiness when facing this vast starry sky, which is an inevitable emotion for the unknown.

Only time can dilute everything.

After safely surviving this solar wind, there was a hint of confidence on everyone's faces.

According to the needs of the garrison, Meng Haiyang began to divide into batches: "Chuangxin, Dr. Zhang, and David, you are in a group, and I am in a group with Sha Yue." ”

"No problem."

It is very necessary to take turns on duty, and there is no way to do it.

However, even if it is on duty, it is not 12 hours a day to be busy, and the company stipulates that the 6-hour work system every day must be implemented, and the rest of the time can be used for entertainment, or talking to family on the phone.

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