After strengthening the two core components, Tang Rui returned to the laboratory to continue to assemble the equipment and accumulate the source point.

As long as he has a source point in his hand, he will not panic.

No matter how big the problem is, there is a system to cover it, so there is no need to be afraid at all.

The next day.

Mogadishu has welcomed the heads of space departments from all over the world, as well as some academies of science.

They're here to watch the space elevator in action.

There are even quite a few people who want to be among the first passengers to ride the space elevator.

Unfortunately, none of them had a chance.

The first batch of people to take the space elevator have already been selected, that is, the six domestic astronauts.

They are not only the first passengers, but also the staff of the future airport space station.

After a simple ceremony.

The astronauts board the space elevator, sit in the safety seats inside, and wait for the elevator to start.

"......"

As the airtight door closes, the countdown starts.

When the countdown reaches zero.

To control the person in charge of the hall, press the start button.

Four electric propulsion engines are activated.

The space elevator, which is fixed to eight cables, takes off directly and climbs upward.

Several astronauts inside only felt a shock in the seats below at this time, and then they returned to stability.

There was no sustained vibration.

And this acceleration is not very fast, basically within 2 G, even if it is not a professional astronaut ride, there will be no problem, unless there is high blood pressure or heart disease.

Soon.

The space elevator rises to the Kármán line.

At this point, the capsule is in a state of weightlessness, and at the same time the space elevator begins to accelerate twice.

Acceleration was not carried out before, mainly air resistance.

A square space elevator, if you want to rise at supersonic speed, how much thrust is needed and how much air resistance is needed.

Not at all.

The distance of 100 kilometers in front is basically a sightseeing elevator, and the electric propulsion engine does not really exert force.

After coming to outer space, there is no air resistance, and the electric propulsion engine begins to be repressed.

However, in order to ensure the comfort of passengers in the cabin.

The acceleration is not increased in an instant, but slowly accelerates, so that the cabin has been kept in a 2-3G environment.

In this way, it can not only increase the speed, but also ensure comfort, so that ordinary people can also take the space elevator to outer space.

Forty minutes later.

The space elevator arrived at the location of the airport space station and slowly stopped, and several astronauts inside walked out of the capsule in spacesuits and entered the aisle connected to the space station.

"Report, we have arrived at the airport and everything is going well."

"Okay, the space station component has been launched and is expected to arrive in twenty minutes."

"Understood."

Under the space elevator, representatives of various countries were very excited.

The test run of the space elevator was perfect.

The next step is to speed up construction and build spaceships in outer space at the same time.

The specific situation has already been discussed by various countries.

Even the operation plan of the space elevator that has not been built has been formulated.

Just follow the plan.

Within ten months.

They could have built a spaceship and escaped from Earth.

After a while.

On the ground, delegates watched the assembly of the space station and the spacewalk of several astronauts.

Although the space station can automatically dock, forming a ring.

But there are some devices that still need to be connected manually.

But these are the little things.

The most critical problem of space nodding has been solved, and the rest is up to them.

The production drawings of the survival chamber have been published all over the world.

All countries are like crazy, 24-hour non-stop manufacturing.

Even so, countries are constantly renovating factories and expanding production lines.

As for the spaceship, they don't need to make the core components, but they need to make the other accessories.

Therefore, during this time, all countries have focused on industrial upgrading, and no country will have reservations in order to manufacture spacecraft accessories.

We don't need help, we don't need supervision.

As long as they are given the relevant means of production and some equipment that they cannot manufacture, and the rest does not need to be supervised, they will rivet their full energy to work.

The following month.

With the concerted efforts of the world, eight space elevators have been put into use.

The supplies distributed by various countries are also sent to Mogadishu by cargo ships, and then sent to outer space by space elevators.

Tang Rui didn't care about these things.

In this month, he also made a lot of things.

Some have already been launched on the sly, some have not yet been launched, and some have not even been completed.

But there's one thing in it that has just been made today.

That is the Earth orbital armed defense platform.

The previous researcher's design was beaten back by him, saying that the firepower was insufficient, so half a month ago, they submitted a new design, and this time the firepower was very good.

An electromagnetic rail cannon with a caliber of 2560 and a length of 680 meters, which can also extend the electromagnetic channel by a magnetic control system.

The fired shells, also specially made nuclear shells.

The weight of one shell is more than 25 tons.

In normal mode, the gun is ejected at a speed of 3,000 kilometers per second, and in special cases, it is possible to use destruction mode to increase the speed by three times, but at the cost of damage to the main gun.

Such a shell shot out.

If it falls on the earth, it will really be the same as in the movie, where a city is reduced to ruins in an instant.

But this main cannon is an external defense, so there is no need to worry that its muzzle will be facing the earth.

But if there is a mistake in operation, or a system error, it is difficult to say, after all, the more intelligent the thing, the more troublesome it is to fix the problem.

In addition to this main gun, there are more than two hundred long-range, medium-range and short-range weapons.

Including electromagnetic guns, laser guns, plasma guns, close defense guns, and so on.

In addition to these artillery, there are various missiles.

But the missile thing, that is, it is useful in special situations, and in most cases, the missile is basically an ornament in outer space.

Inside the entire armed defense platform, there is also an ammunition production line, which can produce ammunition for electromagnetic guns and close defense guns.

Although it is not possible to achieve complete self-sufficiency, as long as there is a stock of raw materials, there is basically no need to replenish weapons and ammunition from the ground.

Buzz Buzz......

The dome of the newly built production hall opens.

The armed defense platforms that have been dismantled one by one in the city have been installed by one aircraft and transported to outer space.

The reason why Tang Rui built it at this time was not for fun, but to deal with the upcoming asteroids and meteorite rain.

The gravitational pull of black dwarfs has long affected the solar system.

It's just that it has not yet had an impact on massive planets, but the impact on the asteroid belt is very huge.

According to the scans of space telescopes.

In the asteroid belt on the outskirts of the solar system, it is not known how many asteroids have long been derailed and are currently heading towards the inner solar system.

Among them, the orbits of several asteroids overlap with the Earth's orbit, and the fastest one will come to the outside of the Earth in 20 days.

So for the next period of time, outer space will not be too peaceful.

In previous years, meteor showers could only be viewed a few times.

This year, you can see enough.

An hour later.

The low-earth orbit armed defense platform, which has been spliced together in outer space, looks like a tack.

After all, the barrel of the main gun is too long.

The production line needs to be installed on the base below, and the outer ring needs to be made of pseudo-gravity living area, so it can only be made in such a shape.

(End of chapter)