Of course, the benefits of a space power station cannot be measured by simple arithmetic, it is a photovoltaic power station that produces almost no pollution.

A space power station with an installed capacity of 1.6 million megawatts can reduce emissions from thermal power stations with twice the installed capacity, and provide stable power supply regardless of fluctuations in electricity consumption.

The provincial government was ecstatic to get the report and hurriedly took the base to ask about the feasibility.

The person who received the base was Serov, who believed that the theoretical power generation of the space power station was feasible, and the launch was simple, and 1,000 tons was only a matter of four No. 3 rockets, which should be sent to low-earth orbit and then sent to geostationary orbit by electric propulsion rockets.

The cost is uncertain, but the launch price given by Seryov No. 3 rocket is 2 billion per launch, which means that the rocket cost of the entire construction mission will cost 10 billion.

In other words, the construction cost of this space power station with an installed capacity of 160 megawatts will be less than 20 billion yuan, and the construction cost will be recovered in 15 years.

The provincial government has given strong support to this project, and in addition to asking Lin Ju to ventilate in the Aviation Development Commission first, he is also actively preparing.

20 billion, this money can be taken out in the province.

After reading the plan of the space power station, Academician She had to marvel at the daring of the local government and the big foolish behavior of Chang'an University of Science and Technology, and this power station could really be done in his opinion.

Because the 20 billion is a basic investment, it will also greatly enhance the development of the photovoltaic industry, and the aerospace industry will also vigorously explode for a while.

What's more powerful is the carbon emission saved, a power station can save 2.2 million tons, and the field of energy conservation and emission reduction is definitely the first in the world.

Of course, this project has also directly brought the proportion of the country's in-orbit spacecraft in space to an astonishing proportion, which is really a punch and kick to Europe.

Academician She put away the outrageous documents and coughed dryly:

"I can't do these things, I have to hand them over to the top to discuss, and you can't stop for a while."

Lin Ju: "I'm afraid we can't stop if we want to, NACA is about to be in a hurry." ”

"Again...... I almost forgot that the Storm was about to get into action. ”

……

"Billy, help me with my camera, this spacesuit is a little tight."

Elon Musk handed the Canon camera to the Asian-faced engineer and floated himself gently to the viewing window of the largest prototype of the Dragon spacecraft, constantly adjusting his pose.

Although he has been losing weight under the arrangement of his personal doctor since last year, he can still feel strangled when the spacesuit is active because of the barrel chest.

"Space is more wonderful than I ever imagined, and I really want to thank Lin, I probably wouldn't have come up right now without him...... Hey, do you think I'm better dressed as Iron Man or Spider-Man? ”

The Dragon spacecraft has been in space for 6 hours, and Musk has already experienced many projects such as pedaling a bicycle in space, drinking water, and eating desserts, but he still enjoys his journey.

His orbit is a little lower than that of the ISS, which can't squeeze out the docking port for the Dragon spacecraft for the time being, but it doesn't matter, there will be a Dragon spacecraft for a manned transport mission for the International Space Station in July, and then a Soyuz spacecraft will move away.

As for the Dream Chaser? The third Dream Chaser in Sierra Nevada has made a public appearance, and after more than three months of investigation and a thorough overhaul, they should not be far from getting their flight permit again.

The Dream Chaser is the main competitor of the Dragon spacecraft, after all, it is the space shuttle, and its popularity is much higher than that of the spaceship.

After taking a few photos, he and Billy start tossing around a big guy again, the astronomical telescope.

But their target was not the starry sky, but the Endeavor station, which was higher than their orbit.

Musk is curious to know if it will be clearer to see the Forward with an astronomical telescope in space.

However, at this time, according to the orbit of the Advance, he could not see it, but the "Sheila" space station was crossing the horizon and would soon be observable.

With the correction of the parameters provided by professional engineer Billy and the ground, it took the two more than ten minutes to finally capture the I-shaped Sheila space station in the footage.

The size is not much different from that of ground observations, but it does not have the blur caused by atmospheric interference, and it looks like a delicate model against the dark background of space, with only subtle changes in light on the surface proving to be real.

Another tycoon also rushed over to capture this precious image, until the dragon ship's slight angular momentum caused it to exceed the view of the porthole.

But instead of rushing to make corrections, they continued to wait for two hours until NACA signaled that Advance was about to enter the observable area.

It took ten minutes for the Dragon spacecraft to adjust its attitude, turning the porthole completely in the direction of the Forward in the 500-kilometer orbit, and then several people began to adjust the telescope again, and it didn't take long to capture it after the previous experience.

“jesus！”

The angle of the telescope was perfect, and what Shen Billy saw was the front of the better, a radial creation that had been propped up by six spoke cabins, and the symmetrical two living modules could be distinguished.

Although the difference in orbital altitude is more than 100 kilometers, this distance is almost negligible at the Earth's radius of 6,378 kilometers, and the relative velocity difference between the Dragon spacecraft and the Endeavor is very small, so the imaging in the astronomical telescope is very stable.

If it is an observation from the ground, it must be equipped with a special tracking instrument, otherwise the space station, which is orbiting at a speed of nearly 7.9 kilometers per second, will only flash through the camera.

Musk couldn't wait to get in front of the electronic eyepiece, compared to the "Sheila" just now, the advance is much larger to the naked eye, although most of the modules on the circumference have not yet been installed, but it has already shown its greatness.

He remembered "Interstellar", which was released a few years ago, and there was also a rotating space station in it, but Nolan admitted that the Eternity in the movie was indeed relatively small in diameter to produce so much gravity, and the angular velocity was too high.

And the scene he saw in front of him was like traveling to that movie, witnessing the Eternity departing from Earth to Saturn, and the tail engine spewed pale pink flames...... Wait a minute!

Musk blinked, confirming that he was not mistaken.

The Enfront space station, which filled the screen in the electronic eyepiece, appeared a pale pink bright spot and gradually moved away from the station, and then the bright spot began to slowly expand, evolving towards a vague light cluster.

This change immediately caused several people to exclaim, and Shen Billy, who reacted the fastest, immediately fine-tuned the astronomical telescope to try to track the bright spot, and did not forget to turn on the video recording function of the electronic eyepiece.

"What's that, is it a UFO?!"

Another engineer whispered, and the rich man next to him nodded vigorously.

"Damn, we've found evidence of collusion between the Chinese and the aliens! Elon, we need to get in touch with that flying saucer and get them to support the free world! ”

(End of chapter)