svetikya Chapter 166
Chapter 166
The reason why the 801 Academy of Sciences movie has been given a very high evaluation by later generations, claiming to inspire and guide a generation of scientists, is because this movie not only reveals the specific technical route and direction of space exploration, but also gives the beautiful space development prospects of human beings in the future, which can be called the textbook and action guide for human beings to move towards deep space!
At this time, the picture on the movie screen turned, in the boundless space, dozens of "pyramids" of different sizes, floating in geosynchronous orbits at various altitudes, you can see that numerous aircraft are coming and going uninterruptedly. At least half of the "pyramids", used as space elevators, are constantly hauling large container-style loads from Earth to 45,000 meters into outer space.
In a synchronous orbit about 400 kilometers from the earth, a huge space city is under construction, and its size is at least about twenty times the size of the pyramid, showing a "gyro" pattern with a vertical axis pointing to the earth and a horizontal star-shaped distribution, which is huge!
The subtitles give a hint:
the reason why the choice to build Space City in a synchronous orbit of 400 kilometers is mainly due to the fact that there are various radiation in the universe, which is extremely harmful to organisms and to the mechanical and electronic equipment that are under construction and exposed to the outside world. The flight altitude of 400 kilometers can also make the "space city" under construction sheltered by the earth's magnetic field, thereby protecting the construction "personnel" and various equipment exposed to the space environment.
Of course, the space city construction personnel mentioned here mainly refer to the sub-consciousness carriers of various "artificial intelligence", that is, "artificial humans", but the harsh space environment is also something they cannot withstand for a long time, especially high-energy rays or particles such as gamma rays, which will interfere with the DNA methylation level of the organism, especially some gene expression, greatly reducing its service life!
As for the principle of protection, it is actually the refraction of the Earth's outer atmosphere, through which nearly one-third of the radiation particles can be intercepted, and the remaining third is reflected by the Earth's magnetic field.
Many kinds of aircraft, especially various sizes of "H" UAVs, frequently shuttle between various space elevators and the space city under construction, transporting a variety of materials, and even a giant "H" type drone, directly holding up a container, flew to the "space city" under construction......
This busy, lively scene, and even a bit crowded space scene, set off in the dark and boundless cosmic background, forming a strong contrast and shock, so that the scientists present unconsciously, ambitious, bloody, fierce, proud!
However, this is not a climax, as the movie lens continues to pass, at the Lagrange point between the earth and the sun, that is, the sun-earth's gravitational equilibrium point 1.5 million kilometers from the earth, a large pyramid is deployed
, the surface of the pyramid is covered with metallic protective coatings and light-absorbing materials, the spire is rushing towards the sun, countless small drones, like bees flying in and out, constantly busy, it seems, A huge, translucent film-like object is opening.
The movie subtitles reveal the answer, here will be used as the last supply station for human exploration of the planets in the solar system, and even the sun's journey, and provide energy and various supplies for spacecraft, which is still in the preliminary construction stage, and now the drone in the lens is laying solar cell sails, the area of this battery sail, currently about 9 square kilometers in size, can be further upgraded and expanded as needed in the future.
The camera rotates again, the Lagrange point between the Earth and the Moon, that is, the gravitational equilibrium point of the Earth and the Moon 323,000 kilometers from the Earth, there is also a slightly smaller pyramid deployed here, and a huge solar cell sail is also opened, which will be a transit station and resource processing plant for the lunar resource development project, which is still under construction.
The camera continues to advance rapidly towards the moon, and in the lunar synchronous orbit, there are several slightly smaller pyramids, and at the same time, it can be seen that one of the pyramids is moving rapidly towards the lunar surface under the impetus of the bottom four rows of thrusters.
The camera comes to the surface of the moon, a huge crater, a small pyramid has towered here, many "artificial people" wearing compact space suits, extremely tall and strong, are driving a variety of huge engineering vehicles, and operating machinery, constantly mining lunar soil, and various rock mineral resources.
Subtitle prompts that this small pyramid, with a length of 180 meters at the bottom, is completely a resource development space platform customized for the development of lunar resources, because the gravity of the moon is only one-sixth of the gravity of the earth, so the small gold tower can freely travel to and from the lunar surface with its own nuclear-powered propulsion engine!
This crater is currently being mined, full of high-grade, iron- and titanium-rich ores, in addition to the mining of ilmenite, while also mining an important strategic energy substance: helium-3!
Since the iron ore of the moon mostly exists in the form of iron oxide, therefore, with the support of cheap solar energy, you can also get precious oxygen resources while obtaining iron and titanium.
In addition, for every ton of helium-3 extracted from lunar soil, 6300 tons of hydrogen, 70 tons of nitrogen and 1600 tons of carbon can be obtained, so that the internal energy and fuel consumption of the pyramid used to develop the moon can be guaranteed, and the conditions for the preparation of various carbon nanomaterials can be saved, and other materials for the construction of large lunar bases can be saved!
Moreover, other rare metal resources on the moon are also very rich, but because the space city is still being established, the mining conditions are not mature enough, and in the future, it will begin to carry out large-scale development and utilization.
Subtitle prompts that the future moon will be built as a large industrial base of the Dragon Kingdom, because the various spaceships and mining platforms used in space exploration, its mass and volume are very large, taking off from the earth and entering space, will consume a lot of precious energy and fuel, and the moon has the advantages of small gravity, no atmospheric resistance, abundant resource reserves, convenient development conditions, etc., which is extremely suitable for use as a forward base, industrial center, aviation ship construction home port and launch site for deep space exploration on the earth. It is a big treasure given by the universe to human civilization!
The best thing is that the moon itself revolves around the Earth's orbit, saving at least 360,000 kilometers for aviation ships and development platforms, although on the scale of the solar system, there is not much distance, but in the early days of human exploration and development of the universe, it can save a little!
The camera then quickly advanced through the universe, and after a while, the focus was on a space platform about the size of the resource exploitation pyramid on the surface of the moon just now. This space platform is advancing towards the deep space of the universe at a very high speed under the full speed of the bottom thruster...