Homo sapiens.

Chapter 565 General Production
Back of the Moon.

Doppler crater, Doppler base.

Due to its unique location, it has become the first choice for Homo sapiens to build a mass projector on the back of the moon.

This base is larger than those large bases on the front of the moon, and the Space Business Department has invested almost 80% of the resources of the Moon Branch here.

After more than a year of continuous construction, the Doppler Mass Projector project is 55% complete.

In particular, the construction of the ring-shaped acceleration orbit as the core has generally been completed.

The Doppler Mass Projector project is not the same as Earth's Dandelion project.

The Dandelion project requires the construction of ring-shaped pipelines, vacuuming, and large-scale floating hoses to ensure safety.

However, the Doppler mass projector does not need to be so troublesome. The reason is the environment of the moon. After all, the earth has a dense atmosphere, and the surface of the moon is almost a vacuum state.

Therefore, the circular orbit of the Doppler mass projector project does not need to build a sealed pipeline, but only needs to build a magnetic restraint system.

Considering the shape of the spaceship, it is preferably elongated, preferably similar to the shape of a train.

The professional team responsible for designing the Doppler mass projector refers to some schemes of overhead railways and stratospheric railways, and adopts ring-shaped superconducting coils, which are placed on the electromagnetic acceleration track. These superconducting coils can generate a series of strong magnetic fields , keeping the spaceship firmly in orbit.

Thousands of synchronous robots in charge of the construction project, together with a large number of engineering equipment, are rapidly perfecting the circular orbit of the Doppler mass projector.

The chief engineer is Su Changli, who was in charge of the Dandelion project, and Bai Sha, his deputy.

The two of them were in the industrial area of ​​the Doppler base at this time.

Of course, the two of them also came here using synchronous robots, and they are still on Earth.

"Baisha, your progress is a bit slow!"

Baisha is also very helpless: "There is no way, the self-production of building materials has only recently been realized, and it has been supported by materials from the Earth Headquarters before."

Su Changli asked: "Now the industrial zone can produce low-temperature superconductors by itself. The next thing is to install the superconducting coils on the track. When do you estimate it will be completed?"

"The industrial zone can only produce 300 coils per month, and the production capacity is still not enough!" Baisha said with uncertainty.

After all, each of these large superconducting coils weighs about 137 tons, and the production capacity of the industrial area of ​​the Doppler base is obviously not enough.

The length of the entire ring track is 300 kilometers, and an average of 40 coils are used per kilometer. 300 coils are needed for 1.2 kilometers. The industrial zone can only produce 300 coils per month, which takes 40 months.

"Can you increase production capacity?"

Marquez Fernando, the person in charge of the industrial zone, shook his head: "Sorry, the production capacity can only be increased by 50% at most, we can't blindly expand the production capacity, after all, this is a one-time investment project."

Fortunately, the biomaterial synthesis technology of Homo sapiens is different from the traditional industrial model, otherwise the Doppler base would not dare to expand such a huge production capacity.

The core reason why modern industry didn't explode its production capacity is that the expansion of production lines requires money.

If it is daily necessities and fast-moving consumer goods, it is okay, and the production capacity can be digested by stable demand.

However, for other non-fast moving consumer goods and daily necessities, blindly expanding production capacity will often only lead to very serious consequences.

For example, shipyards, why many shipyards prefer to queue orders for several years, or are unwilling to expand shipyards, is because they do not want to go bankrupt.

假设现在有100艘集装箱船的订单，你是造船厂老板，是愿意10年造100艘呢？还是1年造100艘？
It seems that the choice of building 1 ships a year is very good, and money can be made in a short period of time.

But the problem is that building 1 ships a year means that the shipyard must have the docks, facilities, and workers to build 100 ships at the same time.

If the economy is not good next year, perhaps the demand for shipping is saturated, the docks and equipment invested in the previous period will be idled, and a large part of the workers will have to be dismissed.

Therefore, the best choice is actually to build 10 ships in 100 years, so as to reduce the one-time investment risk.

This is an embarrassing problem that modern industry must face.

Why do automobiles, shipbuilding, computer mobile phones and household appliances engage in planned obsolescence?
It is because the production capacity of the factory production line is forced to expand disorderly in the market competition, but the market demand is not unlimited. Once the market is saturated, it means that the factory will have problems.

Although a giant company like Homo sapiens can plan a quota when building a product line according to demand, it is less prone to overcapacity.

But what fundamentally solves this problem is the large-scale application of biomaterial synthesis technology.

Why biomaterial synthesis technology can solve this problem?
The reason is very simple, because the parts cultivation cabin and parts cultivation pool derived from biomaterial synthesis technology are very versatile to a certain extent.

In other words, this production line can be used for the production tasks of TV sets today, and it can be seamlessly connected to the production tasks of mobile phones tomorrow.

At the same time, the production cost of this production line is very low, and the cost of production line transformation is not high, as long as the special parts and materials are replaced to synthesize microorganisms.

This kind of universal production line means that Homo sapiens' factory can mass-produce a certain product in a short period of time.

If the internal demand for this is saturated, it will be transformed into a production line for other products.

In this way, factories will not shut down due to market saturation, and the time-space imbalance between production capacity and demand will be greatly improved.

This is the case with the superconducting coil production line at the Doppler base.

According to the traditional industrial model, after 40 months of production, the production line will have to stop due to the exhaustion of demand.

No matter how strong a company is, it cannot afford to scrap a large production line in three or four years.

Marquez Fernando thought for a while: "I can try to apply to the headquarters to see if I can increase the size of the breeding pool."

Su Changli nodded: "Let's figure it out!"

Baisha thought for a while: "By the way, a large number of solar panels will be built next, and you can apply for this reason."

"Thank you for the reminder." Marquez Fernando also thought of this reason.

Although the core power supply system of the Doppler mass projector is a nuclear power plant, solar panels are still essential.

The reason for laying solar panels is not to generate electricity, but to insulate heat.

That's right, it's for heat insulation.

The raw material of the superconducting coil of the Doppler mass projector is not a relatively expensive silver-based superconductor, but an iron-aluminum-copper alloy. This material can maintain superconductivity below minus 143 degrees Celsius. It can be obtained locally on the moon, and the production cost is very low. Low.

The temperature difference between day and night on the moon is very large. The surface temperature at night is below minus 100 degrees Celsius, but it can reach more than [-] degrees Celsius during the day.

Therefore, in order to maintain the normal operation of the superconducting coil, it is necessary to block the sunlight.

After much deliberation, the design team decided to cover the tracks and coils below by laying large-scale solar panels.

In doing so, you can kill two birds with one stone.

It can ensure that the bottom of the solar panel is not irradiated by sunlight and maintain an ultra-low temperature of minus [-] degrees Celsius.

Solar power can also be used to supply part of the energy to industrial areas and bases.

　Thank you for your support (ω｀). I have been too busy at home these few days, so there is no update at noon today, and it will be adjusted until evening.

　　
　
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