Voyage of the Stars

Chapter 3 Orbital Mass Accelerator
Of course, Yue Yuan also left a lot of his own serum samples for the laboratory in Beijing for research.

He was not disgusted with this. Since the unknown substance was out of print, he started researching from the source of income. There was still hope of researching something.

It can be said that Yue Yuan and the other seven people are now more pandas than pandas. It is no wonder that Zhu Pite was so cautious before.

To be honest, for the sake of safety, it stands to reason that Yue Yuan should stay in the capital. However, firstly, the characteristics of the seven people are the same, secondly, he is indeed indispensable at the Callisto base, and thirdly, Yue Yuan himself has already He was used to working at the Callisto base, so in the end he chose to return to Callisto.

Yue Yuan took a shower, and then comfortably read the documents that Zhu Pite had taken before, which contained some basic information about the experts at Yinghuo Base.

This time going to the Callisto base, Yue Yuan not only wanted to get an expert at the Guanghan Palace base, but also got an expert at the Yinghuo base. Who let those five capable experts stay on the earth? If I don’t add, work It’s not easy to develop.

Regarding Yue Yuan's reasonable request, the superiors approved it very simply.Not only that, but a set of state-of-the-art equipment was also delivered to the Callisto base for research.

Needless to say, what the research is about, it must be about genes. The meaning is self-evident, that is, let Yue Yuan also capture this project over there, which can be compared with the experimental data set of the earth's environment.

Although Yue Yuan is not mainly engaged in scientific research, he still has some scientific literacy, otherwise he would not be able to get this position. He is the kind of person who knows a lot but is not sophisticated. It is not wrong to say that he is a leader who truly understands theory and technology.

The equipment has been transported to Callisto first, and it is estimated that it has now crossed the orbit of Mars.

Putting down the documents, Yue Yuan fell into sleep.

The Hanhai is about a thousand kilometers from east to west. At the speed of a cruise ship, it takes about 28 hours, which is more than a day.

After waking up in the morning, I finished cleaning, exercised a bit as usual, and then had breakfast. Soon it was noon.

When the cruise ship docked, Yue Yuan simply packed up his daily necessities and headed to the dock.As for other gifts and items, relevant personnel will arrange them by themselves.

When he returned to Callisto this time, Yue Yuan brought a lot of earth's specialties, such as various rare fruits, vegetables, meats, etc., which are extremely popular at the Callisto base.

It was a rare trip back to Earth, so Yue Yuan would not miss the opportunity.

The cruise ship docked slowly at the pier, and tourists disembarked one after another. Although Yue Yuan was not a serious tourist, he followed the large group of tourists to disembark in an orderly manner. Who told him to have a private plane and not have to take a boat to Tibet?

"Hey, what a coincidence, isn't that Yue Shayuan's!"

As soon as he stepped off the ship, Yue Yuan heard someone calling him. He looked for a voice and saw a woman waving to him among the bustling tourists on the pier.

Yue Yuan's eyesight was very good. Even though she was far away, he could still see the slight dimples on the woman's cheeks as she smiled. It was Xu Yanshi who he met by chance on the bow of the boat yesterday.

Yue Yuan noticed that there was a slightly taller girl wearing glasses next to Xu Yanshi, who must be the classmate she mentioned.

"Qiao" Yue Yuanti held the small suitcase horizontally, walked up to the two of them in a few steps, said hello, and then said with a smile: "Are you two waiting for someone?"

"Yeah, I'm not waiting for a handsome guy like you." Xu Yanshi replied with her glasses spinning in a circle, but as soon as she finished speaking, she immediately said haha: "Ah haha, I'm just kidding, we Waiting for classmates."

This is not a joke.

Feeling Zhu Pite, who was not far to his right, pressing the brim of his hat, Yue Yuan complained in his heart.

The two casually exchanged a few useless words, and then Yue Yuan said goodbye to this enthusiastic girl on the grounds that he was in a hurry.

Yue Yuan wouldn't have minded chatting more if he met such a girl he liked so well. However, he was a bit special now, and it was inconvenient to talk about many things. Moreover, the choice of taking a cruise ship and taking the water route had already been given to Zhu Pite and several other bodyguards. The work brought great pressure.

Yue Yuan is a person who can understand his subordinates, which is one of the reasons why many people believe in him.The journey was uneventful. Yue Yuan and his party of four got into a car that Zhu Pite had arranged. They switched from water to land and drove to the location of the Orbital Mass Accelerator.

The orbital mass accelerator is actually a large electromagnetic catapult, or a large electromagnetic rail gun.

The principle of the orbital mass accelerator is to use electromagnetic interaction to accelerate the spacecraft to the first cosmic speed and launch it into space.But in fact, due to air resistance, it is difficult to accelerate to the first cosmic speed in orbit. Therefore, the reality is that after the spacecraft leaves the electromagnetic orbit, it will use its own fuel to assist acceleration to break away from the earth's gravity. After arriving in space, it will also use its own fuel to accelerate. The fuel system adjusts its orbital attitude and docks with the Tiangong Space Station.

Compared with traditional chemical rockets, the orbital mass accelerator has almost all advantages. The first is that the launch cost is greatly reduced. After all, once the orbital mass accelerator is built, it will be a once-and-for-all facility.

Secondly, the spacecraft can be reused.Of course, it is not a traditional manned rocket launch module, but an aerospace aircraft.Compared with the traditional return capsule, the aerospace plane can achieve gliding recovery. After successfully entering the atmosphere, the aerospace plane is an extra-large aircraft.

The combination of the orbital mass accelerator and the space plane has plummeted the cost of manned space travel, and can even realize the launch of flights, providing convenient transportation for personnel to travel between the ground and the Tiangong Space Station.

At the same time, it also enables humans to build larger space stations in low-Earth orbit.

In fact, the flower growers (Growing Flowers = China) had imagined building a space elevator, but due to limitations in material technology, they could only settle for the second best and build an orbital mass accelerator with fully mature technology.

After all, since the beginning of the last century, the electromagnetic gun technology of flower growers has been unparalleled in the world. In the field of track materials, they have also gained full technological accumulation due to the development of high-speed rail.

It can be said that the flower growers were able to build the orbital mass accelerator not by chance. It is not an alien black technology, but a real accumulation of technology.

So what is surprising is the location of the Orbital Mass Accelerator.In fact, the original plan was to build it in low latitudes. After all, low latitudes can better use the earth's rotation to save energy, and the material transportation and construction conditions are better than those in plateau areas.

However, due to the huge power consumption of the orbital accelerator, it was ultimately chosen to be placed in the snow area.

The reason is very simple, that is, there are not enough electricity pipes here.

The huge altitude difference of the ten hydropower stations constructed along the Hanhai Project brings strong power generation capabilities to the hydropower stations. Coupled with the abundant solar and wind energy resources in the snowy areas, it can provide sufficient energy security for the orbital mass accelerator.

Compared with other regions that need to deploy electricity across the country, this is undoubtedly the best choice to set up distant power transmission systems again.Another advantage is that this place has a high altitude, the air is thin after all, and the relative air resistance is smaller than at lower altitudes.

Moreover, because of the Hanhai Project, large desert basins will become suitable for water transportation in the future, allowing bulk cargo to be transported into Tibet by ships.On the other hand, it also reduces the cost of shipping to the orbital mass accelerator.

Coupled with the experience and technology accumulation of flower growers in construction in plateau areas, the location of the quality accelerator was finally settled.

Of course, the construction of such a huge orbital mass accelerator is certainly not a matter for flower growers. After all, after this thing is built, it will be used by more than just flower growers.

Therefore, compared with the Hanhai Project going it alone, the Orbital Mass Accelerator Project has become an international cooperation project. Traditional aerospace powers or regions such as the United States, Europe, and Russia have invested huge funds through cooperation. Asan, Daiying, Japan, Han, Brazil, Egypt, and many Middle Eastern countries did not miss this opportunity and joined in this great project.

Flower growers are welcome to come, after all, the orbital mass accelerator, a landmark project related to human space exploration, cannot be used alone.Besides, there are so many partners vying to join the cooperation, so there is no need to worry about funds. It is a win-win, win-win situation.

Arriving at the Orbital Mass Accelerator site, Yue Yuan once again saw the enormity of this project.

Among the dotted supporting buildings, the slide-like electromagnetic track soaring into the sky is particularly eye-catching.

Looking from Yue Yuan's position, we can see that the ground part of the Orbital Mass Accelerator is in the shape of a disk. The ground electromagnetic track is circling like a coil of mosquito coils. The total length of the ground is surrounded by circles from the inside out. It's about more than 220 kilometers.

This is the largest area of ​​the entire orbital mass accelerator.

(End of this chapter)