Minke's black technology

Chapter 267 Electromagnetic Rocket
Five tons!

That's much better than Baixiangguo's 104-star PSLV-C37 rocket!
The low-earth orbit carrying capacity of the Baixing rocket that Baixiang people are proud of is only 3.25 tons, but the [Earth Cannon] can exceed one ton with one shot!

"Five tons? Does this include the weight of the electromagnetic rocket itself?" one of the space rabbits asked.

The staff explained: "The weight of the electromagnetic rocket itself is not included, but if we subtract the weight of the rocket's fixed cargo parts, the actual maximum launch weight is only about 4.5 tons."

The space rabbits nodded, expressing that they could understand this design method, but they were still surprised by the launch weight of 4.5 tons.

Even so, it still exceeds the carrying capacity of the Baixiang Kingdom's one-shot, hundred-star rocket by more than one ton!
Compared with the strongest Fat Five in China, its low-earth orbit carrying capacity is 25 tons, far exceeding the 4.5-ton [Earth Cannon] electromagnetic orbit launch method, but the [Earth Cannon] can launch once every half an hour, while Launch at least ten times in a row every day.

If calculated according to the launch frequency of ten times a day, that is to send 45 tons of cargo into space every day, which is nearly double that of Fat Five!

When time accumulates for a week, a month or even a year, the launch capacity will be an astronomical value!
According to the staff, as long as the base provides sufficient energy and there are no major problems with the electromagnetic orbit, more than ten launches per day can be achieved.

Before the success of Fat Five, the flower planter's space agency rocket had a carrying capacity of only 8.8 tons, and its advantage was not too obvious compared with 4.5 tons.

In addition, the carrying cost of the "Earth Cannon" is very low. It is said that it only costs less than 5000 RMB to launch each kilogram of cargo into the earth's low-earth orbit.

Moreover, as the number of launches increases, the cost of electromagnetic orbital launches will be lower. After three years of uninterrupted launches, the launch cost per kilogram can even be reduced to 500 RMB!
Such a high price-performance ratio can certainly eliminate the super-large launch vehicle technology of various countries on the earth. In the future, as long as the things are transported to space first, then the astronauts will take a small low-earth orbit rocket to the sky, and then set off to fly to other planets through the space station. This will definitely reduce the cost. Press very low very low.

"In fact, we are not only engaged in electromagnetic orbital launches. As early as ten years ago, when the Bald Eagle was still in the administration of President Obama, NASA engineers planned to build a 3.2-kilometer electromagnetic orbit to launch space rockets and spacecraft, but their electromagnetic orbital The gun technology is not as good as ours, and it is impossible to launch the rocket into outer space orbit at one time, so it is planned to ignite the rocket spacecraft at an altitude of 61 kilometers, continue to lift into orbit and then return to Earth.”

"So the whole process was more complicated than launching a conventional rocket, and the cost of building an electromagnetic track and a ramjet was very high, so in the end the project fell through."

The staff of the control center took the astronaut rabbit outside, pointed to the two straight electromagnetic orbits on the snow mountain, and continued to introduce: "Our [Earth Cannon] electromagnetic orbit borrows part of NASA's design. The two huge electromagnetic orbits Going up the hillside, put the electromagnetic rocket in the middle of the track before launching, and then apply positive and negative drive currents to the electromagnetic track respectively. These currents will form a loop through the electromagnetic rocket itself, and at the same time generate an armature current to form on the rocket. Armature magnetic field, so as to achieve the purpose of accelerating the electromagnetic rocket!"

The staff then led the space rabbits through each department, and finally came to the launch chamber where the electromagnetic rocket was placed. The electromagnetic rocket looked like a huge smooth metal shuttle with a flat cone-shaped head and bullets. The head-like tail is covered by a layer of special electromagnetic material, and there is a lot of space inside the rocket to carry things.

"The electromagnetic rocket itself is very strong and durable, and can withstand the acceleration of the electromagnetic orbit to the maximum in a very short period of time. In addition, its streamlined shape can easily break through the air barrier and reduce the friction created by the atmosphere."

The staff introduced it endlessly, obviously they have already memorized the information related to electromagnetic rockets, and they may even explain it to people every day.

"According to the design, the electromagnetic rocket can be recovered and reused. There are two ways to recover. One is to return to the earth with the help of external force after reaching the destination; the other is to automatically eject the cargo inside when it approaches the target orbit. And use it to gain a recoil force and re-enter the atmosphere."

"After entering the atmosphere, its end will automatically open the parachute according to the settings, and finally land safely on the ground, and we will recover it." The staff introduced it as they walked, and soon took them to other places for a visit.

The space rabbits discussed in a low voice: "Is recycling electromagnetic rockets to reduce costs?"

"It should be. Musk's rocket is also recyclable, but the cost of his low-Earth orbit launch is still too high, and the minimum can only be 3000 US dollars per kilogram."

"In this way, Musk will have to find the Meow Star Group to launch satellites in the future!"

"So what should we do? If you don't sign a launch contract with the Meow Star Group, you will definitely be preempted by Musk!"

"I'm afraid it's not just a customer of Musk, but also Huayao Company also has a very urgent need to launch satellites. They plan to build a communication satellite system similar to the Starlink project!"

"But the problem is that our focus is Fat Five, if the Meow Star Group proves the practicality of [Earth Cannon]..."

After all, everyone has nothing to say. After all, this is a matter of position, not a matter of who is right or wrong. Unless the two parties can find a win-win and mutually beneficial cooperation model, Meow Star Group will enter the space launch field just like it does in other fields. Completely crush the original industry ecology.

Finally, they returned to the command center hall again. At this time, Musk and his people had arrived at the launch base. Academician Ma and Li Maoye were receiving the reception together, while others were busy installing satellites into electromagnetic rockets.

Musk brought a total of more than 100 satellites this time, with an average weight of 300 kilograms per satellite, so 14 satellites can be sent to the sky in one launch. If it goes well, it only takes seven or eight launches to send all the satellites to the sky. .

"Accurately calculated by the computer, it only takes 25 minutes from launch to orbit each time. During this period, there is enough time to prepare for a new launch. For safety reasons, you can continue to launch electromagnetic rockets into the sky after the last successful launch into orbit." .”

Academician Ma took Musk and others to visit the control center. By the way, he introduced the launch plan of the [Earth Cannon], and soon made it clear to everyone.

These Starlink rockets are all low-orbit artificial satellites. Although there are a lot of satellites, the requirements for launching are not high. Academician Ma chose this order because he intends to start with an easy place first, and then pick up other more demanding ones. User orders.

This is not the first time Li Maoye and Musk have met. After exchanging a few pleasantries, they stopped talking.On the one hand, they are all attentively listening to Academician Ma's explanation, on the other hand, Li Maoye is not good at dealing with people like Musk, and Musk also understands that such an occasion is not suitable for in-depth discussions.

In any case, Li Maoye admires Musk.

Originally, after the listing of the polyurethane molecular battery of the Meow Star Group, it had a huge impact on Musk’s Tesla company. Countless foreign battery-related industries went bankrupt because they were crushed by the florists’ peers. , On the contrary, Tesla not only resisted the pressure, but also beat the flower planter's electric car company to the ground.

One of the big reasons is that as early as a few years ago, Musk began to lay out the electric vehicle market in flower growers, and built several Tesla car production lines in succession, so that it is easier to obtain super battery supply than other foreign companies.

Then Tesla took advantage of this advantage to cut prices significantly, and quickly killed all the electric car companies that cheated money, almost occupying 70.00% of the domestic market, which made Tesla's stock price soar , so that Musk has sufficient funds in his hands.

This bet on the successful launch of the [Earth Cannon] is another gamble for Musk!
And from all aspects, this is much less risky than the previous bets he bet on. After all, this project belongs to the key project of the joint cooperation between the Meow Star Group and the Academy of Rabbit Science. It is very difficult.

As long as Musk wins this bet, the stock price of SpaceX will skyrocket immediately, because he will once again take the lead in front of other companies such as Huayao.

Musk doesn't care who owns the technology, as long as he can use it, and then he can integrate these technologies together to make a splash. He belongs to the kind of person with full administrative marketing ability, if he doesn't have the disadvantage of arrogance , can be said to be another technical marketing genius after Jobs.

Of course, the space bunnies of the florists recognize Musk’s face. Some of them even chatted with Musk.

Musk has a great influence in the field of aerospace. He once stated that he would immigrate to Mars within 20 years, and recently shortened this time limit, and believes that the black technology of the Meow Star Group will allow humans to achieve this goal within 10 years.

"If [Earth Cannon] can be successfully launched, we will have enough capacity to send materials to space first, and then fly from space to Mars!" Musk said very optimistically.

With the efforts of the staff, 14 satellites were quickly fixed in the electromagnetic rocket, and then everything seemed to be ready, just waiting for the command from the control center to launch.

However, Academician Ma believes that it is best to launch according to the original plan. There are still more than ten hours for engineers to check the launch system repeatedly to ensure that nothing goes wrong before launching the electromagnetic rocket into space.

Musk is the customer of this launch. He said that everything is subject to the owner's arrangement, and he did not ask for the satellite to be launched immediately.

Then everyone looked at Li Maoye, and he was the only one who could make a different decision.

"Then let's wait until tomorrow to launch!"

(End of this chapter)