Minke's black technology

Chapter 274 This is a Bottomless Pit
"Hmph, sample!"

After Li Maoye threw the problem to Qin Hua, he left the other party's laboratory in a cool manner, completely ignoring how this guy would solve the immediate cost problem.

In fact, Li Maoye had already sensed Qin Hua's true intentions long before the other party opened his mouth. There was indeed a delay in the remote control of the mecha, but it was too obvious to lead him to study quantum entanglement communication technology.

"I don't even think of a way to solve the problem, so I leave it to me when I encounter a problem! Is it true that I have a dream of Doraemon?"

Li Maoye murmured to himself, thinking that his fellow researcher was so kind that he wanted to ask him for help when he encountered a problem.

No matter what, Qin Hua is reaping the fruits of his own will.

However, Li Maoye was looking forward to getting the game cabin and VR glasses out sooner, and then he would be happy when he took them back to play the game. Even if it didn't reach the level of virtual reality of the game on Titan, he could still make a comparison.

There is a feeling of returning to the past to play arcade games after getting used to 3A masterpieces. After all, Meow Star Laboratory represents the highest technological level that can be achieved under the existing technology.

After arranging Qin Hua's research and development work, Li Maoye returned to his laboratory, only to find that Zhou Lin and Academician Ma came to talk to him about something.

It turned out that Zhou Lin planned to use the super space carrying capacity of the "Earth Cannon" to launch a space satellite communication project, and arrange enough satellites in the earth's low earth orbit to form a communication network.

In fact, it is to follow Musk's approach and build a communication system similar to the Starlink project, except that the Meow Star Group holds the ownership of the [Earth Cannon], and can completely defeat SpaceX through ultra-low transportation costs.

Academician Ma has a different opinion. He believes that the Starlink project has actually fallen behind. In the case of having electromagnetic guns to stipulate the transportation method, there is no need for HD to learn to imitate others.

"We can definitely build a more advanced and powerful communication network, such as building multiple space stations in synchronous orbit, and then use them as communication centers!" Academician Ma analyzed.

"Space station? It's too far away from the ground, and the requirements for communication technology are too high. I'm afraid it can't meet the requirements of 5G communication. Moreover, the construction cost of the space station is much higher than that of the satellite network, and the maintenance cost is also a bottomless pit!" Zhou Lin objected to this.

The two had a disagreement because of this, so they wanted to discuss with Li Maoye to see if there was a better solution. In fact, what they said had some truth, but they couldn't convince each other, and they didn't reach a consensus for the time being.

"Is it a bit late to start Starlink now?" Li Maoye said that he couldn't understand Zhou Lin's plan. He felt that unless the Meow Star Group was building a quantum communication satellite, it would be nothing but dirt to follow Musk's example.

"It's not too late! With the sharp weapon [Earth Cannon] in our hands, we can definitely catch up from behind. In addition, we can join forces with Huayao Company. They have been doing the same thing for a long time!"

Obviously Zhou Lin has already thought about this aspect, even if the Meow Star Group enters the arena late, they are not afraid of not being able to catch up with others.

What's more, Musk is now counting on [Earth Cannon] to help launch satellites. If everyone forms a competitive relationship, then the Meow Star Group will definitely not help their opponents, which shows that their advantages are not small.

"So many people are trying to build the Starlink project, don't they ever think about satellite collision accidents?" Academician Ma still insisted on his point of view, and said: "In the future, the bigger and safer space man-made objects will be, even if the space station communication center is not built , It is also necessary to build a large communication satellite, and it is safest to fix it in a synchronous orbit!"

This kind of worry is not unreasonable. So far, humans have launched more than 8000 spacecraft in total, and more than 1500 are in orbit. However, there have been few satellite collisions in recent years, but there have been several.

In February 2009, the bald eagle "Iridium 2" collided with the defunct bear "Cosmos-33" satellite over Siberia, and then successive satellites collided with space junk, especially in the Musk Starlink project Once implemented, the risk suddenly becomes many times greater.

After all, the Starlink project requires 1 satellites to operate all year round, and 8000 satellites have to be added to the sky every year. Such frequent launching of satellites into space will definitely make the earth's space orbit more dangerous.

If Huayao or Meow Star Group also joined the competition, then this danger must be faced squarely, otherwise there will definitely be a space car accident, so that the satellite just launched will be damaged due to the collision.

"It will be different if it is replaced by a space station or a super-large satellite. Once it encounters the danger of collision, it can use its own power system to raise the orbit, and even resist satellite collision altogether!"

Academician Ma pointed out the fact that after humans have mastered ultra-low-cost means of transportation, there will only be more and more man-made objects in space, and it is impossible to avoid collisions, so the body must be large enough to ensure its own safety.

Zhou Lin agreed with this, but he had to remind: "But the [Earth Cannon] can only be launched into low-earth orbit at present, and it is still impossible to transport the cargo to a higher synchronous orbit. At least the second phase of the project can be completed. !"

In addition to building a one-kilometer-long electromagnetic track to the top of the snow mountain, the second phase of the project also has to find a way to solve the energy supply problem. The current power generation of the hydropower station can no longer meet the use, and it must be supplemented with external power supply. If the launch base increases power consumption, it will be necessary to build a large power station to solve the problem.

"According to relevant calculations, after the completion of the second phase of the project, it may be necessary to build a nuclear power plant to meet daily electricity demand!"

In other words, in addition to the more difficult construction of the electromagnetic track leading directly to the top of the mountain, the second phase of the project also needs to build a nuclear power plant, so the estimated construction period is definitely not something that can be completed within one or two years.

If you want to wait until the second phase of the project is completed, and then want to enter the global communications market, I am afraid that the daylily will be cold, because Musk's Starlink project has been constantly advancing, and it will be completed in a few years. You can use your own advantages to block the room for latecomers to rise.

From this point of view, Zhou Lin’s worries are not unreasonable. He wants to catch up with Musk’s Starlink project by taking small steps, and then use the cost advantage of [Earth Cannon] to suppress SpaceX’s Falcon rocket. In terms of probability, the counterattack can be successfully achieved.

As for problems such as satellite collisions, high maintenance costs, and too fast satellite consumption, we can wait until we occupy the global market to find a solution. Perhaps by then the second phase of the [Earth Cannon] project has been completed, and the satellites will be upgraded to A very large geosynchronous communication satellite, or even a space station communication center is also a good way.

There is no problem with the two people's ideas, and they both have their own reasons, so it is difficult for them to convince each other, so they can only find Li Maoye to discuss and decide, so that they can determine the future development direction as soon as possible.

Now Musk keeps sending people to Meow Star Group to harass, and wants to sign a satellite launch contract as soon as possible and get the right to use the [Earth Cannon]. It has not yet been determined whether Meow Star Group and SpaceX are competitors, so Zhou Lin has not To give a clear answer, you can only drag the other party first.

"Okay! I already understand your respective thoughts!"

After listening to the two's respective reasoning statements, Li Maoye believed that it was necessary to unify their thinking as soon as possible and determine the future space development direction of the Meow Star Group, otherwise there will definitely be similar internal disputes in the future.

To put it simply, Academician Ma feels that no matter what Musk wants to do, he must focus on the future development trend, strive to be steady and steady, and formulate a development plan according to his actual situation!
That's what Mao's Art of War said: "You hit yours, I'll hit mine!"

Zhou Lin's approach is more pragmatic. He pays great attention to the changes in the immediate situation. It is a play-by-play approach. He tries to catch up with Musk's Starlink project by following the development first, and then completely suppress the opponent through technological upgrading. This is the ultimate victory.

It may be a bit time-consuming and labor-intensive to do this, but it can ensure that the risk is minimized and the success rate will be the highest!
Li Maoye thinks that both of them have their own advantages and disadvantages. He personally prefers the approach of Academician Ma. After all, everyone is in technology and has a common language. If they can walk in a straight line, they will never make detours.

However, he believes that Academician Ma is still too conservative. He did not take the future technology development trend into consideration, but based on the existing electromagnetic railgun project. Go a little further.

"My thoughts are like this!"

Li Maoye pulled a whiteboard and listed several planning nodes on it. The first ones are the space station and the super-large communication satellite. Since the synchronous orbit is far away from the earth, the power of the communication satellite must be large enough. It may be the Musk Starlink. Ten times, or even dozens of times, the power of satellite communication is possible!
Such a high power requires the satellite to be very large in size, several tons or even a dozen tons, and it must have a powerful satellite engine so that it can move freely in space orbit, and periodically move to the synchronous space station for maintenance according to demand examine.

"That is to say, the space station is a satellite maintenance station. In addition to providing scientists with experiments, it also has to undertake certain daily maintenance work!" Li Maoye marked on the whiteboard to determine their respective functions.

Academician Ma and Zhou Lin were stunned. They never expected that Li Maoye would be so huge when he came up, and such a project would be difficult to complete even if the country was involved.

Not to mention whether it can be realized technically, the astronomical amount of funds alone is enough to bankrupt a country's economy. Since the bald eagles successfully landed on the moon in the last century, they have never returned to the moon. One of the big reasons is that the cost is too high. high!

No matter how awesome the Meow Star Group is, it is impossible to throw money into this bottomless pit!
(End of this chapter)