The rise of nanometers

Moon, far side.

Mendeleev city.

As the only space city on the far side of the moon, this is also a very important part of the Federation's space development strategy.

The reason why the back side of the moon is very important is because it is the starting point for the Federation to explore other planets in the solar system. If a mass projector is built on the back side of the moon, spacecraft can be launched to other planets within a suitable window period.

Whether it's Mars, which humans yearn for, Venus, which is the closest to the Blue Star, or the mysterious satellites of Jupiter.

Starting from the far side of the moon, especially by accelerating the spacecraft through a mass projector, can save a lot of fuel.

For the development of the entire solar system, the mass projector on the back of the moon is currently the most suitable technical solution.

Tianzhou 037, which came from Blue Star, slowly landed at the airport in Mendeleev City. Guo Jiahe, the astronaut in charge of driving the spacecraft, had come to Mendeleev for the first time.

Although the establishment of Mendeleev City is at the same level as Guanghan Palace City, its scale is far worse than that of Guanghan Palace City. There are currently only 173 standard cabins and some rudimentary supporting facilities.

Compared with Guanghan Palace, this place looks like a small town in the border area.

desolate!

Silence!

Especially during the moonlit night, the place seemed even more lonely. Wang Shaofeng, the base director in charge of the base, was in the transportation cabin handing over the list of supplies for this shipment to Guo Jiahe.

The two met through isolation glass and talked on the phone, just like a prison visit.

The purpose of this design is mainly to avoid cross-infection between the spacecraft astronauts and the base astronauts just in case.

Whether it is the mutated microorganisms native to Blue Star or the microorganisms that the moon base may come into contact with, they are all things that need to be vigilant.

This is outer space. Once a sudden disease occurs, it will be very troublesome to deal with it.

For example, on Blue Star recently, due to continuous natural disasters, major epidemics are often prone to occur after major disasters.

Around April this year, a very contagious influenza broke out from the Mediterranean coast of the Western Continental Union, and then quickly spread to all parts of the world.

Although the federal government has taken strict precautions, many cases have spread to the federal territory.

Even on the moon, the Federation did not relax at all, and even paid more attention to the moon. After all, if you get the flu on the moon, the trouble of treating it will be more troublesome than on Blue Star.

The Federation has always attached great importance to this aspect.

Don't think that you can be complacent now that the Federation can suppress large-scale volcanic eruptions, survive major earthquakes, and at the same time initially achieve global climate regulation.

Compared with this cosmic disaster, human civilization has just stepped onto the doorstep and is as fragile as a baby.

Not to mention that the black hole is approaching, the neutron star is exploding, and the gamma ray stream is attacking.

Even a large asteroid attack would be enough to severely damage human civilization.

Microorganisms in the same ecological environment are also one of the few difficulties that humans have not overcome. Being too arrogant is not a good thing.

What's more, the Federation knows about the existence of fluorescent fungi and knows that there are also microorganisms in outer space, and there may even be multicellular organisms.

For example, in the underground rivers of Mars, due to the existence of geothermal energy, there are conditions suitable for the existence of multicellular organisms.

If we don't be vigilant, if we are infected or parasitized by alien microorganisms and then infect other people, and then bring them back to the Blue Star's ecosystem, it may lead to catastrophic consequences.

Therefore, Guo Jiahe and Wang Shaofeng could only meet through glass.

"Basic Director Wang, among the materials transported this time, there is a batch of nanorobots for testing. This is what the Ministry of Aerospace asked you to test."

Wang Shaofeng nodded: "Okay, I will arrange the test as soon as possible. Do you want supplies? The base still has some liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen."

"No, I plan to resupply at the Toad Palace Space Station and then return to the Tiangong Space Station." Guo Jiahe explained.

After the two confirmed each other's lists, they separated. The Guo family and the two immediately flew the spacecraft to the Toad Palace Space Station.

On Wang Shaofeng's side, in addition to the nanorobots for testing, there are also a batch of internal pressure suits that have just been finalized and mass-produced.

After replacing the internal pressure suit, movement became more convenient. After all, the previous hydraulic space suit was indeed larger in size and weight, which was not conducive to normal work and life in the cabin.

After changing the internal pressure suit, Deputy Base Director Yu Weicai asked Wang Shaofeng:

"Old Wang, didn't the Ministry of Aerospace issued a planning document some time ago, saying that it would build a mass projector on the back of the moon? Why haven't you heard any news recently?"

"Don't worry, the mass projector in Guanghan Palace has been having problems, not to mention that the Federation is currently constructing a space elevator, and part of the transportation capacity is used for the construction of a synchronous orbital space station. We estimate that we will have to wait a year or two."

Yu Weicai heard about the space elevator and understood some of the strategic arrangements of the Ministry of Aerospace.

After all, with the completion of the construction of the space elevator, the Federation's space transportation capacity, which was previously limited by the upper limit of the launch vehicle, will achieve a breakthrough improvement.

The space elevator can transport up to 180,000 tons per day. Even if the weight is reduced by half, it will still be about 90,000 tons if used for carriages and auxiliary fuel.

That’s about 30 million tons a year.

And the current launch vehicle, even if the Federation has now annexed NASA and the Lucia Space Agency, and is trying its best, the total annual transportation capacity is still difficult to exceed the limit of 1 million tons.

This refers to Blue Star's transport into space.

Since the Federation exists in outer space and has a special lunar zone, the industrial base in Guanghan Palace City on the moon can produce a lot of raw materials, which reduces the logistical pressure on the Ministry of Aerospace.

Therefore, fully promoting the space elevator is indeed the most important strategy at present. As long as the space elevator is completed, the distance between the Federation and the synchronous orbit will no longer be a problem, and large quantities of materials can be transported.

The two talked for a while and then talked about the batch of nanorobots.

"Old Wang, I took a look at the uses of those nanorobots. They can be used to quickly build structures. However, the power supply in Mendeleev City may not be able to keep up."

Wang Shaofeng could only put his hands on it: "I can't do anything about the power problem. The geothermal power station has reached its limit, and the solar panels and molten salt energy storage power station have also reached their limit."

Yu Weicai said with envy: "I really envy Guanghan Palace for launching the nuclear power plant directly."

"They are all experimental projects there, and there are many risks. We can use mature products in the future, so don't complain." After Wang Shaofeng finished speaking, he picked up the list of supplies.

On the supplies list, I wrote and drew for a while: "Weicai, please send the scientific research equipment to each laboratory in order according to the scientific research equipment on the list."

"no problem."

Wang Shaofeng himself is not idle either. In the lunar base, there are no idlers at all. These astronauts often wear multiple hats.

For example, Wang Shaofeng, the base director, is responsible for doing odd jobs, including arranging various living supplies.

The night sky in Mendeleev City is extremely dark.

But this is also the most suitable place to build an astronomical telescope. After all, there are various spacecraft flying around in the low-Earth orbit of Blue Star, which can easily interfere with the observation of astronomical telescopes.

A large telescope that is 2.7 times larger than the Hubble Telescope is installed in the observatory in Mendeleev City.

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