Interstellar Industrial Age

If a 200 million ton object is placed on the earth, there is no way to move it except the earth itself.

Of course, on the earth, apart from the earth, there is no other object that can reach this huge mass.

But in space, 200 million tons is nothing, not to mention the eight planets in the solar system, there are millions of asteroids in the asteroid belt, just find any one, and its mass is also 100 million tons to calculate.

"0.2 standard power, which means it can only push 200 million tons of asteroids."

Qin Yi silently calculated in his heart that the 'Qinglong' spacecraft Qin Yi is mainly used to go to the asteroid belt to mine asteroids, and then use asteroids to smelt directly in space to create large-scale integral castings and make more powerful spaceship.

"It's still too weak. It only has a thrust of 200 million tons, and it can only haul back an asteroid of about 100 million tons at a time."

Qin Yi couldn't help shaking his head, the powerful power of this second-generation anti-gravity engine could not be exerted at all.

"Take your time, when our space smelter is built, we can cast the whole casting, and then we will be able to give full play to its powerful power."

"It's not that easy. Even if it is an integrally cast casting, there is no way to fully utilize its powerful power. We still need to work hard on basic materials and develop more powerful materials."

"In fact, materials science is a basic discipline, which almost determines the height of many industries. In the past, we have never been able to create an ideal engine for aircraft engines. A major aspect is the problem of materials."

"I heard that the Institute of Materials Science has developed a lot of new materials, and I don't know if there are any that are suitable for us. I must go back and have a look."

Several people are discussing with each other in the virtual world, because it is in the virtual world, the communication between several people can be regarded as communication with brain waves, and the speed is very fast.

Here, with the arrival of Qin Yi, the entire huge 'Dragon Nest' space factory has also officially started.

The size of the 'Qinglong' spacecraft is really too big. It is definitely the largest spacecraft ever built by human beings. To build such a huge spacecraft, it is not just an engine so simple.

From the overall design of the entire spacecraft to the design of every detail, this is definitely a very huge project. Qin Yi also used more than 100,000 scientists and engineers. It took nearly a year, and the design alone of drawings is enough to fill several rooms.

I saw an anti-gravity spacecraft slowly approaching the huge 'Dragon Nest' space factory from the void, and soon, it was parked on the berth.

The huge hatch slowly opened, and the robotic arm began to carry out the long steel bars in the spacecraft. Each of these steel bars was 20 meters long, 50 centimeters thick, and one meter wide. Qinglong 'the keel of the spaceship.

Each steel bar is individually customized for the steel bar company, and there are designed inlaid gaps at both ends. When each two is connected together, they can be perfectly connected.

The robotic arm transported these large steel bars to the dock where the keel was made, and then began to lay the keel of the 'Qinglong' spacecraft.

Qin Yi, Yang Hongyan, and Zhang Jian naturally would not miss this moment, and they came to the dock where the keel was laid early.

The three of them were wearing space suits and sat on a chair similar to a chair. This chair had a robotic arm that could be extended. Just using the virtual machine to control the robotic arm, the people sitting on it could move quickly around the dock.

Of course, in space, because there is no gravity, it is naturally impossible to sit or sit. The main function is to fix and move quickly.

The dock where the keel is laid is directly exposed to space. At this time, many scientists and engineers are like Qin Yi.

One by one wearing space suits, with the help of mechanical arms, they arrived at the place where the keel was laid, trying to see all this clearly.

I saw that the two steel bars were slowly spliced ​​together under the control of several mechanical arms. The ports of the two steel bars had a tenon-and-mortise structure. After they were connected together, there were no gaps at the connection points, as if they were one body.

It is not easy to do this, which means that the gap is very small, so small that it is difficult to see with the naked eye. This requires a very high level of finishing. The connection between the two steel bars must be processed to a small error to Only a few threads.

If it is a small part, it is not difficult to do this. The lathe technology on the earth is very mature, and there are still a lot of companies that have processed it to this level.

But this steel bar is 20 meters long, one meter wide, and 50 centimeters thick. It is not easy to process such a large piece of steel to such a degree.

Galaxy Technology Group spent tens of millions of dollars on each of these steel bars, a large part of which is because the processing difficulty is too great, and each steel bar is a custom-made product.

The reason why it took such a huge price to build the keel is because the power of the second-generation anti-gravity engine is too powerful. If the spacecraft does not have a strong keel to support it, the engine is enough to tear the spacecraft to pieces.

The so-called shipbuilding first builds bones, only on the premise of having a strong keel can a powerful ship be built, whether the ship is a ship sailing in the ocean or a ship used to fly in interstellar space, it is always It's the same reason.

The two keels are connected together, using the tenon-and-mortise structure, and a nail needs to be nailed at the connection. Of course, this nail is also custom-made to fix the stressed things.

After ordering this nail, the two steel bars are completely connected together, and a long stick with a length of 40 meters is walked, but this is only a part of the keel.

The mechanical arms began to be constantly busy, and the steel rods were continuously transported, and they began to be continuously connected under the control of the mechanical arms.

Two months later, a huge keel appeared in the keel dock.

The keel of a spacecraft is different from the keel that sails in the ocean on the earth. The keel of the ocean is only half of a spherical shape, while the keel of the 'Qinglong' spacecraft is a whole, forming a complete ring. , which is almost equivalent to the keel of two ships sailing on the earth's oceans put together up and down.

"Finally, the keel is made, and the next step is to add flesh and blood to it~"

Wearing a space suit, with the help of a robotic arm, Yang Hongyan walked through this huge keel, carefully checking every part of the keel.

Whether the keel is laid well or not is directly related to everything about the spacecraft. The keel is acceptable and has a strong bearing capacity, so it can naturally exert the strong power of the second-generation anti-gravity engine. On the contrary, if the keel is not well laid, naturally there is no Ways to play a more powerful dynamic.

The power is everything that determines the spacecraft. Only with strong power can it fly faster and have more powerful transportation capabilities. Power determines the value of the spacecraft.

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