Chapter 160, Space Port
In space, next to the huge "Hercules" space shuttle, the mechanical arm carried out a series of steel pipes with a diameter of 2 meters and a length of about 10 meters, made of black gold material. The inside of these steel pipes was filled with various things. It was not easy to go to space, so naturally no space could be wasted.
Luo Xiaoyao, Zhan Fei and others walked in space in pairs along the long steel rods. The two steel pipes had already left a combination area between each other. These areas were strictly calculated and planned. When combined, they were exactly the same. Just tighten a few screws.
Steel pipes were constantly carried out and combined in space. Soon, a huge frame was built. Then Luo Xiaoyao, Zhan Fei and others began to take out things from these steel pipes and began to fill the frame.
It was still the old rules. The first thing to be assembled was still the mechanical arms used for work. Energy batteries and so on were very simply hidden in the huge steel pipes. After being powered on, these mechanical arms could be connected to the virtual machines of Luo Xiaoyao, Zhan Fei and others, and they could be directly controlled by thoughts.
The assembled mechanical arm and the mechanical arm on the "Hercules" space plane began to cooperate. The huge belly of the space plane was like a treasure chest, and things were constantly moved out. Every piece of equipment and instrument was planned in advance.
The mechanical arm was moved out and installed on the designated position. Luo Xiaoyao, Zhan Fei and others did some things that the mechanical arm could not do at present.
Four hours later, a space port took shape. It was very large, more than 200 meters long, more than 50 meters high, and hundreds of meters wide. It was flat and could be divided into two sides, with flexible mechanical arms busy on each side.
Of course, this was not the true form of the space port, but only a preliminary prototype, because the materials brought up by the "Hercules" space plane had been moved away. At this time, in the distant void, another "Hercules" space plane was already moving towards here.
The mechanical arm of the "Hercules" space shuttle slowly retracted, and the ropes connected to the space suits of Luo Xiaoyao, Zhan Fei and others were also constantly retracted, and everyone slowly returned to the space shuttle.
Soon, the space shuttle slowly started, slowly flew away, and then soon flew into the earth's atmosphere. Luo Xiaoyao, Zhan Fei and others were busy in space for 4 hours. At this time, they were all exhausted and needed to return to the ground for a good rest.
The space shuttle in front had just flown away, and another space shuttle was approaching slowly from behind. This time, this space shuttle directly and slowly parked at the space port that already had a prototype.
The hatch of the space shuttle slowly opened, revealing its huge belly, which was filled with various equipment, instruments, etc. At the same time, another group of astronauts put on their space suits and slowly walked out of the space shuttle to continue building the space port.
In this way, one after another "Hercules" space shuttles loaded with supplies set off from the ground, transporting a large amount of supplies into space, and batches of astronauts were busy in space.
Two months later, a huge space port appeared in space. This huge space port has 8 space port terminals that are 2,000 meters long. The diameter of each terminal is more than 100 meters, just like long tubes.
The center of the space port is a huge, spherical-shaped building with a diameter of more than 200 meters. The internal space is very huge and is divided into independently designed spaces. Each independent space has its own independent life support system, which is enough to provide safety for astronauts, scientists, etc. working in space.
Each space port terminal can berth ten large space planes like "Hercules". Obviously, this design is completely redundant now, because there are not so many space planes that need to be parked. This is designed to be so large considering the development of future space technology.
In addition to the parking positions of these large space planes, most of the space port terminals are designed for small spacecraft and small space planes, which can be used to park private spacecraft and private space planes.
There are many mechanical arms in each berth. These mechanical arms can quickly move the cargo in the aerospace plane, and can also quickly replace the energy batteries, compressed air, etc. for the aerospace plane. The function is very powerful.
At this time, Luo Xiaoyao and Zhan Fei are in the core control center room of the space port. Through the virtual machine, all the situations of the entire space port are clearly known, including how much energy is left in the space port, the current orbit, speed, etc.
"Finally, I can breathe a sigh of relief. After two months of day and night construction, the space port has been built. The various functional areas inside have passed the inspection and can be put into use perfectly."
Zhan Fei turned over lightly. The gravity in space is very weak, almost no gravity at all, and turning over is very easy.
"Break a sigh of relief? It's still too early. The Sky City plan has just completed the first part. There are still living areas, scientific research areas, agricultural areas, and industrial areas waiting for us to build. It is estimated that we will be busy in the next year."
Luo Xiaoyao shook his head and stretched, his whole body felt light and airy.
"Can't you just make me happy?"
Zhan Fei curled his lips. There are now hundreds of astronauts in the company. In the past two months, they have been going to space one after another to build space ports. The work intensity is many times stronger than before, but there is no Method, building a sky city in space must be completed in one go. It cannot be built and stopped like on the ground. The work pressure will naturally be great.
"Didi, the next space plane is arriving soon, please be prepared."
While the two were chatting idly, new news came from the virtual machine. The two immediately became nervous and began to check the relevant data to see if there would be any problems.
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Fuyun Group's large-scale construction of space ports in space naturally cannot be hidden from the eyes of all countries in the world. Almost from the beginning, many countries around the world have a lot of monitoring equipment watching Fuyun Group's every move.
In a huge conference room at the NASA headquarters in Uncle Sam, famous NASA aerospace experts gathered together. The huge monitor in the center of the conference room displayed the Fuyun Group’s space port and was also accompanied by Detailed parameters.
"Fuyun Group, a private enterprise in China, has now been able to build such a huge space port in space. Take a look at its port terminal, which is more than 2,000 meters long. Some of the berths are obviously for large space ports. It is designed for aircraft, but more berths are designed for small aerospace aircraft. It can park hundreds of large and small spacecraft at the same time. It is completely a large space port, which was laid by China to enter space and realize space industrialization. Base."
"I think its role is not only used as a space port. Please take a look at this short section. There are very obvious ports in this section, and it can obviously continue to expand. I estimate that Fuyun Group is Prepare to build a super-large space city, and building a space port is just the beginning.”
Uncle Sam's Secretary of Defense James~Mattis's face was extremely ugly. Listening to scientists one after another analyzing the large space port of Fuyun Group, James was even more worried. Originally, he came here to listen to everyone's opinions on the next step. Arrangements for the return to the moon plan.
Unexpectedly, it soon turned into a discussion and research on the Fuyun Group’s space port. However, the more we discussed and researched, the heavier the hearts of everyone present became, because everyone knew the gap between themselves and China. is getting bigger.
A private company in China has been able to build a space port in space on such a large scale to lay the foundation for building a space city. But at this time, Uncle Sam invested huge amounts of money in the aerospace industry every year, although he continued to make gains. One exciting achievement after another.
However, all achievements are insignificant compared with China's achievements in the space field. Until now, no aerospace aircraft as powerful as China has been researched. Even if recyclable rockets are used to launch spacecraft, etc., the cost is still very high. , and the risks are high.
In 2020 alone, because the frequency of launches is too high, Uncle Sam has to launch rockets into space almost every week to transport spacecraft, supplies, etc. into space. In just over 9 months of 2020, Uncle Sam appeared In three disasters, more than a dozen astronauts died heroically, and other losses will not be counted.
This is undoubtedly a very heavy blow. Every astronaut is a national treasure who has undergone long-term training. The public's opposition is also very loud, but they dare not stop at all, because Uncle Sam knows that once he stops chasing China, , the gap between them will soon be huge, not to mention that in October, Uncle Sam's manned lunar landing plan to return to the moon will begin.
"Ahem!"
James coughed lightly, and the venue quickly became quiet. Everyone knew that he had something to say, so everyone looked at James.
"We won't discuss China's affairs today. Let's discuss our plan to return to the moon in detail. I hope our plan can be successfully completed without any problems!"
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