1352 Opportunities Won't Always Come To Your Door (2/3)

Chapter 1352 Opportunities Will Not Always Come to Their Doors (23)

A relatively complete remote planetary colonization system!

Not just for Mars!

After hearing Lu Zhou's words, the engineers of Hangke Group standing nearby, as well as other leaders who came to visit, were shocked by the amount of information contained in these words.

Especially Academician Yuan Huanmin.

Reminiscent of the previous Z particle and hyperspace theory, a strange expression suddenly appeared on his face.

Although he doesn't know much about theoretical physics, he has heard a little about it.

For example, the epoch-making theory that countless physicists call the door to the interstellar era.

Could it be...

Has the technology of hyperspace navigation been broken through? !

If this is the case, he thought, maybe he really should retire early and give up his position as the chief engineer of the Air Science Group to those young people who are more capable of accepting new things...

Meeting those strange or shocking gazes, Lu Zhou immediately understood what these people had misunderstood, so he explained with a smile.

"Don't think too much. Although this remote planetary colonization system is not only applicable to Mars, in fact, it is still very difficult to colonize other more distant planets."

"The greatest significance of this system is still in the experiment. Our researchers hope to formulate a relatively perfect standard in the early space age, and then make this standard as complete as possible through repeated verification and adjustment, and finally Help our colonists adapt to whatever they might encounter in the universe."

"As I've said before, Mars is a springboard, and so is this thing. It's all about the more distant future... Let's go in and take a look."

As he said that, Lu Zhou made a gesture to the engineer next to him, signaling him to open the front door of the colony cabin, and then took the engineers and the leaders of the relevant departments who were still shocked and walked into this mysterious place. The interior of the colony cabin.

"...We are now passing through the buffer room of the colony cabin. The two airlocks and exhaust facilities at the connection port can adjust the indoor air pressure as needed. When working outside the cabin, our colonists change the spacesuit outside the cabin here, prepare The equipment and the Mars rover required for work, and while the whole body is being disinfected, the air in the room is pumped into an approximate vacuum from the exhaust chamber... Similarly, when returning from outside the cabin, a similar process will be performed.”

Now on Earth, these two floodgates are naturally open.

Before the launch, the entire colony module will be disassembled into parts and packaged, and sent to the synchronous orbit after special disinfection procedures, and then sent by the Queqiao to the Moon Palace space station, and then the engineers there will use the engineering equipment of the space port to rebuild it. Assemble.

After passing through the two gates, a group of people came to the interior of the colony cabin, and the space became much narrower in an instant.

Of course, the so-called narrowness here refers to the dozen or so visitors standing here. If there are only five or six people, there is still plenty of space here.

"After the entire colony module is deployed on the ground, the shape of the movable area is roughly similar to a flat donut. In the middle is the spare controllable fusion core and energy center, as well as the computer room of the central computer. The core heart of the base."

"The ring-shaped structure on the outside—that is, the area we are in now is the functional area of ​​the entire Mars base. According to different functions, it is mainly divided into four areas, including the working area, the experimental area, and the living area. area and a spare activity room. As for the outermost circle parallel to the airlock chamber, it is mainly a warehouse, and it is also a protective isolation zone.”

"In fact, what we see now is only a semi-complete state. After the colony module is successfully deployed on the surface of Mars, the planting area shrunk under the shell of the colony module will expand outward along four directions... like It is the same as the airbag of a car. Our colonists will be able to plant some improved space crops in it, and raise some livestock with a shorter reproductive cycle to obtain protein."

"The entire colony unit fully adopts the ecological cycle technology tested in Biosphere A. According to the computer simulation results, it can meet the physiological needs of at least ten people, and can operate independently for 10 to 20 years with sufficient energy."

Even if it is calculated according to the ten-year period, this time is quite long.

What's more, it is impossible for Huaguo to let it operate independently without resource input at all. With the aerospace technology currently mastered by Huaguo, even in the non-window period when it is not suitable to go to Mars, it is still a method of exchanging time for space. , to send supplies from the space port of Luna to Mars.

The visit to the colony cabin came to an end soon.

After briefly introducing the purpose of each functional cabin inside, Lu Zhou led a group of people out of it.

A group of people stood in the open space in front of the colony cabin, all with shocked expressions on their faces.

Especially those engineers from the Air Science Group, the shock on their faces can no longer be described in words, as if they have just returned to the mortal world from heaven, and the technology inside has completely exceeded their imagination.

Logically speaking, this should not be the case.

After all, no matter what, they are also one of the best aerospace giants in China besides Xingkong Technology.

Standing next to Academician Yuan Huanmin, Zheng Xiangdong, the vice president of Air Science Group, poked his arm and asked in a low voice.

"Look at their technology... how about it?"

With a serious expression on his face, Academician Yuan Huanmin said with care and respect.

"Very strong."

In fact, it is not a question of whether it is strong or not, but that the Air Science Group has no technical reserves in this area at all.

In the past, before the electric push technology was highlighted by Starry Sky Technology, their technology tree was basically focused on launch technology. Now that the electric push technology is highlighted, the technology tree is even more focused on this aspect.

Before advancing technological breakthroughs, who would be idle and bored to make technological reserves for space colonization? If I have to say, maybe NASA's research in this area is more in-depth than theirs.

As for the breakthroughs in propulsion technology and energy technology...

Anyway, Xingkong Technology and a lot of weird start-up high-tech companies are engaged in these incomprehensible things, and they are desperately catching up in the field of advancing technology, and they don't have the extra energy to develop new businesses.

Confused by Academician Yuan's "very strong", Zheng Xiangdong scratched the back of his head, hesitated for a while and continued to ask: "Then look... Is it difficult for us to produce this thing?"

Hearing this sentence, Academician Yuan Huanmin almost choked on his own saliva, turned his head and glared at Zheng Xiangdong and said.

"You don't have to think about it at all. Without that foundation, why don't you use your head to build this thing?"

"Ahem, I didn't talk about the entire colony cabin..." With an embarrassed smile, Zheng Xiangdong touched the back of his head and said, "I mean, there are always parts or parts of equipment used in it that our group can make." right?"

Although Xingkong Technology did not contact them when building this colony cabin, it directly relied on the factory in Jinling High-tech Park to complete the production of a complete set of parts. But Zheng Xiangdong believes that, with the relationship between the two groups, as long as the Hangke Group has the conditions to produce, it should not be difficult to get a batch of orders.

When he was in the colonization module just now, he could hear it clearly. In the future, this Mars base will not only be such a colonization module, but also a large number of functional modules will be deployed on the surface of Mars like dumplings.

Although the Air Science Group was not interested in this project before, he realized how huge the market was, so of course he couldn't just watch it slip away from his hands.

Yuan Huanmin: "..."

Seeing that the chief engineer didn't say a word, Zheng Xiangdong became a little anxious and asked urgently.

"You are talking..."

"It's not a question of whether it can be made or not." The person who was asked was a little impatient. Academician Yuan Huanmin raised his chin to the mechanical arm on the side, then looked at the silver-white giant egg, and continued, "Look at this Assembly center, and look at this colony module... Can you find the place that belongs to us on this thing?"

The moment Zheng Xiangdong heard this sentence, he was slightly stunned, and then fell into silence.

After glancing at the vice president of the group, Academician Yuan Huanmin continued.

"Xingkong Technology itself only does research and development, not production, so whether it was Xiangrui or Xiaguang, it was all parts produced by us and Aerospace Group, and then sent here for assembly."

"However, starting from the Magpie Bridge, the orders that require our participation have been reduced by half."

"This... is actually quite normal," Zheng Xiangdong said with a bit of embarrassment after coughing dryly, "Now that the aerospace industry is expanding at such a fast speed, the higher authorities intend to completely release this area and release social potential. It's normal to be separated. We can't eat alone, can we?"

"Is the crux of the problem here?" Academician Yuan sighed and said, "You should be able to see that with the technical support of Xingkong Technology, a large number of excellent high-tech enterprises have been born in Jinling High-tech Park. The processing of a single part is more professional than ours, the transformation of thinking is more flexible, and the speed of absorbing new things is faster than ours.”

"Especially after Xingkong Technology's industrial cloud technology service exited, they can be said to be the first batch of companies to introduce this technology. If what I understand is correct, our factory probably hasn't started yet?"

When Zheng Xiangdong heard this sentence, the expression on his face became more and more embarrassing, and he explained in a low voice.

"...But Xingkong Technology didn't come to us, did it?"

Although the sound was very small, it was still clearly heard by the people next to him.

The moment he heard these words, Academician Yuan couldn't help but burst into tears.

"Are you still waiting for someone to find you? Are you stupid!"

Frightened by the aura of the old academician, Zheng Xiangdong quickly shut his mouth, not daring to take a breath.

Seeing the apprehensive expression on the vice president's face, Academician Yuan Huanmin wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed and shook his head.

"Opportunities don't always come by themselves."

Jinling High-tech Park is growing, and the establishment of Xinghai No. 1 has brought the park into the era of Industry 4.0 ahead of schedule. All the current human society's imagination of industry will become a reality, and inspiration and creativity will be completely released. And Xingkong Technology's dependence on these former giants has become less and less as expected.

There is no doubt that this is a good thing.

Especially for Huaguo Aerospace Industry.

More and more enterprises and social resources will participate in the exploration and development of space, and this train to the future will drive faster and faster, leaving yesterday far behind.

However, the whole train is in question here.

Even if the future is bright and great, not all of the passengers on this train will be so lucky.

For Hangke Group, Academician Yuan is still very affectionate. After all, it can be said that he has devoted all his youth in this life to this place. If possible, he certainly hoped that the company's name could be left on the milestone of the new world.

However, this is not something that can be won by waiting.

Looking at the silver-white colony cabin, Academician Yuan Huanmin's eyes gradually showed a hint of worry.

"Think about it."

Looking at Zheng Xiangdong who was in deep thought, after he dropped these words, he closed his mouth and stopped talking, shook his head, turned around and walked away...

Meanwhile, the other side of the clearing.

The old man who just came out of the colony cabin looked back at the silver-white "Great Egg" with some unsatisfactory eyes, then suddenly looked at Lu Zhou and asked.

He glanced at the silver-white colony cabin with some insatiable interest, and the old man suddenly looked at Lu Zhou and asked.

"...Is this all there is to the entire Mars colony?"

"Of course not," Lu Zhou smiled lightly, and pointed to the connection ports on both sides of the colony cabin, "Did you see the rivet-shaped connection port?"

The old man frowned and stared there for a long time before asking.

"Is there any mystery there?"

"There is the connection between the colonization module and other functional units." After a pause, Lu Zhou continued, "Our initial goal is to build a scientific research base with independent scientific research capabilities on the surface of Mars, rather than just sending our people to Go up and plant potatoes."

"This colony module is the heart of the entire Mars base, and it is also the most basic part of the entire Mars base. In the future, we will gradually deploy new functional units to the surface of Mars, and connect them through these rivet-like interfaces and closed pipelines. Connect with each other to realize the expansion of the entire Mars base!"

"Just like what we're doing on the Guanghan Special Economic Zone."

"It seems that you have considered all these things thoroughly." The old man nodded approvingly, at this moment, as if he remembered something, he continued, "By the way, I almost forgot to ask. This The colony cabin... or this colony ship that is about to go to Mars, have you figured out what it's called?"

"Of course there is a name," Lu Zhou said with a smile. "According to the unanimous vote of our Aerospace Research Institute, we decided to name it Xu Fu!"

"Xu Fuhao...is a good name."

Looking at the silver-white aerospace facility, the old man's eyes showed a hint of expectation.

"Hopefully it lives up to its name."

"Spread the fire of our civilization to a more distant world."

Lu Zhou nodded slightly.

"Definitely."