The technological empire begins with polymer materials

As soon as I returned to the company, I received bad news, and Gao Yuan's mood became worse.

According to the United Nations Space Development Framework, the moon is a resource shared by all mankind and cannot be monopolized by any collective or individual.

But rules are rules and reality is reality.

According to the rules, the Antarctic continent still belongs to all mankind, but as of this year, the number of dome bases built in Antarctica has exceeded fifty. Such a large-scale land grab has made North America and the West gnash their teeth in anger, but so what?

In this world, the weak will always abide by the rules, while the strong will make the rules. What is important is not the rules, but the right to make the rules.

Cao Feiyu played the video of the North American press conference. Musk faced the reporters with high spirits and described the bright future of lunar development. Gao Yuan almost vomited after listening to it.

Because no matter how high-sounding he says, in fact, North America does not have the prerequisites to develop the moon.

According to the logic of the technology tree, there is an urgent need to develop the moon now, because the technology tree has developed controlled fusion, and it is necessary to mine helium-3 on the moon.

Material science and agricultural science have been able to support the construction of dome-type human settlements and farms on the moon, research on space planting technology, and maintain the survival of human beings in settlements.

It's not impossible for North America to develop on the moon, but are they going to build three major bases at once?

Such extravagance and waste has only one purpose, and that is to prevent development. North America will not have a good time, and no one in the world will have a good time.

"Well, they are awesome." Gao Yuan shrugged after watching Musk's press conference: "The three major bases are only the first phase of the plan. Next, they will build more bases on the moon, and so on. , I just have to write the words "rich and willful" on my forehead."

Chu Luoluo blinked, "Boss, Musk's plan actually has many highlights. For example, considering the self-sustainability of the lunar base, they will use Boston Dynamics' robots on a large scale."

Gao Yuan nodded slightly. Boston Dynamics is one of the strongest robotics research institutions on the planet. Although Kunlun Group has a tendency to catch up from behind, it has decades of experience accumulated.

Gao Yuan actually admires the people in Boston. For decades, they have done nothing but devoted themselves wholeheartedly to the field of robotics and research without mentioning anything else. This kind of concentration is worth learning from.

Does Boston Dynamics have enough technology to carry out a lunar mission?

There are still some, and their robot technology is quite mature. They can run, jump, avoid obstacles, predict danger, and even operate simple machines.

In terms of power, although Kunlun Group has never sold batteries to them, with the proliferation of smuggled goods, it is not easy to obtain high-performance batteries. Therefore, their robots have a strong endurance and can work continuously outdoors for a long time.

In addition, there are many highlights in the Andean lunar development plan. Gao Yuan thought about it and said to Chu Luoluo: "Luoluo, please study what parts of the Andean plan are worth learning from, and then make a list for me. Arrogance is the biggest enemy of progress. We should learn from them."

"Well, leave this matter to me." Chu Luoluo nodded in agreement.

"That's it for now. I want to think about this matter carefully. Let's discuss it when the aerospace group comes over for a meeting tomorrow," Gao Yuan said.

After sending Cao Feiyu and the others away, Gao Yuan locked the office, leaned on the sofa, and entered the system space.

"Do you want to accept a new mission?"

Gao Yuan saw the prompt on the system panel clearly, thought for a moment, and then chose to accept it.

"New mission, nuclear-powered rocket..."

Gao Yuan was shocked when he recited the words that appeared on the system panel.

Nuclear-powered rocket?

This is the killer weapon that started the space age. It is the ultimate solution for how humans can escape from the atmosphere and enter space.

As expected, the system has a routine. It first completes the controllable fusion, and then launches the nuclear-powered rocket. Step by step, with the help of the system, the technology tree planted on the plateau is growing rapidly.

Huh~

White light shot into Gao Yuan's brain, implanting the technical information of nuclear-powered rockets into the memory center. Massive data surged in like a tide. Gao Yuan felt dizzy, and all his eyes were filled with data and formulas.

…

Due to the time difference, the early morning in the Tarim Basin is later than that in the mainland.

Holding a cup of black coffee without sugar, Gao Yuan stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window, watching the sun rise over the endless wilderness with a faint smile on his face.

From yesterday afternoon to now, Gao Yuan has been studying hard, reviewing and sorting out all the knowledge that the system has implanted in his brain, and finally formed a clear technical route.

He now has a clear understanding of how to realize nuclear-powered rockets. The next step is to assign tasks and turn the technology into reality.

"It's almost time, let's go there." Chu Hongfei looked at the time and said to Gao Yuan.

Back then, Chu Hongfei was poached by Gao Yuan from the Aerospace Group, and by the way he also took Gao Yuan's current personal secretary, the genius girl Chu Luoluo, so he made a huge profit.

In the conference room, Gao Yuan welcomed Su Jiuzhou and his entourage from the Aerospace Group. We were all old friends and there was nothing to be polite about. After greeting each other for a few words, we went straight to the topic.

For the national team to let Gao Yuan take charge of the overall situation, it does not mean that all the enterprises and institutions under his command are given to him. They also need to cooperate with each other.

If Gao Yuan needs someone, he should go to Rao Yi. If he needs help from the aerospace group, he should go to Su Jiuzhou.

The Kunlun-1 controllable fusion reactor has been a great success. The next most important thing is to go to the moon to mine helium-3. After all, the current use of tritium and deuterium fusion is very expensive and far from meeting the requirements of energy freedom. It needs to be converted as soon as possible. into deuterium and helium triple fusion.

When originally designed, Plateau took into account the compatibility issue, so there is no problem in the conversion of fusion materials.

The only problem is competition. North America can’t wait to announce the Andes Project, and it wants to seize the main helium three mines on the moon before the plateau.

After all, the power of energy freedom is really too great. It is a complete subversion of the existing social order. If North America is still struggling to resist, then once energy freedom is achieved, North America will have no room to fight back. Can choose to surrender.

They must give it a try. Even if they have no use for Helium III, they must not let them get it. This is the mentality of the Angsa people at this moment.

Of course, we have to give it a try. Without helium-3, the controllable fusion project will lose its future, and energy freedom will become a mirror image, far in the future.

Therefore, Su Jiuzhou and the elites of the Aerospace Group studied several plans and went to the Sky City to find Gao Yuan. As long as Gao Yuan made the final decision, the national team would roll up their sleeves and get started.

"The last one is our main plan." Su Jiuzhou said seriously: "Use the existing No. 9 rocket to launch intensively continuously, and dare to grab a rich mine from the moon before North America."

"Although the Long March 9 has an earth orbit carrying capacity of only 104 tons and a lunar delivery capacity of only 35 tons, the quality is not enough. We can make up for it with quantity."

"We can mobilize all our strength, produce like crazy, show up the courage to go ahead and rush forward, and compete with those guys in North America for time!"

"There are more than a dozen helium-III rich mines on the moon. Even if you can't grab the richest mining area, it's better to grab a medium-sized one."

After listening to Su Jiuzhou's suggestion, Gao Yuan frowned slightly and said, "It's not cost-effective to do this. All the efforts of the whole country are just to grab a medium-sized helium III mine?"

"For this reason, countless industrial enterprises must stop their production plans to cooperate with the production of No. 9. The manpower and money consumed in this process are absolutely astronomical."

Gao Yuan felt that paying such a high price to exchange for one or two medium-sized helium tertiary mines was not cost-effective, and he couldn't swallow it. Why couldn't he have something good?

All the rich mines have been taken over by the Angsa people, so you can follow behind and pick up some leftovers?

Chu Hongfei said: "But there is currently no more suitable plan. Musk's Andes plan will be officially implemented in eight days. If we also build a kiloton rocket, we will definitely not have enough time."

Chu Luoluo nodded repeatedly, "Four, four, if we don't act quickly now, I'm afraid even the medium-sized mining areas will be occupied by them, and there won't even be a hair left on the moon."

The reason why Gao Yuan patiently listened to Su Jiuzhou's suggestion was that in addition to respect, he also wanted to know if the aerospace group had any exciting ideas.

Unfortunately, Su Jiuzhou's plan was quite satisfactory, and it was completely within Gao Yuan's expectations.

"I have a plan, please take a look." After Gao Yuan said this, he sent the prepared plan to everyone's terminal smart device.

Simply put, the principle of nuclear fusion propulsion is roughly as follows:

First, plasma is injected into the rocket's reaction chamber.

Secondly, the magnetic field generated by the coil is used to compress the fusion plasma in the reaction chamber.

Finally, the plasma generated by the fusion is ejected from the nozzle to complete the energy release and propel the rocket into the sky.

The principle is this, but the actual implementation is an extremely complicated process. This simple plan alone, Gao Yuan wrote a full fifty-three pages.

Nuclear powered rocket! ?

We haven’t fully understood conventionally powered rockets yet, so why not go directly to nuclear power? This is too ridiculous! ?

Everyone was shocked, and everyone was stunned by Gao Yuan's whims.

Everyone knows that Gao Yuan is a radical person, but they never expected that he would be so radical that he would skip conventional rockets and go directly to nuclear-powered rockets! ?

In fact, the scientific community has not considered using nuclear energy to escape gravity.

For example, the famous nuclear pulse rocket has a very rough propulsion principle. It throws a nuclear bomb directly behind the rocket and relies on the shock wave generated by the nuclear bomb explosion to generate thrust.

But the problem is that detonating a nuclear bomb in the atmosphere will produce a large amount of shock waves and nuclear radiation. Just like an atomic bomb explosion, pollution is always inevitable.

Secondly, detonating a nuclear bomb in a vacuum can only produce photons, not shock waves.

Later, scientists improved the nuclear pulse scheme by carrying both a nuclear bomb and propellant inside the rocket. After the nuclear bomb detonated, the propellant evaporated adiabatically, forming plasma and hitting the propulsion plate behind the rocket, thus generating sufficient thrust.

Another example is the nuclear salt water rocket, which uses salt water containing uranium 235 or plutonium as fuel. The salt water is stored in specially designed containers. It uses geometric structures or neutron absorption methods to ensure that it does not reach the criticality required for nuclear reactions. quality.

Heating these radioactive brine will produce nuclear fission, which will then be discharged through the nozzle to generate thrust.

In essence, nuclear salt water rockets use the energy generated by continuous micro nuclear explosions and have the characteristics of high thrust and high specific impulse. The higher the content of enriched uranium dissolved in the salt water, the greater the thrust and specific impulse.

All in all, the nuclear-powered rocket designs of our predecessors are more exciting and crazier than the last.

But when it comes to reliability, there is no one that is reliable. It is either a fission micro-nuclear explosion, or a nuclear bomb is thrown to create a force field. How can a small broken ball withstand the tossing of these madmen? There are still seven billion people living on the earth after all, okay? .

However, Plateau's plan is different, completely different!

Deuterium and tritium, or deuterium and helium 3 are used as fusion fuel. The fusion fuel ball is ignited in the confinement reaction chamber and fusion occurs. The ion gas produced is discharged from the stern of the ship at a speed of 100,000 kilometers per second under the confinement of the magnetic field as power. source!

The discharge speed of ion gas is one hundred thousand kilometers per second! ?

What kind of magical speed is this! ?

With such a strong reaction force, even the Himalayas can be sent to the moon! ?

Seeing the final conclusion, everyone was shocked and crazy!

The nuclear-powered rockets on the plateau are not only amazingly powerful, but also technically feasible!

For example, the most critical fusion confinement technology, Gao Yuan has just implemented an unprecedentedly powerful triple confinement system on Kunlun 1, which can be used directly!

Looking across the stunned crowd, Gao Yuan smiled slightly and said lightly: "Fuck the Andes Plan, let's go straight to the nuclear-powered rocket!"

Please vote for me, brothers!