Interstellar Industrial Age

In the outer space of the earth, in the space smelting factory of Galaxy Technology Group, an asteroid that had just been mined from an asteroid was transported over.

Soon, rays of light continued to converge on the asteroid. The asteroid became dazzling here, the temperature rose sharply, and a large amount of metal rich in the asteroid began to melt continuously.

After half a day, all the metal in the asteroid melted and turned into a huge water ball standing quietly in space.

The mechanical arms began to add pieces of various pure metals to it continuously, and at the same time, the mechanical arms began to stir continuously, so that these metal liquids were more fully fused together.

The space smelting technology is becoming more and more mature, and various kinds of steel can be smelted according to the needs of customers, but this time, the smelted steel is really special.

The construction of the Dragon-class spacecraft Han Wu Dadi has officially started, and the headquarters of Galaxy Technology Group has issued official documents to various subsidiaries, research institutes and research institutes of the entire Galaxy Technology Group.

More than 100,000 scientists and engineers were taken away to complete the construction of the Han Wu Dadi, which shows that Qin Yi attaches great importance to this dragon-class spacecraft.

There are many core difficulties in building a dragon-class spacecraft, such as a powerful antigravity engine, a nuclear fusion reactor, and a gravity generator.

But there is another very inconspicuous, but also very important thing that is also a difficulty, that is the keel.

The keel doesn't seem to have any technical content. The Galaxy Technology Group has built many Qinglong-class spacecraft, and the construction of keels has long been very experienced, so it should not be difficult.

But in fact, on the contrary, the construction of this keel stumped scientists.

The 'Hanwu Emperor' spacecraft is a dragon-class spacecraft, and its mass will exceed 100 million tons by design. This is the largest spacecraft ever built by human beings, and it is also the most massive spacecraft.

With a mass of 100 million tons, many people will say that this random asteroid has a mass of hundreds of millions of tons. What is strange, there should be no difficulty.

But asteroids are asteroids, and spaceships are spaceships.

Asteroids are solid, not to mention 100 million tons, it is one billion tons, 10 billion tons is nothing, but once the mass of the spacecraft reaches hundreds of millions of tons, because its interior is empty, which means Need to have a strong keel to support.

In particular, this dragon-class spacecraft will also be equipped with a gravity generating device. Here, the core fusion reactor, where the gravity is very amazing, although scientists can control its influence within a certain range as much as possible .

However, this will still pose a huge pressure and challenge to the overall structure of the spacecraft and the keel of the spacecraft. The design and arrangement of the keel cannot be copied from the keel design of the Qinglong-class spacecraft.

It must be redesigned, from the keel material, the structure of the keel, the design and arrangement of the keel, and the placement of the core components on the spacecraft, etc., all of which need to be rebuilt and redesigned.

The huge mass of hundreds of millions of tons has extremely strict requirements for every keel on the spacecraft.

What's more, the engine installed on the dragon-class spacecraft is more powerful than the engine of the Qinglong-class spacecraft, and the thrust it has is even more terrible.

Strong power means strong support is needed, which requires higher requirements for the keel. Without a strong enough keel, the engine of the spacecraft is enough to tear the spacecraft to pieces.

The robotic arm is constantly stirring the huge metal liquid, and various pure metal blocks are continuously transported by the robotic arm, then melted and fused into the large metal liquid ball.

A large piece of gold weighs dozens of tons. The gold emits fascinating light and colors under the refraction of sunlight, but soon, the gold is melted and turned into a small water polo. The water polo is also slowly integrated into the huge metal liquid ball.

The robotic arms are constantly getting shorter and shorter, the aggregated sunlight is constantly changing, the inside of the liquid metal ball is constantly flowing, and all kinds of metals begin to merge perfectly with each other, gradually forming a brand new Alloy material - Obsidian material.

Obsidian material is a new type of alloy specially researched by the Institute of Materials Science of Galaxy Science Research Institute. It has a characteristic that it is expensive and requires a certain proportion of gold.

Using gold to study emerging alloy materials is also a new discipline emerging now. Gold was very expensive in the past. Even if there are gold-related alloy materials, no one would foolishly use gold to make alloy materials. The cost is too expensive. , there is no competition at all.

But now it is different. With the vigorous development of the mining industry in the asteroid belt, more and more gold is mined from the asteroid belt, and the global gold price is falling again and again. On the side of the wealthy Galaxy Technology Group, scientists It is also slowly researching gold-related alloys.

The use of gold in the industrial field has more practical value than its use as a symbol of wealth, and various gold-related alloy materials are constantly being researched.

This obsidian material is one of the most representative materials.

This material is light in weight, high in hardness and good in support, and is very suitable for use as the keel of a spacecraft, especially the keel of a dragon-class spacecraft.

The keel of the Qinglong-class spacecraft is enough to use general alloy materials. The keel of this dragon-class spacecraft must use special alloy materials to ensure the overall strength and support of the keel, thus supporting the huge dragon-class spacecraft. quality.

You said that if we build a spacecraft larger than the Dragon-class spacecraft in the future, what material will we use for this keel?

Inside the smelting plant, Ren Qing, the head of the Institute of Materials Science of Galaxy Research Institute, asked Yang Hongyan next to him.

I don't know, the spacecraft is getting bigger and bigger, the mass is getting bigger and bigger, the power is getting stronger and stronger, and the requirements for the keel are getting more and more.

It is estimated that degenerate materials will be needed in the future.

Yang Hongyan thought for a while and said that he came here this time to see for himself whether the material of the keel can pass the test. The keel is the core of a spaceship, and it is what he is most concerned about now.

The keel of the spaceship has trapped everyone's progress for several months. Although the boss Qin Yi didn't say anything, he still remembers the first time the boss asked him for money, which shows that Qin Yi attaches great importance to this matter.

Degenerate material?

I have also been studying the degenerate materials here. The boss also gave me a lot of materials, but until now, there is still no way to study them.

When it comes to degenerate materials, Ren Qing couldn't help but frown.

The Institute of Materials Science is having a hard time. Any new materials needed by the institutes of the Galaxy Research Institute will be requested from him.

Like building spaceships, building anti-gravity engines, etc., the materials required are different, and there are many requirements, which has kept the Institute of Materials in a high-pressure state.

This time, when building the 'Han Wu Dadi' spacecraft, starting from the manufacture of the core anti-gravity engine, Ren Qing was often annoyed by this Yang Hongyan in front of him.

The engine of this dragon-class spacecraft, its thrust is too strong, if there is no strong enough material to make it, the powerful force will tear the engine.

The engine material was finally settled. Now Yang Hongyan has come to urge the keel material. The keel has a lot of requirements. It has to withstand the mass of hundreds of millions of tons, and it has to be able to withstand the powerful pressure released by the powerful engine of the spacecraft. This construction The burden of the keel material fell on his shoulders again.

Ren Qing can't wait to be able to research degenerate materials now. Once there are degenerate materials, I don't care whether you want to pay back the engine or build the keel, or you want to build a billion-ton, tens of billions of dollars. A ton-scale spaceship, I can send you with one material.

Take your time and don't rush. At present, we don't need degenerate materials for the time being, but we will definitely use them in the future. If nothing else, just the engine and keel of this spacecraft will definitely be used in the future. Degenerate materials will do.

Yang Hongyan said with a smile.

Looking out, a part of the huge liquid metal ball has begun to cool and solidify, and the robotic arm begins to slowly shape the cooled and solidified part.

The Dragon-class spacecraft is a spacecraft used for interstellar navigation and interstellar colonization. In terms of design, its size is very large, it will be more than 10 kilometers long, 3 kilometers high and more than 5 kilometers wide.

For such a huge spaceship, in addition to the special requirements for the material of its keel, each keel must be made of a single piece of casting as much as possible to increase its load-bearing capacity.

With the drag of the robotic arm, the front part has completely cooled and solidified, but the rear part is connected to the metal liquid ball, and the metal liquid is continuously and slowly pulled out from the huge metal liquid ball.

After a few hours, a huge golden hoop rod appeared in the void. This long golden hoop rod was just the embryo of the keel. A spaceship came over and dragged it to the Dragon Nest Space Factory. here.

The Dragon Nest Space Factory will further process it, using a single piece of casting to process it into a keel, and each keel needs to be individually customized from smelting to shaping and processing.

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