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Chapter 326 - ‘Material Science’ that hinders development

"Orbital base?"

Johnny rubbed his brows, not that he was worried about anything.

After all, this is a document sent by Alpha, there is absolutely no way it is fake or weird.

Since it was an order from the boss, Johnny would naturally obey and execute it without expressing any doubtful opinions.

Because Johnny knew very well that people might have thought of the suspicion based on his wisdom.

So, Johnny called Fastos, the head of the laboratory, directly.

After telling everything, Fastos rubbed his eyebrows and said: "This source will only give me problems, and it actually wants to build an aerospace orbital base."

Johnny frowned and said, "What's wrong? Is there any problem? I remember that you have built a spaceship that can conduct space navigation, haven't you?"

Fastos frowned and said: "No, you don't understand the difference. If he wants to build another spaceship for me, I won't have any problems."

"But what he wants to build this time is an aerospace orbital base, which has many technical difficulties that spacecraft do not have."

"For example, the completely internal supply system mentioned by Yuan involves various technical difficulties in all aspects. At least I am still overcoming some of them."

"Actually, these are not important problems yet. They will be overcome sooner or later. But the most important thing is that we do not yet have the ability to send such a huge space base into low-Earth orbit."

Johnny suddenly interrupted: "Wait, I don't understand these technical details, just tell me how long it will take to do this?"

Fastos thought for a moment and then said: "Three years!"

Johnny frowned and said, "But the plan says it will only take up to one year?"

"Forget it, I can't explain it to you, just wait."

After Fastos finished speaking, he clicked on the screen a few times. After a while, Huang Yuan's video image also appeared in the communication.

"Is it about the Sky Eye Project?" Huang Yuan asked directly after getting through.

Fastos said bluntly: "Boss, with all due respect, your plan is too demanding."

"Not to mention other technical problems of the orbital base, just sending this behemoth into low-Earth orbit is already very troublesome."

Huang Yuan said calmly: "After modularizing the major parts, the spacecraft will be sent to low-Earth orbit for assembly. This should be less difficult."

Fastos frowned and said: "Boss, I have already thought about this. If it were an ordinary space station, I would only need to complete it within a month."

"But the request you made involves a lot of technical difficulties. The most typical one is the weaponized module. That thing cannot be easily solved by modularization."

"It will take me at least two years to overcome the technical difficulties!"

Huang Yuan asked again: "Fastos, if it is all assembled on the ground, how long will it take?"

Fastos frowned and hesitated before saying: "If it is built and assembled on the ground, and the problems are solved while building, it is indeed possible to completely solve it within a year."

"But in that case, the orbital base will be completely unable to be sent into space with the current human technology."

"Even if we use our most advanced engines today, the orbital base will be torn into pieces due to various factors such as size, acceleration, inertia, and gravity."

Huang Yuan frowned and said, "Where is the most critical problem, or the solution?"

Fastos thought about it and said, "Actually, I can solve these problems."

"But conditions on Earth have limited my ability to do so."

Huang Yuan asked: "What about?"

<divclass="contentadv">Fastos said: "For example, if you can solve the basic material problem, then many other problems will be solved easily."

"But you know, basic materials science has reached a bottleneck on Earth."

Huang Yuan was confused and asked: "We have the help of Eternals, Atlantis, Skrulls, Asa and other scientists, but we can't solve it?"

Fastos shook his head and said: "Even if the earth's minerals are forged with our best methods, they cannot meet the material strength required by the space orbit base."

Huang Yuan asked again: "What's going on with the spaceship at the new Los Angeles headquarters?"

"Didn't you say that it can withstand galaxy-level navigation?"

Fastos explained: "This involves hull dynamics, energy engine science, hull structure and so on."

"In a word, in a word."

"Spaceships and orbital bases are not different, and they have different aspects that need to be taken care of."

"So, the No. alloy I developed is qualified as the subject material."

"Moreover, that spacecraft can carry out galaxy-level flights, but it does not mean that the spacecraft will have a long service life in flight."

"Of course, we are also studying and solving this problem."

Huang Yuan is speechless now. He has gathered so many top scientists, even scientists from the cosmic race, but he can't solve this material problem?

Fastos seemed to know what Huang Yuan was thinking, so he explained: "In fact, no matter which race you are, there is a way to solve this problem."

"The problem is that the Earth does not have the materials they know, or in other words, their knowledge does not apply to the Earth."

"Just like if you let a top nuclear physicist live on a desert island, he might not live as long as a civilian."

Huang Yuan suddenly realized, and then an idea suddenly flashed in his mind.

He looked at Fastos and asked, "Do you know about vibranium?"

Fastos nodded and said: "I know who is doing research and doesn't know about vibranium, a top-notch material."

"To be honest, if there is enough vibranium for me to research, then many material problems will be solved."

"Because one of the key points of limited science is basic materials science, and you must know this."

"But the problem is that there is too little vibranium circulating on the market. Even if we buy it all, it will not be able to support the construction of important parts."

Huang Yuan shook his head and said, "No, the vibranium is actually not as little as you think."

"On the contrary, there will be a lot."

Fastos looked surprised, and after thinking quickly, he suddenly understood something.

He asked suspiciously: "Are you saying that some ancient forces or countries have secretly hidden vibranium?"

"But this doesn't make sense. As long as you are willing to research for such a long time, your scientific and technological strength will definitely exceed that of most countries today."

"But currently, no country in the world has shown such strength."

Huang Yuan nodded and said: "Your prediction is correct, but there are two possibilities."

"One is that they do not conduct scientific research at all, but simply use it as a weapon or tool."

"The other is that they have indeed developed advanced technology, but they have hidden themselves."