Technological Hegemony

North America, Washington.

In a large conference room, the important people of this country are gathered. They come from the White House, from the Department of Defense, from the CIA, and from the heads of NASA and major laboratories.

Musk is among these people, and is in a relatively important position. He seems to be bored playing with the ball pen in his hand, flicking with his thumb, and the black ball pen quickly spins up in his palm.

"Musk, what do you think about the space elevator?" The old man in the general's uniform asked curiously. He seemed to be attending the meeting on behalf of the Ministry of Defense.

Musk frowned, then stood up, walked to the front of the conference room, pointed to the space station in the picture and said, "My view is simple, those Chinese people, they have succeeded, so far , Star Technology ’s space elevator program has overcome all obstacles and moved forward steadily. "

"Someone mentioned the problem of pulling force, thinking that each nano-pipeline has a weight of 360 tons, which completely exceeds the pulling force of station zero. As the construction progresses, more and more nanotubes will eventually synchronize the space station. The orbit pulled into the atmosphere, causing a crash. "The new 81 Chinese website updates the fastest computer end: https: //

"I don't agree with this speculation. The weight of the elevator is really great, but Station Zero is like the counterweight of a space elevator. It is constantly being built and expanded to provide more and more pulling force."

Uh ~

Muskra came over to the whiteboard and started writing quickly, bringing a series of parameters such as the weight of station zero, the speed of the earth's rotation, the length and weight of the nano-pipeline, etc. into the formula, and finally got a number like 1.666 . New 81 Chinese website updates the fastest mobile terminal: https: /

"You see, the pulling force provided by Station No. 0 is always 1.6 times the weight of the nano-pipeline, and Star Technology has left sufficient safety redundancy. In my opinion, they are not radical, even very conservative, and always put safety Sex comes first in the space elevator. "

Mathematics will not lie. Musk's calculations undoubtedly formalized the safety of the space elevator. At the same time, the well-known North American genius also showed his strong mathematical skills. He did not use tools and calculated the pulling force of the space elevator. redundancy.

There was a sigh in the conference room for a long time, and everyone was speechless. To this day, they still can't believe that a miracle space elevator is on the top of their heads, and the Chinese who built the elevator just decades ago, They are too poor to eat.

However, in a flash, the silk rebelled, and the Huaxia people were crushing the impoverished North American and Western civilizations in the space field with a crushing momentum, which made people feel embarrassed.

President Envoy Mitterrand nodded slightly: "The White House does not want to delve into the facts that have already been established, but Mr. President wants to know that the elevator of Xingchen Technology will be completed next February. What can we do to surpass those Chinese people?"

Return?

The meeting room is even more silent now. The elites from the scientific community secretly slandered. The president is really a layman who does n’t understand. According to this situation, it is good to be able to maintain the advantage of the star chain in low-earth orbit. As for synchronous orbit and outer space, North America has no strength to compete.

Seeing that everyone did not speak, a sad mood rose from Mitterrand's heart. At the beginning, NASA took the lead in the world, Armstrong successfully landed on the moon, shocked the world, and attracted worldwide attention. What a view, what aura.

In a blink of an eye, the smoke disappeared and news that the space elevator was about to be built. Many countries, including some allies in North America, lined up to visit Huaxia and wanted to take a share in future space development.

Compared to the small earth, the fool knows that the future of humanity can only be in the distant star sea, and Huaxia is the only existence that can provide tickets to the star sea.

"We still have the opportunity to be in the field of controlled fusion." Dr. Shulacer Shen Sheng said: "At present, we have multiple laboratories and are investing in controlled fusion research at any cost. Once we succeed, regardless of Xingchen Technology The Carmen Vortex technology, or their space elevator, will be overtaken by us. "

Everyone nodded slightly. North America's investment in controllable fusion research was indeed huge. The well-known Loss Laboratory, Oak Ridge Laboratory, Argonne Laboratory, etc. all have fusion research teams.

Musk smiled and said, "Nuclear fusion is indeed an opportunity. Although Star Technology's Carmen Vortex Street Power Array is strong, it cannot be used outside the earth. A spaceship with a fusion reactor and a super ion thruster can theoretically rise vertically. Between the landing and the earth and space, in this way, the significance of Huaxia's own space elevator has been offset. "

"The liquid oxygen methane engine currently used in space vehicles is very bulky and consumes a lot of energy. If we want to develop Mars without fusion technology, we must establish a permanent space station in orbit outside Mars, and then use Mars The spacecraft performs landing and disengagement operations. Sixty percent of the mass of the spacecraft is used to load fuel. For example, it weighs ten tons, of which six tons are used for fuel. "

"Of course, we can also make a luxury and make the Mars spacecraft into two levels. The landing level sends the spacecraft to the surface of Mars and then discards it. When we return, we only drive up and upgrade. Due to the weight reduction, we can carry that extra ton or Half a ton of supplies. "

"At the same time, we have to build a large number of transport spacecraft between the Earth Space Station and the Mars Space Station. Even if the optimal window period occurs every two years, the distance between Mars and Earth is as long as 78 million. Kilometers, the standard flight time of 609 days, considering that we ca n’t always send spacecraft during the window period, so the average time to and from Mars takes four to five years. "

"We have to build at least twelve transport ships, because people who stay on Mars consume materials every moment, and the journey from Earth to Mars is so long. Suppose we do n’t have enough transportation power to station on Mars. The construction teams in the region will run out of food. After all, unlike Xingchen Technology, we do not master robot technology, and we have to station a large number of human engineers to develop Mars. "

"But with controlled fusion, the situation will be completely different. A very large spacecraft equipped with controlled fusion can weigh thousands of tons, or even tens of thousands of tons. It has decades of self-sustainability, let alone Mars. It is by no means impossible to cross the Ebola and fly out of the solar system. "

所以 "So guys, do you understand? A spacecraft equipped with controlled fusion will be as powerful as the Star Destroyer we have seen in Star Wars, and a small broken ship using liquid oxygen methane fuel, it is not a species at all!"

Musk talked eloquently, colonizing Mars was his lifelong dream. Various designs and ideas have been very mature. The long starry sky and countless risks and difficulties are presented in front of everyone through Musk's description, which makes people sigh.

After a pause, Musk continued: "According to the information, Star Technology has started fusion experiments in southwestern China. Fortunately, they have chosen a stellar-like solution like that of the brain-thin Germans. It is expected that There will be tremendous resistance. "

Oh ha ha ha ~

There is a smiling smile on everyone's face. If the imitator can succeed, it is really a hell. Except for a German, there is no one playing this thing now.

Mr. Mitterrand snorted, and Shen said: "It is rare for Star Technology to make strategic misjudgments. Since they are trying to kill themselves, we should seize the opportunity and bury them."

In the end, the big names of these North American authorities unanimously decided to increase their investment in controllable fusion research and invest more money in this field and in all other areas that may be at war with Xingchen Technology.

As we all know, North America's finances have long been unable to make ends meet, and the deficit generated by increased investment will be raised through the issuance of government bonds.

Uh ...

Chengdu, Southwest Branch of Xingchen Fusion Research Institute.

On the eve of the puppet fusion experiment, there were many more people than expected. In addition to the leaders of the two hospitals, the military also sent representatives to the team. Lu Junlin, the most trusted secretary of the general, was also among them.

"The general has a special status and is not convenient to appear here, but his old man asked me to tell you to be bold and do not have any concerns. The army is your solid backer at all times." Lu Junlin told Luo Jia.

In this case, Luo Jia has no idea how many times he has heard it. People with good eyes can see that the relationship between Xingchen Technology and the military is absolutely different. This is probably a relationship between tough guys. Anyway, the two groups are throwing tempers. How to see how pleasing to the eye.

Two people walked into a classroom-like room together. Due to the large number of people and the conference room could not sit, the administrative department arranged another large room for Luo Jia, and Luo Jia was on behalf of Xingchen Technology to respond to the questions of the big brothers from all sides.

"General Luo, when does the fusion experiment start?" An old man with glasses asked.

Luo Jia raised her wrist and glanced at the smart watch. "Specifically, there are still three hours and forty-five minutes, that is, one o'clock in the morning tonight. We will be on time for the first time on the double spiral star-like fusion device. Ignite, at present, my colleague Dr. Xie Tian, ​​is undergoing final inspection and preparation. "

"I heard that not only did you abandon the traditional tokamak on the fusion device this time, but you also chose a stellarator, but also on fusion materials, you chose the deuterium-deuterium reaction?" An old bearded man from the Academy of Engineering Asked.

Hearing these words, there was a sudden uproar. Most of the experts present were experts who understood that the reaction between deuterium (knife) and deuterium (knife) was too difficult. Everyone usually used deuterium (knife) and tritium (chuan) to react.

"Reaction with deuterium and deuterium? So great !?"

"I'm not mistaken, Xingchen Technology has mastered the deuterium-deuterium reaction technology?"

"It's incredible, don't worry, let me sigh ..."

Seeing the surprised expression of everyone in the audience, Luo Jia hurriedly explained with a smile: "Senior, your source may be misunderstood. First of all, I really like the deuterium-deuterium fusion because the deuterium is really cheap.

"Deuterium is an isotope of hydrogen. The content of deuterium in seawater is very high. On average, there is one deuterium atom for every 6,420 hydrogen atoms. The total tonnage of Shanghai's water is about 1.4 times 10 times the 18th power, which is 400,000. With billions of tons of deuterium, without considering the energy conversion efficiency, so much deuterium can theoretically produce 24 times the power of 9 times 10, enough for the entire earth to use for 90 billion years. "

"According to the current market price, deuterium monoxide is priced at 7,000 yuan per kilogram. After fusion, it can generate 80 million kilowatt-hours of electricity. The cost is almost negligible. More importantly, traditional space probes often carry tons of tons. As a propulsion fuel, with controlled fusion, we only need to bring a kilogram, and we can go back and forth in the solar system. With a few tons of fuel, we dare to rush out of the solar system and break into the galaxy! "

Everyone listened to Luo Jia's words and nodded. The reason why the two houses of the two hospitals came close to 20 was because of the emphasis on controllable fusion. If the experiment was successful tonight, the scientists would just laugh and wake up. Controllable fusion is one of the most crucial keys to the road to the stars and the sea.

"In other words, deuterium-deuterium fusion is the future goal of Xingchen Technology, not the present?" An academician understood Luo Jia's words and tried to ask.

Luo Jiadao: "It's like this ~ www.wuxiahere.com ~ In the early morning test, the reactants we used were still traditional deuterium and tritium, but the tritium is too expensive. Since the half-life of tritium is only ten years, It hardly exists in nature, and manual preparation is extremely difficult, which translates to more than 150 million US dollars per kilogram. We can't afford it, so we added a proliferation system to the reaction. "

"In simple terms, the proliferation system is to use fusion neutrons and lithium to react to generate and multiply plutonium, meaning to consume and reproduce at the same time, but using neutron reactions to generate plutonium is not efficient, so we developed A second system, a recycling system. "

Plutonium "First, we reduced the retention of plutonium outside the recovery loop to maintain the total amount of plutonium, and then used a plasma material, mainly tungsten, that directly wrapped deuterium and tritium in fusion to create a plutonium capture and recovery system."

"Anyway, our double-helix star-like fusion device only needs to consume extremely tiny plutonium as fuel, and continuously adding deuterium and lithium during the reaction is sufficient to maintain its normal operation, because we have proliferation and cyclic capture Two auxiliary systems protect the puppet. These two systems are our original. "

Luo Luojia said his design ideas. Energy civilization is indeed the top player of the fusion technology of stars. How advanced is the double-helix stellar fusion device? Just look at the expressions of the experts on the scene.

At this moment, the room was silent. After hearing about the fusion device of Xingchen Technology and two unheard of auxiliary systems, the big guys from the two hospitals felt like they were listening to Tianshu, all silly.

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