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Chapter 283 Is "Deep Space Portal" OK?

It was said that they wanted to be a space tourist, but the astronauts started working after they came in.

The wooden kite not only carried the two of them, but also carried some supplies.

However, even though he became a porter, adding the word "aerospace" made it a lot more high-end.

Because they rely on floating all the time.

In fact, the operation plan of the space station in the amusement park has been discussed for a long time within Practicable Technology. At first, they wanted the pilots to work part-time as service personnel, but after repeated discussions, they decided to arrange permanent service personnel.

Originally, if the flight was only for a short time, the astronauts could serve as guest attendants, but if the tourists stay in the space station for ten or eight days, it would not be good to tie the astronauts to the space station for ten or eight days.

Originally, astronauts and the space station are a perfect match, but the "amusement park" is not a scientific research space station, and there is no task for them to do research, so it is not a good thing to tie professional astronauts to the "amusement park" space station.

Even in the future, practical technology will liberate astronauts from being "space tour pilots and waiters" and replace them with space service personnel who understand some related technologies, so that astronauts can go to other more important things.

It can also create more new jobs.

The number of people does not need to be large, after all, the ratio of the number of service personnel to tourists must be arranged.

Specialized space attendants were only seen in science fiction works before.

After a while, the astronauts finished moving the supplies, and when they gathered in the lobby of the space station again, they started the real first human trip to the space hotel with half explanation and half experience.

As part-time flight attendants, although they are not professional space station service personnel, they have received a lot of training before they came up. One of them played the role of waiter and the other played the role of tourist, and they performed really well.

When they could really experience it, they had already taken off the space suits in the cabin and put on regular clothes, and each of them had an extra set of small space maneuvering devices.

This device has several nozzles that can inject compressed gas, allowing users to maneuver in a weightless environment without "thumping" in place.

Of course, the compressed gas it injects is very slow and can only allow the user to move slowly without suddenly flying over and injuring the user.

"Okay, passengers, this is the lobby of the amusement park space station. As you can see, it is quite spacious, so this is the largest public place in the entire space station."

After saying this, the "attendant" pointed to a "road" that was obviously not blocked by any equipment. This road circled around the inner wall of the cabin, and the color was the same as the red plastic runway in the ground park.

"It's a space runway, and it's for running."

"Of course, if you really want to exercise, you still have to go to the professional space treadmill in the space gym. This road is for entertainment. If you run from here, you can run over the heads of other tourists, and other tourists can also watch you from' Run across the ground', the 'wall' and the 'roof'."

"I said this hall is huge, so how do you experience the size of the space? The answer is to run around it!"

Saying "waiter" flew to the starting point of the runway, and then activated the electromagnetic boots to stand on the "ground".

The interior space of the space station is made of soft material, but the core frame is still metal, so the magnetic boots can stand.

I saw the "waiter" pull out two spring belts from both sides of the starting point of the runway and buckle them on the hooks on both sides of the waist, and then with a light force on her feet, she stepped on the inner wall of the hall and started running.

The place where the spring buckle is connected to the bulkhead is the pulley, which also "runs" with it.

In this picture, if one ignores that this is a space station, it's like he is running in circles on the floor, walls, and ceiling.

Of course, despite the fact that the spring straps fixed her body on the "floor", it was still difficult to maintain balance in a state of weightlessness. Before finishing a lap, she leaned forward and floated up again.

Because there is a spring strap to fix it, there is no fluttering.

After all, there is only one spring belt on each side, and the strength is not strong. It just pulls the body slightly against the bulkhead, and the force-bearing surface is relatively simple.

It's okay to keep your balance while standing, but once you start running, the carefully maintained balance is easily destroyed.

Even wearing electromagnetic boots is not enough, because once you run, the "attraction" area of ​​the electromagnetic boots will decrease, and the suction will also decrease.

The "waiter" even demonstrated a running method without fixed spring straps, which is to run entirely by the attraction of electromagnetic boots. However, this method not only has a weirder running posture, but also makes it easier to "take off".

If you are not careful, the electromagnetic boots on both feet will cause the user to float due to lack of attraction.

This shows an interesting gameplay of the "future amusement park". In the future, visitors can use it as a challenge to see who can run the most "down to earth" laps in a single time.

After that, the "waiter" introduced all the places and let the "tourists" experience it.

For example, playing space volleyball in the hall, because it is not easy to use force, it is uncertain where the ball will fly.

I also did training in a professional space gym.

Even if tourists are only in space for a few days, the loss of muscle and bone density will be almost invisible, but the importance of exercising in space cannot be ignored.

There is also the sightseeing hall that every tourist should like. The hall has four huge square viewing windows with a side length of 4 meters, which not only allows tourists to clearly see the beautiful scenery of space, but also can Take photos of tourists suspended in a space environment.

If the background is the earth, it will be more beautiful.

After all, the side length of the big window is 2.5 meters, and there are few human beings taller than 2 meters. If you stick it to the window to take pictures, you will not be able to take pictures of the mechanical structure of the space station.

In addition, there are also guest rooms, which are also introduced.

Finally, they had a space meal before they left.

Come here, you must have a meal before leaving, and eating space meals is also a very necessary tourist experience project and must-have project.

And the audience will be very excited every time they see the space eating and broadcasting scenes.

However, although the restaurant in the "Future Amusement Park" is larger, it is still a regular space restaurant, and it can't do anything new. At most, it has more dishes.

To see new tricks, you have to wait for the rotating simulated gravity module of the second phase of the Starry Space Station.

But just like this, some people can't stand it.

For example, the "friends" of the Free Federation.

Because they believe that Fanxing is not a free market, commercial activities must have the participation of Fanxing officials, and even think that the degree of participation is even greater this time, so this "Friends and Merchants" meeting also has the participation of high-level federal officials, such as the Chief of Staff of the Grand Commander.

"The second-phase expansion plan of the Starry Space Station is too amazing. The International Space Station led by the Federation is seriously aging. In addition, the participating countries do not want to continue to invest in the International Space Station, so its aging speed will definitely become faster and faster."

"As for the commercial space station, although the Space Hotel Company entered space first, it still needs renovation, and the installation of some large equipment is difficult, so the time is not short, and the official operation will be slower."

"Tell me, what else can we do this time?"

Hearing the chief of staff ask such a question, the people below felt dizzy for a while.

How can they cope?

They have tried their best, but can the technical problems be dealt with if they want to?

Back then, the Federation also relied on advanced technology to suppress the world. No one understood advanced technology better than them, which meant that the world was unable to resist.

Now that the Federation is suppressed by Fanxing's advanced technology, how can they resist?

Oh, by the way, the Federation relied on its super-strong military strength to suppress violently back then, but now Fanxing's military strength is not weak, and the Federation's military strength is no longer stable.

If you can't win steadily, then there is no need to fight, or even the idea of ​​violent suppression.

Because the Federation just wants to gain benefits through military violence, not really want to destroy each other.

People are gone, the world is ruined, so how about playing chicken?
If you can't play the military violence they are best at, and the technology is temporarily incapable, then you can only learn from the previous methods of Fanxing - find another way!
Someone pondered and said: "Space station... Since we have no advantage in earth orbit, why not consider lunar orbit?"

"A space station in lunar orbit? You mean... the Deep Space Gateway?"

"Yes! This is it!"

As soon as these words came out, the people at the scene showed expressions of deep thought.

As "friends" of Practical Technology Aerospace Company, they must come from the aerospace field and naturally know what the "deep space portal" is.

This so-called "Deep Space Gateway" is a newly designed space station in lunar orbit. Some people call this space station "Deep Space Gateway", and some call it "Deep Space Gateway", or simply "Gateway".

Some people think that this tall "portal" will be very large and spectacular. In fact, this "portal" is very small, not only far from the size of the International Space Station, but even smaller than the first phase of the Starry Space Station.

The internal space of the "Gateway" is relatively narrow, and it can only accommodate up to 4 astronauts. There are usually fewer people, and they can only share some living facilities.

After all, it is too far away from the earth, transportation is difficult and expensive.

Of course, this is just the beginning. With the subsequent construction, this portal space station may dock with more and more cabins, so it will become bigger and bigger.

In the construction of the deep space portal space station, the Federation adopted a cooperative construction model similar to the International Space Station, that is, different participating countries undertake different divisions of construction tasks.

Once completed, the influence of the "gateway" will be very large.

And the Gateway is not the same as the International Space Station.

The International Space Station is just a laboratory at an altitude of about 400km in the earth's orbit. The research projects are mainly related to the earth and nearby space.

The "Gateway" is far away from the earth's orbit and runs on the earth-moon orbit. It is a project that is farther away from the earth and the research topic is deeper space.

The orbit of the "Gateway" is more than 30 kilometers away from the earth, that is, the orbit of the moon.

The perilunary point of this orbit is 1500km, and the farlunar point is 70000km. People call this orbit a halo orbit, which is near the translation point of the line connecting the earth and the moon.

That is to say, it runs between the Lagrangian points of the gravitational balance of the earth and the moon.

The previous manned moon landings were delivered directly by spacecraft. The spacecraft had its own lander, and then released the lander to land on the moon, then picked up the astronauts, entered the spacecraft, jettisoned the lunar module and flew back to Earth.

With the "portal", the mode of landing on the moon has changed.

First, a spacecraft is used to transport the astronauts to the "Gateway", then a shuttle is used to pick up the astronauts and cargo from the portal and drop to the moon. After completing the mission, the shuttle is used to pick up the personnel or cargo back to the "Gateway", and then the spacecraft is used to transport the astronauts and cargo back to the "Gateway". Personnel are brought back to Earth.

Astronauts work and work in the "gateway", which symbolizes that human beings have stepped out of the doorway and stepped into a deeper space.

Whether humans can adapt to long-term activities in space far away from the earth, astronauts can stay in the "Gateway" for more than one year to test the protection ability of the "Gateway" and the adaptability of human beings.

Therefore, the "gateway" is a "dock" and springboard for the future space, and even the spacecraft going to deep space in the future will be assembled and set off here.

And the earth humans who came back from afar will be considered home when they get here, rest their feet, and then take the "bus" to go home.

Even if Martians or aliens come to visit the earth in the future, this is the customs, and "they" will "disembark" here, and they can only "enter the customs" after being inspected.

In the future, the spacecraft that will pick up astronauts from the earth to the "Gateway" will be the Orion developed by the Federal Aeronautics and Space Administration, which can transport 6 astronauts at a time.

And it is Emmalon's lunar starship that undertakes the shuttle mission from the "gateway" to the lunar surface. This is a behemoth that can carry 100 passengers or more than 100 tons of cargo at a time.

Much bigger than even the Gateway space station.

After all, the "Gateway" space station can't even match the first phase of Fanxing's project, let alone the International Space Station with a pressurized space of more than 900 cubic meters.

The pressurized space of the lunar starship also exceeds 1000 cubic meters.

How does this compare?
It’s just that a spaceship is a spaceship. The structure and protective capabilities of the lunar starship are not suitable for long-term residence in the lunar environment, let alone long-term residence of people.

Of course, there are exceptions, that is, if the "Gateway" space station cannot be completed on time and cannot undertake the docking task, then the Lunar Starship will dock directly with the Orion spacecraft.

According to the normal task progress, the manufacture of these modules is in progress.

The power module of the "Gateway" will adopt the electric push mode, so that it can maneuver and change orbits in lunar orbit with only a small amount of fuel.

Grumman's living quarters are rebuilt from the existing "Cygnus" cargo spacecraft, and Lockheed Martin's living quarters are rebuilt from the space shuttle container cabin, so they are both very fast.

The former of the two habitats is smaller and can only be used by astronauts for 30-60 days, while the latter can be used by astronauts for several months.

Originally, these designs were quite good, until Fanxing directly established a moon base after cooperating with Practical Technology, and then many functions of the "Gateway" overlapped with it.

But what if it overlaps?
Every big country has many scientific research bases on the earth. Why do they build scientific research space stations in earth orbit? Isn’t it for a different environment?

The same goes for the moon. With a lunar base, wouldn't there be a need for a lunar space station?

Obviously not.

And if Fanxing builds docks and springboards in earth orbit, then the Free Federation will build docks and springboards in lunar orbit.

Even if it is not as big as the second phase of the Fanxing Space Station project in the early stage, that place must be occupied first.

But there is another problem, that is, it was agreed that several countries will work together, but the current situation is... those countries don't even want to play with the International Space Station, and will work with the Federation to develop the "Deep Space Gateway" in lunar orbit ?

You must know that the stars of today... are not the stars of the past!

(End of this chapter)