Interstellar Energy Tycoon

"five!"

"Four!"

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

"emission!"

Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!

At the Fangniu Mountain launch site, under the attention of hundreds of thousands of spectators, ten "Xingli 1" rockets rose from the ground and blasted off at the same time.

Ten minutes later, the 30-ton truss structure material was successfully sent into the predetermined track.

These truss materials are quite light. After being deployed in space, one ton can be expanded to 1,000 square meters, and they are relatively strong. After 30 tons are expanded, they can be 30,000 square meters.

To build a complete truss structure of 1.1 million square meters means to launch a full 366 "Star Force 1" rockets to complete the project.

However, the "Space Launch Alliance" composed of Xingyuan Group + nine private aerospace companies, in the next three months, completely let the whole world see their madness.

In April, a batch of ten missiles was launched at the land launch site every three days on average. With the help of the space launch ship converted from five professional space launch ships + five freighters, a sea launch mission is performed every fifteen days, and ten rockets can be launched into the sky at the same time.

Therefore, in April, the Space Launch Alliance launched a total of 120 "Star Force 1" rockets into space, of which 118 succeeded and 2 failed.

The frequency of this launch is more than double that of January and February.

The reason is that in March, when the launch was low, the nine aerospace companies expanded the area of ​​their factories, purchased a large amount of equipment and materials, and recruited a large number of manpower, so that the rocket production capacity of each company more than doubled on average. , reaching an exaggerated production capacity of 26 pieces per week, it is really like making rockets like sausages.

And made more than one hundred technical improvements, reducing redundant weight by hundreds of kilograms, but improving reliability.

The cost of manufacturing has also been reduced from 200 million yuan per piece to 120 million yuan - which includes 20% of the profit, indicating that the factory cost is only 100 million yuan, and as long as this production speed is maintained, there is room for further cost reduction.

May!

It is the rainy season with more wind and rain in the south, and the rainfall in the north will also increase, because it is a season of alternating cold and hot, and the weather becomes very unstable.

Under normal circumstances, May is not a suitable season for space launches, and the frequency of launches will generally drop.

But no matter.

The Space Launch Alliance doesn't care what the weather is like tomorrow.

Windy day, launch!

Rainy day, launch!

There are lightning and thunder in the sky, which is a bit scary, so launch it anyway!

In short, even if hail falls from the sky and knives fall from the sky, no matter how bad the weather is, it can't stop the 'Xingli No. 1' from roaring into the sky!

Therefore, throughout May, a full 120 rockets were launched, but only 116 succeeded and 4 failed. It can be seen that bad weather will still have some impact.

In June, a peculiar change occurred.

The six open-air launch sites on land, including Fangniu Mountain, Tieshan, and Lingshan, have increased the number of launch stations from ten to twelve, and two additional stations have been added, that is, the launch sites have been expanded, and the launch stations The number of workstations has increased by 20%.

This increase is not random.

First, the number of rockets launched at the same time increases from ten to twelve, and the influence and interference between them will not change much, but the difficulty of control is slightly increased, but within the range that can be handled Even if it is increased to launch twenty rockets at the same time, it is not impossible, but it is not necessary.

Second, the rocket production capacity of the Space Launch Alliance has increased from 26 rockets per week to the peak output of 30 rockets per week, and the cost has been further reduced from 120 million yuan per rocket to 100 million (including profit)-this is actually It's not an exaggeration. After the capabilities and advantages of Huaguo's industrial system exploded, it brought about such an effect, and it was definitely not the limit.

Therefore, under the combined effect of these factors.

In June, the Space Launch Alliance launched a total of 140 terrifying "Star Force 1" rockets.

What's even more frightening is that all the 140 rockets were launched successfully, with a success rate of 100%!

This has made the aerospace departments of all countries in the world look sideways and feel unbelievable. As for the Iron Horse of Space Company, they have to admit: "This is a good rocket, a very good 'disposable' rocket, but like It is disposable tableware, no matter how easy it is to use, it can only be used for one meal. The most commonly used tableware is the tableware that can be used many times. Although the former is convenient, the latter is more cost-effective. The former cannot replace the latter. But the latter can make the former unnecessary."

By this time.

According to statistics, in just three months, a total of 380 "Star Force 1"s were launched into space, 374 of which were successful and 6 failed.

The launch mission of the truss structure materials has all been completed.

The following eight "Star Force 1" also divided the parallel light lens into six components, and two robotic devices were launched near the truss structure, and then with the help of the astronauts in the Tiangong space station, they completed the parallel beam. The installation of optical lens - inside the device, there is a high-power short-wave generator. The lens device can emit high-energy short waves straightly at a wide range of adjustable angles, and can accurately reach places of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of kilometers.

A parallel light lens can withstand a transmission power of up to 300,000 KW, so two or three parallel light lenses can be installed on the huge photovoltaic power generation array, but this work can be arranged in the middle and late stages, with a power of 300,000 KW. It has been allowed to lay 300,000 square meters of super photovoltaic panels.

This means that the launch of super photovoltaic panels can also start.

...

July 2.

Fangniu Mountain launch site.

"five!"

"Four!"

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

"emission!"

The 12 "Star Force 1" soared into the sky at the same time, and successfully sent the 36-ton super photovoltaic panel to the sun-synchronous orbit 1,800 kilometers above the ground.

Then these photovoltaic panels were unfolded, and under the flexible operation of the robot, super photovoltaic panels with an area of ​​about 3,000 square meters (about 12 kilograms per square meter) were laid and installed on the truss structure.

And connect the circuit wires.

Under the action of sunlight, the current emitted by the photovoltaic panel enters the parallel light lens device, first passes through the short-wave generator, converts it into a high-energy short-wave, mixes a small amount of yellow light, and then passes through the rotatable lens of the parallel light lens. A beam of pale yellow light is aimed at the periscope-type light-receiving device on the light sail reflector operating on an 850-kilometer orbit, and sends high-energy short-waves into the light sail reflector.

After the light sail reflector receives the high-energy short-wave, it will also pass through tens of thousands of optical fiber wires, and at an angle of 60°, it will be transmitted from the reflective mirror surface and enter the energy main road.

When encountering the reflective mirror of the next light sail reflector, it will continue to reflect at an angle of 60°.

The same is true for the third light sail reflector.

Return to the origin of the first station.

A closed reflective loop is thus formed.

The energy of light waves is ingeniously preserved in this form.

Moreover, the speed of light remains absolutely constant in any frame of reference. As long as the relative displacement, angle, and speed of the three light sail reflectors remain completely unchanged, the light energy can be preserved for a long time. The purpose of storing light energy has just been achieved.

Of course, it is very difficult to keep the relative positions of the three without any change. The technicians of Xingyuan Group also spent a lot of time on fine-tuning to ensure the relative displacement deviation every day. , no more than 0.1%.

It means that the light energy dissipation rate of the energy main road, even if there is a slight change due to relative displacement, the dissipation rate will not exceed 0.1%-this is completely within the allowable range, even 1% can be tolerated.

But no matter what!

After more than three months of crazy brushing rockets.

Although the attention on the Internet has dropped to a very low level, there is no way to cause a big wave.

The majority of aerospace enthusiasts are also numb.

Even the on-site audience in the sightseeing area next to the six land-based space launch sites is no longer full, and revenues such as tickets, catering, and parking fees have declined, making local leaders near the launch sites feel worried and unable to sleep well. I feel that I have held meetings for many days to discuss how to improve service quality. I did not expect that the tourism business for watching space launches will reach saturation so quickly and start to decline. Of course, it is also related to the hot summer weather and people are unwilling to go out. They have to find a way Cool down and resist heatstroke.

only……

Nearly 400 rockets have been launched in more than three months, which is more than the total number of rockets launched by Huaguo in the past few years. The modern Daqin Arrow Array has been staged over and over again, so it still cannot occupy the attention of public opinion. Netizens There are still quarrels and heated discussions over all kinds of trivial matters. Is this a problem with the pattern of netizens? In other words, brushing rockets is outdated and can no longer stimulate people's senses.

But it starts on July 5th.

The three square 'little moons' in the sky suddenly dimmed, and it was hard to see with the naked eye, as if they had disappeared.

But soon, three thin light yellow lines suddenly appeared in the original orbital position of the 'Little Moon'.

These three thin wires join together to form an equilateral triangle of rays.

On July 6th, a special group took the lead. They bought all the telescopes that could be found on the market, even if they were low-magnification telescopes such as five times or ten times magnification, they bought none left. .

On the evening of the 7th, in a residential area in Zinan City.

Zhang Xiangfeng took the astronomical telescope bought for more than 9,000 yuan and came to the top terrace of the building where he lived. First, he placed the tripod on the concrete floor, then put the telescope on it, and then pointed it at a certain position in the night sky to search for Get up and lock the focus after a while.

"Honey, what are you looking at?" His wife walked over with a child in her arms, and asked curiously.

"The main road, I'm looking at the main road in the sky." Zhang Xiangfeng said indifferently, tonight, perhaps the senior players of "Galaxy: Energy Tycoon" across the country are watching the night sky, and they must remember this historic moment.

"Are you crazy, how can there be any way in the sky?"

His wife rolled her eyes, and spent nearly 10,000 yuan on a telescope just to see something that sounded messy and unreliable.

"Really, just come and take a look." Zhang Xiangfeng didn't argue, but stepped aside, took the child from her hand, and asked his wife to look into the eyepiece too.

Just look at it like this.

His wife was stunned. In the field of vision of the telescope, she saw a yellow, long and thick straight light, like an artist's sketch in space, very magical.

"What's going on, why is there an extra yellow line in the sky, how did it happen? Why did you make this thing out?"

His wife said in surprise.

"It's actually three lines that form a triangle, and you don't need to look through the telescope, you can see it with the naked eye now."

Zhang Xiangfeng reminded again.

Because as the power generation of super photovoltaic panels continues to increase, more and more light energy is introduced into the energy main road.

The density of the yellow light mixed into the high-energy short-wave is getting bigger and bigger, and the yellow light is easy to escape, so it is in the sight of people on the ground of the blue star.

An equilateral triangle yellow halo suddenly appeared in the night sky!

It is getting thicker and thicker.

It's getting brighter and brighter!

It's like putting a bright halo on the blue star.

It even gradually brightened to the point where it can be seen with the naked eye during the day, attracting the attention and sensation of the whole world!