Chapter 1614

At a time when journalists from all over the world are shocked by what they have seen and heard in Penglai City, a similar scene is also taking place in the synchronous orbit of 36000 kilometers away.

However, it is not journalists from all over the world who are touched by this scene, but members of the space elevator construction committee who come to check and accept the project by shuttle, as well as engineers and researchers who are responsible for the design work.

"Is this the court of heaven..."

Sitting on the space shuttle to the Tianting, Li Guangya's eyes were full of excitement and could not help sighing when he looked directly at the towering Space Fortress outside the side window.

As the general director of the space elevator construction committee, his signature means the red head stamp on the project delivery document for the whole project.

So after hearing about the completion of the space elevator, he immediately asked his secretary to push all the itineraries of the day for him, and took the first flight to the Tianting without stopping.

"Yes," said Li Guangya, who was standing next to him, casually returning with a chat. "What do you think of it compared with that in the myth and legend?"

Originally, Lu Zhou said this sentence casually, but Li Guangya, who did not expect to hear it, thought it over for a long time.

After a long time, he shook his head and said softly with emotion.

"There is no comparison at all. On the proposition of the universe, the imagination of the ancients is still too little. Even if I go through all the myths and allusions I know, the palace on the cloud is a little shabby compared with this lofty fortress. No matter from the perspective of artistic value or from the perspective of practicality, I can only use the word "inconceivable" to describe it... "

The cylindrical structure, several kilometers long, is steadily suspended in a synchronous orbit, with the central axis pointing straight to the blue planet. The four curved cantilevers on the outside are outspread, just like the propeller at the rear of the submarine, rotating silently at a slow speed.

From a distance, the towering fortress is like a spinning top, pulled by the motion inertia of the two motion systems, and achieves a dynamic balance with gravity that can be adjusted at any time.

Without accident, this is probably the largest and most complex space engineering built in the gravity environment in the history of human space.

Although the scale of the space base is a little smaller than that of the Lagrange point, the interfaces left outside the Tianting provide infinite possibilities for the future of the space station.

As you know, it took more than half a century for the space base of Lagrange point to develop from the initial berth hovering near the Lagrange point to the current scale.

For the Tianting, it has at least a century to plump its wings and show its prosperity to the world

"It's so much to look forward to."

"What do you expect?"

Looking at Lu Zhou, Li Guangya has a smile on his face.

"Of course, when the sky lift is finished."

Long before he took the position of president, he was working hard to realize this dream. Whether it's for the sake of making a name in history or for a certain ambition, this space elevator is an indispensable part of the blueprint in his mind.

Although he has also considered that, with the current technical conditions, maybe he will not be able to see the space elevator actually completed on this planet until he retires.

However, no one thought that in his lifetime, he actually saw the dream into reality.

Just as he never thought that the greatest scholar would wake up from the grave a hundred years ago and lift the coffin to help him realize his dream.

All these are so untrue

Slanted this guy one eye, although vaguely felt that said this sentence he may be thinking something disrespectful, but the land boat did not say anything.

Although he didn't express the emotion in his words, from this guy's clenched fists, Lu Zhou could still feel the shock that was overwhelmed by the charm of science.

For higher, stronger and more magnificent buildings, it is the eternal pursuit of Chinese civilization originated from the two river basins. In thousands of years, this kind of emotion has been integrated into everyone's blood and engraved in the gene of culture.

In this space station called Tianting, these elements are undoubtedly reflected to the extreme.

Standing in the vast cold night, it is like a star that never falls, covering up all the sparkles in the whole night sky, as well as the crystallization of all the wisdom of all civilizations in history.

It's not just a spectacle.

A milestone of civilization

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Through the circular hatch at the bottom, with the docking of the connecting arms and the fall of the air lock, the shuttle quickly and steadily leaned against the berth of Tianting space station.

This was supposed to be the place to connect the elevator.

However, the most important middle section of the whole space elevator has not been started yet, so it is temporarily used as a temporary berth."The entire Tianting space station can be divided into two parts, the central axis and the cantilever. And our current position is the earth facing side of the central axis That's the first floor of the entire space station. "

After getting off the shuttle, we took a group of people to the direction of the control center. While enjoying the nearly perfect "art" designed by ourselves, the boat introduced the situation to others behind us.

"If the central axis is the heart and brain, the cantilever is the trunk."

"While the outer cantilever compensates the gravity of the space station through the inertia of motion, it also provides an" approximate gravity "through the center of the circle to the inside of the circular structure outside the cantilever due to its rotation. This gravity is not provided by gravity, but by centrifugal force, but can produce similar effects. "

"So when I design the cantilever part, the definition I give in the blueprint is the living area, and the interface of this part is specially designed."

"When the living space is insufficient, we can dock the new space station on the outside of the cantilever, and adjust the rotation speed of the cantilever and the center of gravity of the space station, so as to make the motion system reach the balance state again..."

Listening to Lu Zhou's incessant talk, Li Guangya's face was full of expressions.

Finally, when the introduction came to an end, he quickly coughed and put in a word.

"Cantilever is the living area I already know What about the center axle? I don't care about specific theories. You should be simple... "

"This is not a complicated theory at all. I think even junior high school students in the 21st century can figure out these things, regardless of the details."

Slanted Li Guangya one eye, land boat continues to say.

"My positioning of the central axis in the blueprint is the industrial area and the experimental area. This part of the region is stationary relative to the earth, and the gravity in both the longitudinal and vertical axis directions is close to zero. If the cantilever area on the outside is for people to live in, then this part is the factory and logistics transfer base to provide the residents of the cantilever area with necessities. "

"At the same time, it's where the Tianting connects with the space elevator."

When he said this, the face of Lu Zhou could not help but smile, and his eyes unconsciously fell on the window beside him.

There is the moon.

It is also the direction of Guanghan City.

As a bridge connecting heaven and earth, his expectation for the space elevator is not only a fast way to exchange materials, or a bridge that allows people to go to and from the air space at a faster speed.

The second generation controllable fusion reactor has been completed on the moon, and the huge reserves of helium are being converted into endless energy. However, the industrial capacity of the moon alone is not enough to completely digest these energy sources.

In order to get this energy from the vacuum environment to the earth's surface full of atmosphere at a lower loss, he needs a cable from the earth's surface to the space to carry the huge energy from the moon.

This is also the most important significance of the space elevator for human civilization besides the elevator itself -

that is, a corridor of energy and information across the world!