Chapter 486 Direction - Future

   "The space elevator project has started!"

   "What?! Started?"

   "As expected, Umbrella has finished making the parts..."

   "But it's too fast! It took ten years and 160 billion U.S. dollars to build the International Space Station!"

   "Then you have to look at Umbrella's satellite launch speed..."

   "This is Umbrella."

   "Yeah, suddenly I feel so stable, I don't care much about alien invasion."

   "The puppy was right before, Umbrella will make a move..."

   "..."

  Although Umbrella’s previous understatement of “We Penglai has been making space elevator accessories” has attracted a lot of attention.

  But I didn't expect the startup speed to be so fast!

   This is just finished and ready to start?

   No wonder Penglai’s opening time for tourism has been postponed!

  In fact, many people on the Internet have given analysis based on Penglai's location and Umbrella's actions all the time.

  From the beginning, Umbrella had plans for a space elevator!

   It’s just the original plan. The plan may not be so fast, and it may even start after Penglai’s opening.

   When encountering alien visitors this time, all the public opinion and excuses have been paved, and they can be used directly.

   And the opportunity is rare, don't miss it!

  So even if Umbrella isn’t fully prepared, I’m afraid she will work overtime and focus on the space elevator during this time...

  …

  Penglai, the "Star Cup" contestants who were still in the city at this time also came out one after another.

   Even Shuma made an appearance!

  However, it was different from lying down all the time before. This time, Shuma wore a set of full-body 'prosthetic limbs', and walked out with the support of his wife and the support of the robot next to him, and came to the 'airport' at the top of Penglai together.

  Kobe, Jordan, CC, Melo and other superstars have all come here.

  Obviously, most of them came here during their breaks, some were shirtless in beach shorts, some were wearing swimming trunks and golf uniforms.

   "I didn't expect to see this kind of picture."

   "I don't read much, but I know this is very powerful."

   "Are you sure it's safe here? I remember seeing a lot of movement in the live broadcast last time."

"The robot is here, you can ask, because of the direction, the main airflow will be blocked by the signal tower, this location is a safe area, and even if you accidentally go outside, you can enjoy the typhoon, so you won't be blown directly fly…"

   "There is still a live broadcast here. It is said that there will be a space perspective at that time. I am really looking forward to it."

   "..."

  Everyone said something to each other, and Shuma, who temporarily stood up again with his prosthetic limbs, couldn't help but let out a sigh of emotion at this time

   "This is technology, that's great."

  The voice is hoarse, but it is the sound made by his own mouth!

   He is really going to be reborn with Umbrella's technology!

  Even if he just stood up with his prosthetic limb now, he was too excited.

  The people next to him were also surprised when they heard Shuma speak.

  Before, it could only be connected by brain computer.

  The little dog ran over and asked excitedly

   "Uncle Shuma, has your treatment officially started? It seems that the effect is good!"

   Bolt next to him also said with emotion

"Congratulations."

  Others followed suit and gave blessings.

   Schuma's wife, Colleen, was so happy that she could not close her mouth from ear to ear, and then replaced Schuma, who was still a little hoarse, and said

"The treatment has already started, the first stage of treatment has been carried out, and the follow-up flora is being cultivated now. The first treatment has completed the control of the voice and face! There are also some recovery of the muscles on the body, Umbrella really It is too strong, thank you very much!"

  While speaking, she was still wiping tears.

   Then he was patted on the shoulder by Schuma next to him, driven by the prosthetic limb.

  Looking at the picture in front of them, everyone felt touched and gave their blessings again.

   "Okay, we came here to see the rocket... oh, it's called a mass projector, right? It's really exciting."

  Shuma spoke again with a hoarse voice.

  The equatorial sun shines on the airport runway, and you can even see the twisted air on the runway.

   But in this environment, everyone is still staring at the towering mass launcher and waiting quietly...

  …

   At the same time, Umbrella also carried out a multi-angle live broadcast of the entire network, and also delineated airspace control, and issued a well-intentioned 'suggestion'.

   "In the future, this airspace will also be the connecting cable of the space elevator. I hope all major airlines will pay attention."

   He didn’t say anything about shooting down as soon as he came, nor did he say ‘no-fly zone’, his tone was very gentle.

  But on the top of Umbrella's Penglai, even the most beautiful dare not challenge the 'free flight'.

  In addition, the location was originally chosen to avoid all air routes. Now, except for Umbrella's own Penglai flight, other flights passing here temporarily are completely shameless.

  So this 'moderate' announcement has also received unanimous response from major airlines!

  As long as it is not a pretext for civilian use, then military use does not matter at all.

   "Then, the 'Space Elevator' program is officially launched..."

  Accompanied by Red Queen's narration in the live broadcast, the next moment the mass projector sank again, and a roar that had been silent for several months broke out!

  Although it has appeared once before when Umbrella launched the satellite.

   But when they saw the directly pierced clouds, the streamer that shot straight into the sky, the turbulent sea and the strong wind again, the people watching the live broadcast still felt the shock coming to their faces!

  You can feel this feeling through the screen, and the group staying at the scene even felt the strong wind!

   "Wow, this is still mostly blocked, if you want to go out, it will really not be blown away?"

   "You can try it!"

   "You can jump high, I guess it's possible, haha!"

   "What a shock!"

  Everyone watching from a close distance put on windproof goggles and felt the blood surging in their bodies.

   Especially Schuma, Kobe, Jordan, CC, etc. have entered the top 16, have obtained the right of settlement, and can bring their immediate family members to move into the assigned house at any time, and they have a sense of honor in their hearts.

  Although Penglai did not ask to give up their nationality, it is a settlement right, but it still quickly became their second hometown in their minds!

  Everything from medical to everyday, it's perfect here, it's great!

  A real paradise!

   At this time, in front of the live broadcast screen, there are still a large group of aviation experts from all walks of life analyzing.

   After seeing the launch, many experts also sighed

   "Sure enough, compared to the last launch, they should have continued to improve the mass projector during this time."

   "Well, it was only a low orbit before, but this time it directly targets the synchronous orbit. If there is no construction on it..., it can only be extended below."

   "Extended so easily and so quickly in the sea, their material is truly enviable!"

   "It should also be a modular design, just put it together."

   "So our Littoral Combat Ship is heading in the right direction?"

   "..."

  Chapter 656

  A concept animation picture appeared in the live broadcast room.

  The above is a conceptual map of the distance between Penglai, the Earth's atmosphere and the synchronous orbit.

  The launched modules are also moving in this picture in the form of small dots.

   It’s just that this is just a more intuitive launch concept map.

   It will take until the first batch of arriving orbital engineering robots are launched before the linkage can be completed for shooting on the synchronous orbit.

  But when this isometric real-time concept map comes out.

  Many netizens who were just listening to the fun were surprised to find that the height of the synchronous orbit is a bit unexpected!

   Crazy comments also started in the barrage.

   "Hey, this is an isometric drawing? Is there something wrong?"

   "Fuck, why is the earth on the picture so small? The atmosphere is so thin?"

   "Is the location a bit far away, wouldn't it be the orbit of the moon?"

   "..."

   After many problems appeared, some explanatory bullet screens appeared later.

"This is the scale map. The radius of the earth is more than 6,000 kilometers, and the diameter is more than 12,000 kilometers. Most of the satellites are actually located at a few hundred kilometers away, but the orbit of the geosynchronous satellite is 35,000 kilometers, which is almost three earth diameters. .”

  In fact, some people have mentioned the altitude figure of the geostationary satellite orbit before.

   is just a simple number and there is no such concept.

  However, when this scale map appeared, everyone understood how 'high' the orbit of the geostationary satellite was!

  Dozens of times the height of conventional low-orbit satellites!

   "Umbrella has really been preparing for a long time."

   "Yes, the requirements for geostationary satellite orbits are higher."

   "It's coming soon, looking forward to..."

  …

  From the perspective of space, in the deep and vast starry sky, the blue planet, which is not even considered dust in the universe, looks so magnificent.

  A black dot continued to spin and rushed out of the atmosphere, and then a light blue plasma jet appeared on it all the time.

  Multi-angle, multi-directional jets are constantly correcting the trajectory of this ‘big block’.

  Every key node is continuously adjusted from multiple angles, and its own position is accurately determined under the internal program and the correlation with satellite signals.

  Following the last few intensive and continuous change jets, this 'big block' stopped completely.

   At the stopped position, looking at the blue planet in front of me, it seems that it is not moving, and the two sides seem to be relatively stationary!

   You can only follow along and slowly feel the changes in sunlight!

   Then the 'big square' gradually unfolded.

  Solar panels, mechanical arms, and injection ports all emerged from the original block one by one, completing the transformation.

  A strange machine with solar panels and many mechanical 'arms' appeared in front of my eyes.

  If it is on the ground, this slender arm and its own weird structure may not be able to climb up.

  However, after the synchronous orbit has no influence of gravity, the design of engineering robots can be quite exaggerated.

  Following the switch of Umbrella’s special lens, in conjunction with those satellite groups in low orbit, the signal transmission and connection with the ground was completed directly, and the picture was also transmitted back in real time, appearing in the live broadcast room!

"As you can see, the screen connection is normal, the initial calibration launch is successful, and the first Orbit-I engineering robot has arrived at the scheduled orbit. Next, we can use this Orbit-I engineering robot to watch the arrival of the following modules. , as more and more modules and robots arrive, more and more perspectives can be provided, and we will live broadcast the entire construction of the space elevator..."

   Afterwards, the mass transmitter roared again!

   And compared to the original launch of the satellite to adjust the orbital angle, this time it is enough to just spray without thinking.

  The launched module will automatically carry out subsequent adjustments!

   Then, from the perspective of that engineering robot, a complete projectile picture began to appear!

  With the starry sky as the background and the blue star as the curtain, the deep starry sky looks at the follow-up module that is constantly ejecting plasma jets, constantly changing its trajectory and direction and slowly approaching, and finally 'docking' nearby and keeping relatively still.

  Looking at the 'big gift packages' that rolled over one by one, and then gradually stopped with continuous spraying.

  The first engineering robot also quickly started its own work, directly began to move slowly on the track with its own propeller, stretched out its pincers and pulled the 'package' to the designated position and began to 'assemble'!

  Then the second, third, and even all the robots that arrived later began to cooperate with the unpacking operation!

  Obviously these orbital robots look 'slowly' when they move, and even have a sense of humor.

  But with their extremely tacit cooperation and assembly, after dragging the launched modules and starting to move.

  Under the multi-angle and multi-camera, the synchronous track full of messy 'packages' looks like a project of the century!

   It seems that the moving speed is slow, but with the start of the flickering electric light and tacit splicing, it has brought a kind of shock called 'efficiency' to everyone!

  This is a fully mechanical, fully automatic project that maximizes efficiency under the mediation of artificial intelligence!

  Originally, Umbrella was already very high-sighted.

  Even Penglai was able to take out it in a year, which can already be regarded as super efficient!

   When watching the robots sold by Umbrella working in the factory, you can also feel the tacit cooperation and perfect efficiency brought by pure machinery.

   Available now, see this super project on the sync track.

   After watching those robots stretch out multiple arms at the same time, drag the modules easily in that zero-gravity environment, and start some docking work.

  There is a hint of enlightenment in the hearts of most people...

   The efficiency of Umbrella's "space elevator" plan will be much faster than originally expected!

  Pure modular assembly, pure mechanized coordination, after the module manufacturing has been completed, under the terrifying delivery efficiency of the mass projector, it is really beyond people's imagination!

  The robot dragged away the modules one after another, and under the background of the starry sky, one after another 'packages' could be seen being delivered continuously from the direction of the earth.

   There are building blocks for space elevators, as well as newly arrived robots!

  Even the robots and modules themselves seem to be in perfect order calculated by artificial intelligence.

   As soon as each new robot appears, you can easily grab the nearby modules, as if it was specially 'delivered to your hand'!

  As for experts who have been closely observed by some professional institutions, many people stood up in horror at this time.

   "Impossible! How can there be such a launch efficiency? This is far beyond the previous satellite launch!"

   "What kind of power generation system is this?"

   "Nuclear power plants are terrible..."

   "They added a lot of modules later, will there be a super energy storage module to store the energy of the previous nuclear power plant?"

   "It should be possible, and a nuclear power module should be added."

   "Such a large energy storage device is for this time..."

   "Penglai, it's scary!"

   "This is a war machine, with nuclear power generation and energy storage. When necessary, their firepower will be poured out instantly, which is extremely terrifying."

   "If you want to deal with it, you must rely on the absolute number to saturate the attack and defeat their energy threshold."

   "Hey, it's better not to keep thinking about dealing with it, it's a headache..."

   "According to this efficiency, the construction of their space elevator is faster than our starship."

   "Is it still under construction?"

   "Of course it will be built! It can't be all controlled by them! Do we have a chance to build this thing?"

   "Even if we buy all their materials, we can't afford the cost. We have to ask them to launch it."

   "If they are invited to launch, then all the modules of the space elevator must be entrusted to them to manufacture, otherwise the strength requirements of the launch will not be met."

   "..."

   A group of people couldn't help but fell silent, and the result of the discussion was that it was useless!

   Except for the monster Umbrella, no force can complete it!

   And all the technical details and components related to this space elevator were created step by step by Umbrella.

  From mass projection to robots, to artificial intelligence control, from basic superconductivity, materials, and programs, all key nodes are in their hands!

   Then compare the bloated size of the starship that they are still actively building.

  Everyone couldn't help sighing.

   This contrast and contrast…

   It's hard to describe...

  Chapter 657 Future

   "Is our direction really wrong..."

   Even after the mass projector came out, NASA and SX did not give up.

  Because the mass projector also has inherent defects!

  Although low-Earth orbit is invincible, future landings on the moon and Mars still need to rely on high-thrust rockets.

  The mass catapult also has too high requirements on the quality of what it emits.

  So the appearance of the mass catapult actually strengthened Masla's fighting spirit.

   Let him throw himself on the starship wholeheartedly.

   Satellites with Falcons are enough, although not as good as Mass Projectors, but still enough!

   Once the starship comes out you can move back to another round!

  I am only at a disadvantage in some areas!

   Just like Umbrella seems to be in full swing today, but not all industries are at the top.

  The world does not mean that if a company becomes the top, there will be no opportunities for other companies.

   Just like the tracker came out, it actually helped the SX electric car open up the sinking low-end market.

  Trackers have opened up consumers' understanding of the benefits of electric vehicles, and strengthened the construction of auxiliary modules such as electric piles and consumption habits.

  The SX electric car only needs to be fully imitated, and then lower the price.

   Still alive!

   Market share can go to Prussia and neon who don't know how to work!

   The same goes for the space race.

  You Umbrella has a mass catapult and is invincible in low orbit.

  You can rely on the rocket by yourself, and you can also seize the areas that you can't touch!

  Anyway, seeing that Umbrella has no rocket-related plans, he is relatively relieved.

  Especially this time when the aliens arrived, the design of the starship has been completed, and a cooperation agreement has been reached with a certain song's "Don Quixote", which is the time to justify the name of the starship!

However…

  The starship here is still being built on the ground, and the space elevator has already knocked in the sky...

  Since he is engaged in this field, Masla certainly knows what it means to have a space elevator in the sky.

  The so-called spacecraft, the so-called interstellar voyage, in fact, a big difficulty is to overcome the gravity of the earth.

  However, if the launch site is placed in space, even the thrust of the Hall thruster can easily complete the orbit change and acceleration of the satellite, which is really much simpler!

  Theoretically, launching in space, coupled with our own rocket recovery technology, has the opportunity to travel to and from Mars in a real sense.

  There is only a small amount of thrust to go towards Mars, and the main fuel is left for launching on Mars and returning!

   It is even said that theoretically relying on the space elevator to continuously transport materials into space, and then continue to launch towards Mars, there are already prerequisites for building a Mars base.

  The biggest difficulty of the front end has been settled, and the rest is really too simple, even if it is handed over to other companies to build it, it will be no problem at all.

  Moon base, Mars base.

  It sounds like a distant concept, but after the space elevator is formed, it can be seen in the lifetime!

   No, not even in my lifetime!

   Relying on Umbrella's robots, relying on their ever-increasing efficiency, as long as the modules are produced continuously, and then they are launched batch by batch along with the robots.

  After the space elevator comes out, you can already start and prepare!

  Thinking of the year when I vowed to immigrate to Mars, and thinking of the starship I put all my efforts into, Masla was filled with bitterness for a while.

   "Heh, when did I start to blindly pursue money and status?"

   "When did it start, my original dream became a gimmick for me to make money..."

   Looking at the live broadcast in front of him, the tacit cooperation of the robot in the geostationary satellite orbit and the terrifying splicing efficiency, Masla finally lowered his head.

  The gap is too big.

  So big that I no longer have the courage to catch up...

   But then he regained his composure and cheered up again

   "No! I still have a chance! As long as Umbrella is willing to borrow the space elevator and I transport the starship to the space elevator, then I still have a chance!"

  …

  Global attention is being paid to the automatic construction in geostationary satellite orbit.

  Purely mechanized orbital robots, different models do different things, and the division of labor is clear. Grasp the modules one by one and start splicing.

  The beauty of efficiency and craftsmanship is so shocking under the visual impact of the space background and the parent star as the background. Occasionally, the sun seems to be able to see the brilliance of the surface!

  Penglai is still continuously spraying, and a large number of modular components are continuously entering space.

  This kind of power, this frequency, and this kind of energy consumption make some professionals who are constantly observing and calculating feel scalp numb.

  Even if it is nuclear power, even if it has a special power storage module, this is too exaggerated!

   But even at this time, no one has given the slightest thought to the issue of controllable nuclear fusion.

   It's not that the theory is not good, but that this thing is being studied, and everyone knows the threshold and difficulty!

   Instead of believing in controllable nuclear fusion, it is better to believe that they have a more efficient power generation technology, and the density and power of the fission reactor have made a qualitative breakthrough!

  Penglai should still be able to fully support the launch when its own internal work is completely shut down.

   And it was just when the space elevator project was progressing steadily and the synchronous orbit was being built rapidly.

  Penglai itself has fully adapted to the stability of this transmission frequency by relying on the adjustment system.

  If it is made of normal materials, even if most of the projectors are buffered and retreated on the seabed, the metal at the connection must have been torn long ago.

  This is something that no high-strength alloy can withstand.

However, Umbrella has his own unique material technology, and even repaired and stabilized spell inscriptions, combined with the buffer of pulley retreat and unloading most of them into the seabed, except for one hour of inspection and maintenance every day, twenty-three Hours are in launch!

  In a ward in Penglai, at this time Shuma was lying in the medical cabin receiving a new treatment.

   Under the detection of the magic lens in the medical cabin, the cell-level image data of the damaged nerve directly appeared on the screen!

  The pruning archaea marked with color are now slowly cleaning the collateral endings of the damaged nerve, completely removing some irregular and redundant tissues, and swallowing them into the body to wait for hydrolysis.

  The speed is very slow, but it is also very slight, except near the damaged nerve, it will hardly affect other places.

  Although it will kill and remove some of the pruned nerve cells.

   But in terms of the overall number of nerve cells, this little bit is completely innocuous.

   "Very well, everything is going well, the trimming is almost done, the next step is gluing."

   "First inject a unit to calculate feasibility."

  With the newly injected archaea, under the compiled homing effect, it can be clearly seen from the video image that another completely different cohesive archaea came to the designated area along the blood, and stopped successfully!

  Homing successfully!

   "Huh~ Not bad, there is no problem with the compilation, and the Red Queen also gave a supportive suggestion, let's inject the remaining archaea..."

   Repair complete with yet another damage point.

  Shuma, who came out of the medical cabin again, raised his hand tremblingly without using the prosthesis, and supported the edge.

  Although the lower body is still unconscious, Shuma still had tears in his eyes after sitting up without the support of his prosthetic limbs, and then he kept reaching out and pinching his arms everywhere.

   That long-lost pain response made him want to laugh out loud.

"Okay, although we have injected optimization fluid into your atrophic muscles to repair them, you still need to do some exercise to complete the absorption. At the same time, you must continue to stimulate the nerve connections you just completed, and enter the follow-up rehabilitation training. You can't overdo it, and you can't Not much, the Red Queen will give you a plan according to your situation, remember to follow the plan and don’t modify it yourself, this is closely related to the final recovery effect.”

  Following the doctor's earnest advice, Shuma also kept nodding while crying...

  ——

update completed…

   Up to now, most of the technologies have a theoretical basis, but when the abyss and other worlds are developed, or when they collide with other civilizations, there may be more "abnormal" things

  

  

  (end of this chapter)