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"Those who want to learn about space tourism can go to X company's CEO Lawrence Paul for consultation later," Henry raised his head and glanced at the ceiling, thought for a moment, and said, "If it goes well, the X space station will be within two years. It can be built!"

At this time, officials with experience in space station construction could not help being surprised.

To build a space station in two years is nothing short of a fantasy! ! !

Some people sneered and retorted loudly: "Mr. Williams, I don't deny that company x has the ability to build a space station, but the International Space Station has been built by many countries around the world, but there is no guarantee that a relatively complete one will be built within two years. Space station, why would you say that company x is fine?"

Henry smiled slightly at the person who was talking, "I'm naturally not talking in vain, but I can't tell you why now, but you will know soon!" Henry immediately scanned the audience and said lightly, "x The company's investment in technology has never been spared, and the accumulation of x company will definitely shock you!"

Henry actually has a lot of things that he didn't say. At present, many projects of company x are in the research or project stage, such as graphene inflatable space capsule, rocket recovery, nanometer probe, "solar storm" propulsion system, anti-gravity, anti-matter, "planet-level" super hadron collision Machine etc...

As far as the "solar storm" propulsion system is concerned, it is not uncommon to use solar energy as an energy source in the universe, but very few use solar wind. The solar wind is a stream of supersonic plasma charged particles emitted from the upper atmosphere of a star. The energy of the solar wind usually erupts from solar flares or other climatic phenomena called "solar storms", and its speed is within 200-800km/s. The wind speed on the earth is tens of thousands of times higher.

The "solar storm" propulsion system uses the solar wind to enable spacecraft to travel interstellar at an unprecedented speed and reduce its dependence on fuel. To make a simple analogy, it's like a boat traveling in a river, with headwinds and tailwinds. The "solar storm" propulsion system is to enable the spacecraft to travel "downwind" in space!

This research was proposed by Nasa in the United States in 2014. The name of the project is "Electric Sail", which is one of the innovative advanced concept niac plans of Nasa. In 2015, the "Electric Sail" project entered the second phase. However, Nasa's funding is pitiful, the first phase of niac investment is 100,000 U.S. dollars, and the second phase of investment is 500,000 U.S. dollars.

In Henry's view, the "electric sail" program has a certain degree of feasibility, anyway, Henry is not short of money, so he established a "solar storm" propulsion system research group, with an investment of 10 million U.S. dollars. How can there be a return if you don't invest? Nasa only invested 600,000 US dollars in total, just like a family, too stingy!

Of course, the "solar storm" propulsion system can only be used as an auxiliary means, and the spacecraft still needs to use better energy than nuclear energy, solar energy, chemical fuels, etc...

However, the most ideal energy fuel for spacecraft is antimatter. However, among the many research projects of company x, the most difficult one is antimatter!

The various macroscopic objects in nature are reduced to their microscopic origins, and they are all composed of protons, neutrons and electrons. And antimatter is the anti-state of normal matter. When the positive and negative matter meet, the two sides will cancel each other out, explode and generate huge energy.

The comparison between nuclear fusion and antimatter extinction is simply not worth mentioning!

Nuclear fusion is only the synthesis of two substances into one, and part of the mass is converted into energy; while antimatter extinguishment is the complete disappearance of two substances, and 100% of their mass is converted into energy.

Antimatter in the universe is extremely difficult to find. At present, only the Large Hadron Collider can produce antimatter. The European Large Hadron Collider is the largest and most energetic particle accelerator in the world. It is a high-energy physics device that accelerates the collision of protons. The English name is lhc. The project is an international project, started in 1994, cost tens of billions of dollars, built by 40 countries, from about 7,000 scientists and engineers from 80 countries. Located in a tunnel 100 meters deep and 17 miles long (including the circular tunnel) in the Jura Mountains near Geneva, at the junction of Switzerland and France, company x, as a world-class aerospace company, naturally participates in it.

The high temperature generated by particles in the Large Hadron Collider is 100,000 times the internal temperature of the sun. In this extreme environment, the nature of cosmic matter is studied to find dark matter, even antimatter... It’s just that, according to Henry It is known that the lhc European Large Hadron Collider will be able to collide with one microgram of antimatter for a thousand years. To get enough antimatter, it is necessary to develop several planets and build giant particle accelerators around the entire planet.

lhc is so large-scale and completely unqualified.

Although X company participated in the lhc project, the right is to accumulate experience. After that, Henry will let X company build a larger "planet-level" Super Hadron Collider on an alien planet! !

However, stimulating the Large Hadron Collider also requires huge energy. Therefore, some scientists claim that it may cost 100 billion U.S. dollars to make 1 gram of antimatter. Uh, it's so expensive, it's horrible. Henry, as the world's richest man, said that he is really poor. Although he has trillions of dollars in funds, he can only produce more than ten grams of antimatter! ! !

But in any case, the "planet-class" Super Hadron Collider will definitely be built in the future, but it will be impossible in a short time...

Sometimes Henry would think, if he had "so much" antimatter, would he be able to destroy the earth?

When 1 gram of matter and 1 gram of its antimatter collide and annihilate, huge energy can be released. According to the mass-energy relationship (e=mc2) proposed by Einstein, the energy released when matter and antimatter annihilate is nuclear fission energy. 1000 times. Therefore, the use of anti-matter in the military field will be far more "doomsday weapons" than nuclear bombs, which can destroy the earth in just a few grams.

More than ten grams of antimatter is enough to destroy the earth two or three times, or two or three times! ! !

Of course, Henry is not so frantic. The biggest use of antimatter is to use it as fuel for spacecraft. The antimatter spacecraft can reach Mars in 40 days. 17 grams of antimatter can accelerate the spacecraft to one-tenth the speed of light, and it only takes 40 years to travel from the earth to the extremely distant star Alpha Centauri (4.37 light-years from the earth)!

However, these are all whimsical for now.

The key is that it is too difficult to make antimatter... In addition, the container for storing antimatter is also a big difficulty. Once the anti-matter touches the container, the anti-matter extinguishment will occur, resulting in a catastrophic explosion! However, scientists have proposed that if an electric or magnetic field is added to the antimatter container to suspend the antimatter, it may be possible to create an antimatter storage container!

Henry squinted his eyes and thought, if one day an antimatter spacecraft can be built, then it will be a bunker, which will open a new chapter in the field of space-the interstellar era.

"Mr. Williams, you said so, how can we believe it? Can you tell us, so that we have a bottom!" said a rich man, "After all, the International Space Station is built by so many countries together, you The x space station is only your company. If we really want to choose space tourism, we would rather choose to go to the International Space Station!"

"Yes!" Many rich people couldn't help but agree.

Henry thought about it for a while. If he didn't reveal it at all, who would dare to go? After all, building a space station in two years is indeed a bit exaggerated for them.

Henry cleared his throat and thought about what to say.

"Yeah! Okay, let me tell you a little bit," Henry said loudly, "X company is going to develop an inflatable space capsule, and then dock with the space station to form an inflatable space station. Therefore, our space station construction speed will be very Hurry up!" The space station is actually a manned spacecraft, and then the spacecraft sends the components into orbit in batches and assembles them in space. x only needs to launch a large manned spacecraft, and then use an inflatable space capsule. Its components can be reduced a lot.

Henry thinks this way. The key factor of an inflatable space capsule is the material. Without graphene and high-strength synthetic fibers, it is impossible to make an inflatable space capsule. Henry is not afraid of others competing with him at all!

However, Henry finished speaking.

The following suddenly burst into laughter.

"Mr. Williams, you are whimsical, are you still inflatable space station?! Haha...I just laughed out of my teeth."

"Hehe, just touch the meteorite trash and the space station will have to leak, right? Oh, God, what a stupid plan this is!"

The rich shook their heads one after another and said, "Forget it, I'm not going to travel anymore, it's too dangerous."

"Me too, safety is too unprotected. I think Mr. Williams may be crazy, otherwise, how could he come up with an inflatable space station?"

"Yes, at least the space station must be made extremely hard, so that we can rest assured in it!"

"..."

Henry touched his forehead and sighed slightly. Nima didn't trust him. "Everyone, I can assure you that the safety of the inflatable space station is not worse than other space stations!"

"If Mr. Williams x Company builds a space station with a metal shell, perhaps we will consider space tourism, but inflatable space station, I think it's fine!"

"Yes, Mr. Williams, this project of yours is not reliable at first glance. I suggest you give up quickly, so as not to waste material and financial resources!"

Henry is speechless. Why do you say that the truth is always on the side of a few people, because there are too many stupid people!

Well, since everyone is not optimistic about the inflatable space station, then I just built it. Henry's heart is becoming more and more determined. You can laugh at our plan. However, when the inflatable space station is completed, I believe that no one will dare to laugh at it again! ! !

At this moment, a wealthy man came out and said to Henry: "Mr. Williams, I believe you, the inflatable space station is absolutely innovative aerospace technology! If you agree, I am very willing to contribute to this project. Invest!"

"You are?" Henry looked at a man in his forties, of medium standing and a slightly thin face.

"Robert Bigelow!"

"Oh, it turned out to be Mr. Robert Bigelow, the American budget hotel tycoon." Henry nodded to him. "Thank you very much for your approval. If you want to invest..." Henry said this, he couldn't help but think. Get up, at this moment, he already knows who Robert Bigelow is. The inflatable space capsule is the pioneering work of Bigelow Aerospace. When you hear the company's name, you know that this aerospace company belongs to Robert Bigelow.

Bigelow Aerospace was founded in 1998. Obviously, Robert Bigelow has not yet set foot in the aerospace field. But he has been interested in the sky since he was a child. When he was a little boy, he heard about the terrifying experience of his grandfather and grandmother encountering a mysterious spacecraft. Since then, exploring the mysteries of the universe has become his constant pursuit. Regardless of whether he runs a hotel or a real estate business, in fact, he is still a researcher of supernatural phenomena. As for what he studies, it is not known.

This is really "Li Gui met Li Kui", heroes cherish heroes?

Henry was a little embarrassed to see Robert Bigelow staring at him expectantly.

"Among so many people, you have the most insight! Okay, I agree with you to invest! Wait a while, you stay, and we have a good talk." Henry gave Robert Bigelow a smile.

Robert Bigelow looked very excited, and quickly responded, "Okay!"

At this time, other people looked at Robert Bigelow in the same way as they looked stupid. Robert Bigelow felt it too, his face flushed, but he still insisted on his own ideas. Based on his experience in the industry for more than ten years, the inflatable space capsule is cheap, easy to carry, and has great potential for development!

Henry then said a few more words, and finally said to everyone that if you want to cooperate with company x, you can talk to the employees of company x.

Everyone is quite convinced of the technical strength of company x. Some people have consulted on rockets, satellites, spacecraft, etc., but only the space tourism project is not the case.

On the contrary, some wealthy people asked if Nasa could conduct space tourism... Seeing this, Henry was also speechless.

Henry then went to the back of the hall and asked for a copy of Robert Bigelow's information. After reading it, he returned to the hall. Henry swept his eyes around, then beckoned Robert Bigelow to come over.

"Mr. Bigelow~lightnovelpub.net~ Since you want to invest, how much money do you plan to invest?" Henry smiled and asked Robert Bigelow who came by.

Robert Bigelow had clearly considered it, and directly replied: "200 million dollars!"

Henry nodded, thought about it, and said: "I can separate the inflatable space capsule department, but you can only get 20% of the shares if you invest 200 million US dollars."

Robert Bigelow heard this, considered it, and agreed, "No problem, but before signing the agreement, I want to learn more about the inflatable capsule department!"

"Of course!" Henry smiled. With the current technology of the inflatable space capsule department, Robert Bigelow invested in it. I am afraid that it will also be pitted. The inflatable space capsule department must continue to raise funds to develop better and safer. The technology, how many shares he can hold in the end, it is not known (haha)! In addition, space and rocket launch costs are extremely expensive, and the market for inflatable space capsules is not very large for the time being. However, the prospects are bright. Once the rocket launch and recovery technology is solved and the cost of flying to space is reduced, I believe that many rich people will be willing to go to the sky for fun. At that time, the inflatable space capsule department can make a lot of money!

(To be continued.)