Chapter 1094 Lunar Rover

This sentence is both a show off and a threat.

Of course Qin Tao knows that foreigners are not good at anything. This guy came here to ask for cooperation. He actually wants to dominate and seize power. What if he fails? What should he do? Will European forces be mobilized to blockade Starship Corporation?

Americans never like to be the leader, but they like to encourage their younger brothers. Now, the ESA may be deceived by the Americans and make some mistakes. Qin Tao has to give them a vaccination.

If you want to cause trouble for Starship Company, you have to see if the capital behind it agrees. Our Starship Company is not alone. We have obtained a large amount of funds, which come from many companies, especially the Global Five Hundred powerful!

Hum, I don’t even open my eyes to see who is in charge of the so-called democratic country.

Joseph was speechless for a moment and could only watch Qin Tao and Max walking towards the door. When the two were about to leave, he realized: "Mr. Qin, Mr. Max, please stay, we still have projects to discuss. , we would like to ask your help to carry a lunar probe!"

A smile appeared on Max's face. Hum, the French are nothing. I'm not even afraid of Americans, so why would I give you face? Since you are here to ask for help, then do your job!

“Of course, the detector is charged based on weight. One kilogram weighs two million US dollars.”

 One kilogram and two million! Joseph opened his eyes wide: "Mr. Max, isn't this too expensive?"

"Expensive? Qiao Busi, who is currently flying in the sky, weighs 60 kilograms, and the cost is 100 million. When converted, the cost per kilogram is 1.67 million U.S. dollars. Moreover, it is only orbiting the moon, not landing on the moon! Give you two The million-dollar quotation is for the sake of colleagues. If ordinary tourists go to the moon, it will cost more than 200 million U.S. dollars, and the cost per kilogram will reach more than 3 million U.S. dollars. Are you still not satisfied? Then launch it yourself. .”

 Joseph stopped talking.

“This quotation lasts until the end of the year, and the price will increase next year. If you want to cooperate, you should do it as soon as possible.” After Max finished speaking, he waved his hand: “Goodbye!”

It's really time to go this time, there's no need to talk to these guys anymore, just let them think about it themselves.

Looking at the backs of the two people leaving, Joseph clenched his fists. Hum, what’s so great about landing on the moon? We, the European Space Agency, are also going to land on the moon!

This idea came to his mind for a few seconds, and he gave up reluctantly. No, even if he wanted to, other member states wouldn't want to. Everyone disagrees, and discussions at meetings are just quarrels, and nothing can be achieved in the end.

ESA has declined, the future belongs to Starship Corporation!

In space, the Dragon spacecraft was still flying around the moon and had already reached the front side of the moon. Qiao Busi set up a telescope next to the porthole to observe the moon.

In fact, the spacecraft can carry advanced observation equipment and can accurately observe the lunar surface. They are not only flying around the moon this time, but also surveying and mapping the lunar surface and mastering first-hand information to lay the foundation for the subsequent moon landing.

As for Qiao Busi’s telescope, it is of course a privilege as a passenger. Observing the moon’s surface on a screen is definitely not as good as observing it directly with a telescope.

"Dear viewers, now we are about to fly over the Tranquility Sea. I will carefully search the Apollo moon landing sites to see if there is anything there!" Qiao Busi turned to the camera and said, and then continued to put his eyes on the telescope. .

Although the moon can also be observed with an astronomical telescope on the earth, it is completely different from observing near the moon. The moon has occupied his entire field of vision and looks extremely huge. The pits and various terrains on the surface of the moon can be seen. Clearly.

“I have found the Sea of ​​Tranquility! I have seen the Sabine D crater, but I have found nothing so far!”

“We are flying over the Tranquility Sea, and still haven’t found anything!”

 Ten minutes later.

"We have completely flown over the Sea of ​​Tranquility. I didn't see any traces of humans, I didn't see the lower stages of the Apollo spacecraft, and I didn't see the Stars and Stripes Banner!" Qiao Busi turned to look at the camera, but this time It was a little more violent, and as a result, his body spun backwards and flew out. He grabbed the top handrail to control his body. This action showed that he was in space. It was true that he was on the moon. As for the moon landing site, I don’t know.

This live broadcast spread all over the world and instantly became the hottest news.

Jobusi searched the lunar surface but could not find the Apollo 11 lunar landing site!

  Didn’t see the Stars and Stripes, it wasn’t occupied at all!

　What is the occupation? According to international law, the moon belongs to the whole world, and it definitely does not belong to a certain person or country!

 Some people also defended it on the Internet.

There is no Stars and Stripes Banner. That’s because it was placed too close to the spacecraft. Therefore, when the spacecraft took off, the Stars and Stripes Banner was overturned!

 Aldrin said this in an interview after he came back.

 That’s right, it was indeed blown away!

 That **** flew up. Even if there wasn’t the Stars and Stripes, there should still be one at the ruins of the spaceship, right? And what about feces? You licking dog knows how to kneel down and lick Americans!

 You curse, I want to report you!

The Internet is abuzz. Considering Qiao Busi’s authority, more and more people are beginning to doubt the authenticity of the Apollo moon landing. If the Apollo moon landing really never happened, then according to NASA’s **** law, Starship The company can claim to own the entire moon!

  In a room at the Aerospace Measurement and Control Center, Qin Tao and Max were also discussing this matter.

“The magnification of his telescope was too small, and we were flying too fast, so it’s normal that he didn’t find it.” Max said: “However, these are not enough. I think we still need to continue to deal with it.”

 “How to deal with it?”

“After we can land on the moon, we will send people to these ruins and destroy them all.” Max said.

Qin Tao agreed with the bad idea proposed by Max: "Okay, of course. No matter what NASA claims, it is useless. If we say the Apollo moon landing program is fake, then it is fake!"

Those so-called laws are all deceiving themselves. Who can really get there will have the right to speak. Although NASA also wants to return to the moon as soon as possible, their system determines that they will not act too fast. When you go to the moon, there will be traces of Starship Corporation activities everywhere.

"However, it is not easy to move around on the lunar surface. Mr. Qin, in our next activities, we will need a lunar rover and a lunar base." Max said: "These require advanced technology."

 Moon rover!

If you want to carry out long-distance activities on the moon, you need suitable means of transportation, and the lunar rover is one of them. In history, the first lunar rover was owned by Lao Maozi. On November 17, 1970, "Moon" 17 The probe sent the world's first unmanned "Lunar Rover" 1 to the moon. It traveled 10.5 kilometers and inspected 80,000 square meters of the lunar surface.

 The subsequent Lunar Rover 2 traveled 37 kilometers and sent back 88 lunar panoramas to the earth.

 Wait a minute, hasn’t Lao Maozi never landed on the moon? That, of course, refers to manned landing on the moon. Although Lao Maozi's people did not go up, the detectors did go up a lot.

Therefore, I know best whether the Apollo moon landing program is true or false. At the height of the space race, if the Americans cheated, I would definitely be the first to stand up and accuse them.

Even now, if the Americans want to clear themselves of the accusation of fraud, it is most appropriate for the old man to stand up and testify. However, how can the old man help the Americans? The whole world is accusing Apollo of fraud, and it is too late for the old man to be happy. Well, it shows that I did not lose the original space race.

The Yankees' lunar rover came later. On July 31, 1971, "Apollo 15" astronauts Davis R. Scott and James B. Irving conducted the first human lunar rover. This convertible lunar rover is larger and can allow two people to sit on it and drive it. The four tires left traces on the lunar surface. In the photos taken, it also became one of the evidences of the moon landing fraud: How could these rubber tires be possible? Walking on the surface of the moon must be fake!

The herringbone anti-skid structure and the bulging shape really look like rubber tires. Of course, these are all terms in street stall literature.

In order to walk long distances on the moon, the lunar rover wheels prepared by the Yankees were of course not made of rubber, but of woven steel wire. The four wheels are divided into inner and outer layers, with an outer diameter of 81 cm and an inner diameter of 65 cm. The outer wheel is 23 cm wide and made of 800 strands of galvanized steel wire, with a diameter of 0.083 cm per strand. At that time, for reliability, the Special grinding tools and pure hand weaving, mobilizing the country's technical strength for an Apollo moon landing project, is no joke. As for those herringbone anti-slip structures, they are actually 46 pairs of V-shaped crossed metal sheets, which can provide better grip and traction, and also provide certain structural reinforcement. The inner and outer two-layer structure is for better cushioning and protection of the aluminum alloy wheels inside.

Now, the Starship Company is also going to the moon. It still has sufficient funds and a large number of scientists. Of course, they also want to build their own lunar rover.

How to build this lunar rover? How to have a sci-fi feel?

“For the power system, we decided to use nuclear batteries, including lunar bases, and we also need to use nuclear power plants to provide power.” Max said: “We don’t have these technologies ourselves, and we hope the group will provide them to us.”

On the moon, nuclear power is the best choice. A 1-megawatt nuclear power bank can work for more than ten years. On cold nights, only the energy provided by the nuclear power bank can keep the base warm.

As for solar cells and the like, they are only supplementary at most and cannot become the main force. After all, the efficiency is too low and the energy density is too low.

“The lunar base requires the use of nuclear power plants. Do you also plan to use nuclear batteries for this lunar rover?” Qin Tao asked curiously.

"Yeah, besides nuclear batteries, what else can meet our needs?" Max said: "What should we do if the car runs out of power halfway through driving? How should we spend the long night?"

In space exploration, a lot of equipment uses nuclear batteries. Even many satellites use nuclear batteries in order to pursue high power and durability.

Nuclear batteries are different from nuclear reactors. Its structure is very simple and its working principle is also very simple. It uses the principle of thermoelectric power generation. The heat emitted by radioactive isotopes passes through some special semiconductors, such as bismuth telluride, lead telluride, Germanium-silicon alloys and selenium compounds will form a potential difference between its two ends, which is to provide electricity.

Its power is very small, but its lifespan is very long, so after it was invented, it was used in many places, such as pacemakers. In the past, there was no suitable energy source, so the wires could only be connected to the outside, which could easily lead to infection. Later, nuclear batteries were used, and one operation could work for more than ten years.

There was also a radioisotope device on the Apollo spacecraft. It was initially a heating furnace with a thermal power of 15 watts, used for heating on the moon. Later it became a power generation device, code-named SNAP-27A, with an output power of 63.5 watts. The entire device weighs 31 kilograms and has a design life of one year.

"One day on the moon is equivalent to 27 days on the earth, and night accounts for half of it. No battery can last for such a long time. If we want the lunar rover to work stably, we can only use Nuclear battery." Max said: "However, after I learned about it, I found that we do not yet have nuclear battery technology in our country."

Ah San has experienced this kind of pain. Before entering the moonlit night, he fully charged the batteries of Chandrayaan-3 and the Prajan lunar rover, pointed the solar panels in the direction of the rising sun, and tried to wait for a miracle to happen, but , when the sun rises next time, they will be unable to wake up no matter what. In the long night, their equipment has been completely dead.

The Chang'e-4 and Yutu-2 lunar rovers launched by Dongfang have been able to operate normally after many moonlit nights because they are equipped with nuclear batteries imported from Lao Maozi. This is the difference.

The nuclear power plant used in the lunar base is easy to say. Mingzhou Group has relevant technology. The compact nuclear power plant is very suitable, but what about the nuclear battery on the lunar rover?

Max is a little worried. Even though the model is displayed, the relevant experiments haven’t started yet!

“We don’t have it in our country, don’t they have it at Lao Maozi?” Qin Tao said, “Just buy it from them!”

Max’s eyes lit up, how could he have forgotten this? Lao Maozi has it over there! He is a Westerner and always wants to obtain technology from the West, but he did not expect that Lao Maozi also has it!

"We can buy from them, or we can poach people from there, and directly bring over the people and technology. We will produce it ourselves in the future. These are not problems." Qin Tao said: "As for the shape of the lunar rover, Max, Do you understand our Eastern culture?"

Max was curious: “Which aspect are you referring to?”

 “Have you seen the Terracotta Warriors and Horses?”

 “Saw it once.”

“So, have you seen the bronze chariot and horses inside?”

“A car with four horses in front and one person sitting in the back? There seems to be an umbrella on it.”

“That’s called a canopy. Well, an umbrella is just an umbrella. Max, since you have used our oriental elements in the entire action plan, why not also use the design concept of the bronze chariot and horses on this lunar rover?”

“You mean the four-legged robot that drives our lunar rover?”

Qin Tao quickly shook his head. The quadruped robot was indeed awesome, but that thing was mainly used for mountain climbing and performing. It would be too wasteful to use it on the moon. It would be better to use ordinary wheels.

“Our car is still electric.” Qin Tao introduced: “It’s just that there is a set of big wheels in the middle, just like the wheels of a bronze chariot and horse. There are a set of small wheels at the front and rear, with a big cover on top.”

Qin Tao was painting while talking, and Max took a serious look at it: "Why does it look like a tractor to me?"

 Small wheels in the front and big wheels in the middle. Isn’t this just a tractor? As for the small wheels at the back, they are used to tow agricultural tools.

Qin Tao was speechless. Our high-end design concept was turned into a tractor by you?

"Let's first talk about the canopy above the head. It is covered with solar panels. Although it is a nuclear battery, it can save money. When the sun is shining, it can still generate more electricity. At the same time, it can also block the strong sun during the day. Radiation. It can also reduce the operating temperature of our instruments and equipment."

  The moon will be as cold as minus 200 degrees at night, and when it sees sunlight during the day, it will heat up to more than 100 degrees. The temperature difference is very large. It is still very beneficial to put the instrument under this cover.

“People sit in the front, and there is an instrument and equipment platform in the back. You can put instruments, ore and soil mined on the moon, etc. The entire vehicle has a low center of gravity, drives very smoothly, and can be completely folded.”

Max got serious, this design sounded really good.

“As for the control device, it is carried out through an operating lever. This operating lever is in the front and center, making it convenient for two people to switch operations at any time. Of course, it can also drive automatically.”

“There are hub motors on all the wheels, but the hub motor of the main wheel is mainly used. By the way, this wheel hub can also be made into the shape of a Tai Chi diagram, which is full of our oriental elements.”

 Max was not convinced at first, but with Qin Tao’s introduction, Max suddenly felt that this plan seemed to be very good.

“Mr. Qin, I didn’t expect you to be a talented designer. I think this plan is very good! However, our Starship Company may not have the spare capacity to develop it. Can it be handed over to Golden Sun Motor Company?”

The lunar rover is definitely an electric vehicle, but it uses nuclear batteries.

 Qin Tao nodded: "Okay."

“By the way, our lunar rover must have a resounding name.”

“Wangshu Chariot or Jade Rabbit, whichever name you think is better, use whichever name you think is better.” Qin Tao replied.

Max thought briefly: "I think the first name is better."

"Why?"

 “Because I don’t understand.”

 (End of this chapter)