If you think about it further, the natural conditions of Ceres are far better than those moons of Jupiter, and these favorable conditions for human beings are also beneficial to aliens.

Gao Kai sighed: "Do you think you haven't thought about it? It's the same as you, the first thing I think about is it, the problem is that it's a bit too big, building a base there is basically repeating the process of Beiyuezhou, investing a lot of resources, and the construction cycle is long, now is the time to grab time......"

As he spoke, he shook his head, and then added: "And it's not just a matter of the construction cycle, but also the take-off and landing of battleships. "Building a space base is not about immigration, it's not about the bigger the celestial body, the better.

Ye Han couldn't remember the detailed data of Ceres, and couldn't help asking, "What is the gravity of Ceres?" ”

"It seems like 0.27." Gao Kai recalled.

"That's it?" Ye Han couldn't believe his ears, "The moon is 1.6, right?" 1.6 can't fly, 0.27 can't either? The 100,000-ton battleship is less than 3,000 tons when it arrives at Ceres, and if you have a few more rocket engines, how can it not fly? ”

Gao Kai understood what Ye Han meant: "It's not that it can't be done, it's too troublesome, Ceres is not the moon, rocket fuel is not good, and landing and take-off are too fuel-intensive, rather than looking for that trouble, it's better to build a space station." ”

"That's just as well." Ye Han had to admit that the space station was indeed more practical.

A well-built Ceres must be a big help, but an unbuilt Ceres is a burden!

The early construction of Ceres was basically a dry investment without results, and only after the electromagnetic orbit was built could it become a powerful boost to the fleet.

It was the same thing before Beiyuezhou had an electromagnetic track, but after the completion of the electromagnetic track, it immediately entered a period of rapid development.

If you want to get rich, build roads first.

Whether it is an electromagnetic track or a rail elevator, it is equivalent to the previous highway or high-speed rail.

Thinking of this, Ye Han suddenly had an idea and couldn't help asking, "Why don't you build a rail elevator in Ceres?" ”

Gao Kai glanced at Ye Han in surprise: "You think a lot, huh?" ”

Ye Han felt that it was wrong: "What do you mean?" ”

Gao Kai smiled weirdly: "It's not interesting, you just tell me about it, don't go out and talk nonsense." ”

Ye Han instantly understood: "Is the boss really planning to do this?" ”

Gao Kai saw that he had guessed, and he no longer concealed it: "We went over this time, just to find a counterweight for Ceres, that is, to find an asteroid near Ceres." The first step is to install the thrusters or something, turn the asteroid into a space station, and then send it to the vicinity of Ceres, and the cable is installed on the asteroid, and the orbital elevator is set up. ”

Ye Han's face twitched, and he almost rushed out with a national scolding.

This hand is high, and the dwarf planet is directly developed with an orbital elevator, and if it is successful, it will be the standard template for the development of dwarf planets in the future!

And it's not just dwarf planets, but several large moons like Jupiter and Saturn can be applied with this template.

The foundation laid over the years is solid, otherwise how could it be so simple to develop Ceres?

When the moon was first developed, there had been an orbital elevator...... Why don't you put one on the moon?

As soon as this idea popped up in his mind, Ye Han vetoed it himself, but fortunately he didn't say the idea, otherwise he would have to let Gao Kai laugh to death.

Nothing else, the moon is simply not suitable for installing orbital elevators!

This may seem discriminatory against the Moon, but in fact it is not the case, and the orbital elevator must be placed above the equator, so that the counterweight in synchronous orbit can have enough speed to tighten the cable.

The problem is that the ice mines on the moon only exist at the two poles, so the North Moon Continent, the South Moon Continent and the international base must settle down at the two poles, and the orbital elevators are placed at the poles in the conventional way, and the space station that acts as a counterweight has no speed, so it has to fall from the sky!

In other words, stars that rotate too slowly cannot use orbital elevators either, because their synchronous orbits are so high that the weight of the cables alone is an incomparably heavy burden.

For example, one day is equal to one year of Venus.

It is not impossible to place the orbital elevator at the equator of the moon, but in that case, all the materials on the moon will have to travel thousands of miles from the poles to the equator, and then lift off through the orbital elevator.

However, it doesn't seem to be hopeless......

As soon as a little spiritual light flashed in his mind, Ye Han suddenly heard Gao Kai's painful accusation: "You are in a daze, what are you in a daze?" ”

Ye Han glanced at Gao Kai first, and suddenly smiled: "I plan to make a report and let the upper authorities study whether they can install a rail elevator for Beiyuezhou." ”

Gao Kai was stunned for a moment, then laughed, pointed at Ye Han and barked wildly, counting Ye Han from head to toe, and finally concluded: "I've seen whimsical, I've never seen you so whimsical, if you can place a rail elevator in the polar region, why do you put the rail elevator on the equator?" ”

Gao Kai's reaction was all within Ye Han's expectations, and the reasons he said were similar to what he thought before, so Ye Han unhurriedly cocked Erlang's legs: "The earth is not the moon, two different things." ”

"No matter how many things you do, you can't violate the basic laws!" Gao Kai said it categorically, and he didn't leave any room for himself.

This matter is not his own idea, it has been demonstrated by many experts, and it is a sure thing.

Ye Han smiled: "My method is no different from installing it on the equator. ”

"Then I'll listen to you, and listen to what tricks your old man has, which can force others to do what others can't do!" Gao Kai had an expression that I was very optimistic about you, but immediately reminded, "Don't talk about worshipping the heavens and dancing the great gods, it doesn't work at all, or I would have cursed all the aliens to death." ”

Ye Han almost choked to death: "Do you still listen?" ”

"Listen to it, you say!"

Ye Han straightened his thoughts: "Actually, it's quite simple, the helicopter knows, right?" ”

Gao Kai nodded cooperatively: "Go on!" ”

He couldn't figure out what the helicopter had to do with the rail elevator, it was just two different things that couldn't be hit by eight poles.

"My idea is this, first build a strong enough ground tower at the pole, and then fix the ground end of the rail elevator to the tower." Ye Han said.

"That's it?" Gao Kai's eyes widened.

"That's all." Ye Han nodded affirmatively.

Gao Kai's face changed: "What about you playing with people?" What kind of bad idea is this? If you don't change the tower at the base, you can install the rail elevator on the polar ground? You're not dreaming and haven't woken up, are you? ”