A relatively complete colonization system for distant planets!

And not just for Mars!

After hearing Lu Zhou's words, the engineers of the Hangke Group who were standing nearby, as well as other leaders who came to visit, were shocked by the amount of information contained in this sentence.

Especially Academician Yuan Huanmin.

Thinking of the previous Z-particle and hyperspace theory, a strange expression suddenly appeared on his face.

Although he didn't know much about theoretical physics, he had heard a little about it.

For example, the epoch-making theory that countless physicists call the door to the interstellar age.

Don't......

The technology of hyperspace navigation has been broken through?!

If this is really the case, he thought, maybe he should really retire early and give up his position as the chief engineer of the Hangke Group to those young people who are more capable of accepting new things......

Facing the pair of strange or shocking eyes, Lu Zhou immediately understood what these people had misunderstood, so he explained with a smile.

"Don't think too much, although this far-planet colonization system is not only applicable to Mars, in fact, it is still very difficult to colonize other more distant planets."

"The biggest significance of this system is in the experiment, our researchers hope to be able to develop a relatively perfect standard early in the space age, and then make this standard as complete as possible in repeated verification and adjustment, and finally help our colonists adapt to all the situations that may be encountered in the universe."

"Like I've said before, Mars is a springboard, and so is this thing. It's all about the more distant future...... Let's not talk about that, let's go in and have a look. ”

As he spoke, Lu Zhou gestured to the engineer next to him, motioning him to open the front door of the colonial cabin, and then stepped into the interior of the mysterious colonial cabin with the shocked look on the faces of the engineers and leaders of relevant departments behind him.

“…… We are now passing through the buffer chamber of the colonial module, and the two airlocks and exhaust facilities at the junction can adjust the air pressure in the room as needed. When working out of the capsule, our colonists changed their extravehicular spacesuits, prepared the equipment and rover needed for the work, and pumped the air into an approximate vacuum from the exhaust chamber while disinfecting the whole body...... Similarly, when returning from the outside of the cabin, a similar process will be carried out. ”

Now on Earth, these two floodgates are naturally open.

Before launch, the entire colony module will be disassembled into parts, packed into parts, and sent to geosynchronous orbit after a special sterilization procedure, and then sent by Queqiao to the Moon Palace space station, where engineers will reassemble it with the help of engineering equipment from the space port.

After passing through the two gates, the group arrived at the interior of the colonial cabin, and the space instantly became much narrower.

Of course, the so-called narrowness here is for the dozen or so visitors standing here. If it's just five or six people, there's plenty of space.

"After the entire colony module is deployed on the ground, the shape of the movable area is roughly similar to a doughnut lying flat, and in the middle is the spare controllable fusion core and energy center, as well as the central computer room, which is also the core heart of the entire Mars base."

"The outer ring of structures, which is where we are now, is the functional area of the entire Mars base. Depending on the function, it is divided into four main areas, including a work area, an experimental area, a living area, and a spare activity room. As for the outermost circle parallel to the airlock chamber, it is mainly a warehouse, and it is also a protective barrier. ”

"In fact, what we are seeing now is only a semi-complete state, and when the colony module is successfully deployed on the surface of Mars, the planting area that shrinks under the outer shell of the colony module will spread outward in four directions...... It's like an airbag in a car. Our colonists will be able to grow some improved space crops and raise some animals with shorter reproductive cycles for protein. ”

"The entire colonization unit is entirely based on the ecological cycle technology tested in Biosphere A. According to the results of computer simulations, it is able to meet the physiological needs of at least ten people and operate independently for 10 to 20 years with sufficient energy. ”

Even if you count it according to the ten-year period, this time is quite long.

What's more, it is impossible for Huaguo to really let it operate independently without resource input, and with the space technology that Huaguo has mastered so far, even in the non-window period when it is not suitable to go to Mars, it is possible to send supplies from the space port of Moon Palace to Mars through the method of exchanging time for space.

The tour of the colonial cabin soon ended.

After briefly introducing the purpose of each functional compartment inside, Lu Zhou led a group of people out of it.

A group of people stood in the open space in front of the colonial cabin, all with shocked expressions on their faces.

Especially those engineers from the Hangke Group, the shock on their faces can no longer be described in words, as if they have just returned to the mortal world from heaven, and the technology inside has completely exceeded their imagination.

It stands to reason that this should not be.

After all, no matter how you say it, they are also one of the top aerospace giants in China in addition to Star Technology.

Standing next to Academician Yuan Huanmin, Zheng Xiangdong, vice president of Hangke Group, poked his arm and asked in a low voice.

"Look at their technology...... What do you think? ”

With a solemn look on his face, Academician Yuan Huanmin said with a sigh of gold.

"Very strong."

In fact, it is not a question of whether it is strong or not, but that Hangke Group has no technical reserves in this area at all.

In the past, before the electric propulsion technology was lit up by Star Technology, their technology tree was basically focused on the launch technology, but now that the electric propulsion technology is lit up, the technology tree is even more in this direction.

Who will be idle and bored to do what technological reserves for space colonization before advancing technological breakthroughs? If I have to say, maybe NASA has done more research in this area than they do.

As for the breakthrough of both propulsion technology and energy technology......

Anyway, there are Star Technology and a whole bunch of weird start-ups to do these difficult things, and they are desperately catching up in the field of technology, and they don't have the extra energy to develop new business.

Confused by Academician Yuan's "very strong", Zheng Xiangdong scratched the back of his head, hesitated for a while and continued to ask: "Then you see...... It's not too difficult for us to produce this thing. ”

Hearing this, Academician Yuan Huanmin almost choked on his own spit, turned his head and glared at Zheng Xiangdong and said.

"Don't think about it at all, you don't have that foundation, you take your head to build this thing?"

"Ahem, I didn't say that this entire colonial cabin ......" Smiled embarrassedly, Zheng Xiangdong touched the back of his head and said, "I mean, there are always accessories or some equipment used on it, there are always accessories or equipment that our group can make, right?" ”

Although when this colonial capsule was built, Star Technology did not contact them, and directly relied on the factory in Jinling High-tech Park to complete the production of a full set of parts. However, Zheng Xiangdong believes that with the relationship between the two groups, as long as the Hangke Group has the conditions to produce, it should not be difficult to pull a batch of orders.

When he was in the colony module just now, he could hear it clearly, in the future, this Martian base will not only be such a colony module, but also a large number of functional modules will be deployed on the surface of Mars like dumplings.

Although Hangke Group was not interested in this project before, realizing how huge this market is, of course, it is impossible for him to just watch it slip out of his hands.

Yuan Huanmin: "......"

Seeing that the chief engineer didn't say a word, Zheng Xiangdong was a little anxious and asked urgingly.

"You're talking......"

"It's not a question of whether it can be made," Academician Yuan Huanmin raised his chin to the mechanical arm on the side, then looked at the silver-white giant egg, and continued, "Look at this assembly center, and then look at this colonial cabin...... Can you find that piece of this thing that belongs to us? ”

The moment he heard this, Zheng Xiangdong was slightly stunned, and then fell into silence.

Glancing at the vice president of the group, Academician Yuan Huanmin continued.

"Star Technology itself only does research and development, not production, so at the beginning, whether it was Xiangrui or Xiaguang, it was all parts produced by us and the Aerospace Group, and then sent here to complete the assembly."

"However, starting from the Queqiao, the orders that require our participation have been directly reduced by half."

"This ...... Actually, it's quite normal," Zheng Xiangdong said a little embarrassed, "Now that the scale of the aerospace industry is expanding so fast, it means that this piece will be completely opened up and the social potential will be released, and it is normal for the market to be divided away." We can't eat alone, can we? ”

"Is the crux of the matter here?" Academician Yuan sighed and said, "You should be able to see that with the technical support of Star Technology, a large number of excellent high-tech enterprises have been born in Jinling High-tech Park. They are more professional than us in the processing of single parts, more flexible in the transformation of thinking, and faster in absorbing new things than us. ”

"Especially after the withdrawal of Star Technology's industrial cloud technology service, they can be said to be the first batch of companies to introduce this technology. If what I've learned is correct, our factory probably hasn't started yet, right? ”

When he heard this, the expression on Zheng Xiangdong's face became more and more embarrassed, and he explained in a whisper.

“…… But Star Technology didn't come to us either? ”

Although the voice was small, it was still clearly heard by the people next to him.

The moment he heard this, Academician Yuan couldn't help but spray.

"You're still waiting for someone to find you? Are you stupid! ”

Frightened by the momentum of the old academician, Zheng Xiangdong hurriedly closed his mouth, and he didn't dare to gasp.

Looking at the vice president's worried expression, Academician Yuan Huanmin wanted to say something, but in the end he sighed and shook his head.

"Opportunities don't always come their own."

Jinling High-tech Park is developing and growing, and the establishment of Xinghai No. 1 has brought this park into the Industry 4.0 era ahead of schedule. At present, all the imagination of human society for industry will become a reality, and inspiration and creativity will be completely released. And Star Technology's dependence on their former giants is becoming less and less as expected.

Undoubtedly, this is a good thing.

Especially for China's aerospace industry.

More and more enterprises and social resources will participate in the exploration and development of space, and the train to the future will go faster and faster, leaving yesterday far behind.

However, it is the entire train that is being discussed here.

Even if the future is bright and great, not everyone on this train can be so lucky.

For Hangke Group, Academician Yuan is still very emotional, after all, his youth in this life can be said to be all dedicated here. If he could, he certainly hoped that the name of the company would be left on the milestones of the new world.

However, this is not something that can be won by waiting.

Looking at the silver-white colonial cabin, a trace of worry gradually appeared in Academician Yuan Huanmin's eyes.

"Think about it."

Looking at Zheng Xiangdong, who was deep in thought, after he threw down this sentence, he closed his mouth and stopped talking, shook his head and turned away......

At the same time, the other side of the clearing.

The old man who had just come out of the colonial cabin glanced back at the silver-white "giant egg" with some unsatisfactory intentions, and suddenly looked at Lu Zhou and asked.

After glancing at the silver-white colonial cabin with some unsatisfactory interest, the old man suddenly looked at Lu Zhou and asked.

“…… Is that all there is to the entire Martian colony? ”

"Of course not," Lu Zhou smiled faintly and pointed to the connections on both sides of the colonial cabin, "See that rivet-shaped connection?" ”

The old man frowned, stared at it for a long time before asking.

"Is there any mystery there?"

"It's the connection between the colony module and other functional units," Lu Zhou continued, after a pause, "Our initial goal is to build a scientific research base on the surface of Mars with independent scientific research capabilities, not just send our people to plant potatoes. ”

"This colony module is the heart of the entire Mars base, and it is also the most basic part of the entire Mars base, and we will deploy new functional units to the surface of Mars one after another, and connect them to each other through these rivet-like interfaces and closed pipelines, so as to realize the expansion of the entire Mars base!"

"It's like the work we're doing on the Gwanghan Special Economic Zone."

"Looks like you've thought all of these things through." The old man nodded approvingly, and then, as if he had remembered something, he continued, "By the way, I almost forgot to ask. This colonial cabin ...... Or is this colony ship about to go to Mars, have you figured out what its name is? ”

"Of course there is a name," Lu Zhou said with a smile, "According to the unanimous opinion of our Aerospace Research Institute, we decided to name it Xu Fu!" ”

"Xu Fu...... It's a good name. ”

Looking at the silver-white space facility, the old man's eyes carried a hint of expectation.

"I hope it lives up to its name."

"Spread the flame of our civilization to the more distant world."

Lu Zhou nodded slightly.

"That's for sure."