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Chapter 278 Three Days in Space
Chapter 278 Three Days in Space
Under the watchful eyes of countless eyes, the Deep Space [-] rocket successfully reached the corresponding height, and the transport module carrying the cable was automatically separated, and slowly flew to the base of the space station and the space port.
Then, the astronauts in the space station go out of the cabin to install it.
Although there was a small accident during the period, fortunately, it was out of danger and dealt with in time.
The task was successfully completed.
"Reporting to the ground station, the stage from the near-Earth space port to the Tiangong space station has been laid." The astronaut in charge of the first section of the cable reported in the communicator.
"The second cable has been successfully connected..."
Cables extend from space to ground.
On the tower of the ground station, the staff connected the last section of the cable to the ground according to the laser correction position.
The end of the carbon nanotube cable is connected to the anchor on the tower, and the rope machine rotates slowly to keep the cable in a straight state.
So far, after several days of hard work, the main body of the space elevator has finally been spliced.
During the period, several batches of engineering teams were changed.
However, in order to ensure the stability of its structure, the Tiangong space station must always monitor the status of the cables.
"Mr. Luo, the cable connection is complete, and the car can be installed next." In the temporary command car, Song Renru reported the situation, his face full of joy.
Cao Hu and other engineers next to him also showed a sense of pride.
In the past few days, in order to ensure the smooth connection of the cable, Luo Chi hardly slept much, relying entirely on his strong physical fitness to resist.
Even if he was really sleepy, Lan Ling would keep an eye on him, for fear that something might go wrong.
Fortunately, his efforts were not in vain!
As the saying goes, now that the cables are all connected, we must take advantage of this momentum to install the car.
In this way, the space elevator can be officially operated.
But Song Renru suggested: "Mr. Luo, you haven't slept for several days. You should take a good rest first. Let us install the car."
"There will be plenty of opportunities to sleep after we're done, so it's not too late."
Hearing this, Luo Chi shook his head and rejected Song Renru's proposal.
And after the voice fell, he put on the light mecha next to him again, left the command vehicle and walked towards the tower.
Seeing this scene, Song Renru and others couldn't persuade him anything, so they immediately followed.
Because the cables had already been connected, the installation of the car was very smooth. Under Luo Chi's supervision and command, it didn't take long at all.
The car of the space elevator is different from the elevator in people's common sense. From the outside, it looks like a spaceship as a whole.
It's just that it's completely empty in the middle.
The bottom is equipped with rocket propellers, which are not activated at ordinary times, and are only used in the event of an accident in the elevator.
After finishing all the preparations, it was almost dawn.
Although everyone has not rested for several days, there is no trace of fatigue on their faces at this moment, but they are extremely excited.
Because the first transport test is about to take place next.
"Chief engineer Luo, the space elevator project is officially completed, should we start the first transportation test?"
Standing aside, Cao Hu saw that Luo Chi hadn't given the test order for a long time, and couldn't bear it anymore, so he took a step forward and asked.
Luo Chi naturally understood everyone's mood at the moment, so he didn't keep it a secret, and immediately ordered: "Let's start, I believe our space elevator will definitely not disappoint!"
As soon as this word comes out.
Song Renru, who was not far away, immediately shouted to the personnel on the tower through the communicator: "Start the space elevator!"
Followed by.
I saw the spaceship-style car and began to climb up on the rollers.
At first it was like a train, slowly rising into the air, but after a few seconds, the acceleration of the climb began to gradually increase.
Everyone looked up, watching the speed of the car getting faster and faster. After rushing out of the tower, it was like a spaceship flying into space, and the speed almost reached several kilometers per second.
And as the resistance decreases, the speed of the car will be faster if it gets rid of the gravitational force of the earth and the stars.
It is almost indistinguishable from the Deep Space III nuclear-powered rocket.
In about an hour, you can reach the space station smoothly.
This transportation test carried about hundreds of tons of cargo, all of which were used in the equipment on the Guanghangong Moon Base, and there were also several space assembly robots.
In the past, it cost tens of millions of dollars to transport by nuclear-powered rockets, but now it only costs tens of thousands of stars.
The improved efficiency can be imagined.
at the same time.
Hundreds of millions of users have gathered in the live broadcast room to pay attention to this great test.
"This is the real way to go to heaven!"
"I squatted in the live broadcast room for a few days, and finally waited for this scene. I hope my college entrance examination will go well and I will be admitted to Jingzhou University!"
"The one upstairs wants to become alumni with Mr. Luo!"
"It's really shocking. I feel like I can go to the sky by climbing the tower."
"Emperor Capital No. [-] Junior High School sent a congratulatory message...Wuhu..."
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When the car passed through the clouds and climbed rapidly on the carbon nanotube cable, the live broadcast room in the star network deliberately switched to an external perspective.
Let the audience feel more, as if they are out of breath!
"This is no more exciting than a virtual game!"
"This is the first time I have encountered an elevator that is more enjoyable than flying, so I really want to try it."
"This sense of substitution is too strong, and I am afraid of heights and want to die!"
"Yingzhou Island, Shengxiantai, fellow Taoists, our era has begun!"
"The old middle school is sick."
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Time passed little by little.
About five or ten minutes later, in the control room inside the tower, Song Renru broadcast the progress of the car: "The height of the car has reached 10 kilometers, and it is about to reach the Tiangong space station."
"Very good, let the astronauts in the space station get ready to receive the cargo."
At this moment, Luo Chi was also very excited, and immediately shouted when he heard this.
"Yes." Song Renru replied.
When the car reached the last section of cable, the speed began to decrease slowly, and finally stopped in the middle of Tiangong.
The two astronauts who have already prepared for the reception will use the space robot to transport the cargo in the car into the space station, and then transport it to the moon base through the space port.
After everything was completed, the astronaut's report also came from the control room of the tower: "This is the astronaut Dong Lanmeng of the Tiangong space station, and the cargo has been received!"
"Success, we succeeded!"
"Finally, the efforts for so long have not been wasted."
"Now Guanghan Palace base can also officially mine resources. Thinking about it carefully, I really can't believe it."
Feeling everyone's joy, Luo Chi also let out a happy laugh: "I now announce that the space elevator project is a complete success, and I will invite everyone to eat seafood together later!"
The space elevator is put into operation, which marks that the planet Earth already has the ability to utilize extraterrestrial resources.
Human civilization has also officially entered the first level of civilization.
Thinking that the system task was finally completed and he could get the reward, Luo Chi's mood was even more joyful, so he naturally wanted to have a good meal.
Otherwise, it will be a bit difficult to eat a variety of seafood when you return to Jingzhou Dungeon.
The main reason is that it has been such a long time since the Earth Star entered the Ice Age climate, even if the seafood has been frozen, the taste will inevitably be greatly reduced.
Can not be compared with before.
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After the car arrived at the Tiangong space station, the live broadcast on the star network also stopped abruptly, making everyone feel unfinished.
As for Luo Chi, Cao Hu, Song Renru and others, they also led the engineering team to leave the ground station that afternoon and return to the Jingzhou underground city.
Only one team is left permanently to monitor the status of the tower.
But to everyone's surprise, just after Luo Chi returned to Jingzhou Dungeon, he suddenly announced a decision through Xingwang, which immediately caused everyone to explode and caused heated discussions on the Internet.
Because in order to celebrate the complete success of the space elevator project, Luo Chi decided to conduct a feedback activity.
Three people were selected from the Star Network users, took the space elevator to the Tiangong space station, and visited the Guanghangong Moon Base.
For this reward, Luo Chi called it a three-day trip to space!
Originally, everyone thought that they would have the opportunity to experience space travel only after interstellar immigration was realized, and they didn't even know if they could live to that day.
There is such an opportunity in front of you now, and it doesn't cost any stars, enough to imagine how hot it is.
Even if you use up all the luck in the rest of your life, you have to fight for it once.
So no matter domestic or overseas, one after another posted comments to participate in the lottery, hoping that one of the chosen ones would be me.
"Give labor and capital a rush!"
"This ticket must be mine!"
"Is the dream I've had since I was a kid finally coming true?"
"If I can win the lottery, when I come back from the moon base, I will broadcast the live broadcast and eat the table on the spot!"
"I'm willing to trade 20 years of being single in exchange for winning this lottery!"
"These two are so ruthless, if they really win the lottery, wouldn't it be very embarrassing."
"All handsome and beautiful big brothers and sisters, the Lun family has never been in space, can you fulfill the wish of the Lun family, don't compete with Fufu."
"Disgusting, crawl for grandpa!"
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The popularity of Starnet is still a bit beyond Luo Chi's expectation.
He didn't expect that so many people really wanted to go to the sky. After all, although the space elevator was officially put into operation and passed the test, it didn't mean that there were no risks.
If he is really drawn, he will exhaust all his luck and die in space on the spot.
However, Luo Chi didn't respond, he just had to wait a few days for the results of the lottery to be announced, besides, he had more important things to do right now.
The complete success of the space elevator project marks that the development of lunar resources is going well, and nuclear fusion energy is used in many places, which can be regarded as meeting the requirements of the system mission.
You can officially receive the task reward.
In the bedroom, Luo Chi sat on the head of the bed and skillfully opened the system panel.
It can be clearly seen that behind the task column, the status has changed to completed.
(End of this chapter)