Rebirth 09: Synthetic Male God

Chapter 1047 Earth-Moon Material Transfer System
The Toad Palace Project is an epic plan to use unmanned construction clusters to build a permanent base on the moon and transform the lunar surface.

The plan is divided into three major sections.

First: The slow lunar express delivery using the "Nantianmen Platform" as a springboard.

Using chemical fuel, the intelligent payload is sent into orbit, and then Nantianmen uses the zero-gravity environment to complete secondary acceleration by electromagnetic catapult, selecting a "slow trajectory" that saves the most energy.

In the traditional plan, starting from the Earth, the time required to reach the moon is about 12-15 days, depending on the orbit.

It includes three steps: Earth orbit, Earth-Moon transfer orbit, and lunar orbit.

As for the "slow express" into the starry sky, the first leg of the journey is no different from a rocket entering low-Earth orbit, which only takes a few tens of minutes, but the rest of the journey takes about 30 days, which is twice as long.

But the benefit is that the cost is greatly reduced. Chemical fuel only needs to be used to enter low-Earth orbit, and the second half relies on "long-orbit electromagnetic catapult" for acceleration.

To achieve this level of electromagnetic acceleration, "lithium-sulfur batteries" alone are certainly not enough. A lot of power hardware is also needed. The most important thing is that a set of equipment will be used to replace the "multivalent manganese super energy storage liquid" of a medium-sized hydropower station.

This technology will also be used on the lunar surface.

Without a low-cost "delivery" capability, building on the lunar surface would be like a mirage. However, with the unique advantages created by Nantianmen, this method was found.

These payloads will be captured by the moon's gravity according to calculations, and then adjusted with small Hall thrusters, rotated eight or ten circles, and then slowly "smashed" onto the lunar surface.

There is no need to waste precious mass to carry the "engine" and "propellant" because there is no need for them to come back. It is enough as long as they do not get damaged and land in a concentrated point.

With no humans or propulsion, the payload ratio of the second and third stages of lunar landing can reach a terrifying 95%.

After calculation, even if the situation is extremely unlucky and the damage rate exceeds 50%, the cost is still much lower than the soft landing plan because the payload is full of effective components.

Win with quantity.

The previous lunar explorations were scientific research.

The Toad Palace Project is infrastructure.

Infrastructure must look like infrastructure. What’s the point of talking about infrastructure without scale? Must the materials be shipped in truckloads?
Why are we so hesitant? If the foreigners next door see us, they will think we can’t build it!
Second: The Earth-Moon communication channel built by the Space Agency.

In the Toad Palace Project, multi-point positioning is completed on the ground in the form of a self-organizing network. Once the calibration is completed, the accuracy is very high and there is no need to rely on satellites for its own positioning.

However, signal transmission between the moon and the earth requires more support to achieve low-latency, high-bandwidth control and communication.

The space agency will launch the lunar orbiter "Queqiao-1", a geostationary satellite in lunar orbit that will always face a part of the moon, provide high-speed signal relay, and gradually build the "Lunar Beidou" based on this.

In the early days, there was no need to cover the entire moon, it only needed to be effective in the designated area. No matter how small the moon is, it is still a celestial body with a surface area of ​​3800 million square kilometers. The expansion speed of lunar construction is far slower than that.

At the same time, the Space Agency will also start building a "Lunar Orbital Platform", tentatively named "Guanghan Platform". With the experience of the "Qian Xuesen Platform", it will not be difficult for the Space Agency.

The equipment needed for construction is also transported using the "lunar slow express" method, but the orbit is different and it does not land on the moon.

The lunar orbit platform is not an early target. It will be carried out after the Toad Palace Project is fruitful. Its functions are also similar. The Guanghan Platform will assume the relay function:

Relay delivery of "slow express" back to Earth

The slow express delivery of the Earth and the Moon, together with Nantianmen and Guanghan, will completely build a "normalized material transfer channel" between the Earth and the Moon.

Third: That is the ultimate goal of Chan Palace, to transform and build the moon.

After the smart construction cluster is put into place, the first phase will be to build "solar fields", "energy storage facilities" and "simple scientific research facilities".

If the first stage is completed, then in addition to the smart devices themselves, energy can be obtained from local sources.

In addition, the discoveries of scientific research facilities in the early stages will also determine the methods and requirements for mid- and late-stage lunar construction.

The second stage is to build "intelligent industrial clusters" and "permanent fortifications". If this stage is completed, the lunar surface will have basic self-production capabilities, and building materials and other things can be obtained locally. Taiyi Industry has mastered the "lunar soil sintering and die-casting" technology.
At the same time, the lunar soil contains a large amount of metals and oxides. "Using local materials" will always be the core indicator of the Toad Palace Project, and we will continue to find ways to increase the proportion. This is also the key from 0 to 1, and then from 1 to 100.

The "large laboratory" and "rocket launch and manufacturing facilities" will be built in three phases.

The sign of completion of the third stage is the ability to launch the "Matrix Rocket" on the lunar surface: an ultra-small reusable rocket designed by Zhou Rui specifically for a non-atmospheric environment.

Responsible for flying to the "Guanghan Platform" - unloading - and then landing back.

This is the most cost-effective way. In extreme cases, it is not impossible to launch directly from the lunar surface and rush back to Earth.

Let me make it clear first, this is not a moon cannon, we are just sending some goods back. But we are in a hurry.

Zhou Rui got the Matrix Rocket very early, and he obtained it by using the "similar purpose" ability. It has also been optimized and upgraded in the past two years.

Given the lunar surface gravity of one-sixth of the Earth's, the efficiency of "Moon-to-Earth transfer" is far higher than "Earth-to-Moon transfer", and the hardware requirements of the Matrix rocket are much smaller than those of the Earth rocket.

In fact, lunar surface construction is a chain of links. As the largest and most comprehensive "research" of the moon in history is carried out, more and more understanding and results will emerge, and then the technology and plans will be continuously optimized, ultimately allowing the moon to play its own value.

Some people may ask, where is the profit point?
Even if this method saves costs, it still costs money, right? What is the output? How to get back the investment?

People who ask these questions are on the same level as those who asked "how much GDP can it boost" when the Chang'e 3 lunar exploration was launched.

Unable to see the long-term benefits, only short-term gains and losses, they are always stuck in their own cognition.

Why are subway stations built in wasteland? Why do we need to bring electricity to the mountains? Why are we building cross-sea bridges? Why are we building aircraft carriers? Why aren’t we paying me for this money?

Let’s not talk about the broad propositions such as scientific and technological development and human progress.

Zhou Rui said: If you hold the entire future of the moon in your own hands, you will not lose money.

That is truly a tragedy for humanity.

Don't treat building the moon as a business where you pay money and receive the goods.

This is discovering the largest gold mine in the world.

This gold mine contains inexhaustible scientific research value, resource value, reputation value, and cultural value.
The investment in the "Chan Gong Project" was nothing more than the early exploration of the gold mine and equipment procurement.

Now, whoever builds the moon first will light up the technology tree first.

In the future, whoever can lead the moon can lead the earth.

In the future, whoever can control the moon will be the first to usher in the interstellar age.

I've made such a big fuss, and you ask me where my profit point is?

What's the difference between this and telling me that I have been chopping for three days and three nights and you asking me if my eyes are dry?
Any extension can create commercial value. BYD can even sell cars with aerospace colors. I manage the moon, so why should I worry about not being able to realize it? There are enough gaps in the diversified market to activate the value of the moon.

But that was not what Zhou Rui cared about.

From a broader perspective, Furui Group is no longer pursuing profits.
Zhou Rui is no longer an entrepreneur. He looks at the world from the same perspective as the top management of the organization.

Yesterday, he was already satisfied, today, he wants to pursue higher ideals.

I really can't understand it. Just think of it as Master Zhou making money and starting to spend it to satisfy his selfish desires.

Others like to buy planes and yachts, collect celebrity antiques, purchase manors and castles, and even have dance troupes.

And he.

I like transforming the moon, so what!
(End of this chapter)