My science and technology museum - Chapter 262 Space Elevator

Xu Lei stared at Wu Chuping, wondering how the other party would react to his rejection, but unfortunately he was disappointed.

Wu Chuping still kept his face calm, as if he had expected his answer, with a smile on his face: “I understand Academician Xu’s concerns. Participating in this project will indeed take up a lot of your time, but the far-reaching strategy of the lunar base I think you also know the meaning very well, so please consider it carefully.”

As early as on the way to Binjiang City, Wu Chuping first deduced various situations that would arise in his mind.

So naturally I understand what to do.

Looking around the world today, who doesn’t know that Xu Lei is an all-round scientist who has knowledge in various fields, so how could he not understand aerospace-related technologies.

It is obviously a deliberate excuse to say this now.

It can only be said that the strength Xu Lei showed in the past was too dazzling, thus shaping this perception to the outside world.

Faced with this situation, Xu Lei was speechless, thinking that even though he didn’t know much about aerospace-related technical knowledge, he still had to be given a high hat by someone, and this person was also the director of the space agency’s manned moon landing project. command.

But things must be explained clearly, otherwise they will be held back and lose face.

“I think Commander Wu misunderstood me.” Xu Lei twitched the muscles on his face uncontrollably and quickly explained: “The manned moon landing project is indeed very important, but it is really not what I am good at. field, so I can only disappoint Commander Wu.”

“Academician Xu, don’t be too modest. I believe you are qualified for this job.” Wu Chuping paused briefly but chose to stick to his opinion.

Even Pei Hongyin next to him couldn’t help but persuade him.

“I feel like I can give it a try. It’s worth a day to improve the progress of the manned moon landing project.”

Xu Lei never thought that no one would believe him when he told the truth. He thought to himself that this is what happens when you are too good. It was really annoying.

In fact, he could also see the sense of urgency from Wu Chuping and knew how seriously they took this matter. At the same time, he did not want overseas forces to take the lead in establishing a base on the moon.

What’s more, there is also Masen’s Space Exploration Technology Company inside.

Unfortunately, the actual situation is that he has more knowledge than he can achieve. He now has a lot of knowledge in his mind, and perhaps some of it can be used in aerospace-related matters, but it is far from enough to solve the fundamental problems facing the space agency.

Even with the help of Xingpu and quantum computers, it will take a certain amount of time to perform simulation calculations.

But by that time, other people’s astronauts may have already stepped on the surface of the moon, and there will be no point in losing the opportunity.

At this time, Xu Lei’s brain was working rapidly, and he finally decided to express his attitude clearly.

This would also allow them to implement other plans earlier and avoid wasting time with him.

But just when Xu Lei was about to speak, a special thought suddenly appeared in his mind, so that the words suddenly changed direction when he spoke: “Well… give me some time to think about it.”

“Of course there is no problem.” Wu Chuping expressed excitement: “As long as Academician Xu can give me an answer before tonight.”

Seeing Xu Lei suddenly relaxed, Wu Chuping suddenly became excited. Although he had not officially decided to join the project, it at least showed that his judgment was not wrong and Xu Lei had the strength.

Besides, being in charge of such a huge company, and having to go to the Imperial City for a long time for no reason, I really need to discuss it with other people.

After the two parties temporarily reached a consensus, Xu Lei asked Pei Hongyin to take Wu Chuping to the research center for a visit and study, while he himself returned to the office.

According to the current situation, his influence will soon reach 5 million to unlock new exhibits.

If we can make good use of this opportunity and successfully unlock aerospace-related technology exhibits, the situation can be easily alleviated.

It was precisely because of this that Xu Lei did not say anything at the last moment and chose to let Wu Chuping wait for a while, so that even if the final result was unsatisfactory, it would not have any bad impact.

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“I hope I can achieve what I want this time.”

In the office, Xu Lei murmured this thoughtfully in his heart, and after finding a comfortable position to sit down, he decisively controlled his consciousness again and entered the hall of the Science and Technology Museum.

To the outside world, Xingtong only thought that Xu Lei had fallen into a deep sleep, and did not forget to come over and massage Xu Lei’s head thoughtfully.

It was no different from what Xu Lei had expected. After such a long time, his influence had successfully reached five million points. After arriving in the hall of the Science and Technology Museum, he could see a new booth flashing and he needed to touch the information screen. Only then will the unlocked exhibits be finalized.

With the previous two experiences, Xu Lei had nothing to hesitate and walked over immediately.

After finishing the chat with Wu Chuping and returning to the office, Xu Lei learned from Xingtong about the development level of all forces in the aerospace field.

A better understanding of the difficulties faced by the domestic aerospace industry.

Unlike transporting satellites to low-Earth orbit, manned landing on the moon is a huge project, not to mention the subsequent construction of a base on the moon.

This requires a heavy-lift launch vehicle with sufficient transport capacity.

The engine is even more critical.

So Xu Lei thought that he could unlock exhibits related to rocket technology this time, so that he could catch up with Bei Magnesium as soon as possible and realize manned moon landings as soon as possible.

“Whether it works or not depends on this time, but don’t let me down.”

At this time, Xu Lei stood in front of this booth that shone with soft light. While thinking to himself, he slowly stretched out his right hand and touched the information screen next to it.

Same situation as last time.

Almost the moment Xu Lei’s palm touched the information screen, the entire booth immediately returned to calm and the light stopped flickering.

Since most of the content on the information screen was still covered by his palms, Xu Lei subconsciously turned his attention to the booth under normal reaction.

fine.

There was no scene at the booth where nothing could be seen before.

As far as the eye can see, there is a majestic and shocking near-Earth space port. The slowly descending space station and ultra-tall tower-like buildings jump into the eye, and these equipment are all connected by thick black cables.

It’s like an elevator connecting heaven and earth.

That’s right, it’s the elevator.

It was certain that the exhibits unlocked this time had nothing to do with rockets, but Xu Lei had already put this matter behind him.

The whole person stared blankly at the complex and huge project in front of him. Although the display on the booth was reduced countless times, he could still imagine how spectacular the real thing was.

It can definitely be called a miracle created by mankind.

Compared with this exhibit, everything Xu Lei had done before seems to have lost its color and is completely incomparable.

“Is this really something that can be built now?”

However, Xu Lei was shocked. His top priority was to find out the details of this exhibit to see if it could solve the dilemma faced by the space agency.

Putting down his palm and moving his eyes to the information screen, the familiar template data suddenly came into view.

Name: Space Elevator

Level: First level civilization

Evaluation: The key equipment for civilization to enter deep space, it is definitely not something to be taken for granted.

Influence: 0/5000000

Collection unit: Universe Civilization Science and Technology Museum

In fact, after seeing the exhibits with strong visual impact on the booth, Xu Lei had already guessed something. Now that it was confirmed, he didn’t know what to say.

The concept of a space elevator has been proposed a long time ago, but many scientists believe that building an elevator operating at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers is simply unrealistic. In addition to various technical difficulties, the most important cable alone cannot be produced. .

Because the cable material that can support a space elevator simply does not exist.

Nowadays, apart from the Neon state-owned company engaged in the research of space elevators, the world still focuses on launch vehicles and spacecrafts.

Xu Lei’s original plan was to unlock heavy-duty launch vehicle technology that could enable manned landing on the moon, but it was directly upgraded to a space elevator.

Although there is a space elevator, whether it is to land on the moon, build a base or even go to Mars has become much simpler, but in the face of such a huge project, whether it can actually be built is still a question.

The only thing that makes Xu Lei feel relieved is that the space elevator belongs to the first-level civilization.

So he was still a little sure.

Otherwise, if we switch to the technology of a second-level civilization, we can only watch.

In addition, this space elevator actually requires five million influence to unlock new exhibits, which Xu Lei found somewhat unacceptable.

Nano-medical robots are set to have an influence of five million, which at least has a sufficient number of cancer patients. As long as the supply of nano-medical robots is guaranteed, it will sooner or later grow to five million as time goes by.

But the space elevator is completely different.

After all, this thing is not something that is commercially available in large quantities at all. Even if we can sell tickets for everyone to experience space travel in the future, we don’t know how long it will take to get enough.

In short, Xu Lei doesn’t need to think about new exhibits in a short period of time.

Since he was asked to unlock something like a space elevator this time, the first priority was to determine the feasibility of the space elevator and transfer the core technical knowledge involved into his mind.

Moreover, it may be difficult to build a space elevator based solely on the power of future technology, and it will definitely require strong support from the space agency and above.

This made Xu Lei think about how to talk to Wu Chuping about this matter.

After all, the other party came to Binjiang City from the Imperial Capital to invite him to join the research on the manned moon landing project. But now they are asked to stop the research on heavy-duty launch vehicles and build a space elevator instead. I am afraid that they will not be able to think about it in a short time. change.

With his thoughts stuck here, Xu Lei didn’t bother to say anything more and immediately clicked on the note in the lower right corner of the information screen.

As the massive amount of information came into view, Xu Lei immediately entered the state of knowledge transmission and carefully checked the relevant technical knowledge above.