My science and technology museum - Chapter 270 Start the main body splicing [please subscribe for a monthly ticket]

With the successful advent of cable materials, in order to complete the synthesis and production of 40,000 kilometers of cables within a scheduled time to cooperate with the space agency and ground stations in splicing the main body of the space elevator, future technology can be said to have used all resource.

Even product production lines such as smart medical cabin nano-medical robots have temporarily reduced production capacity.

Focus your main efforts on making cables.

Even Xu Lei took Xingtong to personally control it to ensure that every piece of cable was of high quality and that there would be no defects.

Because for a super project like the space elevator, as the most important cable, even a small flaw may lead to serious consequences.

Absolutely no carelessness.

Fortunately, the cable production process is quite satisfactory.

At the current speed, it is enough to synthesize enough cables within the predetermined time.

In addition, during this period, NASA experienced the successful launch of the cornerstone module of the near-Earth space port for the first time, which greatly increased their confidence and accumulated experience, so that they began to launch launch vehicles in batches in the next time.

As a result, the prototype of the near-Earth space port has been gradually improved and expanded.

It is worth mentioning that in the past, every time the National Aeronautics and Space Administration had a launch mission, the main station and China News Service People’s Daily would report it.

But this time, because the launch missions were too frequent, a lot of them were missed in the middle.

However, this also makes the public unable to help but worry about whether the near-Earth space port can be built. After all, every time a rocket is launched, it is equivalent to throwing a lot of money!

If the success falls short in the end, who will bear the loss?

Just talking online, NASA and Future Technology have never responded.

This situation proves the saying, that is, you say what you do and I do mine, and the two parties do not interfere with each other.

In fact, there is nothing that can be done about the situation turning into this. The super project of the space elevator is about to undergo the most important splicing process. This is related to the success of the space elevator. At this critical moment, there is naturally no time to discuss the outside world. remarks.

Anyway, when the space elevator is successfully tested and run, people will only use up all their vocabulary to praise the greatness of this project.

at the same time.

Overseas, things are relatively calm.

BeiMei’s space agency and Marsne’s Space Exploration Technology Company have not made any movement, and they have the attitude of laissez-faire about the construction of space elevators.

The whole department only cares about its own lunar base construction plan.

It was obvious that he did not take the space elevator seriously and believed that an accident would eventually occur.

that’s all.

When the time comes to the end of September.

With the joint efforts of all NASA, a near-Earth spaceport that is more majestic and larger than the Tiangong Space Station has finally taken shape. Although it needs to continue to launch various equipment in order to play its role as a transportation hub, as a synchronized orbit There is no problem in cooperating with the Tiangong space station to become the main body of the space elevator.

Coupled with the fact that it is approaching the previously estimated time, the space elevator is finally about to usher in the main body splicing time.

Friday, September 25, 2026.

Mid-Autumn Festival.

It was the traditional festival, which should be a time for family reunions across the country, but there was a frigate traveling quickly in a certain sea area in the south.

“Academician Xu, in addition to the near-Earth space port that can meet the counterweight requirements of the space elevator, our new-generation Shenzhou spacecraft and Yutu lunar landing module have also been built. Now we are waiting for the space elevator to operate and successfully implement the moon landing plan. “On the deck, Wu Chuping clenched the guardrails of the ship with both hands and looked at the turbulent ocean. His voice was speaking to Xu Lei beside him: “Speaking of which, it’s all thanks to the design drawings you provided, Academician Xu, otherwise it would not have been possible in such a short time. Complete the replacement.”

“My drawings are nothing. I’m afraid only you can complete the near-Earth spaceport in less than a year.” Xu Lei turned around and praised sincerely.

What he said was not wrong.

Although the construction of the near-Earth space port is inseparable from the design drawings, if it were not for the strong efforts of the space agency, it would never be completed in a short time.

This shows that they really believe that a space elevator can be realized.

Otherwise, I would never pay to this extent.

After all, this is equivalent to betting on the future and destiny of the development of the domestic aerospace industry.

Therefore, Xu Lei did not take all the credit for this matter, but affirmed the efforts of Wu Chuping and others.

However, the two did not talk too much about this matter. Soon Wu Chuping took the initiative to turn the topic to the cable and asked: “By the way, Academician Xu, how to splice the cable?”

The space agency has successfully completed the construction of the near-Earth space port and the lunar landing module of the spacecraft. Future technology is also not vegetarian.

With three shifts working around the clock, 40,000 kilometers of cables were completed as early as last week.

Because all the main parts of the space elevator have been completed, the next step is the splicing of the main body that attracts everyone’s attention. At this time, Xu Lei will definitely not be able to stay in Binjiang City safely.

There is no excuse for not being present in the face of such a human feat.

So Xu Lei and Wu Chuping led the team to take a warship to the Dengtian Island ground station, where they witnessed the official operation of the space elevator and personally directed the main body splicing work.

What Wu Chuping asked about was the most important and dangerous part of the entire splicing process.

If something goes wrong, the entire project will be wasted.

The ground station and the near-Earth space port are far apart and require 40,000 kilometers of cables to connect them, but how to connect them becomes a problem.

If someone else is responsible for this work, then it may be necessary to hold a seminar to discuss a safe and reliable splicing plan, but by the time the plan is officially released, I don’t know how long it will take.

It will definitely take longer than expected.

But here in Xu Lei, relying on the technical knowledge stored in his mind, solving this matter is not a problem.

At this point, Xu Lei naturally wouldn’t hide anything from Wu Chuping, and the next second he directly revealed his splicing plan.

“As far as the current situation is concerned, it is most appropriate to split the cable into multiple sections and use rockets to transport them to synchronous orbit. At that time, the cable will be hung from the base of the near-Earth space port and connected to the Tiangong space station, where the cable will be One section is fixed and installed with dampers and other related supporting equipment, and then the next section is continued to hang down according to the gourd, and connected in sequence until the tower is fixed on the ground station.”

“This plan is indeed relatively stable and highly feasible.” Wu Chuping nodded with deep understanding and had no other objections.

Mainly based on the current situation, this is indeed the most suitable installation method.

As long as the cables connect the ground station to the space station and the near-Earth space port, it will be equipped with a car jointly built by Future Technology and the space agency.

Taking into account the subsequent construction of the lunar base, as well as the lunar resource transportation and near-lunar spaceport plans, the interior volume of the car is spacious enough. In addition to being able to be connected to carbon nanotubes, it also carries rocket propulsion and safe landing devices.

This ensures that the people and materials in the car will not be affected when the cable breaks.

But at this time, Xu Lei noticed that Wu Chuping’s face looked a little strange, as if he had something he was holding back in his heart and wanted to say but was embarrassed to say it.

Xu Lei was quite curious about Wu Chuping’s performance. After all, this was not like his usual character.

Thinking of this, he didn’t hesitate at all, and simply asked straight to the point: “Commander Wu, do you have any questions? It’s just the two of us here who want to ask, right?”

“I’m just worried about whether the 40,000-kilometer-long carbon nanotube cable can pass the tensile test.” Wu Chuping just expressed his inner struggle, and soon seemed to think of something, and quickly added: “Of course I am not questioning the future. Technology research on cable materials.”

When Xu Lei heard that Wu Chuping was worried about this, an indifferent smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He naturally understood that Wu Chuping had a good intention and did not want to see any accidents in the splicing work of the space elevator.

But after all, he was responsible for synthesizing the cable himself, and he has full confidence in its quality. Even if the equipment in the test room cannot reach the pulling force of a space elevator, it will never break.

“Don’t worry, the success of the space elevator is inevitable, just wait until we make a global sensation.” Xu Lei patted Wu Chuping on the shoulder, his words full of confidence.

Perhaps infected by this confidence, Wu Chuping soon stopped worrying about this matter.

Anyway, the cable has been made and will definitely be used on the space elevator, so whatever you worry about will happen.

Then, just as the two of them could not bear the sea breeze and were about to return to the cabin, they saw Cheng Fei and Xingtong walking out, pointing forward and reminding them: “Boss, we are about to enter the waters of Dentian Island.

Xu Lei heard the sound and looked into the distance, and sure enough he noticed an island appearing in his field of vision.

Especially the soaring tower above makes people sigh in admiration. It is like a spear that wants to pierce the sky.

In the waters with a closer view, you can see a large number of warships, even nuclear-powered aircraft carriers that have just been launched and have been in service for a short time.

At the beginning of the construction of the Sky Island, an aircraft carrier fleet patrolled the surrounding waters to ensure the smooth progress of the ground station construction. Now the space elevator is about to undergo the final splicing work, and the safety protection work must be stricter to avoid any accidents at this time. The young people took the opportunity to sneak attack on Dengtian Island.

Also, Xu Lei only brought Xingtong, Cheng Fei, Gu Sanlin and more than a dozen company security personnel with him from Binjiang City to Dengtian Island this time, while the others stayed in the company to handle business.

It is no exaggeration to say that Dengtian Island is much safer than Binjiang City now, so there is no need to bring too many people.

What’s more, with Xing Tong here, Xu Lei won’t worry about his own safety if an emergency happens.

“Speaking of which, I haven’t seen this island in person. I usually watch the live broadcast at most.” Wu Chuping’s voice brought Xu Lei back to his thoughts. After noticing that the other party was looking at the location of the island expectantly, He couldn’t help but echoed: “It’s such a special island. Now that you’re here, you should take a good tour.”

…

Since Xu Lei, Wu Chuping and the others were traveling on warships, they naturally passed the fleet outside Dengtian Island easily.

As the overall outline of Dentian Island gradually appeared in the field of vision, there were more and more figures on the deck, all of them looking at it with extremely shocked eyes.

Even Gu Sanlin looked a little dull.

After all, they have never been to Dentian Island before, and they have been engaged in the cooperative manufacturing of cables. They usually don’t have time to watch the live broadcast. Now you can imagine how they feel when they suddenly face such a huge and magnificent artificial island.

It is simply a miraculous workmanship.

“This island is really big. Who would have imagined that a few months ago this was an endless ocean.”

“Only our construction team can create this kind of miracle.”

“Don’t you find that this island is very beautiful? It feels like you won’t feel anxious even if you live here for a long time.”

“I can’t wait to get up there.”

“That towering building is probably the tower of the ground station. I heard it has been certified by Guinness World Records and is the world’s tallest building.”

On the deck, Xu Lei listened to the comments of the people around him, and he couldn’t help but feel a little more proud.

Who told him to design this island?

Because of the existence of the space elevator, Landing Island will definitely become an important hub in the future, so its area is very large when it comes to design. At the moment, it can only be said that part of the center has just been completed.

If I come here after a few years, I’m afraid the shock value will be several times higher.

However, Xu Lei was quite surprised that Liu Gaowen had greened the island. It can only be said that he was quite thoughtful.

After a while.

When Xu Lei, Wu Chuping, Gu Sanlin, Xingtong and others got off the ship, almost as soon as they stepped on the ground of Dentian Island, they saw several figures walking over quickly not far away.

The leader was none other than Liu Gaowen.

“Mr. Xu, you are here. There are transportation vehicles here.” He strode to Xu Lei and stopped in front of him. He pointed to the car next to him and said, “Shall I take you to the ground station in the center of the island to guide the work first?”

Xu Lei glanced at the new energy sightseeing cars produced by his company when he heard the sound, and immediately waved his hands and said: “It’s better to walk over there, just to see the situation on the island. If you have something to report, just talk while walking.” Wan Ze turned his attention to Wu Chuping, who was watching around, with a warm smile on his face: “I suggest we walk there. Commander Wu should be fine, right?”

“It’s good to walk, otherwise you will miss the scenery along the way.” Wu Chuping readily agreed.

It has been almost ten months since the construction of Dentian Island. Although the ground station and tower have been completed long ago, the entire area of ​​​​the island is still limited.

The island still needs to be expanded in the later stages.

So now the distance from the pier to the center of the island is not too far, so walking is no problem.

With Xu Lei speaking, others would definitely have no objections, and then a group of people headed to the ground station in a mighty manner.

“According to the construction drawings formulated by Mr. Xu, the ground station and tower of Dentian Island have been completed. The main task at present is to improve the facilities on the island to ensure the main splicing task of the space elevator.” Liu Gaowen carried out Xu Lei’s arrangements seriously on the way. Report to him the progress of the work on Landing Island over such a long period of time.

Xu Lei already had great trust in Liu Gaowen, and now that he has seen the situation of Landing Island with his own eyes, he is undoubtedly very satisfied.

Facing the other party’s report at this moment, he did not hesitate to praise him at all: “You did a good job. It seems that I didn’t choose the wrong person when I asked you to be responsible for the project of landing on the island.”

“This is what I should do.” Liu Gaowen quickly replied sincerely.

As a person in the field of construction engineering, being able to personally take charge of such a large key project and witness the birth of such an island in my own hands is an opportunity that can only be met by chance.

A lot of people don’t get that opportunity.

He received this task because of Xu Lei and others. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was a gift. Liu Gaowen naturally respected and admired Xu Lei very much.

Without a few words of exchange, as everyone gradually approached the area of ​​the ground station in the center of the island, they immediately entered the scene in the live broadcast room.

Some sharp-eyed viewers recognized Xu Lei, and the enthusiasm in the entire live broadcast room was instantly ignited.

“Fuck!”

“Today’s live broadcast was not in vain.”

“It’s Mr. Xu!”

“It’s such an honor to be able to admire Mr. Xu’s style.”

“Can’t you all be more reserved and don’t have a wild relationship with me, Uncle Xu?”

…

Just as Future Technology promised before, the live broadcast has not stopped for a moment since the construction of Dentian Island began, and it has continued until now.

Although the popularity of the live broadcast room has dropped significantly since then, everyone comes in on time to check in every day.

Of course, this has also increased Xu Lei’s influence to four million. It is no longer far away from meeting the requirements to unlock new exhibits. Xu Lei has been looking forward to this.

According to the original standards, the live broadcast will not end until the main body of the space elevator is completed and the first operation is successful.

During this period, I believe there will be several major events. Even if the influence does not rise to 5 million by then, it will probably not be much different.

It is also worth mentioning that the live broadcast was initially conducted on a ship, and there were reporters borrowed from the main station to explain. However, as the island gradually took shape, the live broadcast room was moved to the central ground station.

This is also to make it easier for the audience to pay attention to the main body splicing.

Xu Lei is different from those company bosses who fly around the world in China. He spends most of his time in Longhu High-tech Park researching products and rarely travels to other places. This makes it difficult to meet others offline except for future technology company employees. To Xu Lei.

It rarely even appears online.

In addition, Xu Lei is the president of Future Technology, the youngest academician, openly rejected the Nobel Prize and successfully conquered cancer, and the whole person becomes even more mysterious.

But often the more this happens, the easier it is to arouse the audience’s desire to explore.

So as the news of Xu Lei’s appearance in the live broadcast quickly spread on the Internet, many people rushed to tell each other, and the number of viewers in the live broadcast room surged in just a few dozen seconds.

If you enter an overseas live broadcast room at this time, you will find that the same situation is there.

The key is that Xu Lei’s identity is quite special. At this time, he suddenly appeared on Dengtian Island. Even a fool can guess that the space elevator will make new progress.

Under this inference, we naturally thought of subject splicing.

Soon, related hot-search topics topped the list of hot searches on major platforms such as Weibo and Bizhan.

A large number of netizens are discussing this matter.

“I suggest you brothers not to sleep in the past few days. I think the big one is coming. I’m afraid the main body of the space elevator will be officially spliced ​​in the next few days.”

“My guess is that to make a senior otaku like Mr. Xu move, it must be something as big as the splicing and trial operation of the main body of the space elevator. It won’t be long before we also land on the moon.”

“Nima, I suddenly feel so excited.”

“Sit back and wait for Mr. Xu to operate and hit the overseas guy in the face with the space elevator.”

“If we really want to land on the moon, I just want some videos to be released. Pictures alone are really not enough.”

“Don’t be stupid, you may make a huge fool of yourself by then!”

“Where did you come from, little Heizi, who dares to start a group in our base camp? I think you are not cooked enough and bored.”

Regardless of the hot topics on the Internet, as time passed, the audience’s attention in the live broadcast room shifted from Xu Lei to Xing Tong beside him. After all, beautiful women are always attractive involuntarily.

What’s more, Xingtong’s appearance is absolutely unisex.

But it’s okay not to look at it. After careful observation, a question mark appeared in everyone’s mind?

Xingtong was originally an artificial intelligence developed by future technology and announced an avatar, but now a very similar real person has appeared, and everyone just feels that their brains are not enough.

what’s the situation?

Virtual reality?

The speculation caused the barrage in the live broadcast room to explode again.

The refresh frequency is even higher than when I saw Xu Lei just now.

“What did I see? Isn’t that the artificial intelligence Star Pupil of Future Technology?”

“Could it be that Xingtong’s image was designed based on this beauty?”

“so beautiful.”

“The avatar of Xing Tong came out very early, but this person has never been seen before.”

“I’ve seen Mr. Xu’s assistant, and it’s definitely not the one in the live broadcast room.”

“Could it be Mr. Xu’s girlfriend?”

“Don’t talk nonsense here. Our Mr. Xu has already contributed his body to the scientific community. How could he be seduced by women?”

“Look at her movements carefully. I feel like she is a robot…”

Xingtong’s appearance looks absolutely the same as a real person, but differences can still be found in some subtle movements. So when someone made this bold guess, the male audience in the live broadcast room instantly became excited.

Just ask who wouldn’t want to have a robot girlfriend that looks just like a real person!

But Xu Lei didn’t think much about these things. He and Wu Chuping did not stay at the ground station for long before entering the underground control center under the leadership of Liu Gaowen.

The control center on the moon landing island will schedule the operation of the space elevator and handle emergencies. Its role is not very different from the command and control center in the space agency.

The key point is that this control center is about to usher in its first task, which is to cooperate with the synchronous orbiting space station in splicing cables. Since Xu Lei is the person in charge of this task, he must first be familiar with the inside of the control center.

that’s all.

Xu Lei, Wu Chuping and others stayed on the Sky Island for two days. After fully understanding the situation at the ground station, at the end of the month, the Changhai Satellite Launch Center launched the space agency’s newly developed solid-state integrated thrust engine rocket to transport carbon nanotube cables to The Tiangong space station in geosynchronous orbit and the higher near-Earth spaceport base.

This marks the official start of the main body splicing work of the space elevator, and it also touches the hearts of many passionate viewers in the live broadcast room.

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