Chapter 954 Six X Four Standards and Controlled Nuclear Fusion

The opening forum of outer space resources came to an end, and at the same time it also opened the prelude to capitalists competing for the interests of the space market. A total of six large external space stations with an area of ​​more than 2,000 acres have been leased to developers all over the world. Before all development work has started, advertisements for space tourism and space real estate have already occupied the big screens in Times Square in the United States. .

Jiang Chen even heard that the Yike Group had already sold 2,000 sets of commercial housing in the Xinghuan City Development Zone in China before the construction equipment was transported to Anjia Island.

Although most of the living space is located in the circle part of Star Ring City, not everyone is happy to live in a small living unit. Rich people who pursue quality of life don't care about the 10 to 20 million at all. A luxurious residence that can overlook the entire city and look up at the entire starry sky is what they pursue.

Nearly 30 billion in income, the boss of Yike almost fell off his chair with joy, and hurriedly called Jiang Chen to thank him.

This is just the beginning, when the area of ​​700 mu is fully developed, the income brought by various shopping malls will not be lower than the income of the mere 2,000 sets of commercial housing in this area.

On the other hand, "6X4 standard" became a hot word on the Internet for a while.

6 meters long and 4 meters wide, the diameter of the space station outside Xinghuan City. If nothing else, the "6X4 standard" proposed by Star Ring Trading will become the design standard for all space station interfaces in the interstellar era and will be used forever.

The power of habit is formidable, especially for a civilization. Unless there are unsolvable defects, the standards that have been accepted by everyone are basically impossible to change.

Just like the not-so-perfect USB interface, it ruled almost the entire PC era.

As the details of the "6X4 standard" were made public, a large number of space station design companies came into being.

These companies are mainly concentrated in the Silicon Valley area, and most of them are transformed from aerospace companies engaged in rocket launch satellite design. These companies provide space station design solutions and help them pass qualification certification for large enterprises that are interested in building their own space stations in Star Ring City, but do not have the technical conditions themselves. Even SpaceX has launched a similar business, and the first business was to design an automated steelmaking space station for the U.S. Steel Company that can be connected to Xinghuan City.

It can be said that a business forum held by Xinghuan Trading directly gave birth to an industry with a scale of more than 10 billion.

Affected by this, aerospace-related majors, which were not considered popular majors in major universities, are gradually becoming popular, and even a number of branch majors have been born due to operational needs. Such as space station design, biosphere engineering, spacecraft design, etc...

In the field of aerospace,

Korot University is undoubtedly ahead of many major international universities.

With many auras on its head, this Keluo University, which was established from the beginning to export talents to the star ring trade, has gradually been favored by other large enterprises with the establishment of the space elevator. Although the international academic field is still not top-notch, its position in the commercial field has already gained considerable weight.

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Moon colonies.

A cargo spaceship engraved with the Star Ring trade logo landed smoothly on the concrete apron. The staff who had been waiting for a long time operated the mechanical arm and unloaded the cargo box in the belly of the spaceship. direction to go.

This is already the fourth batch this month.

After the completion of the space elevator, the ones going to and from the moon will no longer be disposable rockets, but will be replaced by cargo spacecraft that take off and land vertically. The replenishment that was once every few months has now become several times a month.

Another intuitive change is that there are more and more people in the colony.

From the initial dozens of people to more than a hundred people later, there are now five hundred people in the entire lunar colony. Except for some engineers and scientists, many of them have nothing to do with colony construction. Such as journalists, musicians, painters, pure ordinary people...

Standing in the colony, Tang Weijie looked at the newcomers coming here from a distance. He didn't know the use of so many people, but he believed that the high-level executives of Xinghuan Trading must have their intentions in making such a decision. It's just that he, the colony administrator, can't understand it yet.

These dozens of newcomers looked left and right along the way, everything here was so new to them, that when they passed by a space farm, some people even exclaimed... Although this exclamation Only he can hear it.

Compared with a few months ago, this colony on the surface of the moon is much more decent. Except for mines and space farms, most of the living areas and working areas are connected by pipes embedded in the ground.

From a distance, it looks like a bunker connected by trenches. This design can effectively reduce the threat of meteorites before there is a breakthrough in shield technology. After all, the moon has no atmosphere, and the entire surface is full of "bullet holes", which shows how frequent meteorite activities are.

The entrance to the colony is two valves.

Just like the design of most submarine facilities, after crossing the first gate, the vacuum buffer chamber is filled with air, then the second gate is opened, and the group continues to move forward, taking off their spacesuits in the locker room and taking a shower. After that, I changed into casual clothes with jet holes in the joints.

Then, everyone assembled in the square in the center of the colony.

"Okay, newcomers, all look this way." Tang Weijie clapped his hands, indicating that everyone looked at him, "You are the fourth batch this month, first of all, I have to wish you a happy life on the moon .Also, I have to add that you will miss your life on Earth."

"Take one or two hours a day to go to the gravity room to exercise, so as not to suffer from osteoporosis. Observe the discipline of the colony, and any fight will be fired. Remember to bring your ID card at any time, that is your ID card, It can be used at any time. That’s all that needs to be paid attention to, and if there is anything unclear, please ask quickly.”

As soon as the voice fell, someone raised his hand.

"Where's our luggage?"

"It will be delivered directly to your residence in a while, is there any more?" Tang Weijie asked.

Seeing that no one answered, he paused and continued.

"Very good, if you have any questions, you can consult through the personal terminal. You can ask the AI ​​or the psychiatrist, these two guys are the only ones in the entire colony who are free at any time. Someone will take you to collect daily necessities in a while, and take you to Living Area."

"Before that, let's take a roll call and check the list..."

The list check was completed quickly, after which Lu Fan got his ID card.

The soft graphene card is smooth to the touch, and can be rolled up and worn on the hand like a future mobile phone. On the front of the card is written his name and words such as "electrical engineer".

Under the leadership of the instructor, Lu Fan received his daily necessities and a room key. In the room of more than 30 square meters, he saw his suitcase.

But before he could pack his luggage and sit by the window thinking about his life on Earth for a while, there was a knock on the door.

"Lu Fan? Electrical engineer?" The middle-aged man in a colonial uniform looked Lu Fan up and down and asked in a questioning tone.

"Yes." Lu Fan nodded politely and asked, "Any questions?"

After getting an affirmative answer, the middle-aged man immediately grinned and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.

"Haha, you're here! Let me introduce myself, my name is He Biao."

"The colony is going to replace the line. In order to avoid any accidents, the manpower of our power department is very tight. Some time ago, I just applied to the headquarters to send an electric power engineer, and I didn't expect it to be sent so soon! Come on, don't worry about your luggage, and I'm going somewhere."

"Wait, change the line? Why do you want to change the line all of a sudden?" Lu Fan asked confused.

In his impression, this colony should have been established in less than half a year.

"The colony plans to build two new mines, and the power generation of the solar power station can't support it. Just a while ago, the headquarters ordered that we can put that equipment into use. In the future, the colony will never be short of electricity again, but relatively, until now At the end of the month, it is estimated that we will not have any holidays."

When he said this, there was no complaint on He Biao's face.

Life on the moon is very boring. Not working is more frustrating than working. To relieve loneliness, you can only talk to a psychiatrist, or vent your desire with a beautiful robot from Future Heavy Industries. I heard that after the power shortage problem is solved, the colony can start to build some entertainment facilities, so it is no wonder that he is so enthusiastic.

Although the newcomer Lu Fan didn't quite understand his mood, he was attracted by a word in his words.

"Equipment? What equipment?" Lu Fan asked in a daze.

Never run out of power again? Before coming here, he had studied the power consumption of the lunar colonies. The daily electricity consumption of a mere 500 people is even higher than that of a small town with a population of 10,000 on earth. Although there is strong light on the surface of the moon, the time of a day and night is nearly four weeks on the earth. For this reason, Star Ring Trade had to invest in building a large number of solar power panels and power storage equipment. Electricity alone consumes nearly 50 million SGD from Star Ring Trade every month.

He Biao laughed when he heard Lu Fan ask about it, and looked at him proudly.

"Do you know what our lunar soil collection center produces?"

"Rare earth?" Lu Fan asked suspiciously.

"Although it is also produced, it is wrong!" He Biao smiled mysteriously, and said in a low voice, "We produce Helium 3, and we have already produced an unknown number of tons!"

Lu Fan was stunned for a moment, and the expression on his face instantly changed to intense disbelief and shock.

Helium 3!

Controlled nuclear fusion? !

And can it be used to generate electricity? ! (To be continued.) Enable new URL