Chapter 59
"No, let me tell you my wall-facing plan first, which is the "Nanfu Plan". The ultimate goal of this plan is to promote the construction of the energy industry." Say said.

"Nanfu Project?" Hearing this strange name, everyone couldn't help being curious, and even more curious about the relationship between the energy industry and cargo spacecraft.

"With the improvement of plasma confinement technology, we have finally realized deuterium-helium 3 controllable nuclear fusion. Everyone must know about this."

Everyone nodded. Now the development path of human beings is a fusion engine without working fluid. As a research engine, it is natural to know the breakthrough in controllable nuclear fusion.

Helium 3 is a frequent visitor in science fiction concepts. This isotope of helium is an ideal nuclear fusion fuel. However, due to technical limitations, humans can only use deuterium-tritium fusion.

"That's right, but the amount of helium 3 on the earth is too scarce to be used as energy in large quantities. Humans need to develop planets rich in helium 3, such as the moon, Jupiter, and Mercury."

"Of course, the distance between Jupiter and Mercury is still too far for us now, and the outer space construction technology is not so mature, so the moon, a satellite that is close at hand, is my first choice."

"The purpose of the Nanfu Project is to develop various resources on the moon, of course the most important one is helium 3, so as to promote the development of human civilization."

Hearing this content, everyone was a little dazed. The development of the moon is indeed a big business. In addition to the rich helium-3 resources, the moon also has rich mineral resources, such as iron, titanium, rare earth and other mineral resources.

As for development is not a problem, the "Outer Space Treaty" only prohibits countries from declaring sovereignty in extraterrestrial worlds, and does not prohibit PDC from large-scale development and exploration of alien worlds.

Even the PDC has partial privileges in this regard, and can deploy weapons of mass destruction outside celestial bodies, such as Taylor's macro fusion weapon, and Ray Diaz's stellar hydrogen bomb.

As for the "Moon Agreement" that prohibits the development of lunar resources, it is just a few countries' self-indulgence. No country with spaceflight capabilities has signed this thing.

"So you want to use a large number of cargo spaceships to communicate with the Earth-Moon system?" Cheng Xin asked after thinking for a while.

"That's right, but it's not just a cargo spacecraft." Say said: "The purpose of the Nanfu Project is to establish a 4-day earth-moon channel, that is, it takes 4 days to go from the earth to the moon. I don't mean going to low-earth orbit, but It's the surface."

"First of all, the construction on the earth is divided into two parts. The first part is to build the vacuum maglev train between cities. As for the second part, it is to build more space elevators at the equator, so that the time on the earth can be saved."

"The second is the moon and space. The moon is the same as the earth. A vacuum maglev train network and a space elevator will be built to facilitate people in the low-earth orbit of the moon to quickly reach every corner of the moon."

"The space aspect is simple, that is to build a cargo spacecraft to establish a route between the two planets, but considering the transportation volume, I need 100 cargo spacecraft in the initial plan, and I will have to increase it in the future."

The people sitting here understand Say’s plan, which is to build a route between the earth and the moon, as well as a complete set of transportation routes, so as to realize a cheap and fast journey between the earth and the moon.

The process within 4 days is to take the maglev train to the space elevator, go to the space city on the top of the space elevator through the space elevator, and then take a cargo spacecraft from the space city to the earth or the moon.

Then go down through the space elevator, and then take the maglev train to the destination, or if the destination is too remote, just switch the vehicle to go there.

If the Nanfu plan is fully implemented, the difficulty for people to travel from a certain city on the earth to a certain city on the moon will not be much more troublesome than flying to another city in the past, and only a few transfers are required.

"The resistance of this plan should not be too great. The difficulty of building a space elevator on the moon is lower than that of the earth. As for the construction of space cities and space elevators, they are already part of the mainstream defense plan, and it is not a problem."

"However, the number of cargo spaceships is a problem. The number you want is too large. It is impossible for humans to build 100 cargo spaceships of this level in a short period of time." Vadim analyzed.

"I know that." Sai waved his hand and said, "So do you have any other way to reduce the cost of the cargo spaceship?"

"There is only one way to reduce the cost of the cargo spacecraft in the first stage, and that is to compress the power of the fusion engine, but if it is further reduced, it will be difficult to meet the four-day requirement." An expert said.

"Maybe there is a way." Cheng Xin suddenly suggested.

"You said."

"That is to build an acceleration track to launch the spacecraft, similar to an electromagnetic catapult, just like the ladder plan."

"This suggestion is too nonsense." Someone objected: "The instantaneous acceleration of the spaceship will bring too much overweight, and the cost of this accelerator is also too high."

This suggestion was quickly rejected, and then the people present also proposed several plans, but none of them were passed without exception.

"Okay, you will solve this problem slowly in the future, and you will gain true knowledge through practice. Maybe when we accumulate experience in producing spaceships, we will be able to reduce the cost. Okay, let's get ready to end the meeting."

"By the way, can the safety procedures of the space elevator and the space city at the top be guaranteed?" When everyone was about to leave, Say suddenly asked. Her worry was due to an incident a few years ago.

A few years ago, before the Taylor project was broken, ETO hijacked a spaceship carrying macro atoms, and attempted to activate the macro atoms inside to paralyze the network of human civilization.

Although this crazy plan was stopped, ETO still managed to crash the space city at the top of the Verne Island space elevator with that spaceship, causing tens of thousands of deaths.

This is also the terrorist event with the largest death toll in history, far surpassing the previous attacks such as 911, and it has dealt a serious blow to human civilization and PDC.

"I know you are worried about that, but this is not a problem. Today's space cities will be equipped with dense defense arrays of electromagnetic guns. Anything without a key trying to approach the space city will be destroyed hundreds of thousands of kilometers away."

"At the same time, the space city also adopts the Internet of Things, and sensors are arranged in every corner, so that PDC and governments of various countries can understand the situation inside at the first time, so as to respond."

"Then don't worry, but safety issues still have to be considered. After the meeting is over, I hope you will submit a complete Earth-Moon route to me as soon as possible."

(End of this chapter)

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