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Chapter 262 Is This Really a Space Elevator?
A huge base has been built in the Zhenjin mining area.

After their efforts, the construction speed is much faster than expected.

Dozens of workers gathered around the base, still comparing the drawings.

"When our next batch of raw materials arrives, we can start the next step."

At this moment, Su Chuan came up.

"Hi, Mr. Su."

Seeing this, the workers started to get busy again.

"How is the project going?"

Su Chuan was still in the laboratory recently, but he was still very concerned about the progress of the elevator manufacturing.

"Don't worry, after the debugging by our workers, the elevator base has been completed."

"With the support of the base below, our construction speed can also be accelerated, and it will be a matter of time to build the elevator cabin."

Several workers said, motioning for Su Chuan to follow them.

I saw that the base, which originally only had the basic bracket, has now been completely completed.

It looked like a giant satellite receiver to me.

And above the base of the elevator, you can still see some brackets that have been built.

These are the prototypes of elevator cabins.

"Our people have already analyzed it. As long as the raw materials for building the elevator cabin are delivered, the elevator cabin can also be completed quickly according to the current manufacturing speed."

The most difficult part of making a space elevator is of course the base.

To maintain the operation of such a huge machine, everything must be supported by the base at the bottom, which is also the most challenging environment for the construction team.

Now that the base is complete, the rest is easier.

"very good."

For safety reasons, Su Chuan stepped forward to check the results in person.

As the construction team said, the base of the elevator was completely designed according to the drawings, and the surface area can reach 6000 square meters, which can already catch up with the size of the satellite receiver.

When the space elevator takes shape in the future, the size of the base will also affect the number of passengers.

As for the elevator compartment, it is still only an outline with a frame, and no driving device is installed inside.

With the base as a support, Su Chuan can also estimate the energy consumption inside the elevator.

You know, the space elevator can be said to be the most energy-consuming mechanical device.

Even the satellite launch pad newly developed in recent years consumes no more than [-] degrees of electricity per start.

But the space elevator does not work, because the cabin needs to break through multiple layers of the atmosphere, and at the same time requires greater kinetic energy.

The extraordinary distance also doubles the energy consumption, which is not a concept with a single satellite launch.

"If possible, the elevator can be improved in the future."

"We should be able to find a more energy-efficient way to reduce the internal loss of the elevator."

Su Chuan's words were also recognized by other engineers.

This is, with the current technology, it is almost impossible to improve the elevator.

They can only hope in the future, as technology advances, more powerful manufacturing techniques should appear.

At the same time, the project manufactured in the mining area was also transmitted to every netizen through the pictures in the live broadcast room.

"Why did you suddenly make such a large pedestal? What kind of trick is this going to do?"

"This is a mining area. The manufacture of large equipment near here is related to mining?"

After the fermentation of public opinion in the past few days, almost the entire world is paying attention to the Zhenjin mining area.

If Su Chuan wanted to speed up mining, it would make sense to build a large machine.

However, judging from the current situation, Su Chuan didn't need to worry about being threatened by other countries at all.

Besides, mining in the Zhenjin mining area is not very difficult, and there is no need to spend so much time.

In the live broadcast room, there were also many professionals in related fields, and they found something was wrong.

"That's not right, the base needs at least a few thousand square meters. What facilities do we have in the country that can afford such a large base?"

"Even if the rocket launch pad in the capital is less than 2000 square meters, the size of the base will be tripled! The rocket launch pad shouldn't be that big, right?"

I don't know why, but netizens feel that this huge pedestal is somewhat familiar.

Although the base of the space elevator is more advanced than ordinary elevators, the general shape will not change.

For students of these related majors, the elevator base is one of the most familiar devices.

"This is not an elevator, is it? Build such a big elevator in the mining area??"

Soon, some netizens reacted and looked at the live broadcast room in disbelief.

"Upstairs, do you think the opposite side is too exaggerated? There are no buildings near this mining area, so what can you use the elevator for?"

Although this pedestal is very similar to an elevator, but its size is placed here, it is absolutely impossible to be an elevator.

A small elevator wants to cover an area of ​​6000 square meters, who is it?

Even if it leads directly to the underground to facilitate mining of minerals, the elevator wouldn't be so big, right?
"Do you think there is a possibility? This elevator does not go down, but up?"

After the construction of the engineering team, the elevator cabin also has some outlines, and netizens also guessed along.

"Go up? Are you going to jump off the building in the atmosphere?"

Although there is indeed such a possibility, netizens have been thinking about it, and they can't think of what use this elevator can do.

Su Chuan will never do useless work. Such a big device can never be just an elevator!
"Atmospheric layer? Are you too naive?"

"For an elevator with a floor area of ​​several thousand square meters, where do you guess its limit height is?"

Only a few square meters of base are needed for the manufacture of plop elevators.

If Su Chuan was really making an elevator, then he doubled the area of ​​the base a thousand times, and the height of the elevator itself would also double.

1000 floors higher than ordinary elevators, where should it lead?

Hasn't the atmosphere been pierced?
"My super, don't you want to take the elevator directly to space?"

Soon, netizens had bold ideas in their hearts.

"What? Did you drink too much upstairs? Thanks to you, you can come up with this idea."

But soon, he was ridiculed by other netizens.

"No matter how powerful they are, it's impossible to build an elevator directly into space, right? It's just daydreaming!"

"That's right, let's not talk about the quality of the elevator body, the pressure of space alone, and the obstruction of multiple layers of air pressure, are enough to destroy a giant elevator."

"Besides, if they want to manufacture the elevator directly into space, they can't use ordinary raw materials. How could they get such a huge amount of resources?"

So let the netizens' guesses be logical, but reason tells them that the space elevator is absolutely impossible to realize.

Not to mention physical obstacles, the manufacturing cost of a space elevator alone can directly drain their funds.

But the buildings in front of him seem to be leisurely proving something.

"Isn't this really a space elevator?!"

(End of this chapter)