I'm really a time traveler

The construction of the factory here is quite fast. After the outer shell is built, we can start assembling the equipment.

Lin Yichen watched from the side for a moment and felt that there was little chance of any problem here, so he prepared to get up and go back.

Seeing this, Qi Xuexiao, who was standing by, hurriedly followed.

"By the way, the royal family mentioned earlier plans to take people to the moon and let them live there for a month. How are the arrangements going?"

Thinking of what Qi Xuexiao had said to him before, Lin Yicheng's expression changed slightly, and then he asked a question.

Hearing this, Qi Xuexiao smiled slightly.

"We have already arranged for their people to go into space. We estimate that they will be able to land on the moon in two days. Accommodation has also been arranged for them on the moon."

In other words, their launch vehicles can be reused, so the cost is reduced a lot.

Another thing is that if more people go up to build a base on the moon, the cost of materials will increase exponentially.

Fortunately, because we have launch vehicles, although it is still very expensive to transport the supplies, overall, a lot of money can still be saved.

Compared with the money donated by the other party, it is generally very profitable.

"It was arranged pretty quickly."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yicheng looked back at the other person in surprise.

When he came back, the other party had just told him about this matter, but he didn't expect that these people were sent up in the blink of an eye.

Qi Xuexiao pursed her lips slightly when she heard this, and a smile appeared on her face. "Before this, we launched very frequently for a period of time, but since then, we have not launched very often."

"But we have accumulated a lot of experience in the launch process, and we can basically launch at any time if we want."

“So this matter is still simple for us.”

Qi Xuexiao was very clear about what was going on here.

In the past, the reasons why they launched frequently were, one of which was to transport supplies to the moon, and the other was to launch parts for the space station there.

To be honest, the deployment of the space station is quite difficult. Due to lack of experience, several mistakes occurred in the process.

Fortunately, we got through it and the space station was successfully built. It then started to operate synchronously with the earth.

Relative to the earth, this space station is in a stationary state.

Moreover, it would be very easy to continue expanding this space station in the future.

Whatever you need later, the relevant parts can be easily transported up and put together.

Then you can expand it little by little.

According to their design, connecting cabins such as space capsules can be directly transported up by elevator.

Among these elevator cars, there are a few that are freight elevators, and their cargo capacity and volume are incomparable to those elevator cars used to transport people.

"Well, keep an eye on their situation and make sure nothing goes wrong. As for the space elevator, once this new batch of materials comes out and passes the test, we can put it into production."

“When the time comes, once these parts are deployed, we can start construction.”

When Qi Xuexiao heard this, he thought of something.

Hearing this, he immediately said, "Regarding the deployment of the cable, a tractor will be needed at that time. This tractor."

The traction machine is used to pull the steel cable.

No matter what, it is not possible to simply bring the cable up and then drop it down from above. A traction machine is needed in this process.

And this tractor is a kind of auxiliary aircraft.

It can fly directly to the edge of space, and then bind itself to the cable and pull it directly to the ground.

Unlike the technology in the future world, the future world will need to splice these cables, using other rings in the middle to splice multiple sections of cables.

Because the future world cannot produce such a long cable at one time, a bridge and splicing are needed in the middle.

With the technology Lin Yicheng currently has, it is naturally possible for him to produce such a long cable.

In this case, the methods used during the deployment process are slightly different.

Currently, tractors are used to transport these cables to the space station.

The cables on the ground will also be fixed at this time, and will be tightened at the end.

This procedure is relatively simple and only requires a slight adjustment of the altitude on the space station side.

During the bridging process, the space station will drop slightly in altitude, and after the bridging is completed, it will begin to increase in altitude.

By then, the cable will naturally be tightened.

In addition, in order to ensure the safety of the intermediate connecting parts, some detection equipment will be deployed, and some circular equipment will be connected to some of the cables in the middle.

These devices will have a fixing function on the cables.

Another reason for doing this is that the cables are too long. Without these things to fix the distance between the cables, a slight breeze will cause the distance between the cables to expand or shrink, and the distance between them will change.

Cables like the ones used in this kind of project cannot be very hard. Some toughness will be left in the middle so that they are not easily broken.

However, in this case, the cables will be too long and when blown by strong winds at high altitudes, they will be affected by fluctuations and begin to shrink or expand.

As for the design of the elevator car, although there have been some designs in this regard, if the spacing is slightly enlarged or reduced, it is a tolerable scale in the design.

But if you don't take precautions, there may still be some trouble.

Therefore, these ring parts are very necessary.

On the one hand, it can limit the movement of these cables, and on the other hand, a lot of detectors will be placed on them.

Another thing is that even if a few of the cables between the rings are broken, the existence of these rings can still ensure the safe transportation of the elevator car.

It can be said that this thing is also a safety guarantee.

When it comes to the design of space elevators, they use quite a few safety designs.

"The tractor has already been produced."

Lin Yicheng looked down at the information, then pulled out the data and handed it to Qi Xuexiao for review. Qi Xuexiao was stunned for a moment. She only knew that the tractor was needed in the process of deploying the cable, but she didn't know much about it.

But judging from the role it is supposed to play, this tractor is extremely remarkable. It can even be said that it is a high-tech thing.

After all, this thing is like a fighter jet that can fly directly into outer space.

Apart from this, such a fighter jet would also need to pull hundreds of millions of tons of cables into space.

Even though this cable doesn't look particularly thick, it probably doesn't seem to be very heavy.

But in fact, because of the length of the cable and the gravity of the planet, the weight of the cable brought to the machine by the tractor pulling the cable into space is definitely over 100 million tons.

Even in this case, the materials they use are nanomaterials, which are relatively lightweight.

If the rope was made of some alloys, its weight would definitely be more than a hundred times heavier.

If the situation really happens, it will be extremely difficult to pull all those cables to the space station.

This is also one of the reasons why it is difficult to build a space station elevator.

The cable is too heavy and too long. Not only is it difficult to produce, it also needs to meet quality standards and be able to withstand such a large pulling force.

The space elevator that Lin Yicheng had seen before used a bridging method.

Even so, the other party spent a lot of effort on the bridging, and encountered many difficulties in the middle.

Fortunately, with their experience, and the constant updating and iteration of Lin Yicheng's technology, the difficulty is constantly decreasing.

It can be said that when carrying out such large-scale projects, the help of technology is still enormous.

At least when Lin Yicheng was building the space station, it was much easier than many countries.

Various large space capsules are sent up to the sky one after another, and cables and other things can also be used with tractors to pull them directly into space.

The biggest difficulty with this cable is that it is too heavy, making it difficult to transport and bridge.

But the power unleashed by the tractor in Lin Yichen's hand is extremely terrifying, so he can easily do this job.

So in this regard, this technology has solved another problem for Lin Yicheng.

Qi Xuexiao took the information handed over by Lin Yichen and looked at it.

When she saw the tractor on the screen, she was stunned for a moment, then her eyes widened and she stared at the tractor on the screen.

“Is this thing a tractor?”

Qi Xuexiao looked at the tractor on the screen, her eyes widened and her face was full of surprise.

This seems a little different from the tractor she imagined.

The tractor she imagined was probably similar to a rocket, and its function was to carry the rope directly into space.

But the tractor she saw now looked more like a fighter plane.

It has a somewhat square-shaped appearance, and its shape is more like a fighter jet shuttling through a space station.

Looking at it like this, if Lin Yichen hadn't said it was a tractor, she would have thought it was a space fighter.

"Well, it's no surprise that you have such an expression. The reason for this design is that it is also a fighter plane style."

After hearing this, Lin Yicheng took a look at the tractor and said something casually.

Hearing this, Qi Xuexiao's eyes widened, and he looked at the thing in astonishment, then his face was full of weirdness, "Why is it designed like this?"

"Of course, it's because the aircraft on Earth can't carry such a heavy cable into space. Not only do these things have a limited load capacity, they can't go into space either."

"As for the rocket, the load is OK at the beginning, but when it comes to the final connection, the rocket cannot be so light to turn and control and so on."

"Another aspect of this design is that it can be unmanned. It is unlikely to find someone who can drive a tractor at this time."

Lin Yicheng's explanation made Qi Xuexiao suddenly understand.

After turning around and taking a closer look at the thing in front of him, he nodded.

It’s true, Lin Yicheng’s consideration is correct.

There is no doubt that the rocket has a good carrying capacity, but if it really has to pull such a long rope up, although this type of cable is not afraid of the burning of the rocket's tail flame, the rocket dragging such a weight will easily destroy its own gravity structure.

With something like a rocket, even the slightest weight shift can easily lead to a major accident, let alone a rope this heavy.

Once there is some interference here, the rocket may lose control or even be torn into pieces due to the stress between them.

After all, with the pulling force of the rocket, it is impossible to break the rope, the only possibility is to break the rocket itself.

Moreover, if it is really pulled into space, it would be extremely difficult to dock it with the space station using a rocket.

In this case, what Lin Yichen is considering is very necessary.

Using this type of future fighter as a tractor, the engine power itself is strong enough, and it is also very flexible and convenient, which can be said to be very suitable.

The problem may be that when this tractor is put into use, it may shock a large number of people.

After all, it’s absurd to think that such a sci-fi plane was built just to pull a rope up.

But no matter what, this project has to continue.

As they talked, they walked towards the hover car nearby. After getting on the hover car, they both left the place directly.

Next, just go back and wait for the results.

"All astronauts please prepare, the moon landing is about to begin."

Inside the space capsule, a soft voice slowly sounded, and the next moment some indicator lights lit up all around.

When everyone in the space capsule heard the sound, their nerves suddenly became tense.

However, the astronaut who had landed for the second time saw this and tried to calm him down.

"Don't be too nervous. It's just a login. Nothing will happen. Even if something does happen, the medical system on the moon has been established. As long as you don't die on the spot, we can save you after we get up there."

After these words were spoken, the camels nearby froze in their expressions, thinking to themselves, isn't what you said a little too unlucky?
How can you say such things at this stage? (End of this chapter)