I'm really a time traveler

"The space elevator project seems to be completed!"

As William and others left, in less than an hour, a shocking news quickly spread on the Internet.

Then one video after another began to spread rapidly on the Internet.

No one knew about the Star Three family's space elevator project before, but after Qi Xuexiao said this at the opening ceremony of Future City, it immediately attracted widespread attention.

However, no matter how much they care about it, they actually don't know where the space elevator project is located.

In this situation, although the topic of space elevators has always been very hot, there is no latest news or progress at all.

But today, news about this space elevator came out directly.

The reason for this is that the space elevator exposed itself when laying the cables.

In the past, no matter how people tried to find out, they could not find out where the ground base of the space elevator was.

Only those big countries or some powerful countries, with the help of the satellites in their hands, can quickly lock the location of the ground base after locating the space station in space.

In this way, we can roughly know the location of the space elevator.

Then, after taking photos with a satellite, the location was completely determined.

These powerful countries can naturally do so, but for most ordinary people, this method is impossible.

After all, they don't have any satellites or anything like that.

Therefore, no matter how they inquired, there was no relevant information at all.

But during the final stage of cable deployment of the space elevator, the noise caused by the launch cable whizzing up, followed by the cable behind it, was really too loud.

So in this situation, naturally some people noticed it.

Even though the location chosen for the space elevator is relatively remote, transportation is now well-connected.

Even though the location was a bit remote, some drivers on the road still saw the smoke column rising in the distance like a missile taking off.

Then someone noticed the cable following closely behind.

You know, many people are driving hover cars nowadays.

With a suspended car, the direction of vision is farther, so such movements are indeed difficult to conceal.

Therefore, after the cables began to be laid, many drivers naturally noticed the movement here.

Now that the lenses have been upgraded, the movements over there appear clearer when taking pictures.

Therefore, it hasn’t been long since various high-definition videos and photos began to circulate on the Internet.

Fortunately, Qi Xuexiao had already talked about this matter before, so although the relevant departments had seen the video and footage circulating on the Internet, they did not stop it from spreading.

Otherwise, when they see something like this, they will stop it immediately to avoid any leakage of secrets.

"Wow, where was this filmed? The cables for the space elevator are arranged like this? I was stunned!"

As people continued to click on these videos and pictures, they were all shocked.

Probably no one had expected that the cables laid out by the three stars here were so simple and crude. Could they really be pulled directly into outer space by airplanes?

Is this plane so powerful?
But to be honest, this fighter jet does look extraordinary, especially the engine, which looks very large.

The thing that was sprayed out seemed to be plasma.

I don't know what type of engine this is.

"That's weird. If you pull the cable up like this, the tail flame from the engine will spray onto the cable, right? Why aren't you worried at all that the cable will be burned?"

Some people watched the scenes in the video and couldn't help but raise their doubts.

Because in their opinion, this seems to be a little bit wrong.

Logically speaking, this operation would damage the cable behind it, and it might even burn the cable directly!
If this happens, the chances of an accident occurring will definitely not be low.

"Since this cable can be selected for use in the space elevator project, there should be no need to worry about its strength and toughness. I think you are worrying too much."

Some people have raised such questions, and naturally some people think that such questions are unnecessary.

No matter what, do you know more than the engineers at Samsung?
Since they have already proposed such a plan and started implementing it directly, there will definitely be no problem.

No matter what, they will definitely test the cable before launching it.

For example, high temperature testing can be used to see if the device will be damaged or burned apart by the engine flame.

For a super-large project like this, every link must be tested to ensure that there will be no problems when the project starts.

Therefore, such questioning is obviously unnecessary.

However, the netizen who raised the question just now was not convinced and felt that his question was correct.

"That being said, you have to know that materials like this have a limited lifespan. After being burned by the tail flame, even if this thing is still qualified, who knows if its lifespan will be reduced?"

"For a large-scale project like this, once the service life of such a thing reaches the end, it goes without saying that there will be accidents. I don't think there is anything wrong with being more rigorous."

At this moment, the netizen also analyzed it clearly, "You know, even for civil aircraft, they will be fully inspected or have some parts replaced every once in a while." "If something goes wrong, it will be a major air disaster. And for something like a space elevator, if the cable breaks when it rises to such a high altitude, it will be a major disaster if it falls down!"

After these words were spoken, many people seemed convinced and gave the other party thumbs up.

But in the eyes of some people, this statement seems unnecessary. Seeing such words, they immediately responded, "No matter how this thing burns, it will only burn a section."

"If such an accident really happens, can't we just pull up one more section of the cable and cut off that section? We've already pulled up such a long cable, so it shouldn't be difficult to pull up another hundred meters or so?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the person who had been questioning just now fell silent in an instant.

When the others saw this, they were all stunned for a moment. After thinking about it carefully, they all felt that this statement made more sense.

Yes.

People have already pulled such a long cable up at one time, so it doesn't seem to be a difficult task to pull it a little longer.

Most importantly, they still trust the technology of Star Three.

After thinking about it, the technological content of this cable is definitely not low.

However, under such videos, there are not many arguments like this. What is more common is people's amazement at the space elevator.

"To be honest, I was really shocked when I saw so many planes taking off with such long columns of smoke behind them. I don't know what kind of engine is used to pull those cables and fly into outer space so easily?"

"The more knowledgeable people are, the more they will understand the value of this. The weight of each cable must be very high, but it was pulled up so easily?"

"To be honest, if you substitute the cables on the bridge, you can feel how terrifying the cables of the space elevator are. For example, the main cables on some bridges are more than 17 meters long, with a cross-sectional area of ​​ square decimeters. They are made of steel wire strands, and the weight of this cable can reach more than tons!"

"Just think about it. A cable of more than 900 meters can weigh more than 1,000 tons. We don't know how far the Star Three space station is from the ground, but it should be at least 1,000 kilometers. 1,000 kilometers is 1 million meters, and a cable of more than 900 meters weighs more than 1,000 tons. Just think how terrifying it is!"

"But to be honest, the cable used by Xing San should not be steel wire rope. After all, if it is made of such material, the tension itself will not meet the standard. I guess Xing San should use more advanced materials to make the cable, which has better tension and gravity than steel wire rope."

Someone nearby began to analyze the situation, and many people who listened were stunned.

But if you calculate carefully, this person is not wrong.

The cable is more than 17 meters long, with a cross-sectional area of ​​ square decimeters. Its weight is already so terrifying. What would happen if it were extended to kilometers?

The most critical thing is that if you want to stretch it to one thousand kilometers, then in order to have a strong enough pulling force, you also need to increase the cross-sectional area. Otherwise, your cable itself will not be able to withstand the pulling force of its own weight, causing the cable itself to break!
But if you increase the area of ​​the cable, that is, its thickness, then its own weight will also begin to increase. As its own weight increases, the weight and tension it bears will begin to increase again.

In this way, this thing will become bigger and bigger, and finally it will be completely unusable!

You know, if you make the cable so thick, how will you place the elevator car when the time comes?
What's more, with the weight constantly increasing, no matter how advanced the technology is or how powerful the engine is, I'm afraid it won't be able to pull it up.

Therefore, it is impossible to solve a project of this magnitude using steel wire ropes. The only material that can be considered is some new materials.

This kind of material is required to be lighter and be able to resist greater tensile force.

"Didn't we see the technology exhibition hall that they displayed in Future City before? There were many kinds of materials and new technologies in it. It seemed that there were things like nanomaterials in it. I guess they used nanomaterials?"

Someone thought about it and then replied.

Compared with the nanomaterials we have seen before, this nanomaterial is really amazing. Needless to say, its strength is also very light.

If used on a cable, it shouldn't be too heavy.

When someone saw this, they immediately remembered the science and technology exhibition hall they had seen before. So, the cable used by the other party was made of nanomaterials?
Some people thought about it and felt that it was really possible!
If nano materials are used, it should be qualified!

"I think it should be nanomaterials. And most importantly, if this nanomaterial is used, it will be very easy to conduct safety inspections and repairs in the future. If we find that there is a problem with a part of the cable, we can replace the nanomaterial in that part and use a new one."

"When you watched it before, you should have discovered that things like nanomaterials can be repaired at will if they are damaged!"

Someone thought about it at this moment, and then immediately typed a reply.

When I saw the materials at that time, I was really amazed.

When the other party was using nanomaterials for demonstration, the demonstration was to use the nanomaterials to transform into a robot.

When this robot was attacked and damaged, nanomaterials immediately surged out and repaired the position.

Moreover, the repair work was completed very quickly, and the recovery was completed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

For something like this, as long as it carries enough nanomaterials, it would be equivalent to being completely immortal!
"As soon as I heard about this nanomaterial, it came to my mind. The more I thought about it, the more terrifying it felt. To be honest, I was thinking in my heart, if this nanomaterial is upgraded, can it be used by humans?"

"For example, if your hand is cut off by a machine while you are working, the nanomaterial will come out directly and start to directly patch up the broken hand. In this way, can the healing work be achieved directly?"

"By then, basically everyone won't have to worry about accidents. If anything happens, this nanomaterial will come out immediately, and if you provide treatment, everyone should be able to survive!"

At this time, someone couldn't help but share his or her thoughts.

He had this idea mainly because it came to his mind after watching the demonstration of the nanomaterial.

As for the others, after seeing such associations, they were all silent at this moment, feeling that what the other party said seemed to be really good.

If nanomaterials can really achieve this level, then the future will indeed be much safer and there will be fewer accidents.

"If you say so, I think it's not as good as the nano device on the boss of Xing San Family. Come to think of it, everyone should know that the boss of Xing San Family is protected by a nano device, right?"

At this time, someone slowly typed out a word, which immediately reminded everyone of something. (End of this chapter)