Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 282 Project Progress ([-])

Bazhong City, Shu Province.

The Jianmu No. [-] base in the Jianmu plan is located near Pingchang County of the city.

Since this mass projector belongs to Dongtang Space Bureau, many projects are carried out by state-owned enterprises.

As the person in charge of this base, Zhao Hongxing, Wang Guanghai and others are inspecting the progress of the project.

Wang Guanghai tapped the huge steel pillar beside him with his finger: "Is this counterweight strong? Don't lose the chain then!"

"Don't worry!" Zhao Hongxing said, pointing to the huge steel pillars driven into the mountain or the foundation, "These steel pillars weigh 10 tons each, and the entire base uses a total of 1 steel pillars of this level."

"Oh? In that case, wouldn't the weight of the counterweight as a whole have to exceed 10 tons?" Wang Guanghai asked.

Zhao Hongxing nodded: "That's for sure, because these steel pillars still need to be connected together, welded steel frames and reinforced concrete layers, etc. After adding them, the entire counterweight is estimated to be as high as 30 tons."

The reason why such a large counterweight is used is mainly because the magnetic vacuum cable will generate a huge buoyancy when it is in a vacuum state. This buoyancy is as high as 2 to 3 tons. tear off.

"Even if the counterweight is so large, we still can't take it lightly. After all, this is the first time we are making this thing." Wang Guanghai suggested.

"It makes sense, I will let the engineering department do a few more supercomputing simulations."

"Especially the balance of the counterweight, it must be calculated well, just in case."

Zhao Hongxing nodded: "Old Wang, let's go to the mass projector!"

"By the way, is the old horse here?"

"Old Ma? He's here this month and will go to Kaohsiung in May."

"Then let's go! I just want to talk to the old horse."

A group of people walked and checked the engineering status of the entire base.

Since the main project of Jianmu No. [-] base has not been completed yet, the mass projector is not in the main body of Jianmu No. [-], but in the supporting factory beside it.

Academician Ma, who was debugging the mass projector, was concentrating on communicating with a large group of researchers or engineers.

"Old horse, stay safe!"

As soon as Academician Ma heard the voice, he knew who was coming, turned his head and shouted to the person: "Old Wang, why do you have time to come here? The projectile spaceship is done?"

"That's so fast. Lao Li is following the project now. I'll come over to check on your progress and exchange information by the way." Wang Guanghai replied with a smile.

"I thought you guys were taking hormones and pulled out the projectile spacecraft." Academician Ma said while signaling the researchers and engineers to go to work.

"Haha! You old boy, you think that building a spaceship is just kneading dough! You still knead it! Where is the progress of your catapult?"

"It's almost there."

"So fast?"

"The technology has already been verified, that is, zooming in, detail improvement and inspection are all right, and after the Qinling X-ray base is put into use, the output of normal-temperature superconductors has greatly increased, and there is no problem with the raw materials. Of course, the progress is fast." Academician Ma smiled. replied.

"Envious, jealous!" Wang Guanghai joked.

"Since you are here, come and have a look!" Academician Ma took Wang Guanghai and others to the mass projector production workshop after speaking.

In fact, it is not so much a production workshop as it is a huge factory.

The entire production workshop is 84 meters high and covers an area of ​​nearly 2.6 square meters.

The entire mass projector is like a huge mortar. Of course, from another angle, this thing can indeed be said to be a huge cannon.

But ordinary artillery fires cannonballs, but it fires spaceships.

"How do you plan to transport this thing to Jianmu No. [-] base?" Wang Guanghai asked, looking at the mass projector.

After all, the height of this mass projector is about 40 meters, and the overall weight may be as high as several thousand tons. This is still a part. According to the design, there is still a part of the guide rail that will not be installed until the mass projector enters Jianmu No. [-] base.

Academician Ma pointed to the bottom of the mass projection: "The bottom is something similar to a launch vehicle transportation platform. In addition, this factory can be opened directly."

Wang Guanghai approached the railing, looked at the bottom of the mass projector and the structure of the factory: "I see."

"Otherwise, do you think we built it here, then dismantled it, and then transported it to Jianmu No. [-] for installation?"

This mass projector factory is located on the south side of Jianmu No. 5 base. The distance between the two places is about [-] kilometers. There is a huge transportation platform track directly connecting the two places.

"This thing uses a lot of room temperature superconductors?"

"It's quite a lot, about 270 tons! It's mainly to increase the explosive power and make redundant parts, so it's a little more than the original plan!" Academician Ma replied spreading his hands.

"Hehe! That's quite a lot? Ma, you are inflated. A ton of room-temperature superconductor worth 5000 million Chinese yuan, you have exceeded the original plan by nearly 100 tons!" Wang Guanghai shook his head and smiled wryly.

"No, the price of normal-temperature superconductors has dropped a bit now, about 4000 million per ton!" Academician Ma replied with an innocent face.

Isn't 4000 million a ton money? Wang Guanghai thought speechlessly.

Academician Ma turned his head and asked Zhao Hongxing: "Let's not care about such small things, Hongxing, what about the main body?"

"Construction is underway, and it has reached about 180 meters." Zhao Hongxing replied.

The design height of the main body of the entire Jianmu No. 560 base is [-] meters, and foam cement and steel bars that can be constructed quickly are used.

Of course, the hard vacuum pipe inside is made of the same material as the vacuum pipe of the Strait Cross-sea Bridge, but the radius and thickness of the vacuum pipe have been greatly increased.

If the thickness of the tube wall is not thickened, it will not be able to withstand the pressure of atmospheric pressure. After all, it is a vacuum tube with a length of 560 meters and a radius of 96 meters.

"Has it reached more than 180 meters? Why can't you tell!" Wang Guanghai asked with some doubts.

Zhao Hongxing smiled and clicked on the holographic projection, and explained to him:

"This is the main body of Jianmu No. 560. Its appearance is very similar to that of a pyramid. Moreover, 50 meters of the 510 meters of hard vacuum pipes are underground, and the remaining [-] meters are above the ground."

Wang Guanghai looked at the holographic projection model and found that this design does have the effect of visual deception. Unlike those high-rise buildings like bamboo poles, the pyramid-shaped design appears shorter at first glance.

The reason for this design is mainly to allow the main body to extend the hard vacuum pipe as much as possible, and in addition to combine with the counterweight underneath, it can also ensure stability and durability.

After all, the Jianmu No. [-] base may be used for decades in the future, and it will not work if it is not durable.

The three of them took the elevator to the construction site on the top of the main body of Jianmu No. [-].

It wasn't until Wang Guanghai came up that he realized how huge this thing was.

A huge hole with a radius of 96 meters appeared at his feet, and he saw the main structure where foam cement was being poured, which was so huge that it was indescribable.

The base of the main body is a nearly circular shape with a radius of 800 meters, covering an area of ​​2 square kilometers.

Although the cross-sectional area will become smaller as the height rises due to the pyramid-shaped design, the cross-sectional area is already very large at a height of about 180 meters.

Even some large engineering vehicles can run around on it.

In addition, there are some large transport airships that also help transport materials at the construction site.

(End of this chapter)