Beneath Deep Space

During this period, the scientists suddenly went crazy collectively. They got up at six in the morning and rested after 10 o'clock in the evening.

Their eyes were red, and the cafeteria and elevator were full of their discussions and arguments.

The most important thing is that they are voluntary. If it were not for the government's mandatory regulations, they would like to work more overtime...

In the following period of time, the most proud days of the Wild Wolf Design Bureau began. Their scientific research points were originally surpassed by the Tesla Institute, but now, they have quickly caught up!

Because during the months of their voyage on Mars, they quietly completed a super project: the miniaturization of nuclear power devices!

Ding Yidong's big mouth can hardly hide things. They finally couldn't help but let it out not long after they completed this thing!

This nuclear power device originated from an aircraft carrier. After the improvement of the Wild Wolf Design Bureau, it is smaller in size, but the output power is almost the same, and it has a strong earthquake resistance.

This project is really too important for mankind. What does it mean?

If scientists want to use nuclear power for the newly designed super trains, super excavators, etc., they have to use their devices!

So proud, so proud, the wild laughter of wild wolves can be heard everywhere on the Noah.

A group of young men led by Professor Ding Yidong finally had a good time. They didn't learn the good things, but they learned all the madness of Ding Yidong.

This is not because they temporarily defeated the competitor Tesla Institute, but because of a sense of identity.

The hard-earned scientific research results are like children to scientists. If this result can be recognized by everyone, it will be the most comfortable and happiest thing.

A great industrial horn sounded in November of the new human calendar, and it can be said to be the third industrial revolution. The government began to issue detailed tasks to major enterprises and major research institutes.

Information technology, new energy technology, new material technology, and biotechnology will be the mainstream of this industrial revolution. All laboratories, science and technology institutes and factories have obtained a lot of energy, resources and industrial indicators.

Scientists can let go of their imagination and show their skills.

One by one, old excavators were the first to be active in various mineral resource points, and railways began to be laid. Of course, these old machines are temporary, and they will be used for a while first.

When new super machines are produced, they will be eliminated.

Scientists in various fields such as chemistry, physics, mechanics, biology, etc. are busy all night long. They don't feel tired. In fact, many people are as excited as if they were injected with chicken blood.

This is really an environment that can inspire all imaginations. As long as you have an idea, you can put it forward and design it yourself. You don't need to consider funding issues, and you can even be encouraged by your superiors.

What a great thing!

The research on intelligent robots has become the mainstream of various research institutes. They are stepping up their efforts to study unmanned control methods.

Such robots are not necessarily humanoid. They may be just a mechanical arm, or a car or an excavator, but they must be automatic, unmanned, and intelligent.

Because the population is too small and the amount of mining is too large, automation will be the only means.

Such technology is not out of reach. After decades of research, the automation program has become relatively mature. In the automobile factories in Germany and Japan, full automation has long been achieved.

Now, people just want to promote this automation technology to more places.

In addition, the emergence of unmanned driving technology and artificial intelligence technology in recent years is very instructive for the research of intelligent robots. Scientists are preparing to let intelligent mechanical equipment do more complex work.

Of course, they don't want to study a truly intelligent robot, that would be too difficult. They are still studying something programmed, but the program is more complex and more adaptable.

Satellites are being developed one by one to prepare for unmanned mining in the future...

Yu Yifeng is in the captain's room, drinking tea and reading a report. Compared with the past, he is not very busy now, unless it is a very big thing that needs him to take care of it. It is also very fulfilling to see the progress of the new human civilization every day.

In fact, in addition to his fixed work, Yu Yifeng is learning knowledge almost every day, anyway, all kinds of knowledge are needed. Although he swallowed it whole, he was not deep enough, but he was so-so in breadth, and he could understand most of the reports.

Today, the biggest key is to build the "Kinov Industrial Base". This huge industrial base has 6,000 engineers, scientists and 2,000 mechanical experts!

A total of 8,000 people, accounting for 16% of the total population!

They are building machine tools and various mechanical production lines day and night, such as stamping lines, engine assembly lines, testing lines, and production lines for various parts, etc.

A large number of laboratories are designing intelligent programs for production lines. As long as the Kinov Industrial Base is built, various forms of mechanical equipment can be produced.

Like a snowball, the production energy will become stronger and stronger.

Yu Yifeng picked up a report and read it carefully.

"At nine o'clock in the morning, the first Type III precision parts production line was successfully tested. This line specializes in producing precision parts for mining machines No. 8-27. No accidents occurred during the period, and all data were in line with expectations.

This model of assembly line can be replicated in seven days and requires 1,530 tons of steel..."

Yu Yifeng nodded secretly. At this rate, the Jinov Industrial Base will be completed within two or three months after the New Year.

"At 12 o'clock at noon, the railways to and from various mineral resource points are officially completed. The old-fashioned trains have passed the test and can operate normally, with a carrying capacity of about 20,000 tons per trip."

"Some old excavators have begun to operate normally. 51 units were initially invested. The daily output of each unit is about 10,000 tons of ore, which can fully meet daily needs."

"The super train is under emergency design, and the main work is carried out by Yelang Design Bureau. The expected single-trip transportation capacity is in the million-ton level."

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"What an exaggeration!" Looking at these projects, Yu Yifeng suddenly felt that he was a little behind the times. The world is really as big as the heart.

He calculated carefully and asked doubtfully: "There seems to be something wrong. A 100,000-ton excavator is still not enough for 300 billion tons of ice ore. Wouldn't it take hundreds of years to dig?"

"of course not."

His assistant Yuriko happened to hear the question and answered Yu Yifeng: "Many scientists believe that digging ice mines does not necessarily require an excavator, but a more affordable cutting robot."

"The cutting robot has a simple design, is cheap, and can be mass-produced."

Because there are a large number of carbon dioxide bubbles mixed in the middle of the ice, the structure is loose and the hardness is not as hard as stone. The ice ore can be cut directly into the shape of small cubes with a cutting machine. Then use a crane to transport the cubes onto crawler tracks and transport them directly to the super train.

An ice cube with a side length of about 2 meters can weigh up to 8 tons, and the cutting and transportation time is 10-20 minutes. All this will be done automatically by machinery without the need for any human hands.

"According to the plan, 300,000 such cutting robots will work 20 hours a day and maintain for 4 hours, and the daily output can reach 150 million tons. With 600,000 cutting robots, the daily output can reach 300 million tons. It does not take 1,000 days. The ice mine mission can be completed..." Yuriko spat out a series of numbers.

"According to the design, a cutting robot consumes 3.3 tons of steel, 13 kilograms of copper, and aluminum..."

She spoke calmly about the data. The cutting robot has a simple structure and consumes about the same material as a car. In fact, she personally participated in some design work...

Yu Yifeng is not very busy now and is fully capable of doing his job alone. Yuriko participated in the mechanical design and only occasionally came over to do some assistant work. After all, she was still a scientist.

At this time, every human resource must play its maximum role.

Yu Yifeng opened his mouth and felt his scalp numb. Hundreds of thousands of robots... turned out to be using human sea tactics?

But it is also embarrassing for these scientists. Otherwise, there is no way to complete the task.

He thought about it carefully. Hundreds of thousands of robots, each with a construction volume equivalent to that of a car, were actually not that many...

On earth, a large automobile factory can produce 1.5 million cars a year. One like Shanghai Volkswagen can produce 2 million cars a year!

If the Genov Industrial Factory is really completed, with the massive and ever-increasing assembly lines, this number of robots will really be nothing.

300 billion tons of ice, equivalent to the water resources of three Qinghai Lakes, is barely enough...

(Here is the source of the data: An ordinary excavator on earth can dig about 1,500-2,000 cubic meters of soil a day, which is equivalent to a mass of about 3,500 tons.

The excavator on the moon is much more powerful than the one on the earth. It is a little more powerful. Ten thousand tons per day is not too much, right?

And the latest nuclear-powered excavator... This is nuclear-powered. It's tall and tall, and its industrial capacity will be expanded ten times, to one hundred thousand tons. Isn't that too much?

Of course, mining is different from digging. The rocks in the mining area may be softer or harder. These all have an impact. Open-pit mines are much easier to mine than deep-pit mines. I won’t go into details. The mining data is a bit exaggerated, but everyone should be able to accept it.

Although what I wrote is a bit exaggerated, it is related to the subsequent plot. After all, everyone does not want to mine on Mars for ten or eight years, otherwise the whole plot will be too delayed. So exaggerate the data a little and speed up the plot process a little...)