Chapter 295 The city of blue sea! The rocket is as high as 227 meters!
The plateau boarded the Phantom's atmosphere shuttle, turned on the autonomous driving, and headed straight to Cape Canaveral Air Force Base.
Not long after, the Phantom arrived in Florida, North America. When the shuttle slowed down, it happened to hover accurately over the rocket launch site. The distance was just right, not too much or too little, showing very powerful computer control capabilities.
Plateau speculates that the computer and artificial intelligence systems equipped with Phantom should be higher than the primary primary artificial intelligence they have mastered. If you have the opportunity in the future, you should study them.
Of course, this kind of research must be very cautious, otherwise if you accidentally break the Phantom, or if you can't install it after disassembly, it will be a big fun.
The Phantom has a transparent hatch with a wide view. When the plateau looked at the rocket launch site, it was true that it saw a huge monster, with a huge black shadow lying on the ground, majestic and arrogant.
Many engineers are modifying the launch frame overnight. After all, it is a giant with a height of more than 200 meters. It is more than twice the size of the largest launch vehicle on Earth, and its weight is more than four times. If the existing launch frame is not modified, it will not be able to carry it at all.
Alas~
Plateau shook his head. The scale of this giant rocket was really amazing. As expected, the lean camel was bigger than a horse. North America actually completed this big guy silently, which gave Plateau a clearer understanding of North America's ultimate strength.
The Phantom Shuttle has a powerful stealth system originating from the future. Although the plateau is hovering over the rocket for less than 100 meters, the ground security personnel did not notice it at all.
In this way, the plateau will have plenty of space, and conduct a detailed investigation of this giant-level rocket.
Military photos were taken from reconnaissance satellites. They could only see the outline of the superstar rockets and could not know the details. However, the plateau can see clearly even the rivets on the rockets. The gap is too big.
Not long after, a detailed information about the giant rocket appeared in the notes in the hands of the plateau.
The length is 227 meters, the weight is estimated to be 13,500 tons, and the thrust is no less than 30,000 tons. It can send 800 to 1,000 tons into low-Earth orbit. If sent to the more distant moon, it can only carry about 400 tons.
After all, it is a giant rocket weighing more than 10,000 tons...
The plateau was supported, and overnight, North America achieved a jump in the aerospace field. Before that, their largest rocket SLS was only 110 meters high, weighing 3,000 tons, and carrying 140 tons in low-Earth orbit.
And now, they have the ability to deliver thousands of tons of goods at one time toward low-Earth orbit.
What is this concept?
As we all know, the current orbital space stations adopt modular design, dismantling a space station into several sections, or even more than a dozen sections, and throwing them into space in batches, and then the astronauts are responsible for docking, assembly and debugging.
Is the space station launched in batches because of advanced technology?
Of course not. The larger objects floating in space naturally have the stronger the integrity and the stronger the rigidity, the better. They are hit in segments and then assembled in space. Not only is it cumbersome and laborious, but the ultimate structural rigidity is also far less than that of the overall launch. However, the overall launch requires the super-large carrying capacity of the rocket. No rocket in the world can do it.
So far, there are four rockets in the world that can send 100 tons of mass into low-Earth orbit, namely Saturn V, SLS in North America, Energy in the former Soviet Union, and Long March 9 in China.
As for Musk's heavy Falcon, it is a little smaller than the first four rockets and can only carry 80 tons of weight, but the launch cost is low, only about 100 million US dollars. The cost of the four 100-ton rockets is all over $1 billion, and the SLS has even reached 2 billion.
The aerospace field is a typical super competition, and it is necessary to have money to afford it.
Back then, at its peak, the former Soviet Union launched the Energy Unit, which could compete with the Saturn V Rocket, which was also a hit.
To this day, North America has abandoned Saturn V and launched 100-ton SLS and nearly 100-ton heavy Falcon. What about the Russians?
The Russians are now holding the drawings of the energy number in their hands, but they can't create them no matter what. It is even more puzzling to develop a new model.
The only real players are North America and China. North America launched a thousand-ton super rocket based on heavy rockets. Even if the Plateau is not convinced, it has to admit that China is still obviously behind in the field of space exploration.
After the data was collected, Gao Yuan finally took a look at the 227-meter-long behemoth, then drove the Phantom back to the Sky City and entered the laboratory.
Gao Yuan is a sensible person. No matter how a super Rocket is, it is someone else's thing. You can't envy it, and you can't lose your own way because of it.
The goal of the plateau is now very clear, that is, to solve the problem of controlled fusion as soon as possible.
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A few days later, suddenly one day, Cao Feiyu walked into the plateau office with a melancholy expression and said seriously: "We are in big trouble. Look, this is the latest issue of the New York Times. They reported on the front page about Cape Canaveral Super Rockets, and they said it is certain that they will try to launch on June 1st. The whole world knows that every 1 and 15th is our live broadcast time."
Gao Yuan frowned and took the tablet from Cao Feiyu. The picture was very real, just like the giant rocket he saw in Florida soon after, but the rocket was still lying flat on the ground at that time, and now it has been standing on the launcher.
"June 1st? All the launch preparations were completed in such a short time. Those Ansa people were really hard-working." Gao Yuan murmured in a low voice.
Cao Feiyu stared at Gao Yuan's eyes, "I said, you are not worried at all? Will you be compared at that time?"
Gao Yuan looked at Cao Feiyu with a caring and mentally retarded look, "This is not a problem of worry, but will definitely be compared."
"In this live broadcast, what we prepared is the City of Blue Sea. Regardless of the technological content and freshness, they are not opponents of the Super Rockets, and there is no comparison at all."
Cao Feiyu understood the truth. Gao Yuan felt that there was no win in the West anyway, so he simply relaxed and happily made a program.
It just so happens that summer is now and the climate is getting hotter and hotter. I have fun at the beach and just think it’s summer vacation in advance.
"Farmer." Gao Yuan hugged Cao Feiyu's shoulder and said with a smile: "Remember, we are now responding to changes in the world. The super rockets in North America are very powerful, but handling controllable fusion is our most important task."
Cao Feiyu shrugged his shoulders a little unwillingly, "What if North America's low-Earth Orbit launch space station next month?"
"We study controlled fusion."
"Next month, will they go to the moon to build a base?"
"We study controlled fusion."
"Where are they landing on Mars with manned men?"
“We continue to study controlled fusion.”
Cao Feiyu was speechless. The emotional plateau didn't care about anything now, but only cared about his own fusion furnace.
However, this is also the correct strategy. Don’t be led by others at any time. You must learn to stick to your own route.
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The time soon came on June 1st. As usual, tens of millions of viewers flocked to the live broadcast room of the plateau at 9:30 in the morning. At about 10 o'clock, the plateau was about to appear in front of the camera.
Unlike the past white shirts and jeans, he is more casual today, wearing a blue and white striped sea soul shirt, linen shorts, and a pair of flip-flops. On his head is a Panama hat with black round edges.
The location of the plateau is a white beach with delicate and soft sand, and the waves constantly rinsing the shore, which is so comfortable.
"Hello all kinds of viewers, welcome to the live broadcast of Kunlun Group. I am Gaoyuan."
"As we all know, Kunlun Group has moved to the Tarim Basin and has established a sky city there."
"The reason why we chose the Western Regions is actually objective. As the progress of R&D continues to accelerate, Kunlun Group has reached a critical crossroads. Traditional technological products cannot continue to satisfy our appetite. If we want to go further, we must take the large-scale and complex route."
"The vast and unmanned area is very suitable for those of us who are unworried, haveron collisions, dark matter capture, and all the technological routes in the world. We will try it sooner or later."
"So it is not that the Western Regions chose us, but that we took the initiative to choose the Western Regions and chose a place that is more suitable for us to perform our strengths. Although the climate and diet cannot be compared with Jiangnan, as I often say, everything has a price. In order to move forward, we must accept the dry environment and the heavy snow in winter, which is nothing to do."
"But the vast majority of Chinese people do not need to be as hard as we do, so we have the plan for the Blue Sea City."
"The City of Blue Sea is a replica of the City of Sky, but one is built at the foot of the mountain and the other is built at the beach."
"Now please look carefully behind me."
After saying that, the plateau turned his body sideways and gave the angle so that the audience could see behind him, the magical city lined up along the coastline, with half of the buildings located behind the beach and the coastal windbreak.
It is connected to each other through roads, air aprons, and light rail.
People living in the mainland often have a misunderstanding of the sea, thinking that the closer you live is to the sea, the better, and you must live in a sea view room to enjoy it.
However, this is not the case. Although the sea view is pleasing to the eye, it is even more humid and the wind is strong. Therefore, people born in coastal cities often do not like to live by the sea. They prefer places that are not far away from the sea and have a slightly dry environment.
The City of Blue Sea is an exception. Through more advanced building materials and more complete drying and dehumidification equipment, most of the buildings in the City of Blue Sea are windbreakers and beaches when they go out, and the sea and docks are the two steps.
Technology allows the Blue Sea City to overcome all the shortcomings of the sea. People living in the city can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the sea without getting cold legs because of the humidity.
Gao Yuan was very hard to introduce, but the audience's emotions were far less than they were in the past, and everyone was a little absent-minded.
Everyone knows it well, Cape Canaveral, Florida, North America.
Chapter completed!