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In addition, he also made subversive changes to the shape of the airship.

The modified airship is similar in shape to a lifebuoy.

The inner diameter he entered was the parameter 210 meters, and the entire airship platform was exactly the same as a large lifebuoy.

In order to balance and translate, the airship has three control cabins, showing an equilateral triangle arrangement.

"Zhong, use a supercomputer to calculate how big an airbag would be needed to increase the payload to about fifty tons."

[need……]

Huang Junjie touched his chin and looked at the almost completed preliminary design plan.

Eat!

"Come in!"

"Hello, boss!" Three high-altitude airship researchers greeted him quickly.

"You're welcome, please help me take a look at this design plan."

The three of them thought about the lifebuoy-shaped airship, and discussed or calculated parameters from time to time.

"Boss, what do you plan to use this airship for?"

"It is fixed at the top of the stratosphere or at the bottom of the mesosphere in an area, and then it needs to bear at least 50 tons." Huang Haojie explained.

"In this case, it is best to increase the volume of the airbag by about 30%, otherwise the load-bearing capacity may not meet your requirements."

Huang Junjie modified the parameters and increased the airbag volume of the ring-shaped airship by 30%.

Another researcher reminded: "If this ring-shaped airship wants to stay at the bottom of the mesosphere, the structural strength issue must be considered. After all, there is strong convective weather in the mesosphere, so we can increase this location..."

There is strong vertical movement in the mesosphere because the temperature in the mesosphere drops rapidly with increasing altitude. The upper part of the atmosphere is colder and the lower part is warmer, causing convective movement of the air.

In addition, the ozone layer we often mention is in the middle of the stratosphere. As for why the ozone content in the middle layer is not high, it is because the formation of ozone in the atmosphere is mainly due to the combination of oxygen molecules and oxygen atoms under the action of solar radiation. .

In the upper atmosphere, the intensity of solar radiation is very strong, causing too much dissociation of oxygen molecules. Therefore, there is little chance that oxygen molecules and oxygen atoms will meet to form O3. Even if ozone is formed, the absorption of solar radiation will promote the decomposition of O3 itself, so There is not much ozone in the upper atmosphere.

Huang Haojie and three researchers were discussing and improving the design of the ring-shaped airship.

Three days later.

The design drawing and simulated shape of a ring-shaped airship are quietly suspended in the middle of the office.

Huang Haojie stood up and stretched, and beat his shoulders a few times until his shoulders were sore.

"Thank you for your hard work. The preliminary design has been completed. Your next task is to build one and test it to see if any modifications are needed."

"It's not hard, the boss is polite."

"It's all within our scope."

"We will arrange for the production of a prototype airship as soon as possible."

Huang Haojie nodded with them: "Then I'll leave it to you."

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After completing the research and design of the ring-shaped airship, he returned to his secret research institute.

"Zhong, pull up the experimental log of the Electromagnetic Ejection Research Institute."

[Okay, Master! ]

Electromagnetic Launch Research Institute.

Academician Ma, who previously collaborated with Huang Haojie to develop electromagnetic catapults, is also here.

However, because Galaxy Technology's electromagnetic ejection is quite special, it is a typical large-scale experiment, and it has certain risks, so this laboratory is not set up in Shanmei, but near Caiyu Island off the coast of Shanmei.

Huang Junjie looked at the experiment log of the Electromagnetic Ejection Research Institute.

The reason why he is concerned about this is because the electromagnetic catapult research project is a large mass projector, which is an advanced version of the electromagnetic catapult.

A mass projector, in simple terms, is a large electromagnetic gun that shoots rockets or space capsules into space.

Anyone who has seen Gundam SEED knows this. This technology greatly reduces the transportation cost, but it also has its own huge shortcomings.

The electromagnetic projectors envisioned by scientists are usually built under high mountains, such as the Himalayas or Mount Kilimanjaro.

I heard that the Ministry of Railways once imagined a plan to hollow out the Himalayas and place a super electromagnetic catapult track. Since the total funding requirement is as high as 4 trillion yuan, you know the result.

The reason why the mass projector is placed under the mountain is mainly due to two benefits:

First, the electromagnetic acceleration orbit needs to be extremely long, and the final speed should preferably be vertically upward, or have an additional component along the direction of the earth's rotation.

Mountains are of course the best carrier. After all, building a vertical track of several kilometers is very technically difficult.

Second, the tops of mountains are often already located where the air is thinner at high altitudes, which greatly reduces friction.

Mass projectors usually consist of giant electromagnetic rails (and possibly coils), vacuum ducts, and power supply systems.

Each of these three has huge engineering difficulties. The electromagnetic guide rail or coil is best composed of superconductors, which requires huge superconductors and corresponding low temperature requirements.

Unless they have Galaxy Technology's room-temperature superconductor technology, just solving the problem of ultra-low-temperature superconductivity will drive people crazy.

Secondly, the engineering difficulty of a vacuum super pipeline that is several kilometers vertical is also present, so ordinary scientists imagine relying on the structural support of high mountains.

However, this problem is not a problem for Galaxy Technology, because Huang Haojie does not plan to build a vacuum pipeline on the mountain. Instead, he uses a ring-shaped airship to connect a high-strength elastic strong magnetic repellent film cable to form a 60-kilometer-long vertical vacuum. pipeline.

And there are many benefits to doing this. It can quickly create a vacuum state and restore it to its original state when not in use. There is no need to have a headache maintaining the vacuum state.

The last difficulty of the mass projector is the power supply issue, which is the core issue.

Since the mass projector needs to release a huge amount of electric energy in an instant, it is impossible to build a power station with the same power for the mass projector. We can only rely on large capacitors to store electric energy. The electric energy release speed, electric energy capacity, and safety of this capacitor are all important. Huge problem.

Similarly, Galaxy Technology's Thor modified battery can achieve the effect of a supercapacitor.

In this way, for Galaxy Technology, the three major problems of the mass projector are not a problem

If Huang Haojie's preliminary design is followed, the exit of the mass catapult will be at an altitude of 60 kilometers. Although the air in the middle layer is thin, the huge friction heat still needs to be considered.

However, this problem is temporary, because the second phase of Huang Junjie's plan can completely solve this problem.

The second stage is at 100 kilometers in low-Earth orbit, which is the Karman Line, the dividing line of aerospace. Galaxy Technology plans to build a low-Earth orbit space station here, and then use high-strength elastic strong magnetic repellent film cables and annular rings in the middle layer Airships are connected.

When we reach the Kármán line, the air is almost as thin as outer space, and has little impact on aircraft or space capsules.

Of course, the mass projector also has severe acceleration - probably more than 10g, which makes it very likely that it will not be able to carry people.

In addition, the electromagnetic effects it may produce may cause damage to the delicate electronic equipment inside it.

In addition, the diameter of the electromagnetic track is fixed and almost cannot be changed, which means that small loads may be able to use brackets, but loads that exceed the diameter will not be launched.

However, its low price still makes the mass projector the best solution for delivering loads such as raw materials.