Homo sapiens

The far side of the moon.

Doppler crater, Doppler base.

Due to its unique location, it has become the first choice for the Homo sapiens company to build a mass projector on the back of the moon.

This base is larger than the large bases on the far side of the moon. The Space Division invests almost 80% of the resources of the Lunar Branch here.

After more than a year of continuous construction, 55% of the Doppler Mass Projector project has been completed.

In particular, the construction of the circular acceleration track, which is the core, has been basically completed.

The Doppler Mass Projector project is not the same as Earth's Dandelion project.

The Dandelion project requires the construction of annular pipelines, vacuuming, and large floating hoses to ensure safety.

However, the Doppler mass projector does not need to be so troublesome. The reason lies in the lunar environment. After all, the earth has a dense atmosphere, while the lunar surface is in a near-vacuum state.

Therefore, the ring track of the Doppler mass projector project does not need to build sealed pipelines, but only needs to build a magnetic restraint system.

Considering the shape of the spacecraft, it is best to have a long shape, preferably similar to the shape of a train.

The professional team responsible for designing the Doppler mass projector referred to some plans of overhead railways and stratospheric railways, and used ring-shaped superconducting coils set on the electromagnetic acceleration track. These superconducting coils can generate a series of strong magnetic fields. , firmly restraining the spacecraft in orbit.

Thousands of synchronous robots responsible for the construction project, coupled with a large number of engineering equipment, are rapidly improving the circular orbit of the Doppler mass projector.

The chief engineer is Su Changli, who was previously in charge of the Dandelion project, and his deputy Bai Sha, who previously assisted him.

The two of them were currently in the industrial area of ​​the Doppler base.

Of course, the two of them also came here using synchronous robots, and they are still on Earth.

"Baisha, your progress there is a bit slow!"

Baisha was also very helpless: "There is no other way. We have only recently realized self-production of building materials. Before, we had always relied on material support from Earth Headquarters."

Su Changli asked: "Now the industrial zone can produce low-temperature superconductors by itself. Next, we only need to place the superconducting coils on the track. When do you estimate it will be completed?"

"The industrial zone can only produce 300 coils per month, and the production capacity is still not enough!" Baisha still said with uncertainty.

After all, each of these large superconducting coils costs about 137 tons, and the production capacity of the Doppler base's industrial zone is obviously not enough.

The length of the entire ring track is 300 kilometers, and an average of 40 coils are used per kilometer. 300 kilometers requires 12,000 coils. The industrial zone can only produce 300 coils per month, which takes 40 months.

“Can we increase production capacity?”

Industrial zone director Marquez Fernando shook his head: "Sorry, production capacity can only be increased by 50% at most. We cannot blindly expand production capacity. After all, this is a one-time investment project."

Fortunately, the biomaterial synthesis technology of Homo sapiens is different from the traditional industrial model, otherwise the Doppler base would not dare to expand such a huge production capacity.

The core reason why modern industry has not exploded its production capacity is that the expansion of production lines requires money.

If it's daily necessities and fast-moving consumer goods, it's okay, as the production capacity has stable demand.

However, for other non-FMCG and daily necessities products, blind expansion of production capacity will often lead to very serious consequences.

Take shipyards for example. The reason why many shipyards would rather wait for orders to be placed several years in the future than to expand shipbuilding yards is because they don’t want to go bankrupt.

Suppose there are orders for 100 container ships now. You are the owner of a shipyard. Are you willing to build 100 ships in 10 years? Or build 100 ships a year?

It seems that building 100 ships a year is a very good option, and you can make money in a short time.

But the problem is that building 100 ships a year means that the shipyard must have the docks, supporting facilities, and workers to build 100 ships at the same time.

If the economy deteriorates next year, or shipping demand is saturated, the shipyards and equipment invested in the early stage will be idle, and a large part of the workers will have to be laid off.

Therefore, the best option is actually to build 100 ships in 10 years. This will allow long-term development and reduce one-time investment risks.

This is an embarrassing problem that modern industry must face.

Why do cars, shipbuilding, computers, mobile phones and household appliances need to be scrapped?

It is because the production capacity of the factory's production line is forced to expand disorderly in the market competition, but the market demand is not unlimited. Once the market is saturated, it means that the factory will have problems.

Although giant companies like Homo sapiens can plan a quota when building product production lines based on demand, they are less prone to overcapacity.

But what fundamentally solves this problem is the large-scale application of biomaterial synthesis technology.

Why can biomaterial synthesis technology solve this problem?

The reason is very simple, because the parts culture chambers and parts culture tanks derived from biomaterial synthesis technology are, to a certain extent, very versatile.

In other words, this production line can be used for the production of televisions today, and can be seamlessly connected to the production of mobile phones tomorrow.

At the same time, the production cost of this kind of production line is very low, and the cost of modifying the production line is not high. Just replace special parts and materials to synthesize microorganisms.

This universal production line means that the Homo sapiens company's factory can mass-produce a certain product in a short period of time.

If the internal demand for this kind of product is saturated, it will be converted into a production line for other products.

In this way, factories will not shut down due to market saturation, and the spatial and temporal imbalance between production capacity and demand will be greatly improved.

This is the case with the superconducting coil production line at the Doppler base in front of us.

If we follow the traditional industrial model, this production line will have to stop operation after 40 months of production due to drying up of demand.

No matter how strong a company is, it cannot afford to scrap a large production line in three or four years.

Marquez Fernando thought for a while: "I can try to apply to the headquarters to see if the size of the breeding pool can be increased."

Su Changli nodded: "You guys can figure it out!"

Baisha thought for a moment: "By the way, a large number of solar panels will be built next. You can apply for this reason."

"Thanks for the reminder." Marquez Fernando also thought of this reason.

Although the core power supply system of the Doppler mass projector is a nuclear power plant, solar panels are still essential.

The reason why solar panels are laid is actually not to generate electricity, but to insulate them.

That's right, it's for heat insulation.

The raw material of the superconducting coil of the Doppler mass projector is not the relatively high-cost silver-based superconductor, but an iron-aluminum-copper alloy. This material can maintain superconducting below minus 143 degrees Celsius. It can be obtained locally on the moon, and the production cost is very high. Low.

The temperature difference between day and night on the moon is very large. The surface temperature at night is below minus 200 degrees Celsius, while during the day it can reach more than 100 degrees Celsius.

Therefore, in order to maintain the normal operation of the superconducting coil, it must be blocked from sunlight.

After much deliberation, the design team decided to cover the tracks and coils underneath by laying out a wide range of solar panels.

In doing so, you can kill two birds with one stone.

It can ensure that the bottom of the solar panel is not exposed to sunlight and maintains an ultra-low temperature of minus 200 degrees Celsius.

Solar energy can also be used to generate electricity to supply part of the energy to industrial areas and bases.

Thank you for your support (ω｀). I have been too busy at home these days. There will be no update at noon today, so I will adjust it to the evening.