Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

After successfully installing the helium-3 reactor on the starship,

The core work of Qiusuo Research Institute has been transferred to the construction of the lunar surface.

Whether it is the Suigu plan or later, the development of a wider area, the construction of the lunar surface is extremely important.

Within the Qiusuo Research Institute, except for some theoretical research teams, there are indeed no research teams involved in this main direction.

All other research teams are operating closely.

Although responsible for different research tasks,

But basically they are all divided into different issues in different fields under this general direction.

And at this moment, with the full strength of this behemoth,

As long as it is not an insurmountable problem of the times,

Basically, I can't stay in the Research Institute for too long.

Especially when Mo Dao takes charge of the overall situation and directly runs the entire Quest Research Institute in the same way as when he developed the helium 3 reactor.

57 years, 58 years.

With the continuous improvement of large-scale transportation capacity,

With a large amount of resources,

The area covered by lunar bases and lunar artifacts on the lunar surface is expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The Suigu plan has not yet been realized.

But the intelligent industry in recent years has not been completely without progress.

At this time, the Qiusuo Research Institute launched a series of highly intelligent chemical factories on the moon that required only a small number of technical personnel to participate in production.

The goal of the Press Research Institute is to:

Realized on the moon, from the most basic resource extraction to preliminary processing and reprocessing of resources,

Then to the final birth of the final industrial product, the complete establishment of the entire upstream and downstream industrial chain.

And due to the Suigu plan,

The industry chain that Qiusuo Research Institute has prioritized is from resource extraction and processing to the completion of production, which is the basic computing unit in the Suigu plan.

Secondly, there are the supporting facilities for the construction of interstellar spacecraft like the Earth-Moon.

Essentially,

This is basically the same model as when I was on the ground in my previous life, building a factory on the spot next to the implementation site of the Suigu Plan to produce the equipment and instruments required for the Suigu Plan.

Now on the moon, the Exploration Project will also give birth to a lunar city.

As for the resources on the lunar surface, in order to fully realize the manufacturing of the basic computing units in the Suigu plan,

All types of resources are not completely satisfactory.

As a result, the resources of the other three planets were developed and transported back to the moon.

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At this moment, Qiusuo Research Institute is committed to achieving the goal of building a complete production chain on the lunar surface.

Basically, both ends are exerting force at the same time.

On the lunar surface, within a few years, Qiusuo Research Institute has launched a large number of highly intelligent chemical plants.

Follow the path from resource extraction to the final manufacturing of finished products.

in addition,

A large number of different components of the basic computing units in the Suigu Project were also transported from the ground.

Send it directly to the lunar surface to complete the final assembly.

And from this,

Although in 1958, the Qiusuo Research Institute still had not fully realized the manufacturing of basic computing units on the lunar surface from start to finish,

However, with the assistance of the ground, the Suigu plan is still progressing significantly.

at the same time,

During this process, the number of researchers and technicians stationed on the lunar surface is also rapidly expanding.

In 1955, this number was still four thousand.

By 1957, the number had increased to more than 7,000.

The fundamental reason is that there is indeed a need for this personnel during the construction of the lunar surface.

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58 years.

This year, Mo Dao was 64 years old.

The first batch of researchers who joined Qiusuo Research Institute are basically invisible at this time.

A considerable number of the first batch of core researchers have passed away for a long time.

This year,

Two rather special things happened.

At the beginning of the year,

There is a research team in Qiusuo Research Institute,

A proposal for a large-scale project was submitted to Mordau.

The name of the plan is, “About an orbitless and tetherless space elevator operating mode.”

Space elevator is really not a strange term.

The most basic theory is to extend several traction ropes from the ground.

extending all the way into space.

The centripetal force brought about by the Earth's rotation keeps these traction cables relatively straight.

Then rely on these traction ropes, bind some "cars", and use a method similar to climbing rails,

Just like an elevator delivering goods, a large amount of materials and people are continuously sent to space.

This is a super project with no difficulty in principle.

The biggest question is about materials. What kind of materials can withstand this degree of stretch and can be used as the core rope of a space elevator?

Extending into space, it won't break even if you pull it.

And even in this era,

Qiusu Research Institute and Mo Dao still haven't found materials of this strength.

This submitted plan,

I just don’t need the rope at all, I just need the ‘car’.

Anyway, the electric propulsion system can also achieve a stable ascent similar to that of a space elevator.

Simply use the operating mode of a space elevator to operate these spacecraft of the Discovery Institute from the ground to the near-Earth space platform.

In the conception of this plan,

Taking the long-distance launch site on the ground as the starting point and the near-Earth space platform as the end point, this 'space elevator' without a track is constructed.

According to the idea of ​​the researcher who submitted the plan,

At least sixteen Yuanhang 8A spacecraft, separated by a certain distance and taking off at the same time, serve as the first floor car of this space elevator.

Then after a certain amount of time, the car on the next floor takes off again.

This is essentially different from the previous operation method of Yuanhang 8A by Qiusu Research Institute.

It's frequency and scale.

Of course, there are indeed material limitations, otherwise the plan must be to build an oversized 'car' to meet the demand for transporting larger man-made objects into space.

For this plan,

There is no disagreement.

In essence, it means increasing the number and transmitting frequency of Yuanhang 8A.

This is basically an inevitable process.

Maybe it won't be long,

From a macro perspective, a space elevator without an orbit has actually been formed from the ground to the near-Earth space platform.

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In the same year, in the middle of the year.

In the construction of the lunar surface,

Qiusuo Research Institute has achieved a breakthrough achievement.

Under the spotlight and expectation,

Starting from the most basic mineral resources,

Completely produced on the moon, a wafer that can be used to build the basic computing unit of the Suigu Project.

Born from an intelligent chemical factory on the moon.

After the wafer packaging is completed,

The technician responsible for the relevant work held this commemorative wafer in his hand.

Got in front of the camera.

The picture was transmitted back to the ground via a relay satellite, and then was seen by many people through the live broadcast of China News Service and the main station.

At this moment,

Many people burst into excited cheers.

Although,

Complete all the equipment for the production of this wafer, all smart factories in the production chain,

They are all constructed on the ground and transported to the lunar surface.

But at this moment,

This crystal element still has unparalleled significance.

In a later report by China News Service,

The reporter who wrote the article also showed some emotions.

The title reads,

"At this moment, we cheer for the first wafer produced by humans on the moon!"

"The equipment used to make this crystal comes from the earth, and the metals and minerals used to make it come from the moon, Mars, Venus, and Mercury."

"This is a true interstellar product."

This year,

Search Institute, or China, human beings,

achieved this landmark achievement.

Throughout the Internet and in reality, people were discussing it with great enthusiasm amid agitated emotions.

And after that,

The development of the lunar surface is naturally directed towards remanufacturing the equipment that produced this wafer.

In that paper imagining interstellar society,

It is expected that the moon, in addition to the interstellar port, is also the first industrial star for mankind.