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Humans haven't built very large space orbital platforms yet, and space manufacturing is impossible, so Tang Chao is building a relatively large space orbital platform this time. He can do some industrial manufacturing experiments to lay the foundation for a real space factory in the future.

The industrial area of the Heavenly Palace Space Station is doing this. The manufacturing center on the central axis can produce some standard industrial parts, or use 3D printing to manufacture some special-shaped small parts for the orbital repair shop next to it.

There are two orbital repair shops, installed on both sides of the manufacturing center. They are independent large-structure modules that can be opened like the cargo bay of a space shuttle, but they are larger, with a diameter of 12 meters and a length of 30 meters.

Ahem, yes, the Heavenly Palace industrial area module has changed. Although a plan was made at the beginning, the plan... isn't it for changing?

The diameter of the industrial area was initially set at about 8 meters, but later it felt too small, so it was modified.

Some functionally complex modules are produced by Pathfinder itself, so there is no fear of modifying the data. The company has a master design drawing, and it can be modified again.

Those companies that have already received production orders are not affected. Pathfinder will dock what they build to the Heavenly Palace Space Station appropriately.

There are many space versions of maintenance equipment in the maintenance bay of the maintenance module, and the inside can be pressurized after the hatch is closed, so you can work in a light intra-vehicular activity suit, which is very convenient.

The expanded repair shop can not only repair satellites, but even larger space station modules.

Even the Benyue lunar landing spacecraft can be directly stuffed into a single repair bay for maintenance and repair.

Think about it, the diameter of a single repair bay is 12 meters, and the length is 30 meters. The Long March 9 and Yuanhang rockets can't handle it at all, and a larger rocket is definitely needed.

So... is there one?

Of course!

Pathfinder is not what it used to be. After the company was fully built, Tang Chao expanded so much that he could take out a space device needed at this stage for production and manufacturing at any time.

But don't worry, the release of the rocket is after the space station. How can a transportation tool steal the spotlight?

The Benyue spacecraft can directly drive into the repair bay, but space station modules and satellites do not have the ability to change orbits and move over long distances, so the industrial area will be equipped with two space boats at that time.

If there are satellites that need to be repaired, after receiving orders from the corresponding company and aerospace agency, the repair shop can send a boat to receive them, then tow them back to the orbital repair shop, and put them back in the same way after repairing them to ensure service is in place.

Artificial satellites are very valuable resources. Sometimes they are scrapped by tiny meteorites and space debris. In fact, it may only be a small part that is damaged. In the past, there was no ability to repair them. The failure of a small part is equivalent to the overall scrapping.

It will be no problem after the Heavenly Palace Space Station is built. If there is a need, it can be repaired directly.

In addition to maintenance and repair, artificial satellites can also be upgraded.

After all, science and technology on Earth are developing rapidly. Some satellites have a long lifespan, but the equipment cannot keep up with the demand. If there is an orbital repair shop, the parts that can be printed in space can be printed, and those that cannot be printed can be manufactured or purchased on the ground, and then sent up by space equipment either by hitchhiking or specially.

At that time, upgrade the outdated satellites, do some maintenance, and they can become handsome guys again and continue to orbit the Earth.

When there are no maintenance tasks, the boats will not be idle. It is said that satellites are valuable resources, not only those in operation, but also those that have been scrapped and become space debris.

The cost of transporting various materials from Earth to space is very high, even if the rocket recovery technology is mastered. Now the capabilities of the lunar base are also limited, and scientific research experiments are its main task now. It is impossible to provide various materials for the Earth orbit space station.

So those space devices that have been sent to space and have been scrapped, and have not yet fallen into the atmosphere and burned, are perfect sources of materials.

Just send a space boat to collect them and throw them into the material recycling area of the orbital manufacturing center. After some time, various materials will be sent to the manufacturing area.

There is another benefit to doing this, that is, while recycling materials, it also cleans up the Earth's orbit and reduces the risk of satellites, space stations, and spacecraft in service being hit by space debris.

As for where the fuel for the space boat comes from, and even where the fuel needs to be replenished after the satellite and other aircraft are repaired and maintained, this brings us to the lunar base plan.

That is, the plan that Tianxia is currently carrying out on the moon.

To operate the Heavenly Palace Space Station completely and conveniently, the cooperation of the lunar base is essential.

Transporting fuel from the moon to Earth orbit is about dozens of times cheaper than transporting fuel from the Earth's surface to space orbit. This is the benefit of the moon not having an atmosphere and having very low gravity.

After transporting it over, it can be stored in the four spherical fuel storage tanks behind the manufacturing center. That is the fuel supply station.

When the Heavenly Palace Space Station plan was formulated, whether a large amount of "ice ore" could be found on the moon was the key.

And now, none of this is a problem.

After all, a spaceship from the lunar base has already used fuel extracted from lunar ice to fly back to Earth orbit, which is the famous Benyue Earth-Moon spacecraft.

So you see, everything is going smoothly.

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As for the commercial area in the middle, needless to say, it is the supreme upgraded version of the Starry Sky Inn.

It can play what the Starry Sky Inn can play, and it can also play what the Starry Sky Inn cannot play. The gaming experience is supremely upgraded. This... is the commercial area of the Heavenly Palace Space Station.

If aerospace professionals look at the scientific research area and the industrial area, then the general public will look at the commercial area. According to the proportion of people, the attention to the commercial area is exploding.

There is no way, most people can't understand things that are highly professional, so they can only look at things related to playing.

People found that there is even a space stadium in the commercial area. The rules are similar to ball sports on Earth, which are all about scoring goals, but its way of movement is really too in line with space characteristics.

Ball sports on Earth are all running on the ground. If you are promising, you can jump up. Basketball also has the title of "flying man", but in fact, it is just a longer hang time, but you can really fly in space.

Everyone is a super flying man.

Players not only have to fly, but also have to fly fast and accurately, so they need to use force on the six walls of the room to quickly intercept the ball and throw it out, repeating these actions in a cycle until the ball is thrown into the opponent's hole.

You can see the "figures" of ball sports such as basketball, handball, volleyball, and even billiards on the court, which is quite interesting.

Tang Chao spent a long time to finish talking about the space station. After talking about this, the reporters at the scene thought that Tang Chao's explanation session was over and it was time for them to ask questions.

As a result, when they eagerly raised their hands and waited to be selected to ask questions, they saw Tang Chao slowly unscrew the water bottle, took a sip of water, then changed an explanation diagram, and continued to explain.

The new explanation diagram seems to be a new rocket, a bit like the American SpaceX's Starship rocket, but it is a bit different.

It has its own name next to it, called "Yishan"!

Yishan Super Rocket!

Diameter: 20 meters!

Height: 160 meters!

Low Earth orbit carrying capacity: 280 tons!