Chapter 315 Tengyun 1, large spaceship plan!
“Gravity barriers can be used in so many directions in materials science.”

“From the perspective of metal fatigue occurring in a short period of time, at worst it could be a smelting technology that could help make alloys.”

“That’s the worst use. Think about it, what if it’s high-temperature liquid metal? Liquid metal won’t be torn or fatigued. What effect will that have?”

“Does this tearing have the same effect on different elements?”

“If the effect is different, it would be too easy to purify the single metal, and those mixed elements can be removed.”

“The most important thing is that it can split chemical bonds, which means it can be used in refining. The refining of many precious metals is very complicated…”

After understanding the basic characteristics of the gravitational barrier, the people involved in the experiment couldn’t help but discuss it.

The characteristics of the gravitational barrier have broad prospects in materials science.

The refining of metals alone has very good prospects. The process and cost of refining many metals are very high, for example, platinum group metals.

Palladium, rhodium, iridium, platinum, ruthenium, rhodium…

The cost of refining these metals is very high and the process is very complicated, which is one of the reasons why they are so expensive.

Relatively more expensive, metallic iridium is an alloy material that is resistant to high temperatures and corrosion. Most of its cost is spent on refining, and because the refining process is complex, the output is very limited.

Teacher Zhao was also among those participating in the discussion.

Teacher Zhao couldn’t hold back his smile. He patted his thigh and said, “I said, this research is amazing!”

“The research has just begun, and a new technology has been developed that can be used in the field of materials.”

“This will surely lead to a major breakthrough in materials technology!”

A new materials technology may bring immeasurable scientific and economic value.

In modern technology, materials are the most important foundation.

Many scientific and technological fields are unable to make breakthroughs due to material limitations.

The most direct research on controlled nuclear fusion has very complete theories and technologies, but each field is limited by material properties.

If we can find a material that can withstand the high temperature and high pressure of nuclear fusion for a long time, the research on controlled nuclear fusion will immediately make a major breakthrough.

The same is true in the aerospace industry.

In the aviation field, materials limit the performance of aircraft engines; this is even more true in the aerospace field, which requires the development of various materials that can withstand the space environment.

The same is true for New Physics Technology.

The research and development of hydrogen bomb batteries is also affected by the performance of materials. If the material has a stronger ability to withstand stress, the internal reaction can be made more intense to generate greater electricity.

and many more.

The research achieved such a major breakthrough that it immediately received attention from senior management after being reported.

A week later, the top management held a special meeting.

There were several teachers and dozens of top experts in various fields attending the conference, including experts in materials science.

The experimental group of the Source Point Theory Research Center also sent a team to attend the meeting, led by Xue Bokun, who will explain the performance of the gravitational barrier at the meeting.

Before the meeting started, many experts and scholars did not know the specific content.

They kept discussing, “Why is there a meeting all of a sudden? I have an experiment to do, and I was called here.”

“What big projects can the Institute of Aeronautical Materials have? In the future, they will all be gravity spacecraft.”

“Gravity spacecraft will also use our materials. Even if airplanes are eliminated, material research will not be eliminated.”

“Back to the topic, what are we doing this time?”

“Does anyone know?”

Even those who knew the news didn’t speak up, and those who didn’t know could only discuss it in confusion.

After the teacher team arrived, the venue became quiet.

Mr. Li from the Science and Technology Industry Bureau spoke first. “Today’s meeting was a little rushed, but it’s very important because it’s about a newly developed technology.”

“Please ask Professor Xue Bokun from the Source Point Research Center to explain it to us!”

Xue Baikun was sitting on the side of the second row, surrounded by people from the Source Point Theory Research Center.

He stood up and walked to the podium.

Everyone in the meeting room looked over. Many people didn’t know Xue Bokun, and couldn’t help but discuss in a low voice, “Who is it?”

“The people from the Origin Point Research Center…are they led by Academician Zhang Shuo?”

“He seems to have been following Academician Zhang Shuo and studying new physics.”

Many people are a little envious.

New physics is the main direction of scientific and technological research and development. Many scholars who want to participate in the research of new physics cannot find a way. All they can do is study its basic theories.

As for the derived technologies, ordinary scholars have no access to them at all.

After Xue Baikun walked onto the podium, he began to explain in earnest, “We have developed a technology.”

“This technology can create an invisible membrane, which we call a barrier, and the barrier has a certain thickness.”

Many people in the audience seemed confused.

Invisible membrane?

thickness?

What is this talking about?
Xue Bokun was not surprised by the crowd’s reaction. He just continued, “We have already done some research on the characteristics of the interlayer.”

“It has physical blocking properties, and internally it has molecular-level tearing properties that can cut the chemical bonds of molecules.”

“In addition, if alloy materials are placed in the compartment, metal fatigue will occur in a short period of time…”

He listed several characteristics in succession.

While the explanation was going on, several photos were shown on the screen behind, some of which introduced the characteristics of the partition, and some showed damaged metal or other materials.

Xue Baikun’s speech was not long, only about fifteen minutes. After he finished speaking, he looked at the first row, noticed the teacher nodded, and walked back.

The venue was completely silent, with many people still not coming to their senses.

It was not until Xue Baikun sat back down that discussions began to emerge in the meeting room. The noise gradually grew louder until it filled the entire conference room.

“Is what you just said true? A barrier, an invisible membrane, with barrier properties?”

“Isn’t it glass? Glass is transparent and I can’t see it…”

“Didn’t you hear me? If it can pass through, it must not be material.”

“Maybe a light-transmitting fluid?”

“water?”

“There are other properties, tearing molecules apart? How is that possible?”

“It can also make the alloy fatigue…”

“What on earth? You are not kidding…”

“This professor is from the Origin Point Research Center. What new research has Academician Zhang Shuo done?” “It sounds very sci-fi!”

No matter how they discussed it, they couldn’t guess the specific information, because Xue Baikun didn’t talk about gravity at all, he just talked about the characteristics of the gravitational barrier, which was also named “barrier”.

The meeting discussed the research and determination of the characteristics of the interlayer and the extension of the research on its application direction, which had nothing to do with the manufacture of the interlayer itself.

Therefore, there is no need to investigate its manufacturing principle, and the manufacturing principle will not be discussed at the meeting.

This aspect is confidential.

After the scholars present discussed for a while, a teacher came to the stage and announced the content of the meeting, which was to form a new project team to specifically study the characteristics and application directions of the interlayer.

The relevant teachers made speeches, affirming the importance of new technology discoveries and emphasizing the importance of research by the new project team.

Afterwards, a representative scholar gave a speech and talked about the research directions of characteristics and applications.

Finally, it’s time to vote.

Voting is just a process. If all the teachers agree, the scholars will definitely not object. A new project team is researching never-before-seen, sci-fi technology, and everyone wants to participate.

In addition, another important reason is that the new physics and technology direction has no shortage of scientific research funds.

In just a few years, gold manufacturing technology created huge profits.

The domestic economy has also taken off along with technology, attracting a large amount of domestic and foreign investment, allowing the economy to reach new highs.

Against this background, the allocation of scientific research funds has continued to increase. New physics is a separately listed scientific research field, with total funding exceeding 4000 billion yuan last year, excluding special approval projects for the research and development of new physics technologies.

Some of the projects Zhang Shuo applied for were special approval projects, with special funds directly allocated by the finance department.

The new physics direction has a total funding of more than 4000 billion yuan, which supports various new physics scientific and technological research and theoretical research. The total amount of funds is very high and can actually not be used at all, because the new physics scientific and technological research is of a national nature.

Some large scientific research institutions also have experimental projects, but because the technical threshold is very high, the number is very limited.

Most of the 4000 billion yuan in funding is used for theoretical research, including grants to scientific research institutions.

The Origin Point Theory Research Center also receives a large amount of funding every year.

If there is sufficient funding, there is certainly no problem in forming a new project team to research a sci-fi technology.

at the same time.

Zhang Shuo’s experimental group has also determined the next experimental direction.

The core is to replace materials.

Experiments using tritium as a material have reached their limit so far, and going further may be very risky.

The next step of the experiment will be to replace other radioactive materials, and radioactive uranium is also in the plan.

As the intensity of decaying materials increases, the radioactivity and risk of the experiment also increase, and the experimental site is prepared to be relocated to a safer place.

Teacher Zhao helped find a safe area in a mountainous area 300 kilometers away. There were only a few villages within a dozen kilometers.

The area was immediately placed under control, and several villages began to relocate rapidly, nominally under the guise of demolition.

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The relocation of the experimental base and the construction of a new base will require a long transition period.

Zhang Shuo could only wait patiently. After about half a month, he received news from the gravity aircraft research team.

The news comes from the person in charge, Academician Liu Zhiwen.

Liu Zhiwen wanted to discuss the issue of gravity technology. “We encountered a decision-making problem related to gravity technology.”

“We plan to build a large gravity spacecraft, but there are many controversies in the design of the manufacturing plan.”

“One proposal is to stack small spacecraft, that is, connect a series of ring-shaped aircraft together. In addition, some people have proposed to build a super-large ring-shaped aircraft.”

Zhang Shuo was somewhat puzzled. He asked, “Has the small pilot boat been built?”

“The first one will be tested soon, and there should be no problems, so we need to plan the next step of research.”

“Oh……”

Zhang Shuo asked about the test flight time. Considering that he had nothing to do recently and wanted to see a real gravity spacecraft, he immediately said, “I’ll go.”

“It’s hard to explain the specific situation over the phone, let’s talk in person.”

“that would be great!”

Liu Zhiwen really hoped that Zhang Shuo would come, but he didn’t feel comfortable saying it directly.

Zhang Shuo is not someone who can be easily invited.

Liu Zhiwen works at a gravity aircraft research base established by the Air Force. Relying on the technical foundation of Meng Zhilin’s team and with the support of the Aviation Group and the Air Force, they design and build gravity aircraft for military purposes.

The first gravity-driven aircraft for military use was code-named “Tengyun” and was developed as the Tengyun-1 spacecraft.

Tengyun is derived from the meaning of riding on clouds and mist.

The Tengyun-1 prototype has been assembled and is undergoing various tests in preparation for its first test flight.

After Zhang Shuo arrived at the research base, he was taken by Liu Zhiwen and others to visit the Tengyun-1 spacecraft. Along the way, they talked about the issue of small gravity spacecraft.

“Small spacecraft have various problems, the biggest of which is limited space and limited functions of the equipment they carry.”

“Small spacecraft can indeed continue to rise and hover at an altitude of more than 3 meters, and even more than 5 meters, but their shortcomings are also obvious.”

“For example, many devices can’t keep up. The time you can stay at an altitude of 30,000 meters is limited. You can’t stay suspended all the time, otherwise there will be problems with the cockpit.”

“The weapons that small spacecraft can carry are also very limited. Now they can only carry conventional bombs. Tengyun-1 can carry 14 missiles, which is still a little too few.”

“The gravity spacecraft we imagine is a comprehensive flying fortress, with bombs hanging on it for dozens of meters, and other weapons, such as laser weapons.”

“If the spacecraft can be equipped with laser weapons, it can be very safely protected…”

“In addition, small spacecraft cannot carry large air compressor motors. Air compressor motors are similar to aircraft engines, but they are powered by electricity and can generate huge thrust, making the spacecraft more flexible laterally…”

“Today’s spacecraft are much more flexible up and down than sideways. If the propulsion force is not high, the flexibility will be seriously affected…”

“So we need to build a large gravity spacecraft!”

Zhang Shuo listened patiently and couldn’t help but curl up the corners of his mouth. He found that the requirements of the Air Force were really high. The gravity aircraft had just been developed and it was developed towards practicality.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with this.

The Air Force certainly needs practicality. Small gravity spacecraft do have various problems, flexibility is only one of them, and it is also the biggest and most serious problem.

The research of Meng Zhilin’s team relies on electric motor fans to drive the aircraft, but the thrust of the fans is too poor and is far from meeting the requirements of the modern air force.

Gravity spacecraft require extremely high thrust to have sufficient acceleration.

Air compressor motors, like aircraft engines, have huge thrust, but they also require a strong power supply and sufficient space.

These are things that small gravity spacecraft do not have.

They must manufacture larger hydrogen bomb batteries, or load several hydrogen bomb batteries, in order to support gravity technology while driving various large-scale, high-power-consuming equipment.

Large spaceships can solve many problems.

(End of this chapter)