Chapter 115 Space Hub "Good evening, Mark. Congratulations! Your astronauts have successfully landed on Mars. That's amazing!" Inside the office, isolated from outsiders, Fan Ren's relaxed voice came from the microphone. "Yes, good morning, but considering your series of plans that are going according to plan, I don't think there is anything worth congratulating you for." Fan Ren couldn't help laughing when he heard the weak response from the other end of the phone. "It doesn't matter. At least your stock price has been rising quite well recently. If I didn't know nothing about the financial market, I would even want to buy some of your company's stock." "Okay, stop teasing me. If Xinghai goes public, its market value will definitely break the historical record. Tell me, what made you think of me in your busy schedule?" Mark curled his lips. Spending 5000 billion in half a year to build a space elevator means real money. Just based on this point, no private enterprise in the world can do it. "Yes, that's right. Just this morning, I had a small unmanned flying boat built based on a nuclear fusion engine. It was heading for Mars a week ago and is expected to reach Mars' synchronous orbit within a day. It is equipped with our company's latest quantum communication system. By then, there will be no delay in communication between the Earth and Mars." After Fan Ren finished speaking, he waited, and Mark's breathing suddenly became heavy in the microphone. This gap is simply impossible to overcome.
Nuclear fusion engines can achieve continuous full acceleration, which is absolutely crucial for navigation within the current solar system. It can travel 4 million kilometers in a week, and combined with quantum communication, it can achieve real-time communication without delay. In terms of aerospace, Daxia has completely created a generation gap with the entire Baiyue. never mind. It is not surprising that such a gap has emerged under the leadership of presidents like Wells who only care about making money. "amazing." Hearing Mark's dejected voice, Fan Ren shook his head helplessly. “Listen Mark, I know that the communication between you and Mars has huge flaws in command due to delays and other factors. Although the main purpose of this unmanned flying boat I built temporarily is for testing purposes, it carries a quantum relay communication satellite, which can provide communication services for your "Mars Project" at that time. Spieth & Co. will just have to pay a certain amount of communication fees for this.” "how much is it?" Mark is very straightforward. He now feels that his company is a lamb to be slaughtered, and Fan Ren can come and kill him at any time. But there is no way around it. Communication delays cause too much trouble and are too complicated. "It's not expensive. As a friend, 10 billion a year, believe me, it's definitely worth it!" "Deal! By the way, there shouldn't be a launch window during the Earth-Mars collision window for future Mars material transportation, right?" Fan Ren nodded. With the nuclear fusion engine and the initial acceleration provided by the top of the space elevator, a small spacecraft can achieve a one-way journey between the earth and Mars in as short as one week. Naturally, there will be no earth-Mars conflict period. "Yes, it no longer exists. But if we want to stay on Mars, we need to accelerate from zero again when we return, and it will take a relatively long time to return to Earth, about 10 days." "10 days, what an incredible speed." Mark was in a really bad mood today. The huge gap made him feel that everything he was doing now seemed to be in vain. Of course, apart from the slight comfort brought by the constantly rising stock price, he felt as ridiculous as a clown in front of Fan Ren.
He had no doubt that once some high-value output was discovered on Mars, with Xinghai's strength, it would be able to complete the initial colonization of Mars in the shortest possible time, just like the lunar base. "In this case, our Spieth Company's transportation to and from Mars will still have to be handled by you, Xinghai." "No problem, I'd love to. By the way, Mark." "What's the matter?" After a pause, Fan Ren's solemn voice came over. "Anyway, Spieth's company is also the first company to land humans on Mars, which is amazing. Xinghai is also open to you for various cooperations based on your company's commitment to space projects. Today is definitely the proudest day of your life." After saying that, Fan Ren hung up the phone. Mark's frustrated tone came through the phone as if it were real. No matter what, the achievement of the first manned landing on Mars is already a historic achievement. If Fan Ren didn't have the system, he would now just be an ordinary person who admires it through the Internet. There is nothing wrong with encouraging him. After all, he is still counting on him to help him explore the living environment on Mars and other unknown factors. He walked to the window and his eyes fell on the space elevator hub outside which had been preliminarily completed. Hundreds of workers wearing light pressure suits are busy with their work. At the five Phase I project berths at the hub port, the Xingyun series of launch vehicles are quietly waiting for the completion of cargo loading and unloading. These rockets currently still use chemical fuel propulsion, but after reducing the first-stage atmospheric thrusters, the payload has been increased to the 200-ton level. In addition, due to the current hub altitude, it has a certain initial acceleration, and now it only takes one day to reach the moon. After waiting for another month or so, when the lunar space elevator project undertaken by the Daxia Engineering Department is completed, the Nebula series of launch vehicles will completely bid farewell to the stage that has only been on the stage for more than a year and will be officially retired. The first deep space transport ship jointly developed by Xinghai and Daxia Industrial Department has entered the final stage of segment processing. The Xinghai supercomputer still provided tremendous help in this process, and it was responsible for calculating all the detailed data of the design drawings. The scientists of Xinghai and the designers of the engineering department only need to be responsible for the detailed design and development tasks of the relevant subsystems. The speed is amazing. After this step is completed, the space elevator will transport these segments to the space hub for final assembly. The new transport ship uses tritanium super metal in all parts. Thanks to the powerful performance of tritanium, the load capacity of the completed transport ship will reach an astonishing 10 tons. Thanks to the presence of two space elevators, transport ships will no longer need to be capable of landing on the moon. They are only responsible for transportation tasks between the Earth and the Moon's space elevator. At this moment the phone suddenly rang again. It was an unfamiliar number from the United States. Fan Ren frowned slightly but didn't hang up directly. Generally, the number that could get into his phone was not from an ordinary person. "Boss Fan from Xinghai, I'm Director Roy of the Nasa Aerospace Department." "what's up?"
After answering the call, Fan Ren almost couldn't help but hang up when he heard the arrogant tone coming from the other end. Roy on the other end of the phone was stunned, obviously not used to such a disrespectful response. "That's right. Our new Nasa space station has been completed and will be commissioned to use your space elevator." “There is no basis for cooperation between us.” Before he could finish his words, Fan Ren hung up the phone. (End of this chapter)