Chapter 262 Terrifying Expansion Speed
22 years, February 21st.
The high-latitude areas in the northern hemisphere are still covered with ice and snow.
However, Hongsavadi, located in the tropics, is a more suitable time of year for travel.
Li Qingye, who was still in Hongsawadi, was now in the Hukawng Basin in Kachin State.
He was inspecting a base, which was the official aerospace base of Hongsawadi - Magao Town.
The Magao Town Space Base is next to the Mengguan Town Aviation Base, and not far to the northwest is the Nanyun Town Nature Reserve (secretly the Nanyun secret base that stole Assam's oil and gas).
Of course, the so-called "on the surface" is only a small part of it, and the real base is actually located in the northeastern mountainous area 50 kilometers away from Magao Town.
On the surface of Magao Town, there are many huge steel structure factories and several launch sites, all of which are built for the eyes in the sky to see.
To reach the real core area of the aerospace base, you have to take the subway from the underground station in Magao Town.
The core area of this space base is located underground in Benpa Mountain, which is also the highest mountain in the surrounding area, with an altitude of 3,413 meters.
In the 3,000-meter altitude area of this mountain, there are a large number of magnetic field radar detectors that can monitor changes in the surrounding magnetic field.
Li Qingye did not stay in Magao Town, but went directly to Benpa Mountain Base.
After all, as an open space base, he knew that it must be watched by American satellites, and there were even intercontinental missiles aimed at it.
He would naturally not stay in such a place where there were great risks.
Just arrived at the base of Ben Pa Mountain.
Fili hurried to his side and reported in a low voice: "Boss! Lucia marched into the Principality of Kiev 11 minutes ago."
Li Qingye raised his eyebrows: "Oh..." Then he showed a hint of interest in the corner of his mouth: "Keep paying attention, it seems that Caesar is not willing to be lonely!"
"The Field Service has already activated Lucia and some of the Eastern European pawns. Do we need to add fuel to the fire?"
Hearing this, Li Qingye waved his hand and said, "No need. America needs to strengthen intelligence gathering. They seem to have set their sights on Hongshawadi recently."
"Minister Chen has recently stepped up intelligence gathering efforts on America." Philip replied quickly.
Li Qingye listened to some other reports and made some general instructions. Then, led by the base director and the heads of several technical departments, he visited the various work at the Benpa Mountain base.
What he cares most about is naturally the several major projects being promoted at the Benpa Mountain Base.
Unlike the Caijin Town Space Base in the Longgerang Mountains and the Medan Island Space Base in Luzon, the aerospace technology route of the Benpa Mountain Base is more traditional.
Lin Xiaolun , one of the heads of the base's technical department , pointed to a large carrier rocket not far away and said, "Chairman, this is the Galaxy 1 large carrier rocket we developed."
"Liquid oxygen and methane?" Li Qingye took a look at the engine and storage tank.
"The chairman has a keen eye." Lin Xiaolun then introduced the characteristics of the Galaxy 1.
Generally speaking, the Galaxy I has no outstanding features. It has borrowed a lot of launch vehicle technology from China, Russia, America and the European Union. It is a typical patchwork.
This is also the characteristic of Sapiens in many non-civilian technologies, that is, to borrow whenever possible. Anyway, things like launch vehicles cannot be sold, so there is no need to comply with international patent laws.
After using a large number of new materials and biochip technologies, the Galaxy-1 carrier rocket has a near-Earth orbit payload of 53 tons, a synchronous orbit payload of 28 tons, and a lunar orbit payload of 11 tons.
Of course, this launch vehicle has not been actually tested, and the data is only simulated by a supercomputer.
Thanks to the material advantages of crystal sponge, the Galaxy-1 launch vehicle does not need to store methane at low temperatures, nor does it have to deal with the storage problem of hydrogen. Overall, it can achieve long-term storage and rapid launch.
Lin Xiaolun continued: "Using rapid liquid oxygen refilling or by directly replacing the spare liquid oxygen tank, the Galaxy 1 can complete launch preparations in as little as 27 minutes."
Li Qingye shook his head and said, "That's all. Unless we can store liquid oxygen for a long time, or use toxic fuel, the launch speed of liquid rockets has almost reached its limit."
Everyone present was a professional in this field and naturally understood what Li Qingye meant.
Liquid-fuel launch vehicles like the Galaxy 1 are fine for use in space launch vehicles, but are clearly unsuitable for military use.
No matter how much improvement is made, the launch speed of liquid carrier rockets is still difficult to improve.
After hearing what Li Qingye said, Dr. Nevsky, who was in charge of the aerospace technology military conversion project, knew it was time for him to speak:
"Chairman, our project team has developed the Galaxy 2 and Galaxy 3 launch vehicles according to the requirements of the Ministry of Defense."
He carefully introduced the technology and performance of the two launch vehicles to Li Qingye.
The Galaxy-2 launch vehicle was modeled after the Lucia. Its technical feature is the use of toxic liquid fuel that can be stored for a long time. It has a payload of 1,500 kilograms and a range of less than 12,000 kilometers.
This type of launch vehicle uses a lot of new materials and can be transported by a missile launcher or placed in an underground launch silo.
The Galaxy 3 launch vehicle is a medium-range launch vehicle that uses solid fuel, has a payload of 1,500 kilograms, and a range of less than 6,000 kilometers.
The Galaxy III is relatively small in size and weight, and has a relatively low production cost. It is suitable for submarines and warships, and can also be used on missile vehicles.
"Are you ready for service?"
Dr. Nevsky nodded. "It's already possible, especially for the Galaxy III launch vehicle. If the production line at the base is fully operational, it can produce 500 to 600 rockets per month."
Li Qingye turned around and instructed the base commander: "Then start mass production and prepare an industrial replication plan."
"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." The base commander replied stiffly.
The so-called industrial replication is a technology promotion system within the Homo sapiens company.
Normally, once a technology is industrialized, the company will not only arrange one production plant, but will prepare at least three factories that are located far away from each other.
At the same time, the industry formed by this technology must have the conditions for rapid replication, and then the industry department will make technical reserves so that factories can replicate it quickly once the need arises.
Only Sapiens has this confidence.
Biomaterial synthesis technology, bio-element enrichment technology, and various supporting technologies for rapid site construction can also quickly train technicians through biochips, allowing the Sapiens company to quickly expand the scale of its industry.
The advantages of biotechnology in this regard are truly terrifying.
For example, the Galaxy III launch vehicle production line at the Benpasan base in front of us, as long as the technical integration is completed and a set of industrial backup is formed, if the Sapiens company needs it one day, within a few months, the manufacturing factories of the Galaxy III launch vehicle can be sprung up everywhere.
To expand the scale of traditional industries, a large number of supporting facilities and production equipment are needed.
In extreme cases, the Sapiens company does not need supporting facilities and production equipment. It can rely on a parts cultivation machine to piece together a complete production line bit by bit.
Of course, this is only done in extreme circumstances.
For example, if you want to set up a secret base in enemy territory, you can just use a small parts cultivation machine. Before it is unfolded, it is about the same size as an ordinary suitcase, which is very convenient for setting up a secret base.
And within one's own control area, there is naturally no need to use a separate small parts cultivation machine.
