Chapter 755 [The defense system still needs to be developed]

The idea of ​​the orbital reef space station is an unprecedented feat. If it is really going to be realized, the current International Space Station will be a small Karami in front of it.

Following Chen Tongwei's brief overview, everyone at the meeting looked at Fang Hong and waited for him to speak.

Although he is not a technician of Kyushu Blue Arrow, nor is he directly involved in the management of the company, but whether the idea of ​​the orbital space station is just a concept, or can assist practical actions, it can be said that it depends entirely on whether he nods.

Because it is really expensive, with a budget of 200 billion yuan, technical issues are feasible, but if there is no sufficient financial support, it is just empty talk.

At the end, Fang Hong turned to Chen Tongwei and asked, "The project is set to start now. What year is it expected to be put into operation?"

Zheng Xin answered this question: "Because we have no relevant experience in building space stations, the team that applied to join the International Space Station was blocked by the West. Sufficient experience support and technology accumulation, and then the orbital reef space station will be built later."

Fang Hong nodded when he heard this. Chen Tongwei and the others were still very pragmatic. They didn't magnify the satellite in front of the big boss and boast about it. After all, space exploration itself is very dangerous, and its potential risks needless to say, and they are so big. If the project goes wrong, no one can afford it.

There's nothing wrong with being steady.

At the same time, Zheng Xin added: "If the project is established this year, and with the support of sufficient funds, the first experimental module can be launched in 2017, and then it will take three years to launch multiple experimental modules to complete various test tasks. If everything If it goes well, the first module of the orbital reef space station can be officially launched in 2020."

Chen Tongwei also said incidentally: "The orbital reef space station adopts a modular construction idea, so it can expand while running. If the first module is launched in 2020, we can add a main module every quarter if everything goes well." It is expected to be put into operation around 2022, and can support normal scientific research, experiments and astronauts' long-term resident work in the orbital reef space station."

This kind of super-large space project cannot be completed overnight. At the beginning, the time is calculated in ten-year cycles, and it is super efficient to complete it in about ten years.

According to what Chen Tongwei and the others said, the Orbital Reef Space Station will take about eight years from its establishment this year to its initial operation in 2022. This efficiency is already amazing, and it may be questioned by people in the international aerospace community.

But Fang Hong believes that they must be confident enough to say so.

This is also due to the idea of ​​​​modular expansion. It can be put into initial operation in 2022. At this time, the orbital space station should be regarded as a standard version that only has the basic functions of the space station.

Regeneration of life support systems, space vegetable gardens on the space station, and even livestock breeding are definitely not possible during the "standard version", which must have limited functions.

But the continuous modular expansion will be gradually upgraded later, and it will definitely be realized.

After a while, Fang Hong looked around at the crowd and made a decision: "Since it is technically and economically feasible, let's start the project. The orbital reef space station project will start this year and allocate about 20 billion in project funds every year." , with a total budget of 200 billion."

Chen Tongwei, Zheng Xin and the others were all in high spirits when they heard that, and the big boss had spoken, so the matter was definitely settled.

The orbital reef space station project said that the budget is 200 billion, but Fang Hong knows that the final budget must be more than that. Chen Tongwei and the others must try to make the figure as small as possible. The 200 billion budget figure is definitely based on the most ideal result. from.

After all, when the project is launched and the implementation is in the middle and late stages, if the money is not enough and the budget is increased, it must be increased. In terms of the stock market, this is deeply locked up and can only increase the position.

Therefore, Fang Hong actually reserved space in his heart. He calculated an extra 100 billion budget for this project, which is about 300 billion in total.

But the matter of reserving space must not be told to the people present, this kind of thinking can only be contained in one's stomach.

Chen Tongwei and the others must try to calculate as small as possible, while Fang Hong is exactly the opposite, trying to calculate as large as possible. The two diametrically opposed calculations are different because of the different positions and positions of the two parties.

After a while, Fang Hong suddenly asked: "Does the orbital reef space station have a military defense system?"

Everyone was taken aback, Chen Tongwei looked at Fang Hong and said, "Military defense system? This is not taken into account."

When Fang Hong heard this, he said bluntly: "Like the space solar power station, the orbital reef space station must also establish a defense system. My hundreds of billions of things are hanging alone in outer space without any defense mechanism, which is not appropriate. "

Zheng Xin: "This..."

Everyone couldn't help but look at each other, Zheng Xin turned to Fang Hong and said, "Is this a little too cautious? Even if he is a countryman, he would not dare to have the courage to attack the space station."

Fang Hong asked back: "Obviously, I don't dare, but what about satellite debris secretly? What about space junk?"

As soon as this remark came out, Zheng Xin and others were at a loss for words. They did not consider the potential problems in politics and military. The activities in the space field are frequent day by day, and more space junk will be produced in the future, and the unprecedented scale of our orbital reef space station means that the risk of being hit by space junk debris is also greater, and this alone must be fully considered .”

Everyone couldn't help nodding when they heard this. This is indeed a problem. Even if the countrymen don't have such bad intentions, the objective reality of the space environment is there, which must not be ignored, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous.

If it is really caused by the country of magnesium, you can ask him for an explanation, and there is also a subject of accountability. If it is hit by natural space debris, it will be impossible to find the ground.

At this time, Luo Liang, who was present at the meeting, thought about it and said: "To solve this problem, the space station itself can only build a high-energy laser defense system, which is the same idea as the space light power station, to clean up debris close to the space station. There needs to be an additional mobile platform, which is a smaller man-made space station that shares an orbit with the Orbital Reef Space Station."

Luo Liang continued: "It acts as a patrol mechanism at the front, and its mission is to patrol the orbital area and clean up some space debris that may exist along the way that may threaten the orbital reef space station behind, so that even if the worst happens, the mobile The inability to clean up the platform can also be detected in advance, leaving enough time and space for the orbital reef space station behind to make an emergency orbit change to avoid the risk of collision."

With such a huge man-made celestial body as the Orbital Reef Space Station, and there will be many people, scientists and even space tourists in it in the future, no matter how cautious you can be, it is not enough to be sure, and you must be sure.

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