The newly built space elevator and planetary engine are far away from each other, both at the Wuzhou base. Although it is not as high as the original movie, humans still feel a sense of awe when they stand below and look up.
"I didn't expect that the space elevator would be so spectacular! Academician Jiang, shall we test it now?" Team Leader Fang raised his head and sighed. He rushed over as soon as he received the news.
"We can test the power system first."
"The bottom of the space elevator relies on rockets and chemical fuels for propulsion. When the gravity weakens midway, it will switch to electromagnetic traction. This needs to be tested by MOSS. We can just watch the data nearby."
"Okay, it's really an honor to be able to see the space elevator operating with my own eyes!"
When Jiang Chen was about to let MOSS start, Guo Fan unexpectedly came with Wu Gan.
"Director Guo, why are you here?" The appearance of Guo Fan and Wu Dan was beyond Team Leader Fang's expectation.
"Academician Jiang asked us to come over and take a look. He said that the space elevator is ready... Hiss -"
Guo Fan took a breath immediately in the middle of speaking.
The sight before him made him completely forget what he said.
The towering space elevator is like a huge silver tower, shining in the sunlight.
The elevator started to start, the engine made a deafening roar, and the ground shook slightly. The huge cable slid nervously on the pulley on the top, like an invisible thread connecting the blue star and space.
The elevator slowly rose and began to move away from the ground. Its figure gradually shrank, but its towering outline still looked spectacular in the sun, like a giant with protruding muscles and bones!
Ten minutes later, MOSS, who was standing next to them, began to broadcast.
[Car No. 1 has reached the top and is descending. 】
"MOSS, use 9G speed when descending to test the ultimate speed."
[MOSS received it and is testing the ultimate speed. 】
9G speed is not a broadband speed, but refers to the acceleration in a certain direction that is 9 times the acceleration of gravity.
If a person is sitting in an elevator, the person will bear a force equal to 9 times his own gravity exerted on him by the seat in a certain direction.
After listening to Jiang Chen's explanation, Guo Fan looked surprised.
"Academician Jiang, in other words, this space elevator can go up and down at 9G speed?"
Jiang Chen didn't answer him, because at this time, the car they had just climbed up had appeared in front of them and was beginning to slow down in preparation for descent.
Wu Gan was shocked and said, "How long did it take for you to reach the ground?"
[Less than six minutes, five minutes and seven seconds to be precise. 】
Five minutes and seven seconds? !
When Guo Fan and Wu Gan looked at each other, they noticed the shock in each other's eyes.
Really amazing!
"Can people bear this speed? Or should we use anti-German clothing to solve the problem like in the drama?" Guo Fan was extremely curious and asked questions one after another.
"It's an anti-German suit." Jiang Chen thought to himself that the technology provided by the system was for the anti-German suit, so there was no way he could make other ones!
Moreover, this is the setting of the original movie, and he cannot change the setting.
"Under the high gravity generated by the launch of the space elevator, the blood of the people riding inside will flow downward, and the brain will be ischemic at this time. The anti-G suit can effectively control the blood flow in the human body. It would be impossible without it."
"Currently, the anti-gravity suit has only passed the test in a simulated environment, but not in the real situation."
"So, that means taking a real person test."
The most difficult thing about the space elevator is to test it on real people. The space elevator rises and falls very quickly, which has a great impact on the human body.
This is not only a challenge for Long Guo, but also for Jiang Chen.
The reason why he built the space elevator was not only to complete the mission, but also to verify some technologies on it.
If humans can take the space elevator safely at high speeds, then Jiang Chen will have the technical foundation to make other space equipment.
Equivalently, the space elevator is an experimental machine.
As long as there are no problems with the space elevator, Jiang Chen will be confident in his future research and development.
But now comes the problem.
The space elevator is about to undergo a real-life experiment.
"Let me start by saying that this experiment is different from other previous aircraft experiments. For previous aircraft, prototypes can be found no matter what, but the space elevator is different."
"There is no prototype yet."
"So we have no reference in terms of data. It is risky for real people to go up there." Jiang Chen told the truth calmly.
Team Leader Fang also showed confusion on his face.
Unless you are a human being, you will never know how much impact the space elevator will have on mankind and whether mankind can overcome it.
The overload that ordinary people can withstand is only 4 to 5 G. Fighter pilots can withstand 6 G, but in order to achieve special combat maneuvers, the maximum can reach 8 G.
The value that astronauts can withstand is larger, up to 12G.
This is also the reason why in the movie Wandering Planet, the character played by Wu Gan participated in training at the astronaut level.
Jiang Chen now feels that if he wants to get there, only astronauts can do it, and even his small body can't do it.
If he had gone up, he would probably have lost his eyeballs when he reached the top.
"Academician Jiang, just now you asked MOSS to turn on 9G speed? In this state, ordinary people must not be able to do it." Team leader Fang said this, but he knew in his heart what 9G speed means to Longguo.
If this technology is applied to other spacecraft, it means that it will only take more than 3 hours to go from the ground to an altitude of 38,000 kilometers!
After calculating the cost, it is actually much more cost-effective than rockets!
Jiang Chen thought to himself that he knew it too. If he could do it, he would get on it himself. What are you talking about here?
"It requires people with good physical fitness to go up. Ordinary people will lie down when they go up."
Team leader Fang: ...
Academician Jiang already knows the answer, right?
"The only ones are astronauts."
"But there is a problem now. All the active astronauts have gone to the Ark Space Station and the lunar base, and the remaining reservists cannot come here."
Team Leader Fang's answer was completely beyond Jiang Chen's expectations.
"Have all the current astronauts gone to space?"
"Yes, the Ark Space Station and the Moon Base are our own. What the boss means is that we must seize the time to conduct scientific research on them. We cannot let Academician Jiang do the work alone."
"So all the active astronauts have gone to space, and the remaining reserve personnel can be used, but I don't know if they are willing." Team leader Fang told the truth, leaving Jiang Chen speechless.
He didn't expect the big leader to be so active and send astronauts into the sky. This was really full of motivation.
But this is also a pain for him. He wants to experiment but can't find anyone.
Reserve service is possible, but there is no actual experience.
Jiang Chen wanted to let the reserve team go up, but would they really be willing?
big head.
Jiang Chen never thought about encountering such a situation. He thought that if he couldn't find anyone, he could just make a dummy and go up.
Of course, this was a last resort, and Jiang Chen was not prepared to use it until the end.
"Academician Jiang, are you worried that no one is willing to go up now?"
(End of chapter)
