Chapter 1366
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Professor Reston swore that even though he was influenced by Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters, he never thought that one day he would see such a shocking scene in reality.
Eight slender robotic arms stretched out from the edge of the Moon Palace space station, like spider feet, nimbly waving between the three sets of spacecraft components.
Like threading a needle, more and more spacecraft components were strung together and gradually outlined the outline of the Xu Fu colonial ship.
"This is impossible …"
Professor Phil Goethe, who was standing next to Professor Reston, opened and closed his mouth as he muttered the same words to himself.
"Assembling an extravehicular spacecraft through a robotic arm on the space station … How is this possible!"
The expression on Professor Reston's face was equally shocked.
Assembling a spacecraft on the space station!
And it's done with a robotic arm!
It sounded like he was talking in his sleep.
This wasn't as simple as a spacecraft docking. It was no exaggeration to say that the technical difficulty was an order of magnitude higher than a simple spacecraft docking.
Without a separate power system, these spacecraft components floating in outer space were not much safer than space garbage.
Just think about how difficult it was to clean up space garbage moving at high speed, and you could see how impractical it was to use the robotic arm on the space station to assemble these scattered components in the sky.
A little carelessness, such as not controlling the speed and orbital height, could cause the space station to collide with those floating spacecraft components, and eventually lead to a tragic space accident!
"Could it be holographic projection technology?" Professor Phil Goethe couldn't help but say, "I heard that they have a holographic projection technology that can pass off as real … It was demonstrated in the Bird's Nest stadium."
"That sounds even more unbelievable than assembling a spaceship in space."
Professor Reston had a wry smile on his face when he heard Professor Phil Goethe's words.
He had heard of the holographic projection performance at the Bird's Nest, and he had even seen the video on YouTube. Many people evaluated it as a new era of film media technology, and the pictures presented in front of people were almost lifelike to the point of being real.
However, he knew that this thing needed something like water vapor as an imaging medium, and there was no such thing in space.
In fact, in addition to the robotic arm that stretched out from the Moon Palace, there was one more thing that confused him.
Was there really no problem with such a casual assembly method?
One had to know that manned spacecraft had very high requirements for the airtightness of the cabin. Especially when they were in a state of accelerated advancement, every additional connection would increase the risk.
But now …
The Chinese had basically dismantled the entire Xu Fu into large pieces, and even the cabin had been split in half. Could such a casual assembly method really ensure the safety of the astronauts in the cabin?
Professor Reston was quite skeptical about this.
However, this doubt did not linger in his heart for long.
Soon, all the confusion in his heart was dispelled by the shocking scene.
He was not the only one who saw it.
Everyone in the command room saw it.
The front end of one of the robotic arms on the Moon Palace suddenly flashed with a series of faint white lights. The white light was like a dagger, sweeping across the junction of the spacecraft's shell.
At the same time, a crazy idea emerged in Professor Reston's mind.
Weld!
They actually installed a "welding torch" on the robotic arm!
Space additive construction was not news. In the 1980s, Soviet astronauts carried out the first extravehicular welding experiment outside the Salyut 7 space station. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States also carried out similar research. However, this was the first time he had heard of this technology being used to assemble a large spacecraft!
But what happened on the Moon Palace completely subverted his understanding of the aerospace industry.
This is not like assembling a spacecraft at all …
It's like reassembling a space shuttle on a space station!
Professor Reston gradually realized the seriousness of the problem. He immediately looked at the assistant standing next to him. Ignoring the dumbfounded expression on the assistant's face, he ordered in a serious tone.
"Immediately send the captured images to the Pentagon Space Command!"
The assistant snapped back to reality, nodded quickly, and then jogged to the command room.
Professor Reston looked back at the image on the big screen. He clenched his fists tightly, and his eyebrows were gradually covered with a layer of haze.
China's space construction technology had probably exceeded their expectations.
If they could really assemble a spacecraft with a weight of more than 100 tons in outer space …
In theory, they could build a bigger one.
It wouldn't be too difficult.
…
In fact, compared to other cutting-edge technologies used on this "simple" spaceport, plasma welding was just one of the most inconspicuous ones.
However, in contrast, other technologies were not so easy to observe directly.
Even the researchers from all over the world working on the Moon Palace knew nothing about these things, let alone the optical satellites that were more than 300,000 kilometers away.
These technical reserves were the reason why China did not hide their Mars landing plan.
So what if they saw it?
Even if some things were placed in front of you, it was not an easy task to copy them.
Regardless of how shocked Professor Reston and Professor Phil Goethe were, the foreign researchers on the Moon Palace were all shocked speechless by what happened outside the porthole.
Professor Pearson from the Department of Physics of Harvard University stared at the Xu Fu colonial ship that was gradually taking shape. His face was full of indescribable shock.
He was a particle physics professor who came here through the ILHCRC.
Since the completion of the Lunar Hadron Collider, he had served on the lunar scientific research station and the Moon Palace.
Even though he had become accustomed to all kinds of novel aerospace technologies, he still couldn't control the shock that came from the bottom of his heart.
He finally couldn't help but ask.
"Those robotic arms … Are they being operated by someone?"
"How is that possible? Who has the ability to operate eight arms at the same time? "Professor Yan Xinjue, who was also serving at the lunar scientific research station, said with a smile," If I'm not mistaken, this thing should be controlled by artificial intelligence. Didn't the Moon Palace replace the chipset of the central computer some time ago? Maybe this technology was upgraded at that time … Of course, I'm just guessing, I don't know the specific situation. "
Professor Pearson moved his gaze away from the porthole and looked at Professor Yan Xinjue. "Your aerospace technology is really impressive … I really envy you."
Hearing this honest compliment, Yan Xinjue smiled embarrassedly.
Even though he was not an expert in the aerospace field.
But to be honest, the feeling of being looked at with envy by scholars from other countries made him quite happy …
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