He returned to the surface.
He stood next to the elevator.
Lu Zhou took out his phone and called Chen Yushan.
As soon as the call was connected, he immediately spoke.
"Help me get a piece of land."
The other end of the phone went silent for a few seconds.
"Delivery? What delivery? "
"… It's my fault for expressing myself."
Lu Zhou coughed and said, "I plan on building a space shuttle production base in the Jinling high-tech zone, not far from the Institute for Advanced Study. Can you help me see if there's a suitable place nearby that's convenient for transportation?"
"Wait a second, I can't keep up with you …" Chen Yushan was muddled as she listened to Lu Zhou's plan. She pinched her eyebrows and took a deep breath. "Why are you building a space shuttle?"
Lu Zhou thought for a bit and said, "Because … I want to do some experiments?"
To be honest, if there was a reason, there really wasn't any.
It was just that the Debris No.3 was sitting there, and it would be a waste not to use it. Also, considering the fact that controllable fusion was already on the rise, the exploration and development of outer space would become the focus of the next 50 years or even a century.
Not to mention, even if he didn't think about these issues, he still had to find a place for Xiao Ai to squander his excess energy … or computing power.
The other end of the phone went silent for a while before Lu Zhou heard a sigh.
"Okay then, since you're not thinking about profits, I won't try to persuade you … Anyway, you're the one making the money, you can do whatever you want with it."
There were private aerospace companies in China, and there was even a private rocket manufacturing base that was known as the "largest in Asia". They had raised a lot of money, but they didn't see any obvious profit prospects.
In particular, the core technology was firmly monopolized by the two central enterprises, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. Competing with these two giants in this market, which did not have much meat in the first place, was a thankless task. The reason why several large domestic companies were willing to spend money on aerospace projects was purely because of the tax exemption policy announced at the last moon landing conference, as well as their own launch needs.
From a CEO's perspective, Chen Yushan obviously didn't want to give up on the promising battery market and invest in aerospace. However, since the chairman, Lu Zhou, said so, she didn't try to persuade him anymore.
Not to mention, with Star Sky Technology's current cash flow and future earnings, they could afford to invest in an aerospace project.
"It's not exactly a waste." Lu Zhou smiled awkwardly and said, "I'll try to keep the budget within US $100 million."
Chen Yushan couldn't help but complain, "You're thinking too simply. A slightly better private jet costs more than 100 million!"
Lu Zhou, who was holding the phone, made a helpless expression and said, "I will try to get some scientific research missions from the National Space Administration, and some policy support … In short, the funds are definitely enough."
This amount of money might not be a lot, but it could alleviate some of the financial pressure.
Of course, Lu Zhou's biggest source of confidence was Xiao Ai.
As long as he had enough computing power and hardware support, he could completely build an unmanned automatic production line.
As for things that he didn't need to produce himself, he could outsource them to other manufacturing companies.
After hearing Lu Zhou's optimistic statement, Chen Yushan said in a joking tone, "Then let me ask you something, my dear chairman, how big of a package do you plan on getting?"
Lu Zhou smiled embarrassedly and spoke after thinking for a while.
"One hundred and fifty mu will do."
…
After Lu Zhou told Chen Yushan about the construction of the space shuttle manufacturing base, he turned around and got into the elevator. He then returned to the underground laboratory.
The moment he stepped through the alloy door, Xiao Ai controlled the drone to follow him.
Lu Zhou looked at the drone hovering next to him. He immediately knew what it wanted to ask, so he smiled and spoke.
He smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll have a big mission for you in two months."
With this promise, the drone floating next to him excitedly circled around him.
"Yeah! I'll leave it to Xiao Ai! "
[(́ • ́ • ́) ́) و ́]
Lu Zhou ignored the emoji that popped up on the industrial robot control terminal. He took out the scanner gun from the system space and walked next to Debris No.3. He was ready to get down to business.
However, when he was about to aim the scanner gun at the debris, he hesitated for a second.
Speaking of which, other than Debris No.3, there was still a black cube that he hadn't researched yet. He still didn't know what that black cube was used for.
However, there was a time for everything.
Lu Zhou hesitated for a bit and finally turned on the calibration light. He locked onto Debris No.3 and pulled the trigger.
Suddenly, a line of text popped up on the display behind the scanner gun.
[Insufficient energy to complete the scanning mission. Forced activation may cause partial data loss. Do you want to continue?]
Lu Zhou: "…"
MMP！
There's an energy limit?!
The battery wreckage that he scanned before was so small that he didn't even realize there was such a limit.
However, it made sense. If there wasn't an energy limit, he could just put Debris No.2 inside Debris No.3. He wouldn't have to be so conflicted.
Lu Zhou made a bold guess. The energy consumption of the scanner gun was related to the amount of information it retrieved from the object. The larger the object, the more complex the internal structure, the more energy it would consume to scan.
Thinking of this, he said.
"Xiao Ai, do me a favor."
"Yeah?"
"Help me remove the outer shell of this thing."
"Roger that!"
The drone wobbled as it flew over, followed by the three robotic arms that quickly reached over. Two of them clamped down on the outer shell of Debris No.3, while the other one was connected to the cutter. Along a straight line, the outer shell was slowly cut open with a screeching sound.
The ceramic-based composite outer shell of the fusion battery had been shattered by the initial impact. The nearby components were also unfortunately blown out of the debris by the explosion. There was no hope of using the scanner gun to reverse engineer the fusion battery. Therefore, Lu Zhou threw this thing aside.
As for the propulsion units on the Hall-effect propulsion array, there were still a few intact ones.
Lu Zhou told Xiao Ai to arrange the two main modules, the Hall-effect propulsion array and the ionization chamber, on the ground. He then took out the scanner gun again. Starting from the leftmost Hall-effect propulsion array, he gradually increased the width of the scanning light.
When the scanning light captured the two modules, it was close to the upper limit of the energy.
Without any hesitation, Lu Zhou immediately pulled the trigger.
There was a "buzz" sound, and a bright blue arc of light flickered at the muzzle. It followed the trajectory of the calibration light and spread a light blue light curtain in front of him.
No matter how many times Lu Zhou saw this light beam that surpassed the standard model, he couldn't help but be shocked.
For the current technology of human civilization, this technology had even surpassed the scope of science and reached the realm of fantasy.
At least, he couldn't imagine what kind of principle it used.
He couldn't even imagine it.
The light blue light curtain seemed to have a magical penetrating power. It easily passed through the hard metal shell, turning the metallic shell transparent. It scanned every inch of the shadow.
When Lu Zhou saw this scene, an inexplicable idea suddenly popped up in his mind.
If they installed a big enough version of this thing on the spaceship, would they be able to scan the entire planet?
Of course, he knew in his heart.
Perhaps only an advanced civilization that grasped this technology would be able to answer this question …
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