Chapter 1789: Fortress in Space

The mountain-like Space Shuttle II was dragged by a professional trailer, slowly left the terminal and taxied to the take-off runway.

To say it is a runway for take-off, it is better to say that it is a large field that combines dozens of football fields horizontally.

The 4,000-meter-long super cannonball has a width of 300 meters. The huge space shuttle is on the runway, like a big fat man walking on a single-plank bridge. The huge fuselage completely covers the runway.

What supports such a huge weight is the six huge landing gears at the front and back. The landing gear of the front wheel is only the size of two tires, which is five stories high. The thick landing gear and buffer device are stable Supporting a huge body.

Each of the last four landing gears has twenty-two equally huge tires. The gears of the tires are like small houses. Human beings are as insignificant as ants and people in front of this spaceship.

Under the vertical tail, sixteen fish-mouth-shaped tail nozzles are combined to form a huge oval tail nozzle, with blue light dotted on it, which is the light of the propeller starting to operate.

At the position where the space shuttle was ready to take off, six huge blocking devices were raised, reaching a height of six floors, just blocking all the tires.

While the signal light for take-off was flashing, the tail nozzle of Space Shuttle No. 2 let out a deafening roar, and a huge wave swept out, and blue flames shot out hundreds of meters from the fish mouth-shaped nozzle.

During the preparation for take-off stage, the two pilots in the cockpit of the space shuttle directly accelerated the power to the highest level until the data on the instrument met the requirements for take-off, and then sent a signal to the control tower of the spaceport that it could take off.

The control tower immediately lowered the arrester after receiving the signal, and the arrester in front of the tires of the space shuttle was quickly confined on the runway, while the space shuttle, whose power had reached the take-off standard, was on the runway like an arrow of Li Xuan. rushed up.

The two pilots in the cockpit immediately increased the power output to the maximum at the first time of taxiing. The space shuttle weighing thousands of tons accelerated from rest to 500 kilometers per hour in a short 1,000-meter taxi. .

At this time, all the folding plates of the space shuttle's triangular wings were lowered, and a huge airflow swept under the triangular wings. Under the obstruction of the folding plates, a huge lifting force was generated. Standing up, the body slowly left the ground.

In the space shuttle, however, the rapidly generated centrifugal force was completely unfeeled, and even the people inside did not feel it at all during the process from the time the space shuttle was preparing to take off to the time it took off.

In the crew cabin, the two reporters next to Cai Ruichen,

They all looked at the scenery outside curiously. In the fully enclosed crew cabin, except for the feet, both sides are above the head, all of which are the outside scenery. The grass uprooted by the cold airflow on both sides can be clearly seen.

When they lifted off, they didn't even feel any difference. If they didn't see themselves getting farther and farther away from the ground, they wouldn't know that the space shuttle was already flying in the air.

"Passengers, we will enter the vertical climbing phase in thirty seconds. Please stay in your seat and do not move. The passenger compartment adopts an intelligent gyroscope control system, which can change the angle and position of the entire In a position parallel to the ground, please don't worry."

In the crew cabin, the captain's voice sounded, as if to take care of the two temporary passengers, the captain also specially explained the rhythm of the crew cabin.

In fact, together with the cockpit, all the passenger cabins adopt a gyro balance system, which can always maintain a posture parallel to the ground, so the people inside will not feel any upside-down or unsuitable feeling at all.

Moreover, there is an independent gravity system and decompression device in the passenger compartment, so there will be no centrifugal force and overload pressure under acceleration.

That's why Cai Ruichen decided to let the two reporters follow him temporarily, because there would be no burden or pressure on the human body, and there would be no weightlessness and huge overload, and the pressure would be kept out.

During the thirty seconds, Space Shuttle Two was slowly adjusting its flight attitude. The fish mouth-shaped tail nozzle has the ability of vector propulsion. Coupled with the adjustment of the wings, Space Shuttle Two is slowly adjusting to a vertical position. upward angle.

The climbing direction is naturally eastward, and the flying angle is the same as that of the launch vehicle. When the angle and flying attitude are all normal, the two pilots also perform power acceleration again. Gravitational acceleration.

The principle of gravitational acceleration is like a hammer ball, the invisible gravitational force is like that chain, and the aircraft is a big iron ball, and people are the source of gravity on the earth.

Therefore, this is why many rockets are launched eastward. Of course, this is not absolute. The main thing is where on the earth. Generally speaking, the smaller the latitude, the more advantageous it is.

The Middle East Federation does not have any low-latitude places. It is not high or low, so it adopts conventional means of launching eastward.

However, for the current human technology, a good launch site only determines the carrying capacity. From a technical perspective, any place on the earth can launch a launch vehicle. The difference is that the same distant rocket is here. One ton can be transported, but in other places, I'm afraid it can only carry three hundred kilograms.

With the majestic power of the space shuttle, the ability to get rid of the gravity of the earth is naturally sufficient, because there is no such difficulty, unlike the Soviet Union back then, which was quite a headache.

When launching eastward, the initial velocity given by the earth's rotation reduces the amount of velocity increase the rocket should provide, which can also reduce energy consumption, especially on such a large aircraft, the subsequent consumption is quite objective. number.

The three stages of taxiing, take-off, and climbing, but in the eyes of the people in the space shuttle, it is just a matter of less than a minute.

When the earth shrinks rapidly, and then the arc of the earth's atmosphere can be seen almost immediately, the panorama of the earth appears immediately.

This also means that the space shuttle has already left the atmosphere. At an altitude of 200 kilometers, it takes only a few minutes for the speed of the space shuttle. The entire flight process is smooth and natural, without any fluctuations or accidents.

The two reporters sitting next to Cai Ruichen didn't feel any fear at the moment, they were only fresh and exciting. Watching the earth gradually come into view, they had all kinds of emotions, and there was no worry or fear.

However, the eyes of the two were quickly drawn from the earth to the boundless starry sky. The bright galaxy appeared in everyone's eyes, and not far away, an increasingly clear disc also appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

At this moment, inside the space shuttle, the voice of the captain came out again: "The terminal of this flight, Sky City, will arrive in one minute. The space shuttle will directly dock in the space port of Sky City. All passengers, please wait for the cabin door to automatically open. After opening, get out of the passenger compartment."

In just a few minutes, leaving the earth and coming to the city in the sky hundreds of kilometers above the sky, all this seemed like a dream to the two reporters.

The huge city in the sky is getting closer and closer, and only when it really arrives in front of you can you feel the visual shock brought by this behemoth.

The space shuttle approached the city of the sky, and slowly opened a hatch on the side of the disc-shaped city of the sky. From the hatch, two huge mechanical arms stretched out, directly grabbed the space shuttle, and at the same time , the power system of the space shuttle is completely shut down, and the space shuttle follows the city of the sky and moves along the orbit of the earth.

The whole process is completed in an instant.

Grab the space shuttle's Sky City, and slowly pull the space shuttle into the sky city until most of the space shuttle's body enters the sky city.

At this moment, everyone in the crew cabin can also clearly see the space port of Sky City, with smooth sides, bright lights, and a large number of equipment clearly visible.

The space shuttle fixed by the robotic arm at the space port of Sky City has several huge pipes protruding from both sides of the space port, which are attached to the various hatches of the space shuttle like suction cups, including the cargo door below.

At this time, Cai Ruichen also stood up directly from his seat, and the 100 experts in the crew compartment also stood up from their seats and began to arrange their salutes.

Seeing this, the two reporters also stood up.

In less than twenty seconds, the door of the crew compartment was opened, and the channel attached to the space shuttle was tightly connected with the cabin door of the space shuttle. The oxygen and simulated atmospheric pressure were no different from standing on the earth.

Cai Ruichen was the first to walk out of the passenger cabin, walked through the passage that was only a few meters away, and stepped into the sky city with one foot.

When I saw the interior of Sky City for the first time, there was only one feeling, that is, it was extremely empty, and at the same time, it was busy.

What is empty is the space in front of me, which is incomparably huge. With the augmented reality panorama of the outside world, it seems to be a huge platform floating in the universe, so it feels empty.

And being busy means that on this huge platform, all kinds of busy robots, robots coming and going, are very busy, carrying various things, busy transporting various things.

"Welcome to the future sky city, I am the butler panda of the sky city, and the shortcut provides convenient services for everyone."

As soon as I stepped into the city of the sky, I heard the ethereal voice of the panda.

The two reporters following Cai Ruichen were already stunned, their faces full of shock, without reservation.

Several vehicles that looked like electric vehicles in tourist attractions came to the exit of the passenger cabin, and only then did the two journalists who were in shock be brought back to reality.

And it wasn't until this time that they felt that entering the city in the sky seemed to be no different from walking on the earth. If there was any difference, it was that the air here was extremely fresh, quite a bit like the air after the rain. Feel.

Cai Ruichen also invited the two reporters to board the car, but told Panda: "Panda, arrange two tour guides to take the two guests around."

"Please rest assured and leave it to me."

As soon as the panda finished speaking, two machine butlers came over, went straight to the two reporters, and gestured a gesture of please.

Machine butlers are no longer a magical thing in today's world. Seventy-five percent of households around the world have their own machine butlers.

The two reporters belonged to high-income groups, and their family had already bought a machine butler, because they both accepted it naturally, and both of them knew very well that it was impossible for Cai Ruichen to really accompany the two of them.

Before leaving with the two machine butlers, the Huaxia reporter did not forget to say to Cai Ruichen: "Mr. Cai, don't forget my exclusive interview."

"I'll invite the two of you to lunch at noon, and there will be plenty of time to chat slowly." Cai Ruichen nodded and said.

When the two reporters heard the words, they all nodded expectantly, and then immediately indulged in the charming scenery.

Standing in the city of the sky, you can almost see the whole earth, but what is really attractive is the boundless starry sky beyond the earth.

Under the introduction of the machine butler, the two began to play in the sky city.

On the other hand, Cai Ruichen took the general by himself, took an electric car, and left this place immediately.

The huge city in the sky has a thickness that can completely accommodate Space Shuttle Two. Naturally, there are all kinds of equipment inside, and it is definitely a city in the sky worthy of the name.

If this city in the sky is built as a residential city, it can accommodate millions of people without being crowded at all.

The thickness of a hundred-story building is divided into twenty floors, and each floor has its own special function. In addition to the power core system, there are also a large number of reserved weapon platforms, and Cai Ruichen also plans to place a special The base vehicle will be used as the control hub of the entire Sky City, and the base will fully take over the industrial city in the sky in the future.

All the minerals mined in the universe will be recovered in the city of the sky, and all high-end weapons and equipment in the future will also be produced in the city of the sky.

Once the Sky City is completely completed, this will be the second retreat route for the Red Police Corps. The first retreat route is the Underground Kingdom, and the second retreat route will be the Sky City.

If even the underground kingdom is not safe in the future, Cai Ruichen will not hesitate to transfer to the sky city, and drive the sky city away from the earth to a safer place.

Because if the underground kingdom is not safe in the future, then staying above the sky may not be safe either.

It's not that Cai Ruichen is cowardly, but that he never puts all his eggs in one basket, and at the same time, he doesn't just prepare a retreat for himself. Every time he thinks carefully, he always considers the worst situation. Take an optimistic attitude towards the future and take every step firmly. (to be continued)). If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point () to vote, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users please read here. )