With the successful advent of cable materials, in order to complete the synthesis and production of 40,000 kilometers of cables within a scheduled time to cooperate with the space agency and ground stations in splicing the main body of the space elevator, future technology can be said to have used all

resource.

Even product production lines such as smart medical cabin nano-medical robots have temporarily reduced production capacity.

Focus your main efforts on making cables.

Xu Lei even took Xingtong to personally control it to ensure that every piece of cable was of high quality and that there would be no flaws at all.

Because for a super project like the space elevator, as the most important cable, even a small flaw may lead to serious consequences.

Absolutely no carelessness.

Fortunately, the cable production process is quite satisfactory.

According to the current speed, it is enough to synthesize enough cables within the predetermined time.

In addition, during this period, NASA experienced the successful launch of the cornerstone module of the near-Earth space port for the first time, which greatly increased their confidence and accumulated experience, so that they began to launch launch vehicles in batches in the following time.

As a result, the prototype of the near-Earth space port was gradually improved and expanded.

It is worth mentioning that in the past, every time the National Aeronautics and Space Administration had a launch mission, the main station and the China News Service People's Daily would report it.

But this time, because the launch missions were too frequent, a lot of them were missed in the middle.

However, this also makes the public unable to help but worry about whether the near-Earth space port can be built. After all, every time a rocket is launched, it is equivalent to throwing a lot of money!

If the success falls short in the end, who will bear the loss?

Just talking online, NASA and Future Technology have never responded.

This situation proves the saying, that is, you say what you do and I do mine, and the two parties do not interfere with each other.

In fact, there is no way the situation has evolved into this. Who makes the space elevator, a super project, about to undergo the most important splicing process? This is related to the success of the space elevator. At this critical moment, naturally there is no time to discuss the outside world.

speech.

Anyway, when the test operation of the space elevator is successful, people will only use up all their vocabulary to praise the greatness of this project.

at the same time.

Overseas, things are relatively calm.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration of Beijing Magnesium and the Space Exploration Technology Company of Masen have not made any movement, and they have a laissez-faire attitude towards the construction of space elevators.

The whole department only cares about its own lunar base construction plan.

It was obvious that he did not take the space elevator seriously and believed that an accident would eventually occur.

that's all.

When the time comes to the end of September.

With the joint efforts of all NASA, a near-Earth spaceport that is more majestic and larger than the Tiangong Space Station has finally taken shape. Although it needs to continue to launch various equipment in order to play its role as a transportation hub, as a synchronized orbit

There is no problem in cooperating with the Tiangong space station to become the main body of the space elevator.

Coupled with the fact that it is approaching the previously estimated time, the space elevator is finally about to usher in the main body splicing time.

Friday, September 25, 2026.

Mid-Autumn Festival.

It is the traditional festival, which should be a time for family reunions across the country, but there is a frigate traveling quickly in a certain sea area in the south.

"Academician Xu, in addition to the near-Earth space port that can meet the counterweight requirements of the space elevator, our new-generation Shenzhou spacecraft and Yutu lunar landing module have also been completed. Now we are waiting for the space elevator to operate and successfully implement the moon landing plan.

"On the deck, Wu Chuping clenched the guardrails of the ship with both hands and looked at the turbulent ocean. His voice was speaking to Xu Lei beside him: "Speaking of which, it's all thanks to the design drawings you provided, Academician Xu, otherwise it would not have been possible in such a short time.

Completed the update."

"My drawings are nothing. I'm afraid only you can complete the near-Earth spaceport in less than a year." Xu Lei turned around and praised sincerely.

What he said was not wrong.

Although the construction of a near-Earth space port is inseparable from design drawings, if it were not for the strong efforts of the space agency, it would never have been completed in a short time.

This shows that they truly believe that a space elevator can be realized.

Otherwise, I would never pay to this extent.

After all, this is equivalent to betting on the future and destiny of the development of the domestic aerospace industry.

Therefore, Xu Lei did not take all the credit for this matter, but affirmed the efforts of Wu Chuping and others.

However, the two did not talk too much about this matter. Soon Wu Chuping took the initiative to turn the topic to the cable and asked: "By the way, Academician Xu, how to splice the cable?"

The space agency has successfully completed the construction of the near-Earth space port and the lunar landing module of the spacecraft. Future technology is also not vegetarian.

With three shifts working around the clock, 40,000 kilometers of cables were completed as early as last week.

Because all the main bodies of the space elevator have been completed, the next step is the splicing of the main body that attracts everyone's attention. At this time, Xu Lei will definitely not be able to stay in Binjiang City safely.

There is no reason to be absent when faced with such a human feat.

So Xu Lei and Wu Chuping led the team to take a warship to the Dengtian Island ground station, where they witnessed the official operation of the space elevator and personally directed the main body splicing work.

What Wu Chuping asked about is the most important and dangerous part of the entire splicing process.

If something goes wrong, the entire project will be wasted.

The ground station and the near-Earth space port are far apart and require 40,000 kilometers of cables to connect them, but how to connect them becomes a problem.

If someone else is responsible for this work, then it may be necessary to hold a seminar to discuss a safe and reliable splicing plan, but by the time the plan is officially released, I don’t know how much time has passed.

It will definitely take longer than expected.

But here in Xu Lei, relying on the technical knowledge stored in his mind, solving this matter is not a problem.

At this point, Xu Lei naturally would not hide anything from Wu Chuping, and the next second he directly revealed his splicing plan.

"As far as the current situation is concerned, it is most appropriate to split the cable into multiple sections and use rockets to transport them to synchronous orbit. At that time, the cable will be hung from the base of the near-Earth space port and connected to the Tiangong space station, where the cable will be

One section is fixed and installed with dampers and other related supporting equipment, and then the next section is continued to hang down according to the gourd's pattern, and connected in sequence until the tower is fixed on the ground station."

"This plan is indeed relatively safe and highly feasible." Wu Chuping nodded with deep understanding and had no other objections.

Mainly based on the current situation, this is indeed the most suitable installation method.

As long as the cables connect the ground station to the space station and the near-Earth space port, it will be equipped with a car jointly built by Future Technology and the space agency.

Taking into account the subsequent construction of the lunar base, as well as the lunar resource transportation and near-lunar space port plans, the interior volume of the car is spacious enough. In addition to being able to be connected to the carbon nanotubes, it also carries rocket propulsion and safe landing devices.

This ensures that the people and materials in the car will not be affected when the cable breaks.

But at this time, Xu Lei noticed that Wu Chuping's face looked a little strange, as if he was holding something back in his heart and wanted to say it but was embarrassed to say it.

Xu Lei was still quite curious about Wu Chuping's performance. After all, this was not like his usual character.

Thinking of this, he didn't hesitate at all, and simply asked straight to the point: "Commander Wu, do you have any questions? If you want to ask, just the two of us can just ask?"

"I'm just worried about whether the 40,000-kilometer-long carbon nanotube cable can pass the tensile test." Wu Chuping just expressed his inner struggle, and soon seemed to have thought of something, and quickly added: "Of course I am not questioning the future.

Research on technology and cable materials.”

When Xu Lei heard that Wu Chuping was worried about this, an indifferent smile suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He naturally understood that Wu Chuping had a good intention and did not want to see any accidents in the splicing work of the space elevator.

But after all, he was responsible for synthesizing the cable himself, and he has full confidence in its quality. Even if the equipment in the test room cannot reach the pulling force of a space elevator, it will never break.

"Don't worry, the success of the space elevator is inevitable, just wait until we make a global sensation." Xu Lei patted Wu Chuping on the shoulder, his words full of confidence.

Perhaps infected by this confidence, Wu Chuping soon stopped worrying about this matter.

Anyway, the cable has been made and will definitely be used in the space elevator, so whatever you worry about will happen.

Then, just when the two of them could not bear the sea breeze and were about to return to the cabin, they saw Cheng Fei and Xingtong walking out, pointing ahead and reminding them: "Boss, we are about to enter the waters of Dentian Island.

Xu Lei heard the sound and looked into the distance, and sure enough he noticed an island appearing in his field of vision.

Especially the soaring tower above makes people sigh in admiration. It is like a spear that wants to pierce the sky.

In the waters with a closer view, you can see a large number of warships, even nuclear-powered aircraft carriers that have just been launched and have been in service for a long time.

At the beginning of the construction of the Sky Island, an aircraft carrier fleet patrolled the surrounding waters to ensure the smooth progress of the ground station construction. Now the space elevator is about to undergo the final splicing work, and the safety protection work must be stricter to avoid accidents at this time.

The young people took the opportunity to sneak attack on Dengtian Island.

Also, this time when he went from Binjiang City to Dengtian Island, Xu Lei only brought Xingtong, Cheng Fei, Gu Sanlin and more than a dozen company security personnel with him, while the others stayed in the company to handle business.

It is no exaggeration to say that Dengtian Island is much safer than Binjiang City now, so there is no need to bring too many people.

What's more, with Xingtong here, Xu Lei won't worry about his own safety if an emergency happens.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen this island in person. I usually watch the live broadcast at most." Wu Chuping's voice brought Xu Lei back to his thoughts. After noticing that the other party was looking at the location of the island expectantly,

He couldn't help but echoed: "It's such a special island. Now that you're here, you should take a good tour."

…

Since Xu Lei, Wu Chuping and the others were traveling on warships, they naturally passed the fleet outside Dengtian Island easily.

As the overall outline of Dentian Island gradually appeared in the field of vision, there were more and more figures on the deck, all of whom looked at it with extremely shocked eyes.

Even Gu Sanlin looked a little dull.

After all, they have never been to Dentian Island before, and they have been engaged in the cooperative manufacturing of cables. They usually don't have time to watch the live broadcast. Now you can imagine how they feel when they suddenly face such a huge and magnificent artificial island.

It is simply a miraculous workmanship.
To be continued...