A brand new nuclear fission power station has been built by Li Qingsong controlling the clones. But unlike other nuclear fission power plants, this one is not divided into many structures, such as reaction room, cooling room, exchange room, motor room and the like. It's a whole. All the components that make up a nuclear fission power station were integrated together by Li Qingsong to form an integrated structure. In the huge factory building, such a nuclear power plant is operating smoothly. It is about 16 meters high, more than 40 meters long, 25 meters wide, with a total volume of more than 14,000 cubic meters and a total mass of more than 4,000 tons. Its surface is not smooth, but is filled with dense pipes and numerous slightly messy bumps and depressions. Overall, it looks like an enlarged version of a vehicle's engine. Although it is so huge, compared with the other nuclear power plants built by himself, the total mass of all the components of those nuclear power plants added together is probably more than ten times that of this nuclear power plant. It also has an advantage that other nuclear power plants cannot match. It's movable!
As long as there is enough transportation capacity, it can be lifted up directly. No matter where it is placed, it can carry out nuclear fission operations and continuously convert nuclear energy into electrical energy or thermal energy according to demand! Looking at the huge power station in front of him, which is extremely small compared to its "peers", Li Qingsong knows that he has overcome the first difficulty in miniaturizing nuclear fission power plants. At this moment, it has the ability to be stuffed into a spaceship and supply energy and electricity to the spaceship. Of course, that spaceship would have to be extremely large, with a mass of at least 20,000 tons. But if it is a spacecraft with a mass of more than 20,000 tons, the power of this nuclear fission power plant is a bit low at this moment. Its maximum power can only reach 10,000 kilowatts, which is still a little less than such a huge spacecraft. "Hmm... to achieve practicality, its mass and volume need to be reduced by more than half, and its power needs to be doubled. In this way, its volume can be reduced to about 7,000 cubic meters, its mass to about 2,000 tons, its power to 20,000 kilowatts... and it can be truly put to use." but…… After reviewing the development and manufacturing process of this nuclear fission power station, Li Qingsong sighed softly: "It's difficult." In order to cram an entire nuclear power plant into such a small iron shell while ensuring its stability and reliability, tens of thousands of clones have worked tirelessly day and night over the past few years. In order to carry out various experiments, seek better materials and structures, and achieve higher processing precision, hundreds of clones even died due to engineering or experimental accidents. It took a lot of resources and a lot of effort to build it successfully. If he wanted to shrink it by half and double its power at once, even Li Qingsong didn't know how to start. All the places that can be optimized have been optimized. What else can be changed? Of course, there are samples of small nuclear fission power plants on board the Deep Space spacecraft, but... Things like reverse engineering are indeed useful, but it is hard to say how useful it will ultimately be. For example, in the Earth era, theoretically speaking, if we disassemble a car into its individual parts, then copy it one-to-one, and then assemble them together, can we learn to manufacture cars without mastering the principles of cars? The answer is obviously no. Because this ignores two extremely important factors.
First, the material. Second, the tolerance. Reverse engineering cannot crack the material formula. How can we ensure the performance if we cannot produce materials that meet the requirements? And tolerances. There will be errors in the casting of any parts, but as long as the errors can be controlled within a certain range, they will not affect the overall situation. Simple measurement can indeed confirm the size of a component, but how do you know its tolerance? There are uncertain tolerances, and there will also be tolerances during imitation manufacturing. So when a bunch of parts are finally assembled, the tolerances will be so large that they cannot be ignored, and it will be completely impossible to compare with the original. Not to mention the various torques, connection methods of various connectors, cable laying principles, etc. There are a lot of complicated things that cannot be solved by reverse engineering. Because of this, even if Li Qingsong was guarding the Deep Space spacecraft, he could not build a sufficiently small and efficient nuclear fission power station. Similarly, he could not obtain much technology from the mother ship of the Bluetook civilization. but…… Li Qingsong looked in the direction of the enemy star with some worry. "With my large-scale mining, I'm afraid the resources on Enemy Star won't last long. When the resources of the enemy planet are exhausted, and there are no other planets nearby, where can I get energy and resources? We must reach the inner solar system before the resources are exhausted. However, such a large-scale migration is inseparable from the miniaturization technology of nuclear fission power plants and secondary pressurization propulsion technology. Without these two technologies, large-scale interstellar migration would be impossible. At the same time, secondary pressurization propulsion technology is also developed from the technology of miniaturization of nuclear fission power plants, and its roots are still in the miniaturization of nuclear fission power plants. " Looking at the huge thing in front of him, Li Qingsong felt a little headache. If possible, Li Qingsong really wanted to use his hands to pinch it into a size small enough to fit into the spaceship. It’s a pity that I’m not Superman and can’t pinch it. "Alas, there is no other way. Let's continue our research." Li Qingsong manipulated many clones and continued to conduct research related to miniaturization. In the process, he even added the engineering-related Bluetuks, which made these Bluetuks complain bitterly. In this way, after a whole year of high-intensity research work, the Blueprint engineer who participated in the research could not bear it anymore. He found a clone of Li Qingsong regardless of possible punishment. "Dear Blue Star." He looked at the clone carefully. This Blue Star man's attire was slightly different from the rest of the Blue Star men, which seemed to imply that he had a higher status. There's no way, every Blue Star person looks exactly the same - at least in my opinion, they are exactly the same. Apart from their clothes, I really can't tell who is who. I didn't dare to ask, because it seemed like an offense to them that I couldn't tell the faces of the people from Blue Star, and I would be punished if I asked.
"I would like you to convey some of our views to the project commander. Our view on this project is that it is not something that can be solved through some sophisticated structure or some inspiration. It requires advances in basic technology, basic technology, you understand?" …