Technology: Breaking the Global Monopoly

Chapter 2534 The Second Space Station
At Gu Qing's suggestion, the engineering team began optimizing the electromagnetic field generator in the central spherical experimental module of Kyushu Technology's second space station, aiming to enable precise control of the gravitational field in a localized area.

When NASA's ambitious goal of "achieving routine lunar landings" arrived in 1039, the planning and construction of the lunar city had already progressed steadily into its third phase.

Tens of thousands of engineers, after passing the dual-system standard review by Daxia official and Jiuzhou Technology, are already working and living in the Moon City.

In addition, thousands of outstanding representatives from various industries have also moved into the Moon City.

Their decades of industry experience will enable them to contribute to the construction of the lunar city from a more professional perspective.

After all, from a legal perspective, this is a "lawless land" where many advanced ideas, but lacking legal support, can be tested.

At the same time, the robot population in Lunar City and the number of people undergoing bionic mechanical prosthetic surgery are greater than the proportion of users in any other city on Earth except Kunlun City.

Furthermore, the lunar city has now built a landing site, maintenance factory, and a systematic lunar maintenance team specifically for spacecraft from aerospace organizations cooperating with Daxia Aerospace Group, Daxia, and Jiuzhou Xinghai Company to land on the moon for maintenance. This team is dedicated to collecting various probes from the moon, either by receiving funding from the probe's launch agency to help with its maintenance or by limiting its exploration area to its own use.

Some organizations have expressed dissatisfaction with Kyushu Xinghai Company, but many more have chosen to pay for their services.

Even NASA now has a dedicated fund for this project.

Kyushu Star Ocean Corporation quoted 300 million yuan for a single repair, while NASA's internal assessment estimated the total cost at 500 million yuan. The extra 200 million yuan was naturally used for other purposes.

Yindu always tries to delay payment, but Kyushu Xinghai Company only checks if there are changes in the money in the account. If the payment amount is incorrect, no action will be taken to advance the maintenance.

As for the big spenders and the impoverished Europeans, they remain as enthusiastic as ever in making payments for Kyushu Starry Sea's aerospace projects.

Currently, any politician with a modicum of intelligence knows one thing: Kyushu Technology is likely to be the only company to control an extraterrestrial "safe zone" within the next thirty years.

The people living in the Moon Palace complex, despite their daily anxieties, were indeed provided with an absolutely safe place by Kyushu Star Sea Company, just as promised.

More and more people who leave the Moon Palace complex and then return are spreading the secrets of this place to other circles and social classes.

"The world's only pure land," "the safest place during the three wars," "water and food that are safer and healthier than the ground"...

These labels, which seem "foolish and naive" to ordinary people, have captivated and adored many wealthy individuals. Some families have even elevated the importance of astronauts and top engineers to an unprecedented level when arranging marriages for their descendants.

Time flew by, and it was autumn of the year 1039 in the Xia Yin Star Calendar.

When Kyushu Starsea Corporation announced that it would launch its second space station, netizens around the world, including those in mainland China, were surprised but not too shocked.

In their view, Kyushu Starsea Company was simply fulfilling its normal technological upgrade and project expansion needs. Building a space station was nothing compared to the massive investment required for the third phase of the Lunar City project.

Many national organizations are also trying to "invest" in and participate in the construction and operation of the second space station in Kyushu Star Sea through their official and private channels.

In recent years, all Kyushu-affiliated companies and research institutions, including Kyushu Xinghai Company, have not been as resistant to external investment as before, so everyone has some ideas.

However, Kyushu Xinghai Company once again chose to refuse the construction and operation of the second space station.

Furthermore, it not only rejected investors like "Dog Big House" who had a very good investment relationship with Kyushu Technology, but also all official institutions and organizations of Daxia, including Daxia Aerospace Group.

When Jiuzhou Xinghai Company officially announced that the second space station was "experimental" and equipped with a gravity system, even though Daxia Aerospace Group already had similar projects, the senior management of Daxia Aerospace Group had many other emotions.

During the meeting, some small groups even suggested finding ways to understand the true cutting-edge technologies currently possessed by Kyushu Starsea Company and other Kyushu-affiliated companies, or joining projects to share results, or exploring other methods to overcome gravity technology...

However, many of the solutions they came up with were rejected one by one.

"All the propulsion rockets currently used by Kyushu Xinghai Company are products independently designed, developed, and manufactured by Kyushu Rocket Company. In fact, many of the designs and materials have never been patented. If we want to learn from or draw on them, we can't even get in touch with the rocket debris!"

"Do you remember the report our trainees wrote after studying at Kyushu Xinghai Company? All the technical data of all companies and institutions within the Kyushu Group, including those of these engineers, are under the strict monitoring of Kyushu Technology's [Xiezhi] and other special equipment. The difficulty of stealing data is no less than stealing gold from the central vault! Moreover, the group is currently in a honeymoon period with Kyushu Xinghai Company, and absolutely, I will not allow anything to damage our relationship."

"Cooperation and mutual benefit are an unchangeable principle..."

Whether it's Daxia Aerospace Group or other aerospace industry enterprises and institutions in Daxia, there are similar small-group exchanges, but these exchanges only exist in the realm of communication and are never actually implemented.

October of the year 1039 in the Xia Yin Xing Li calendar.

"Attention all systems, the centrifugal annular section is entering the launch preparation phase."

Commands from the ground control center are transmitted to the launch site via relay satellites.

As the boosters separated, the fairing detached at the correct time, and the centrifugal annulus successfully entered its designated orbit. The entire process took only about 8 minutes.

"As the Great Xia Dragon Flag fluttered in the wind, the JZ series Y-type carrier rocket, carrying the centrifugal ring section of the Tiangong gravity station, ignited and lifted off on time at the Kunlun City Space Launch Site."

"This is an important part of the Kyushu Gravity Space Station's 'three-step' strategy, and it is also the first time that mankind has attempted to build a controllable gravity system in the space environment."

Invited photographers, media reporters, and online celebrities not only used their own professional equipment to take pictures, but some of them also had a small device on their shoulders to help record the moment.