Chapter 223, Anti-Gravity Technology

Li Fu knew very well that with the current strength of Fuyun Group, it could express its dissatisfaction to Wang Aiguo and Tang Yunshan in the form of a strike.

It could also stop providing super-large plasma engines to the country. In this way, even if these heavy industry groups can build frigates, without the super-large plasma engines provided by Fuyun Group, these frigates are just some iron lumps.

Fuyun Group has mastered the most core and most critical technologies. Even for the Dumbo and Dumbo spacecraft, Fuyun Group can sign an agreement with those buyers. The mined asteroids must be sold to Fuyun Group first, etc. Fuyun Group has many means to easily grab enough resources.

However, Li Fu did not intend to do so, because doing so would not benefit Li Fu, but would only push himself to the forefront and play into the hands of others.

They wished that Li Fu would confront the authorities head-on, so that they would have reason to suggest to the authorities to take some measures against Fuyun Group. Apart from anything else, an anti-monopoly alone would be enough to tear Fuyun Group apart.

Furthermore, Li Fu also knew why Tang Yunshan and other senior officials were so anxious to build their own cosmic army, because they were always very worried about the invasion of alien civilizations.

If Li Fu was emotional about this matter, Tang Yunshan might come forward at that time, and Fuyun Group's resource needs could be guaranteed, but Li Fu's image that he had always built up would fall short, not to mention that Li Fu also knew the importance of it.

Others may not know why China is so anxious to build a cosmic army, so they can shamelessly rob resources, but Li Fu can't. He must proceed from the perspective and fundamental interests of the entire earthlings, and of course, the most fundamental thing is to proceed from Li Fu's own interests.

"Brother Fu, it's not difficult for us to mine asteroids ourselves, but to meet the demand, we need to mine at least 15 asteroids of tens of millions of tons every year. We need dozens of teams and more than ten large spaceships."

"We didn't plan to mine asteroids ourselves, so we didn't keep any of the large spaceships we produced. The orders for the later period are all full. If we want to squeeze out more than ten spaceships, the impact is still relatively large."

After hearing Li Fu's words, Chen Bin kept calculating in his mind, and then shook his head and said.

"What's the point of mining 10 million tons of asteroids every time? We are the originator and naturally have to be generous. If we can mine hundreds of millions of tons of asteroids at a time, we can mine once or twice a year to meet the demand for resources."

Li Fu smiled mysteriously. The Dumbo spacecraft can tow asteroids of tens of millions of tons at most. Of course, it is very good to be able to reach about 9 million tons under normal circumstances. In many cases, it is a big profit to tow an iron-rich asteroid of about 7 million or 8 million tons.

As for the Dumbo spacecraft, the current production is still very rare, and the main reason is that the price is too high. The price is as high as hundreds of billions of Chinese yuan. Even crazy capitalists have to carefully weigh their wallets.

The Dumbo spacecraft is an upgraded version of the Dumbo spacecraft. In theory, it can drag asteroids up to 50 million tons. However, in actual operation, it is very good to be able to drag iron-rich asteroids of about 30 million tons. If you can encounter an asteroid of about 40 million tons, you will be lucky.

Li Fu now proposed to mine hundreds of millions of tons of asteroids at a time. Obviously, the Dumbo spacecraft and the Dumbo spacecraft cannot meet the demand. It is necessary to build a more advanced spacecraft.

"Hundreds of millions of tons of asteroids?"

When the others heard this, their eyes widened. They are all experts in the field of aerospace power. Naturally, they also know how huge the power required to mine hundreds of millions of tons of asteroids is. This requires a super-large plasma engine to meet it, and it is still a bit reluctant.

The mass of the Huashan is as high as 1 billion tons, but according to the design, it needs to be equipped with more than ten super-large plasma engines to meet the demand.

Plasma power, like jet power, also has a limit. For example, once a jet-powered fighter reaches Mach 3, it is almost impossible to increase the speed further, because the thrust generated by the jet power system is not enough to increase the speed of the fighter.

The same is true for plasma power. It also has a limit. In theory, a super-large plasma power engine can push an object of 1 billion tons, but this is only a theory. In actual operation, it is difficult to reach the limit.

So if you want to mine hundreds of millions of tons of asteroids and still use a plasma power system, then you must use a super-large plasma engine, but this super-large plasma engine itself is extremely expensive, and the key is that it requires a very large spaceship and space battleship to match it.

It is impossible to build a frigate-level spaceship as large as the Hengshan and Songshan to mine asteroids. This is a bit too much.

Moreover, to build such a huge spaceship, it would consume a huge amount of steel resources and take several years. It would not help to alleviate the current situation for a while.

"Brother Fu, what can we use to mine hundreds of millions of tons of asteroids?"

Yu Liang seemed to have thought of it, and said with bright eyes. After spending a long time with Li Fu, he knew that Li Fu seemed to have infinite possibilities, and no problem could stump Li Fu.

"It is very uneconomical to use a super-large plasma engine to build a large spaceship to mine asteroids, and it takes a long time, and it can't solve the problem at hand."

Chen Bin's mind was relatively simpler. At this time, he was still constantly calculating and guessing how to mine hundreds of millions of tons of asteroids.

"Brother Fu must have new power technology."

Cao Haitao touched his chin, looking thoughtful.

"New power technology? What technology?"

Chen Bin suddenly realized it at this time and asked Li Fu hurriedly.

"Traditional plasma technology is naturally very uneconomical. We have no intention of making a loss. We are a high-tech enterprise, so we must continue to innovate and research new technologies."

Li Fu kept it a secret. Power technology has slowly developed from the earliest steam power to internal combustion engines, and then to electric motors and plasma power. It can be said that every change in power technology is a huge leap in human history. From the first industrial revolution to the second and third industrial revolutions, and then to the current interstellar era, power technology has almost determined everything.

"What technology?"

Chen Bin, Yu Liang, Cao Haitao and others asked almost in unison, each with expectant eyes.

"Anti-gravity technology!"

Li Fu uttered a few words gently.

"Anti-gravity technology?"

When several people heard it, they followed and kept thinking in their minds.

The so-called anti-gravity technology is a theoretical power technology. Its theory is very simple. In the vast universe, no matter what object is, it is subject to the control of gravity.

The moon is dominated by the gravity of the earth, so the moon revolves around the earth; the eight planets such as the earth, Mars, Venus, etc. are dominated by the gravity of the sun, so they all revolve around the solar system; the solar system, the Centaurus star system, the constellation galaxy, and countless other star systems are dominated by the powerful black hole in the center of the Milky Way, so the matter of the entire Milky Way also revolves around the Milky Way. According to scientists' calculations, the time it takes for the solar system to revolve around the Milky Way is about 220 million to 250 million years. This cycle can be called a cosmic year or a galaxy year.

Of course, although the Milky Way is very large, it is not immutable. It is also dominated by a powerful force and is also moving at an unimaginable speed in the universe. It can be said that everything in the universe is dominated by a powerful force, and this force is gravity.

Understanding the gravity that dominates everything in the universe, scientists speculated whether they could use this kind of gravity that is widely present in the universe to obtain power. This is the theory of anti-gravity technology. Of course, in the true sense, it cannot be called anti-gravity technology, but should be called gravitational power technology.

It's just that in the early stage, the universal gravitation that can be used is generally the gravity of the planet, that is, gravity, so it is called anti-gravity technology. If it can be developed and developed to a relatively advanced level, it can be called universal gravitational power technology.

Once it reaches that level, the universal gravitation used is no longer limited to the planet, it can be the universal gravitation of the star or the terrible force that dominates the Milky Way.

Although everyone knows the theory of anti-gravity technology, it is very difficult to actually realize anti-gravity technology. Just like we all know Einstein's mass-energy formula, but when we are asked to study the atomic bomb, we will be in the dark and have no idea where to start. Otherwise, countries around the world would have mastered nuclear bomb technology long ago.

Chen Bin, Yu Liang, Cao Haitao and others also know the theoretical technology of anti-gravity, but when it comes to actually researching anti-gravity technology, everyone is in the dark and has no idea where to start, although they also know that Li Fu's main energy has been focused on the research of new power technology over the years.

Originally everyone thought that Li Fu was researching plasma power technology, and Li Fu had never made it public. Unexpectedly, Li Fu was actually researching anti-gravity technology, a technology that exists in theory and has unlimited prospects.