The rise of nanometers

The reason why Huang Xiuyuan is so concerned about Research Institute 3067 is not because of the improvement of human combat effectiveness through this project.

Many people are unaware of the fundamental significance of this project.

Whether it is nano-endoskeleton or nano-endothelial layer, they are all projects proposed by Huang Xiuyuan. Although he did not personally participate in the specific research, he still controls the general direction.

The deeper significance of this project lies in space.

Specifically, it is to enable humans to maintain long-term lives in a weightless environment.

Why can't humans live in outer space for a long time? The core limiting factor is the low gravity environment.

The living environment of human beings is the blue star ground, and their bodies are adapted to the blue star environment.

The low gravity environment of outer space can cause space syndrome, including osteoporosis, atherogenesis, and muscle degeneration.

These space diseases usually gradually appear after 8 to 12 months of living in space, and in severe cases may cause fatal injuries.

Even if centrifuge exercise and special diet control are used, the duration of space life should not exceed the limit of 15 months.

Although astronauts can gradually restore their physical health through scientific exercise and diet after returning to Blue Star, once the time spent in space exceeds the maximum limit, irreversible damage may occur.

Therefore, the Chinese Space Administration has set the space work period for astronauts, which is divided into a maximum of 9 months for professional astronauts and a maximum of 6 months for non-professional astronauts.

For example, Cheng Cunwu, who went to the moon before, could only work in outer space for a maximum of 6 months at a time, and after returning to Blue Star, the rest and adjustment period must not be less than 6 months.

In the early days of space exploration, most of the astronauts were professionals or semi-professionals.

But in the middle and later stages, we must consider the matter of ordinary people going to outer space. If the current astronaut training model is still the same, the efficiency will be really low.

Therefore, space human survival science came into being.

Compared with the clueless artificial gravity technology, or the centrifugal force pseudo-gravity technology with a huge amount of engineering, or the genetic evolution technology, Huang Xiuyuan values ​​another technology more - hydraulic pseudo-gravity technology.

This is what he thinks about and feels is the only space survival technology that can be realized at present.

He plans to use hydraulic force to replace gravity and simulate the effect of Blue Star gravity on the human body.

So how to implement this technical solution?

First of all, water is incompressible to a certain extent. If you want to increase the hydraulic pressure, you will definitely need a large amount of water or other liquids.

As a result, we have to face another problem, that is, liquid acts on the skin, and if the skin is immersed in a liquid environment for a long time, liquid molecules will definitely penetrate into the cells, causing the surface cells to die rapidly.

Huang Xiuyuan's idea is very simple. Since liquid molecules can penetrate the skin cells of the body, he covers the skin with a layer of "artificial skin" to separate the epidermis and hydraulic fluid.

Artificial skin technology is not difficult for the Suiren system at this stage. Using nanomaterials, artificial skin can be created that is elastic and combined with a waterproof layer.

The availability of artificial skin does not mean that hydraulic pseudo-gravity technology can be put into use.

Because in Huang Xiuyuan's idea, the initial use of hydraulic cabins, air pressure breathing systems, and artificial skin can ensure that astronauts can maintain their health by resting in the hydraulic cabin in space.

However, this method has an inherent limitation, that is, the hydraulic cabin is fixed, and there is no guarantee that the astronauts will be in a hydraulic state while working.

The advanced version of hydraulic cabin technology is hydraulic armor.

The hydraulic chamber is modified into an exoskeleton suit, and astronauts are then immersed in it.

To ensure that the hydraulic exoskeleton armor technology can be easily controlled by humans, it must be as small as possible and preferably close to the body. The optimal ratio of the size of the exoskeleton armor should be maintained at around 1:1.2.

That is, for an ordinary person who is 1.8 meters tall, the height of his exoskeleton armor should not be higher than 2.16 meters.

The hydraulic exoskeleton armor uses nuclear batteries, which can maintain the internal hydraulic and pneumatic environment for a long time.

In order to maintain long-term wearing of exoskeleton armor, the human body's endoskeleton, endothelium, etc. must be strengthened simultaneously.

Don't think that exoskeletons have no burden on the human body. Especially hydraulic exoskeletons, their own weight and pressure are a relatively large burden.

Only when the endoskeleton and exoskeleton are strengthened simultaneously can humans live long-term in outer space.

Now the hydraulic cabin technology has entered the stage of human experimentation, but the hydraulic exoskeleton technology has not yet matured into a mature product.

Mainly miniaturized pseudo-gravity hydraulics, the equipment required is relatively large, and the control of hydraulic pressure must be as refined as possible.

This system is meant to be used on the human body. If you do it casually, you are making a joke with the lives of astronauts.

Fang Hua took Huang Xiuyuan to watch the nanoendothelium implantation experiment.

The mouse, which was fixed on the operating table, had been under general anesthesia. Nanowires thinner than a hair directly penetrated the mouse's epidermis, leaving no trace of a wound.

This is the ultra-minimally invasive technology brought by nanowires. Now there are even nanoneedles that can directly pierce the skin, organs, tissues, and bones, reach the lesion area, and then inject drug molecules into the lesion.

With the assistance of a computer system, several researchers seemed to be embroidering on the skin of a white mouse. Special nanowires quickly formed a nanometer network structure in the dermis under the thread of the robotic arm.

Several robotic arms were equipped with infrared lasers, which were shooting at the cortex of the mice in a dazzling manner.

Through infrared light in-body welding, these nanostructures are completely combined and become a whole.

The nanocortex is also integrated with the nanoendoskeleton. After being connected to each other, it can ensure part of the design effect of this system.

In fact, the nanoendoskeleton and nanocortex at this time are only semi-finished products, and many of the envisioned functions have not yet been completed.

Huang Xiuyuan looked at the cost estimate of 3067 Research Institute. The current comprehensive cost of a set of human nanoendoskeleton + nanocortex is about 270 million yuan.

This is calculated based on the current production output of 100 sets, plus related scientific research costs.

If we want to mass-produce, we must at least wait until the technology becomes more mature. By then, based on the production scale of hundreds of thousands of units, the cost can be reduced to about 2 million per unit.

He had already anticipated the cost of the initial laboratory, which was very normal.

After all, tens of billions of dollars were invested to produce 100 sets of test products. If the scientific research costs are evenly divided, one set will definitely cost several hundred million.

"Ahua, you need to communicate more with Research Institute 3058. Their hydraulic chamber has begun to enter the human experiment stage."

Fang Hua nodded: "I understand."

At this time, the implantation surgery on the mouse has been initially completed.

The combination of the endoskeleton and the endodermis increases the overall strength of the mouse's body by several levels.

If a white mouse is hit hard with a stick, the cortex and exoskeleton in its body will instantly form a non-Newtonian structure, weakening the force of the attack.

This defense mechanism is not unlimited. At least sharp weapon thrusts, overpressure attacks, and ultra-high and ultra-low temperatures can harm the modified body.

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