Hearing this, Stark was a little surprised.
From Andy's intention, this spaceship was meant to stay in the Universe indefinitely.
He was treating this spaceship as a factory for building a Space Station; otherwise, Andy wouldn't have designed the two mining drone bays.
Stark was very satisfied with Andy's design.
If they were to build a Space Station with just their three capitals, the cost of each spaceship takeoff and landing alone would be substantial.
Moreover, to transport a large amount of materials into the Universe, the resources they would consume would reach a terrifying level.
While having mining drones collect minerals in the Universe would extend the Space Station's construction period, they would no longer consume Earth's resources, allowing their industries to focus more energy on other tasks.
Looking at the two bays on the blueprint, Stark showed great interest.
He wanted to know what kind of mining drone Andy had designed, because while the asteroid belt contained many minerals, that didn't mean every asteroid fragment contained minerals.
Many asteroids were just ordinary rocks.
Furthermore, the asteroid belt is located between Mars and Jupiter; to fly there, with Earth's current aerospace technology, it would take nearly two years at the fastest.
And this is just a one-way trip; if you include the return journey, it would take almost four years to start work once.
To rapidly build the Space Station, they had to improve efficiency.
At least the mining speed of the drones needed to be increased to an acceptable range.
"Since you designed the mining drone bays, you must have thought of how to solve the problem of the distance from the asteroid belt to Earth, right?"
Faced with Stark's question, Andy nodded as a matter of course.
The discarded blueprints scattered across the lab floor had already proven everything.
To accelerate the construction of the Space Station, Andy had made countless modifications to the engines of the two drones.
He installed jump engines from the G series into the drones, allowing them to quickly travel back and forth between the Space Station and the asteroid belt.
"These are the general design drawings for the mining drones; you'll understand once you see them."
Taking out a thick roll of design drawings from the cabinet, these were Andy's general designs for the drones.
Although they didn't convey a lot, they were sufficient to explain to Stark how these two mining drones would help them build the Space Station.
Stark raised an eyebrow as he looked at the design drawings Andy produced.
The mining drone's structure in the design drawing was extremely ingenious, with all sorts of devices equipped specifically for mining.
The technology of those mining equipment was incredibly powerful; just the laser mining device equipped on the drone could be used as a weapon.
And other equipment, such as the tractor beam and scanning analyzer, were all powerful tools; they could not only be used for mining but also had extremely strong auxiliary effects even in combat.
Regarding the various equipment Andy had designed, Stark had to admit that Andy's research over the past few days had yielded significant results.
At least the things Andy had researched gave him a lot of inspiration.
Perhaps his next Iron Man Suit would be equipped with even stronger weapons, after all, Stark had only recently stopped being an arms dealer.
His first reaction when looking at equipment was to check its offensive capabilities.
Only destructive power and endurance were his main concerns.
And the mining drones Andy designed perfectly met his criteria for a weapon.
It was precisely because of this that Stark was able to draw inspiration from this equipment.
In the design process, Stark also saw the supercapacitors that ensured the drones' continuous operation.
Those were the energy cores that could provide sufficient energy for the drones, ensuring they had ample power during operation.
This allowed the drones to continuously operate and navigate in the Universe, and even perform long-distance jumps.
Putting down the design drawings, Stark expressed admiration for Andy's genius ideas.
In just a few months, without any help, Andy had managed to complete the designs for both the main spaceship and the two drones.
And from the design drawings, these designs were all feasible.
Stark silently calculated the efficiency of the mining drones, and the results greatly astonished him.
These mining drones could jump directly from near Earth into the asteroid belt.
And the efficiency of its mining equipment was at a considerably high level, allowing it to quickly collect minerals from the asteroid belt.
If they could maintain their working efficiency, the two drones could bring back twenty-five cubic meters of minerals every day.
This was enough to allow the Space Station to be built continuously, ensuring their Space Station would take shape quickly.
"Have you finally come to your senses? These designs are too brilliant! With these devices, we'll be able to quickly build our own Space Station."
Every design in these blueprints had its function maximized.
And twenty-five cubic meters of minerals per day, even for smelting, would take some time.
Not to mention casting them into the required shape for the Space Station, which would require continuous operation of machinery and equipment to maintain a relative balance.
For Stark, this was not a difficult task at all.
As long as there were enough minerals, he could have the engineering robots first manufacture the Space Station's processing equipment.
This would allow the robots' work efficiency to steadily increase, making the Space Station's construction speed even faster.
After praising Andy for a while, Stark remembered the purpose of his visit.
He wasn't here just to praise Andy; he was here to show Andy the masterpiece of the Stark family: the reactor made of the new element.
"I investigated the connection between Anton Vanko and my father.
They did indeed work together, and they both designed a similar reactor.
However, the Stark family did not steal anyone else's research; what my father truly left me was a new element."
With that, Stark took out his phone and laid it flat, and a holographic projection appeared before Andy.
Looking at the very miniature holographic projection, Andy frowned and said, "Audis, enlarge the holographic projection from the phone."
As soon as he finished speaking, the phone's holographic projection disappeared, replaced by a giant spherical pattern in the laboratory.
That was a new atom, which was the new element Stark was talking about.
"Wow, this is truly beautiful! Isn't it?"
Audis's voice echoed in the lab, and it was clear he really liked the new element in the holographic projection.
And Andy also expressed admiration for this new element; Howard Stark was indeed a genius inventor.
The new element he had researched could significantly boost the energy of the mining drones and improve their working efficiency.
Stark smiled widely, watching Andy engrossed in the new element's structure.
This was the first time Stark had seen Andy so captivated by an object.
He took off the reactor attached to his chest and placed it on the table in front of Andy, saying,
"This is the reactor I made with the new element; it is a cleaner energy source than the palladium reactor, and I no longer have to worry about palladium poisoning."
Looking at the new element, shaped like a triangle and glowing blue inside the reactor, Andy scanned the reactor and compared the data.
The results were largely consistent with their expectations; the data showed that the new element reactor was more efficient in all aspects compared to the palladium reactor.
"This element is perfect as a material for the drone's supercapacitor; its performance in all aspects is simply flawless."
Stark was very pleased with Andy's praise.
This was the first time he had heard such wholehearted praise from Andy, and although it was praise for his father, Howard, it was still praise for the Stark family, wasn't it?
Since Stark had shown his unique creation, Andy naturally couldn't let Stark down.
He led Stark to the casting bay, where his recently manufactured Anti-Gravity Wing was still placed.
"Before you arrived, I was making flight equipment."
With that, Andy pointed towards the Anti-Gravity Wing.
"This is my flight equipment; it can connect to my warframe, allowing me to fly at high speeds in the air.
I was originally going to find you to test it out, but since you're already here, let's go test it now!"
Andy was now eager to test the Anti-Gravity Wing; he wanted to see what it felt like to fly the warframe in the air.
Looking at the pair of Anti-Gravity Wings, which resembled chicken wings, in the manufacturing bay, Stark once again found himself doubting Andy's aesthetic sense.
Why did Andy always like to design such bizarre-looking equipment? Was there really no more normal design?
The Guardian Armor was like this, the warframe was like this, the Steel Gunner was like this, and now the flight equipment he made still looked like a chicken wing.
Could it be that these wings, like the Angels in mythology, flew by flapping their wings in the air?
Amidst Stark's doubts, Andy walked out wearing the Holy Sword.
"What's wrong? Let's go conduct the experiment now."
Looking at the suspicious Stark, Andy was curious as to what this guy had done again.
Stark, having collected himself, shook his head at the curious Andy.
"Nothing, it's just, how will these wings be equipped to make you fly?"
Stark was truly puzzled; no matter how he looked at them, these wings didn't seem like equipment that could make a person fly.
The wings themselves were extremely heavy, plus Andy's warframe.
Forget flapping the wings, even with thrusters equipped, it would be difficult to get off the ground.
Moreover, these wings did not conform to aerodynamics; even if they could fly in the air, it would be at a slow speed.
Understanding Stark's confusion, Andy commanded Audis, "Audis, connect and activate the Anti-Gravity Wing."
As Andy's command was given, Audis connected to the Anti-Gravity Wing.
The energy lights on the Anti-Gravity Wing lit up, and the entire wing contracted like a pair of wings, hovering in the air.
Watching the Anti-Gravity Wing's transformation, Stark understood how Andy was going to fly.
This Anti-Gravity Wing, true to its name, was equipment that flew by means of anti-gravity.
With intense anticipation, Stark re-equipped his reactor and activated his portable Iron Man Suit.
The portable warframe, originally in the form of a box, quickly completed its assembly under his control.
"Let's go, let me see what your flight equipment is capable of."
With that, the Iron Man Suit's thrusters carried Stark into the air.
Under his gaze, Andy leaped into the air.
The Anti-Gravity Wing, controlled by Audis, flew rapidly through the air, aiming to connect to the Holy Sword's waist.
Just as Andy's body was descending, the Anti-Gravity Wing completed its equipment, and Andy floated in the air.
"Ha~ That looks pretty good!"
Stark praised the speed of the Anti-Gravity Wing's equipment.
"Now let me see what your speed is like."
As soon as he finished speaking, Stark flew rapidly in one direction, without any intention of waiting for Andy.
Andy chuckled at Stark's head start.
The Anti-Gravity Wing's thrusters erupted with powerful propulsion, rapidly closing the distance between him and Stark.
Seeing the distance between them getting shorter and shorter, a smile appeared on Andy's face.
His figure flashed, completely disappearing behind Stark.
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