In the beam channel leading to the moon, the Neighbor-1 probe is getting faster and faster, and it is flying towards the moon quickly.
Fan Xiaoming looked at the big screen and said to Su Zhe who was sitting next to him: "The beam channel of 380,000 kilometers, the maximum acceleration of 200 g, when it finally leaves the beam channel, its speed is one thousand kilometers per second, relative to In terms of the speed of light, it is too slow, and Proxima Centauri is 4.2 light-years away from us. At this speed, it will take more than 1,200 years to reach Proxima Centauri, which is too long."
"Yes! It's indeed too long." Su Zhe nodded, "Under the current conditions, if you want to increase the speed, you need a longer beam channel or stronger acceleration. The acceleration can be mentioned. to five hundred g. As for the beam channel, it depends on the actual situation."
"Yes!" Fan Xiaoming nodded, "Speed will prevent us from detecting the outer space of the solar system and the outer space of the solar system. Five hundred g is enough for the time being. As for how long the beam channel should be built, it cannot be less than three. Ten astronomical units.”
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"With a beam channel of thirty astronomical units, plus an acceleration of five hundred g, its maximum speed can reach ten thousand kilometers per second." Su Zhe thought for a while and said.
"It's one-thirtieth the speed of light." Fan Xiaoming said, "It will take more than 120 years to go to Proxima Centauri at this speed. No, no, it's still too long. One hundred and twenty years, we must build For a longer beam channel, the speed must be at least about a quarter of the speed of light, which is about 70,000 kilometers per second."
"This...is not easy." Su Zhe sighed.
"Let me tell you! Even the speed of light is still too slow compared to the distance of stars in the universe. If nothing else, it would take four years to travel to our nearest star Proxima Centauri at the speed of light, let alone those more distant stars. Fan Xiaoming said, "I think there must be something faster than the speed of light in the universe, but we haven't discovered it yet."
"Yes! I think so too. There must be something faster than the speed of light. We will find it one day." Su Zhe said seriously.
The two sighed for a while and began to discuss how long a beam channel should be built.
In just a few minutes, the two of them discussed it.
It is planned to build a beam channel with a diameter of five kilometers parallel to the ecliptic plane of the solar system.
Its length is tentatively determined to be sixty astronomical units.
This distance is approximately the orbital diameter of Neptune.
Just when Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming made an agreement, applause sounded in the control hall.
The two looked at the big screen and saw that the Neighbor No. 1 detector had left the beam channel.
At this moment, its speed is one thousand kilometers per second, and its acceleration changes from two hundred g to twenty g.
Under the uninterrupted illumination of the blue light beam, the flight direction of the Neighbor-1 detector began to deflect.
When the Neighbor-1 probe flew one million kilometers away from the earth, its flight direction was pointed directly at the distant Proxima Centauri star.
Its acceleration becomes zero and its speed is one thousand five hundred kilometers per second.
At this time, there was no longer a blue beam of light continuously shining to charge the Neighbor No. 1 detector.
Fan Xiaoming looked at the fast-flying Neighbor-1 probe on the big screen and sighed: "At this speed, it only takes fifty minutes to fly out of Neptune's orbit. If the Oort cloud is used as the boundary of the solar system, it will take just 50 minutes to fly out of the solar system." I know it will take more than a hundred days to fly to Proxima Centauri, even if I can fly there, forget it."
Su Zhe smiled and said, "Don't be so hasty. If we discover the existence of super-light speed, even if we don't find it, I estimate that human exploration of Proxima Centauri will still be possible in our lifetime."
Fan Xiaoming smiled, nodded and said, "I believe in this, explore the universe! What we need is super-light speed technology and instantaneous communication technology."
"Yes! This way we can develop the entire universe." Su Zhe said and looked at the big screen. "It's getting late. Let's say hello to the principal on the moon and go back to sleep. We will continue tomorrow."
Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming put on their equipment and entered the game cabin.
Moon, base plateau.
In a temporary warehouse with many humanoid bionic robots, two adjacent humanoid bionic robots moved.
The two humanoid robots looked at each other, looking at "Su Zhe" and "Fan Xiaoming" from above each other's heads.
"Let's go! Let's go find the principal!" Su Zhe said.
"I guess they are having midnight snacks now," Fan Xiaoming said.
The two of them were very familiar with the layout.
After a while, the two of them arrived outside the warehouse.
I saw many people wearing armored space suits flying in and out around the permanent base being built.
Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming understood this and thought they were just like these people when they landed on the moon.
The two of them wandered around for a long time without finding the principal, and finally called directly on the public channel. Only then did they realize that the principal was not flying around like the others, but was getting ready to sleep.
After knowing this, the two entered a space shuttle Black Wither.
After passing several cabins, the two came to the rest area for the lunar landing personnel.
I saw Principal Xu Zhengping sitting at the table wearing an indoor spacesuit, and there was a laptop on the table.
"Here it comes! Sit down quickly!" Xu Zhengping smiled.
Looking at the two humanoid bionic robots with "Su Zhe" and "Fan Xiaoming" floating on their heads, he didn't feel the slightest discomfort.
He tried taking off the helmet of his space suit and looked again.
At this time, the two names are no longer visible.
Now, he's getting more comfortable with spacesuits and humanoid robots.
"Principal! How do you feel? Are you okay?" Fan Xiaoming asked.
"What's the matter?" Xu Zhengping smiled, "Except for a little bit of elation, everything else is the same as on Earth."
"That's good! We have been worried about the principal's health. Looking at the current situation, I am relieved." Su Zhe said and looked at the laptop screen.
It was discovered that what was displayed on the screen was the fast-flying Neighbor 1 detector.
"You're in good health! Don't worry about me." Xu Zhengping said, "Did you watch the launch of Neighbor 1?"
"seen it already!"
"I came to see you after reading this!"
Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming nodded.
Xu Zhengping smiled and said: "The speed of 1,500 kilometers per second is already very fast, but flying to Proxima Centauri is too slow. If you want to increase the speed, you must strengthen the power and build a long Do more homework on the distance beam channel.”
After hearing this, Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming said what they had agreed upon, and Xu Zhengping smiled happily.
"Yes, yes! This should be done. Even if a serious heavy photon aerospace engine is developed, such a beam channel with a diameter of 60 astronomical units and a diameter of five kilometers across the solar system is still necessary." Xu Zhengping said excitedly, "Such a beam channel can not only provide energy to various types of spacecraft, but also transmit energy over long distances."
When Xu Zhengping was happy, his laptop rang. It was an email from the principal's assistant, Han Guoli.
After Xu Zhengping read the email, he became excited.
"Principal! What are you looking at? Are you so excited?" Fan Xiaoming asked.
Su Zhe looked at Xu Zhengping.
"Good news! Great news." Xu Zhengping said excitedly, "The statistical results of the first batch of volunteers in the country have come out. Our school has achieved a complete victory. 90% of the top students have applied for our school, and 100% of them have applied." Six out of the top students chose HKUST, and the rest were divided among other universities. You can see the statistics from the first batch of applications."
After Fan Xiaoming read it, he said: "Not bad! Not bad! Except for the two provincial top picks who went to USTC, the other top picks all chose our school. As a result, other universities will probably collapse after seeing this. Of course, I am talking about the top picks in science. .”
"Other colleges and universities have long been mentally prepared." Xu Zhengping smiled, "This is the only class that can do this. Starting from the next class, school enrollment will be divided into different levels."
"Really do this! It seems that other universities can't afford it!" Fan Xiaoming said.
"The key is that our school recruits too many students," Su Zhe said.
Xu Zhengping thought for a moment and said, "If we keep doing this, other universities will be completely defeated. To be honest, it is not good for one to dominate."
Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming nodded.
"It's certain that this year's small goal will be achieved ahead of schedule. After this period of busy work, while participating in the development of the moon, the school will prepare to land on Mars and build a permanent base on Mars." Xu Zhengping said excitedly, "That's it. In the past few days, the school will send a large number of probes to Mars... We will work hard to land on Mars this year and build a permanent base on Mars."
"Count the days! There is still half a year left, so it is feasible to complete these things." Su Zhe said.
"How can we miss landing on Mars?" Fan Xiaoming said, "I want to be the first group of people to land on Mars."
"Of course, I also plan to participate in the first batch." Xu Zhengping said excitedly.
The three chatted about the details for a while, and then Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming left the space shuttle Black Wither.
At this time, the moon landing personnel were still flying around as before.
Returning to the warehouse at the beginning, after standing still, the name on the head of the humanoid bionic robot disappeared.
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Tamu Gobi, test airport control hall.
Su Zhe and Fan Xiaoming came out of the game cabin and looked at the big screen. After seeing that everything was normal, they left the control hall.
The next morning.
At the test airport, Su Zhe, Fan Xiaoming and Bao Qizheng were watching the test of a "flying car".
This flying car is a civilian flying car jointly developed by Sun Dahu and the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
It has four seats, a payload of half a ton, and a cruising speed of up to 200 kilometers per hour.
As for the shortcomings, it is that the battery life is a bit short. When the battery is full, it can travel 200 kilometers.
However, the charging speed is fast enough, and it can be fully charged in just three minutes.
The reason why it is called a flying car is because it still retains four wheels.
If it runs on the ground like other cars, this flying car has a range of 10,000 kilometers.
Fan Xiaoming looked at Sun Dahu who was doing the test flight and said: "This car is very practical. It looks no different from ordinary cars. It can run on the ground and fly in the sky. I can't wait to experience it."
"Yeah! It's quite practical." Su Zhe said, "The most important thing is that there is no noise when flying."
Bao Qizheng said with a smile: "Although this flying car is for civilian use, its export is prohibited."
"Just ban it!" Fan Xiaoming smiled, "They banned us before, and now it's our turn to ban them. According to relevant policies, all products that are not available abroad will be banned."
In the past six months, domestic companies have expanded massively abroad, engaging in infrastructure construction and industry.
Slowly the trend began to change, especially after the successful moon landing.
At first, China focused on foreign countries.
They want to occupy the market, build infrastructure and industry, and make money all over the world.
But I never expected that a simplified version of the heavy photon aerospace engine would be developed so quickly, and that the moon landing would be successful so quickly.
Compared with the resources and energy of those foreign countries, there is no comparison with the entire solar system.
In this way, the country is faced with a choice, whether to focus on those countries abroad or on the solar system beyond the earth.
After the successful moon landing, relevant domestic personnel discussed and decided to focus on uninhabited space.
In space, those asteroids, planets, and related resources and energy are all ownerless.
Starting from strength, it is first come first served.
There is no reason to leave space undeveloped and develop it in foreign countries.
In his view, development requires people, science and technology, that is, knowledge, resources, and energy.
There are enough people in the country, science and technology have basically surpassed it, and there shouldn’t be too many resources and energy in space.
That is to say, after the success of the moon landing, domestic and foreign companies are shrinking across the board.
In fact, it is not these companies that actively shrink, but the domestic demand for personnel, especially engineering and technical personnel, has increased significantly. The result is a substantial increase in wages and related benefits.
According to the current internal policy, related technologies are banned from the outside world, and only Chinese people are allowed to participate in the development of the solar system.
According to his estimation, in a few years, the gap between domestic and foreign countries will become wider and wider.
Just like the Light Pillar Project, as long as it is partially completed, it can provide global energy use, but unfortunately, there is no idea of exporting it domestically.
Think about it, we have low-cost energy domestically, while abroad it’s still the same as before.
Not to mention anything else, those game helmets and game cabins that were first sold abroad have become out-of-print and are now banned from export.
If this continues, domestic and foreign countries will soon become two different worlds.
Hearing what Fan Xiaoming said, Su Zhe and Bao Qizheng nodded.
As they looked at it, with the current strength in the country, it was an absolute crushing.
In the beginning, not long after the SS-defense system was deployed, it could only achieve local defense.
But things are different now. There are numerous SS-defense system detectors deployed in space. These detectors are not only capable of all-round, blind-angle detection, but can also use their three first-level death rays to strike.
Right now, unless you hide underground or in the deep sea, you can't escape the detection and attack of the SS-defense system.
The current domestic attitude is not to interfere in the development of foreign countries and to focus on the development of the solar system.
