August 19th.

Gu Song had already come to the bridge and sat on the command chair.

Zhao Hongtao sat in the main driver's seat, Fan Yuanbai sat in the chief engineer's seat, and Dong Heguang sat in the main communication command seat.

On the ring screen, one can see that a Ying Long and Ying Long King are guarding the flint space city one after the other, and they are flying together at the same speed. In a relatively static view, the two ring-shaped pods of the flint space city rotated steadily.

The lens located on the Ying Dragon King can see the huge thruster at the tail of the flint space city thruster.

This thruster is a variable-specific impulse plasma thruster that is stronger than the Hall thruster.

This kind of thruster, the concept has been around for a long time, and there are many advantages.

It is not a picky eater and can theoretically ionize any gas, especially with the most abundant and cheap hydrogen.

It is also stable, durable, and powerful, and can be used to change the thrust by adjusting the power of the ion cyclotron to achieve different ion densities and specific impulses.

And its disadvantages, the biggest is power consumption, followed by large volume, heat dissipation and so on.

But when these problems come to Gu Song, they are no longer troublesome.

Electricity? That's really enough.

Large spacecraft, just suitable for deep space voyages.

Heat dissipation? In recent years, materials have been engaged in all aspects, and all aspects are not preparing for this.

So right now, it's a particularly useful method of propulsion.

If it weren't for the limitations of time, manufacturing process, materials, and so on, the Black Technology Encyclopedia would not have given him such a solution.

Mix and match perfectly.

Who would have thought that the technological content of the flint space city was distributed with several various things of different technological levels.

There are miniaturized fusion engines that are so awesome that they can make people's jaws drop, and there are variable-ratio impulse magnetic plasma thrusters that prototyped in the 20th century.

Now, the state-of-the-art magnetic plasma thruster array vent is quietly waiting.

On the bridge, Gu Song nodded at Fan Yuanbai.

Fan Yuanbai comprehended and entered a series of instructions.

There are no words.

Gu Song waited quietly.

Fan Yuanbai saw that on the information screen in front of him, a pointer quickly turned to the right, stabilizing at the safe power, and then said to Gu Song: "The main thruster is ready, and the energy supply is normal." ”

Gu Song's chest was full of pride, and he ordered loudly: "5-minute countdown preparation." ”

Zhao Hongtao responded quickly.

Dong Heguang turned on the microphone and began to broadcast to the entire Space City: "Attention everyone, the countdown to the start of the thruster is 5 minutes, please stand by according to the requirements!"

……

In Xinghai City on the surface, in the No. 1 control hall of the newly built HSDA Space Mission Control Center, HSDA has many bigwigs present.

Tang Yuanfeng also looked at the picture coming from the flint space city bridge on the screen.

On the screen, Gu Song is sitting there steadily, and the others are busy in an orderly manner.

The flint space city track displayed on the screen is still the one that everyone has been familiar with.

Next, it was only the moment the thrusters of the flint space city were activated, and it would not immediately leave this familiar orbit and quickly move away.

But the smooth start of the thruster will also be a milestone.

Because this is one of the strongest deep space thrusters that has appeared in space.

It is an array, and its thrust is too amazing in the real data given by Gu Song.

And the ratio of impulse, too, is exaggerated.

If it can be successfully launched, it will be a tangible proof that humanity has the ability to navigate the solar system.

Even if it takes years to travel to planets outside the asteroid belt, traveling to locations like Mars and the asteroid belt will be sufficient to support the next phase of space development.

Along with the bigwigs, there are also media reporters and live broadcast equipment who have been allowed to enter the control hall.

The signal was relayed to the outside world through them, and countless ordinary people were also paying attention, expecting the dazzling light of the huge array of ion thrusters.

……

If there is one whose emotions are the most complicated on the surface at the moment, it is that the two brains did not turn a corner for a while, and the lack of signatures led to the withdrawal of the candidate seed sequence of the Enlightenment Project.

In the past few days, the high-level leaders of the country where they are located no longer know how far they have been ravaged with their words.

bluntly said that he didn't expect them to be so stupid, and he didn't make it clear before.

Stupid?

We are also super geniuses who have entered the shortlist after three rounds of testing from countless geniuses, and have entered the final list of 50 people from 200 people!

It's not that you've been promoting since I was a kid and you've controlled me!

Otherwise, I would be the one who is now in heaven and receives the attention of all people!

Pity...... No regret pills......

……

The top level of ESG, which is locked in the world's little black house, has not completely lost its ears and eyes.

China cherishes feathers, and only strictly controls their economic and cultural exchanges with the outside world, and has strictly controlled spacecraft.

However, the signal can still be received.

Seeing that Flint Space City was ready for everything, its magnificent image in space made a group of people very silent.

A road has gone dark.

To be honest, if it goes on like this, it's actually not bad to be the king, after all, it's not as constrained as it used to be.

But everyone knows that the launch of the flintstone space city means that HSDA will have more energy to deal with the legacy of ESG.

The pressure is suffocating.

After the flintstone space city successfully set sail, what will happen next?

It seems that there is some sabotage to make something wrong with the flint space city, but it's a pity...... I can only think about it.

Those two aerospace planes are escort attitudes......

……

“10，9，8……”

The final countdown came, and the main screen was switched to the thruster's vent.

"5, 4, 3, 2, 1, start!"

The people on the entire ship did not feel the slightest feeling, but on the screen, a circle of small vents around the thruster array had already emitted a brilliant blue light.

"The engine power is 1.8 megawatts, and the pressure is normal!"

"Unit thrust 87 N, total thrust 1392 N!"

When you hear such numbers, those who know how to listen to them have long mouths, and those who don't understand them feel very inferior.

But in the vast space, little by little, the final effect will be very scary.

On the ground, there are knowledgeable people speculating: "It seems that these auxiliary thrusters are used for conventional cruise acceleration, 1.8 megawatts! It's terrible, and it should not be the strongest state to reach such a high power in space." ”

"What do you say, what is the main thruster?"

"It's supposed to be a new type of engine for quick response, but it shouldn't be turned on easily, and it doesn't consume fuel faster than electric propulsion. ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw that the voice continued to come from the screen.

"Main thruster launch test, countdown 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, start!"

In the picture, an even more dazzling flap of light suddenly lit up, completely covering the light of the previous 16 variable ratio magnetic plasma propulsion vents.

The time lasted less than 10 seconds before the main thruster turned off and the dazzling blue light disappeared.

"What's going on? Is it malfunctioning?"

"Why, you see they don't react in the picture. It should just be a test! Damn, look at the current speed, this thruster is awesome!"

I saw that just now, the flint space city, where the speed change was almost inconspicuous, has changed its orbital route now.

In other words, in just a few seconds, the flight speed of the flintstone space city has increased significantly.

That's a 10,000-ton behemoth!

In the No. 1 control hall of the HSDA Space Mission Control Center in Xinghai City, the bigwigs of other countries were shocked in their hearts and turned their heads to look at Tang Yuanfeng.

Tang Yuanfeng smiled at the corner of his mouth, and his face was calm.