The world situation is in a mess, which makes Zhang Wei a little dumbfounded, this seems to be a butterfly effect triggered by me?

In any case, the current world situation has had a certain impact on everyone and every company, and Zhang Wei and Future Technology Company are no exception, especially the virtual world project of Future Technology Company, which has already been negotiated with most countries, and now these countries are joining various federations, and they will definitely have to be renegotiated when the time comes. www.biquge.info However, Zhang Wei did not pay too much attention to these things, because in the future, technology companies will have the ability to respond to any changes in the situation. In addition to continuing to work with the quantum computer research team to improve the performance of quantum computers, he is concerned about the situation of Starfleet.

On April 28, the fleet had already entered the asteroid belt, but they were still about 0.63 astronomical units, or nearly 094.2 million kilometers, from the primary target of the operation, Ceres, so it was not until May 10 that the fleet reached a distance of 800,000 kilometers from Ceres.

Ceres, the smallest and only dwarf planet in the solar system, is located in the asteroid belt. Discovered by the Italian astronomer Piazzi and published on January 1, 1801.

Scientists involved in the Mars Modification program chose Ceres as their primary target because it is the most high-quality target in the asteroid belt, and according to supercomputer simulations, future technology companies are just capable of moving it.

First of all, the mass of Ceres is large enough. With a diameter of about 950 kilometers and a mass of about 9.43 billion tons, it is the most massive object known in the asteroid belt, accounting for about one-third of the total mass of the asteroid belt.

Secondly, there is a lot of water inside Ceres. Its mantle layer contains a large amount of icy water, a large number of water-carrying minerals on the surface, and even a lot of liquid water. Future Technology's spacecraft found a total of about 32.3 million cubic kilometers of water during its exploration of Ceres, or 0.0238% of Earth's water resources. These abundant water resources can well supplement the problem of insufficient water resources on Mars.

With these two reasons, it is enough to make Ceres the primary target, and it can be said that after throwing Ceres on Mars, the first step of the Mars transformation plan is about a third of the way.

After all, Ceres is a dwarf planet with a mass of 9.43 billion tons, and its "dignity" is not so easy to violate! A small human being, trying to shake it, to a certain extent, seems to be even more ridiculous than ants shaking a tree!

However, human beings have the weapon of "science" that can make the impossible possible! And the fact that human beings were able to reach Ceres with a weak body is the best proof of this!

"Forty minutes later, start slowing down!"

At this time, Yang Rui gave an order. In space, after a long period of accelerated navigation, it is often necessary to start decelerating at a distance of hundreds of thousands of kilometers, or even millions of kilometers, from the target, otherwise it will still maintain a large speed when it reaches the target location. The method of deceleration is also different from that of a car, the spacecraft uses the method of reverse propulsion to slow down, and in addition, it can also use gravity to slow down reasonably.

"Roger. ”

All the spaceships sent feedback to the spaceship that Yang Rui was on.

At the same time, the spacecraft also sent information to the command center of the moon. However, the distance between the fleet and the moon has now reached 1.8 astronomical units, about 269 million kilometers, which is 1.8 times the distance between the earth and the sun, and it takes 15 minutes for the signal to be transmitted back to the moon! This is the disadvantage of traditional electromagnetic wave communication, and the spacecraft is still in the solar system, and it takes such a long time to transmit information, and it is easy to lose it! This actually gives rise to another problem, when the spacecraft is far away from the moon, the information transmission time is too long, and if there is an emergency, you need to use electromagnetic railguns and other weapons, and it is likely that you will not have time to apply for permission from the lunar command center. Zhang Wei also took this problem into account and set up the spacecraft so that when the information transmission time between the spacecraft and the moon exceeds 1 minute, the artificial intelligence on the spacecraft will judge whether it should be authorized. These artificial intelligences are actually copies of Beidou, and to a certain extent, Beidou is still processing these permission applications.

However, this is only a temporary solution, at present, future technology companies are already working on quantum communication, once successful, even if it is a thousand light years away, information can be transmitted instantaneously, this is the communication technology needed in the space age.

In the 32nd minute after the signal was transmitted, Yang Rui received a communication from the moon, which was a short blessing video recorded by Zhang Wei himself, "I wish you all the best!"

In the 35th minute after the signal was transmitted, Yang Rui received another communication from the moon, which was a compressed package, and after unzipping, it turned out to be a series of folders, each folder corresponds to a spaceship, which is the latest photos of the astronauts' families on the corresponding spacecraft, as well as the blessings of their families.

Yang Rui looked at the photos of his family, his face showed a touch of warmth, and then instructed the artificial intelligence on the spaceship to send the folder to the corresponding spaceship.

Limited by current communication technology and other reasons, after being away from the moon, it costs a lot to contact the moon, and the farther the distance, the higher the cost, so after being away from the moon, astronauts do not communicate much with the moon, let alone contact with their families. Now they have received blessings from their families, which immediately makes these astronauts excited and high-spirited.

"Countdown: 10, 9, 8...... 1…… Slow down and begin!"

With Yang Rui's order, all the spaceships began to slow down and flew forward for a distance, and the astronauts suddenly heard the warning sound of artificial intelligence.

"Warning! Warning! An asteroid has been found ahead, about 43 meters in diameter and 230,000 kilometers away!"

Under Yang Rui's arrangement, the asteroid was quickly destroyed, and the artificial intelligence on the spacecraft immediately reminded, "The asteroid has been shattered, and after calculation, the remaining fragments cannot penetrate the energy shield and will not affect the safety of the spacecraft." ”

2 minutes after smashing the asteroid, the fleet and some of the asteroid fragments collided head-on, and the astronauts on the spacecraft at the front suddenly heard a crackling sound, and the spacecraft also shook slightly, but the astronauts seemed very calm, this kind of scene, they have experienced several times.

The crackling sound came and went as fast as it came, and the ship quickly stabilized and continued its march towards Ceres.

An hour later, the speed of the fleet had dropped to 30 kilometers per second, and about 11,000 kilometers away, a huge celestial body with a pitted surface appeared in front of everyone, and this was Ceres. Through the telescope, you can see a large number of cracks in the planet's surface, you can see the rolling hills, and even the water vapor above, which comes from the darker areas of Ceres' surface, caused by the rapid heating of the ice on Ceres' surface by the sun's irradiation.

"Ceres is now moving at 17.8 kilometers per second, with an orbital radius of 427 million kilometers, and its speed is increasing slightly. ”

"Adjust the speed and direction of the spacecraft, and all spacecraft should fly synchronously with Ceres when they reach a distance of about 500 kilometers from Ceres, and remain relatively stationary. ”

Yang Rui's calm voice sounded on every spaceship.

It didn't take long for the fleet to arrive at the designated location, and Yang Rui said, "All spaceships, report status." ”

"Spacecraft No. 1, in perfect condition, is 503 kilometers away from Ceres, flying synchronously with Ceres, remaining relatively stationary. ”

"Spacecraft No. 2 ......"

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All the spaceships reported their status, and the artificial intelligence on Yang Rui's spaceship summarized the reports and reported to Yang Rui, "Your Excellency, Commander, all spaceships are in good condition and have arrived at their intended positions.

"Spacecraft 601, Spacecraft 602, Spacecraft 603...... Spacecraft No. 616 begins to execute the first step of the plan. Land on Ceres and install a fusion propulsion device at the calculated location! Astronauts prepare!"

Yang Rui's eyes were blazing, and he spoke.

At this moment, not only the astronauts on these 16 spacecraft, but all the astronauts in the fleet were slightly nervous! Because they were going to do an incomparably crazy thing next, dragging an asteroid with a mass of up to 9.43 billion tons! If all goes well, the Mars transformation program will have a perfect start, and they will also be alive for generations! )