When the speed of the ship is very high, it is impossible to survey the planet, and it will even flash next to the entire Proxima Centauri! Therefore, they have to slow down in order to be captured by the gravitational pull of Proxima Centauri and enter the galaxy to observe. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Again, this process will be long, and it will take them about a few months to slow down the speed.

Adjust the attitude of the spacecraft, let the ship's engine nozzle forward, slow down the spacecraft, and at the same time, the entire spacecraft is equipped with observation equipment, including the high-power radar for galaxy exploration, all are activated, ready to search for planets in the galaxy.

After all, even if it is speculated on the Earth that Proxima Centauri B is a place where intelligent life may exist, it is only speculation, it is too far away, and now, it is the most suitable to observe it up close!

Proxima Centauri b is based on observations from the Outram Observatory and other observatories, and it has been found that Proxima Centauri sometimes approaches the Earth at a speed of 5 km/h, and sometimes moves away from the Earth at the same speed. This slight change is due to the gravitational pull of other nearby planets, which may be due to the presence of a planet about 1.27 times the mass of the Earth.

"Chris, send a message to Earth and tell Earth that we've come near Proxima Centauri." "We were lucky enough to have accidentally found an interstellar passage on the way from Mars to Jupiter and got here," Bella said to the correspondent. ”

Now, wormholes are still theoretical, and no astronomer has actually discovered them, and they can be said to be the first spacecraft to shuttle through them.

"Understood." Chris operated the communication system, aligned the position of the Earth in his current position, and then, at maximum power, transmitted the communication information.

"Chris, why not use quantum communication?" Just after Chris finished communicating, Bella asked. Just now Chris is using conventional radios when communicating, while quantum communication can complete the maximum communication task at less power and save energy.

"The quantum communication system is malfunctioning, probably caused by just passing through that wormhole, and I need to fix it." Chris said.

Bella nodded.

The interstellar voyage is long, even if it reaches the vicinity of Proxima Centauri, it takes another half a year to finally reach Proxima B.

At this time, Proxima Centauri can also be seen clearly, this is a huge red dwarf, at the end of a star, this star is huge, all of it is red, it looks a little hideous.

"Our astronomers did a good job, and sure enough, there's a planet here, and now, we need to adjust our orbit and get into orbit with Proxima Centauri B." Bella said: "This planet is larger than the mass of our Earth, so its gravitational pull will also be very large, all members of the group, please note, we are about to enter the orbit of the second planet." ”

A gravitational pull greater than the Earth's pull means that if you want to get rid of it, you will consume more energy, and if you consume too much energy, you may not have enough energy to return!

However, the only good thing is that there are still quite a lot of supplies left on the side, which were originally planned to be carried on a long voyage of several decades, and now, it only took less than two years to get here!

Enter the orbit of Proxima B!

"Of course, there are also benefits, and now we can finally be sure that there are definitely no aliens here! Or, even if there were, they were all bug-like characters. Another said.

There are no aliens! If there really are aliens as powerful as the legend, when you approach Proxima Centauri, you will be intercepted by the other side! And now, you have flown all the way to the orbit of Proxima Centauri B, and you haven't seen it! This can only show that there are no alien civilizations here, and even if they can evolve, they will only be bug-like characters at most!

"This planet, too, has an atmosphere." Now, as they got closer, they could finally see more and more clearly, it was a planet with an atmosphere, and the surface looked white!

"That white surface may be condensed water, near the central equator, there may be liquid water, but the planet looks like it should be colder than on Earth."

Although it is close to the red dwarf, much closer to the Sun than the Earth, Proxima Centauri is a terminal star that provides too little energy.

The person who spoke was the biologist in the spaceship, François from France, and his eyes also flashed: "It seems that we need to send someone down, and I ask to be the first echelon to go down and observe." ”

On this giant spaceship, there are several small spaceships on board, and this kind of exploration mission can only be carried out by small spaceships!

"Yes, we're going to send a ship down to observe first." Bella said: "Francis, Simonhoff, you go down first, see what is up there, and report at any time." ”

"Okay."

"Attention, prepare to release Explorer 1, prepare to release Explorer 1." With Bella's words, the entire spaceship was busy.

Explorer 1 is mounted on a central interface, flying out of the spacecraft like in a science fiction movie, it is absolutely impossible, this kind of interface is somewhat similar to that of the Mir space station, and this kind of Explorer 1 is also very similar to the Dawning Goddess air and space fighter, except that it is replaced with a nuclear fission engine, which can have enough specific impulse to break away from the surface of the planet.

If it's a chemical-fueled spacecraft, it's too difficult to break away from Proxima B, and it would require a rocket as powerful as Proton.

François and Simmenhoff climbed into Explorer 1 and prepared for the flight.

On the Mir space station, there are a lot of experiments on the long-term storage of spacecraft, many space planes, lunar spacecraft, etc., which are often parked on Mir for the last year, subjected to the impact of various cosmic radiation, and finally, it is still intact and can complete the role of a taxi.

And now, with a shell made of new elements, this kind of spaceship has a higher safety factor.

"The system self-test is normal."

"The fuel pump is working and ready to start the engine."

"Start."

"Boom!" At this moment, suddenly, a violent explosion sounded in the ears of the two. A huge fireball surrounded both of them in an instant!

Oh no, Explorer 1, at the moment of launch, there was a violent explosion!