Chapter 543 - Subtle Top Speed
At the request of everyone, Chen Chen explained the actual idea of the starship:
"For the sake of safety, the general spacecraft can be disassembled into multiple parts, each part has an independent power system, which can act alone or be combined again at any time.
"The spaceship in front of us is a very typical cylindrical shape with a multi-segment combination, and when necessary, it can be completely split into multiple cylindrical aircraft.
"The name of this spaceship is 'Colonial System Internal Frigate', which is mainly active in the galaxy where the colonized planet is located, escorting various transport ships and colonial spaceships.
"Their tonnage starts from 200,000 tons, and when they are fully mature, they may exceed 1 million tons."
When Chen Chen said this, he paused slightly and looked at the audience's reactions.
It seems that there are some people with deep worries on their faces, and what they are worried about, Chen Chen understands in his heart, but now is not the time, and he has to leave it to the end to explain.
But for the most part, I haven't thought much about it, and I'm listening to it with gusto, just like listening to a science fiction story.
When these people found that Chen Chen had stopped, they couldn't help but ask:
"What's the ship's weapon system like? What is the maximum power? The powertrain must be different from that in the atmosphere, right? What is the maximum speed? It's definitely a lot bigger than a spaceship in the atmosphere, right? ”
Chen Chen pressed down on his hand: "Don't worry, everyone, listen to me slowly." Let's talk about the power system first, it is still a chain fusion reactor, but the structure is very different from that of the earth's interior.
"But no matter what kind of fusion furnace, for us earthlings, it is the same complex, with the level of science and technology of the earth, it is quite difficult to understand, and I have just started researching it, so I can't say anything.
"What can be known at present is that the maximum speed of the spacecraft is 10 million kilometers per hour, which is equivalent to 3,000 kilometers per second, that is, one hundredth of the speed of light.
"When the Earth is closest to Mars, it can theoretically be reached in more than five hours, but in practice it takes more than two days, because most of the time is spent accelerating and decelerating, and it is impossible to reach the maximum speed.
"It takes about two months to reach Pluto, which is on the periphery of the solar system, and half of that time is spent accelerating and decelerating, and it is possible to reach maximum speed.
"It takes a year and a half to reach the outermost part of the Comet Kuiper belt, and 100 years to reach the outermost part of the Oort Cloud, at which point the acceleration and deceleration times are negligible."
After listening to Chen Chen's words, the people below all began to diverge their thinking again.
In fact, this very subtle speed is basically prepared for colonization in the inner solar system.
It is very convenient to go to Mars, Jupiter and Saturn's moons, but it is very impractical to go outside the solar system.
Even if you want to confirm whether Proxima Centauri really has a Trisolaran, it will take 400 years to make a trip in the past, and if you want to come back, it will take more than 800 years.
Therefore, this thing cannot be used to colonize the outer solar system.
The purpose of Chen Chen's design is to broaden the horizons of human beings, from the interior of the earth to the entire solar system, but he does not want human beings to think too much at once.
With nuclear fusion, coupled with a series of black technologies handed over to the earthlings through metal seeds, the earthlings have the ability to transform the solar system.
At the very least, the construction of fixed scientific research bases on the Moon and Mars is already something that can be planned, and within twenty or thirty years, it should be possible to see the settlements of Mars or the Moon.
And the audience below is basically analyzing the current situation according to Chen Chen's ideas.
After all, in the universe, speed and longevity are the two shackles that limit your range of activity.
If you can't go to a place that you can't go to in your life, it's better not to think too much about it for the time being, do what is in front of you, and protect the people in front of you.
Thinking about it this way, everyone's thinking immediately returned to the spaceship itself, and then everyone immediately remembered that there was still a very critical question that did not say, what kind of weapon system this spacecraft was.
Listening to the discussion below, Chen Chen continued to speak: "Let's talk about the weapon system, this kind of spaceship, there are a total of 12 1200 mm main guns, and 32 600 mm secondary guns.
"Because it is a frigate in space, the weapon system is different from that of a patrol ship, it is an energy cannon, and there are no physical shells.
"However, this kind of energy cannon is not a 'charge-release' model, each of its cannons is a reactor used to ignite a nuclear explosion, and every time it fires, it detonates a nuclear bomb in the barrel.
"The energy and energetic particles produced by a nuclear explosion, constrained by a special magnetic field in the chamber of the gun, do not spread in all directions, but are concentrated at one point and fly at the speed of light towards the target."
"The power of the main and secondary guns is still determined by the yield of the internal nuclear explosion, with a maximum of 5 million tons for the secondary gun and 10 million tons for the main gun.
"Although our earth's technology can also achieve such a large yield of nuclear power, our earth's nuclear bomb cannot control the way energy is emitted, and can only be allowed to spread in all directions.
"And the energy of this cannon is not diffused in all directions, but concentrated in one point, which is many times more powerful than a nuclear bomb of the same yield.
"In this way, a simple energy shock can already achieve a combat mission, so there is no need for a warhead warhead."
Speaking of this, Chen Chen felt a little tired, so he said directly: "The main part is almost finished, let's rest for a while, and continue after twenty minutes." ”
After Chen Chen finished speaking, without waiting for the reaction of the people below, he walked directly to a vacant seat on the side of the classroom and sat down, and then directly closed his eyes, and the ability to fall asleep anytime and anywhere was activated, and after a few breaths, he fell asleep directly.
Most of the audience present, except for Wu Lao, didn't know about Chen Chen's ability, so they all thought that Chen Chen just sat down and closed his eyes to recuperate.
And everyone just finished listening to Chen Chen's explanation, they were very shocked and curious about the capabilities of these spaceships, and they couldn't suppress their excitement at all, and they wanted to discuss it with the people around them.
So many people glanced up at Chen Chen, then lowered their voices, and talked about their own analyses and opinions with the people around them.
Everyone's first focus is still on this colonial galaxy frigate, after all, whether it is tonnage, or ability, caliber and destructive power, it is much more powerful than the previous patrol ships.
The technology involved above is not at the same level as the previous patrol ships.
The only drawback is that this spacecraft needs to be built in space, and it can only be used in space, and it cannot be used in the earth's atmosphere.