Chapter 465: Ion Propulsion and Nuclear Pulse Propulsion
Cao Yuan and Shen Lang are both rare geniuses, but they are like day and night, their personalities are completely different.
Shen Lang is like a tireless machine, full of sunny temperament, always pursuing victory, even if he encounters many difficulties and obstacles, he will never give up easily, no matter colleagues, classmates, or even irrelevant strangers, he will involuntarily be attracted by Shen Lang's magical charm and surround him.
And Cao Yuan always looks like he can't wake up, wearing clothes with anime characters, with a fluffy and messy hairstyle like a chicken nest, holding his mobile phone when he walks, and holding his mobile phone when he sleeps, either playing games, or in the process of logging into the game server, he is a strong man in the keyboard world, often laughing and scolding with sharp language, but he is silent in the real world, if it is not necessary, he rarely goes out, and uses the Internet to solve problems such as eating and dressing.
Anyway, their style is so distinctive, bringing two completely different feelings to everyone in the Authority, Shen Lang has just given everyone a stimulant, promising to wash the global washing market in three months, and then Cao Yuan put forward an astonishing opinion, he said very frustratedly, if you don't tighten up, it is likely that human beings will never be able to get out of the solar system.
Scratching his head, Cao Yuan said: "Standing on the scale of the universe, although the solar system is a very small galaxy, it is still larger than we imagined, if we define walking out of the solar system as breaking away from the sun's gravity, this distance is 50,000 to 125,000 astronomical units, that is, one to two light years. ”
"The fastest spacecraft in human history is the Helios 2 launched by North America in 1976, which is a solar probe that has reached a maximum speed of 70 kilometers per second at perihelion, and at this speed, it will take at least 4,285 years to fly out of the solar system, and in reality, as the sun's gravity continues to slow down, it will fly slower and slower, and it will take more time to act."
"So far, Voyager 1 is the farthest vehicle from Earth, it took more than 40 years to leave the Earth 20.6 billion kilometers, which may sound amazing, but it is only a thousandth of a journey, and Voyager 1 also takes advantage of the planetary gravitational slingshot acceleration that occurs every 175 years, which itself takes advantage."
Luo Jia nodded slightly and said: "Your calculation is correct, with the current level of science and technology, there is no way for human beings to leave the solar system, because the time is too long, so what." ”
"No, it won't! Mr. Luo actually supported Cao Yuan's judgment? ”
"Oh my God, Mr. Luo also thinks that there is no way for humans to leave the solar system!?"
In an instant, everyone's hearts set off turbulent waves, Cao Yuan's point of view of frustration is nothing, the key is that Luo Jia actually agrees, this is very incredible, will human beings eventually be trapped in a small solar system?
Cao Yuan's heart trembled slightly, and he looked at Luo Jia, who was sitting upright, it seemed that Luo Jia had already known what he said, so he didn't show the slightest surprise, his expression was very calm, so powerful, he was worthy of being a man who controlled everything.
Swallowing a mouthful of foam, Cao Yuan continued: "So, we need a power revolution, subvert the existing space navigation technology, develop ion thrusters, this project is urgent, if everyone trusts, I am willing to be responsible for the establishment of the ion propulsion laboratory." ”
Oh, I see...
It is rare that Cao Yuan, who has always been lazy, took the initiative to invite Ying to engage in the ion propulsion project, which should have been influenced by Ji Ming, after all, although Ji Ming and Cao Yuan do not have the status of teachers and students, the relationship is better than that of master and apprentice.
Cao Yuan's graphene lab is stabilizing, and he does have time now.
It's so strong, it turns out that Cao Yuan is also proficient in electromagnetic physics!?
Everyone's hearts instantly set off a storm, but Luo Jia didn't say anything, because before Cao Yuan spoke, he was already working on ion propulsion projects, but recently he was busy with rocket lab and space elevator work, and didn't spend more time on ion propulsion.
"If Cao Yuan wants to be in charge of this project, it is a good choice." Luo Jia thought to herself, "It is not difficult to see from the success of the graphene laboratory that Cao Yuan seems to be lazy, but in fact, he is delicate, after all, the graphene laboratory is also a big project of hundreds of researchers, and it is not easy to manage so many scientists, group them, assign research topics, and coordinate the progress of research and development, and it requires leadership and overall planning." ”
Thinking of this, Luo Jia nodded lightly, "Yes, if everyone doesn't object, Cao Yuan will set up an ion propulsion laboratory." ”
Everyone nodded, indicating that they had no opinion.
"I'm afraid I won't have time to play games in the future." Cao Yuan thought to himself, "But it's okay, the abuse of vegetables is purely to kill time, and sure enough, in my lifetime, it is more important to go and see the sea of stars." ”
Cao Yuan did not deny that he was influenced by Ji Ming, his predecessors were still working so hard, he was really embarrassed to sleep on the merit book, although graphene was already enough to be a god, but he was still young after all, and in addition, deep in Cao Yuan's heart, he was not willing to lose to the young geniuses of Xingchen University, led by Shen Lang.
Seeing that everyone agreed, Luo Jia said finally: "Okay, after the meeting, Cao Yuan will come with me, go to my office, and I will bring you the ion thruster pre-research data." ”
"Okay." Cao Yuan replied habitually.
But then, his face changed greatly, and everyone was stunned and looked at Luo Jia in surprise.
"What's that? Pre-research data? ”
"Ion propulsion pre-research has begun? It's impossible, Mr. Luo did it alone!? ”
"He's so busy, but he still has time to do pre-research?"
Luo Jia looked around the audience and saw that everyone was looking at him, expecting himself to explain, so he had to smile and said: "Actually, I'm not sure which one is the future, ion propulsion or nuclear pulse propulsion, so I did some research and analysis." ”
"It's great to have Cao Yuan's help now, Cao Yuan is responsible for ion propulsion, I am in charge of nuclear pulse, and after the initial results are obtained, the two major technologies will be compared, and the most cost-effective one will be selected as the key development, although the space project is a feeling, but it is also possible to consider the cost, after all, every step in space costs money."
I'll it!
Mr. Luo not only did ion propulsion pre-research, but also did not let go of nuclear pulse technology!?
That's awesome!
This forced pretending can get full marks!
Unsurprisingly, Luo Jia shocked everyone again.
To put it simply, nuclear pulse propulsion is the way to propel a spacecraft forward by constantly creating a nuclear explosion behind it.
Theoretically, nuclear pulse propulsion can accelerate a spacecraft to an astonishing one-tenth of a light-year in the ultimate state, which can be called a simple and crude example of the great cosmic era.
In Luo Jia's consciousness, it is of course best if ion propulsion can be realized, but ion propulsion requires controlled nuclear fusion as a pre-technology, which seems to be extremely difficult at present.
If ion propulsion is not feasible in the short term, Luo Jia does not rule out using nuclear bombs to blow up a future, as for some people who are worried about the pollution caused by nuclear bombs in the universe.
Luo Jia thinks that as long as human beings can get out of the solar system, go to the damn pollution.