Even so, there are still many people who believe in the natural existence of silicon-based creatures, because humans cannot be omniscient, and silicon-based life is so popular in all kinds of science fiction that people are desperate to discover them.

Maybe on a certain planet, a so-called miracle was born?

In the face of this statement, there are good people who even write a long article to refute this view.

Including silicon, the connection ability is quite poor, the number of silane silicon can only reach 8 and is unstable, and the composition of the material cannot be too complex; Silanes and their derivatives have poor thermal stability and are easy to condense, which is undoubtedly contrary to the high-temperature environment required by silicon-based life.

In addition, silicon-hydrogen bonds and silicon-silicon bonds are easily completely destroyed by various proton solvents, which means that common solvents such as water, ammonia and even hydrogen fluoride cannot be used as carriers of silicon-based life, and so on......

Shu Xiao said seriously: "Actually, I don't believe that there are natural silicon-based organisms, and even if there are, there is a high probability that they are artificial life, but boron-based life with boron as the core is more likely!" Alas, the difficulty of creating a life is really comparable to that of the Creator, and we are still far from that! ”

The more humanity knows about the universe, the more it will be able to rule out certain options.

Speculation aside, all in all, there is a lot of expectation for this planet to have complex life.

The vigorous design is continuing, and it is about to reach its destination anyway, and in a few years it will be able to replenish resources, and all kinds of high-performance materials will be thrown into the dead like money. There is a small centrifugal wheel inside Kunlun Mountain, which can rotate at high speed to simulate a high gravity environment, and it has been proved that no matter how big the difficulty is, as long as it is smashed with massive resources, it is easy to produce a breakthrough.

When Zhang Yuan saw this list of materials needed, he was simply stunned, he looked at the menacing scientists in front of him, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva.

"You mean, the current budget is enough to build 1 Falcon-class destroyer?"

The scientist was not embarrassed, he was afraid that the world would not be chaotic and said: "Your Excellency, the exploration of the high-gravity environment is an area that has not been explored by human beings. So far, there are not many areas that have not been explored by humans, and the rest are big fish that no one can catch. This is one of the few small fish that can be gnawed......"

"Anyway, you don't have any good research directions...... Even if it's just a small fish, it's not bad. ”

Zhang Yuan nodded slightly, what people are currently better at is the industrial system in a low-gravity environment. Especially in heavy industry, low gravity is many times better than high gravity environment.

"You're not just talking about a few robots, but a whole industrial system that operates in a high-gravity environment?"

"Yes, it does...... Although this system cannot theoretically be compared to a low-gravity environment, maybe there is anything special about it? It's always good to be able to develop a little more science. ”

Zhang Yuan sighed in his heart, the progress of scientific development is too slow, and there has been no major progress in decades and a hundred years. So much so that scientists began to pick up the things they had discarded in the past, intending to start over, and the whole process was actually painful.

It sounds like nothing to do, but just like the biochip technology that was abandoned in the first place, if it is not practiced, who knows that it will have so much potential?

There are many things that cannot be imagined by imagination alone, and the mystery can only be known through practice, and the breakthrough point of the entire civilization may be in these things that have been abandoned.

He nodded: "Okay then, I'm still supporting it for the time being...... However, this resolution still needs to be demonstrated by the scientific conference, anyway, it is just some resources, and there should not be any big problems. ”

The scientist breathed a sigh of relief, "We also applied for two interstellar ramjet engines to be installed on our research spacecraft. ”

Zhang Yuan raised his eyebrows, this guy still has to inch in!

He didn't get angry, he just looked at the other party meaningfully, and if he could give a qualified reason, it wouldn't be impossible: "That's a military engine...... The yield rate is very low, and it is often only after five or six are manufactured that one is qualified, and these qualified products have to be used as military reserves. ”

"That's right...... As technology advances, the cost of ramjet engines will gradually decrease. It is better to take this opportunity to test the performance on civilian spacecraft. On this planet, while an ordinary fusion engine is sufficient, what about a planet with higher gravity? Since sooner or later the ramjet engine has to be installed in the transport aircraft, it is better to be late than sooner. ”

"Is that so...... Sounds like it makes sense. Zhang Yuan frowned and pondered. The young scientist is really eloquent.

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In this way, the three-year preparation time passed quickly, and the Kunlun Mountain fleet was gradually approaching its destination.

In accordance with the usual conservative policy, in order to strictly ensure the safety of the mothership, people will choose a peripheral planet, similar to Pluto in the solar system, as the landing site.

In this way, in case of a powerful civilization here, the entire fleet can calmly communicate with it, and no matter how bad it is, it can just leave without a head-on conflict.

And generally speaking, planets without an atmosphere are also more suitable for mineral mining.

The observatory is always the busiest area, and when the spacecraft has chosen a landing location, scientists are closely observing the specific movements of the "Tepu Star".

The first artificial exploration satellite has also been launched ahead of schedule.

Yes, this super-Earth, which may have life, has been officially named "Tepstar", instead of just a codename, as in the past.

It is surrounded by three moons, one of which is 88% of the mass of the Moon, and is located about 360,000 kilometers from Tap.

The other is smaller, with a mass of 7.5% of the Moon.

Finally, the third meteorite, a large meteorite with a diameter of 20 kilometers, is not a real satellite, and it orbits in a large circle around the periphery, and there should be no risk of collision for a while and a half.

The mass of Tep Star is much larger than that of the Earth, and it has many moons, but it is nothing, like Jupiter and Saturn in the solar system, which have at least seventy or eighty moons, and Mars, which is small, also has two natural satellites. As long as the mass gap between these moons and the orbiting planets is relatively large, the so-called "three-body motion" will not be formed.

And after these days of observation, people have not observed traces of artificial satellites above the atmosphere of "Tepstar".

This news also made all scientists breathe a sigh of relief, but at the same time, they felt a little regretful, and they couldn't tell what the psychology was.

"The absence of artificial satellites does not necessarily mean that there is no intelligent civilization, because the gravity and air pressure of this planet are too great, which makes it extremely difficult to launch satellites. Even we have to rely on interstellar ramjet technology to be able to barely carry out space activities. ”

"That's right...... Our exploration satellite should be about to enter orbit! ”

"Yes, first-hand information will be sent back soon!"

Everyone was very curious about the first document, and although it was time to get off work, everyone was still waiting quietly in front of the big screen in the astronomical observation room.