Chapter 143: Two Tasks
For the future development of Muyu Aerospace, Hua Kejing also depicted a grand vision to the world.
With the accelerated development of science and technology, human society has undergone several great changes in the past few centuries, because the progress of productivity brought about by the industrial revolution has far exceeded that of the past few thousand years combined.
One can imagine how tremendous the development of productivity brought about by the technological leap has been.
At present, human development of the earth has entered a very deep stage, and according to the traditional classification of planetary civilizations, human beings now belong to the early stage of first-level civilization, that is, the stage of exploiting all the available resources of the planet itself.
The exploitation of resources beyond the earth is the key to the transition of human beings from a first-level civilization to a second-level civilization.
While the West has led every technological revolution over the past few hundred years, this time, China wants to be at the forefront of the world.
In the vision, this ambitious plan will be advanced in three steps.
First of all, in the next five years, Muyu Aerospace will accumulate and temper mature aerospace transportation technology for space projects, and is expected to establish necessary aerospace facilities between the moon and earth orbit by 2030, improve a complete set of earth-moon transportation system, and initially establish a lunar base and the prototype of the earth-moon economic zone.
Then the second step is to make full use of the Earth-Moon resources, use the Earth-Moon Air and Space Base as a platform, and preliminarily complete the construction of a small space city with sustainable development capabilities and self-expansion capabilities by 2035.
Finally, the third step is to study and improve the relevant mining technologies of various energy sources such as Jupiter's nuclear energy, and cooperate with interstellar hibernation technology + artificial intelligence robot technology to make the completed small space city continue to accelerate its flight to Jupiter, and the flight time of the space city is expected to be three to five years, that is, it will arrive at Jupiter in 2040 at the latest.
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As for what some news outlets have asked in interviews – why Jupiter and not Mars?
Hua Kejing replied with a smile.
"First, there is already a good team (Musk's Space X) working on the exploration of Mars, so we decided to do something more challenging and greater."
"Second, Jupiter is a gas giant, and although we can't land on it, we can build a space city around Jupiter. In addition, Jupiter contains a large amount of nuclear fusion fuel, deuterium and helium-3, the sum of their masses accounts for more than 70% of Jupiter's total mass, and Jupiter's mass is about 318 Earth masses, which means that the sum of the deuterium and helium-3 masses on Jupiter will exceed 220 Earth masses. ”
"Someone once said that if we scrape the skin of the moon (the science fiction film "Moon" has a related description), the nuclear fusion fuel that can be obtained can allow mankind to live a heavenly life, let alone Jupiter!"
"In the foreseeable future, human civilization will consume thousands of times more energy than it does now, and only Jupiter (and perhaps Saturn) in the entire solar system will be able to meet the huge energy needs of mankind in the future."
"Therefore, if human civilization wants to develop by leaps and bounds and enjoy a truly high-quality standard of living, it will inevitably choose to establish a resource base on the periphery of Jupiter, or even a spaceship space base. Although Jupiter's environmental conditions are too harsh, we will certainly be able to overcome these difficulties in the foreseeable future......"
Let's go back to a week ago.
That is, on January 15, 2023, the night of the successful first launch of the Yinglong heavy launch vehicle.
After the grand celebration, Hua Kejing happily returned to his residence and entered his own virtual world.
In the center of the hall of the double-storey hut, it's time to complete the quest and claim the reward.
Sure enough, the blue characters on the big screen have updated the progress of the mission.
[Mission No. B003: Design, development and successful test launch of a heavy-lift launch vehicle.] 】
Achievement Progress: 100 %.
Rocket name: Yinglong Heavy Launch Vehicle.
Height 69 meters;
sea-level thrust 1866 tons;
Vacuum thrust: 2200 tons;
low-earth orbit carrying capacity of 55 tons;
The geosynchronous orbit carrying capacity is 24 tons;
Time limit: within 6 months.
Reward for completing the mission: Earn 2,500 technology points.
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In the past year or so, Huake has completed mission number B001: owning an aerospace technology company and obtaining 200 technical points.
Mission B002: Design and build the first rocket engine and earn 1000 Technology Points.
In addition, he activated 7 temporary missions during the integration of the Chongmingniao 1 engine and the Yinglong rocket manufacturing supply chain, as well as the opening of the joints of various key departments, earning a total of 2,800 technology points.
Therefore, counting the 2,500 technical points that will be obtained today, Huake has finally accumulated 6,500 technical points.
He could finally choose to raise the [Academy of Science] or the [Academy of Engineering] to level 7.
In the setting of artificial intelligence,
The 7-level research institute has consumed a total of 12,700 technical points, and has 0 junior engineering departments, 5 intermediate engineering departments, and 1 senior engineering department.
This means that as long as the level 7 is reached, whether it is the [Engineering Research Institute] or the [Science Research Institute], there will be a qualitative change in the configuration of the corresponding department.
Because according to Xiaole,
The Junior Faculty can solve all the problems that match the current stage of the earth,
The Intermediate Division began to enter the stage of creation and innovation.
The Senior Faculty can lead human civilization into the interstellar age.
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"Little music."
"I'm here."
"Apply to complete the task."
"Mission No. B003: Design, development and successful test launch of a heavy launch vehicle, completed. Earn 2,500 Tech Points. Do I need to watch a fireworks display? ”
"Quit it, thank you."
After a simple conversation and a redemption of the task reward, Hua Kejing walked out of the double-storey cabin.
Everything is the same, with the [Engineering Research Institute] on his right hand and the [Science Research Institute] on his left.
Each has a large area with several high-tech buildings in it.
All are level 6.
I don't know when I'll be able to reach level 9.
It is foreseeable that the difficulty and time of the next upgrade will be further increased.
But now, he had to decide which institute he should upgrade first.
"Little music." Hua Kejing called out to the artificial intelligence, "What do you think I should choose?" ”
"Why don't you take a look at the new quest first?" Xiaole replied quietly.
"Oh." Hua Kejing nodded and asked, "So what is the new mission?" ”
Xiaole didn't answer, but directly projected a smart screen in front of Hua Kejing.
[Mission B004: Create and bind Avogadro's antimatter of the order of magnitude.] 】
Achievement Progress: 0 %.
Mission Description: Master reliable and stable antimatter acquisition technology and complete the design of antimatter binding chambers;
Time limit: within 12 months.
Reward for completing missions: 3,000 technical points.
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[Mission B005: Complete at least 30 air-space transports and establish an experimental-level space station between Earth-Moon orbits.] 】
Achievement Progress: 0 %.
Number of rocket launches: / times;
Space Station Name:/;
Space Station Rating: / Grade, (Comprehensive Classification 1-5, Detailed Criteria...... )
Time limit: within 12 months.
Reward for completing the mission: Earn 5,000 technical points.
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After reading the task list, Hua Kejing was very shocked.
Two missions appear at the same time.
3000 and 5000 technical credits!
The reward level is indeed much higher than before, but the corresponding missions are also more amazing.
Let's start with Mission B004 - to create and bind Avogadro's antimatter of the order of magnitude.
Hua Kejing subconsciously touched his neck, and some very bad memories instantly surged.
Kindness.
It's the model of the algorithm with the theme called "Persistence is Victory"!
It's the computational model that was skinned and torn apart eighteen times, and tortured the computer password that controlled the antimatter bondage capsule!
It's an arithmetic model that was first beaten to death by a villain, and then brutally broken by a femme fatale and died!
It's the arithmetic model that was stabbed indiscriminately by the withered man!
Hua Kejing still remembers very clearly,
After the end of the calculation model, he once asked Xiaole with resentment: Are the things in the model related to his future?
But the chicken thief's Xiaole was silent and never answered.
After nearly five years, is it still coming?
Although it was only an operational model, he still remembered clearly what the femme fatale girl named Ling Han said.
"Mr. Hua, you are still so stubborn, just like before, spending everyone to study the antimatter spaceship with you, and your head is full of unrealistic fantasies."
In the context of the computational model, the purpose of Warcoscope's research on antimatter seems to be to speed up the pace of human flights to deep space.
Truth be told, antimatter is definitely the most energy-efficient propulsion energy source if the cost of acquisition is not taken into account.
According to the intelligent equation, the energy efficiency released by the annihilation of positive and antimatter is close to 100%.
Theoretically, to accelerate a spacecraft to 10% of the speed of light, it would roughly need to consume no more than one percent of the mass of antimatter.
Compared to the consumption quality of other chemical energy fuels, this is simply a drop in the bucket.
Not to mention the huge mass contained in the chemical fuel itself, which will become the biggest burden to the acceleration efficiency during the flight of the spacecraft, and most of the chemical energy is consumed in the process of accelerating the fuel itself.
Thinking of this, Hua Kejing has a rough idea.
Let's not talk about how to face the super cosmic civilization and how to complete the difficult task of saving the master male loser, let's talk about how to achieve the goal of flying to the core of the galaxy in his lifetime.
A spaceship powered by an antimatter engine may really be one of the few avenues he can dream of.
However, as far as the scientific and technological level of human civilization at the current stage is concerned, the production of antimatter is still only in the ethereal theoretical stage.
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I salute every friend who has been with me all the way, thank you for your support!