The incredibly powerful laser emitter has stopped working, which means that the acceleration of the Earth Pupil has also stopped. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

"Only 84.91% of the speed of light!"

"It seems that it is too difficult to accelerate to the speed of light."

"The original plan was to call for 95% of the speed of light......"

"That's not a good speed."

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This is a fact that everyone has to accept, with the current scientific and technological strength of the earth's civilization, it is not yet possible to provide a long-term continuous energy supply for the laser emitter created by the Creator.

The energy consumed by the laser emitter for 27 minutes is already comparable to the total electricity consumption of all households in an average city in a year.

Therefore, it is impossible to quickly replenish the energy of the laser emitter in a short period of time.

Taking a step back, even if the laser emitter could quickly recharge with energy again, it would no longer be able to maintain its linkage with the Earth Pupil.

To put it bluntly, because after the first round of acceleration, the pupil of the earth at this time has already run too fast.

The vast space of the universe is so vast, and the size of the Earth Pupil is so petite, that it is difficult for the linkage device of the laser emitter to find the specific location of the Earth Pupil (in the case of continuous irradiation before, the linkage system can determine its position according to the large amount of light reflected back by the light sail, and keep the linkage fine-tuning).

Therefore, during the time that everyone was talking just now, the Pupil of the Earth was getting farther and farther away from us.

"Although it is only 84.91% of the speed of light, this has already set a record for human civilization!!"

"Well done, indeed."

"Good luck to the pupil of the earth!"

The high-level people of the base stood up one after another to congratulate Yuan Haochen and the extraterrestrial civilization project team.

"Thank you bosses for your support!" Yuan Haochen still said with a little regret, "We still underestimated the difficulty of the acceleration process when flying close to the speed of light, resulting in a 10% difference between the final speed and the overdue speed." ”

"At the current rate, even if the operation of the final deceleration phase is not considered, it will take 5 years for the Pupil of Earth to reach the Centaur Alpha System at the earliest." Yuan Haochen sighed slightly and continued.

"Take it easy, young man, even we old guys don't care about more than a year or two! This project is a big breakthrough for the vast majority of people on Earth to see the real scene in other stars in their lifetime. Commander Watt smiled and comforted Hara and the Extraterrestrial Civilization Project Team.

The so-called, the morning heard that it is okay to die at night!

10,000 years is too long, seize the day! If it is difficult to achieve overnight, five years and ten years are acceptable, and it seems that everyone has already understood this truth.

"Commander Dosheva, in the next few years, our project team will keep you informed of the flight status of the Earth Pupil." Yuan Haochen nodded and said.

During the following flights, the Pupil of the Earth will use the light energy of stars such as the Sun and Centaur Alpha AB to make continuous course adjustments.

After careful calculation and design, the initial direction of the Earth Pupil is very accurate. However, in the next few years, there is also a possibility that minor changes will occur due to the continuous collision of cosmic particles, and in this case, it will be necessary to adjust the angle of the light sail to correct the course.

Compared with high-energy laser beams, the light of a star is indeed very weak, but it is better to be long-lasting, so as long as there is no major course error, there is still a chance to correct the slightly deviated flight course.

In addition, the Pupil of the Earth is equipped with the most advanced intelligent flight operating system, and its navigation system will adjust the course on the fly according to the actual flight situation.

If large cosmic particles appear on the course, it will fine-tune the course, and even operate to retract the baresail when necessary, and skillfully pass by it to avoid collision and damage.

Of course, this intelligent flight operating system is not a panacea, and the civilization of the earth has to pray that there will be no unavoidable catastrophic events in flight.

Although the Earth Control Center can also try to direct the flight of the Earth Pupil, however, this is an extremely pointless thing.

Especially in the later stages of the flight, the signal transmitted back by the Earth Pupil that you analyzed is actually something that happened a few years ago, and when you send the operation command again, the Earth Pupil will only receive it after a long time.

That's right, it's a bit like the chase problem in elementary school math.

All in all, whether or not you can successfully reach the Centaur Alpha System in the end can only rely on the pupil of the earth herself, and of course, luck!

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After the high-level officials of the base had left, Yuan Haochen instructed the relevant operators: "In the initial stage of dense dust, don't spread the sails of the Earth Pupil too wide to ensure a higher safety factor!" ”

"Also, let's start parsing the data transmitted back by the Earth Pupil as soon as possible."

"Okay, team leader, the parsing system will continue to work, and we will report back to you on a regular basis."

When the Earth Pupil is traveling at nearly the speed of light, it is impossible to take pictures and send back information.

Because of the optical limit when flying near the speed of light to take pictures, telescopes cannot get actual images.

Therefore, it is necessary to use holographic technology to directly send back all the holographic data received by the telescope, and then the extraterrestrial civilization project team will conduct professional analysis, and finally restore it into image information.

Today, the team of members of the extraterrestrial civilization project team has also expanded to 25 people, and the manpower arranged by Yuan Chen Chen has gradually become sufficient.

"I believe that the pupil of the earth will fly out of the solar system soon!" Durunik patted Yuan Haochen's shoulder and said excitedly.

"Hope everything goes well!" Yuan Haochen nodded and replied.

Now that the Pupil of Earth has flown out of the embrace of Earth's civilization, it can only rely on itself for the rest of its journey.

To be realistic, the extraterrestrial civilization project team at this time can only be a cold observer.

Duroney was right, the Pupil of the Earth was already heading out of the solar system at this time.

Flying out of the solar system? How big is the solar system?

The division of the solar system into the limits of the solar system is controversial in the astronomical community.

It has been suggested that the solar system should be divided according to the range of gravitational influence, so that the range of the solar system can be up to 2 light years.

It has also been suggested that the extent of the solar system should be about 0.8 light-years according to the extent of the Oort cloud.

However, more scientists argue that it should be divided according to the solar sheath (the farthest distance reached by the solar wind), which is about 100 astronomical units (1 astronomical unit is about 150 million kilometers), or 0.0016 light-years.

Therefore, according to the range of the solar sheath, it only takes about 9 hours for the pupil of the earth to fly out of the solar system.

This is much stronger than Voyager 1, which took more than 30 years to fly out of the solar system. (To be continued.) )