Chapter 63: Take off, towards Neptune
For them, the salary is superfluous, Transwarp can meet almost all their research material consumption, if it is really converted into money, it is definitely an astonishingly high annual salary, of course, they are not used in vain, as long as they feel that new inventions can be announced to the public, they can directly turn technology into money.
However, now Xuan Mu is a little uncomfortable, because Liu Xuan specially asked him for one thing, that is, to lead some people to give priority to building a certain number of hibernation warehouses within the Star Ring Company, which is not a very difficult thing for him, the most important thing is time, Liu Xuan's time is one year, that is, when Liu Xuan's detector is built, his invention will be needed.
For this reason, he also directly found his subordinate researchers a few years ago. This was summoned by Transwarp from their original company at a great expense, and in ten years, several young researchers at the beginning have also become senior experts, if it weren't for Xuanmu's face, a few of them would not have accepted Transwarp's invitation.
Xuan Mu is not step-by-step, according to the original drawings, he is also preparing to add some new functions of his own, such as determining the method of hibernation according to the length of hibernation time, and he is also researching new drugs. In a short period of time, say within 10 years, the new technology can be used, which saves time and resources compared to the original technology. Especially for people like Liu Xuan, who have adverse reactions to hibernation, it also has a good effect.
These researchers who should have come are still a little arrogant, they also know that their mentor has been asleep for ten years, and they are also afraid that they will not be able to learn new things, but when Xuanmu showed this technology, they were already completely impressed, and a total of five of them were all involved in the manufacture of the new hibernation chamber.
By this time, they had also deeply realized the truth that "a skinny camel is bigger than a horse". The idea of herding is like a key, which inspires them more so that they can improve this very practical technology in new ideas.
On the other hand, Liu Xuan also sorted out the information day and night, mingled with many experts, ate and slept together, and the rocket launch site had become his new laboratory. His efforts are also obvious to all, after all, it is difficult to see such a high rocket, and the most important thing is that the height of this rocket is still increasing month by month.
Neptune is also how far away, and more importantly, to speed up the flight speed of the probe as much as possible, which is the most critical issue that Liu Xuan is considering now, the priority is to ensure the speed, and the second is to further reduce the size of the probe. The launch vehicles one after another are being assembled in an orderly manner, and the last one is Liu Xuan's new generation of nuclear-powered engines. In order to reduce the mass, the detector even cut off the solar modules.
In other words, the probe can only work on a limited amount of nuclear fuel, and once the nuclear fuel is exhausted, the probe's life is at the end of its life, and even if other instruments can still work, it will be discarded. To put it simply, this detector is disposable.
I have to say, this is a crazy money-burning behavior, and this detector has no other purpose. It is to detect the so-called tracks, even if their conjectures are confirmed, they will not get the slightest benefit. It's a federal secret, and if they make it public, they'll leak it. It was for this reason that Liu Xuan and the four of them did not tell them the purpose of this exploration.
It is worth noting that for this new era, manned spaceflight is actually more cost-effective than unmanned spaceflight. Now the manned space equipment is already very complete, especially in the launch stage, you can directly fly to the stratosphere with a jet engine, and then start the nuclear-powered engine directly into space, compared with the very primitive unmanned spaceflight, the time and money saved are huge, after all, this can be used many times.
The above is all off-topic, and the most important thing is that after their overtime efforts, in a year, a long-range detector has been built. Mr. Shen also applied to the Federation for this launch on behalf of the Star Ring Company. The Federation and the Star Ring Corporation are now in a state of cooperation, and in addition to the fact that the Federation originally had no prohibition on such spaceflight, this matter was quickly approved, of course, they were not stupid enough to directly explain to the Federation the main and only mission of this exploration.
Today is a sunny day, the sky is cloudless, there is no doubt that this is a good opportunity to launch, under the leadership of Liu Xuan, they have done the final inspection of this rocket launch system.
At this time, Liu Xuan's four people, including Wang Meng, were nervously guarding the launch room, the launch was only the first step, and they still had a small hibernation to do. Originally, Liu Xuan didn't plan to call the three of them to hibernate together, but they also claimed that they had nothing else to do, and they could only determine their research direction by confirming the final thing, so Liu Xuan also had to take them for a short hibernation.
In the launch command room, various screens are floating in the sky, showing the situation of many parts and the overall situation of the spacecraft. A few minutes later, a free window appeared, floating towards Liu Xuan, and Liu Xuan also set his eyes on this screen for the first time, just glanced at it. Liu Xuan was obviously relaxed.
"There were no problems with the final checks, and the launch was ready to take place." Liu Xuan turned his head, pointed to the final test report, and said to the many people behind him, these are the scientists he has been researching together day and night.
Everyone had a happy smile on their faces, they were already halfway there, and the remaining half was a successful launch. Seeing their expressions, Liu Xuan also turned around and began to give the final order.
"All the staff evacuated their posts, all arrived at a safe place, and began the rocket launch process in ten minutes." Liu Xuan's order was transmitted to all parts of the launch site at the first time.
Hundreds of people also began to quickly evacuate the site, entering the originally determined safety to watch the rocket launch, which was undoubtedly a very huge event, and even some news organizations came here to cover the news.
Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and Liu Xuan began the countdown.
"Five, four, three, two, one, ignition launch!" The moment the order was given, the rocket erupted into a bright flame and flew towards the sky, and the loud roar almost covered the entire Star Ring Company, and people all over the city looked up at the huge launch.
This is definitely a moment that can go down in history, it is the first time that a private company has launched a probe at such a long distance, and it turns out that this thankless task is carried out by the Federation.
Fortunately, the rocket successfully entered space in accordance with the established procedures, and the deafening cheers were remembered at the launch site, which was not only the credit of Liu Xuan alone, but the joint efforts of hundreds of thousands.
Liu Xuan had already completed his task, and after making sure that the probe's nuclear-powered engine was operating normally, and traveling towards Neptune in the distance, the four of them returned to the original research institute without everyone noticing, and came to the first floor, that is, the research floor of Xuan Mu, and the four new hibernation chambers were ready.
"I've already explained that as soon as the detection data comes in, we will be awakened, this place will be banned after our hibernation, and we don't have to worry about our safety. In addition, this is my new type of hibernation chamber, as long as you take this drug, directly into the hibernation chamber is like falling asleep directly into hibernation, the longest duration of this medicine is five years, you can wake up in advance. When the time of five years is up, we will wake up naturally. She explained very carefully.
The other three people also said that they understood, and after receiving their own medicine, they directly swallowed it and entered the hibernation chamber and began to wait for the final result.