"The Starship spacecraft flew at a speed of 13.0 km/s, the flight was smooth, and the surrounding conditions were good! Temperature inside the spacecraft: 23.1C, air pressure: 101,000 pascals, humidity ......" The data broadcast of the spacecraft center monitoring system sounded again. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

After a period of continuous acceleration again, the Starship spacecraft soon reached a speed of 13.2 km/s and would soon enter a predetermined orbit around the Sun.

"Okay, everyone can relax now." When the starship spacecraft entered a state of constant speed and smooth flight, Captain Frank informed everyone to enter the trimming phase, "We still have one day of rest before the next acceleration after reaching the predetermined orbit." ”

"It's finally going to be easy for a while."

"Hooray, hooray, I'm almost going to collapse."

"It's been a long ramp-up phase."

The crowd unfastened their safety devices and floated around in microgravity, a sight that looked a bit like a goldfish bowl full of ornamental fish.

As they left their safe seats, some of them immediately drifted to the portholes with curiosity to peek into the magnificent scenery of the surrounding universe, some began to stretch their hands and feet, and more people couldn't wait to float to the living quarters, perhaps really having a urine breakdown, or just looking for something to fill their stomachs.

Living in space is not an easy task.

"Jenson, how much fuel has the starship consumed so far?" Instead of unlocking the safety device, Frank continues to learn about the status of the starship spaceship in front of the ship's control platform.

"18% of chemical fuels are currently consumed." Jenson was always keeping an eye on the starship spaceship, so he answered without hesitation.

"How far are we from Mars at the moment?" Frank nodded and continued to ask.

"Report to Captain Frank, about 60.5 million kilometers."

"Keanu Reeves, please go and call Nikolaev." Frank looked around backwards and did not see Nikolaev, who was in charge of nuclear propulsion.

"Okay, Captain." Keanu Reeves quickly unloaded the safety device and quickly floated backwards.

"Hello, Captain Frank." A rather nice female voice came from behind Frank, and after a while, it drifted behind him, it was Commander Roland from the base in the Indian Ocean.

"I don't dare call myself the captain in front of the commander." Frank smiled and nodded at her.

"It's nothing." Commander Roland said with a seemingly casual wave of his hand.

"What's the current situation?" Commander Roland continued.

"The Starship spacecraft will fly smoothly at the current speed for a day, and at the right time, it will use the [Nuclear Pulse Propulsion System] to quickly accelerate to Mars." Frank earnestly briefed Commander Roland on his next move.

"Nuclear pulse propulsion system? It's also my first time to experience it in person, can you tell me about the detailed plan? "Commander Roland was intrigued.

"You're asking, it's just the right time." Frank said as he looked at Keanu Reeves and Nikolaev as they floated towards them.

"Nikolaev, tell us about the acceleration program of the nuclear pulse propulsion system." Frank nodded to Nikolaev.

"No problem, Captain Frank." After a pause, Nikolaev continued, "According to the plan, after the Starship spacecraft arrives at the predetermined area, the nuclear power acceleration mode will be turned on, and the nuclear pulse propulsion system carried by the Starship spacecraft this time will be installed with a total of 10 subdivided nuclear fuel energy matrices. ”

"Can you go into more detail?" Commander Roland added.

"No problem, Your Excellency Commander." Nikolaev continued, "The principle of the nuclear pulse propulsion system we designed is to propel spacecraft forward by continuously triggering a large number of ultra-small nuclear explosions. ”

"On the way to Mars, we will go through 4-5 continuous acceleration phases with a target speed of 25.2 km/s. It is expected to trigger 4-5 subdivision nuclear fuel energy matrices, each of which contains 100,000 microequivalent nuclear fuel units. In the course of actual operation, it is expected that a subdivided nuclear fuel energy matrix will be released per hour. “

"That means 27-28 miniature nuclear explosions happen every second?" Commander Roland was slightly surprised by this.

"It's exactly what you say, but you don't have to worry too much about it, each mini-explosion occurs independently and doesn't cause a ripple effect on the micro-equivalent nuclear fuel units in the energy matrix of other subdivisions." Nikolaev seemed to understand Commander Roland's concerns, and continued, "This technology is safe and secure, in the event of an emergency, the entire nuclear pulse propulsion system will automatically separate from the spacecraft at the first time, and the tail propulsion disc will quickly adjust the stress angle, and the entire nuclear pulse propulsion system will be quickly pushed away by the nuclear explosion energy......"

"It seems that you are confident in your new technology. After returning to the Indian Ocean base, I hope to arrange a scientific group to conduct in-depth technical exchanges at your base research institute. Commander Roland nodded in satisfaction.

"I think Dean Alsace will approve." Nikolaev is only a core scientist at the Nuclear Power Research Institute of the Pacific Base of the Interstellar Exploration Alliance, and cross-base technical exchange activities are not something he can decide, so he cleverly gave a pertinent answer.

Commander Roland nodded noncommittally, and continued to exchange other questions with Frank and the others.

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