Bidding farewell to Dean Frank, Yuan Haochen returned to the office in silence. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Unlike usual, he didn't immediately walk into the lab today to start his research.

Yuan Haochen sat quietly in his seat, thinking about something.

"How are you thinking about the astronauts who will participate in the final operation?" Frank's question was still floating in his mind.

This is the first time Hara has hesitated!!

Humanity's first interstellar travel, the Centaur Alpha Galaxy Exploration Operation, has officially launched.

In the coming period, the entire Interstellar Exploration Alliance will do its best to build the first interstellar spaceship in the history of human civilization.

It will take at least two years to build this stellar spaceship, from the start of the program to the final completion.

It took two years to build an interstellar spaceship, which is quite efficient. This is due to the huge scientific team and professional aerospace engineering team of the Interstellar Exploration Alliance, and of course, the full support of governments behind this.

It has to be said that recent decades have been the era when the governments of the world and the camps of various nationalities have made the most concerted efforts.

Compared to the vastness of the universe, the earth civilization has become a small unit.

In the face of the common crisis of all mankind, the state and nation have become a diluted symbol.

Of course, ordinary people will not know the reason behind this, otherwise, the resulting social upheaval will cause the earth's civilization to lose its ability to redeem itself.

As the leader of the leading team of the Centaur Alpha Galaxy exploration operation, Yuan Haochen naturally knows that what the Interstellar Exploration Alliance has built is not an ordinary spaceship, and it is fundamentally different from all spaceships in the history of human spaceflight.

Because it is a starship, its goal is to fly humans out of the solar system and reach the distant Centaur Alpha system.

The long interstellar journey requires it to be as fast as possible, tough and not too bulky, and able to stably last for at least 20~30 years.

The interstellar spacecraft must be equipped with an extremely advanced and reliable intelligent cruise operating system, as astronauts must remain in hibernation for most of the entire voyage.

Keeping astronauts in hibernation for long periods of time isn't just about killing time and relieving the loneliness of astronauts during their long interstellar journeys.

In fact, this is more of a helpless choice.

Because in order to ensure the normal survival of astronauts, it is necessary to prepare enough food, water, oxygen and other survival materials. One can imagine what a huge number it would be for decades of interstellar journey, which will surely become a heavy burden on the spaceship.

In order for a spaceship to fly faster, the overall weight of the spacecraft must be reduced as much as possible. The main factor that the Earth's Pupil can accelerate to 84.91% of the speed of light is its lightness. The pupil of the earth does not carry people, so there is no contradiction in the supply of subsistence materials.

It is a matter of acceptance that the interstellar spacecraft will not be able to accommodate too many astronauts, and according to the plan of action, the maximum number of astronauts involved in the final operation will not exceed three.

It's not that the Interstellar Exploration Alliance is unwilling to send more people to accompany it, after all, to carry out scientific exploration operations outside of distant space, one more person will have more power. This is a desperate choice, because for each additional person, the corresponding food, water and oxygen, and even the hibernation system and its energy consumption will increase significantly year-on-year, eventually overwhelming the spacecraft.

In the end, only three people will fly out of the solar system on behalf of 8 billion Earth's humans.

Who will take responsibility as a representative of Earth's civilization and travel to the distant centaur Alpha system?

This is the question that made Yuan Haochen hesitate.

The astronauts sent must unearth the Creator's legacy in Centaur Alpha, and search for and learn more extraterrestrial super-technologies to feed Earth's civilization. This requires that the participating astronauts must have top-notch scientific literacy and learning skills.

At the same time, because this is an extremely long, unknowing, challenging, and even life-or-death interstellar journey, the participating astronauts must have strong physical and mental qualities.

Indeed, from all aspects, Yuan Haochen is the best candidate, because in addition to having the above two necessary conditions, he also has advantages that others cannot match, he has been exposed to the memory information of the Genesis 8 artificial intelligence, and he is the only earthling who has ever spied into the Creator's civilized world at a deep level.

Moreover, exploring the mysteries of the deep space of the universe is Yuan Haochen's lifelong wish and ambition.

However, this time, Yuan Haochen did hesitate rarely.

Because, this walk is decades of time.

If he were alone, he would naturally have no scruples, however, there are still people on earth who concern him......

......

A month later, the Interstellar Exploration Alliance announced the selection criteria for astronauts to participate in the Centaur Alpha System exploration operation.

Selection Criteria and Requirements for Core Members of the Science Panel:

1. Number of people: 2 people;

2. Age requirements: 25-35 years old;

3. Professional requirements: must have top scientific literacy, must be the core scientists of each base, and those who pass the primary selection test can enter the next round of assessment;

4. Physical condition: see the "Standard No. 2059-08 for Physical Fitness Assessment of Members of the Alliance Science Group" for details, with a height of less than 180cm and a weight of less than 75kg;

5. Other requirements: ......

Selection criteria and requirements for core members of the Action Group:

1. Number of people: 1 person;

2. Age requirements: 25-35 years old;

3. Professional requirements: must have a high level of scientific literacy, must be a member of the core action group of each base, and must participate in the scientific skills test and physical fitness assessment test at the same time;

4. Physical condition: see the "Standard No. 2059-09 for Physical Fitness Assessment of Members of the Alliance Action Group" for details, with a height of less than 180cm and a weight of less than 75kg;

5. Other requirements: at least 20 important and above missions, proficient in the use of all types of weapons;

......

Half a year later, the main structure of the interstellar spacecraft built by the Atlantic Base of the Star Exploration Alliance was successfully completed and delivered to the Pacific Base Aerospace Research Institute for further renovation and improvement.

At the Pacific base of the Interstellar Exploration Alliance, in the super laboratory of the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Yuan Haochen was looking up at the main structure of the interstellar spaceship in front of him.

It doesn't have a name yet.

Strictly speaking, this is just a half-finished spacecraft, but it is the crystallization of wisdom and sweat that has been optimally designed and carefully poured by the top space scientists and aerospace industry engineers in the alliance.

The entire interstellar spaceship still looks huge, with a total length of 50.1 meters and a width of 18.2 meters. Because of the material science and technology of alien technology, although the overall mass of the spacecraft has been reduced by nearly 50% year-on-year, the strength and toughness of the starship spaceship are more than five times that of the starship spacecraft.

In order to maximize the speed of the spacecraft, scientific experts and engineers have repeatedly streamlined its size and space.

However, no matter how streamlined it is, the basic equipment cannot be omitted, and it is indispensable to ensure the supply of resources for astronauts to and fro.

All of this adds up to an astonishing volume.

If the speed of an interstellar spaceship reaches 40~50% of the speed of light, including the time for acceleration and deceleration, then the time it takes for a spaceship to reach the Centaur Alpha System from Earth will take about 10 years.

Since it is uncertain whether the spacecraft and astronauts will be able to be resupplied at the destination, even if you don't count the time it takes to explore the Alpha Centaur system, adding the extra 10 years required to return, the entire interstellar journey will require at least twenty years of survival resources before and after.

What a huge number that would be, we can't let astronauts go to the universe and drink the northwest wind (if there is a northwest wind)!

It is impossible for an astronaut to remain in hibernation all the time during the entire voyage. According to the plan, the astronauts must maintain a high level of awareness during the acceleration and deceleration phases, which add up to half a year, after which each hibernation phase will consist of an 11-month hibernation period and a one-month adjustment period, during which 9 months will also cause a large amount of survival material consumption.

Moreover, even if the astronaut is in a state of hibernation, it is not zero consumption, and the consumption of oxygen, water, nutrients, and energy substances for maintaining a long-term survival state is also very staggering.

Therefore, when building and designing an interstellar spacecraft, it is a trade-off, too heavy mass will inevitably lead to the speed of the spacecraft being limited, but the lack of materials cannot ensure the successful completion of the mission and even endanger the lives of astronauts.

The current plan to build an interstellar spacecraft is the result of the optimization and calculation of the world's most advanced mathematical models.

It is no exaggeration to say that the number of screws and the number of grams of drinking water to be loaded on the entire spaceship have been precisely calculated.

Moreover, after the final astronaut selection is determined, the mathematical model will also conduct a review and recalculation based on the height and weight data of the personnel, diet and health status, and obtain the final resource supply and carrying plan.

Just as Yuan Haochen was looking at it, a female voice full of magnetic charm sounded in his ears.

"We have to equip this stellar spacecraft with a nuclear pulse propulsion system so that it can fly to the Mars base and successfully complete the next step of the transformation work."

It was Gianna, the director of the Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, who was reaching out to touch the cold and sturdy spaceship bulkhead in front of her......

[Dear book friends, I have to change it when I'm busy today, and I try to write as much as possible in this chapter, please be considerate.] (To be continued.) )