Hearing such a blunt and fierce attack from his peers, the smile on Frank's face showed no signs of fading. Frank smiled and said, "Excuse me, what is it about my plan that is not feasible?" ”

The Führer also frowned deeply, and looked at Frank with some confusion.

"Extrapolating from common sense alone is enough to deduce that your solution is not feasible," the scientist said. First of all, we don't have the ability to send that mass of matter into space -- if we had the ability, we could have built a base directly on the moon, and would we have to go through such trouble? Second, even if we were capable of sending a sufficient mass of matter into space, we would not have the ability to manipulate their orbits. ”

From these aspects, Frank's plan is really not executable. Even with the scientific literacy of the Führer, the Führer knew that this scheme was impossible. It's like, "Since the earth is not suitable for human habitation, why not human beings move to another planet suitable for human habitation?" Everyone knows that this can save human civilization, but it has no value.

At the same time, the Führer knew that Frank could not be a madman. Why, then, did Frank come up with such a plan?

Frank smiled and said, "Neither of the two points you said is an obstacle. Start by answering your first question. I know very well, I know that our human civilization does not have the ability to send such massive objects into space, but I would like to ask, who ordered that these substances must be transported from the earth? Isn't it okay to use local materials directly in space? ”

"Huh?" Führer's eyes narrowed. At this moment, a word flashed through the Führer's mind, "Comet." ”

"Are you talking about comets or asteroids?" The physicist said, "One, first, we don't have the ability to blow up a comet, and two, we don't have the ability to push a comet forward as we want it to. ”

"On this ......," Frank said, shaking his head, "it's still not a problem. You probably didn't notice that Comet 2025C9, officially Arthur, is on its way to the Sun, and now it has crossed Jupiter's orbit and has reached an apparent magnitude of six, which can be seen with the naked eye by people with good eyesight. I called up the Loew space telescope for three hours of observation time with the work privileges I had and made a detailed observation of it, and do you know what I found interesting? ”

Comet Arthur is a comet that is not well known. It is a long-period comet that orbits the Sun for more than 400 years. It is also a sun-grazing comet, which means that it will skim the surface of the Sun at extremely close distances and at very high speeds, and then return to deep space, and so on. Prior to its return this time, there had been no record of the comet in human civilization, and only after its accidental discovery did there be some sporadic observations in the human civilization database.

Everyone knew about Comet Arthur, but at the moment the attendees didn't know what Frank meant by mentioning this ordinary comet. After all, everything is useless without solving the two puzzles of "blowing up the comet" and "controlling the advance".

The room was quiet as usual, and everyone was waiting for Frank's answer.

"During the three hours that the Loew space telescope was called in to observe Comet Arthur...... I was amazed to find that Comet Arthur was not a single entity. Its comet nucleus has been split into fifteen large fragments, the largest of which is about four billion tons and the smallest of which is about nine hundred million tons. "I suspect that it may have split during the last solar cycle, because it got too close to the sun and was torn apart." See, your first problem has been solved by the Sun, and we don't need to find a way to deliver a high-yield nuclear bomb to blow it up, because it's already split. ”

After Frank made his discovery, the room fell silent for a moment, and after a few moments, the discussion erupted.

But how do we control the progress of these pieces? It's so massive that we can't do it with our human technology. Another physicist questioned.

Frank still had a warm smile on his face, "I've found a solution to this too. The way to control the progress of these comets is very simple, and we don't really need to send huge thrust engines to it. ”

The Führer asked in a deep voice: "Tell me what is the way to control their forward trajectory." ”

"We can do the task of controlling their forward trajectory within the framework of our existing technology." Frank said, "Führer, don't you know if you have paid attention to the sunlight reflector that brings warmth and light to the city of life? They have a very high albedo, they are so light and thin that with the new rocket, a single launch is enough to send a square kilometer of sunlight reflectors into space......"

"Of course I know these things." Führer said.

"Then it's very simple, we don't have to send the engine to the comet, we just need to send enough solar reflectors to the comet." Frank snapped his fingers, "The rest of the work, Comet Arthur and the Sun will help us do it." ”

"You mean......" the Führer fell into deep thought.

"Führer, you are a brilliant human leader, but your scientific literacy is not enough for you to figure out the intentions of such an act," Frank said. Let me tell you the answer. The work we need to do is simple. As you know, comets are not entirely made of stone, they contain a lot of gas inside or on the surface that has solidified due to low temperatures. When close to the Sun, as the temperature increases, these gases sublimate in large quantities and eject from the surface of the comet, resulting in a huge and spectacular comet tail. According to the most superficial mechanical principles, we know that when these gaseous substances are ejected from the comet nucleus, they will inevitably give the comet itself an opposite force, just like a rocket, the tail of the rocket is sprayed with gas, and the rocket body gains a rising force. ”

"That's the purpose of transporting the solar reflector to the core of the comet. We can selectively block a certain part of the comet nucleus, so that sunlight cannot reach it, and the gas in the blocked part of the comet nucleus cannot be sublimated and sprayed. At the same time, the unobscured parts are still being sprayed with gas, which gives it the power to change its orbit. In this way, by blocking different parts of the comet nucleus, we can manipulate the coma's forward trajectory as we wish. Of course, we may also need to ship some engines to the comet nucleus, which can be used to fine-tune and precisely calibrate the comet's forward trajectory. The yield of these engines doesn't need to be too large, and I think the task of transporting them to the comet nucleus should be within the reach of our human civilization. ”

"That's the general line of my plan." Frank smiled and spread his hands, "Think about it, we control a dozen huge comet nuclei to crash into the surface of the sun, empty all the reverse fusion layers of the sun's surface, and wipe out all the plasma lifeforms attached to the sun's surface...... We will have a planet fit for human life. ”

"It is important to note that Comet Arthur will reach its closest point to Earth in three months, which is about 9 million kilometers. If we decide to carry out my plan, we need to start preparing from now on. That's all I said. Frank said, sitting back in his seat. At the last moment, Frank also said, "Comet Arthur is a gift from God, isn't it?" ”

After Frank elaborated on his idea, the room fell silent once more. After half a ring, the Führer broke the silence: "Ministry of Scientific Research, I need you to evaluate this plan. ”

"This plan is feasible on the whole...... But is it really useful to manipulate a comet to hit the sun? "Statistically, the sun is hit once every 1,000 years, but we don't see any impact on the sun." ”

Frank retorted: "The probability of an impact of the same magnitude is once in a thousand years, so how long does the reverse fusion layer appear?" ”

The physicist was stunned and subconsciously replied, "Less than two years." ”

Frank shrugged his shoulders and didn't speak.

"We can't find a reason to refute this plan." Another expert stood up and said, "The plan is highly enforceable. However, I think we still need to consider two aspects: first, the solar civilization's defense capability against comet impacts, and second, if the plan ultimately fails and the solar civilization is not destroyed, the solar civilization may have the means to counterattack. ”

Frank replied unceremoniously, "First of all, I don't think the solar civilization has the ability to defend against comet impacts, at least for now. Don't forget, the Solar Civilization didn't even defend against the original Moth Impactor. Secondly, no plan can be perfect, and if we refuse to carry out the plan just because we are afraid of failure, for fear of being counterattacked by the solar civilization, then we might as well wait for death. ”

"I decided, in addition to the implementation of the reshaping world plan against Zhao Huasheng, the lunar base plan, and at the same time the implementation of Frank's comet impact plan. All three programs will be carried out at the same time. The Führer said, "Ministry of Scientific Research, I want you to come up with the details of the implementation of the plan as soon as possible." ”

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