Chapter 460
The planet is so large that people in space can't even take in the full view of the new Jupiter. It is no longer spherical in the eyes of people, but a huge plane that extends to infinity. At an altitude of more than 10,000 kilometers, people can clearly see the various air currents of different colors crisscrossing the atmosphere of the new Jupiter, and even see their flow.
It was one cyclone after another, one after another, extremely large, extremely violent. Earth's most powerful storm is as tame as a kitten compared to any cyclone on this planet. Many satellites in the distance are suspended in the sky like small glass balls, and the super planetary accelerator with a length of hundreds of thousands of kilometers is firmly bound to the planet like a golden hoop.
Its self-transfer allows it to remain in space without being destroyed by the gravitational pull of the new Jupiter. Because of its length, the ring structure is also not visible, and what appears in the field of vision is a straight line that extends straight below the horizon. All the equipment has been commissioned, and all the preparations have been completed.
Under the joint order of Professor Laird and Standing Committee Member Han Luo, the activation order was finally issued. In that instant, each of the planetary engines opened the rear cover at the same time, spewing out a faint blue flame.
As time passed, the blue flame eventually grew strong and long. The flames of a full width of several tens of kilometers converged, like an ethereal curtain over the new Jupiter. The indescribably powerful thrust poured into the massive planet below through the ubiquitous magnetic field, eventually causing it to slowly change its speed and orbit a little.
At this moment, endless winds and thunderstorms appear above the new Jupiter. The disturbance of the magnetic field affected the entire planet, changing its previous calm, even affecting the deepest part of the planet. It is known that while the winds and thunderstorms that are happening in front of you at this moment are shocking enough, the more shocking changes are happening in places that are invisible to people in the interior of the planet.
But no matter how violent the planet is and how it changes, it will not be able to affect the planetary accelerator at an altitude of more than 10,000 kilometers. The refinement of the physical theory completely solves the problem of unstable operation of the planetary accelerator, so that it can face any situation and stand still.
This scene is not only happening at the New Jupiter base, but also at the New Saturn base.
A number suddenly appeared on the huge virtual display screen, 0.00011, the next moment, it became 0.00022, and the next moment, it became 0.00033.
It is known that these numbers show the orbital changes that the planetary accelerator has made for it. At this moment, deafening cheers resounded throughout the viewing spacecraft. Wherever this scene is transmitted, cheers are heard. Countless people spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate, and the always strict social security policy was deliberately relaxed a little today.
Looking at the ever-changing numbers, Professor Laird felt the urge to cry. The scientists at the Scientific Planning Committee have waited too long for this moment, and now, it has finally come to life.
Professor Laird knows that in a dozen years, the new Jupiter and the new Saturn will enter mutual orbit. At that time, without the need for a planetary accelerator, they will spontaneously shorten the distance between each other and eventually complete the fusion. Of course, until then, the two planetary accelerators have been dismantled and will not be affected by their fusion.
"All suffering will pass, and hope lies ahead......"
Professor Laird said impassionedly in front of countless media reporters and spectators, below, Han Luochang turned his head slightly, glanced at Wu Wei lightly, and staggered his gaze the next moment. But both of them saw something special in each other's eyes.
Time is still slowly passing, yesterday's carnival is fleeting, and soon it has become a memory buried in the depths. Life will continue on the same track, and it will not change in any way because of that carnival. After about thirteen years of planetary propulsion, the planetary accelerator dismantling began.
In the past ten years, the distance between the two planets has been reduced from 700 million kilometers to less than 5 million kilometers. This distance is enough for them to orbit each other into a pair of binary stars, and spontaneously reduce the distance between them while orbiting Phoenix together.
They have no hope of becoming a stable binary. When the track was first planned, that possibility was ruled out. Their only destiny is to become one, and no one can change that.
During the previous propulsion, the satellite systems of the two planets were severely affected. Although they do not break free from the planet's gravitational field, they are enough to change existing orbits. As a result, large-scale collisions began, and the change of orbit further affected the stability of the satellite system, so that more satellites also fell into instability. So far, more than a dozen satellites that have reached hydrostatic equilibrium have been fatally affected in their orbits. Even if the two planets remain in their current orbits, they will one day be thrown out or torn apart by the planets.
The massive collision created countless small debris in the orbit of the satellite, which even threw the entire near-planetary space into chaos. The impact on the planets does not stop at any time, and according to statistics, on average, tens of trillion tons of mass hit the new Jupiter or new Saturn every year. This further affects the planet's atmosphere, making it even more violent.
The large amount of rubble even seriously threatens the safety of the planetary accelerator. However, this possibility was considered early in the construction site, and the perfect space defense equipment saved the planetary accelerator from the fate of destruction.
When the two planets entered orbit each other, the dismantling of the planetary accelerator officially began. Countless engineering spacecraft, as well as military spacecraft drawn from the military, plus billions of workers, engineers, and scientists are involved in this mission. But even with such a huge effort, the demolition project continued for a full five years.
The dismantled planetary acceleration segments were all placed in the orbit of the star far from Phoenix, and were left for the next activation.
Once again, the whole civilization began to wait. Only when the two planets have truly merged and calmed down will a new laying begin.
After another decade, the merging of the two planets finally began. The proximity has changed their size from spherical to ellipsoidal, and the convergence of the outer atmospheres began several years ago. Their satellite systems were severely affected by their rapid speed and close distances, with more than a dozen satellites thrown into space and orbiting Phoenix, while others left the Phoenix system. The most drastic process occurred a year before the planetary fusion. It was a huge moon with a mass of up to 7 percent of the Earth that lost its stable orbit due to gravitational disturbances, and after exceeding the new Saturn's Loch limit, it was first torn into pieces by gravity, and then it became a long strip and hit the new Saturn.
The impact even permanently changed the color of the new Saturn, slightly altering its attitude. But even such a violent impact pales in comparison to the planetary collision that came later.
In the fusion of the planets, gas equivalent to the mass of seven Earths was ejected, forming a smaller nebula orbiting Phoenix, releasing even more than a quarter of the energy released by the Sun during the entire plateau. After the fusion, the Messenger Star, the planet formed by the fusion of the two planets, was even much brighter than Phoenix, and lasted for more than four years, before decreasing to a slightly inferior level to Phoenix in the fifth year. Violent stellar storms have even extended the extent of the Phoenix Galaxy's stellar circle by two billion kilometers.
It became a star. Although it is only a failed star, it is enough for humans to use.
From now on, the Phoenix Galaxy has lost two planets but has a companion star. The Phoenix Galaxy also became a binary star system.
The satellite system of the messenger satellite — no, as it should now be called a planetary system — has been more severely affected than expected. Almost all of the large moons that have reached hydrostatic equilibrium have left it, and only two have remained with it. And the orbits of these two satellites are also unstable, and they may change again at any time. All that's left are a few smaller, strangely shaped moons, and a few small things that can't even be called satellites, but can only be called interstellar stones.
However, due to the preparations made in advance, the satellite used to store fusion fuel and various mineral resources has been well preserved. It had been thrust into the orbit of Phoenix before the planets merged, and it was not affected much by the later interstellar collisions, when the military deployed a fleet to defend against meteorites that hit it. In the midst of this catastrophe, it became the biggest winner.
Before the Courier Star had really calmed down, the push for the satellite was set in motion again. Once again, it was pushed into the vicinity of Courier and had a stable orbit. In the future, it will become a travel package for human civilization, and no matter what is missing, whether it is energy or minerals, people will demand from it.
After a full seventeen years of waiting – a little longer than scheduled – the laying of two star accelerators began again. It took more than five years to put the two accelerators on it again. One of the accelerators became the main thruster, and the other became the attitude adjustment thruster.
When everything is ready, the great voyage that countless people have been looking forward to for more than a hundred years is about to begin.
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