Chapter 136: For the Starry Sky
The energy brought by nuclear fusion is so exaggerated! It was estimated that 100 tons of helium-3 fusion energy was the sum of the energy used in the world for one year!
Yu Yifeng made a simple calculation, and had to sigh, this is the case.
Nuclear fusion, it's hard, it's strong!
The sheer scale of energy also brings with it greater industrial requirements. Therefore, the entire industrial system must use a large number of superconducting materials or other high-tech materials, otherwise it will not be able to eat such a large amount of power generation.
Of course, it is this scale of energy that can really support the ...... All sorts of laser weapons or ion cannons and stuff!
In contrast, nuclear fission, thermal power generation...... It's scum!
If nuclear fusion energy is truly realized, some of the interstellar weapons removed from the Martian flying saucer can be used for real!
"But...... Ordinary fission reactors and thermal power stations have to be left behind in case of emergency! In just such a short period of time, Yu Yifeng had gradually eased up, and even had the heart to think about some safety issues.
He had actually accepted the plan covertly.
Ding Yidong explained excitedly on stage.
He seemed to ignore the desperate eyes of everyone, and became more and more fanatical: "The four reactors work alternately, and after each nuclear explosion, there will be more than 1 hour of power generation time and nearly 4 hours of maintenance time......"
"In case of emergency, multiple can work at the same time to provide us with a lot of power!"
"Of course, we can stop at the same time, and we have also designed some smaller reactors...... However, it is necessary to burn the precious helium-3 resource ......"
"We don't have a lot of helium-3."
Hearing this, Yu Yifeng suddenly stood up and asked. "Professor Ding, a four-hydrogen nuclear bomb or a deuterium bomb...... You have to ignite a normal helium-3 nuclear bomb, right? In the long run, where will these ignition materials come from? ”
At this time, he no longer wants to care about the size of the project, only considers its feasibility.
As long as it works, it's all worth it!
"That's a good question." Ding Yidong said with a smile: "First of all, we can go to several small satellites of the Nix Star to collect helium-3, although it is not very many, but there are also thousands of tons or 10,000 tons." ”
"Second, when the fusion reactor is complete, we can go to a terrestrial planet 0.6 light-years away. The planet is relatively close to the binary star, has no atmosphere, and has no magnetic field. ”
"Depending on the environment, we can be sure that there must be a lot of helium-3 left on it! Attention, it's a lot, in terms of 100 million tons or even a billion tons! ”
"Let's calculate, how long can 100 million tons of helium-3 last for us?"
"But how do we get there? 0.6 light years is too far away. Another high-ranking government member couldn't help but ask.
Ding Yidong shook his head and immediately said: "Everyone has also seen that while building this reactor, we are also building a large spaceship for ourselves, which can completely envelop our Noah!" ”
"And these nuclear reactors are equivalent to the power room of the spacecraft. We use only one percent of our energy to generate electricity, and the rest ...... It's all the impetus of the spaceship! ”
"With the propulsion of nuclear fusion, we could reach that terrestrial planet in ten years! According to the calculations, our remaining helium-3 as an ignition agent is completely sufficient! ”
"For us, nuclear fusion and the starry sky are actually one!"
As soon as these words came out, it caused another uproar.
Mankind has not even achieved nuclear fusion, and has begun to think about the starry sky again......
But if you think about it carefully, there is not much mistake, human beings are going to leave the Knicks Star after all, and it seems that it would be good to take advantage of this time to directly build a big spaceship for yourself...... Two can be done at the same time!
"I really want to stay in the Knicks in peace, and I am drunk and dreaming of death......" Yu Yifeng shouted in his heart, he shook his hand and wiped the sweat on his head.
Of course, he already knew about this plan in advance, and he had been studying it for a long time. But every time he faced it, he felt inexplicable madness and impulsiveness.
"What is their generation doing so hard?" This is not his own idea, and many people have also come up with it......
But as soon as this thought appeared, it shrank back......
Why?
In order to cross the big filter, in order to ...... Starry sky!
"This is the big net of genetic philosophy, so I want to retreat...... Of course...... It's impossible! ”
Yu Yifeng laughed at himself for a moment, and then asked, "Professor Ding, let me ask another question: Since you want to build a spaceship, is this large-scale project going to be done in space?" ”
"Yes! Otherwise, such a large spaceship will probably not be able to overcome its own gravity and fly. ”
Professor Ding Yidong nodded and said, "If you think about it, a fusion reactor with a diameter of 15 kilometers is already big enough, and it will take 4 ...... There are other miscellaneous things, plus Noah, the length of the spacecraft reaches more than 40 kilometers, the mass of the hull reaches 50 billion tons, and it is impossible to land on the planet. ”
"Unless you want to make the amount of work and the cost bigger. If you really have a reason, we can try to design a ......."
Yu Yifeng touched his head, the project in space, this has added a lot of engineering......
The others also let out sighs and screams.
It was really hard for them to imagine how other interstellar civilizations had overcome all kinds of difficulties...... If they weren't the first generation with the strongest will, they would have made up their minds and would have been scared to tears by the massive number of projects.
Ding Yidong finished all the content in one breath, and for a while, everyone was a little silent.
This is not to say that he is timid and wants to retreat, but there is an inexplicable emotion that a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water......
"Do you want to build a castle in the sky with a large airship? Using this castle in the sky as a space pedal? ”
"Or let the Noah come down first?"
People are starting to think cranky...... Let's make the amount of work a little bigger!
"Professor Ding, if we fully understand the engineering technology of the Nix civilization and go further in the research of extraterrestrial creations, can we reduce the amount of engineering?" One of the councillors asked.
"It's possible, and our engineering application technology is really bad...... There is an urgent need for improvement. ”
Ding Yidong nodded and said, "But I think that no matter what, we will need to spend tens of hundreds, or even thousands of years to build this thing." Hopefully, in my lifetime, I will be able to see it come to fruition. This is the will of our civilization, and I don't want it to change! ”
Yu Yifeng looked at the people who were a little flinching and a little fanatical, and immediately stood up and said loudly: "Yes, this is the will of the new human civilization, we will not change or waver!" ”
"No matter how big the cost, we will make it happen!"
"That's it for the whole process, do you still have any comments! Give everyone ten minutes to think about it. ”
"Agreed!"
"Seconded!"
This group of people complained and complained, but they raised their hands one by one in agreement, and there were not many voices of opposition.
Even if there are a few who want to object, they are silent, unless...... They can think of a better way. So many authoritative scientists have said that it can be done, so just do it...... Although the amount of work is indeed a little larger.
yes, it's a little bigger......
Masochistic in this way, these high-level government officials actually had an inexplicable pleasure in their hearts, and simply broke the jar and broke it, and made up their minds to fight this mega project to the end...... The whole venue also began to become lively.
"Then ......" Yu Yifeng came to the stage and knocked on the table, pressing the crowd who were making a commotion: "Let's give this project a name!" ”
"Deep Space!" A loud voice came from below: "The Deep Space that is about to lead us to the starry sky!" ”