After a period of digestion, everyone understood this shocking news. The people here are all elites, more or less scientific literacy, and after thinking about it little by little, a kind of ecstasy surged out from the depths of their hearts, like a monstrous flood, and they couldn't control their emotions directly.

"Ahh Yes! ”

"Bang!" "Smack!"

The scene was full of people shouting and slapping the table, many people cried with joy, buried their heads and cried, some people simply hugged each other in pairs, regardless of whether they knew each other or not, the stimulation of these hours was too great for them, but suddenly there was a divine turn, from hell to heaven, the excitement in their hearts can be imagined.

It took about half an hour for the venue to calm down.

Now there is still a problem that has not been solved, that is, how to propel the 1,038,600-ton spacecraft!

The most powerful "Saturn 5 rocket" ever had a propulsion of about 3,500 tons, and with the advancement of technology, the current rocket propulsion of the "Victory" spacecraft has reached 5,000 tons, but it is still too much worse than 1,038,600 tons.

With the current productive capacity of mankind, it is impossible to build hundreds or thousands of rockets in six months. What to do?

Of course, such a small difficulty cannot stump humanity. Mad scientists have long figured out how to solve this problem, that is, the most powerful force in the hands of mankind - the nuclear bomb!

This crazy idea did not come to the minds of scientists on the spur of the moment, it appeared as early as the sixties of the last century, and it was called the "Orion Project"!

The U.S. government's "Orion Project" was first launched in 1958, when the United States and the Soviet Union were just beginning to compete for space hegemony.

Scientists plan to build Orion, a spaceship as massive as an ocean-going ship, and use thousands of small nuclear bombs as a power to send the spacecraft, which could carry at least 40 astronauts, to Mars, Jupiter or Saturn.

According to the plan, the Orion spacecraft will be able to return to Mars in just 125 days, and the spacecraft can carry 100 tons of equipment and food, which is simply impossible if it were replaced by a conventional rocket-propelled spacecraft.

However, one of the biggest problems of the "Orion Project" is nuclear pollution, and the waste produced after the explosion of the nuclear bomb will not disappear for tens of thousands of years. So, the "Orion Project" was ultimately aborted.

But now, there is no such problem, and now human beings are about to leave the moon, and it doesn't matter if they pollute or not. There is also an even greater determination to propel a super-giant, megaton-sized ship!

Felix gave a speech to Jixing, took out a document from the desk casually, and handed it to Yu Yifeng. Yu Yifeng looked at it, and was suddenly shocked in his heart, it was the preliminary plan of the "Nuclear Bomb Propulsion Plan", and after he finished reading it, he passed it to others.

"Look, this is a preliminary plan that more than 20 people have discussed." Felix said.

"First of all, the first problem with the Orion program is security. This question is hardly a matter of consideration, as our ship is strong enough. For thirty years, scientists have done anything to it, I emphasize, anything, including nuclear tests! But there is simply no way to damage it in the slightest. So, I think the ship is very safe. ”

"The second is the problem of acceleration, the huge acceleration caused by the explosion of a nuclear bomb can instantly crush people into meatloaf. But that's not a problem...... The interior of the spacecraft is self-contained, and since mass cannot be expressed from the inside to the outside, the force from the outside cannot be transmitted to the inside. ”

"How can I say that...... Felix thought for a moment, "we don't feel anything when the ship is accelerating, and we just have the same speed, which seems very magical, and it violates the laws of physics. It may be that the whole space is in motion, and we are relatively stationary in space...... Alas, the current science cannot explain the specific reason, anyway, this is the case. ”

"Finally, it's a matter of technology."

"According to the Orion project, we are going to have the spacecraft carry a large number of nuclear bombs, and when the spacecraft needs power, we will release one from the stern, and then some solid discs made of hydrogenated plastic. When the spacecraft travels a certain distance, the nuclear bomb will explode behind the spacecraft, evaporating the plastic disc, converting it into a hot plasma slurry, which will then propel the spacecraft in turn ......"

Felix began to speak incessantly, and the frenzy in his eyes grew higher and higher, and the people below shook their heads and listened to it, whether they understood it or not, believing that this guy was talking about something.

The more complex he says, the more people believe it.

There are nuclear bombs in the base, and there are not many, just three nuclear bombs in total. If people want to carry out this plan, they will have to produce nuclear bombs in large quantities.

The manufacture of the atomic bomb was too cumbersome, requiring the use of a large number of centrifuges to purify enriched uranium-235, which was time-consuming, labor-intensive, and energy-intensive.

The hydrogen bomb is much easier, there is enough deuterium (D) and tritium (T), and then ignite it with an atomic bomb. To put it bluntly, the atomic bomb is a gatekeeper in front of the hydrogen bomb. However, there are only three atomic bombs in the base, which is not a big problem.

"So, we don't have enough atomic bombs?" Yu Yifeng asked.

"Yes, our centrifuges can only sort out industrial-grade uranium, so we have to make a special batch of them, at least five or six thousand units. The second point is that the work of the centrifuge requires a lot of electricity, so we need to apply for a larger amount of electricity. An engineer said.

"Either there's another option, which is to dismantle the original atomic bomb in the base and make it smaller. I think this plan is better."

"Also, Mr. Yu, the tritium required to make a hydrogen bomb is very expensive, and it is necessary to bombard the lithium 6 compound with a neutron stream, and then use the thermal diffusion method, which requires more electrical energy than a cover......

"Also, we still have to design chemical rocket engines, not for propulsion, but to fine-tune the direction of the spacecraft, how to say that the propulsion force also has to be 10,000 tons...... Hundreds of thousands of tons of fuel, right? ”

I understand, this is for electricity and energy...... Headache, Yu Yifeng touched his head, he calculated quickly, it was really a headache, this also needs electricity, it also needs electricity, where does it come from so much electricity?

A large number of industries in the base now need electricity, and the current power plants are almost at full capacity.

But he also knew that it was difficult for a good woman to cook without rice, and these people were also forced to ask for electricity from him, so they couldn't let people take a sickle and hammer and smash a nuclear ejection.

"To transform the entire spaceship, this amount of work is a bit large, and metal smelting must be strengthened, and cement is also indispensable......

"The things inside the spaceship are not considered mass, but the equipment mounted on the outside is considered mass, so it is best to use a relatively light titanium aluminum alloy to ......."

Everyone was full of hope and talked about it, and Yu Yifeng felt that he was about to be driven crazy. This is also lacking, that is also lacking, and it is no longer suitable to develop power stations on a large scale, no matter how fast it is, it will take five or six months, and then the daylilies will be cold.

He thought about it for a moment, in fact, the current agricultural transformation plan and the space program are basically compatible, and many things are already included in the agricultural transformation plan, as long as they are slightly changed. After three months, when the agricultural transformation plan is completed, a large amount of electricity will be freed up.

"Also, Captain Yu Yifeng, we have to carry supplies on a large scale, anyway, it doesn't count the weight, the more the merrier, the more appointments. There's not too much to go into space. ”

"Which planet are we going to, Titan, Europa, or Mars?"

Some people even fantasize about interstellar voyages with sparkling eyes. This is a real interstellar voyage! What has never been achieved before is about to be inexplicably realized in the hands of the last 50,000 human beings, and it is really impermanent!

"Stop!" Yu Yifeng slapped the table suddenly, he felt that his head was a little confused, "You guys discuss it yourself first, find some practical solutions, don't tell me everything you have." ”

"We need to have an outline first, and the detailed plan and technical points can be left later. You also know the situation in the base, there is a shortage of electricity, water, save some use, and be realistic! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Yifeng ran to the toilet with a cigarette, he took a long breath, lit a cigarette, and took a hard puff. These are the last few cigarettes, and one less to smoke...... He scratched his head, and suddenly noticed that a few strands of hair had fallen out.

I'm a superhuman! It turns out that you will lose your hair, which shows that this position is really stressful......