Chapter 1 Set sail in deep space
New Anthropogenic Calendar Year 0169, July 8th. X
A massive spaceship is slowly rotating around the planet Knicks.
The regular flickering lights on its body indicate that the ship is in the midst of a routine inspection.
From a distance, the spacecraft is shaped like a giant rocket, and this cylindrical design makes the most of space and reduces mass.
Unlike the rocket, the center of the spacecraft is an ellipsoidal structure that forms the core of Deep Space.
This ellipsoid is supposed to be the site of several nuclear reactors as well as the "Noah".
In order to reduce the amount of work, save raw materials, and increase the reliability of the nuclear explosion reactor, human beings simply used part of the outer hull of the Noah as the wall of the nuclear explosion reactor...... Anyway, the hull of the Noah will definitely be able to eat a lot of nuclear bombs.
Of course, this is the brainchild of Professor Ding Yidong, the chief designer, and such a proximity structure is also more convenient for the transportation of nuclear reaction materials.
As for whether the Noah will be destroyed by a nuclear bomb...... Please, none of the supernovas did any harm to it, let alone a megaton nuclear bomb!
However, for the sake of safety, people still added some layers of protection inside the Noah.
If the hull is really broken, this layer of protection can also eat a few nuclear bombs and sound the alarm before it can have devastating consequences.
There are four large main blast chambers in the reactor and eight smaller reactors in reserve, which are connected to the four ion engines in the rear of the Deep Space.
These ion engines can accelerate the high-velocity plasma produced by a nuclear explosion again and then eject it out for a higher propulsion.
There are also 16 auxiliary engines around the perimeter of the ship, which can slow down in reverse and fine-tune the direction of the ship's movement.
Theoretically, because the Noah has far more fuel stored than the ship's own mass, the ship can continue to accelerate with these kinetic engines alone.
However, due to the structure of the spacecraft itself, the maximum speed of movement is ...... 0.12 times the speed of light.
With such a sub-light speed, interstellar navigation is already fully realized!
But that's not all, there are some strange ring-like structures on the main engine, which have been added in the last 30 years......
For the sake of this new discovery, mankind has specially delayed this for decades.
They are...... Curvature Engine!
"Deep Space Project", the time is ...... One hundred and fifty-nine years!
This huge human mothership can finally be sung and built by the new human civilization itself!
Of course, this spaceship is only the first mothership of the new human civilization, and all the technology can be seen more than a hundred years ago, and the hull structure is very simple and crude.
This rocket-shaped structure cannot land on a medium-mass solid planet, otherwise it will collapse due to its own gravity.
"If you want to go directly to the gravitational well of a medium planet, you need a ship with extreme strength and a manufacturing process...... The design requirements for materials and individual components have also increased significantly. We don't have to do that just yet...... In the event of a planetary encounter, the Deep Space mothership has a large number of space shuttles that can be easily landed. ”
A teacher with a dozen children is teaching the basics of cosmology.
Regardless of whether they could understand it or not, these elementary school students were watching curiously.
It has to be said that "space engineering" is indeed a catalyst for science and technology.
Compared with more than 160 years ago, the science and technology of the new human civilization have undergone tremendous qualitative changes, and they are truly earth-shaking changes!
Several children quietly looked at the Knicks Star in the distance, and suddenly a little boy asked, "Teacher Liana, are we leaving?" Are we leaving the Knicks Star? ”
"Ah...... Oh, yes! ”
The blonde woman suddenly came back to her senses from her contemplation, and she responded, "So take advantage of the fact that you look at it for a while now, I'm afraid you won't have a chance in the future...... We're going to look for ...... Own blue sky and white clouds! ”
Speaking of which, she is also a little sad. For her, it was the pitch-black Knicks who were more intimate.
The young teacher was born on the Noah, and he had never seen a real blue sky or white clouds...... But she was also taught this way from a young age.
The earth, which has only been seen in certain images, is beautiful, blue.
These children seemed to feel the teacher's emotions, and they all looked at the Knicks with some sadness.
Are you leaving......
"Ladies and gentlemen, the nuclear explosion reactors have been running stably for thirty years, and it has been proven that they can operate for a long time as long as they are regularly maintained!"
"Except for a few rare substances, all warehouses are filled with material materials."
"Various parts of the ship are also being examined for the seventh time, and this is also the last time...... It is expected to officially end in three days! ”
“…… If everything is checked correctly, a week later will be our departure day! We're going on our first deep space voyage! ”
In this government meeting, Yu Yifeng solemnly and earnestly announced this final resolution.
The huge deep-space giant ship was completed in this way, and the new human civilization crossed the "big filter" in this way. It also marks the ...... The new human civilization has become a real interstellar civilization! Rare interstellar civilizations!
Human beings finally have the ability to step into a broader distance!
When everything is done, people's hearts are not as excited as they imagined.
Maybe more than one hundred and sixty years later, all the passion has been slowly worn out, and all the hard work has become a habit......
It seems that the meaning of human existence is all for "nuclear fusion" and to overcome the "big filter".
Now, it's finally done! Suddenly empty, a strange sense of emptiness appeared in everyone's heart.
Maybe after more than 100 years in the Knicks, there will always be feelings.
There are many old faces here, and there are also new faces joining in.
Because of the rapid development of science, the life expectancy of human beings is also getting longer and longer, especially with the emergence of brain chips...... Let Perfection no longer look at the moon in the water.
"Okay guys, do you really want to stay in this place forever? I've had enough of this! Even if you want to stay for a long time, at least find a planet with light, the right temperature, and a normal atmosphere! Dr. Rimbaud grumbled, full of annoyance.
"Since we are already an interstellar civilization and have the ability to travel interstellarly, we must find a beautiful planet to guard, right?"
However, his complaint did alleviate the depression in people's hearts to a certain extent.
That's true, the black Knicks don't meet the requirements of humans!
Yu Yifeng smiled and finally finalized all the resolutions. "Guys, in the next week, everyone will finish all the work at hand, all the surface staff will be recalled, and we will start the real ...... Interstellar Age! ”
When the words "interstellar age" were uttered, everyone cheered up.
People clapped loudly and cheered, trying to shake off the slightly sad mood.
Things in the world are always unexpected by everyone......
At the beginning, everyone disliked the black Knicks star, but now they are in a relationship...... Especially with the advent of later generations, the planet Nix has become the second mother of mankind.
Even, even Yu Yifeng has a little such an emotion,