Chapter 021: Warp Speed
Jiang Jianxue almost didn't sleep all night, and only took a nap when it was almost dawn. When he returned to his residence last night, Jiang Jianxue thought carefully about the teacher's words again, and his heart was as itchy as a cat scratch, there is a kind of science and technology in this world that can change the talent of human beings, what is the difference between this and God? Jiang Jianxue has always believed that he is not inferior to anyone in terms of hard work, if he can also change his genes and have the talent of Liu Jie, he believes that he can definitely achieve achievements that are not weaker than Zhao Hongbin.
He has always believed in Zhao Hongbin very much, especially at this time, he can understand what the teacher means, he told himself this, it will definitely not be untargeted, it must be hinting at something. But what Jiang Jianxue didn't understand was that he was not a biologist, his major was physics, and he had also studied geology and computer science. He has spent his whole life in the study of theoretical physics, and at this time he is over 60 years old, and it is very unrealistic to let him learn from scratch and then study biological gene technology. Yesterday he consulted the Kirin's database, but was disappointed that the Kirin's database did not contain any key information on this technology. It seems that what the teacher said is true, this project is absolutely confidential among secrets, and the information should be kept in a system that is not connected to the Internet.
Jiang Jianxue is a filial person, although his curiosity is about to explode, he still holds back, worried about disturbing the teacher's rest. Seeing that the time had passed nine o'clock, he came to the laboratory to find Zhao Hongbin.
To his surprise, Zhao Hongbin looked like he had already gotten up and was conducting a simulation experiment. Unlike Jiang Jianxue, a physicist who is partial to theory, Zhao Hongbin, as a grandmaster of contemporary physics, is a master of both experiments and theories, and 80% of the experiments are done by himself. Although Jiang Jianxue is not an experimental physicist, he is also an insider, and after looking at the experimental data, he understands what the teacher is doing. Zhao Hongbin has created a warp speed flight model and is doing calculations. The calculated core load factor has reached 70 percent, and the red warning light is flashing.
Jiang Jianxue was very strange in his heart, he didn't understand why the teacher did this. The concept of warp flight first appeared in science fiction movies. This means that an artificial warp force field is created around a moving object using an antimatter-powered warp engine, allowing the object to move at close to the speed of light in this distorted space-time bubble. Warp velocity is a measure of the velocity of an object moving in a bubble in space-time. Theoretical physics generally believes that such a scenario may exist, but it is almost impossible in practice, because preliminary calculations suggest that the initial energy of the sun would be a billion times that of the sun in order to warp space. So although this theory was mentioned very early, for hundreds of years, it was just a 'science fiction' concept, and no scientist would waste their energy on it.
Zhao Hongbin's physical condition Jiang Jianxue was clear, so he couldn't understand why Zhao Hongbin would waste such precious time on this kind of thing.
"Teacher?"
Jiang Jianxue finally couldn't help but speak out, because he noticed that the computing core load factor had exceeded 80 percent. The computing core is responsible for the data of all units of the Kirin, and eighty percent of the load is already very dangerous.
"Jianxue, you're here." Zhao Hongbin seemed to have just noticed Jiang Jianxue, glanced back at him, and continued to stare at the data on the monitor. Jiang Jianxue noticed that Zhao Hongbin's expression today was much better than last night, his face was a little ruddy, and he felt sad in his heart. The teacher is back to the light, burning his last life, looking for a way out for the people of the Kirin Ship, such a great person, but there are only a few days left in his life.
"Teacher, I know you want to find a way for everyone, but isn't it recognized that the concept of warp speed flying in science fiction has long been recognized as unworkable? What are you doing? ”
"No, there are no absolutes." Zhao Hongbin seemed to be in a state of excitement, he stared at the data on the monitor without blinking, recorded a few data in his notebook from time to time, and said to Jiang Jianxue: "The reason why the concept of warp speed flight is science fiction is because its energy requirements are too great. It's not that the concept is wrong, Jianxue, you remember, all concepts that stand up to scrutiny are the ideals of scientists. It's not necessarily wrong, it's just the means that haven't been realized yet. It occurred to me last night that if we reduce the magnitude, can warp flight also be achievable, we can't do a 'big' warp flight with a billion times the sun's energy, but we can do a 'small' warp flight. ”
"This ......" Jiang Jianxue has no talent because he doesn't dare to think that almost all the achievements he has made in his life are in Zhao Hongbin's direction for him to study, and he has done it through diligence and persistence. His personal imagination is very poor, and at this time, Zhao Hongbin has already pointed to this point, and he still feels that it is impossible to do it.
Zhao Hongbin looked back at Jiang Jianxue and said, "Jianxue, don't forget, the initial value of the sun's energy of one billion times is premised on interstellar travel in the movie. If our purpose is not interstellar, but planetary, the need for this energy value will be reduced geometrically. ”
"Ahh Jiang Jianxue was stunned, slapped his hands excitedly, and said, "Yes! Right! Right! The distance is reduced geometrically, and the energy requirement will be greatly reduced! ”
Zhao Hongbin continued to stare at the monitor and said, "So I created this warp flight model, and I was calculating how much energy it would take to do a warp flight from Ceres to Mars. Maybe we can do this warp flight with the energy we have! ”
Jiang Jianxue worried: "But teacher, we don't know anything about warp speed flying, and we haven't conducted feasibility experiments, so it will be very risky to do so." ”
A different color flashed in Zhao Hongbin's eyes, but because he was facing back to Jiang Jianxue, he didn't notice it. Zhao Hongbin lowered his head to record a value, and said in a deep voice: "All paths will be risky, do we have to sit idly by?" Isn't there a risk in your approach? Replace helium-3 with synthetic fuel, and you can imagine what will happen if you run out of fuel halfway through. ”
Jiang Jianxue wanted to say something, but Zhao Hongbin interrupted him and said, "If the calculated result is feasible, we can calculate another spatial coordinate." When the time comes, we can directly appear in the near-earth orbit of Mars, as long as there is no problem with the calculation, there will be no problem with our safety, Jianxue, you have to believe in science. ”
Jiang Jianxue opened his mouth, he didn't know what to say, and he couldn't help but slander in his heart, and he didn't know who was going to abandon science yesterday and believe in myths. But the teacher is a teacher after all, and he only regards the teacher's gaffe last night as a decadence that has no hope, and now seeing that the teacher is so motivated, Jiang Jianxue was also driven, nodded heavily, and said, "Teacher, you are right, I will help you." ”
Saying that, Jiang Jianxue took over the data calculation work that Zhao Hongbin was doing and replaced him, Zhao Hongbin sat on the chair behind Jiang Jianxue and rested, watching his students busy. Suddenly, a shadow appeared in his left eye, and he quickly rushed to his right eye, and disappeared again in the blink of an eye, Zhao Hongbin's hand trembled, and returned to normal again.