A month later, preparations for the White Lotus's expedition to Centaur Alpha were still underway, and given the long distance between the two places, they had to bring enough supplies with them to the ship to prevent any unexpected situations.

The exploration department asked Xu Bochen to be responsible for selecting materials, and they allocated nearly 10 billion yuan from the department's budget for procurement.

All equipment, components, devices, and weapons must be the best, using the best materials and processes, so that they are less prone to damage and more stable.

After slimming down, the White Lotus Princess still has a large amount of material loading, and after deducting the supply materials, the three joint production workshops that produce unmanned units still have more than half of the space that has not been filled.

After Xu Bochen's consideration, the exploration department immediately stuffed 2 moon-level spaceships into it, so that they didn't have to worry about running out of spaceships when they arrived at Centaur Alpha.

The lunar base of the East Galaxy Company, as the base camp of their rise, is going on a series of life and death farewells, and the selected 50 employees are theoretically unlikely to return to Earth for the next 100 years, at most through a simple report through neutrino communication with a four-year delay.

"Let's go!" Sophia has a big belly, and opposite her is Qiao Canal, although the two of them finally determined the relationship after a long time together, and even Qiao Canal made people's stomachs bigger, and even the wedding was not carried out, facing the temptation of Centaur Alpha's exploration plan, Qiao Canal's face was resolute.

"Beloved, don't forget that our goal is to conquer the sea of stars! In terms of the solar system, the work of the exploration department is going to trouble you, and you have to trouble taking care of the children, and I have to work for a higher goal! ”

Qiao He looked a little guilty, but when he thought of his great mission, he didn't hesitate at all, and he believed that Sophia would understand him.

Looking at this scene, Cao Chuan couldn't help but sigh, as 10 years have passed, many employees have married and had babies or reunited with relatives on the earth, and when the next generation of East Galaxy Company is on the stage, of course, the existence of longevity medicine makes the life of all formal employees extremely long, and they will exert their strength for a long time, as long as they are willing.

As for the single employees, there is another choice, go to the special service area of the bustling moon city, and indulge well, and wait until the centaur Alpha definitely does not have such a drunken life for them to enjoy.

If you look closely at the selected crew members, you will find that there are several non-exploration department employees among them, and the reason for this choice is not so much to balance interests, but more to ensure the integrity of the advance team, even in the worst case of completely unable to communicate with the headquarters of the East Galaxy Company, there is still a way to solve the problem independently.

For example, when encountering technical problems, relying on the staff of the research department; In the face of diplomatic problems, relying on the staff of the trade department, and so on, the overall strength of the advance team has become stronger.

"Master, the voyage plan has been confirmed, do you want to check it out immediately?" The Foggy Moon reminded herself to show a map of the Milky Way on a larger scale.

"Oh! Has the map been upgraded? Cao Chuan muttered, slowly using gestures to enlarge the map, zoom in, the 200 billion planets of the Milky Way have to go through several magnifications before you can barely find the Orion cantilever where the solar system is located, and then zoom in many times, you can barely see the area around the solar system, including dozens of star systems, with a radius of 10 light years.

"It feels so good." Cao Chuan exclaimed.

"This is what Nana did." Misty Moon added respectfully.

"Nana is so capable!" Cao Chuan said again, and his gaze fell between the two points in the solar system and the constellation Alpha Centaur, and the red lines on them marked their voyage.

"The takeoff is scheduled for October 9, 2034, and after four days of flying out of Pluto, the spacecraft crew will go into hibernation."

"The time of arrival in the Oort cloud is about 2045, and at this point in time, the crew will be awakened for the first time to try to explore the Oort cloud, which is known as the hotbed of comets, and mind studying the deeper laws of the universe."

"Regardless of the progress of the groping, after half a year of exploration, the crew will go back to sleep and the ship will go straight to Alpha Centauri.

"The arrival time of Centaur Alpha Proxima Centauri is about 2075, and in the next three years, in 2078, the advance team will arrive at a binary star system consisting of star A and star B."

Centaur Alpha is a massive triad of planets, with three planets called A, B, and C, and their exploration targets will fall into them.

As for Centaur Beta, on the surface it is a member of Centauri, you must know that this is a legacy of the ancient constellation theory, according to the celestial region, star magnitude, not according to the actual distance, Centaur Beta is 525 light years away from the solar system, without the speed of light spaceship, there is absolutely no way to set foot.

"So around 2080, our advance team will be roaming around the interior of the Centaur Alpha system? Based on the record of only one planet being found inside so far, we may have limited options for using it as a landing site. ”

"As you say, master... If the plan is extrapolated, by the year 2090, the sub-base of Centaur Alpha will be initially completed, enough to welcome the arrival of the first interstellar immigrants. ”

Cao Chuan smiled: "I'm not sure what the situation of Centaur Alpha is, but when the time comes, you must show me a good look, so as not to cause any problems." ”

Wuyue reported with a serious face: "As for the backup issue, I think Centaur Alpha's exploration plan is definitely not an isolated plan, just like the Apollo moon landing program includes as many as 13 spacecraft and 6 launch missions, and the Chang'e project includes three phases and at least 5 launch missions." "I expect that in 2045, 2055, and 2065, there will be three batches of backup to Centaur Alpha, assuming that there is no significant progress in aerospace technology during this period, these three batches of backup will arrive at their destination in 2090, 2100, 2110, and converge with the advance team."

"It's really a slow and terrible pace, I don't know if there will be a sense of strangeness caused by information isolation..."Cao Chuan worried, besides, before the exploration plan did not provide enough useful information and did not establish a fully functional sub-base, is it too expensive to send so many spaceships to go one after another?

But really wait for the information to return, and then make a decision, until the implementation of the departure, a cycle is 80 years, which Cao Chuan can't afford to wait, human beings should never stop their planet development, he still agreed to Wuyue's suggestion.

On October 9, 2034, the airport of the lunar base, the second-generation spacecraft in the secret stage, the White Lotus Princess quietly set off with 50 passengers with everyone's high expectations, and 4 days later, the spacecraft passed through Pluto, made the final communication with the second base, and went headlong into the depths of the universe, which means that the 40-year journey has just begun.