"So you mean, you're not building an antimatter ship?"

"If you're willing to invest, we don't mind, because that's the way forward – but it's just the direction.

Realistically speaking, the simplest power of the spacecraft after the launch is still chemical fuel. Of course, if we can do it in the future, with reactors in the hulls, then radiant power can also be tried - but that's certainly not something that a civilian organization like us can do. As of 23oo years, our ideal goal is to complete a voyage around the solar system, and it may take a few years to go back and forth, and our orbit is not yet visible. ”

"A few years...... to get out of the solar system, which does sound slow enough. Wu Zhe pointed to the blueprint on the table and said, "I thought I could at least go to the nearest star or something......

"As long as the invariance of light remains the fundamental fact of physics, then space travel will always be in its present form - the longer the space voyage, the more it will need to remain at a lower degree, for a longer period of time. Because in space, any addition is a luxury, and it requires a waste of precious fuel, even with antimatter, which requires the consumption of the radiation mass of the recoil. Time is cheap compared to this one - especially with hibernation technology. ”

Anna said, and also made up for Wu Zhe by the way, which are some of the current mainstream aerospace theories: "Quasi-light spacecraft, I believe that in the future, I can do it in the solar system - maybe one day, antimatter will become less valuable than it is now." We can burn mass as an energy source, just as we used to burn gasoline.

If it is leaving the solar system, it is within the range of the Milky Way. I believe that it is also possible to barely reach the quasi-light;

But further afield, even if you have to roam the universe - I think it will be even lower, because that kind of voyage will definitely require a constant quality of supply, and too high a degree also means too high a cost of supply. ”

"So almost all the spaceships that travel around the universe in the future will be stationary......" Wu Zhe joked.

"Relative to the volume of the universe...... And that's exactly what it is. Even if you advance with light, it may take hundreds of billions of years to pass through the entire universe, but by then the universe will not exist. That's all a problem. ”

"I probably know," Wu Zhe said, "just say a number." ”

Anna gave him a text jiàn. Inside is a list of several large items, each of which is followed by a long list of numbers. Wu Zhe gave the list to Qimo - and asked him to transfer it to Coke. The money is nominally Wu Zhe's, but with such a large amount of money, Wu Zhe also has to listen to Coke's opinion.

I waited for about ten minutes. Cola made a video call: "It's not much. By the way, if you don't mind, this project can be affiliated with the European Space Agency in the name of the Netherlands, and of course, they will definitely need some resources from you then, but in my opinion it is acceptable. ”

Anna was a little surprised: "Will they accept us?" ”

Similar attempts have been made many times by Anna and her "comrades", but in the opinion of most regular space agencies. Their actions are still too idealistic - just a dream of a group of space enthusiasts. There are no scientific objectives. There is no stable source of funding, and as for the means to achieve the end, it changes three times a day - the many spacecraft blueprints on the website are an example. The earliest of those designs was even from a hundred or two hundred years ago - at that time, such a spaceship design was purely YY, to satisfy one's own fantasies.

"If you go to find it, it will definitely be no fun, but if it is in the name of enlightenment, then it will be much more feasible."

"Will this affect the spaceship ticket?"

"Ship tickets?"

"It's the number of people who can get on the spaceship in the end, we have internal fundraising, there are lotteries, and if this number needs to be changed, it needs to be referendum on the website......" Speaking of spaceship tickets, we have to start with the history of this organization.

At the earliest, the name of this organization was "Out of the Solar System", which appeared around 21oo years, and the founder of the website was just a simple aerospace enthusiast, and the purpose and goal of establishing this organization and website was very simple, that is, to save money to build a spaceship and go out sightseeing. As long as you donate a certain amount of money, a seat will be given on the ship.

Later, under this regulation, those rich members are not willing to pay more money even if they have the conditions, and with the advancement of the project, everyone began to raise the standard again and again in order to protect the limited action, and gradually many people felt cheated, and those who could not afford to pay too much money simply did not come.

So later the rules changed, it became a lottery mode - everyone who pays more than a certain amount can get a virtual lottery ticket, also called a spaceship ticket, this lottery ticket is not a ferry ticket, the role is only in the future, the day the spaceship really appears, use this ticket to participate in the seat lottery. So the more money you pay, the more likely you are to get on board, and on the contrary, some people may only give out the money of a lottery ticket, but if you are lucky, you can also get a chance.

This model clearly has greater financing potential than the first. On the website, the mathematical algorithm and program of the lottery are publicly available, which means that the more you invest, the more tickets you will have, and the lower the odds of winning a single ticket - but at least not completely hopeless.

Anna asks if Coke will affect the spaceship coupons, in fact, she asks the government to join and ask a few people to "plug in", a request that obviously contradicts the current financing model of the website - just as the person who bought the lottery knows that the lottery center has already determined a few winners of the jackpot.

Maybe these candidates were bought at a great price - or even far more than the prize itself, but it feels completely different to the average bettor. If the government or Qizhi must add a few, although this request is not excessive, but in order to maintain the rules system of the website from the establishment of the website to the present, Anna has to refuse - even if she agrees, the management committee of the website will definitely veto it after knowing it.

"Hmm...... It depends on your definition of 'gase,'" said Coke, "don't you have the necessary staff on your ship?" Captain, crew, doctor on board...... Do you also draw a lottery to determine these personnel? ”

"In order to protect the interests of small 'shareholders', the rules of the website refer to this. All the boarding indicators, including the staff, are drawn by lottery, and if we finally need to arrange a professional candidate, we need to spend money to buy this indicator back from the individual - generally speaking, we are more inclined to spend this money to train the crew themselves into professionals, after all, it may take more than ten years from the personnel to the official boarding. And now that AI technology is so advanced, there may not be a need for a professional crew at all in the future, and the entire spaceship itself is fully automated, and at most people are needed as executives. ”

"That's what I want to ask," Coke said, "Is the AI on board counted?" ”

Anna looked at Coke and suddenly realized that the virtual person in front of her was actually a well-known AI industry executive in the world, and he was an AI himself: "You mean that you need to send AI to the ship?" ”

"That's what I mean," Coke asked again, "I would venture to ask, do you have AI in your hands now?" ”

Anna shook her head: "Our organization is based in the United States, and the United States now also prohibits individuals and non-governmental organizations from holding AI. ”

"Then I'll be blunt," Coke said, "and now if you go to the U.S. government and ask for AI support, it's basically impossible." As far as I know, in the National Intelligence Center of the United States, the AI in service - the United States regards AI as part of the military system, and the number will not exceed 1o, and the management cost is too high. AI is cheap to manufacture, but it's no easier to manage than a nuclear bomb, let alone a loose organization like you. But if one day in the future, your ship shows signs of success, I'm afraid the government will come to your door and ask for the necessary information monitoring, and the easiest way is to send the AI to be the captain. ”

"But if you really want to do what you say, the future government will find us......" Anna seemed to suddenly understand something, "Oh, they can't find us, our ship is in the name of the Dutch." ”

"Yes, that's what it means...... We don't touch any of the internal lists of your organization, and the conditions for our investment are just to give you an AI captain for nothing, and to dock the spacecraft in the Netherlands in the name. ”

"I don't have a problem for the time being, but I still need to go back and explain it to the management committee, but I'm sure they should agree."

"Okay," the Coke figure smiled, "as soon as you sign the contract, the money will arrive immediately." ”

Anna had planned to take Wu Zhe to several places he had inspected to strengthen Wu Zhe's confidence, but now she had to leave immediately - such a large investment, both for Anna personally and for the whole project, is very important. In this day and age, with every second there is a new possibility—she has to put it into practice right away.

As soon as Anna left the restaurant, Qimo was on her mobile phone, talking to the cola on the other side - for AI, language is an inefficient and unnecessary means of communication, but human habits, Wu Zhe's identity, and the request he made this time, Qimo must show a certain amount of respect.

"K133oo," Enlightenment called Coke's number, which is also the more formal name within the AI, "if you can, give me this captain's chance." (To be continued!)

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