Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Galaxy
The new engine is still clueless, and the latest engine envisioned by Nguyen Lin must reach about 20% of the speed of light, and it must be a work-free engine!
"WIT, the modified plan for the controlled fusion engine has been sent to you, and the whole fleet is ready to update."
Ruan Lin once again pushed open the door of the laboratory, because the plan to improve the controlled fusion engine took only four years because of the idea during the voyage.
It's been 26 years since the arrival of Gliese 667Cc, and at the equator of this rocky planet, six space elevators have been erected, and the spaceyard is about to start mass production.
In Nguyen Lin's millennium plan, the equators of the three rocky planets must be circled by a space elevator.
This development must encounter a bottleneck period before leaving, after all, tomorrow and accidents will always come.
"Wit, how's the geomorphological transformation of the two planets next door?"
At this moment, it was the night of this planet, and Ruan Lin looked up at the endless starry sky.
WIT immediately replied: "A planetary-class destroyer will arrive at you soon, it has completed the adaptation of the new generation of engines, and you can observe the extent of the terrain transformation for yourself." ”
The ship quickly stopped beside Ruan Lin, its engine jets occupying about two-thirds of the entire tail.
Ruan Lin then stepped into it: "Let's go, wit, constant speed: 6000km/s." ”
He wanted to see the Milky Way more than to observe the geomorphological transformation of the other two planets.
The ship gradually began to accelerate, and the surface was fading away.
Looking down again, the light of countless surface bases illuminated the planet, both at the very edge of the planet's curvature and directly below the surface.
The range of their light begins to shrink until it becomes a small yellow particle.
Looking to the left again, Ruan Lin saw an unforgettable scene in his life:
Space is as if a milky white crack has been torn open, and in this crack there are countless stars, and they are showing their appearance wantonly.
In fact, it is more like a hazy gauze, and the stars in this gauze are reflected together. Surrounded by a smoky ribbon of light.
It was so dazzling that the light of the countless stars around it was also eclipsed in front of him, and they all became a foil on both sides at the moment.
It's so out of reach, yet it looks so palpable.
It's only part of the Milky Way, but it's so vast.
It stretches across the sky, and it never ends.
The Cowherd Star and the Vega Star echo each other across the Milky Way, and there is a bright star in the nearby celestial region - Tianjin Four, these three bright stars form the "big triangle" of the starry sky.
In this situation, this scene can only borrow "Watching the Sea" to express my inner feelings!
The journey of the sun and the moon, if out of it;
The stars are splendid, if out of it.
This scene was forever fixed in Ruan Lin's mind.
"Since I left the solar system, I haven't really looked at the Milky Way."
At this moment, he remembered himself in the Earth era.
I was busy with my graduation thesis in astronomy all day long, and I never raised my head to look up at the endless galaxy.
Day after day, the stars I write about can be seen with my own eyes as long as I find a stargazing spot and raise my head.
When I was a child, I always liked to look up at the stars.
In 2069, when I was two years old, it might be the first time I looked up at the sky.
The city's light pollution is already so severe that on summer nights, only a few bright dots are faintly visible in the sky.
The dean told himself that it was called a star, and that his deceased loved one would become the brightest star in the starry sky, and that it would always watch over and bless him.
As I grew up, I was surrounded by busyness all day long, and looking up at the stars was a luxury for me.
In 2078, mankind entered the era of unity, astronomical knowledge began to spread vigorously, and for the first time, I knew what the "universe" was.
Lifting his overwhelmed head, the night sky was still dead silent.
"What about the stars? Are they all gone? ”
This is the first time I have asked such a question.
The dean simply replied, "Those stars will come back one day." ”
Are you back? Or did they never disappear.
Since then, my life has become busier and busier, and I have forgotten what the starry sky is, and I have never raised my head to look at the night sky.
The night sky, in my memory, seems to have always been pitch black.
This is also the result of the rapid development of human beings, whose desires are endless, and they can pay a lot of money in order to live comfortably in the moment.
Under the combined effect of air pollution and light pollution, the starry sky is no longer as bright as it used to be.
Perhaps the elders born in the millennium, when they first looked up at the sky, they were greeted by the endless galaxy!
But they will certainly forget to look up at the starry sky, and one day when they enter the year of confusion, they will stop their hurried steps and remember the starry sky above them.
They will be surprised to find that the once brilliant galaxy has disappeared, and only a few bright stars twinkle in the night sky.
When did humans start looking up at the sky?
Perhaps, from a certain point of view, it should be the moment when you climb to the shore.
The Andromeda Galaxy, 2.5 million light-years away, also appears in view, where all doubts are solved.
No matter what price you will pay, no matter what awaits you in front of you, you will definitely take the place of all mankind and find the ultimate answer.
Since a deceased relative will turn into a star, the 7.9 billion people on the earth, you must also become the 79 stars in this galaxy.
"Wit, do you remember where you were born?"
"Of course, Dr. Nguyen. The solar system, the Earth. ”
Ruan Lin sat on the floor in front of the porthole, holding his legs with his own hands, just like he had done when he was a child.
"It's so lonely."
"I always thought that as long as I was busy with work, I would gradually dilute the loneliness in my heart, but it has always existed."
"What will happen to me when I get to the edge of the universe? So lonely. ”
"But no matter what, the starry sky hasn't disappeared, it's still there quietly waiting for us to look up."