Jupiter has the most powerful magnetic field in the entire solar system except the Sun. Its magnetic field is 10,000 times more powerful than that of the Earth.

Originally, it was precisely because Jupiter had such a strong magnetic field that it had the ability to shelter Chen Yue when the remnant planet hit the sun and caused a solar storm.

If there was no magnetic field, Chen Yue would have died a long time ago, let alone build such a huge industrial base at this moment.

The solution that Chen Yue found was related to Jupiter's magnetic field.

Jupiter's overall magnetic field structure is similar to that of Earth, but its internal structure is extremely complex and very different from Earth's.

The main reason for this comes from Europa. Europa is an active volcanic moon on which volcanic eruptions occur all the time.

This active volcano ejects a large amount of sulphur dioxide, which replenishes Jupiter's magnetosphere by about 1 ton on average every second, and the dissociation effect of the sun's ultraviolet rays forms a ring of plasma.

This plasma ring is extremely powerful. Theoretically, it has the potential to be used to generate electricity. The problem is that it's far away from Europa and Europa — more than 200,000 kilometers — and it's obviously impossible for Chen Yue to build a power station there and pull a power line over.

But Chen Yue has a better way.

Energy doesn't have to be electrical. He could have built a power station there, and then used the electricity to directly ionize the water into hydrogen and oxygen, and then transport the ionized hydrogen and oxygen to the power plants on Ganymede and Europa, where they would burn to generate heat.

After the combustion of hydrogen and oxygen to produce water, it can be transported by spacecraft, where it is electrolyzed again, and so on, and the energy of that plasma ring is continuously "siphoned".

To put it simply, even if you can't go directly to Jupiter, you can use this method to gather Jupiter's wool to supply your own energy needs.

Chen Yue's heart immediately perked.

"If this is really possible, then I will have an inexhaustible supply of energy...... No matter how far I develop in the future, I don't have to worry about the lack of energy.

The problem now is that although this path is theoretically achievable, I don't know if it can be implemented in engineering......"

Theoretically feasible and engineering implementation are two completely different things. If you want to realize it in engineering, you need to consider the cost, consider the benefits, consider the loss, and the opportunity cost, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on.

Just like the new energy vehicles on the earth, there was also a dispute between hydrogen energy and electric cars at the beginning. In comparison, hydrogen energy vehicles undoubtedly have more advantages, such as fast energy replenishment and long battery life.

But the problem with it is that there are too many obstacles to achieving it in engineering. One of the most important security issues could not be completely solved, so this route ultimately failed.

Now, Chen Yue is also facing the same problem. If you make a trip to the plasma ring in the end, and the electricity generated is not as much energy as the spacecraft runs back and forth, then it is pure nonsense.

In addition, the environment of the plasma ring is extremely harsh, and if the equipment I make wants to work normally there, I am afraid that it will take some effort to improve the process.

Chen Yue immediately made a plan and began to move forward steadily.

In addition to the plasma ring power supply plan, Chen Yue also formulated several alternatives. For example, the high-speed hydrogen mining plan around Jupiter with the help of Jupiter's gravitational acceleration and the energy mining plan to land four Galilean moons are advancing simultaneously.

In this way, once the first plan fails, Chen Yue will not stare dryly.

Based on the observations of the plasma ring by optical telescopes and radio telescopes, Chen Yue roughly guessed the environment there, and thus built the first plasma ring detection satellite, which was launched by an improved rocket.

There, it orbits Jupiter along with the plasma ring, and waits for opportunities to measure the environmental parameters there to lay the groundwork for subsequent manufacturing.

But to Chen Yue's surprise, this special detector broke down directly when it first arrived at the plasma ring.

The electrical sparks that jumped from inside burned its circuit board. As a result, it becomes a "stone" and can no longer be controlled by itself.

"How so? It stands to reason that it shouldn't. ”

Chen Yue was puzzled by this.

In a simulated environment, with the parameters of this detector, it should be able to survive very well.

"What went wrong?"

According to the usual practice, Chen Yue should continue to improve the performance of his detector at this moment, and try little by little, and finally find out where the problem is, and make a detector that really meets the needs.

But it's too time-consuming.

"No matter what, how to save time and how to come."

Chen Yue was ruthless, and according to different manufacturing parameters, he directly built more than 300 exploration satellites, and sent them all directly.

Isn't it industrial strength? Now my industrial strength is very strong, not to mention 300, 3,000 is also a matter of using my brain!

This time, Chen Yue's attempt paid off.

After the more than 300 exploration satellites reached the plasma ring, 300 were directly destroyed, and only 7 satellites were left to work normally.

And these seven satellites have one thing in common.

They are relatively strong in terms of sealing and radiation resistance.

After further probing, Chen Yue finally figured out what the problem was.

The energy of those plasmas is too high. If the sealing capacity or radiation resistance is insufficient, the internal circuit will be affected, and in this case, it will have to be destroyed.

"The radiation here seems to be higher than the theoretical calculation. No wonder this mistake happened. ”

Chen Yue was thoughtful.

The existence of plasma rings was established as early as the age of the earth. Many of its physical properties were also determined at that time. After coming to the Jupiter system, Chen Yue didn't pay too much attention to it, so naturally there was a mistake.

When there is an error between the theoretical calculation and the reality, then there is no need to think about it, the theoretical calculation must be wrong. As for what exactly went wrong, Chen Yue didn't know for the time being.

"Let's study it slowly when we have free computing power in the future."

He thought so.

These seven satellites have probed the physical properties of the plasma ring in detail and generated a large amount of valuable data. Six months after that, Chen Yue finally carried out a second launch.

A space laboratory was sent by him into the plasma ring.

The space lab will conduct a series of experiments in which the plasma ring generates electricity – electrolyzes water – transports it back to Ganymede – and transports the water to the plasma ring to fully validate its engineering feasibility.