At this moment, this brand-new cargo spacecraft, with a total mass of 2,000 tons and a maximum internal load of 6,000 tons, is flying freely in the vast space under Chen Yue's control.

Looking at this spaceship, Chen Yue's heart was full of pride and pride.

"Then there's not much to say. Let's make it in large quantities. Linking the Jupiter system to Mars will allow me to provide a larger number of large research bases.

As for the performance of the spacecraft, as well as the further improvement of controlled nuclear fusion technology, it can be carried out at the same time. Wait for the next major breakthrough to carry out the overall transformation and upgrading. ”

As a result, the original production line of the nuclear fission-powered spacecraft was directly dismantled, and all building materials were recycled. If you can't recycle, throw it away.

The new fusion-powered spacecraft production line will cover an area of about 12.6 square kilometers, and it is expected that it will take more than five years to build it even with Chen Yue's engineering ability.

During this five-year period, Chen Yue also intends to carry out another extremely important construction task.

Deuterium-tritium refining base.

Both deuterium and tritium fusion fuels are found in scarce quantities on Jupiter's moons. Deuterium gas is a little better, in the ocean of the Galileo moon, there is still about 0.006% of the content, and some can barely be collected by large-scale filtration of seawater.

There is no hope for tritium. If this thing is to be formed naturally, it can only be produced by cosmic high-energy ray radiation, and it will decay on its own in a few years, and its natural content is far less than one trillionth in seawater.

It is simply not feasible to rely on filtered seawater to collect tritium.

However, tritium is a one-time investment, and it is no longer needed once it is invested. But even if only deuterium gas is enriched by filtering seawater, the efficiency is too low.

It's not feasible at all.

The only viable option is to go to Jupiter and collect it.

According to Chen Yue's observations, in Jupiter's atmosphere, hydrogen, also known as deuterium, accounts for more than 75%, helium accounts for about 24%, and deuterium gas accounts for about 0.02%. It's a good place for large-scale mining.

"Then, march to Jupiter!"

Chen Yue made up his mind.

Because Jupiter's environment is too harsh, the radiation is too large, the magnetic field is too strong, and there are no irreplaceable resources on Jupiter, Chen Yue only observed it from a distance before, and never made a big move on Jupiter.

But now, with the sudden rise in demand for deuterium, coupled with the development of science and technology, Chen Yue's mechanical creations have the ability to survive in Jupiter's atmosphere, and the conditions are finally ripe for entering Jupiter.

After a period of preparation, a fleet of 100 purpose-built ships, carrying robots and related machinery specially tailored for Jupiter, left Ganymede and flew towards the huge Jupiter ahead.

As the distance approaches, Jupiter gradually expands, eventually taking over the entire field of view ahead. At this moment, even with the human eye, you can clearly see the crisscrossing air currents in Jupiter's atmosphere, the unimaginably violent winds and thunderstorms.

Jupiter's interior is thunder and lightning, and it is extremely intense. The most violent thunderstorms on Earth can only be compared to Jupiter's tickling. Here, a bolt of lightning that spreads hundreds of kilometers and releases energy hundreds of times that of thunder and lightning on the earth is simply a trivial matter.

The winds here are also extremely violent, easily reaching speeds of 100 meters per second, which is equivalent to 17 gale force on Earth. The most violent typhoons on the planet are as quiet as kittens here.

In some of the harshest places, even the most advanced spacecraft built by Chen Yue could not withstand it.

Fortunately, Chen Yue didn't have to go to that kind of place.

At this moment, Chen Yue's destination is the "surface" of Jupiter.

Jupiter, of course, has no solid surface, it is a gas giant made of gas. However, when studying Jupiter, in order to facilitate the study, Chen Yue, like scientists on Earth, called the place inside Jupiter's atmosphere, where the pressure is equal to the surface of the earth, the surface of Jupiter.

There, although the wind, rain, thunder and lightning were often violent, they were always a little weaker than the depths, and they were at a point where Chen Yue could barely bear them.

At this moment, Chen Yue's fleet was passing through the storm, enduring huge radiation and magnetic field interference, and finally arrived here.

"This place is really not for people."

Feeling Jupiter's rage, Chen Yue secretly sighed in his heart.

At the moment the place is hailing. Football-sized hailstones crackled and smashed down at speeds of up to tens of meters per second, crackling the outer shell of the ship.

Thankfully, these ships are specially made, otherwise this hailstorm would have destroyed them.

Above the spaceship was a dark but not completely black sky, with a pale yellow tinge in the darkness, thick and oppressive, and no stars could be seen. Below is a bottomless abyss of gas, which seems to stretch all the way to hell, making people feel chills in their hearts when they look at it.

Violent thunder and lightning spread like tree branches in the dark sky, each thunderbolt could instantly illuminate the entire world, and when it was extinguished, a deafening roar of thunder could be heard in the air.

When there is no thunder or lightning, the violent wind will blow a sound like the howl of a ghost and a wolf, and the hearts of those who listen to it will panic.

Fortunately, Chen Yue was well-informed enough not to be disturbed by this hellish scene. If it were a human astronaut who came, it would not be surprising to be scared out of mental illness.

Under these circumstances, Chen Yue began his own construction.

What he wants to build here is a large "airplane" powered by nuclear fusion.

The plane weighs more than 200 meters at its longest point, 50 meters at its widest point, and 22 meters at its thickest point. It is butterfly-shaped as a whole, thick in the middle and thin on the sides.

Spaceships can be aerodynamic, after all, there is no air in space. But this is the interior of Jupiter, and there is gas everywhere, so you can't do it without paying attention to aerodynamics. According to Chen Yue's research, in the interior of Jupiter, this shape is the most suitable to maintain stability at this moment.

The butterfly-shaped aircraft, surrounded by a total of 20 high-performance ion thrusters and 6 air jets, propelled it against gravity up to 2.5 times that of the Earth, allowing it to hover in the air and easily move around.

Among them, 20 ion thrusters are the main thrusters, and 6 air jets are supplemented.

There are also 16 thick air intakes on its body. Jupiter's atmosphere will enter from here and then eject through the air jet, and the deuterium gas present in it will be filtered out and stored.