Technology Bigshot Chapter 556: : Mars Visitor Arrives]
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When the amethyst crystal energy in the spaceship's energy supply system is frantically outputting high-purity energy, thousands of groups of lasers in the shape of a ring honeycomb irradiate 330,000 particle streams toward the super light sail at the front, carrying The tens of thousands of lasers of the high-speed particle torrent continuously irradiated the light sail area with a length of 16.8 kilometers, and the mirror shield on the surface of the "Mars Express" (ps: a material, not legendary The energy shield oh) protects the hull from the constant output of the laser.
The entire vehicle begins its first acceleration.
According to theoretical calculations, if the thousand sets of lasers on the "Mars Express" continue to irradiate the giant light sail for 200 days, that is, about 7 months of continuous output, then the spacecraft will In 200 days, it has always accelerated by 1.34 times the gravitational acceleration, and has accelerated to 72.46% of the speed of light in the past 7 months or so. At such a speed, in less than six years, it will take almost six years to reach the Alpha Centauri galaxy.
Of course, this is only theoretical. With the existing human technology, the material strength of the spacecraft's hull cannot withstand such a fast speed, and the physical quality of human beings cannot meet this requirement, except for the strength of the hull material. There is always a limit to the output of thousands of groups of lasers, and the phenomenon of output overload cannot occur. Obviously, the current technology cannot achieve continuous laser irradiation for 200 days.
And the distance to Mars is not too close to the Alpha Galaxy. Ren Hong and the others aim to reach Mars in about 100 days, which is also the scope allowed by current technology. A catastrophic and dangerous accident of hull damage could occur, and only such speeds can be tolerated until the emergence of emerging materials.
Acceleration is a long process, and it is not done at one time. Because of the limit of the human body, it must be adjusted separately for the body many times. After each acceleration, it is a kind of torture to the human body. And such torture will endure 15 times on the long journey to Mars. 14 times come from the acceleration of the spacecraft itself, and one time comes from the sun, the star.
"Noah" obtained an acceleration with the help of the gravity of Venus, and "Mars Express" also got a free gravitational acceleration, but the object requested is not comparable to Venus, which is the largest celestial body in the entire solar system. Absolutely dominate the sun.
With Purple Origin Crystal, you don't need to worry about energy reserves, but it doesn't mean that you can just waste it, not to mention the energy consumption of other equipment and instruments, just the energy output of the thousand sets of lasers, the energy consumed is burning Money, the energy output of an acceleration, converted into money, is equivalent to burning 120 million yuan. For a one-way journey, the energy consumption alone will cost about 1.6 billion yuan, which is real money.
With the help of the sun's gravitational force, in addition to obtaining a decent gravitational acceleration, the 16.8-kilometer-long super sail, the outermost layer not only has a strong protective function, but is also an important component for absorbing solar energy. The sun is also an excellent opportunity to recharge the amethyst crystal of the spacecraft. The 16.8-kilometer-long giant sail has a huge irradiation area that can recover about 700 million yuan worth of energy from the sun. The sun, its energy harvesting efficiency is higher, and it is charging time before moving away from the sun.
In this way, killing two birds with one stone has indirectly controlled the energy cost of acceleration to less than 1 billion RMB.
This time to Mars, the "Mars Express" took the "Firefly" space station, and when it returned, it might return to Earth with a large number of amethyst spar. "Mars Express" has no suspense to become an excellent vehicle for the current matrix technology to travel long distances between stars.
The realization of "Mars Express" should benefit from the integration of various high-end technologies. The laser technology from the Underworld Axe Base is a major key, and such a breakthrough in the Underworld Axe Base is obviously inseparable from the support of the state. You must know that the laser technology of the Republic is a typical rising star (ps: in reality, it is indeed, it has already led the Yankees, I am really proud.), thanks to technology sharing, the engineers of the Underworld Axe Base do not need to waste a lot of money to catch up with the starting line. time, energy, and financial resources.
In addition, there is another key point in the birth of "Mars Express", namely: "Sentry Mission". The engineers of the Sentry Post have worked very hard to deal with the problem of asteroids that may hit the earth, and there are proposals to use nuclear bombs. Yes, there are also proposals to use the impact method to change the orbit of the asteroid. A nuclear explosion is obviously not feasible. It will only produce a large number of meteorite showers. That is a more terrible disaster. The operation of artificial satellites or space stations, the nuclear explosion of asteroids in film and television works to solve the impact crisis is purely nonsense.
Among the countless schemes, the scheme of using light sails to "drag away" meteorites is one of them. It is theoretically feasible, but the degree of difficulty is also prohibitive. The amount of engineering is too great. It is already quite mature, and the biggest obstacle is just its large size.
This news was quickly learned by the leaders of the "Mars Mission", which gave them a huge inspiration, so the relatively "smaller" "Mars Express" was included in the R&D charter. "Mars Express" was born in this way, and MS engineers even said that in the future, this long-distance and large-capacity space transport vehicle can even undertake the huge concept of mining the asteroid belt, using "Mars Express" It is entirely possible to transport minerals from the asteroid belt back to Earth.
And now, isn't it the time to go to Mars to mine the incomparably precious purple crystal ore veins!
Mars orbit on June 22, 2028.
"Noah" finally arrived at the outer area of Mars orbit today. At this moment, the spacecraft has begun to slow down and is about to enter the gravitational field of Mars. The planet that makes humans dream about is finally going to welcome the first time. Have you come to visit "Brother"...
"Slow down! Stabilize!"
"'Noah' has entered the gravitational field of Mars. Stable!"
"Railways being redrawn, new ones being adjusted!"
"The development of the channel is completed. The verification of the channel is completed!"
"'Noah' successfully entered a new channel and is currently orbiting Mars, making a complete circle of 67 minutes and 38 seconds."
"Women...sorry, no ladies. Okay, there's Mars at your feet...we're here!"
"No one can understand how painful it is to perform more than 200 days in the interstellar space, waking up from hibernation again and again, lonely, far away from home, fear, oh god, no one will know me without personal experience The feeling! But when you see the planet under your feet, you will find that all the hard work is worth it."
"This is 'Noah', Skovo Alderaan reports to the Houston Space Center. We have successfully and safely reached the target Mars, 'Noah' is currently in stable orbit around Mars, and everything is normal. According to the schedule of the plan, Jackson and I will take the 'Orion' spacecraft to visit this planet for the first time on behalf of human beings in three days, I wish us well, Houston, the brief report is over."
"The message has been sent. Based on Mars' current distance from Earth, Houston will receive the text message in about 19 minutes."
"Okay guys, we have one day to rest, one day to rest and prepare, and three days later to land on the surface of Mars, but for now, I suggest you make a cup of coffee and watch the beautiful Mars through the window in the centrifuge Views, sadly never see Mount Olympus and Valle de la Mariner anymore, but we can see 'Terminator Asteroid' masterpiece 'New Mount Olympus' up close..."
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(ps: The tank burst, and I vomited a drop of blood. It needs to be cured by the leader of the alliance, otherwise the vomiting will not stop) (To be continued.)