Interstellar Industrial Age

On the huge airport, 22 people, including Wu Renjie, were standing neatly in two rows. In front of them, Qin Yi seemed to be in a daze.

But soon, Qin Yi came back to his senses, thought about it, and said slowly.

"Your trip to the asteroid belt this time is a great progress in the development of our human civilization, and an important step for our human beings to take a step towards the starry universe."

"The main task of this time is to conduct a trial flight of the 'Qinglong' spacecraft, and at the same time to investigate the asteroid belt of the solar system, to lay the foundation for later work."

"As for mining asteroids, it is a relatively secondary task. As long as you can come back safely, the rest is not important."

"Of course, I'm not a stingy boss. I'll give you 5% of the asteroids mined this time as rewards."

"I wish you all the best of luck~"

There were a lot of things that he wanted to say, but Qin Yi thought about it and felt that it was not suitable, so he finally took out the old way and told them clearly that this time the task was for fame and fortune, as long as the task was completed well, not only You can only write your name into history, and more importantly, you can get extremely rich rewards.

5% does not seem to be much, but it also depends on the base. You must know that an asteroid is often hundreds of millions of tons. How much is this asteroid worth hundreds of millions of tons? Astronomical numbers.

"Go~"

Qin Yi finished the practice for everyone, and Wu Renjie did not stop at all, and walked towards an anti-gravity spaceship with his team members.

Soon, the spacecraft slowly lifted off, and disappeared from the sight of Qin Yi and others in a blink of an eye.

In the outer space of the earth, the hatch of the 'Qinglong' spacecraft is slowly closing. It has completed the supply of materials and energy, and can set off at any time.

The spacecraft that Wu Renjie and others were riding in flew over slowly and began to dock with the 'Qinglong' spacecraft.

Half an hour later, Wu Renjie's team officially took over the 'Qinglong' spacecraft and began to conduct a final inspection of everything on the spacecraft.

"Energy is normal~"

"The communication signal is normal~"

"The engine is normal~"

"Supply supplies complete~"

"..."

At the control and command center of the 'Qinglong' spacecraft, Wu Renjie looked at the beautiful planet in the void outside the window while listening to the reports.

The azure planet is constantly exuding the incomparably warm radiance of life, like a blue gem embedded in the incomparably dark void, so dazzling, beautiful and intoxicating, making people reluctant to part with it.

Wu Renjie is still somewhat sentimental at the thought of leaving the earth for 3 months this time. This time, their trip will be the furthest trip in human history, going to the asteroid belt nearly 2 AU away .

"Captain, it's time to go~"

Liao Fanghong, the deputy of the 'Qinglong' spacecraft, came over and reminded gently.

"Hmm~"

"Ground command center, Qinglong is requesting departure~"

"Ask for approval, permission to go, smooth sailing~"

"Go~"

After receiving the order from the ground control command center, Wu Renjie gave the order to start.

With Wu Renjie's order, the second-generation anti-gravity engine of the 'Qinglong' spacecraft began to start, and a vibration came from the rear of the spacecraft, making people unable to help stick to the space chair tightly.

The power of the second-generation antigravity engine is very strong, and the 'Qinglong' spacecraft flying around the earth quickly deviated from the earth's orbit and began to move in the direction of the asteroid belt.

"Speed ​​20 kilometers per second~"

"30 kilometers per second~"

"40 kilometers per second~"

Wu Renjie was tied to the space chair, his eyes staring at the various data displayed on the monitor, feeling the vibration of the spacecraft,

And the enormous pressure that comes with accelerating.

The power is too powerful, the speed of the 'Qinglong' spacecraft is increasing, getting faster and faster, and flying towards the asteroid belt.

"Speed ​​50 kilometers per second, coordinates X23231, Y99882, Z233678, 400,000 kilometers away from the earth~"

"Communication is normal~Life support system is normal~90% energy remaining~"

In Wu Renjie's mind, all the data about the spacecraft were displayed, and the only order he needed to issue now was to accelerate, accelerate, and accelerate again.

The journey this time is really too far. Even at a speed of 50 kilometers per second, it will take more than a month to calculate the nearest straight-line distance to reach the asteroid belt. If the distance is further away, If there are more than 200 million kilometers, it will take 2 months to arrive.

Therefore, Long Zhankong and Huang Zhibin, who are responsible for positioning and navigation, are very busy at this time. They need to calculate the appropriate position for the spacecraft to reach the asteroid belt, and what speed to fly at in order to reduce the time and energy as much as possible. Consumption and so on.

This not only takes into account the position, speed, direction, mass, etc. of the spacecraft, but also the position and speed of the earth. It must be known that the earth is orbiting the sun at a distance of tens of kilometers every moment. The speed of seconds is moving, and the most important thing is that these data are constantly changing, so the work pressure in this area is still very high.

At this time, the spacecraft has just set off for a long time, and the adjustment of the angle and direction does not require much, and the energy consumption is very small, so at this time, the two cosmic astronomical scientists Long Zhankong and Huang Zhibin must control the supercomputer on the spacecraft to continuously calculate The route of the spacecraft, the energy consumption, the location to reach the asteroid belt, the orbit of the earth, the location, etc.

"Direction adjusted 1.21 degrees, start the left wing auxiliary engine."

Taking advantage of the fact that adjusting the direction and position now saves energy, Wu Renjie and others did not hesitate to keep in touch with the command center. The supercomputer constantly simulated various possibilities, and the spacecraft was also constantly modifying the direction and so on.

The direction of the spacecraft is the same as the direction of the earth's revolution. The purpose is naturally to save the distance when returning home, and fly to the front of the orbit of the earth in advance. If it is flying in the opposite direction, then it will really have to wait until next year. Can return.

"The speed is 80.23 kilometers per second, the direction adjustment is completed, the engine is turned off, and the inertial flight begins!"

A few days later, under the continuous acceleration of the second-generation anti-gravity engine, the speed of the spacecraft has reached a speed of 80 kilometers per second. This speed is the speed that Long Zhankong, Huang Zhibin and many scientists here in the Earth Control Center finally came up with. No matter how fast the speed is, the energy consumed by acceleration will increase geometrically, and too much energy will be wasted when decelerating, so it is very unnecessary to continue to accelerate.

If the speed is too slow, it will take a long time to reach the small belt. At that time, you may miss the closest distance to the earth. It will be very troublesome to return to the earth, and it may even take another year. Can.

The engine is turned off, the direction has been finalized, and there is nothing left to do, but the 22 people on the 'Qinglong' spacecraft can easily exercise, communicate with the earth through virtual machines, etc. Family, reading, studying, playing games, etc., are the most relaxing time.

Of course, this kind of ease is only relative. The spaceship is flying in the void. From the naked eye, it doesn't seem to have any changes, just like it is quietly suspended in the void, and only through the spaceship. The above radar, laser rangefinder, redshift rangefinder, quantum radar, etc. are constantly locating the massive planets in the solar system to know that the spacecraft is constantly flying towards the outer reaches of the solar system.

This kind of long travel is very boring and boring, and for their own health, astronauts need to exercise unremittingly for at least 4 hours a day.

Exercising in space is not as simple as on the ground. They need to step on a specially designed bicycle, which is very laborious, requires pulling force, etc., to exercise every important bone in the body, so as not to let the calcium in the bones quality loss, otherwise once they return to the earth, they will be paralyzed for life.

In addition, the scenery in the starry sky seems to be forever unchanged, and you can only look back in the direction of the earth.

Fortunately, there is quantum communication technology. Because quantum communication technology uses quantum entanglement, in theory, quantum communication technology is a communication technology that ignores distance.

No matter how far apart it is, real-time communication can be achieved. This time, scientists have also tested whether quantum communication is the same as theoretically inferred, and it really ignores distance for communication.

The 'Qinglong' spacecraft not only has quantum communication, but also traditional electromagnetic wave communication. Electromagnetic wave communication uses electromagnetic waves, and the propagation speed of electromagnetic waves in space is the speed of light.

Through the time difference between the two communication technologies, we can know whether this quantum communication technology really ignores the distance, and can communicate in real time no matter how far apart.

With quantum communication technology, the crew on the 'Qinglong' spacecraft can also connect to the virtual network on the earth side, and in the virtual world, they can meet their family members, play virtual games, study, etc. to pass the time every day in the virtual world. .

In about 15 days, the 'Qinglong' spacecraft flew over the orbit of Mars. The average distance between the Mars orbit and the sun is 1.52 AU, while the position of the asteroid belt from the sun is almost 2.17-3.64 AU.

Having flown over the orbit of Mars, this means that the 'Qinglong' spacecraft is already very fast from the asteroid belt, the destination of this trip, and it only takes another half a month or so to reach the asteroid belt.

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