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Urban Inventor - Chapter 339

Published at 27th of March 2022 07:12:01 PM


Chapter 339

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The world situation is so chaotic that Zhang Wei is a little shocked. It seems that this butterfly effect is caused by me?

In any case, the current world situation has had a certain impact on everyone and every company. Zhang Wei and futuristic technology company are no exception, especially the virtual world project of futuristic technology company, which was originally negotiated with most countries, now these countries are joining various federations, and it will definitely be renegotiated at that time. However, Zhang Wei didn't pay much attention to these things, because in the future, technology companies have the ability to cope with any change in the situation. In addition to continuing to work with the quantum computer research team to improve the performance of quantum computers, he focused on the situation of the Starfleet.

On April 28, the fleet entered the asteroid belt. However, they are still about 63 astronomical units away from Ceres, the primary target of this operation, which is close to 94.2 million kilometers. Therefore, until May 10, the fleet arrived 800000 kilometers away from Ceres.

Ceres is the smallest and only dwarf planet in the solar system. Discovered by Italian astronomer Piazzi and published on January 1, 1801.

Scientists involved in the Mars transformation program chose Ceres as their primary target because it is the best target in the asteroid belt. According to supercomputer simulation, future technology companies just have the ability to move it.

First of all, Ceres has enough mass. Its diameter is about 950 kilometers, and its mass is about 9.43 billion tons. It is the largest known object in the asteroid belt, accounting for about one third of the total mass of the asteroid belt.

Secondly, there is a lot of water inside Ceres. Its mantle layer contains a lot of ice water material, a lot of water carrying minerals on its surface, and even a lot of liquid water. When the spaceship of futuristic technology company explored Ceres, it found that the total amount of water was about 32.3 million cubic kilometers, which was 0.0238% of the earth's water resources. These abundant water resources can well supplement the shortage of water resources on Mars.

For these two reasons, it's enough to make Ceres the primary target. It can be said that the first step of Mars reconstruction plan is about one-third completed after Ceres is thrown on Mars.

However, the plan is well formulated and really implemented, which is far from as simple as imagined. After all, Ceres is a dwarf planet with a mass of 9.43 billion tons, and its "dignity" is not so easy to violate! Small human beings, want to shake it, to a certain extent, seems to be more ridiculous than ants shaking trees!

However, human beings have the sharp weapon of "science", which can make impossible possible! And the best proof is that human beings can arrive at Ceres with weak bodies!

"In forty minutes, slow down!"

At this time, Yang Rui issued an order. In space, after a long time of accelerated navigation, it is often necessary to slow down hundreds of thousands of kilometers or even millions of kilometers away from the target, otherwise, it will still maintain a large speed when reaching the target location. And the way to slow down is also different from the car. The airship uses the method of reverse propulsion to slow down. In addition, it can also reasonably use gravity to slow down.

"Received."

All spacecraft sent feedback to Yang Rui's spacecraft.

At the same time, the spacecraft will also send information to the command center of the moon. But now the distance between the fleet and the moon has reached 1.8 astronomical units, about 269 million kilometers, which is 1.8 times the distance between the earth and the sun. It takes 15 minutes for the signal to be sent back to the moon! This is the drawback of traditional electromagnetic wave communication. The spacecraft is still in the solar system. It takes such a long time to transmit information, and it is easy to lose! In fact, this also leads to another problem. When the spacecraft is far away from the moon, the information transmission time is too long. In case of an emergency, it needs to use weapons such as electromagnetic orbital gun, which is probably too late to apply for permission at all. Zhang Wei also considered this problem and set up the spacecraft. When the information transmission time between the spacecraft and the moon is more than 1 minute, the artificial intelligence on the spacecraft will determine whether it should be authorized. In fact, these AI are all replicas of Beidou. To some extent, Beidou is still processing these permission applications.

However, this is only a temporary solution. At present, future technology companies are already studying quantum communication. Once they succeed, even if they are a thousand light-years away, information can be transmitted instantly. This is the communication technology needed in the space age.

In the 32nd minute after the signal was sent, Yang Rui received a communication from the moon. It was a short video of blessing recorded by Zhang Wei himself, "I wish you all the best!"

In the 35th minute after the launch of the signal, Yang Rui received another communication from the moon. It was a compressed package. After decompression, it turned out to be a series of folders. Each folder corresponds to a spaceship, which contains the latest pictures of the astronauts' families on the corresponding spaceship, and their family's blessings.

Yang Rui looks at the photos of his family members, showing a touch of warmth on his face, and then orders the AI on the spaceship to send the folder to the corresponding spaceship.

Limited by the current communication technology and other reasons, it costs a lot to contact the moon after being far away from the moon. The farther the distance is, the higher the cost is. Therefore, after being far away from the moon, there is not much communication between astronauts and the moon, let alone with their families. Now I received the blessing from my family, which made these astronauts excited and excited.

"Countdown: 10, 9, 8 1... Slow down

With Yang Rui's order, all spaceships began to slow down, and then flew a long distance ahead. The astronauts suddenly heard the warning sound of artificial intelligence.

"Warning! Warning! An asteroid with a diameter of about 43 meters and a distance of 230000 kilometers was found in front of us! "

Under Yang Rui's arrangement, the asteroid was soon destroyed, and the artificial intelligence on the spacecraft immediately reminded, "the meteorite has been smashed. After calculation, the remaining debris can't penetrate the energy shield, which will not affect the safety of the spacecraft."

Two minutes after the asteroid was smashed, the fleet and some asteroid debris met head-on. The astronauts on the most forward spacecraft heard the crackling sound and the spacecraft shook slightly. However, the astronauts seemed very calm. They had experienced this scene several times.

The crackling sound came and went quickly, and the spacecraft soon stabilized and continued to move towards Ceres.

An hour later, the speed of the fleet has dropped to 30 kilometers per second. About 11000 kilometers away, a huge object with a pothole on its surface appears in front of everyone. This is Ceres. Through the telescope, you can see a large number of cracks on the surface of the planet, you can see the rolling mountains, and even you can see the water vapor above. The water vapor comes from the darker area of the surface of Ceres, which is caused by the rapid heating of the ice on the surface of Ceres by the sun.

"Ceres is now at a speed of 17.8 kilometers per second, with an orbit radius of 427 million kilometers and a slight increase in speed."

"Adjust the speed and direction of the spaceship. All spaceships should fly synchronously with Ceres at a distance of about 500 kilometers from Ceres and keep relatively still."

Yang Rui's steady voice sounded on every spaceship.

Before long, fleet Yang Rui said, "all spaceships, report status."

"Spaceship 1, in good condition, is 503 kilometers away from Ceres. It is in synchronous flight with Ceres and remains relatively stationary."

"Spaceship 2..."

……

All spaceships have reported their own status, and the AI on the spaceship where Yang Rui is will report to Yang Rui after summarizing the reports, "commander, all spaceships are in good condition and have reached the predetermined position.

"Spaceship 601, spaceship 602, spaceship 603 Spaceship 616, start the first step. Land on Ceres and install fusion propulsion at the calculated location! Astronauts are ready! "

Yang Rui said with bright eyes.

At this moment, not only the astronauts on the 16 spaceships, but all the astronauts in the fleet are slightly nervous! Because, they are going to do a crazy thing next, drag an asteroid with a mass of 9.43 billion tons! If all goes well, the Mars transformation plan will have a perfect start, and they will live forever! (to be continued. )




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