Voyage of the Stars.

Chapter 1550 Starting a Capsule Company

The research process was extremely difficult.

In the blink of an eye, the four civilizations have been in this star field for nearly a thousand years, but they still have not completed the research on the technology of proportional spatial scaling.

But no scientific team from any civilization ever considered giving up, because research never stops.

Nearly a thousand years of experimental research has provided the four civilizations with a lot of relevant data, and they have even successfully compressed an object in the laboratory. Unfortunately, after being successfully compressed, the object did not last long before it returned to its original state, and the physical rules became disordered, causing it to turn into dust.

But it gave the four scientific teams from different civilizations a real glimmer of hope.

Because scientists have realized that this failure was not inevitable, and that they have successfully reduced the space by a certain proportion, which is a huge success.

After all, in all previous space shrinking experiments, although some had successfully manipulated space, the scaling ratios were different in different parts of the space where the object was located, causing the experiments to fail directly.

So what appears to be a failure is actually an unprecedented success.

Each scientific team simply needs to continue repeating the experiments, collecting more experimental data, and then analyzing why the proportional reduction of space cannot be maintained for too long. By continuing to make gradual improvements, they may be able to truly master this technology.

However, even if the space for successful scaling is stabilized, it is still necessary to test and find the scaling limit of this technology.

In summary, research on spatial scaling technology involves various related technologies, from fundamental physics to mathematics, from materials science to space science and technology, and from the macroscopic to the microscopic.
Also, there's the modification of the physical rules that everyone previously assumed wouldn't be involved.

It can be said that spatial scaling technology is far more difficult than spatial folding technology; they are completely incomparable. While a level 6 civilization might be able to develop its own unique spatial folding technology based on its racial innate abilities, it certainly wouldn't be able to master spatial scaling technology.

This is a research field that only cosmic-level civilizations capable of modifying the rules of physics are qualified to conduct, and even for ordinary cosmic-level civilizations, it is extremely difficult to master.

For example, the scientific research achievements of the four civilizations in the Great Voyage Organization would never have been possible so quickly without the unique technologies of humanity and the Galactic Heart civilization.

Different unique technologies also have different scientific research bonuses for mastering the technology of proportional scaling of space. For example, if the degenerate civilization were to come, their path would be different from the four civilizations, because they could use their profound understanding of degenerate forces to scale space without having to consider objects.

The reason is simple: they can make their warships spherical.

Therefore, in science and technology, sometimes military strength does not represent everything. Many civilizations have mastered branch technologies or unique technologies that can play a key role in certain research.

Such a crucial effect could potentially lead to certain technologies being mastered only by certain civilizations.

Just like the space scaling technology that the four civilizations are currently researching in the Great Voyage Organization, since we embarked on our journey to a cosmic-level civilization, we have not found any cosmic-level civilization that can master it, at least not among the civilizations that the four civilizations have encountered.

It is worth mentioning that the advancements in spatial scaling technology have generated considerable anticipation among many for the creations made using this technology.

Especially within human civilization.

When news of the technological advancements was released, it sparked widespread discussion in society.

Most ordinary people in human civilization don't understand scientific research and can't participate in cutting-edge scientific research. However, their scientific literacy is not lacking; they know what the success of this technology means. Even if, in the end, it's impossible to shrink an entire warship to a single pixel in pixel space, the other derivative technologies or creations it brings will change people's daily lives.

The most obvious example of such a technological creation is the space ring that is currently being talked about in human civilization. People believe that once this technology matures, it will be possible to create a space ring, just like the storage rings in fantasy novels.

Of course, if the technology of proportional scaling of space is truly fully mature, the probability of creating objects with space rings may not be as high as that of creating objects with space backpacks. After all, the mass of an object that is proportionally scaled remains unchanged, and wearing it on a finger is far less convenient than wearing a backpack.

From this perspective, to truly realize the spatial ring of the Xianxia genre, one must master the Higgs mechanism. Oh no, I should say the "mass mechanism," because for an ordinary object, the Higgs mechanism only accounts for 1% of the visible mass, while the remaining 99% of the mass effect comes from the interaction forces within the nuclei.

Even without a quality control mechanism, it's enough to give many people something to dream about.

In recent times, some people within human civilization who are very interested in this technology have begun planning to start a "capsule company".

Yes, it's the capsule company owned by Bulma's family in Dragon Ball.

They felt that running a "capsule company" was more promising than making "backpacks".

It must be said that, from a purely technical point of view, once humanity has mastered the technology of proportionally scaling space, it has indeed met all the technical requirements for starting a "capsule company".

However, certain technologies need to be made available to civilians by interstellar governments, such as advanced microscopic technologies; otherwise, the outer shell for the "storage capsule" cannot be manufactured.

Unfortunately, human civilization has not mastered the technology of all-metal deformation of silicon-based composites. Otherwise, combining the two could have created truly cool "capsules," especially when they are being stored and unfolded.

Despite the various difficulties and shortcomings, there are already quite a few people in human civilization who want to start "capsule companies," whether out of passion or interest. Many people want to create their own space containers once the technology matures, making it easier for everyone to travel.

It's conceivable that, given the existence of people with these ideas, and the maturity of technology for proportionally scaling space, portable space storage devices will inevitably emerge within human society.

Doraemon's pocket could thus achieve this to some extent.

Furthermore, with the enhancements in biotechnology that humans have made, each individual is like a superhuman, and it's not impossible for them to put a car into a "capsule" and carry it with them.

Other things are uncertain, but we will definitely be able to create the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff) in due time.

Unfortunately, modern human civilization has little interest in contacting less advanced civilizations. Otherwise, if we made a magic staff and threw it into the sea, it might really become a pillar that stabilizes the sea.

Even so, it can still be considered a replication of something from mythological imagination.

Putting aside other things, there are many people within human civilization who genuinely enjoy doing this kind of thing.

Perhaps this is the effect of an unbroken cultural heritage!

(End of this chapter)