Super Copy of Great Power Technology

After Xingliu-1.73 successfully entered orbit, more and more accurate data about the planet Proxima b was detected over time. The precise mass of Proxima b is 1.3 times that of the Earth, the average density is slightly lower than that of the Earth, the radius is 39 times that of the Earth, the surface temperature of the planet is 11.5°C, the orbital period is 0.05 days, and the semi-major axis of the orbit is about 5 AU, which is 65% of the semi-major axis of the Earth's orbit. The amount of radiation received by Proxima b from its parent star is 400% of the radiation received by the Earth from the Sun, but the amount of X-ray radiation received by Proxima b is about times that of the Earth. If it were not for the planet's magnetic field, which filters out most of the harmful rays, all the creatures on Proxima b would have been extinct long ago.

Because Proxima b is too close to Proxima Centauri, it is in a tidally locked state, and its rotation and revolution resonate, that is, their relationship is the same as the relationship between the moon and the earth, and Proxima b always faces Proxima Centauri with the same side. Affected by this, the climate of Proxima b is very different from that of the earth. Simply put, it has no seasons. The entire planet has frequent weather activities, with winds all year round, and a lot of rain and snow, which are most frequent in the area near the terminator.

In the next half month, Star Stream 1 will change its orbit several times to lower its orbital altitude and observe more information from inside Proxima b. At the same time, three subsequent small probes also entered the entrance of the Star Stream channel one after another, and then plunged in without any hesitation, completely disappearing from the field of vision of astronomical telescopes in various countries, including space telescopes. Astronomers and aerospace experts from various countries who learned of this news were completely shocked by this phenomenon. They had no idea what was in that void that swallowed up all four probes. Was it a black hole, a dense nebula, or the legendary Einstein-Rosen bridge (also called a wormhole, which is a narrow tunnel that may exist in the universe connecting two different time and space, and has a similar nature to the Star Stream channel.) In order to find out the truth, these astronomers and aerospace experts contacted the China Space Administration to seek answers to their questions. However, all those emails and phone calls were evaded by the staff of the Space Administration.

While the international aerospace community was arguing over the disappearing detector, Qiao Ruida and others were closely following the movements of the four detectors after they entered the Star Stream channel. After learning from the lesson that the quantum communication of the Star Stream No. 1 detector was interfered with after entering the Star Stream channel, the quantum communication modules on the four detectors were comprehensively upgraded, which increased the signal transmission power and the number of entangled quantum to combat interference. It has been proven that the upgrade of the quantum communication module was very effective. Interference still exists, but it has been greatly reduced. At least the information transmitted back by the detector is no longer all garbled, and more than half of the codes are continuously available. Feedback to the live image is that it is occasionally distorted, and the picture is broken, torn, black, and snowflakes frequently occur. It was not until Jarvis took action to uniformly verify the four return signals and eliminate the erroneous codes after interference that a clear and coherent live image was restored.

"Hey, the image sent back by the detector is finally clear. The scene in the star stream channel is so gorgeous and dreamy."

"Is this the image captured by a spacecraft flying at superluminal speed? How magical and beautiful."

"I wonder what those colorful blobs that fly by so quickly are?"

"Boss Qiao, you are amazing. You solved the problem of quantum signal interference by typing a few lines of code!"

"Yes, Mr. Qiao is the absolute number one in the field of quantum communication. He has even developed quantum communication technology that ignores distance, time, and delay. Solving some interference is just a small matter."

"If you ask me, this quantum communication technology alone is worthy of a Nobel Prize. If this year's Nobel Prize in Physics is not awarded to President Qiao, it would be an absolute shady deal."

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Seeing that the images sent back by the detector had returned to normal, a group of experts and professors surrounded Qiao Ruida and praised him. Qiao Ruida himself did not take credit for it, but smiled modestly and said, "The interference problem this time was actually solved by Jarvis, the artificial intelligence developed by our Ruida Group. The few lines of code I entered only served to contact Jarvis and grant permissions."

"I see. I was wondering how a few simple lines of code could possibly solve such a complex interference problem. It turns out that artificial intelligence was at work."

"I remember that Jarvis was also developed by Mr. Qiao and his team. In today's scientific community, there are fewer and fewer people like Mr. Qiao who have spanned multiple disciplines and made achievements."

"I heard that Mr. Qiao has a photographic memory and is very intelligent. During his undergraduate studies, he read all the books in the Peking University Library. After graduating from undergraduate studies, he spent another two years to complete his master's and doctoral studies. Such a genius is truly rare in the world."

After solving the signal interference problem, the communication between the probe and the Ruida Space City was completely restored. The staff remotely issued instructions to turn on all the scientific instruments on the Star Stream II probe, collect data, and conduct comprehensive observations and analyses of the Star Stream channel itself. However, the Star Stream channel is so magical and mysterious that it has transcended the scope of human physics. There is still a long way to go to understand its essence and the formation principle.

Half a month later, Xingliu-2300 completed all the orbit change maneuvers and is currently flying in a near-circular orbit kilometers from the surface of Proxima b. Here, it can already capture a small amount of air escaping from the planet and roughly analyze the atmospheric composition of Proxima b. At the same time, the long-planned plan to launch a small lander can also be implemented.

On this morning, when Xingliu-30 just flew over the desert and was about to reach the green plant belt, the commander decisively issued a release order. The next moment, the door of Xingliu-'s belly storage compartment opened, and two mechanical arms fixed to the cabin wall began to work, dropping a cube lander that was only more than centimeters long in the direction of Proxima b. After the lander left the probe mother body, it immediately ignited the booster engine, corrected the flight attitude and flight direction, and plunged towards the green plant belt below.

Five minutes later, the lander entered the atmosphere of Proxima b. Due to its high speed, the friction between the lander surface and the air generated a lot of heat, leaving a long tail, just like a meteorite entering the atmosphere. If it were a natural meteor, it would be burned before it fell to the surface of the planet with such a small size. Fortunately, this small lander was designed with this situation in mind, and comprehensive heat insulation protection was made on the outer shell. The black outer shell is a new type of heat insulation material.

Affected by the gravity of Proxima b, the lander's descent speed became faster and faster, and the wake became longer and longer. The entire lander was wrapped in a sea of ​​fire, including the outer shell and the instruments and equipment hidden inside, all undergoing severe tests. Ten minutes later, the lander was only about 10 kilometers away from the surface of the planet. After comprehensive judgment, the onboard computer issued a parachute opening command. The next moment, three huge parachute flowers bloomed for the first time on Proxima b, interacting with the air and generating huge pulling force. Affected by this, the lander's descent speed immediately slowed down, and it slowly descended to the surface of the planet.

At this time, Qiao Ruida and a group of experts and professors far away on Earth were all concentrating on the landing of the lander, fearing that any mistakes would occur.

"Thankfully, the blackout phase was successfully passed and the parachute was successfully deployed. The most dangerous phase of this largest lander landing has passed."

"Don't celebrate yet. The wind speed near the lander is a bit too strong, which has a great impact on the parachute. I'm worried that the lander will be blown away by the strong wind. Even if it lands successfully, it is far away from the green vegetation belt, and the detection value is greatly reduced." "It's true. The sensor shows that the wind speed near the lander exceeds 40 meters per second, which is as strong as a typhoon on Earth. It is too difficult for the lander to land normally in such a strong wind."

"Think of a solution quickly. We can't just watch the lander get blown away."

"What do you think? Can we cut off the parachute and rely solely on the reverse thrust engine and attitude adjustment engine to control the landing of the lander?"

"It is theoretically possible, but the lander is too small and the fuel it carries is limited, which is not enough to support long-term flight."

"There are three parachutes, so we can cut off two and keep one. This way, we can minimize the impact of the strong wind on the lander. When the lander approaches the surface of the planet, we can start the reverse thrust engine and correct the landing point. It should be in time."

"This plan is good and has a certain success rate. Let's quickly simulate and calculate whether this operation can offset the impact of the strong wind."

"Mr. Qiao, after supercomputer simulation, this plan is feasible. Do we need to send a signal to the lander immediately for manual intervention?"

"The current situation of the lander is too dangerous. If no intervention is made, it will definitely not land normally at the target location. Anyway, the situation can't get worse, so let's give it a try and send the command immediately."

Following Qiao Ruida's order, a researcher immediately entered several commands on the computer and clicked send. The next moment, the ropes of the two parachutes in the live broadcast were cut off. The two parachutes that lost the tension of the ropes were soon blown away by the strong wind. Only one parachute flower was left, pulling the lander, and it continued to descend. After cutting off the two parachutes, the wind-exposed area of ​​the assembly dropped significantly, and the impact of the strong wind was indeed much smaller, and the lateral flight speed gradually decreased. It was just that without the tension of the two parachutes, the speed of the lander's descent was much faster than expected. Whether it can land successfully is still an unknown.

Another five minutes later, the sensor showed that the lander was only 1000 meters away from the surface of the planet, and it had reached the next and final critical node. The only remaining parachute was also cut off, and then the reverse thrust engine was started to reduce the descent speed of the lander, and at the same time adjust the spatial position of the lander to get as close to the green plant belt as possible. Affected by the previous strong wind, this place is very far from the expected landing point, more than five kilometers. It is basically impossible to rely on the remaining fuel to fly back to the original landing site. The only way is to rely on the terrain camera to capture the ground image and find the best landing site nearby.

"If I'm not mistaken, this lander is still using chemical fuels. Why not use an anti-gravity engine, like the ones used in flying cars? In this way, the power provided by a small nuclear fusion battery can supply the lander to fly for a long time, and even fly back to the original landing point without any problem."

"The lander is too small to accommodate an anti-gravity engine."

"Based on the analysis of the photos sent back, this landing point is not bad. There are jungles, lakes, and mountains around it, so there are many targets worth detecting."

"Look, the trees growing on Proxima b are so tall, probably hundreds of meters high, and they grow at an angle, which is amazing!"

"In the early days of Earth, when the air was rich in oxygen, the trees that grew were very tall. I think the situation on Proxima b is similar."

"There are two possibilities for the tilted growth of trees. Either they are caused by the strong winds all year round, or the phototropism of the plants is at work."

"Oh, that's troublesome. Why did the lander choose a forest area to land? Aren't you afraid of hitting branches?"

"This is the optimal result calculated and analyzed by the intelligent program. As for why, I don't know."

"I was so scared, but luckily the lander landed successfully! I thought the intelligent program must have chosen this place to land, there must be a reason, it turns out there is a large flat rock in the middle of the forest, which can be used for the lander to land."

The small lander landed successfully, and warm applause rang out in the flight control hall. This is the first time that humans have landed a spacecraft on a celestial body outside the solar system and carried out a comprehensive exploration. If this news is announced, it will definitely cause a sensation around the world. Especially on Proxima b, there is liquid water and green plants, which may be developed into a second home for humans. Just thinking about it makes people crazy.

After the lander landed, the four outer shells opened and expanded in turn, turning into four huge solar cells. The numerous instruments and equipment that were originally folded together quickly unfolded and entered working mode. The first experiment was to sample and analyze the air of Proxima b. Ten minutes later, a detailed analysis report was presented to Qiao Ruida and others. "The composition of the air is 55% nitrogen, 40% oxygen, 2% rare gases, 2% carbon dioxide, 0.5% sulfur dioxide, and other gases such as water vapor, accounting for the remaining 0.5%. The air pressure is slightly higher than that of the Earth, about 1.5 atmospheres." (End of this chapter)