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Chapter 492 Final preparations
early March.

Australian continent, space rocket launch base.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Gao Yuan and Musk arrived at the base together.

All the staff are busy at the base.

Some people were inspecting the rocket to see if there were any problems inside it, and others were checking the fuel.

The tracking and control center is also communicating with the moon in real time to instruct on the next matters.

This launch will be the most important launch to date from the Space Rocket Base.

On the rocket sat their two eventual bosses - Gao Yuan and Musk.

It’s okay if something happens to Musk, but nothing must happen to Gao Yuan.

These scientists knew that Gao Yuan still had a lot of technologies hidden in his body. Once those technologies were brought out, they would definitely drive scientists all over the world crazy.

These technologies are what they have always dreamed of. As long as they can analyze all of these technologies, they will not have any problem going without food or sleep for three days.

If you feel that the conditions are not enough, you can let them eat and live in the laboratory, work eighteen hours a day, and work overtime to the extreme, and there is no problem at all.

For these technologies, if we don’t go crazy, it seems that technology is not important enough.

So nothing must happen to Gao Yuan.

As for Musk, it doesn’t matter whether something goes wrong or not.

Gao Yuan has money anyway. If the project's development is affected by lack of funds, we can just ask Gao Yuan for money directly.

Gao Yuan has always been very generous when it comes to project research and development funds, and has never owed anyone anything in this regard.

Even in the entire space rocket launch base, the largest number of personnel is the behind-the-scenes service team. Almost every scientific research expert is equipped with an assistant, a dedicated doctor, a chef, and one to five security personnel.

Assistants and exclusive doctors are carefully selected.

As for the chefs, they are hired from all over the world, and the dishes they cook will suit the tastes of experts.

The minimum requirement for chefs is to be hotel chefs with extensive experience in preparing large banquets. If they have work experience in three-star restaurants, they will be given priority.

One to five security personnel, depending on the level of these experts.

If the level is high enough, the research and development project has the highest priority and the highest level of confidentiality, elites from the Australian military training base will be arranged to protect their safety.

If their level is lower, some ordinary bodyguards will be arranged to protect their travel.

Currently, there are nearly four hundred experts in projects such as space rocket launch bases, artificial intelligence, robots, and chip technology.

There are over 2,300 people serving them alone.

Together with some ordinary scientific researchers such as assistant researchers and doctoral students, the total number of R&D personnel in these projects exceeds 5,000, and the number of auxiliary staff serving these R&D personnel exceeds 20,000.

With such a large scientific research team and scientific research strength, I am afraid that no place in the world can match it, except for the Australian scientific research base.

The monthly salary expenses alone amount to nearly one billion yuan, and the investment in R&D and various equipment funds is almost 30 to 50 billion yuan.

These projects are money-burning machines, with the annual investment costs alone totaling hundreds of billions of RMB.

It is also thanks to Gao Yuan and Musk that they can invest money regardless of cost. Otherwise, even if other companies have the intention, it will be difficult for them to have the courage to do so.

Now, with the construction of the lunar base completed.

R&D investment can finally be gradually reduced. In addition, after Gao Yuan and Musk land on the moon, the entire lunar base will begin to develop tourism, which will also bring considerable profits to the space rocket company.

Gao Yuan's requirements are not high, as long as the income and expenditure can be balanced and the daily financial needs of the base can be maintained.

Otherwise, Gao Yuan would find it difficult to bear the cost if he kept spending money like this.

"Mr. Gao, Mr. Musk, the equipment has been debugged almost completely, you two can prepare to log in." The general manager on the side reminded, "For the sake of safety, you two should try to wear special clothes, which can protect your safety."

"This clothing uses nano-level technology, which hides ten key buttons. In critical moments, pressing the buttons can activate multiple functions to protect your safety to the greatest extent."

"In addition, there are ten people accompanying you two to land on the moon. They are the crew members and service personnel of this voyage."

After hearing the introduction from the person in charge, Gao Yuan nodded and said, "Let's get ready to board the plane."

……

Exactly eleven o'clock in the morning.

Gao Yuan and Musk put on special clothes and sat in the cockpit of the rocket.

The seat is fixed and uses unique technology. At the bottom is a spherical device that can adjust the angle of the chair as the rocket adjusts its angle.

In this way, no matter what condition the rocket is in, Gao Yuan and Musk can be guaranteed to sit comfortably.

"Excuse me, Mr. Gao Yuan, Mr. Musk, are we going to leave?"

The voice of the general manager came from Gao Yuan's headset.

"set off!"

Gao Yuan said.

Afterwards, the general manager immediately began to make arrangements.

"Attention all preparation teams, the rocket is about to be launched."

"The countdown begins."

"10!"

"9!"

"8!"

"..."

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

When the countdown ended, the chief officer said in a serious tone, "Ignite, launch!"

A ball of fire suddenly appeared at the bottom of the rocket, and then the fire grew bigger and bigger, even forming a mushroom cloud.

Under the violent shaking, the rocket thrusters began to provide huge thrust.

The rocket began to take off, gaining speed.

Inside the cabin, Gao Yuan felt a huge push on his back.

In the past, I only had this feeling when driving a luxury sports car. "The push back feeling is many times stronger than any sports car I've ever driven," Musk said excitedly, "Mr. Gao Yuan, we are making history."

"Yes, Mr. Musk, this will be the greatest day in human history."

Gao Yuan couldn't help but smile and echoed.

This is a truly commercial space voyage. As the first members, Gao Yuan and Musk fully experienced the charm of the rocket launch.

There are three cosmic speeds: the first cosmic speed of 7.9 kilometers per second, the second cosmic speed of 11.2 kilometers per second, and the third cosmic speed of 16.7 kilometers per second.

To enter the Earth's orbit, the minimum required first cosmic velocity is 7.9 kilometers per second.

This speed can offset the influence of the earth's gravity and will no longer be attracted by the earth.

When the speed is greater than the second cosmic speed, which is 11.2 kilometers per second, it will escape the earth's gravity and leave the earth forever.

In the early stages of launch, the speed of the rocket will gradually increase until it reaches the escape velocity, which is the second cosmic velocity.

It can fly 11.2 kilometers per second, which is more than kilometers in an hour.

As for the third cosmic velocity, it is the speed of escaping from the solar system, which can offset the gravitational influence from the sun, thereby breaking away from the solar system and heading deeper into the universe.

Currently, most aviation agencies in the world can only build spacecraft at the second cosmic velocity.

Only Gao Yuan's space launch base in Australia can produce spacecraft that can reach the third cosmic speed, but currently only the speed is achieved, and other aspects are not yet perfect.

Therefore, it is still very difficult to achieve deeper space tourism.

Moreover, the solar system is vast and boundless, and relying solely on the third cosmic speed is not enough. It must be at least ten, a hundred, or even a thousand times faster than the third cosmic speed to have a chance of breaking out of the solar system.

The distance from the ground to space is about 100 kilometers (space in a narrow sense). Including the initial acceleration time, it takes about ten minutes.

And the journey begins only after entering space.

The voice of the general manager rang out again in Gao Yuan's earphones, "Mr. Gao Yuan, Mr. Musk, congratulations on your official entry into space. Your journey has officially begun."

"The distance between the Earth and the Moon is about 38.44 kilometers. The rocket will follow the second cosmic speed, about 4 kilometers per hour. Because the rocket needs to be inspected and repaired, and the equipment needs to be cooled, the flight speed will be temporarily reduced when the spacecraft reaches 2100 kilometers."

"We had to reduce our flight speed several times along the way, so the total flight time was about 17 hours."

"This is all normal. Please don't worry. We will be keeping an eye on the rocket on the ground. You can contact me at any time."

In space, the speed of travel slowed down.

Through the window, Gao Yuan admired the scenery outside.

In a broad sense, when it is 2100 kilometers away from the ground, it means that it has officially entered space.

At this time, the earth's gravity has no effect on the rocket spacecraft.

In a narrow sense, 100 kilometers from the ground marks the entry into space.

Many low-orbit satellites are about 350 kilometers above the ground.

Everywhere I looked, there was darkness.

The vastness of the universe makes human beings seem insignificant.

"The stars in the universe are like sand in the desert. We are just moving from the surface of one grain of sand to the top of another grain of sand." Musk said with emotion, "Mr. Gao Yuan, only when you look up at the starry sky can you realize how small you are."

“And now, we are finally not looking up at the starry sky, but are in this starry sky.”

It would take less than ten hours to travel from the Earth to the Moon at full speed at the second cosmic speed.

Due to various limitations, the rocket ship needed to reduce its speed several times, so it took a total of seventeen hours.

After reaching the moon, it will be necessary to fly around the moon to find the best landing angle and position.

Fortunately, we have had experience in landing robots, scientists, and elites on the moon.

So there is no big problem with this interstellar travel.

"Yes, after so many years of development, humans have finally achieved their wish." Gao Yuan said, "From the time a monkey looked up at the stars and became curious about the moon to now, it may only be a few thousand or tens of thousands of years of history."

"Compared to the billions of years on Earth, this amount of time seems insignificant."

"I remember a scientist once said that if the birth of the Earth to now is compared to a day, just after 11 minutes, a planet called Theia collided with the Earth. Some of its material merged into the Earth, and the other part was thrown out to form the Moon."

"At 1:50, the ocean was formed. At 3:23, life was born. Due to the impact of several ice ages, the creatures on Earth suffered many disasters and experienced several mass extinctions. It was extremely difficult for life to continue. It was not until 37: that the common ancestor of primates appeared and the dinosaurs became extinct."

"At 23:59, humans finally appeared. In the last 38 seconds, the evolution of the genus Homo was completed. In the last 15 seconds, the straight people learned to use fire and escaped the era of eating raw meat and drinking blood. In the last 2 seconds, Homo sapiens appeared. In the last 0.1 seconds, human civilization was born."

"From a historical perspective, time passes so quickly, but even that 0.1 second is more than 6000 years ago."

"It was during this 0.1 second that humans developed rapidly and reached a height never reached by any living creature before. We invented rockets, mobile phones, the Internet, discovered a variety of theorems, and realized space travel..."

"..."

The two of them exchanged their views on humanity and the universe.

The topics of the chat were varied.

The first of the three most important questions in the world is the origin of life.

The second question is the origin of the universe.

The third question is the origin of consciousness.

There is still no reasonable answer to these three questions, although many hypotheses have been put forward, such as the Big Bang theory, which is only the most recognized hypothesis. Moreover, this hypothesis has many loopholes and cannot be perfected.

According to modern calculations, the universe originated from a big bang 138 billion years ago.

A tiny singularity constantly ejects matter at superluminal speeds, and after these substances merge, so many planets are born.

The universe has been developing for 138 billion years, and the area of ​​the observable universe is more than 900 billion light-years.

How big is the unobservable universe? Is it hundreds of billions of light years? What is outside the universe? Is it another universe? Or is it nothingness?

Is the origin of life really an accident? Or is it deliberately controlled by someone?
The reason why humans have come this far is actually because of consciousness, which is something other animals do not possess.

Even if they are conscious, they are still very different from humans.

Do aliens exist?
Sometimes Gao Yuan even wondered where the system in his mind came from.

Could it be that a program from a game in a higher-dimensional world accidentally came to Earth and became the so-called golden finger?

"Mr. Musk, I have always believed that aliens may exist. If aliens do not exist, it would be too terrifying." Gao Yuan said lightly.

"If aliens exist, it proves that life can be freely born in this universe. Even if the probability is extremely low, lower than any data in the world, but in this dimension of the universe, with so many planets, there must be at least thousands of planets where life has been born."

"And if there are no aliens, it proves that we are alone in the universe. Perhaps we were not born by chance, but were controlled and became samples in the laboratory."

(End of this chapter)