cosmic hegemony

Chapter 186, Expedition

On March 2022, 3, not long after the Spring Festival, Luo Xiaoyao, Zhan Fei, Tang Boyuan, Dong Zhifei and ten other asteroid mining teams came to the "City of the Sky" in space early. "Here, prepare to embark on a long expedition.

Luo Xiaoyao and Zhan Fei are now one of the best astronauts in the Fuyun Group, and they are also the most experienced astronauts. They basically travel to and from space for a long time, and they have very strong physical and mental qualities. vice captain.

Tang Boyuan and Dong Zhifei are outstanding students who graduated from the Department of Astronomy, and they are also the main decision makers for mining asteroids this time. To navigate in the universe, astronomers are impossible, especially for the technical work of mining asteroids, astronomers or Scientists calculate the mass of the asteroid, the composition of the asteroid, etc., while maximizing the benefits of their trip.

In addition to pilots and scientists, there are ten people in charge of piloting small spaceships, maintaining spaceships, communications, and life, and so on. Understand, can be regarded as generalist.

In the space at this time, the second generation of "Hercules", commonly known as Dumbo, has already been built. At this time, its huge belly is slowly opening, and the mechanical arm is supplying it with supplies. Once the energy is recharged, it's time to go.

"Your mission this time does not mean that you must bring back a large asteroid. Your mission is more like conducting a scientific experiment. The most important thing is safety first. Don't do anything dangerous. If you encounter something special In an emergency, you can abandon the mission and return directly."

In the "City of the Sky", Li Fu is seeing them off at this time. Li Fu actually doesn't care much about the size and value of the asteroid he can bring back. What Li Fu cares about is that he wants to use this incident to promote China's power is marching towards asteroids, and only by obtaining more resources in space can it be said to build larger spaceships, or even space battleships and so on.

And the huge resources contained in the countless asteroids in the asteroid belt are definitely the best and most accessible resources in the first stage of development. Once asteroid mining becomes popular, Huaxia can obtain endless resources from space. The time has truly come.

"Yes!"

Luo Xiaoyao and the others responded respectfully one by one, and at the same time, they were slightly excited. They will become the first people to mine asteroids in human history, and they are destined to be famous in history. Although Fuyun Group is relatively low-key, the news is still being released As you know, all major media around the world are rushing to report on this moment.

"Brother Fu, all supplies and energy have been replenished, and we are almost ready to go."

Chen Bin, Dumbo's chief engineer, floated over, looked at the time and said, the huge belly of Dumbo outside has been slowly closed at this time, and has completed the replenishment of materials and energy.

"Set off."

Li Fu ordered softly, watching Luo Xiaoyao, Zhan Fei and ten others drift away into the distance.

Soon, ten people came to Dumbo, sat on their chairs, and fixed them.

"Connect Dumbo!"

Luo Xiaoyao lay on the chair and connected to Dumbo's control system through the virtual machine in his hand.

"The system is successfully connected and begins to identify biological brain waves."

"The brainwaves are accurate, welcome to Captain Luo Xiaoyao, Deputy Captain Zhan Fei, Tang Boyuan, crew members Dong Zhifei..."

A series of information flashed through the minds of Luo Xiaoyao and others. Bio-sensing technology is one of the trump card technologies of Fuyun Group, and it is naturally applied to spacecraft. All aerospace aircraft, spacecraft, etc. of Fuyun Group are all Using the virtual sensor control technology, if the corresponding biological brainwaves are not input for binding and recognition, it is impossible to fly the aerospace aircraft produced by Fuyun Group and so on.

"The communication signal is normal!"

"Energy 100%!"

"Compressed Air 100%"

"..."

"Perfect condition and ready to start."

In Luo Xiaoyao's mind, various data about the spaceship kept flashing. This is because the spaceship started the self-inspection program, checking the various states of the spaceship.

"Command center, command center, this is Dumbo, this is Dumbo, Dumbo asks to take off, Dumbo asks to take off, Dumbo asks to take off."

"Allowed to take off, bon voyage!"

After getting permission to take off, the surrounding mechanical arms that fixed Dumbo slowly loosened, Dumbo slowly left the space port, and soon, its two high-power plasma engines began to eject a dazzling white tail.

Similar to the aerospace plane flying to the moon, Dumbo first flew dozens of times around the earth, and its speed became faster and faster, until it reached the ideal speed, it directly left the earth's orbit and went straight Flying to the outer reaches of the solar system, towards the asteroid hundreds of millions of kilometers away.

“速度23公里每秒，坐标X2323、Y9988、Z23678，距离地球4万公里！”

"The communication is normal, the life support system is normal, and the remaining energy is 99.8%."

"Continue to accelerate!"

In Luo Xiaoyao's mind, all the data about the spaceship were displayed. The only command he needs to give now is to accelerate, accelerate, and accelerate again.

This time the journey is really too far away. Even at the current speed of 23 kilometers per second, it will take more than two months to reach the asteroid belt if the distance of the nearest straight line is calculated. If the distance is farther, If there are more than 2 million kilometers, it will take 2 months to reach it.

Therefore, Tang Boyuan and Dong Zhifei, who are in charge of 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 to reduce time and energy consumption as much as possible. wait.

Not only the position, speed, direction, mass, etc. of the spacecraft must be considered, but also the position and speed of the earth. You must know that the earth is orbiting the sun at tens of kilometers every moment. The speed of the second 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 spaceship has just set off, and the adjustment of the angle and direction does not need to be too large, and the energy consumption is very small, so at this time, Tang Boyuan and Dong Zhifei are controlling the supercomputer on the spaceship to continuously calculate the route and energy consumption of the spaceship. , Arrive at the position of the asteroid belt, the orbit of the earth, its position, etc.

"Adjust the direction by 2.21 degrees, start the left wing auxiliary engine."

Taking advantage of saving energy by adjusting the direction and position, Tang Boyuan and others did not hesitate to keep in touch with the command center. The supercomputer continuously simulated various possibilities, and at the same time, the spacecraft continued to modify 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 to fly in front of the earth's orbit in advance. If it flies in the opposite direction, then it will really have to wait until next year. able to return.

"The speed is 50.12 kilometers per second, the direction is adjusted, the engine is turned off, and the inertial flight begins!"

A few days later, under the continuous acceleration of two powerful plasma engines, the speed of the spacecraft has reached 2 kilometers per second. This speed is the speed finally obtained by Tang Boyuan, Dong Zhifei and many scientists here at the Earth Control Center. No matter how fast it is, the energy consumed by acceleration will rise geometrically, and deceleration will waste too much energy, 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, and you may miss the closest distance to the earth, and it will be very troublesome to return to the earth, and you may even have to wait another year. Can.

The engine is turned off, the direction has been finalized, and there is nothing left to do, but the ten people on Dumbo can easily exercise their bodies and contact their family members on this side of the earth through virtual machines, etc. , Reading, studying, playing games, etc., is the most relaxing time.

Of course, this kind of ease is only relative. The spaceship flies in the void. If you look at it with the naked eye, it doesn't seem to have any changes, just like it is quietly suspended in the void. Only by constantly positioning the massive planets in the solar system with advanced radars, laser rangefinders, etc., can we 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. In addition, for their own health, astronauts need to exercise persistently 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 strenuous and requires pulling force, etc. Every important bone in the body must be exercised, and the calcium in the bones must not be released. Otherwise, once they return to the earth, they will end up paralyzed for life.

In addition, the scenery in the starry sky seems to be the same forever, only turning back to the direction of the earth, the earth is getting smaller and smaller, until the existence of the earth cannot be seen with the naked eye, and can only be observed through a telescope.

The connection with the earth needs to be buffered for longer and longer, from the initial delay of 1 second to the delay of 2 seconds, the spacecraft is getting farther and farther away from the balloon.

Fortunately, the application of the virtual machine, coupled with Li Fu's realization of the newly added planting area for Chen Bin, went very smoothly along the way, and nothing happened.

One month later, the spacecraft flew past the orbit of Mars, and the distance from the asteroid belt is already very close, and it will soon resist the destination!
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　It's too cold at home, and my hands are always cold and cold. The winter in the south is actually more sad555
　　
　
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