Vol 2 Chapter 356: To the asteroid belt

Above the huge airport, 22 people, including Wu Renjie, stood neatly in two rows. In front of them, Qin Yi seemed to be in a daze.
But soon, Qin Yi came back to his thoughts, thought slowly, and said slowly.
"This trip to the asteroid belt is a great progress in the development of our human civilization, and it is an important step for us as humans to the starry universe."
"The main task this time was to conduct a test voyage of the 'Qinglong' spacecraft, and to investigate the asteroid belt of the solar system at the same time, laying a foundation for later work.
"As far as mining asteroids is a relatively minor task, as long as you can return in peace, nothing else matters."
"Of course, I'm not my uncle's boss. This time, I will give you 5% of the asteroids that are mined back as rewards."
"I wish you all the best ~"
There were a lot of things I wanted to say, but Qin Yi thought about it and felt it was not appropriate, so in the end he took out the old-fashioned and told them clearly that the task this time is for both fame and fortune, as long as the task is completed, not only You can only write your own name in history, and more importantly, you can get incredible rewards.
5% does not seem to be much, but it also depends on the base number. You must know that an asteroid is hundreds of millions of tons. How much is this one hundred million tons of asteroid worth? Just count it and know that it is definitely an Astronomical figures.
"Departure ~"
Qin Yi's practice has been completed for everyone, and Wu Renjie's side has not stopped in the slightest, taking his team members towards an anti-gravity spacecraft.
Soon, the spacecraft slowly lifted off, and then disappeared into the field of vision of Qin Yi and others.
In the outer space of the earth, the hatch of the 'Qinglong' spacecraft is slowly closing. It has completed the supply of materials and energy and can leave at any time.
Wu Renjie and others took the spaceship slowly flying over and began to dock with the 'Qinglong' spacecraft.
Half an hour later, Wu Renjie's team formally took over the 'Qinglong' spacecraft and began a final inspection of everything on the spacecraft.
"Energy is normal ~"
"The communication signal is normal ~"
"The engine is normal ~"
"The supplies have been completed ~"
"..."
Wu Renjie, while listening to a report from the control and command center of the 'Qinglong' spacecraft, looked at the beautiful planet in the void outside the window.
The azure planet constantly emits the radiance of incomparably warm life, like a blue gem inlaid in the incomparable black void, so dazzling, beautiful and fascinating, reluctant to persevere.
Thinking of leaving the earth for up to 3 months this time, Wu Renjie is still somewhat sentimental. This time, their trip will become the most distant trip ever made by humans, going to an asteroid belt nearly 2 astronomical units away. .
"Captain, we can go ~"
Liao Fanghong, the deputy of the ‘Qinglong’ spacecraft, came over and gently reminded.
"Huh ~"
"Ground Command Center, Qinglong requested departure ~"
"Request for approval, permission to go, all the way ~"
"Departure ~"
After receiving the instructions from the ground control command center, Wu Renjie issued an order for departure.
With the order of Wu Renjie, the second-generation anti-gravity engine of the ‘Qinglong’ spacecraft began to start, and a vibration came from the tail of the spacecraft, making it impossible to hold it tightly against the space chair.
The power of the second-generation anti-gravity engine was very strong, and the 'Qinglong' spacecraft flying around the earth soon broke away from the orbit of the earth and began to move in the direction of the asteroid belt.
"Speed ​​of 20 kilometers per second ~"
"30 kilometers per second ~"
"40 kilometers per second ~"
Wu Renjie's entire body was tied to a space chair. He stared at the various data displayed on the monitor, feeling the vibration of the spacecraft and the tremendous pressure brought by acceleration.
The power is really too strong. The speed of the 'Qinglong' spacecraft is constantly increasing, getting faster and faster, and flying towards the asteroid belt.
"The speed is 50 kilometers per second, coordinates X23231, Y99882, Z233678, 400,000 kilometers from the earth ~"
"Communication is normal ~ The living system is normal ~ The remaining energy is 90% ~"
In Wu Renjie's mind, every item of data about the spacecraft was displayed. His only order now is to speed up, speed up, and speed up again.
This journey is too far away. Even at a speed of 50 kilometers per second, it takes more than a month to reach the asteroid belt to calculate the nearest straight line distance. If the distance is farther, If there are more than 200 million kilometers, it will take 2 months to arrive.
Therefore, Long Zhankong and Huang Zhibin, who are in charge of positioning and navigation, are very busy at this time. They need to calculate the position at which the spacecraft arrives at the asteroid belt. It is appropriate to fly at what speed. Consumption and so on.
Among them, not only the position, speed, direction, mass, etc. of the spacecraft must be considered, but also the position and speed of the earth. We must know that the earth is moving around the sun at tens of kilometers every moment. The speed is moving in seconds. 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 spacecraft has just set off for a short time, and the adjustment of the angle and direction does not need to be too much, and the energy consumed is very small. Spacecraft route, energy consumption, location to reach asteroid belt, earth's orbit, location, etc.
"Adjust the direction by 1.21 degrees and start the left-wing auxiliary engine."
Taking advantage of the current adjustment of direction and position to save energy, Wu Renjie and others did not hesitate to keep in touch with the command center side. The supercomputer constantly simulated various possibilities. At the same time, the spacecraft side also constantly modified 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 distance when returning to the sea. Fly ahead of the orbit of the earth in advance. If you are flying in the opposite direction, then you really have to wait until next year. Able to return home.
"The speed is 80.23 kilometers per second, the direction is adjusted, the engine is turned off, and inertial flight is started!"
A few days later, under the continuous acceleration of the second-generation anti-gravity engine, the speed of the spacecraft has reached a speed of 80 kilometers per second. This speed is a speed finally obtained by Long Zhankong and Huang Zhibin and many scientists here at the Earth Control Center. No matter how fast, the energy consumed for acceleration will increase geometrically. When the deceleration will waste too much energy, it will not be necessary to continue the acceleration.
If the speed is too slow, it will take a long time to reach the small belt. At that time, you may miss the shortest distance to the earth. It will be very troublesome if you want to return to the earth. It may even take another year to wait. can.
The engine is turned off and the direction has been finalized. There is nothing left to do. The 22 people on the 'Qinglong' spacecraft can easily exercise, contact the earth through virtual machines, etc. Family, reading, studying, playing games, etc. are the most relaxing time.
Of course, this relaxation is only relatively speaking. The spacecraft flies in the void. It seems to the naked eye that there is no change, just like it is suspended in the void quietly, and it only passes through the spacecraft. The above radars, laser rangefinders, redshift rangefinders, quantum radars, etc. constantly locate large-mass planets in the solar system to know that the spacecraft is constantly flying towards the periphery of the solar system.
This long journey is very boring and boring. In addition, for their own health, astronauts need to exercise continuously for at least 4 hours a day.
Exercising in space is not as simple as the ground. They need to step on a specially designed bicycle, which is very strenuous, requires pull, etc., to exercise every important bone in the body, and prevent calcium in the bones. Mass loss ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Otherwise, once they return to the side of the earth, they will end up with the endgame paralyzed.
In addition, the scenery in the starry sky always seems to be the same. You can only look back to the direction of the earth. The earth is getting smaller and smaller, until you can't see the existence of the earth with the naked eye, and you can only observe it through a telescope.
Fortunately, there is quantum communication technology. Because quantum communication technology uses quantum entangled states, in theory, quantum communication technology is a communication technology that ignores distance.
Real-time communication can be achieved no matter how far apart, this time, scientists have also tested whether quantum communication is the same as theoretically inferred, and really ignores the distance to communicate.
The "Qinglong" spacecraft can not only have quantum communication but also traditional electromagnetic wave communication. Electromagnetic wave communication uses electromagnetic waves. The speed of electromagnetic waves in space is the speed of light.
Through the time difference between the two communication technologies, we can know whether the quantum communication technology really ignores the distance, and can communicate in real time no matter how far away.
With quantum communication technology, the crew on the 'Qinglong' spacecraft can also connect to the virtual network on the earth side, meet with their family every day in the virtual world, play virtual games, learn, etc. to pass the time .
In about 15 days, the ‘Qinglong’ spacecraft flew over Mars ’orbit. The average distance from Mars’ orbit to the sun is 1.52 astronomical units, while the asteroid belt ’s location from the sun is approximately 2.17-3.64 astronomical units.
It flew past Mars' orbit, which means that the ‘Qinglong’ spacecraft is already away from the destination asteroid belt of this trip. It only takes another half a month or so to reach the asteroid belt.
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