louisehourcade Chapter 188 Looking Up At The Starry Sky, With The Light Speed Spacecraft
Chapter 188 Looking Up At The Starry Sky, With The Light Speed Spacecraft
Tianjing Space Administration.
Mr. Yang and Tao Chenglin warmly received Chen Lu and his party.
Although Cheshire had changed into a regular uniform, the staff still couldn't help casting glances at this foreign face.
Gray hair with teal highlights and cat ear hair accessories.
She is the most conspicuous among all the ship girls.
"The Space Agency.....so big..."
"In our time, there was basically no concept of spaceflight..."
Walk on the square.
Yamato and Cheshire raised their heads and looked at the small anti-gravity spacecraft that was testing in the distance.
They were all warships during World War II. At that time, the brains of all countries were almost blown out, so there was no time to think about spaceflight.
"Sea Fog Fleet's technology has actually surpassed the modern aerospace industry. I'm more surprised that you didn't go into space."
The scientist who followed behind added a sentence.
"It's all the fault of the Naval Code."
Now, the Tarim Space Base undertakes most of Yan Kingdom's space missions.
All manned moon landings and exploration spacecraft are launched from there.
And a relatively complete supporting facility has been established near the base.
Including staff residential areas, commercial centers, airports, etc.
Of course, the entire base is still under strict control, and even the procedures for family members to visit relatives are very cumbersome.
Tianjing Space Administration undertakes more theoretical research work.
Therefore, compared with usual, there are a lot fewer people.
"Why didn't the space agency move there? If you want to do scientific research, it's okay to be in the Tarim base, right?"
"Although the conditions there are not as good as Tianjing, it should be easier to conduct experiments?"
After wandering around outside, Chen Lu asked.
"Of course we didn't stay in Tianjing because of the good environment here."
Elder Yang replied with a smile.
"If it's just for work, you can let me eat sand, but there are some things that can only be done here."
As he spoke, he pointed to an obsidian obelisk standing in the distance of the square.
"Come on, let's go and see, your name is still engraved on it!"
"what?!"
Chen Lu was at a loss.
"Why engrave my name on the stele of the space agency?!"
If it is purely for the purpose of commending achievements, the East China Sea Fleet and even the Academy of Sciences can understand it by erecting a monument.
The space agency is really a bit out of reach.
After walking in.
It was found that this is a monument about 5 meters wide, 1 meter thick, and 15 meters long.
Its height is about 50 meters, and the whole body is made of obsidian.
Reflecting the light in the sun.
The entire surface of the stele has been polished into a mirror surface, and most of the places from the top to the bottom of the stele are extremely smooth.
On the base of the monument.
A series of characters are engraved with gold leaf.
C=299792km/s
"The speed of light?!"
Chen Lu was taken aback for a moment, and then came to his senses.
C is the speed of light in vacuum, 300,000 kilometers per second.
Represents the fastest speed known to man.
Look up again.
On the monument are the names of scientists, some of whom Chen Lu knew were experts in physics and astronomy in the Academy of Sciences.
Some unfamiliar names should be people from the space agency.
However, their names only occupy a small part of the bottom of the stele.
The blank part above should be reserved for latecomers.
"In March, we started a new research work~々."
"Research on the curvature engine."
"This is the spiritual totem of the space agency and the Academy of Sciences, and it is also the greatest scientific research project in human history."
Elder Yang looked at the monument with pious eyes.
The curvature engine refers to driving the spaceship through the transformation of space-time itself, using the loopholes in the laws of physics to break the insurmountable limit of the speed of light.
"This is the list of the first batch of scientists who participated in the research. We hope that it will take 200 years or less to allow the spacecraft to reach the speed of light."
"The speed of light spaceship is a very sacred thing for the Yan Kingdom and even for all mankind. Every participant should leave his or her name.
"Even if our generation does not complete it, it can be handed over to successors."
The old man pointed to the top.
"Until———the day we finish it."
"This is the greatest monument in the world!"
"!" Several people looked serious.
What is the most important thing in traveling in the vast universe? Speed, of course.
Now the most advanced spacecraft of human beings can only reach the speed of 12/10000 to 15000ths of the speed of light with the help of plasma thrusters, anti-gravity devices and nuclear fusion reactors.
And it needs to go through a long acceleration of more than 1 year in the universe.
It would take hundreds of years to fly to the nearest constellation Alpha Centauri, which is four light years away.
For exploring the universe, this speed is too slow.
It will take several generations to reach the destination.
After the light-speed spacecraft appears, this process will be shortened hundreds of times.
"I have a lot of questions!?"
Chen Lu felt a little overwhelmed for a while.
"We should be far away from the speed of light now, right? Why did you suddenly launch such a complicated scientific research project?"
"Preparing early is of course better than starting late, we can't just wait for you to bring technology back like a lottery.
Old Tao said with a smile.
"Although you can bring back a lot of novelties every time you travel, don't underestimate the ability of the Academy of Sciences.
"After deduction, we believe that it is possible to complete the curvature engine within 200 years.
"Considering technological progress, this time can even be shortened many times."
Although most of the manpower of the Academy of Sciences is used to analyze the technology brought back by each time travel.
But beyond that, they are also actively carrying out some active research.
"What about me? I didn't participate in this research, so why did I put my name on it?"
Chen Lu looked at it, and his name was printed with several seniors from the Academy of Sciences.
"You are the foundation of it all."
"follow me."
Elder Yang and Elder Tao led them into the interior of the space agency.
After passing through the guarded underground corridors, after passing through several checkpoints.
Came to a large room located on the third basement floor.
Like Mikoshi, the highest level of security is enforced here.
On both sides of the gate, there were even two sentinels wearing Yanlong-1 mechs standing guard.
Even if an armored army comes, it may not be able to fight it down.
Center of the room.
It is a spherical computer with a diameter of about 5 meters and a silver shell.
Dozens of scientists are surrounding the sphere, working nervously in front of the console.
"This is a supercomputer built with cutting-edge world technology with Lucy's help."
"Galaxy One."
"Its technology is what you brought back, right?"
Tao Chenglin's tone was very proud.
"Xinghe-1 can assist us in our scientific research work, using virtual reality to simulate scientific and technological research.
"How much more powerful is it than other supercomputers available today?"
Ying Rui asked curiously.
If it is purely to protect this computer, it seems that such a high alert level will not be used.
`The world's most advanced supercomputer, compared with Xinghe-1, is the difference between the canoe and the Wannian Yandi. "
One academic summed up the situation with an easy-to-understand metaphor.
"Xinghe-1 helped us solve many complex problems, including Riemann's conjecture, Goldbach's conjecture and so on.
"Now we are using it to deduce the basic principles of the curvature engine. From the perspective of progress, it is optimistically estimated that it will take 10-30 years to complete the theoretical work.
Tao Lao said lightly.
Chen Lu recalled that when he first discovered the ability of the computing core, the Academy of Sciences tried to let him study Goldbach's conjecture, which almost overloaded his brain.
I didn't expect it to be handled by Xinghe No. 1 now.
"You proved so many unsolved mysteries?! Why have I never seen it on the news?!"
Zhaohe looked puzzled.
It stands to reason that to solve a world-class problem, the media all over the world should report it with headlines.
Goldbach's conjecture is the highest problem in the history of mathematics, and the person who proved it is enough to go down in history.
She was very sure that she hadn't seen any similar news since she came back.
Neither Yangma nor BBX reported on this aspect.
"Because there's no need."
Tao Chenglin shrugged.
"The big fanfare of the propaganda back then was to promote our country's scientific research capabilities and boost morale."
"Now we don't need (Wang Hao Zhao) to compete with anyone, we just need to do our own thing well.
"Instead of spreading the word and attracting a lot of reporters and scholars to interfere with the work, it is better to calm down and slowly ponder what these conjectures can research.
In the past, the Yanguo Academy of Sciences and the scientific research department of Baiying were two enemies. For the same scientific research project, both sides secretly competed in private.
If one side finishes first, it must show it off with great fanfare, and then overtly and covertly hurt the opponent.
As the technology of the Academy of Sciences became more and more advanced, they no longer cared about such face-saving issues.
Breaking through a theory at random requires holding a press conference and inviting hundreds of reporters to witness it?
Really unnecessary.
Keep your head down and work in silence, and let these technologies be applied to reality as soon as possible.
"Amazing...blowing"
Chen Lu sincerely admired it.
He really didn't expect that during his time travel, the Academy of Sciences had done so many things.
"It's hard to say about this matter, maybe you can bring back the curvature engine or more advanced leap technology next time you travel.
Old Yang smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
"By then our research may be useless."
"However, just in case, this technology must continue to be studied."
"With it, you can run farther in the universe."