From black technology to super engineering

In the deep starry sky, the Asterisk flew silently towards the entrance of the distant YE-2023 wormhole.

In the past few days, ordinary telescopes could be used to see its faint navigation lights on the ground, but now, the distance between the earth and it has exceeded 20 million kilometers.

And the Asterisk is still accelerating, and finally it will reach ten times the speed of the third universe, and keep running at this speed for two months, and finally enter the deceleration stage.

Whether in theory or in practice, the Asterisk has become the farthest manned spacecraft from the earth so far.

And after the excitement of the first few days, everyone on the spacecraft realized this-because they saw the earth change from a big balloon to a basketball, to a volleyball, to a shot put, and finally to glass. bead sized.

Therefore, the crew began to lose their excitement, and then devoted themselves to their work.

It stands to reason that being on the Asterisk is actually the same experience as being on the moon base, on the Yueyue, in the orbit of the space city, and other outer space scientific research centers. But in fact... With the distance from the earth, this experience is really different.

Can the experience of seeing home be the same as not being able to see home?

Therefore, in order to allow them to adapt and take over the scientific research tools and remote equipment that have already arrived on the blue star in advance, and to keep them active, the remote control permissions that usually have to be queued and applied for on the earth are almost impossible for them. It is open without restriction, and they have all the data they want, and they are treated equally regardless of country.

Of course, it doesn’t mean to treat the first batch of pioneers who crossed the wormhole as cattle and horses—they still have enough rest time and the right to communicate and communicate with the earth without restriction.

In addition to the regular operations of posting social media and communicating with family and friends remotely, they can even play team games with players on Earth on the Asterisk.

And all of this is naturally to keep everyone in a good state of mind.

...

The fourth floor of Asterisk, the conference room of the Biological Research Center.

Mo Gu is hosting today's summary meeting.

"There is no obvious progress in deciphering the text, and we can't wait forever. In the past, we could still use names such as rodents, dinosaurs, and tigers to ambiguously describe the words. Now we are about to start an investigation of the entire Canglan Star ecology. The big picture of the system must be named with a formal academic name."

"According to the requirements of the Global Biological Sciences Conference, we will code and name the organisms of the Canglan Star according to the following rules - there is no need to remember this, Aita will display it on the display device in time, and we will master the Canglan Star text in the future. After the naming rules left by them, translation and fusion will be done."

"Well, you can take a look at these rules. Basically, it is mainly to compare the creatures on the earth, and then it is marked with the blue star's CL and the initials of the discoverers."

"As for the creatures that fuse and hybridize, they also follow this rule."

Mo Gu flipped through the documents as he spoke, and looked at the forty or so good people present with a smile: "Next, we will use mice to remotely reproduce and hybridize with rodent-like creatures. Guys in the experimental animal group, your chances will come soon." gone."

Hearing her words, everyone laughed together.

Now, with the method of gene sequencing, it has been confirmed that the gene of a certain mouse-like mammal is very similar to that of a mouse, so many people began to feel itchy - no matter how similar the genes are, no matter how similar the skills are, it will not be a problem, it is best It's sexual reproduction.

If there is no reproductive isolation, it will make a lot of money!

Of course, everyone knows in their hearts that this is basically a dream.

The main reason why they want to start this project is because...

Too many guinea pigs!

There were not many mice brought by the first detector, but under the careful care of Mogu and the others, this batch of mice grew rapidly, and the second batch brought enough experimental animals...

As a result... the current detectors and Xunxing No. 8 unmanned base, all kinds of experimental animals are quite overwhelmed.

Instead of suppressing it by humane destruction, it is better to do some experiments first. After all, you can't let go...

You know, no matter whether it is the detector, Xunxing No. 8, or this time, the Asterisk, they have all undergone strict aseptic treatment to prevent the bacteria from the earth from invading the blue sky as much as possible. star.

Of course, this time everyone will go to build a biological laboratory and set aside an observation area to observe the impact of the microorganisms on the earth on the blue star.

After Mo Gu announced a few more messages and assigned tomorrow's tasks, she announced the end of the meeting.

The interior layout of the Ask Star is the same as that of the Yaoyue, with comfort in mind from the design, and because of the increased volume of the Ask Star, if you don’t think about it, you won’t realize it. It's a spaceship that's moving away from Earth.

But as the Chief Scientist of Asterisk...

Mo Gu must always remind himself.

"Academician Mo, please go first."

In front of the elevator, a biologist from the UK invited her to take the elevator in a very gentlemanly manner.

"It's okay, sit down, everyone. I'm going to take a look at the cultivation base downstairs." Mo Gu waved his hand with a smile, and greeted several familiar colleagues before heading to the stairs beside him.

The third floor is a large indoor three-dimensional farm. At this time, many seedlings have sprouted and are growing vigorously under the sun lamp. These plants include lettuce, radishes, lettuce, and beets. Hmm... no food crops.

After all... no matter how big the asterisk is, the space is still limited. For food, it is better to bring it with you than to plant it.

In the farm, Mo Gu stayed for about an hour before walking along the passage to another gangway, and then down the gangway to the main control room.

Captain Zheng Guoqiang and several heads of the spacecraft control department have been waiting for a long time.

Mo Gu greeted everyone with a smile, and then returned to the conference table by remote control of her seat, and she also sat on it.

It has been five days since the launch, and they have to hold a shipping meeting every "evening" and arrange for the leader on duty at night.

"Is it my turn today?" Mo Gu smiled and looked at everyone.

Captain Zheng Guoqiang nodded: "If you have special circumstances, we can postpone it."

"That's not true." Mo Gu immediately shook his head: "It's too much to prescribe a small stove for me."

"Not too much, mainly because you are too busy." Captain Zheng Guoqiang said with a smile, and then looked at the others: "We said that we are in charge of the spacecraft, but in fact there are very few things we can do. It's not like you...you say yes no?"

The rest nodded their heads.

This is indeed true. If counted in terms of generations, although the Wenxing Star was born out of the Yaoyue, in terms of the control system, it is actually the third-generation spaceship.

And even the first-generation Yaoyue, in a sense, can be controlled by Aita, let alone the second-generation unmanned transport ship Xuntian.

Now the third-generation control system of Asterisk can only be more advanced.

The leaders on the spacecraft, such as the captain, the heads of the circuits, engines, and armed forces, really don't have much to do.

In contrast, Mo Gu, who is also in charge of scientific research, is too busy.

"Hehe, no way, you are only busy after you arrive at the Canglan Star." Mo Gu blinked—but she knew that after arriving at the Canglan Star, these non-professional scientific researchers would be the busiest. You may have to move the bricks yourself.

"Hahaha, okay then." Captain Zheng just mentioned it casually, then coughed lightly, and started today's regular meeting.

The content of the regular meeting, in addition to reporting the departments in charge and the status of the spacecraft, is also the psychological state-this is even the most important.

But now... Of course everything is normal.

...

"Then we will withdraw first." Captain Zheng Guoqiang stood up first: "Thank you, Academician Mo."

"No, no." Mo Gu said goodbye to everyone with a smile. After sending everyone out of the command cabin, she closed the hatch, then walked to the main control center, and called Aita.

"Aita, activate the guard system."

"The on-duty system has been activated. Hello, Mogu."

"Hi, Aita, call Xiaobai for me, and bring me a blanket."

"OK."

After Mo Gu gave the order, he lightly tapped the seat twice, and then the seat was put down automatically, turning into a rest mode.

She lay on the chair, adjusted the angle again, and continued to order: "What episode did I see in No Man's Sky?"

"Episode 8 of the third season, do you need to start the screencasting?"

"Well, come on."

"OK."

As Aita's voice fell, a light curtain began to cast in the air directly in front of her chair.

No Man's Sky is a space exploration sci-fi drama launched two years ago. It is particularly popular, and the plot follows the so-called "invincible style" - just by looking at the tone, you can tell that it is a domestic production.

At present, thinking about space exploration, in film and television works, foreign and domestic present two completely different styles. Foreign ones pay more attention to the exploration of human nature, thinking about environmental protection, and the awe of alien civilizations.

But in China, due to the widespread spread of Ye Ming's sentence "I think the civilization level of the earth is higher than that of Canglan Star", the style of domestic science fiction works is particularly grand, and it is always flat pushing the universe, and the surrender of all nations...so that, Some people jokingly call it "Invincible Flow", and say that it has no depth of thought.

But Mogu doesn't care, no matter how deep it is, it's better than human beings being wiped out by a mining truck from an alien civilization.

At this time, the cabin door opened, and her robot butler, Xiaobai, entered the control center with a blanket. Mogu covered the blanket and checked the time again—according to the earth time, it was already 10 o'clock in the evening.

"Xiaobai, make me a cup of coffee."

"OK."

Holding the coffee in his hand, Mo Gu took a sip and began to concentrate on watching the drama. But less than ten minutes later, the watch on her hand began to vibrate.

She glanced at it, then sat up.

"Ye Ming."

"Sister, did you disturb your rest?" Ye Ming's image appeared in the air, looking down on her.

"No, I'm on duty tonight and I don't go to bed until three o'clock."

"Oh, that was hard work."

In the picture, Ye Ming's scene should be in the office. Seeing this, Mo Gu smiled slightly: "Aren't you still in the office? Where's Xiao Qi?"

"She's at home. Um...sister, I have something to talk to you about. You're by my side...just you?"

Mo Gu was slightly taken aback, but she just hummed, then took out glasses and earphones from her pocket and put them on: "It's just me, I just used the control center to project the screen just now, and the glasses and earphones I use now, Tell me."

"Hmm..." In the screen, Ye Ming was silent for a few seconds, and then said softly, "It's like this, sister. The results of the SIRT8 gene experiment on the little white mouse... how about it?"

Mo Gu was startled again, his eyebrows furrowed inadvertently: "You know the result, it seems to be really effective at present."

——The subfamily test of the Sirtuins gene has always been carried out in secret. Currently, the authority level of its information is extremely high, but Ye Ming must know it.

In the past two or three months, Mogu followed Ye Ming's instructions and began to inject SIRT8 gene protein into mice. The result was observed by Mo Gu himself.

"Well, I know...I mainly want to ask, do you think this gene can effectively extend human life span?"

After saying this, Ye Ming closed his mouth and waited quietly for Mo Gu's answer.

Mo Gu opened his mouth and frowned deeply.

After a few seconds of silence, she said softly, "Why are you in such a hurry?"

"It's not that I'm in a hurry."

"Who is in a hurry? You can't stand the power or what?"

"No, it's money." Ye Ming closed his eyes and took a long breath.

"We are short of money and urgently need to fight local tyrants."

Mo Gu: "..."

...

Ye Ming hung up the call and glared at Director Niu who was sitting across from him.

Director Niu also shrugged at him.

But in the end, both of them let out a long breath at the same time.

"Rich people are willing to be guinea pigs. I don't think there is anything better than that." Director Niu looked at Ye Ming and joked with a smile.

"If you want to say that... I think I can accept it." Ye Ming sighed again: "Fortunately, it seems that the cost of making this protein into biological preparations should not be high."

"Well, I think so too."

"But... in any case, after it is determined to be safe and effective, it must be free for everyone." Ye Ming stared at Director Niu with a very serious expression: "Old Niu, this can't be done in the slightest." leeway."

"Don't worry, this is the premise." Director Niu nodded heavily.

He came here this time... and talked to Ye Ming for several days.

In addition to having certain expectations, it is more important to make Ye Ming realize one thing.

That is, of course the country will support him as always. But... Even a country has its moments when it can't do what it wants.

Due to the arbitrariness of the country in the field of space exploration, too much capital and wealth have been isolated from those great projects.

Where did that money come from? ?

Watch people order dishes.