Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

That night.

China News Service also issued another announcement.

I responded to some above. At this moment, many people have many questions about the realization of helium-3 fusion.

In particular, regarding the popularization of helium-3 fusion.

Although the technology of helium-3 fusion reactor has been realized in demonstration reactors,

But it will not be as popular and replace the original energy production method as quickly as the previous deuterium and tritium commercial reactors.

In the previous deuterium and tritium fusion, the electricity cost itself was already very low, and there was no urgency to upgrade immediately.

After communicating with Mo Dao from above,

The plan for this, basically.

The original deuterium and tritium commercial reactors that have not yet reached their designed working life will continue to work.

After that, newly built commercial reactors, as well as commercial reactors that have expired and no longer work,

When it is rebuilt, it will be mainly based on helium-3 fusion and supplemented by deuterium-tritium commercial reactors.

Step by step, in accordance with current electricity and energy needs, the upgrade from deuterium-tritium fusion to helium-3 fusion will be completed.

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In fact, the successful ignition of the helium-3 fusion demonstration reactor,

For most people, there will be no immediate effects.

After all, at this moment, just like in the last life, most people’s direct electricity consumption is within the monthly free quota that has been mentioned again and again.

Even if the cost of electricity is lower, it will have no impact on them.

There will be an impact on the electricity cost of industrial manufacturing, but it will not be reflected in the short term.

But for Mo Dao and Qiusuo Research Institute,

One thing will change significantly after the helium 3 fusion demonstration reactor is realized.

Due to the demand for helium 3 resources in the helium 3 fusion demonstration reactor,

The moon is currently the closest source of helium 3 that humans can reach.

Even if it is just for mining, the moon is destined to become more prosperous in the future.

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In addition, although there is no need to directly replace all deuterium-tritium commercial reactors with helium-3 fusion reactors on the ground,

But helium-3 reactors have an advantage that deuterium-tritium reactors cannot match.

After adopting room temperature superconducting materials, reducing the supporting equipment of the core coil, optimizing the original steam generator set, and changing the power generation method,

The volume of a single helium-3 reactor is much smaller than the smallest deuterium-tritium reactor.

At the same time, the energy density is much higher than that of a deuterium-tritium reactor, which means that a helium-3 reactor can produce more energy with less material.

This is not so obvious on the ground.

In another place, in space, it would be very valuable.

“I want to install a helium-3 reactor on the Di-Moon 2 spacecraft, or build a new Di-Moon 2 spacecraft, and replace the originally designed spacecraft energy system with a helium-3 reactor.”

Mo Dao never thought about using chemical rockets to achieve long distances.

I have never thought about relying on more developed energy storage batteries to supply electrical energy to a long-distance spacecraft.

June 1951.

In the Qiusuo Research Institute, not long after the celebration banquet for the successful helium 3 demonstration reactor ended,

Mo Dao held another meeting involving core researchers in related fields.

A new plan was announced.

From a time point of view, it is a bit dense and non-stop, with one big plan followed by another.

There is a constant sense of urgency that can be felt throughout the Search Institute.

From the ground to the moon, the sense of urgency from deuterium-tritium fusion to helium-3 fusion has never disappeared.

This was influenced by Mo Dao, the founder of the Research Institute, which can also be said to be the spiritual pillar.

Even at this moment, the achievements of the Research Institute are already exaggerated for any other scientific research organization in the world.

Looking through the history of scientific research, we can never find another existence like the Research Institute.

But Mo Dao never seemed satisfied with this,

All the core researchers can basically feel it, also because Mo Dao has never concealed this.

For a group of core researchers,

The achievements that have been made seem to have lost their value to Commander Mo.

He always wants to see something new.

And the interests that ordinary people think of don't seem to have much value here.

Qiusuo Research Institute has developed to this day, especially in the aerospace field. In the eyes of many ordinary people, it is unreasonable.

However, it is probably the special Mo Dao that has shaped this special Quest Research Institute at this moment.

As for Mo Dao,

The time left in his life is indeed running out.

This year, he is 57 years old.

Even if he no longer retires at the age of sixty in this life,

But as he grows older, the energy he can devote to research will inevitably decline.

The real time left for him must be much shorter than the time he can see if he concentrates.

And within ten or twenty years,

In a really difficult study, it's really not that valuable.

He could almost predict it,

In this life, it is no longer possible for him to achieve his goal of reaching Proxima Centauri.

Even if there is a spaceship that can travel far away now, there is no way to carry him to his destination before his life reaches its end.

In this life, for Mo Dao, the only time left is to go as far as possible.

As Mo Dao has never concealed in this life,

In this world destined to come back again, there were very few things of value to him.

What he can take away from this world are only some scenery he has never seen before and life he has never experienced.

"Besides that, I hope to implement the Suigu Plan on the moon."

Mo Dao did not discuss with the core researchers, but just announced the decision.

The core researchers did not have any opinions.

The researchers gathered here at this moment all have a common wish - to sail far away.

At this moment, the Qiusuo Research Institute almost represents the direction of human technology.

Starting from Mo Dao, sailing far away is almost the long-cherished wish of the Qiusuo Research Institute from top to bottom.

Everyone knows that everything they are doing now, improving basic technology, developing energy technology, and even leading the whole world into a new era, laying the foundation for more developed productivity,

are all for the ultimate voyage.

And when the Qiusuo Research Institute achieves the voyage, it not only means that Mo Dao's wish has been realized,

it also means that human civilization on Earth has truly become an interstellar civilization from now on.

During the meeting,

the core researchers in various disciplines and fields made some preliminary discussions on the direction given by Mo Dao.

Mo Dao also participated in it, sketching the main outlines of the two plans, and splitting some more detailed work to the research teams in various fields to complete.

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In 1951,

After the realization of helium-3 fusion,

Mo Dao told the researchers of the Qiusuo Institute about the three stages of achieving the final voyage.

It began to move towards the full realization of the first stage.

That is, to achieve sufficient development of the moon and complete preliminary exploration of most other celestial bodies in the solar system.

From September 1951 to June of the following year.

A spacecraft named Yinghuo departed from the near-Earth space platform and went to Mars to launch a Martian surface base.

A spacecraft named Taibai also departed from the near-Earth space platform and went to Venus to launch a semi-permanent base.

A spacecraft named Boya went to Mercury...

At the same time, there were several smaller spacecraft that went to explore the satellites of several gas planets.

Based on the development of the moon, human interstellar exploration, or the interstellar exploration of the Qiusuo Institute, has blossomed everywhere.