Infinite Life: Trapped in a lifetime

It stands to reason that after entering the period of explosive growth in productivity in the smart era,

Mo Dao should enter hibernation again and directly reach the peak of productivity in the intelligent era.

놙 is different from before,

Even if he hibernates again for twenty or thirty years, it actually doesn't mean much.

If there are no new breakthroughs in voyage-related technologies, and if it is not possible to move forward in the intelligent era and enter the next era,

Twenty years after he hibernated again, he still provided no more new help in achieving the goal of the voyage.

What he needs is newer and key technological breakthroughs based on existing technology.

Even in the age of intelligence, the wisdom of ancient strong men can provide some assistance to research.

But new, cross-generational technologies cannot be born out of thin air in a short time.

Perhaps after the smart era reaches its peak,

After a relatively long period of time, this world will still be able to slowly give birth to some further cross-era technologies related to long-distance voyages, pushing human civilization to new heights.

꺶Most of the time, technological breakthroughs are the accumulation of small breakthroughs, and finally a breakthrough is achieved.

The way Mo Dao led Qiusuo Research Institute on the road of scientific and technological development was an accident under certain conditions.

놙It’s too long to go on. Even if human hibernation is added, Mo Dao doesn’t have that much time.

놙It can shorten the birth time of some new, cross-era technologies related to long-distance voyages as much as possible.

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At present,

For Qiusuo Research Institute, and for Mo Dao,

In order to achieve a long voyage to Proxima Centauri, the most important issue is still the speed of the spacecraft.

Even the electric propulsion system of the previous peak era has been born here,

But in terms of the distance that needs to be covered, the ultimate speed that the current electric propulsion engine can push a 꺶-shaped spacecraft to is still comparable to a turtle speed.

The farthest distance that the Starship arrived at was more than eight 꽭뀗 units.

After conversion, it is approximately 0.013 light-years. Compared with the total flight distance of 3.43 light-years to Proxima Centauri, it can be said that it is scratched the surface.

Consider the time required to build a cross-era voyage spacecraft and the time required for technical research.

If Mo Dao wants to achieve the goal of a long voyage to Proxima Centauri, it is best to control the entire voyage within fifty years.

Then consider the relatively long time it may take for the spacecraft to accelerate and decelerate.

The peak speed of this long-distance spacecraft may require 8/8 of the speed of light.

There is no need to consider how to implement such a propulsion system first.

Even this advancement speed itself will bring countless new problems.

At such an exaggerated speed, the corresponding effects have become quite obvious.

How to ensure the safety of the long-distance spacecraft itself at such a speed is a problem.

At this speed, it is basically impossible for the spacecraft to make any maneuvers.

Although the spacecraft is flying straight towards Proxima Centauri, depending on how empty the universe is, it may not hit anything.

But this is equivalent to running at eight-tenths the speed of light with your eyes closed.

Risks remain for decades to come.

Even if it is a tiny meteorite, if it has a relative speed of eight-tenths and comes into close contact with the spacecraft, we can't believe what will happen.

This puts forward higher requirements for the long-distance detection system of the spacecraft.

It is necessary to collect data from a long-range detection system at a sufficiently far distance in the universe to complete the spacecraft's path planning in advance.

It would even be better to have a straight route from the solar system to Proxima Centauri to reduce any changes in direction and additions and subtractions during the voyage.

And then back to the implementation of the system itself,

Even in this era, a truly massless engine still does not exist.

Now the Institute's most advanced electric propulsion system still requires external projectiles when accelerating and decelerating the spacecraft in the universe.

If you want to accelerate a long-distance spaceship to eight-eighths of the speed of light in a relatively short period of time,

How much matter needs to be consumed during the entire acceleration process... These matter also need to be carried on the spacecraft, and they also have mass.

It can be said,

놙If you want to go deeper, this is still a quite complicated issue even for Mo Dao.

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61 years,

After the previous peak electric propulsion engine was realized,

Mo Dao has not stopped researching electric propulsion engines.

놙 is leading the relevant research team of Qiusuo Research Institute,

We are making newer attempts at making breakthroughs in electric propulsion engines.

It has been 65 years,

The Qiusuo Research Institute was born with the room temperature-6 electric propulsion engine.

Compared with the previous electric propulsion engine, the propulsion speed and load-carrying capacity of a single electric propulsion engine are increased by about ten percent.

The mass consumption ratio at the same propulsion speed also needs to be optimized to a certain extent.

for,

For researchers in related fields at Qiusuo Research Institute, this is already a huge breakthrough.

놙But for Mo Dao, this increase in propulsion speed is still a drop in the bucket.

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In addition, while presiding over the research of more powerful electric propulsion engines,

Mo Dao also did not give up some research in other equally key areas.

Beyond the propulsion speed,

If you want to realize a long voyage, the next problem is energy.

This is a problem tied to electric propulsion systems.

A powerful electric propulsion system will inevitably require more powerful energy to support it.

When it is necessary to avoid multiple accelerations and decelerations during navigation,

It was also difficult to replenish energy supplies during the entire voyage.

For most of human production activities at this moment,

Helium 3 reactors are more than enough,

But on this spacecraft that wants to achieve long-distance voyages in a relatively short time,

The energy density of helium-3 reactors may still be insufficient.

So,

It is inevitable that Mo Dao and Qiusuo Research Institute will make another breakthrough in energy technology.

For example, come up with the next generation of nuclear fusion technology,

For example, heavy nuclear fusion.

Yes, higher energy density also requires more harsh reaction conditions.

Even if Mo Dao personally participated,

Even though Mo Dao's thinking ability is getting stronger every time, he is getting stronger every time.

At this moment, it is difficult to compare how exaggerated 누깊 is.

Qiusuo Research Institute's related field team is still making slow progress in research on this third-generation nuclear fusion technology.

Unlike when Mo Dao first realized deuterium and tritium fusion, there was at least some research basis.

From the second-generation helium-3 fusion to the third-generation heavy-nuclear fusion technology, there is still a slight gap in the gap.

There may be many prerequisite technologies, or prerequisites, and material requirements that have been met.

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Of course, although further technical research is slow, it does not affect the technology that has already been born. The strong wisdom and ancient intelligence continue to promote the implementation of the previous plans for the extraterrestrial solar system by the Research Institute.

65 years,

Amid snowballing productivity growth,

The equipment required for the construction of Triton’s 꺲yezhong뀞, which is the farthest from the earth,

The main force of supply began to shift from the lunar surface industry to the Mars-circulating industry cluster.

Under Suigu's influence, the Mars industry cluster has been built to a considerable scale.

Relying on the resources of Mars, the asteroid belt, and other surrounding planets,

The Mars industrial cluster has begun to be able to complete the independent construction of some intelligent industrial equipment.

and then transport it to Triton.