Number One Player

From his standing position, he could just see the starry sky outside the window.

The stars, large and small, seemed to be embedded in the deep night, like bright diamonds and twinkling lights.

Seeing this scene, Lu Yanchi couldn't help but laugh. There was a familiar saying in this era that echoed in his ears.

And he followed the echo and read this sentence:

"Our journey is the sea of ​​stars."

is not that right?

On the road to the sea of ​​stars, the biggest limitation is always energy.

At present, the rocket energy used by humans for aerospace launches mainly uses liquid or solid propellant, which is the so-called chemical propulsion.

However, the energy density of chemical propellants is low, so the propulsion system needs to carry a large amount of propellant to meet the launch needs. Judging from the mass of the entire rocket, generally the propellant carried by the rocket accounts for more than 90% of the total mass, while the mass of the payload only accounts for 1% to 1.5%. This results in the high cost of launching modern chemical propulsion rockets and the long mission preparation period.

Similarly, because the energy density of chemical propellants is low, the jet speed of chemical propellant rockets is close to the limit. The specific impulse is generally between 200s and 500s. A 2-stage or 3-stage rocket must be continuously accelerated to send the payload into orbit. The deep space interstellar exploration missions envisioned by humans in the future require rockets with a specific impulse of 10,000s-3,000,000s, which will greatly exceed the performance limit of existing chemical propulsion. [Note]

In other words, using ancient chemical propulsion, spaceflight is very costly and inefficient, and it cannot leave the solar system.

Today, this limitation seems to be on the way to being resolved.

Lu Yanchi couldn't help but pick up the draft on the table.

——The energy revolution is right before our eyes!

——The sea of ​​stars is right in front of you!

-------------

The conflict between new energy and old energy has always been a conflict point of the times.

Everyone knows that old energy—especially coal, oil, natural gas and other energy sources—is non-renewable and causes serious environmental pollution.

However, the technology for the development and utilization of old energy is very mature, has a high degree of public recognition, and has accumulated sufficient experience in dealing with related issues over time.

More importantly, entrenched on old energy is a huge, exaggerated, and nearly indestructible interest group.

Just take oil as an example.

In 2013, the global investment in oil and gas exploration and development reached US$642.145 billion. In 2016, the global average oil consumption reached 96.55 million barrels/day. The number of people in the world who rely on oil and oil-related industries for their lives has exceeded 1 billion. [Note]

If you include surrounding industries, such as the automobile industry, aviation industry, aerospace industry, plastics industry, etc., then the number of people and amount of money involved will become even more exaggerated.

It is no exaggeration to say that the entire post-industrial revolution world can be said to be half built on oil.

The oligarchs who are entrenched in the oil industry control everything in the world by controlling oil.

From the initial single-digit prices, oil prices have successfully risen to triple-digit prices after experiencing the first oil crisis, the second oil crisis, and so on. That dark liquid almost symbolizes gold - no, it is a wealth more precious than gold.

People say that the replacement of old and new energy sources will be a long-term process.

In this destined "very long-term process", the controllers of old energy also have sufficient time to make use of existing resources for layout.

Encroaching and advancing bit by bit will ensure that in the future era of new energy, they can still be the best among people and still control huge power.

Therefore, they pay close attention to every information about new energy.

It can even be said that it pays closer attention than all environmentalists and all owners of the new energy industry itself.

The so-called person who knows you best is often your enemy, which can probably be used in this scenario.

Therefore, when this paper co-signed by the Ernest International Joint Research Institute where Lu Yanchi and Ni Qingzhou are located, is about the application of new energy sources such as spiritual stones and evolutionary factors, "A Preliminary Analysis of the Energy Application of Evolution Factors" 》, just published to

When it was posted on the arxiv website, it attracted their attention.

"What is this?" A well-maintained hand gently picked up the thesis manuscript on the table in front of him.

The hands are slender and delicate, the nails are extremely delicately manicured, and there is no trace of calluses between the fingers. The low-key and luxurious mechanical watch is buckled on the wrist. It is obvious that the nobility and elegance of the owner of these hands can be glimpsed.

"We recently monitored a paper from the arxiv website," the person sitting opposite the owner of the hands reported immediately. "Our experts believe that this represents a very dangerous direction."

This article is actually quite shallow in writing. Many key experimental data are not displayed. The focus is only on explaining some staged results.

Compared with the actual ideas Lu Yanchi gained from his [Eureka] ability, this article was just a castrated version after major surgery, but it still attracted the attention of old energy oligarchs and all people who pay attention to new energy trends. 's attention.

Search【Look

Book Assistant] Official address: www.kanshuzhushou.com Read millions of popular books for free without advertising for life!