Super Mothership

Lawrence did not know that he had become a glorious reserve team member, but this did not prevent him from experiencing the shock brought by the Cloud Research Institute to ordinary people up close.

All kinds of high-tech equipment and technologies that have been ahead of the earth for hundreds of years are like coming to the world of science fiction. Just looking at the list makes Lawrence feel that his heart is racing and his eyes are red.

The "Prometheus" project is just an idea of ​​Lawrence. He originally thought that it would take at least hundreds of years for earth technology to be realized, but right in front of Lawrence, the problems in the theory were solved one by one, of which 0% The above technical details are something Lawrence has never seen before.

However, with the amazing ability that the ghost captain has always shown, Lawrence can treat this with a normal heart, but another thing makes him unable to calm down.

That is, there are only sixteen scientists in this research institute!

Sixteen scientists, and it is said that there are three part-time new product testers, that is all the living people in the institute, and the rest are countless robot assistants.

This number can be said to be far lower than Lawrence and everyone imagined.

Even in the small laboratory he set up by himself, there are more than 30 assistants, not counting the odd jobs, while the Cloud Research Institute, which claims to be full of black technology and has numerous R\u0026D achievements, actually has only 16 people in total? !

Who can believe this? Isn't it possible to fully automate scientific research?

In the virtual world, Yu Lao and others all showed themselves as small robots and did not reveal their identities.

But through this period of communication in the "Prometheus" project, Lawrence could vaguely perceive that these people should be of the same type as himself.

They are very familiar with the scientific research environment on the earth, and have mature characters brought by their age. They are experienced, wise and erudite, and they are very stubborn and stubborn.

In the process of communicating with many top scientists, Lawrence will have such a familiar feeling.

But the difference is that they seem to have a youthful vigor in these characteristics, which makes Lawrence feel a little contradictory.

What shocked Lawrence even more was the "inhuman" ability that Yu Lao and others showed.

Proficient in many foreign languages! It is involved in all fields across disciplines, and the level is as high as several floors!

Quick thinking and quick response, the speed of mental arithmetic is completely incomprehensible!

The work efficiency is amazing, and the specific laboratory verification results are released in less than two hours for the plan proposed in the morning.

Bo Wen's strong knowledge has reached the point of incomprehension, and he is almost at ease with various theories and techniques. In a few words, he can say the conclusion that Lawrence needs to think for a long time to come to.

Even in his own professional field, in terms of theoretical level and scientific research skills, Lawrence was dismayed to find that he was crushed by everyone present in all directions.

You must know that among these people, only 5 are experts in the field of physics, and the rest are experts in the fields of chemistry, mathematics and even biology.

But he can't even compete with a biology man in his professional field!

He finally knew why a mere sixteen people could hold the title of the strongest scientific research institute.

When such a scientist appears, Lawrence will tell himself that there are always one or two unreasonable geniuses in the world, but there are sixteen such people all at once, no matter how stupid he is, he knows there must be something wrong. .

It is rumored that Captain Ghost's human enhancement technology is unparalleled in the world, and the Ghost Rider can even dodge bullets. Just looking at the abilities shown by these scientists, Lawrence knows that there is no reason for nothing.

However, when he had a small wealth and asked whether this kind of human enhancement could be exchanged,

In exchange, it was Yu Lao's meaningful "internal employee welfare"...

Lawrence is deeply envious of this employee benefit!

The strongest scientist, the strongest scientific research environment, and the strongest ghost captain as the backing...

"It's really a paradise for science..." Lawrence sighed in his heart as he watched the spacecraft gradually approaching the sun.

Recruiting people comes first, which is why Nie Yun arranged for Lawrence to participate in the plan. As long as he is a scientist who pursues the truth, he cannot be indifferent to a scientific research environment like the cloud.

"Dip! The spacecraft has arrived at the preset location!" At this time, the system's prompt sounded, interrupting Lawrence's thoughts.

The spaceship in the picture turns off the thrusters and slowly sails forward by inertia.

"Although the boss didn't come, it is a revolutionary galaxy-level project after all. The ribbon-cutting ceremony still needs to be continued. Mr. Lawrence, you are the theoretical proposer of the plan, so you can do it." Yu Lao made a request. Gesture Road.

A virtual operation panel immediately appeared in front of Lawrence, with a red handprint on it.

"No no, I just proposed the inspiration for the design, and I did not help much in the specific implementation process. This honor should belong to everyone here." Lawrence quickly declined.

To be honest, in the second half of the plan's execution, Lawrence felt that he could not keep up with the pace of Lao et al. His technical accumulation was still too weak.

The so-called talent first, Lawrence quickly put his posture right after he joined the team, and he came to learn.

"Hehe, inspiration is the most precious thing for science. I look forward to your providing more inspiration for the earth." Yu Lao smiled and reached out to invite again.

Lawrence saw the old insistence, so he put his hand on it a little embarrassedly.

"Dip! The 'Prometheus' system is officially launched!"

Then Lawrence saw the spaceship in the picture begin to unfold slowly.

First, the second half of the hull was opened, and the parallel thrusters suddenly split and disengaged in eight directions.

The interior of the spherical spaceship is filled with a thin and almost transparent film, and the thrusters spray tail flames, flying slowly in one direction, pulling the film behind it to slowly open.

The next picture is like opening a parachute, and the area of ​​the opened membrane is getting bigger and bigger.

0 square kilometers...00 square kilometers...10,000 square kilometers...00,000 square kilometers...

This huge membrane bulged slightly backwards under the action of the solar wind, eventually forming an umbrella with the center of the circle pointing towards the sun.

The remaining hemispherical hull of the spacecraft is hollow inside, like a hot air balloon's counterweight sandbag, which is firmly absorbed by the sun's huge gravitational force, offsetting the solar wind thrust on the film.

The eight sets of thrusters slowly closed after the final attitude adjustment to keep the entire system relatively stationary with the sun.

"Torch, the orbit deviation is 0.00%, the anchoring is complete!"

The Prometheus project was inspired by the Dyson sphere, but the Dyson sphere idea is not only too huge, but also has many difficulties.

For example, how do building materials withstand high temperatures? How to deal with the huge internal stress caused by the sun's gravity? How to transport energy?

Lawrence proposed a way to replace the solid material with a transparent solar film, and use a flexible film to avoid huge internal stress and reduce material consumption.

Solar thin-film technology is not new on earth. In 205, the photoelectric conversion efficiency of cadmium telluride thin-film solar cells in the laboratory reached 2.5%, which has long entered the practical stage. The development is even more rapid.

The unique parachute design references the solar sail theory.

As long as the film density and orbit are reasonable, the solar gravity and solar wind on the film will cancel each other out, keeping the orbit stable and avoiding stress tearing.

In addition, the specially designed light-transmitting film can add a thermal radiation reflective coating according to its own temperature tolerance, and adjust its own light transmittance to minimize the heat absorbed by itself.

After that, using the solar gravity, solar wind and revolution speed as parameters, Lawrence designed a stable orbit calculation formula to calculate the anchor orbit.

This is the smallest unit that steals fire in the "Prometheus" project - "torch"!