Urban Inventor

The world situation is in a mess, making Zhang Wei a little dumbfounded. This seems to be a butterfly effect caused by me?

In any case, the current world situation has had a certain impact on everyone and every company, Zhang Wei and Future Technology Company are no exception, especially the virtual world project of Future Technology Company, which has already been negotiated with most countries. These countries are now joining various federations, and they will definitely have to renegotiate when the time comes. However, Zhang Wei did not pay too much attention to these matters, because future technology companies have the ability to respond to any changes in the situation. In addition to continuing to work with the quantum computer research team to improve the performance of quantum computers, he is concerned about the situation of Starfleet.

On April 28, the fleet had entered the range of the asteroid belt. However, they were still about 0.63 astronomical units away from Ceres, the primary target of this operation, which is a distance of close to 94.2 million kilometers. By May 10, the fleet came to a place 800,000 kilometers away from Ceres.

Ceres is the smallest and only dwarf planet in the asteroid belt in the solar system. It was discovered by the Italian astronomer Piazzi and announced on January 1, 1801.

Scientists involved in the terraforming program chose Ceres as the primary target because it was the highest-quality target in the asteroid belt and, according to supercomputer simulations, FutureTech just had the ability to move it.

First of all, the mass of Ceres is large enough. It has a diameter of about 950 kilometers and a mass of about 9.43 billion tons. It is the most massive celestial body known in the asteroid belt, accounting for about one-third of the total mass of the asteroid belt.

Second, there is a lot of water inside Ceres. Its mantle layer contains a large amount of ice water material, there is a large amount of water-carrying minerals on the surface, and there is even a lot of liquid water. During the exploration of Ceres, the spacecraft of Future Technology Company found that the total amount of water is about 32.3 million cubic kilometers, which is 0.0238% of the water resources on the earth. These abundant water resources can well supplement the shortage of water resources on Mars.

These two reasons are enough to make Ceres the primary target. It can be said that after throwing Ceres on Mars, the first step of the Mars transformation plan is about one-third completed.

However, the plan is easy to formulate, and the actual implementation is far from as simple as imagined. After all, Ceres is a dwarf planet with a mass of 9.43 billion tons, and its "dignity" is not so easily violated! Little humans wanting to shake it seems more ridiculous than ants shaking a big tree to a certain extent!

However, human beings have the sharp weapon of "science", which can make the impossible possible! And the fact that human beings can reach Ceres with a weak body is the best proof!

"After forty minutes, start slowing down!"

At this time, Yang Rui gave the order.

In space, after a long period of accelerated navigation, it is often necessary to start decelerating at a distance of hundreds of thousands of kilometers or even millions of kilometers from the target, or else it will still maintain a relatively high speed when reaching the target location. The method of deceleration is also different from that of a car. The spaceship uses the method of reverse propulsion to decelerate. In addition, gravity can also be used reasonably to decelerate.

"receive."

All the spaceships sent feedback information to the spaceship where Yang Rui was.

At the same time, the spacecraft also sent information to the command center on the moon. But now the distance between the fleet and the moon has reached 1.8 astronomical units, about 269 million kilometers, which is 1.8 times the distance between the earth and the sun. It takes 15 minutes for the signal to be sent back to the moon! This is the disadvantage of traditional electromagnetic wave communication. The spacecraft is still in the solar system. It takes such a long time to transmit information, and it is easy to lose it! This actually leads to another problem. When the spacecraft is far away from the moon, the information transmission time is too long. If there is an emergency and you need to use weapons such as electromagnetic rail guns, it may be too late to apply for permission. Zhang Wei also considered this problem and set up the spacecraft so that when the information transmission time between the spacecraft and the moon exceeds 1 minute, the artificial intelligence on the spacecraft will judge whether to authorize. These artificial intelligences are actually copies of Beidou. To a certain extent, Beidou is still processing these permission applications.

However, this is only a temporary solution. At present, future technology companies are already researching quantum communication. Once successful, information can be transmitted instantly even if the distance is a thousand light-years away. This is the communication technology needed in the space age.

In the 32nd minute after the signal was launched, Yang Rui received a communication from the moon, which was a short blessing video recorded by Zhang Wei himself, "I wish everything goes well!"

Thirty-fifth minutes after the signal was sent, Yang Rui received another communication from the moon. It was a compressed package. After decompression, it turned out to be a series of folders. Each folder corresponds to a spaceship, and inside is the information on the corresponding spaceship. The latest photos of the astronauts' families, as well as their family's best wishes.

After seeing the photos of his family members, Yang Rui showed a touch of warmth on his face, and then ordered the artificial intelligence on the spacecraft to send the folder to the corresponding spacecraft.

Limited by the current communication technology and other reasons, it takes a lot of money to communicate with the moon after being far away from the moon. The farther the distance is, the higher the cost is. Not much, let alone connecting with family. Now that they have received blessings from their families, these astronauts are excited and motivated.

"Countdown: 10, 9, 8... 1... deceleration begins!"

Following Yang Rui's order, all the spaceships began to slow down and flew forward for a certain distance. The astronauts suddenly heard the warning sound of artificial intelligence.

"Warning! Warning! An asteroid is found ahead, with a diameter of about 43 meters and a distance of 230,000 kilometers!"

Under Yang Rui's arrangement, the asteroid was quickly destroyed, and the artificial intelligence on the spacecraft immediately reminded, "The meteorite has been shattered. After calculation, the remaining fragments cannot penetrate the energy shield and will not affect the safety of the spacecraft."

Two minutes after the asteroid was smashed, the fleet and some of the asteroid fragments collided head-on. The astronauts on the frontmost spaceships suddenly heard crackling sounds, and the spaceship also shook slightly. However, the astronauts They seemed very calm. They had experienced this kind of scene several times.

The crackling sound came and went quickly, and the spacecraft soon stabilized and continued to head towards Ceres.

An hour later, the speed of the fleet had dropped to 30 kilometers per second. About 11,000 kilometers away, a huge celestial body with pitted surfaces appeared in front of everyone. This is Ceres. Through the telescope, you can see a large number of cracks on the surface of the planet, you can see the rolling mountains, and you can even see the water vapor on it. These water vapors come from the darker areas on the surface of Ceres. caused by rapid heating.

"Ceres is now at a speed of 17.8 kilometers per second, and its orbital radius is 427 million kilometers. The speed is increasing slightly."

"Adjust the speed and direction of the spacecraft. All spacecraft must fly synchronously with Ceres at a distance of about 500 kilometers from Ceres, and maintain a relatively static state."

Yang Rui's steady voice sounded from every spaceship.

Not long after, Fleet Yang Rui said, "All spaceships, report the status."

"Spaceship No. 1 is in good condition. It is 503 kilometers away from Ceres. It is flying synchronously with Ceres and remains relatively static."

"Spaceship No. 2..."

...

All the spaceships reported their status, and the artificial intelligence on Yang Rui's spaceship summarized the reports and reported to Yang Rui, "Your Excellency Commander, all the spaceships are in good condition and have arrived at the predetermined position.

"Spaceship 601, Spaceship 602, Spaceship 603...Spaceship 616, start the first step of the plan. Land on Ceres, and install the nuclear fusion propulsion device at the calculated location! Astronauts are ready!"

Yang Rui spoke with piercing eyes.

At this moment, not only the astronauts on these 16 spacecraft, but all the astronauts in the fleet were a little nervous! Because, they are going to do an extremely crazy thing next, dragging an asteroid with a mass of 9.43 billion gigatons! If all goes well, the Mars transformation project will have a perfect start, and they will live forever! (To be continued.)