A big country of aerospace with black technology

After the Star Port was put into use, the pace of Dragon Kingdom and the entire human civilization towards the starry sky has been accelerated countless times.

However, later generations believe that it truly laid the key to the advancement of human civilization into an interstellar civilization.

Or it lies in the completion of the interstellar electromagnetic acceleration pipeline.

A pipe with a diameter of 280 meters can carry a very large interstellar spacecraft.

An acceleration pipe with a length of 100 kilometers can accelerate the spacecraft to 15% of the speed of light.

Relying on space elevators and electromagnetic acceleration devices, humans have finally begun to launch locust-like colonization activities towards the major planets in the solar system.

Since ancient times, the distance limit of rule has often been no more than one month's journey from the capital to the frontier.

Beyond this range, the cost of governance will rise indefinitely.

This is also the reason why the scope of rule of the feudal empire will not expand indefinitely.

Only in modern times and after the development of radio communication technology did the ruling category be broken by this law.

After entering the interstellar era, human bases on Mars, Ganymede, and Titan are also subject to such restrictions to a certain extent.

Mars is slightly closer to the earth, but real-time communication is no longer possible.

There is a delay of over 4 minutes between the two.

But if you tolerate it a little, you can still accept it.

Even people on Earth and Mars can barely communicate via video.

If you can tolerate four minutes of interstellar lag.

But in the orbit of Saturn, which is the farthest from the earth, even this is impossible.

Even electromagnetic waves take 79 minutes to travel from the earth.

"Nebula, this is the first time you have left the Titan 6 research station since you were born. How do you feel?"

On the interstellar spacecraft heading from Titan to the Earth, a gentle female voice sounded next to a girl with big eyes.

Nebula's figure is much slender than the humans who have lived on Earth since childhood.

Thanks to Titan's lower gravity, the nebula's static height reaches 195 centimeters.

In space, it is even closer to 2 meters.

"It feels good. There are not so many orange-red chemical clouds, and you can clearly see all kinds of stars."

Nebula's soft voice slowly expressed her inner joy.

The living environment of Titan is not good, even in the interstellar era when technological levels are making great strides.

Human beings also need to resort to a variety of high-tech equipment.

Only then can it survive in its atmospheric environment with a nitrogen content of 98.4%.

"This quarterly report of the Society for Life in the Extrasolar System is a rare opportunity for us."

Nebula nodded slightly, still staring at the beautiful Milky Way outside the porthole.

On Titan, it is impossible to see these beauties with the naked eye.

She was greedy for every minute of her time.

A weak current flashed through the long silicon crystal hair on the back of Nebula's head that emitted a light blue shimmer.

The prosthetic eye implanted under the skin of Nebula's orbit spontaneously activated, shutting down her eye nerve connection.

"We are about to arrive at the central star port. Let's rest for a while."

Having lost her beloved beauty, Nebula showed some emotional fluctuations for the first time and said coquettishly:

"Mother, you have directly interfered with the operation of my system."

Although there has been no major breakthrough in physics, the speed of human beings in the solar system still does not exceed 15% of the speed of light.

However, great progress has been made in artificial intelligence and biology.

Artificial intelligence that is truly comparable to human thinking logic is no longer just an imagination in science fiction works.

But it really appeared in reality.

Of course, due to various considerations, this type of artificial intelligence has been classified as a Category 1 control by the Earth Federation, which has entered the interstellar era.

But another similar type of artificial intelligence has a much lower level of control.

That is digital life.

Many human beings before their death live in the online world after undergoing digital transformation.

Life in the online world, in the opinion of many people, is far better than the physical world.

After all, after entering the online world, all kinds of original biological needs will disappear directly.

And the extremely developed entertainment industry can satisfy their spiritual needs.

However, everything has advantages and disadvantages.

Digital people cannot enjoy many rights in the real world.

However, because of this, they do not have to bear many obligations in the material world.

Even when human digital technology was just released, there were cases where people in some chaotic areas took the initiative to end their lives.

Participate in large-scale group events in the online world.

For these people who have experienced war, illness, and famine, living in the material world is more about experiencing pain.

But Xingyun's mother is different from these people.

As one of the first biologists to land on Titan, she enjoys extremely high material and spiritual benefits.

According to the normal trajectory, she will have a very bright life.

Unfortunately, during an exploration of the liquid methane ocean, her protective suit was accidentally damaged.

Although the accompanying medical spacecraft saved her life in time.

But direct exposure to Titan's surface environment, which is more than 100 degrees below zero, still caused huge damage to her body.

The advanced automated surgical instrument only saved her brain.

Afterwards, she took the initiative to apply for digitalization.

"Exiting the light speed state will be a bit uncomfortable, and you need to endure it for a while."

Xingyun's mother said softly in her ear.

It takes nearly an hour to accelerate from rest to the speed of light.

It takes longer to decelerate from the speed of light to a stationary state, nearly three days.

This is also due to economic considerations of interstellar navigation.

A few days pass in the blink of an eye.

The faint blue ion thruster slowly dimmed.

The welcome sound from the large star port of the Moon Palace slowly sounded inside the spacecraft.

"Welcome everyone back to the Earth-Moon System, and the Moon Palace welcomes you home!"

Most of the people on this spacecraft come from the outer solar system.

That is, the vast starry sky beyond the asteroid belt.

Living in a low-gravity space environment or on the surface of an asteroid all year round.

Therefore, they cannot return to Earth immediately.

Instead, you must stay on the moon for a period of time to improve your physical fitness to a certain level.

Only then can we take the Earth-Moon system shuttle and return to the current Earth.

"Nebula, look!"

Suddenly, my mother's usually gentle voice became unusually excited.

"That's the Space Pioneer Monument!"

All I saw was a six-sided monument that was pitch black and didn't seem to reflect any starlight.

Flying quietly around the moon.

“Since Gagarin entered space in the 20th century, all the names that have made outstanding contributions to space exploration have been engraved on this monument!”

For humans in the 22nd century, material needs have been greatly satisfied after technological advancement.

People are turning more and more to spiritual pursuits.

And honor is undoubtedly the aspect that people value most.

It has always been Nebula's mother's wish to have her name engraved on the space pioneer monument.

It's a pity that she lost her body in the material world due to an accident, and also lost the opportunity to be engraved on a monument.

Nebula's watery eyes stared out the window at the monument that was much higher than the spaceship.

"I heard that it was once an asteroid. Is that true?"

Nebula looked at the monument that was as big as Mount Everest and couldn't help but murmur.

"Yes, that was in the last generation, when we just started large-scale construction on the moon."

"It was originally an asteroid that passed by the Earth, but it tilted for unknown reasons and might hit the Earth."

"Then it was blasted to smithereens by the asteroid defense system."

"After that, Zhang Xingyang, a legendary scientist at the time, proposed to place a monument in space."

"To commemorate the people who have made significant contributions and sacrifices to the space industry over the past hundreds of years!"

The monument itself barely reflects any light, but the names engraved on it shine brightly under the stars.

At the front of the monument is engraved an ancient man named Wanhu who lived hundreds of years ago.

In 1390, he wanted to fly into space through homemade rockets and kites.

What follows is a row of names that are often encountered in textbooks.

Rows of names represent countless people who have made efforts for the aerospace industry and space exploration.

At the top of the monument is a red flag made with the latest technology.

Even in a vacuum environment, it still does not show any fading.

From the azure home of life to the gray-white moon palace.

Then to the red storm that blows from time to time, and continues to Pluto, where even the sun's light is dim.

The red flag is always there! (End of chapter)