From University Lecturer to Chief Academician

After the spacecraft completed its mission of launching satellites, it began to accelerate away from the Earth-Moon system and entered the boundless space of the universe.

The spacecraft first flew out of the boundary of the earth's magnetosphere and was completely separated from the protection of the earth's magnetic field. It then continued to accelerate and flew 300,000 kilometers, completely leaving the earth-moon system behind.

At this point, the spacecraft officially flies out of the Earth-Moon system.

As the spacecraft accelerates to Jupiter, it will also maintain communication with the ground console. Information will be sent every twenty minutes on average. The communication delay was not high at first, but later the delay became higher and higher.

The ground console will also combine communication information data and delay time to determine the distance and position of the spacecraft.

First Media continues to pay attention to the voyage plan, and will use text to report the movements of the spacecraft every hour, so that everyone can understand the situation of the spacecraft.

After completing the mission of launching the satellite, the SpaceX spacecraft maintained a stable acceleration of about 10 meters per second for about twelve hours, then paused the acceleration to maintain stability. After confirming that it could adapt to the speed of 400 kilometers per second, it continued Speed ​​forward.

10 meters per second is the most stable acceleration.

The gravitational field in the spacecraft cabin can offset the impact of acceleration to a certain extent, allowing the interior of the spacecraft to simulate a gravitational environment similar to that on the ground. However, in fact, the simulation is not 100% accurate.

The main difference is that spacecraft acceleration is a unilateral force, while gravity is a force that penetrates all directions at the microscopic level. The two cannot be completely offset. Continued acceleration will still cause some discomfort. All technology can do is minimize the discomfort. .

The boarding personnel have been trained for a month, and most of them can adapt to it. At most, they will become much more comfortable just lying on the bed, but some people still react very badly.

Among them, one of the strongest responders was Professor Hua Guojian of the Academy of Sciences, and the other was Paul Phil-Jones.

Hua Guojian didn't respond at first. He felt that he could adapt to it completely, but after only an hour, he began to vomit uncomfortably. His whole body felt very uncomfortable, so he could only lie on the bed and close his eyes to rest.

Paul Phil-Jones' reaction was even more intense. The most important thing was that he not only vomited, but also yelled in fear, which directly affected other people. The only doctor on the spacecraft became Paul's nanny on the first day. Fortunately He has two assistants——

Ding Zhiqiang and Korot James.

It was impossible for Ding Zhiqiang to ignore Paul, and Corot James had a look of disgust on his face. In fact, he was still worried about Paul. The spaceship was not just going for one day, but had to continue sailing for more than a month. The first day was this Reaction, follow-up…

I dare not think about it!

"Paul won't die on the ship, right?" James said in an evasive tone that didn't understand anything at all. "You really shouldn't have let him come. Looking at his training performance, I think you should be the chief consultant. It would be better for him to stay on earth. Good, good for him, and good for the rest of us.”

"I knew this was the case..."

Ding Zhiqiang shook his head depressedly, "But it's too late to regret it. I don't know how he qualified. I think the instructor let it slip, but he is indeed very important."

"Don't worry, it won't take more than a day to accelerate. Just stabilize the speed tomorrow."

James pursed his lips hard and said, "And slow down."

"Decelerating is much better, there is no feeling." Ding Zhiqiang shook his head and said, "But according to those testers, it is almost the same as the ground when decelerating."

"The main reason is because the ground of the cabin and the engine nozzle are in the same direction. Someone on the R\u0026D side suggested making a rotating cabin. No matter whether it is accelerating or decelerating, the ground of the cabin is always in the opposite direction to the nozzle. In this way, the acceleration is also Only by not feeling can we completely simulate the ground environment.”

"This design idea... is too high-end." James smiled bitterly. From the moment he came to the Tianjin Aerospace Base, he has been sighing at the high-end technology, high-end equipment, unimaginable interior of the spacecraft, etc.

Now that he has heard more high-end design ideas, he feels that his life has been a failure. He served as the person in charge of the Groom Lake Project, and ended up researching obsolete technologies.

He shook his head and discussed with Ding Zhiqiang, "Do you have any other ideas? I mean to make the cabin feel more comfortable without using a rotating cabin design."

"Do you have any good ideas?" Ding Zhiqiang really has never thought about this problem, and he is not professional in designing spacecraft.

James shrugged, "Maybe high acceleration? By strengthening the gravitational field in this way, you can control rapid acceleration in weightlessness. Now the acceleration lasts for more than ten hours. If it can be controlled within half an hour, weightlessness will not matter."

Ding Zhiqiang rolled his eyes, "Think about it for yourself, how high-end technology is required for this method?"

"Ultra-high acceleration and ultra-high gravitational field strength, I think it can be achieved, but it will take at least a few years."

He said and shook his head helplessly.

"several years……"

James opened his mouth in shock. He just said an idea casually, but when it came to Ding Zhiqiang's mouth, it turned into 'wait a few years', "Does it only take a few years?"

"How long do you think it will take?" Ding Zhiqiang knew why James was surprised, and he also felt a little proud in his heart. He continued, "Think about it, how long did the spacecraft last? It's just a technical improvement, power enhancement, technology improvement, just That’s all.”

"If we build the next spaceship, I believe this problem will be solved!"

His words were full of determination, and the most important thing was his trust in Wang Hao.

Ding Zhiqiang felt that Wang Hao was omnipotent, and they had already adapted to omnipotent research and development.

Technology improvement?

So what's the big deal?

Even if it is the development of a new technology, it is not a big deal. How many new technologies have appeared in recent years?

Annihilation technology is now in a period of vigorous development, and any relevant new technology that emerges is within the scope of acceptance.

Ding Zhiqiang believes that he will no longer be shocked by any technology or any discovery.

…

The spacecraft finally accelerated to 800 kilometers per second before stabilizing its speed and maintaining a constant speed.

Compared to the speed of light, 800 kilometers per second is nothing, but it is enough to travel within the eight planets of the solar system.

The current distance from the Earth to Jupiter is about 680 million kilometers, and it only takes ten days to reach Jupiter at 800 kilometers per second.

The reason why acceleration is not continued is because the spacecraft's protective capabilities are still limited. The most likely impact is collisions in the universe. Humanity's understanding of the universe is still quite limited. There may be dangers during the voyage. .

According to the electronic system control settings of the spacecraft, the maximum speed cannot exceed 1,000 kilometers per second.

This is also for the protection of the spacecraft.

…

The spacecraft's journey to Jupiter continues to attract international public attention. The spacecraft is already hundreds of millions of kilometers away from the earth, and the transmission of information has become very late, and it has not been able to suppress the boiling public opinion.

Many people are concerned about when the spacecraft will arrive at Jupiter and when the exploration of Europa will officially begin.

Public opinion will also discuss what will be discovered on Europa, what will be discovered after the spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, and so on.

When everyone is paying attention to the spacecraft, other news information receives less attention.

Take, for example, the sinking of a cargo ship near the port of Naples.

In the week after the cargo ship sank, the location of the sunken ship continued to attract attention. Later, a salvage ship successfully raised the cargo ship, and found that the bottom of the cargo ship seemed to have been subjected to a high-heat reaction, and the metal layer even fractured like melting.

This left the incident investigation team puzzled. They continued to conduct investigations with no results. In the end, it could only be attributed to the quality of the cargo ship. Subsequently, there was a dispute over the compensation issue.

The investigation team believed that the problem was with the quality of the cargo ship, but the cargo ship manufacturer did not think so. Insurance compensation was also involved, so an additional insurance company was involved.

The three parties also directly went to court, and there will definitely be a long-term dispute in the future.

In fact, it is difficult for the investigation team to find that the annihilation force field of the strong S-wave thin layer is not strong enough to cause an upgrading reaction of elements. When the material on the bottom of the cargo ship comes into contact with the strong S-wave thin layer, a large number of atoms instantly detach from their electron layers. Enters a semi-ionized state.

At this time, if the bottom of the cargo ship is subjected to strong pressure, it may naturally break.

After a period of time, no more bubbles were found on the sea surface, and the news stopped receiving attention.

But the impact is still there. The nearby sea area has been temporarily defined as "risky", and the ships traveling there will try to take detours as much as possible. However, there are still ships that don't care because the bubble coverage area on the water surface is very small, only a distance of more than 20 meters. , in the vast sea, more than 20 meters is too small, and it is very difficult to encounter it intentionally.

Under this background, Wang Qiang felt that an opportunity had come, and he immediately wrote a report and applied for a new experiment.

Wang Hao cannot return to the Qiang S-wave base to participate in the experiment. He still has to stay at the Tianhang base. Even if he does nothing, he can play a role in stabilizing the morale of the military as long as he is in the base.

He can only stay at the SpaceX base until the SpaceX spacecraft returns to Earth.

In fact, Wang Hao is also a little worried. The spacecraft's journey to Jupiter may also be risky. He does not have the ability to predict and can only ensure that there are no problems at the technical level within the known range.

He cares about the location of the spacecraft every day and pays attention to the communication content at all times.

However, compared to before the spacecraft took off, work had indeed become very leisurely. Apart from caring about the spacecraft, he had nothing to do, so he had great energy to check the experimental matters submitted by Wang Qiang.

"Another experiment, continue to inject energy..."

"Use high temperature shock?"

"this……"

Wang Hao also hesitated when looking at the contents of the experiment. They had previously used energy injection to make the black ball exist for a longer period of time, but the longest did not exceed thirty seconds.

The black ball's existence time seems to be not directly proportional to the intensity of the injected energy.

To put it simply, if a certain energy intensity is injected, the black ball's existence time will be increased by a few seconds. If the injected energy intensity is increased ten times, the black ball's existence time will not increase by tens of seconds, but only increase by twenty or ten seconds. Maybe even less.

It's as if the black ball's existence time has an upper limit, and increasing the amount of energy injected can only keep approaching the upper limit.

"So, where does the energy go?"

The answer to this question must be found.

Therefore, the new experiment proposed by Wang Qiang wants to use high-energy impact to observe whether there will be new discoveries.

While conducting experiments, they will also have people take a boat to the waters near the sinking of the cargo ship to do sampling and testing.

The people responsible for testing and sampling did not know what they were doing specifically. They thought their superiors were interested in the sinking of the cargo ship and wanted to conduct an investigation nearby.

In this way, it doesn't matter even if it is discovered midway, others will still be unable to connect the silent time of the cargo ship with the experiment.

Wang Hao thought carefully about the issue of high temperature shock. After thinking about it, he felt that he would also conduct research in a similar way at the experimental base.

Finally, he agreed.

…

Strong S-wave research base.

Wang Qiang looked very anxious in the office. He submitted the experiment application in the morning, but there has been no reply yet.

"That shouldn't be the case. Logically speaking, Academician Wang is not busy right now."

"Why no reply yet?"

"Doesn't he agree with our experimental design? We have been discussing it for a long time. This experimental method is the most direct and may be able to observe some new phenomena..."

Wang Qiang kept talking.

Zhu Guifen is the leader of the electric power team and the person in charge of the engineering team. The engineering team will not participate in experimental design, let alone theoretical research, and will only cooperate in completing the experimental work.

So Zhu Guifen acted very calmly. She felt a little funny when she saw Wang Qiang's anxious expression, "Director Wang, you just care too much. Do you have to respond to the application submitted in the morning in the afternoon? Maybe Academician Wang is busy at the Tianjin Aerospace Base. How many things are there on the side? You can think of it all."

"Look at what's being talked about outside now. Almost every focus is related to the space shuttle."

"Even if Academician Wang has read the application, he may not have the energy to think about it carefully."

"Anyway, don't be too anxious. The experiment won't take more than a day or two. We have already waited for so long. It doesn't matter if we wait a few more days."

Wang Qiang also knew that what Zhu Guifen said was right, but he still wanted to know the result as soon as possible.

A new email message suddenly popped up on the screen.

Wang Qiang was very smart. He immediately clicked on the email and saw that it was sent by Wang Hao. The email talked about the experimental design and put forward some suggestions for improvements, but they were all for safety.

As for the design of the experimental subject, Wang Hao didn't say anything and directly agreed to the application.

Wang Qiang looked at it carefully and suddenly became excited. He even slammed the table with joy, "Academician Wang agreed!"

"We can conduct experiments!"

He looked at Zhu Guifen happily and said, "As I said just now, Academician Wang will definitely reply to the message in the afternoon! I have been following Academician Wang for so many years, don't you still understand?"

Zhu Guifen rolled his eyes, gave a sarcastic thumbs up and said, "Okay, okay, okay, you are awesome!"

"You know Academician Wang!"

"I wonder who was as anxious as a monkey just now, jumping up and down, as if he was about to climb a tree..."

Wang Qiang ignored Zhu Guifen's sarcasm. He couldn't wait to start the experiment. He immediately told the people in the experimental team the news, asking everyone to get started and start preparing for a new experiment.