Ultra-Dimensional Technology Era

"This is also an idea that existed in the AD era. We just happened to meet the technical conditions, so we used it." Qin Changge explained with a smile.

"Let's go see your prototype."

"no problem."

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In the laboratory, a 12-ton nuclear fusion engine is undergoing an ignition test.

This engine is somewhat different from previous fusion direct injection engines.

The so-called hybrid mode is because the nuclear fusion engine has three modes: pure fusion, fusion afterburner engine, and dual-mode fusion engine.

The hybrid mode is a dual-mode fusion engine.

This fusion engine uses neutron and bremsstrahlung energy in addition to plasma heat to heat a cold reactive mass.

In addition, dual mode can be switched to pure fusion mode, so this mode has the highest minimum thrust/propellant mass flow, and the highest exhaust velocity/specific impulse.

"Look, chairman, this is the magnetic-inertial motor in hybrid mode." Qin Changge introduced quickly.

"How much has the fuel utilization rate improved so far?"

"About 26%. If the working medium is collected in outer space, the fuel utilization rate can be increased to about 85%."

Huang Mingzhe nodded. This increase is huge. Even if it is conservative, it can reduce the fuel load ratio of the spacecraft by about one-third.

For a spacecraft, a slight decrease in the fuel-to-load ratio can allow the spacecraft to increase its payload.

Chapter 3 and Chapter [-] Inspection

After visiting the laboratory for half a day, Huang Mingzhe already knew the progress of the second-generation nuclear fusion engine.

The Qinhuangdao Nuclear Fusion Engine Research Institute has almost perfected the technology to the point of being put into use. Now Qin Changge and the others are making final adjustments and improvements, hoping to make the second-generation nuclear fusion engine reach the maximum efficiency.

The second-generation nuclear fusion engine is also an engine for the next generation of spacecraft.

In the case of the same fuel reserve, the second-generation nuclear fusion engine can increase the flight range by 26%. If the working medium can be collected, the flight range can be increased by about 85%.

Huang Mingzhe then put the substitute robot back into the storage cabin, and through the virtual network, he came to the substitute robot in another research institute.

This is the new Xichang satellite city located on the 3.6-kilometer orbit of Bluestar.

目前新人类在蓝月系一共有4座卫星城，分别是1500公里轨道的新文昌卫星城、1500公里轨道的新酒泉卫星城、3.6万公里轨道的新西昌卫星城、蓝月拉格朗日点L1的昆仑卫星城。

The functions of the four satellite cities are not the same.

Among them, the new Wenchang satellite city serves as a space port, a space garbage recycling station, and a spaceship replenishment center.

The New Jiuquan Satellite City is positioned as an industrial satellite city as a spacecraft shipyard, spare parts processing plant and spacecraft repair plant.

The new Xichang satellite city where Huang Mingzhe is now is used as a space research city.

The last Kunlun satellite city is actually a blue moon stationary satellite city transformed from a rocky asteroid with a diameter of 1817-2237 meters as the main body.

Kunlun Satellite City is a future alien colony experiment site, specially used to test the artificial simulation environment, which is an essential step for new humans to truly step into outer space.

Biocomputers and cellular robots can reduce space sickness to a certain extent, but it is impossible to completely guarantee safety. For example, most of the current astronauts are middle-aged people who have given birth to offspring.

The bio-computer even directly locked the fertility function of the astronauts, just to avoid unforeseen consequences.

In the low-gravity, high-vacuum, and high-radiation outer space environment for a long time, the new human body may undergo unpredictable mutations.

Pregnancy and childbirth in outer space are expressly forbidden by the Supreme Will.

Therefore, the Kunlun Satellite City, which simulates the environment of the Blue Star, came into being, where astrobiology, cosmic environment, and physical conditions of astronauts were studied.

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On the new Xichang satellite city, the scale here is not large at present, only 800 tons in weight, with 27 cabins of various sizes.

Most of the researchers who work here work in outer space as stand-in robots, and only 3 soldiers stationed in the Space Force actually come up with human bodies.

At present, there are only five laboratories on the new Xichang Satellite City, namely the Space Materials Research Institute affiliated to the Materials Research Institute, the Gravity Laboratory affiliated to the Institute of High Energy, the Cosmic Particle Laboratory, and the Cosmic Observation Laboratory affiliated to the Astronomical Research Association.

The last one is Huang Mingzhe's destination, which belongs to the Space Testing Laboratory of the Spacecraft Research Institute.

"Welcome the chairman to come and inspect." The head of the laboratory, Hua Dongfeng, floated over.

Although they are all stand-in robots, there are nano-robots on the stand-in robots, which can simulate the user's appearance and facilitate other people to identify the stand-in robots.

"Dongfeng, how is your test going?" Huang Mingzhe asked floating in the cabin.

"Chairman, this is the test situation in the past few days." Hua Dongfeng shared several test reports.

Huang Mingzhe looked at the data and knew the test data of the equipment.

A week ago, the Spaceship Research Institute sent a 50-ton small spacecraft over for testing. This is a very simple spacecraft with a small nuclear fusion engine and a particle collector on it.

The key point is to test the function of this particle collector. The particle collector can release an ionized magnetic field with a radius of about 10 to 50 kilometers.

In the empty interstellar space, hydrogen atoms are the most widely distributed particles. However, due to the weak magnetism of hydrogen atoms, it is difficult to attract free hydrogen atoms through electromagnetic under normal circumstances.

At this time, the ionizing magnetic field is needed to enhance the magnetism of the hydrogen atoms, so that the particle collector can collect the hydrogen atoms through electromagnetic attraction.

In the inner circle of the Blue Moon system where the concentration of particles is very high, the particle collector activates the 24-kilometer ionized magnetic field with the best cost performance, and can collect an average of 0.2-0.5 kilograms of hydrogen atoms per hour.

These hydrogen atoms can be directly used as nuclear fuel, thereby further improving the self-sustaining ability of the spacecraft.

Of course, if you can encounter asteroids and the like, it will be more perfect to directly mine the asteroid's material as nuclear fuel and heating medium.

Particle collectors are mainly aimed at navigating in the empty interstellar space, but they are not very useful in the solar system.

The neutrino detector can scan as a blur of 150 million kilometers, and if it is within 5000 kilometers, it can even be accurate to the atomic level.

With the support of neutrino detectors, spacecraft can easily find asteroids to refuel.

In addition, the new humans plan to arrange supply stations along the interstellar routes, so that in the inner solar system, the particle collectors will appear a bit tasteless.

However, the Spaceship Research Institute of this technology is still investing in research and development. Even if it is not used now, it does not mean that it will not be used in the future.

After inspecting various laboratories in the new Xichang satellite city, Huang Mingzhe went offline again to the new Jiuquan satellite city.

The scale of the new Jiuquan satellite city is more than ten times larger than that of the new Xichang satellite city. On the space dock of the spaceship assembly plant, three spaceships are being built at the same time.

Two of them are Huo Qubing-class space battleships, and the other is a Kunpeng-class space transport ship.

The Kunpeng class is a variant version of the Huo Qubing class space battleship, with a total weight of 2600 tons. The payload was increased at the expense of speed, and the payload reached 1300 tons.