Ultra-Dimensional Technology Era

The Shenkong is based on the Tianzhou class, and the Luban class transport ship and the Tianzhou class are both derivative models of the Huo Qubing class, and the docks can be used in common.

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The surrounding sky is full of stars, and the sun is only a little brighter than other stars. Driven by the nano-robots, Levi entered the three main control cabins of the NM36 satellite city.

After inserting the identity card, he obtained the temporary control authority of the NM36 satellite city, which has the usable dock and 36 tugboats of the NM5 satellite city.

[Captain, I mobilized a tugboat to go there. ]

[receive. ]

Tugboats pulled Deep Space into one of the docks, which then locked Deep Space inside.

Ren Yingwu synchronized the damage data of the spacecraft's internal structure, and the dock's artificial intelligence system automatically manipulated the nanorobots to repair these damaged parts based on these data.

The internal structural stress damage caused by acceleration is not an obvious crack or the like, but a hidden damage hidden inside the structural parts.

The Spacecraft Research Institute has sent a temporary structural enhancement plan to initially strengthen and transform these damaged parts.

This preliminary modification plan is to ensure that there will be no problems when returning to the new Constantinople satellite city. As for the in-depth optimization plan, we can only wait for the spacecraft to return.

Fortunately, the engine uses a lot of degenerate materials, and has not suffered any stress damage.

Li Wei retrieved the identity card, and then controlled the nanorobot to return to the spaceship.

The satellite city of NM36 was dead silent, except for the Luban-class transport ships coming and going, there was nothing else moving.

Even the lighting is pitiful. Robots and artificial intelligence do not need natural light, and satellite cities will naturally not be equipped with lighting facilities.

Looking up at the starry sky, there are extremely bright stars in all directions. Standing on the connection part beside the dock, Li Wei saw a completely different scenery inside the solar system.

Because in the inner solar system, when looking at the starry sky, it is easy to be disturbed by sunlight, but in the Kuiper belt, the sun is just a relatively bright star.

In less than two hours, the Deep Space was repaired.

Levi returned to the spaceship.

They were not in a hurry to return to the asteroid belt, but had a meal on the spacecraft first.

The meals on Deep Space are ordinary spacecraft meals.

Staple food: steamed buns/bread/fried rice;

Meat: beef patty/sausage/fish ball;

Vegetables: Mixed vegetable puree

Fruit: tomato/apple/cantaloupe

Beverage: Pineapple/Orange Flavored Vitamin Drink.

It's that simple, and occasionally the menu is changed, but it's generally the same.

Li Wei took out two steamed buns, beef patties, and mixed vegetable puree, and put them in the microwave for heating.

Open a bottle of pineapple-flavored vitamin drink and wait while you inhale.

And Ren Yingwu and the two of them were already eating.

"Li Wei, what are your plans for the future?" Park Quandao asked curiously.

Taking a sip of his drink and swallowing it, Li Wei said slowly, "I'm studying for a Ph.D. in Quantum Communications, and I might consider transferring to a communications company or research institute!"

"The doctor's degree is amazing. I don't know when I can get the master's degree." Park Quandao said enviously.

Li Wei smiled, turned around and took out steamed buns, beef patties and vegetable puree from the microwave.

"If you hadn't been fooling around, you would already have a master's degree." Ren Yingwu said angrily.

Pu Quandao scratched his head in embarrassment, and he didn't dare to refute the captain.

Before they knew it, they finished their meal and fell into a deep sleep. During the 9-day flight, they didn't have a good rest, and now they need to rest for a day before departure.

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5 month 11 day.

The Deep Space was pulled by a tugboat to a distance of 36 million kilometers from the satellite city of NM100.

Immediately, the Deep Space started the antimatter photon engine again, flew obliquely upward for 1000 million kilometers, and entered the upper parallel plane of the sun's ecliptic plane.

Officially set foot on the flight path home.

After the emergency strengthening, the Deep Space suffered another acceleration stress damage, but this time the damage was much smaller than the last time.

Nine days later, the Deep Space docked firmly at Port 9 of the new Constantinople satellite city.

As soon as the spacecraft docked at the port, it was taken away by the Photonic Engine Research Institute and the Spacecraft Research Institute for comprehensive testing and analysis.

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After a series of testing and analysis, Gao Zishang, Yang Tiansheng and others discovered some problems in the design of the photon engine.

For example, the waste heat problem of the antimatter annihilation furnace, the photon engine can only use 96% of the photons and neutrinos, and the 4% of the heat energy is wasted.

If you think that 4% heat energy is not much, it is a big mistake.

The annihilation of antimatter is that 4% of the mass is converted into heat energy, while the nuclear fusion reaction can only convert 7% of the mass into photons, neutrinos, neutrons and heat at most.

The 7% conversion rate of nuclear fusion refers to the multiple nuclear fusion from hydrogen to iron. Ordinary nuclear fusion does not even have a conversion rate of 4%.

The 4% heat energy generated by the annihilation of antimatter is higher than the energy density of ordinary nuclear fusion. If you don’t use it, you will be sorry for the heat energy. It is shameful to waste it.

Gao Zishang decided to add a thermoelectric converter in the antimatter annihilation furnace to convert the heat energy into electrical energy for the internal use of the spacecraft.

So far, the first-generation photon engine has officially entered the quasi-mass production stage. The Photon Engine Research Institute has contacted the Universe Industry Group to prepare for the mass production of the engine.

The first-generation photon engine, whose model is Qingluan-1, echoes the model Phoenix of the gamma-ray laser.

Universe Industry Group quickly established Qingluan Engine Company, which specializes in producing Qingluan-1 photon engine.

the other side.

The Spacecraft Research Institute is also improving the spacecraft to minimize stress damage from acceleration.

Not only the Huo Qubing class and its derivative models, but also the Kunpeng class and Xinxing provincial class have been included in the upgrade.

The photon engine will definitely replace the nuclear fusion engine. The upgrading project is urgent, and the new humans also urgently need to increase the speed of the spacecraft.