Chapter 18 Zhang Bo reports
The Tianqin Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences is a research institute located on a planet 1.5 times larger than the Earth.
This planet accounts for 45% of its land area and 55% of its ocean area. Because of the lack of water resources and its proximity to the star, there are large tracts of land that are deserts.
But at this time, the entire planet is dotted with various human buildings, the most conspicuous of which is the huge atomic orbital accelerator that surrounds the equator of the entire planet, like a giant snake coiled on the planet.
In the past, Zhang Bo liked to watch all this quietly in space and sigh at the strength of the country, but now he was not in such a mood. Instead, he landed in a hurry, entered the Central Research Institute, and found his fellow research institute. But colleague He Huan has a different research direction.
He Huan is a Ph.D. in physics and particle science. The project he is currently working on is particle thrusters, which is also a direction for China's next-generation engine.
"Zhang Bo, why do you have time to come to me?" He Huan was lying in front of the monitor, staring at the data on it, taking a pen to write and draw on the paper, and calculating some data.
"I want to ask you a question. If we want to increase the acceleration of the Whale X6 to 15 G, what thrust engine is needed?" The engineering man said directly without any nonsense.
"Oh? Why, airplanes can't satisfy you anymore, you want to drive a mining machine? But it's true that if you win the game with a mining machine, you may have a greater sense of accomplishment?" It's like driving a Wuling Hongguang and winning Buying luxury cars such as Lamborghini and Bugatti Veyron is naturally very pretentious.
"Don't make trouble, I'm serious!" Zhang Bo was speechless. Although I like racing, I never talk about it in the research institute!
"Okay, seriously, wait a minute, I'll do the math for you!" He Huan found the design drawings of the Whale X6. This kind of drawings is actually secret, but this is the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Secrets elsewhere only require high qualifications here. You can watch everything!
"The Whale X6 is the mining machine designed by Dr. Liang's team. It has very comprehensive functions. I especially like the two scissors on it." He Huan dug up the data of the Whale X6 and made a simple calculation. After a moment, he shook his head: "No, the materials used in the Whale X6 do not support such high acceleration. If it is replaced with such an engine, it will fall apart. Besides, we don't have such an advanced engine now. If it is replaced with a Chengdu Aircraft With 20 cores, it can probably reach 12G! This is already the limit!”
"Are you sure?" Zhang Bo frowned and handed a USB flash drive to He Huan: "Then take a look at this..."
"What!" He Huan plugged in the computer and discovered that it was actually a video record from Zhang Bo's spacecraft.
"Pull right to the end!"
Soon, He Huan slammed the table: "This is impossible!"
"But this is a fact. The ship was right in front of me and ran away with an acceleration of 15G. It was still in the asteroid belt! I have reason to believe that he lowered his speed because of the environment of the asteroid belt. If it was a vacuum star District, it can be faster!" Zhang Bo said seriously, "He Huan, you know what this means!"
"This means that the specific impulse of that ship's engine is several orders of magnitude higher than the best engines we use now. Even the nuclear fusion engine we are still experimenting with is much worse than this!"
The specific impulse of the engine is the thrust of the engine. The greater the specific impulse, the stronger the thrust.
Thrust is related to the speed at which the engine ejects particles. The current mainstream engines are hydrogen-oxygen fuel engines, which burn hydrogen and eject water vapor.
This kind of engine is certainly not very good, but there is nothing we can do about it. Who wants to leave the current controllable nuclear fusion in the theoretical stage?
But even if nuclear fusion is successfully developed, it will not be able to reach this speed!
"unless!"
"unless?"
"Unless he is not using hydrogen fusion, but a higher energy level fusion reaction!" He Huan looked at the video and speed data again, and continued to calculate.
Soon, he put down his pen and said: "Our hydrogen fusion is still in the theoretical research stage. I don't know how higher-level fusion releases energy. But according to the existing formula calculations, this ship should be Use elements between lithium and carbon for fusion, and I prefer to use carbon."
"Isn't that, heavy nuclear fusion?" Zhang Bo was startled.
Heavy nuclear fusion is a term derived from the distinction between hydrogen fusion. The available elements are lithium, beryllium, boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine, sodium, magnesium, aluminum, and silicon.
Among them, lithium, beryllium, and boron are difficult to find, nitrogen, oxygen, and fluorine are gaseous, sodium and magnesium are unstable, and aluminum has low energy density. Therefore, even with such technology, the best elements to use are carbon and silicon, that is, coal and round stone.
The energy level of burning stone will be higher and the speed will be faster. However, the speed of the giant whale in the video is obviously not that fast, so He Huan concluded that it should be burning coal.
"So, are you sure he is a human? Not an alien?" He Huan frowned and asked.
"Of course, I even had a few chats with him!" Zhang Bo thought for a while, but was not sure yet. Being able to speak does not mean that he is a human being. He might also be an alien who can speak Chinese.
Even if there is a video, it is useless. It may be an alien wearing human skin.
"This matter is very serious. We can no longer handle it. Let's report it first!" He Huan thought for a while and said.
"Yeah!" Zhang Bo nodded. It might involve aliens, and Zhang Bo also became serious.
The Star Sea is not a gentle world. Although the earth has only encountered one kind of aliens so far, the Varro people, Varro's aggression and greed have told the earth that peaceful coexistence is impossible, and there can only be one side. destroyed by the other party.
Now that a suspected alien presence has appeared in their own territory, the two doctors certainly don't dare to hide this kind of thing.
The two got up and rushed to the director's office nearby. Soon, a vigorous old scientist who looked more than 60 years old, but was actually 110 years old this year, took them to a more advanced research institute.
Various information was continuously reported, and signals were continuously connected. Finally, half an hour later, the two of them were placed in an empty room.
Sitting next to them was the director of the two men, named Yang Anqiong, a materials scientist.
Next to him is Bai Chunli, president of the Tianqin Branch of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and professor of physics.
"Next, we have a meeting. Don't be nervous, you two. Just say what you have to say. Don't hide it, and don't mix your personal thoughts!" Bai Chunli said with a gentle smile.
The two young men nodded like quails. Although they had all entered the Star Sea and taken medicine, their mental power was very strong. They were even mentally stronger than the dean above.
But the dean has served the country for many years, and this contribution deserves their respect.
What's more, the dean is sitting obediently next to him, which shows that there are more important people participating in this meeting!
Soon, the projector in front of him was turned on, and faces were projected on it.
A soldier wearing a dark green military uniform with a serious expression.
A middle-aged man in a suit sitting in the office.
An old policeman wearing a dark blue police uniform, with several young people sitting next to him.
An old man wearing a Chinese tunic suit, with a gentle smile, but sharp eyes, vaguely murderous.
There is another one, a Taoist priest in a Taoist robe, who seems to be in the cloudy mountains?
He Huan and Zhang Bo watched the big bosses they had never met before appear on the screen. The smiles on their faces soon became unbearable and turned into nervousness and humiliation.
Especially the appearance of the Taoist priest made the two of them even more confused. How could it be possible that he was even here?
"So, the meeting starts?" People came very quickly, and they were all here in less than 30 seconds. Sitting in the office, wearing a suit, with regular features, thick eyebrows and big eyes, a middle-aged man who looked like a decent boss said: " My name is Cao Yi, everyone should know me. How about I record this meeting? "
"No problem!" The other big guys nodded. Cao Yi was that secretary-general and the general person in charge of the Celestial Dynasty in Xinghai.
"Okay, then, He Huan, Zhang Bo, come and tell us what you encountered!"