Chapter 492 Final Preparations

Chapter 492 Final Preparations

Early March.

Australian continent, space rocket launch base.

At nine o'clock in the morning, Gao Yuan and Musk came to the base together.

All the staff were busy at the base.

Some were repairing the rocket to check if there were any problems inside the rocket, and some were checking the fuel.

The control center was also connecting with the moon in real time to instruct the next matters.

This launch will be the most important launch of the space rocket base so far.

On the rocket sat their final two bosses - Gao Yuan and Musk.

It's okay if Musk gets into trouble, but Gao Yuan must not get into trouble.

These scientists know that Gao Yuan still has a lot of technology hidden in him, and those technologies, as long as they are taken out, will definitely make scientists all over the world crazy.

These technologies are what they dream of. As long as they can analyze all these technologies, they can go without food and sleep for three days.

If they feel that the conditions are not enough, they can also let them eat and live in the research room, work eighteen hours a day, and work overtime to the extreme, and there is no problem at all.

For these technologies, it seems that the technology is not important enough if they don't go crazy.

So Gao Yuan must not get into trouble.

As for Musk, it doesn't matter whether something goes wrong or not.

Gao Yuan has money anyway. If the project development is affected by a shortage of funds, just ask Gao Yuan for money directly.

Gao Yuan has always been very generous in terms of project development funds and has never owed anyone in this regard.

Even in the entire space rocket launch base, the largest number of personnel is the behind-the-scenes service team. Almost every scientific research expert must be equipped with an assistant, a dedicated doctor, a chef, and one to five security personnel.

The assistants and dedicated doctors are carefully selected.

As for the chefs, they are hired from all over the world, and the dishes they cook will fit the tastes of the experts.

The minimum requirement for the chefs is to be hotel chefs with rich experience in making large meals. If they have work experience in three-star restaurants, they will be given priority.

The number of one to five security personnel mainly depends on the level of these experts.

If the level is high enough, the priority of the project to be developed is the highest, and the confidentiality level is the highest, then elites from the Australian military training base will be arranged to protect their safety.

If the level is lower, some ordinary bodyguards will be arranged to protect their travel.

At present, there are nearly 400 experts in space rocket launch bases, artificial intelligence, robots, chip technology... these projects.

There are more than 2,300 people serving them.

In addition to some ordinary scientific researchers such as assistant researchers and doctoral students, the total number of R\u0026D personnel in these projects exceeds 5,000, and the number of auxiliary staff serving these R\u0026D personnel exceeds 20,000.

Such a large scientific research team and scientific research force, apart from the Australian scientific research base, I am afraid that there is no place in the world that can match it.

The monthly salary expenditure alone reaches nearly 1 billion yuan, and the investment in R\u0026D and various equipment funds is almost 30 to 50 billion yuan.

These projects are money-burning machines, and the cost of investment alone accumulates hundreds of billions of RMB each year.

It is also thanks to Gao Yuan and Musk that they can invest money regardless of cost. Otherwise, even if other companies have this intention, it is difficult to have this courage.

Now, with the completion of the construction of the lunar base.

The R\u0026D investment can finally be gradually reduced. In addition, after Gao Yuan and Musk land on the moon, the entire lunar base will begin to develop tourism, which can also bring considerable profits to the space rocket company.

Gao Yuan's requirements are not high. As long as the income and expenditure can be balanced and the daily funding needs of the base can be maintained, it will be fine.

Otherwise, Gao Yuan will be a little overwhelmed if he keeps spending money like this.

"Mr. Gao, Mr. Musk, the equipment has been debugged almost, and you two can prepare to log in." The general manager on the side reminded, "For safety reasons, you two should try to wear special clothes, which can protect your safety."

"This kind of clothes uses nano-level technology, which hides ten key buttons. In critical moments, pressing the buttons can activate multiple functions to protect your safety to the greatest extent."

"In addition, there are ten people accompanying you to land on the moon this time. They are the crew members and service personnel of this voyage."

Hearing the introduction of the general manager, Gao Yuan nodded, "Get ready to board the plane and set off."

...

Eleven o'clock in the morning.

Gao Yuan and Musk put on special clothes and sat in the cockpit of the rocket.

The seats were fixed and used unique technology. At the bottom was a spherical device that could adjust the angle of the chair as the rocket adjusted its angle.

In this way, no matter what the rocket was in, Gao Yuan and Musk could sit comfortably.

"Mr. Gao Yuan, Mr. Musk, are we going?"

The voice of the general manager came from Gao Yuan's headset.

"Let's go!"

Gao Yuan said.

Then, the general manager immediately began to make arrangements.

"Attention, all preparation teams, the rocket is about to be launched."

"The countdown begins."

"10!"

"9!"

"8!"

"..."

"3!"

"2!"

"1!"

When the countdown ended, the general manager said heavily, "Ignition, launch!"

At the bottom of the rocket, a ball of fire suddenly appeared, and then the fire grew bigger and bigger, even forming a mushroom cloud.

Under the violent shaking, the rocket thrusters began to provide huge thrust.

The rocket began to take off, and the speed was getting faster and faster.

In the cabin, Gao Yuan felt a huge push on his back.

In the past, he only had this feeling when driving a luxury sports car.

"The push on my back is many times stronger than the sports car I have driven." Musk said excitedly, "Mr. Gao Yuan, we are making history."

"Yes, Mr. Musk, this will be the greatest day in human history."

Gao Yuan couldn't help but laugh and echoed.

This is a truly commercial space voyage. As the first batch of members, Gao Yuan and Musk fully felt the charm of the rocket launch.

There are three cosmic speeds, namely the first cosmic speed of 7.9 kilometers per second, the second cosmic speed of 11.2 kilometers per second, and the third cosmic speed of 16.7 seconds.

To enter the Earth's orbit, the minimum required first cosmic speed is 7.9 kilometers per second.

This speed can offset the influence of the Earth's gravity and no longer be attracted by the Earth.

When the speed is greater than the second cosmic speed, which is 11.2 kilometers per second, it will escape the earth's gravity and leave the earth forever.

In the early stage of launch, the speed of the rocket will gradually increase until the escape speed, which is the second cosmic speed.

It can fly 11.2 kilometers per second, which is more than 40,000 kilometers in one hour.

As for the third cosmic speed, it is the speed of escaping the solar system, which can offset the gravitational influence from the sun, thereby getting rid of the solar system and heading deeper into the universe.

At present, most aviation agencies in the world can only manufacture spacecraft at the second cosmic speed.

Only Gao Yuan's space launch base in Australia can manufacture spacecraft that reaches the third cosmic speed, but at present, only the speed is available, and other aspects are not yet perfect.

Therefore, it is still very difficult to achieve deeper space tourism.

Moreover, the solar system is vast and boundless, and the third cosmic speed alone is not enough. At least it must be ten, a hundred or even a thousand times faster than the third cosmic speed to be able to break out of the solar system.

The distance from the ground to space is about 100 kilometers (space in a narrow sense), and it takes about ten minutes including the initial acceleration time.

And entering space is the beginning of this journey.

The voice of the general manager sounded again in Gao Yuan's earphone, "Mr. Gao Yuan, Mr. Musk, congratulations on your official entry into space, and your journey has officially begun."

"The distance between the earth and the moon is about 384,400 kilometers. This rocket ship will follow the second cosmic speed, about 40,000 kilometers per hour. Because the rocket needs to be inspected and repaired on the way, and the equipment needs to be cooled, etc., when the spacecraft reaches 2,100 kilometers, the flight speed will be temporarily reduced."

"The flight speed will be reduced several times along the way, and the total time is about 17 hours."

"This is all normal. Please don't worry. We will keep an eye on the rocket on the ground, and you can contact me at any time."

In space, the speed of navigation slowed down.

Through the window, Gao Yuan admired the scenery outside.

In a broad sense, when it is 2,100 kilometers from the ground, it means that it has officially entered space.

At this time, the gravity of the earth has no effect on the rocket spacecraft.

In a narrow sense, 100 kilometers from the ground marks the entry into space.

Many low-altitude orbit satellites are about 350 kilometers from the ground.

Wherever you look, it is all dark.

The vastness of the universe makes human beings appear small.

"The stars in the universe are like sand in the desert. We are just from the surface of a grain of sand to another grain of sand." Musk said with emotion, "Mr. Gao Yuan, looking up at the starry sky, you will know how small you are."

"And now, we are finally not looking up at the starry sky, but in this starry sky."

From the earth to the moon, if you sail at full speed at the second cosmic speed, it will take less than ten hours.

Due to various factors, the rocket spacecraft needs to reduce its speed several times, so it takes a total of seventeen hours.

After arriving at the moon, it is necessary to fly around the moon to find the best landing angle and position.

Fortunately, there has been experience in landing robots on the moon, as well as landing scientists and elites on the moon.

So there is no big problem with this interstellar travel.

"Yes, after so many years of development, mankind has finally achieved its wish." Gao Yuan said, "From the time a monkey looked up at the stars and became curious about the moon to now, it may only be a few thousand or tens of thousands of years."

"In front of the measurement unit of billions of years on Earth, this time seems insignificant."

"I remember a scientist once said that if the birth of the earth to the present is compared to a day, just after 11 minutes, a planet called Theia hit the earth, part of the material was integrated into the earth, and the other part was thrown out to form the moon."

"At 1:50, the ocean was formed. At 3 o'clock, life was born. Due to the influence of several ice ages, the creatures on the earth suffered many disasters and experienced several mass extinctions. It was extremely difficult to continue life. Until 23:37, the common ancestor of primates appeared, and the dinosaurs became extinct at the same time."

"At 23:59, humans finally appeared. In the last 38 seconds, the evolution of human animals was completed. In the last 15 seconds, the straight people learned to use fire and got rid of the era of eating raw meat and drinking blood. In the last 2 seconds, Homo sapiens appeared. In the last 0.1 second, human civilization was born."

"From the perspective of history, time has passed so quickly, but even that 0.1 second is more than 6,000 years ago."

"That is, in this 0.1 second, humans developed rapidly and reached a height that no creature had ever reached before. Rockets, mobile phones, the Internet, various theorems were discovered, and space travel was realized..."

"..."

The two of them exchanged their views on humans and the universe.

The content of the chat was varied.

The first of the three most important questions in the world is the origin of life.

The second question is the origin of the universe.

The third question is the origin of consciousness.

There is no reasonable answer to these three questions so far. Although many hypotheses have been proposed, such as the Big Bang theory, this is only the most recognized hypothesis, and this hypothesis still has many loopholes and cannot be perfected.

According to current calculations, the universe originated from a big bang 13.8 billion years ago.

A tiny singularity continuously ejected matter at superluminal speed. After these substances merged, so many planets were born.

The universe has been developing for 13.8 billion years, and the area of ​​the observable universe is more than 90 billion light years.

How big is the unobservable universe? Has it reached hundreds of billions of light years? What is outside the universe? Is it another universe? Or is it a void, nothing?

Is the origin of life really an accident? Or is it specially controlled by someone?

The reason why humans can get to where they are now is actually consciousness, which is something other animals do not have.

Even if they have consciousness, they are far from humans.

Do aliens exist?

Sometimes Gao Yuan even wonders where the system in his mind came from.

Could it be a program from a game in a higher dimensional world that accidentally came to Earth and became the so-called golden finger?

"Mr. Musk, I have always believed that aliens may exist. If aliens do not exist, it would be too terrifying." Gao Yuan said lightly.

"If aliens exist, it proves that life can be born freely in this universe. Even if the probability is extremely low, lower than any data in the world, but in this dimension of the universe, there are so many planets, at least thousands of planets with life."

"And if there are no aliens, it proves that we are alone in the universe. Maybe we were not born by chance, but were controlled and became samples in the laboratory."