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When the energy of the purple crystal in the spacecraft energy supply system is crazy to output high-purity energy, like a ring-shaped honeycomb-shaped thousands of lasers illuminate 330,000 particle flows towards the super light sail at the front end, tens of thousands of lasers carrying a high-speed particle torrent continued to illuminate the area of ​​the 16.8 kilometers long light sail area. The mirror shield on the surface of the Mars Express (ps: a material, not the legendary energy shield) protects the hull from damage caused by the continuous output laser.

The entire aircraft began its first acceleration.

If calculated theoretically, if the thousand groups of lasers on the Mars Express always keep irradiating the giant light sail for 200 days, that is, the continuous output of about 7 months, then the spacecraft will always accelerate at 1.34 times the gravity acceleration within 200 days to 72.46% of the speed of light in the past seven months. Such a speed can reach the Alpha Centaurus in almost six years.

Of course, this is just theoretically, with the existing human technology, the material strength of the spacecraft cannot withstand such a fast speed, and human physical fitness cannot meet this requirement. In addition to the limitation of the material strength of the hull, there will always be a limit for the output of a thousand set of lasers, and output overload cannot occur. Obviously, the current technology cannot achieve continuous laser irradiation for 200 days.

The distance to Mars is not too close to the Alpha galaxy. Ren Hong and his team aim to arrive at Mars in about 100 days, which is also a category that is allowed by current technology. If you take a step closer, you may experience a catastrophic and dangerous accident of hull damage. Before the birth of emerging materials, you can only allow such speed.

Acceleration is a long process, and it is not done at once. Because of the limits of the human body, it must be adjusted separately for the body. Each acceleration is a torture to the human body. Such torture will be subjected to 15 times on the long road to Mars. 14 times are derived from the acceleration of the spacecraft itself, and the other is derived from the star of the sun.

"Noah" uses the gravity of Venus to obtain an acceleration, and "Mars Express" also needs to obtain a free gravitational acceleration, but the object you are seeking is not comparable to Venus. It is the largest celestial body in the entire solar system, and it absolutely dominates the sun.

With purple crystal, there is no need to worry about energy reserves, but it does not mean that you can be wasted at will. Not to mention the energy consumption of other equipment and instruments, the energy output of the thousands of lasers alone is burning money. The energy output of an acceleration is equivalent to burning 120 million yuan. On a single-way road, the energy consumption alone costs about 1.6 billion yuan, and burning is real money.

In addition to obtaining a good gravitational acceleration with the help of the sun's gravity, the outermost layer of the 16.8-kilometer-long super sail, in addition to having powerful protection functions, is also an important component for ingesting solar energy. When approaching the sun, it is also an excellent opportunity to charge the spacecraft's purple source crystal. The huge illumination area of ​​the 16.8-kilometer-long giant sail can recover almost about 700 million yuan of energy from the sun. You should know that the closer you are to the sun, the higher its energy collection efficiency, and it is charged time before it is far away from the sun.

In this way, killing two birds with one stone, indirectly controlling the energy cost of acceleration to less than 1 billion yuan.

This time I went to Mars, the Mars Express brought the Firefly space station, and when I returned, I might be able to return to Earth with a large number of purple crystals. The Mars Express has undoubtedly become an excellent transport tool for matrix technology to travel long distances between the stars.

The implementation of the "Mars Express" is due to the integration of high-tech technologies in many aspects. Laser technology from the Nether Axe Base is a key point. The Nether Axe Base has such a big breakthrough and obviously cannot be separated from the support of the country. You should know that the Republic's laser technology is a typical up-and-coming star (ps: It is indeed true in reality, it has long been ahead of the Americans, I am really proud.), thanks to technology sharing, engineers at the Nether Axe Base do not have to waste a lot of time, energy, financial and material resources to catch up with the starting line.

In addition, there is another key point in the birth of the "Mars Express", namely: the "Winger Task". The engineers of the Winger Task took great pains to deal with the problem of asteroids that may impact the earth. Some propose to use nuclear bombs, and some propose to use impact methods to change the orbit of the asteroid. Nuclear explosion is obviously not good, and it will only create a large number of meteorite rains. It is a more terrible disaster. It not only poses a huge threat to the surface of the earth, but also destroys a large number of artificial satellites or space stations operating in space orbit. The nuclear explosion asteroids in film and television works solve the impact crisis is purely nonsense.

Among countless solutions, the plan to "drag" meteorites with light sails is also included. It is theoretically feasible, but the difficulty is also prohibitive. The project volume is too large. Although the country's laser technology has long been quite mature, the biggest obstacle is its super large size.

The news was soon learned by the person in charge of the "Mars Mission" that gave them great inspiration, so the relatively "small" "Mars Express" was included in the R&D charter. "Mars Express" was born like this. The engineers of MS even said that in the future, this long-distance and large-load space transport vehicle can even undertake the huge concept of mining asteroid belt, and using "Mars Express" can completely transport minerals from the asteroid belt back to Earth.

And now, aren’t you going to Mars to mine the extremely precious purple crystal veins?

June 22, 2028, Mars orbit.

"Noah" finally arrived at the outer area of ​​Mars' orbit today. At this moment, the spacecraft has begun to slow down and is about to enter the gravitational field of Mars. Is the planet that has made humans dream of finally ushering in the first visit of "brothers"...

"Slow down is completed! Stable!"

"'Noah' has entered the range of the gravitational field of Mars. It is stable!"

"The waterways are being re-established and the new waterways are being adjusted!"

"The waterway is formulated and the waterway effect is completed!"

"'Noah' has successfully entered a new channel and is currently orbiting Mars, orbiting 67 minutes and 38 seconds a week."

"Woman...sorry, no lady. OK, there is Mars under your feet...we're here!"

"No one can understand how painful it is to perform more than 200 days. I wake up again and again from dormancy, lonely, far away from my hometown, fear, Oh God, no one will know how I feel without my personal experience! But when you see the planet under your feet, you will find that all this effort is worth it."

"This is Noah, Scovo Audland reported to the Houston Space Center. We have successfully and safely arrived at the target Mars. Noah is currently orbiting Mars steadily and everything is normal. According to the plan chart, Jackson and I will take the Orion spacecraft in three days to visit this planet on behalf of humans. I wish us a smooth journey, Houston, and the newsletter is completed."

"The information has been sent out. According to the current distance between Mars and the Earth, Houston will receive the message about 19 minutes later."

"Okay guys, we have a day to rest, a day to rest and prepare, and land on the Mars surface in three days, but now, I suggest you make a cup of coffee and enjoy the beautiful Mars view through the window in the centrifuge cabin. Unfortunately, you can never see Mount Olympus and the Sailor Valley again, but we can see the masterpiece of the 'Terminator Asteroid' 'New Olympus'..."

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Chapter completed!