Chapter 237 The energy crisis is resolved
After the communication was suspended, Bai Yixuan reached out and pressed several buttons on the console in front of him, and then leaned back on the chair again.
The holographic image interface on the console changed silently.
[Starship is in orbit…]
A faint sense of slowing down followed.
Under the control of the onboard computer, ten ray starships launched the orbital entry program in a row.
Bai Yixuan stared quietly at the slowly "flowing" ribbon on Jupiter's surface, which was the ever-lasting huge storm on Jupiter.ъìqυgΕtv.℃ǒΜ
He closed his eyes and passed the entire collection project steps in his mind.
The communication channel within the team is also quiet.
Every starship pilot is silently recalling the next steps in his own way.
Although Zero can remotely monitor and control all the next operations, every driver present does not want this to happen.
The reason is also very simple, it is still a computing power problem.
At present, zero has sufficient computing power, which is enough to control a large number of ray starships to carry out the Helium Three Collection Project without a driver, but that was based on the premise that a large number of factories were shut down.
Once the Helium 3 collection project is successful, while the Helium 3 is mined on a large scale, humans will inevitably start to build starships on a large scale again.
By that time, without breakthroughs in photonic computer technology, almost all computing resources will be allocated to various factories.
By then, no zero will guarantee any of their operations behind the scenes!
Once a mistake is made, a small loss will be caused at the least, and a serious one will be destroyed by the plane!
Therefore, they must cherish this only operation opportunity that can be "sl".
(sl, save/load, that is, save and read files.)
"Ding Dong."
As a slight prompt sounded in the cockpit, the holographic image interface on the console changed a little again.
【Ray has been in orbit】
【Please start collecting helium three】
The white highlighted font flashed before all drivers' eyes.
Bai Yixuan reached out and turned on the over-distance communication device.
"The Mars Command Center, the ray has successfully entered orbit."
"When Mars receives it, start collecting helium three immediately, repeat it, and start collecting helium three immediately."
The moment Lu Yongchang's voice came, the drivers in the ten ray starships suddenly became serious.
Bai Yixuan adjusted his sitting position, reached out and held the joystick beside him, ready to start releasing the collection tube inside the starship.
"Hong Fan, help me calibrate the angle."
He said in a deep voice.
"Received!" Hong Fan responded meticulously, reaching out to input a few data into the on-board computer.
...
The lens goes outside.
Ten inconspicuous starships are quietly floating above Jupiter's orbit.
A slender catheter slowly stretched out from the bottom of the starship.
The entire conduit is 100,000 kilometers long.
In the catheter, a partition will appear every 10,000 kilometers.
There are special suction and filtering devices at the partition.
In order to reduce weight and facilitate folding and carrying, the conduit is made of a single layer of carbon nanotube material.
Although the catheter wall is extremely thin, according to simulation calculations, its toughness can completely withstand the destruction of Jupiter's high-level atmosphere.
But even so, in order to accommodate this conduit with a length of 100,000 kilometers and load enough helium three, the size of the ray starship reached an astonishing ten thousand meters.
This is also the largest starship in human history.
Even the flagship of human civilization, the Earth, is like a child in front of it.
Compared to the starship, it is more like a small base suspended in the orbit of Jupiter.
Under normal circumstances, it will no longer move and stay in Jupiter's orbit forever.
Its mission is very simple, extracting Helium three from the inside of Jupiter and compressing and storing them in the cabin.
As for transportation work, there are naturally special transport ships to transport these helium three.
As for the reason...
These big guys are so bulky.
Even if enough fusion reactors and Hall thrusters are installed, its acceleration capability is ridiculously weak.
It took three months to travel from Mars to Jupiter!
As for the latest Xuannv 2, it only takes 20-25 days to complete this voyage when moving forward in the fourth state.
This also destined that humans could not take these starships to Proxima Centauri.
The conduit at the bottom of the starship slowly extended, and there were also continuous alarm sounds inside the cockpits of the ten starships.
"Drip! Incorrect operation, this operation will cause abnormal catheter drop speed. Please pay attention!"
"Drip! Incorrect operation, this operation will cause abnormal tilt angle of the catheter. Please pay attention!"
“…”
Amid the zero alarms and reminders, the starship pilot in the cockpit was sweating profusely correcting his wrong operations.
The catheter at the bottom of the ray also unswervingly extended towards Jupiter's atmosphere.
It was like a few small mosquitoes slowly stretching out their sucking mouthpiece towards the target.
...
A few days later.
Mars Command Center.
The hall was filled with a burning atmosphere.
Every researcher's face was filled with fatigue and anxiety.
Everyone stared at the holographic image in front of them.
The progress of "intubation" is updated in real time above.
The numbers jump a little bit.
Every beating involves the fragile nerves of all scientific researchers.
When the progress bar reached 100%, Lu Yongchang couldn't help but hold his breath!
"Call Mars Command Center..."
Bai Yixuan's call came again from the over-distance communication equipment.
Lu Yongchang quickly reached out his hand, grabbed the microphone on the table, and directly opened his mouth to interrupt Bai Yixuan's voice.
"Mars has been received, please speak!"
"..." A heavy and rapid breathing sound came from the speakers.
"Professor, we succeeded!"
"All ten ray starships have been intubated successfully!" Bai Yixuan's voice was mixed with thick fatigue and excitement.
Lu Yongchang breathed a long sigh.
Successful intubation means that 80% of the entire project has been completed.
"Congratulations." Lu Yongchang suppressed the excitement in his heart and issued an order again, "Start to draw helium three."
...
Jupiter's orbit.
Bai Yixuan stared at his blood-covered eyes, and his hands trembled slightly and pressed the pull button.
...
"Report!"
"All units are operating in normal state, and the extraction work is proceeding normally!"
"Successfully extracted the atmosphere of Jupiter!"
"Successfully separated Helium Three."
“…”
Sudden reports sounded in the command hall.
"Helium three has been detected and is being stored!"
With the last report coming, cheers and applause instantly resounded throughout the command hall!
Lu Yongchang turned his head and looked at the President of Congress, and the two of them had long-lost smiles on their faces at the same time.
Chapter completed!