It is July 8, year 0169 of the new human calendar.
A huge spaceship is slowly rotating around the planet Nix.
The regularly flashing lights on its body indicate that the spacecraft is undergoing a routine inspection.
Viewed from a distance, the spacecraft is shaped like a huge rocket. This cylindrical design can make full use of space and reduce mass.
Different from the rocket, the spacecraft has an ellipsoid-shaped structure in the middle, which forms the core of Deep Space.
This ellipsoid should be the location of several nuclear explosion reactors and the "Noah".
In order to reduce the amount of work, save raw materials and increase the reliability of the nuclear explosion reactor, humans simply used part of the outer hull of the Noah as the wall of the nuclear explosion reactor... Anyway, the hull of the Noah can definitely be eaten steadily.
Drop a lot of nuclear bombs.
This is of course a masterpiece of the chief designer, Professor Ding Yidong, and such a close structure makes it easier to transport nuclear reaction materials.
As for whether Noah will be blown up by a nuclear bomb... Come on, supernovas didn't damage it, let alone a megaton nuclear bomb!
However, for safety reasons, people still added some protective layers to the Noah.
If the hull is really damaged, this protective layer can also absorb several nuclear bombs and sound an alarm to avoid devastating consequences.
There are a total of four large main explosion chambers in the nuclear explosion reactor, and there are eight backup small reactors, each of which are connected to the four ion engines at the rear of the "Deep Space".
These ion engines can accelerate the high-speed plasma generated by nuclear explosions again and then eject them to obtain higher propulsion force.
There are 16 auxiliary engines around the spacecraft, which can decelerate in reverse and fine-tune the direction of the spacecraft's movement.
Theoretically, because the fuel stored in Noah is far more than the mass of the spacecraft itself, the spacecraft can continue to accelerate solely relying on these kinetic energy engines.
But due to the structure of the spacecraft itself, the designed maximum movement speed is... 0.12 times the speed of light.
At such sub-light speed, interstellar navigation is completely possible!
But the truth is not only that, there are also some strange ring structures on the main engine, which are new items added in the past thirty years...
For this new discovery, mankind has delayed it for decades.
They are...warp drives!
The "Deep Space Project" took... one hundred and fifty-nine years!
This huge human mothership can finally set sail, built by the new human civilization!
Of course, this spaceship is only the first mothership of the new human civilization. All the technologies can be seen from more than a hundred years ago, and the hull structure is also very simple and crude.
This rocket-shaped structure cannot land on a medium-mass solid planet, otherwise it will collapse due to its own gravity.
"If you want to directly enter the deep gravity well of a medium-sized planet, the spacecraft is required to have extremely high strength and manufacturing technology... The design requirements for materials and various components have also greatly increased. We do not need to do this for the time being... If we encounter a planet,
The Deep Space mothership has a large number of space shuttles and can easily land."
A teacher and a dozen children are teaching basic knowledge of cosmology.
Regardless of whether they understood or not, these primary school students were watching curiously.
It must be said that "aerospace engineering" is indeed a catalyst for science and technology.
Compared with more than 160 years ago, the science and technology of the new human civilization has undergone tremendous qualitative changes, truly earth-shaking changes!
Several children were quietly looking at the Knicks in the distance. Suddenly a little boy asked: "Teacher Liana, are we leaving? Are we leaving the Knicks?"
"Ah...yes!"
The blond woman suddenly came back from her thoughts and responded: "So if we look at it for a while now, I'm afraid we won't have the chance in the future... We are going to find... our own blue sky and white clouds!"
At this point, she also felt a little sad. To her, the dark Knicks were more kind to her.
This young teacher was born on the Noah and has never seen the real blue sky and white clouds...but she has been taught this way since she was a child.
The earth has only been seen in certain images. It is very beautiful and blue.
These children seemed to feel the teacher's emotions, and each one of them looked at the Knicks with some sadness.
Are you leaving?
"Everyone, each nuclear explosion reactor has been operating stably for thirty years. Facts have proved that as long as it is maintained regularly, it can operate for a long time!"
"Except for a small number of rare materials, all warehouses are filled with material materials."
"Every part of the spacecraft is also being inspected for the seventh time. This is also the last time... It is expected to be officially completed in three days!"
"...If everything checks out correctly, one week from now is also the day for our departure! We will conduct our first deep space voyage!"
In this government meeting, Yu Yifeng solemnly and earnestly announced this final decision.
The huge deep space ship was completed in this way, and the new human civilization crossed the "Great Filter". It also marked that... the new human civilization became a true interstellar civilization! A rare interstellar civilization!
Humanity finally has the ability to move towards a wider distance!
When everything was completed, people were not as excited as they imagined.
Perhaps after more than one hundred and sixty years, all passion has been slowly worn away, and all hard work has become a habit...
It seems that the meaning of human existence is for "nuclear fusion" and to overcome the "big filter".
Now, it is finally completed! Suddenly it was empty, and everyone felt a strange sense of emptiness.
Maybe after staying in the Knicks for more than a hundred years, feelings will always arise.
There are many old faces here, as well as new ones.
Due to the rapid development of science, human life expectancy is getting longer and longer, especially with the emergence of brain chips... Perfect elements are no longer just looking at the moon in water.
"Okay everyone, do you really want to stay in this ghost place forever? I'm fed up with this place! Even if you have to stay here for a long time, at least find a planet with light, a suitable temperature, and a normal atmosphere!
" Dr. Rimbaud complained with distress.
"Since we are already an interstellar civilization and have the ability to navigate interstellar space, we must find a more beautiful planet to stay on, right?"
However, his complaints did alleviate people's depression to a certain extent.
It’s true, the dark Knicks star doesn’t meet the requirements of mankind!
Yu Yifeng smiled and finally finalized all the decisions. "Everyone, within the next week, everyone will finish all the work in their hands, recall all surface staff, and we will begin the real... interstellar era!"
When the words "the final interstellar era" were spoken, everyone became excited.
People clapped and cheered loudly, trying to shake off their slightly sad mood.
Things in the world will always be beyond everyone’s expectations...
At the beginning, everyone disliked the dark Knick, but now they have feelings for him... Especially with the emergence of later generations, Knick has become the second mother of mankind.
Even Yu Yifeng felt a little like this, as if a wanderer was about to say goodbye to his mother.