After having the "village" nuclear fusion-powered spacecraft Hope, Xiao Yu truly realized the convenience brought to him by technological progress. When the Hope was initially designed, it was designed for dual use in interstellar space and near-Earth space.
In this way, whether it is launching satellites or transporting materials between stars, it will be dozens of times more convenient and faster than before.
At least, using Hope to launch eighteen satellites around Saturn saved Xiao Yu a huge amount of materials required to build eighteen rockets.
After making up his mind to provide signal coverage for the entire Saturn system, Xiao Bianyu increased the speed of manufacturing satellites. Now Xiao Yu has completed the basic accumulation. In addition to the relatively scarce elements of titanium and zirconium,
On Titan, a total of ninety-three bases produce huge amounts of materials all the time, which are inexhaustible. With these sources of materials, Xiao Yu can already start developing new technologies with peace of mind.
Countless robots are busy shuttling back and forth. As long as there is enough energy, they will never feel tired or ask for rest. Under the hard work of these efficient construction workers, satellites are manufactured one after another, and Hope
Responsible for transporting these satellites to appropriate locations.
The titanium and zirconium collection plan has officially begun. In addition to having basic communication functions, these satellites manufactured by Xiao Yu also have the function of searching for titanium and zirconium elements.
Xiao Yu added extremely sensitive element analysis instruments to these satellites. Xiao Yu believed that as long as these two elements exist in the Saturn system, they will be found by him.
It took the Hope spacecraft three full months to put nearly 80 satellites into orbit one by one. Since there are no stable Lagrange points in the Saturn system, all but seven of these satellites
Except for the satellites orbiting Saturn, the rest of them orbit Saturn.
At this point, the entire Saturn system has been completely covered by Xiao Yu's signal. As long as it is within the Saturn system and does not enter the interior of the planet, it can contact Xiao Yu no matter where the Hope is.
The entire Saturn system is a huge system. Before the destruction of the earth, humans have already discovered that the entire Saturn system has at least 62 satellites. After Xiao Yu was stationed on Titan, he discovered many other satellites orbiting Saturn.
Stones, but these stones are too small and can only be regarded as meteorites, not satellites.
Among these sixty-two satellites, only seven satellites have enough mass to reach hydrostatic equilibrium. In other words, only seven satellites are spherical.
The so-called hydrostatic equilibrium means that when a star reaches a certain mass, the gravitational force of its various parts will tend to be balanced. In order to achieve this balance, it will inevitably form a spherical shape. This is why all large stars discovered by humans are
It is spherical or approximately spherical. Only asteroids have irregular shapes because they do not have enough mass.
These seven Saturn satellites were the focus of Xiao Yu's search. Seven satellites were specially launched into orbits around them. For the remaining small satellites, Xiao Yu directed the Hope to embark on a tortuous journey, one by one.
Visit them.
But the result disappointed Xiao Yu. It seemed that when the gods created the Saturn system, they forgot to add titanium and zirconium. Xiao Yu searched the entire Saturn system and could not find these two elements.
traces of.
In fact, it cannot be said that nothing was found, but the bit that was found had no mining value at all. The reserves were low and mining was difficult. If it was found, it was equal to not found. After the search lasted for three months, Xiao Yu was very wise.
Gave up this idea.
Then, there are only two choices next. One is to develop towards the inner planets and search for them in Mars or proto-Earth orbit; the other is to develop towards the outer planets and search for Uranus and Neptune.
After weighing the pros and cons, Xiao Yu chose the first option. The reason is very simple. The orbit of Neptune is 1.4 billion kilometers away from the orbit of Saturn, and the orbit of the Earth is 1.3 billion kilometers away from Saturn. The distance is not too far apart, and even the Earth is even farther away.
Closer. In the orbit of the earth, Xiao Yu can be sure that there are a large amount of titanium and zirconium. This is something that humans on the original earth have long discovered. Although Neptune can be supplemented with fusion fuel, Neptune is not
Whether there are these two elements still needs to be explored separately.
"Okay." Xiao Yu sighed and began to make plans to return to Earth.
But this plan has a big difficulty. That is, the distance is too far. It is so far that even if it travels at the speed of light of a radio signal, it will take more than seventy minutes to complete. In other words, Xiao Yu is on Titan
When a signal is sent to the Hope in Earth orbit, it will take more than seventy minutes for the Hope to receive it. This is unacceptable to Xiao Yu, who values absolute control. Moreover, without the Hope, Saturn
Daily tasks such as systems, launching satellites, and maintaining satellites cannot be carried out at all.
But if Xiao Yu leaves the main base on Titan and follows the Hope to Earth orbit, the construction on Titan will come to a complete standstill without Xiao Yu's supervision. This is something Xiao Yu is unwilling to accept.
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"Extra-distance communication, I don't know when it will be developed." Xiao Yu lamented. Now Xiao Yu is very eager to obtain super-distance communication technology.
The so-called over-distance communication, as the name suggests, is communication that transcends distance, also known as real-time communication. That is, no matter how far the distance is, the communication between them is real-time and without delay.
Many people have already begun to study this technology on Earth. The most promising breakthrough at present is to achieve long-distance communication based on the quantum entanglement effect of quantum mechanics.
However, this kind of technology is still in theory and cannot even be implemented in the laboratory, let alone practical application. Xiao Yu has no way to realize it now. But Xiao Yu has a plan to wait until he reaches heaven.
After the Tianyuan 4 star system, a very large particle collider will be built to orbit the Tianyuan 4 star system. After making a breakthrough in its basic physical theory, it will then study long-distance communication technology.
In fact, human science has not made major progress in recent decades. It has been developing on the two cornerstones of relativity and quantum theory. At best, it has only made some tinkering with details. Human society seems to be prosperous, but in fact it is just
Technical development is not theoretical development.
As for long-distance communication, there is no doubt that it cannot be realized under the current framework of basic physical theory.
Xiao Yu shook his head slightly, shook these thoughts out of his mind, and began to think about how to use the current technical level to solve the problems currently encountered.
"Only by using programming technology, at a distance scale of 1.3 billion kilometers, I can only have some general control over the Hope. The specific details must be programmed in advance and let the Hope do it by itself. Well, there is also the Hope
After leaving, there are interstellar transportation issues here in the Saturn system, so let’s build another spaceship.”
"The radiation intensity of the 'No. 1' Kodama is not strong enough to build another spaceship, so let's use the Hope to capture some Kodama first. However, Jupiter is also 700 million kilometers away from here, and a signal takes forty minutes.
I really don't feel confident about facing these dangerous creatures by relying on procedures alone."
Xiao Yu sighed and continued to think.
"At the speed of the Hope, it will take a month to reach Jupiter. Including the time required for capture, the round trip will take about two and a half months. Well, then, leave the main base and go to Jupiter. Then, go to the original earth orbit for mining
I just have to rely on the program to do the things I want. I really can’t afford to waste so long.”
After thinking slowly, Xiao Yu formulated a plan.
After the general framework came out, Xiao Yu began to tinker with the details, that is, how to use limited resources and time to do the most.
"Since we are going to Jupiter, it is just a good idea to pave the way for the trip to Earth. Well, place a high-power communication satellite at the Lagrange point between the Sun and Saturn, and then place a high-power communication satellite at the Lagrange point between the Sun and Jupiter.
It basically solves the communication problem."
After making up his mind, Xiao Yu immediately started the construction of these two satellites. With his previous experience in building nearly a hundred satellites, the construction process of these two satellites was very smooth, and they were completed in just one month.
After everything was ready, Xiao Yu put the two satellites into the Hope and made proper arrangements for the 93 bases on Titan, such as shutting down certain machines, suspending mining, and writing some programs.
Let some robots be responsible for the daily maintenance of the base, etc., and after making all arrangements, Xiao Yu came to the photon computer on the Hope through the optical cable.
Although the main control computer on the Hope is also a photon computer, its computing power is countless times worse than that in the main base. However, Xiao Yu has no plans to use this computer to do anything with a large amount of calculations, so he should just take a rest.
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After controlling the Hope to leave Titan, Xiao Yu first reached the Lagrange point between the sun and Saturn. After stopping, he placed a satellite here and then continued to accelerate. Three minutes later, the speed of the Hope reached
At 350 kilometers per second, it quickly left the Saturn system and flew towards Jupiter.
The long journey lasted for a month. Seeing the familiar face of Jupiter again, Xiao Yu couldn't help but feel excited.
"I have already said that I will come back! With the latest materials modified from the black insect corpse, I see what else you can do to me this time. Be obedient and become my construction material!"
Arriving at an orbit 100,000 kilometers away from Jupiter, Xiao Yu shouted arrogantly.