In the outer space of the moon, huge space buildings are quietly suspended in the void.
With the rise of the lunar mining industry and lunar tourism, the moon has already become very lively. The earth has gradually become congested with the outer space of the earth. More and more people have begun to set their sights on the moon.
Seize outer space this side of the moon.
In the void, a spaceship coming from the direction of the earth is flying rapidly towards the moon. The spacecraft is branded with the logo of Galaxy Technology Group.
Inside the spacecraft, Qin Yi looked at the scenery outside the window. The moon had also undergone tremendous changes. On the formerly desolate surface of the moon, huge lunar mining bases were brightly lit. Large lunar mining vehicles and transport vehicles were like busy ants.
Generally, you can see anti-gravity spacecraft rising and falling from the moon from time to time.
The anti-gravity spacecraft Qin Yi took did not park at the space port on the moon's side, but flew directly to the moon and to the lunar Oceanus Procellarum area.
Oceanus Procellarum is the largest lunar sea on the moon. It is extremely rich in resources and the terrain is also very open and flat. Now it is also an industry that belongs exclusively to the Galaxy Technology Group. It is occupied by the Galaxy Technology Group, making countless people jealous.
The spaceship Qin Yi was on slowly landed in a base in the Oceanus Procellarum area. This base is different from the large and small mining bases on the moon. It is not a base for mining, but a base for research.
A scientific research base for controllable nuclear fusion technology.
Of course, the external brand is the Galaxy Mining Group's Lunar Mineral Resources Research Base, which is not used to research controllable nuclear fusion technology.
The reason for selling dog meat at the expense of sheep is naturally to avoid attracting attention. This controllable nuclear fusion technology is still nuclear technology after all. Nuclear technology has always been prohibited from private research, even in countries on earth that have no strength.
They are not allowed to study nuclear technology.
Qin Yi wanted to study nuclear fusion technology. If it were placed on the earth, it would definitely not be suitable because there were too many eyes paying attention to it, so he chose to study nuclear fusion technology on the moon and spent a huge amount of money to build a building on the moon.
A huge controlled nuclear fusion research institute.
Controllable nuclear fusion technology must be researched. The spacecraft is getting bigger and bigger, and the capabilities required are also getting bigger and bigger. It is increasingly difficult to satisfy the huge appetite of the spacecraft by relying solely on atomic matrix batteries.
Especially next, Qin Yi will study the Dragon-class spacecraft, which is larger and more powerful than the Qinglong-class spacecraft. The Dragon-class spacecraft has huge thrust and can be used to mine billion-ton or even tens of billion-ton materials.
Asteroid.
With such a powerful thrust, it requires so much energy that there is no way to drive it using traditional atomic matrix batteries. Even though atomic matrix battery technology is becoming more and more advanced and can carry more and more energy, it is still far away.
Far from being able to drive a Dragon-class spacecraft.
The dragon-class spaceship will be used to navigate the starry sky and the universe in the future, and it can also be transformed into a space battleship to travel in the sea of stars. Relying on batteries, even if it can be driven, it will definitely not be able to provide a continuous supply for a long time.
motivation.
At present, only nuclear fusion can produce powerful enough energy, and controllable nuclear fusion releases a large amount of energy, does not produce nuclear radiation, and has no nuclear waste. The raw materials required are very abundant in nature, and they are definitely interstellar.
The most needed energy technology in the age of navigation.
Qin Yi had wanted to study controllable nuclear fusion technology a long time ago, but due to conditions and various restrictions, he had never conducted research.
Since the rise of the lunar mining industry, Qin Yi secretly built this huge controlled nuclear fusion research institute on the moon to study controllable nuclear fusion technology.
This base is backed by a tall mountain range and is built on the mountain. From the outside, it does not look like a large area like other lunar mining bases. It is not large in scale and inconspicuous.
But when Qin Yi entered this base, he realized that there was a cave inside. He almost hollowed out the entire huge mountain range, and built a large-scale controllable nuclear fusion research base underground and inside the mountain.
"Qingwei, you did a good job on this matter."
Walking into the unique Controlled Nuclear Fusion Research Institute, you will see a huge team of scientists very busy, a variety of advanced research equipment, and complete living, entertainment and other facilities.
Qin Yi also praised Lu Qingwei beside him. Lu Qingwei is the person in charge of Galaxy Mining Group, the builder of this controllable nuclear fusion laboratory, and the person in charge here.
He often runs to the moon when he has nothing to do, not really for the Moon Mining Group, but more for the controllable nuclear fusion research base.
"Thank you, boss. This controllable nuclear fusion technology is something we must study. Without this technology, even if we can build the engine of the Dragon-class spacecraft, we will not have enough energy to drive it. In the future, we will not be able to drive it."
There is no way to conquer the stars and the sea and start the age of interstellar navigation."
"It's just that we have not been allowed to conduct reliable nuclear fusion research here on Earth. We can only go to the moon. In the future, after the transformation of Mars is completed, we will finally build Mars into our private territory and conduct research on controllable nuclear fusion.
If we move it to Mars, we can study various technologies openly and with peace of mind."
Lu Qingwei smiled and said, while taking Qin Yi to visit this huge base, he also introduced it in detail.
"This is the helium 3 refining factory area. The refining of helium 3 is extremely complicated and troublesome. We must first heat the soil on the moon to a high temperature of more than 700 degrees, and then use complex processes to extract helium 3 from it.
Already."
"Fortunately, there are very large reserves of helium 3 on the moon, so we don't have to worry about raw materials."
"Here is our ignition device. The technology of the ignition device is the same as Uncle Sam's National Ignition Device, but our ignition device is more advanced than theirs."
"Using the characteristics of laser, we gather many laser beams to one point. When the powerful laser is gathered at one point, it is enough to generate hundreds of millions of tons of high temperature and a pressure of more than 100 billion atmospheres, thereby triggering a nuclear fusion reaction."
"Just to build this ignition device, we spent 500 billion Chinese dollars."
Lu Qingwei took Qin Yi to a special place. There are laser transmitters here. The laser transmitters are all aimed at a ball-like device. There is an extremely small point on the device. This point is what scientists imagined.
The point used for ignition of nuclear fusion.
Nuclear fusion and nuclear fission are two completely different nuclear reactions. Nuclear fission is the process of splitting a heavy atomic nucleus into a light atomic nucleus. This process will release a huge amount of energy. For example, the energy released by an atomic bomb explosion is very powerful.
Nuclear fusion, also known as nuclear fusion, refers to the mutual aggregation of atomic nuclei from atoms with small masses, such as deuterium and tritium, under certain conditions (such as ultra-high temperature and high pressure). This process will also release very huge energy.
The energy released by nuclear fission is even greater and terrifying.
We see the sun every day. Nuclear fusion reactions are constantly taking place on it. Even the smallest amount of energy released illuminates the earth and brings warmth, thus giving rise to life.
Now humans have mastered nuclear fission technology, can manufacture atomic bombs, can also use nuclear fission technology to generate electricity, and have realized the application of controllable nuclear fission technology.
Compared with nuclear fission technology and nuclear fusion technology, human science and technology currently only has a general grasp. Currently, it can only achieve nuclear fusion, but there is no way to achieve controllable nuclear fusion.
One of the most critical points is that the conditions required for nuclear fusion are extremely harsh. To fuse hydrogen atoms together, it requires very high temperatures or very high pressures.
Nuclear fusion requires temperatures as high as hundreds of millions of degrees Celsius and pressures exceeding 100 billion standard atmospheres.
Such high temperatures and pressures are very difficult to achieve on earth. The explosion of a hydrogen bomb relies on the terrifying high temperature generated by the nuclear fission of an atomic bomb to detonate.
Therefore, the realization of controllable nuclear fusion has never been successful, because simply igniting the nuclear fusion reaction is a very difficult subject. It is impossible to use an atomic bomb to ignite the controlled nuclear fusion.
Of course, there are always more methods than difficulties, and the wisdom of scientists is infinite.
Scientists thought of using laser ignition method. Laser can carry huge energy. A large number of laser beams are concentrated on a point, just like sunlight is concentrated on a point. As long as there are enough concentrated beams and the energy carried is enough,
It is huge and can also produce extremely terrifying high temperatures, thereby igniting and achieving nuclear fusion reactions.
Uncle Sam's National Ignition Facility is a device used to research controllable nuclear fusion technology. In 2000, Uncle Sam spent 2.4 billion pounds to build this ignition device alone.
The ignition device displayed in front of Qin Yi is also very powerful. When many laser beams are gathered together, they can also produce extremely terrifying high temperatures. This high temperature is enough to stimulate the generation of nuclear fusion reactions.
Of course, just being able to ignite is still far from the emergence of nuclear fusion reaction, and there is still a very long way to go before controllable nuclear fusion.
Because nuclear fusion not only requires extremely high temperatures or pressures, it also produces terrifying high temperatures and releases huge amounts of energy. Currently, there is no technology that can control the horror produced by nuclear fusion.
High temperature is the most difficult aspect of achieving controllable nuclear fusion.
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