"Let's go. According to the plan, even the nearest spacecraft to the Centaur Galaxy will take at least 50 years to reach the Centaur Galaxy. The interstellar universe is really too vast."
"With our current technology, talking about interstellar colonization still seems a bit too forced. It would be best to develop warp engine technology."
Seeing the eight spaceships disappearing from sight, Qin Yi shook his head helplessly.
Human beings have not encountered any alien civilization until now. This does not mean that human beings are the only civilization that really exists in the void of the universe.
According to scientists' assumptions, the greater possibility is that the starry sky and the universe are too vast, and the long distances that are often measured in light-years seriously hinder the communication and communication between various galaxies.
Before technology has developed to a certain stage and powerful and advanced spaceships have not been developed, no one will venture into the starry sky and the universe.
Even the current people on earth are already considered a level 2 cosmic civilization according to the classification of civilizations. They have basically left Jupiter and started to develop civilization in the mother galaxy.
Even though there are now spaceships like the 'Hanwu Emperor', which has all the conditions to sail in the interstellar universe, it is still difficult to colonize the interstellar universe.
The eight unmanned exploration spacecraft dispatched this time, because they are unmanned exploration spacecraft, have been accelerating from the beginning, and the issue of acceleration has not been considered at all.
According to the scientists' settings, after a long acceleration process, these eight spacecraft will eventually fly towards the eight nearest galaxies in the solar system at a speed of 30,000 kilometers per second, which is one-tenth the speed of light.
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One-tenth the speed of light, this is an extremely amazing speed. The speed of 30,000 kilometers per second is also an extremely terrifying speed. But in the universe, this speed is still very, very slow. It is just the speed of light.
One-tenth of the time, it takes 43 years to travel to the nearest Centauri galaxy.
From here we can know that sailing in the interstellar universe requires not only faster speeds, but also longer lifespans.
The average lifespan of people on earth is only over 70 years old now. It would take 43 years to go to the Centauri galaxy at one-tenth the speed of light. If we count the acceleration and deceleration time, it may take more than half a century.
Such a long time is almost equivalent to half of a person's life. He set out when he was young and arrived in the Centauri galaxy, already in his twilight years and extremely old.
Moreover, no one knows whether there will be some other problems when navigating in the interstellar space, etc. This may be the biggest problem in interstellar space navigation.
Speed and time!
To be precise, it should be space and time.
"The Academy of Sciences is already conducting theoretical research on the warp engine. The current progress is average, and in terms of materials, we estimate that at least degenerate materials are needed to meet the needs of the warp engine."
"We have already solved the energy technology. The huge energy generated by controllable nuclear fusion technology is enough. I estimate that we will not be able to develop warp engine technology for at least half a century."
When talking about warp engine technology, Liu Peiqiang shook his head and said.
Qin Yi has already come up with the relevant theories of warp engine technology, and scientists are working hard to study and research. If this is possible, he estimates that it will take half a century.
Without Qin Yi's information, it's really hard to say the time. Maybe 100 years, 500 years, or even 1,000 years are possible.
"I now understand that life is widespread in the universe, but why we haven't encountered aliens so far is because the universe is so vast."
Liu Peiqiang sighed for a long time. Only when you truly realize the vastness of the universe can you understand your own insignificance. In the face of the vast universe, human beings are still spinning around in circles.
"Half a century?"
When Qin Yi heard this, he smiled and continued: "It would be good to be able to study it in half a century. The key now is to lay a good foundation."
"With a solid foundation and talents constantly emerging like carps crossing a river, only then will our technology be able to advance by leaps and bounds."
"Right now, the population is still too small."
Qin Yi turned his head and looked in the direction of Mars. The blue planet stood quietly in the void, exuding a hazy halo. It was very beautiful and touching.
Looking further into the void, Qin Yi tried to find the location of the earth, but the distance between the earth and Mars was now too far, and it was impossible to see the earth with the naked eye.
Looking into the more distant void universe, it is pitch black, with a few bright stars twinkling. Qin Yi knows that under this seemingly pitch-black void universe, if you use a powerful cosmic astronomical telescope to see it, you will see it.
You will find that it is also very prosperous and bright.
Even if it is a very small, very dark area, it still has countless stars, but the void of the universe is too vast. The light of the stars passes through the endless void and becomes extremely weak. With the naked eye,
It's really hard to tell the difference.
Only the most advanced cosmic astronomical science telescopes can distinguish these faint lights, analyze these lights, and then know how far away the star field this light comes from.
It is very possible that it is just a very ordinary beam of light that has gone through hundreds of millions of years in the vast void of the universe. All the light from the universe that humans see now is actually a lot.
, the light of many years ago.
From this point of view, time and space seem to be very contradictory. We and everything else in the universe do not seem to live in the same time and space, because what we are seeing now is who knows how many billions of years ago.
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Everything that is happening here now, when they see it across the distance in the void, countless long years have passed.
"Time and space~"
These two words kept wandering in Qin Yi's mind.
"How about we go to New Magic City to have a look?"
"It just so happens that you can take a break and take a walk. The first batch of immigrants from Earth have arrived in New Magic City. I just want to go and take a look."
Liu Peiqiang nodded, then thought about it and suggested.
"Okay, let's go."
Qin Yi came back to his senses and replied with a smile.
Soon, the three spaceships left the space factory and flew directly into Mars, heading towards the New Magic City at the mouth of the Little Yangtze River in Middle-earth.
ps: Actually, it’s interesting to think about it. The sun we see now is the sun 8 minutes ago. The starlight we see at night is the light from many years ago, some even millions of years ago.
Light. So people fantasize about whether the world we live in is the real world? Could it be the same? In fact, we are all living in an illusory world? What we see is not the real world.
In the face of time and space, everything is illusory and unreal.