Chapter 613: Heading into Deep Space
November of the 5th year of Xinghe.
It has been more than a month since Sapiens launched "Dark Planet: Defend Earth".
During this period, the number of daily players of the game is still steadily increasing, and currently there are an average of 57 to 63 million players per day.
In secret, Sapiens quickly invested in more synchronization robots and synchronization servers.
Currently, there are a total of 120,000 players who have been added to the synchronous server without their knowledge.
Although many smart employees have more or less noticed some hidden information in this game.
After all, the six-clawed civilization has too much technological and cultural information. It doesn’t seem like a fabricated “virtual civilization” at all. Instead, it seems like a real six-clawed civilization.
However, these employees who noticed the problem are also smart people. They know that since the company conveys information in this way, the company must have its own ideas and plans. It is best for them not to say too much and just watch the company operate quietly.
And the game "Deadly Dark Star: Earth Defense War" is indeed very attractive.
After all, this is the second world that Sapiens has put all its efforts into creating, with thousands of professional science fiction writers, sociologists, researchers, and intelligence agents behind it.
These woven little stories and copies make the plot conflicts in the virtual world become more ups and downs.
Many employees who have no worries about food and drink pursue stimulation and a sense of accomplishment, which can also be achieved in the virtual world.
With such silent development, Sapiens' bases and industries in outer space have also expanded rapidly.
Moon.
The huge circular track on the back has now completed the laying of the last part of the solar panels.
Three of the towers connected to the circular track also connect the last part of the track to the circular track.
But when these ring orbits are connected to the tower orbits, it means that spacecraft accelerated by electromagnetic force can fly from the tower orbits into deep space.
The orbital directions of these three towers are also different, because this is to facilitate the adjustment of the direction of the spacecraft when it leaves the moon during the launch process.
The tower track itself can only adjust the direction within a small range. It is obviously impossible to adjust the direction at large angles.
That's why it's necessary to build three towers.
In fact, the three towers are only preliminary. According to the planned design, there will be a total of six launch towers for the lunar mass projector.
But now three are enough.
The reason for developing a mass projector on the moon is actually to carry humans to alien planets such as Venus and Mars.
This is also the only choice.
Even though Sapiens has completed the research and development of high-power nuclear plasma thrusters, the speed limitation of spacecraft is still a stumbling block to the exploration of the universe.
This high-power plasma thruster can increase the speed from 0 to 35 kilometers per second in 1.5 years.
This speed is basically the limit of this plasma thruster.
It’s not that we can’t exceed this speed, but there is no need to do so.
Space travel is not a reckless act. If you keep accelerating, not only will the speed increase little by little, but the spacecraft's fuel will also be consumed quickly. When the spacecraft reaches the target area, it will need to brake.
Therefore, to a certain extent, if a relatively high initial velocity can be given to the spacecraft when it is launched, a lot of fuel or working fluid can be saved.
The task of giving the spacecraft initial velocity can only be entrusted to the mass projector.
As for the nuclear explosion propulsion solution, which was previously the specialty of the Sapiens Space Division, there is no way it can be used in manned space flight.
The bottom line is that the nuclear explosion propulsion plan is too simple and crude. It can instantly give a spacecraft a speed of more than ten kilometers per second in a sub-vacuum environment. Continuous nuclear explosions can directly increase the speed of a spacecraft to a limit of 1,200 kilometers per second.
The problem is that this can only be used to transport objects and non-mammals. Otherwise, even the new humans who have undergone preliminary transformation will not be able to withstand the terrifying instantaneous acceleration.
The circular orbit acceleration through the mass projector is a uniform acceleration and will not cause too much pressure on the body.
The initial velocity of the mass projector can also reach 15 kilometers per second.
The sub-vacuum environment on the back of the moon is very effective in supporting the mass projector .
With the three tower tracks and the ring track connected, it means that the mass projector can be officially put into use.
After reporting the relevant situation.
Dr. Mikoyan, head of the space business unit, arrived at the base on the back of the moon via a synchronous robot.
At this time, inside the spacecraft shipyard of the base.
A spacecraft designed specifically for electromagnetic acceleration has completed its final checks.
This spacecraft is a variant of the Spark class, called the Magneto class spacecraft, with a total weight of 7,600 tons.
The base commander accompanied Mikoyan to the side of the spacecraft.
"Minister, we have placed the test monkeys and anthropomorphic humans in the cockpit of the spacecraft, and they can be tested for the first time at any time." The base commander said eagerly.
Mikoyan did not drag his feet, but asked them to prepare for the launch. At the same time, the employee in charge of recording also quickly took a photo of this scene as a souvenir. This is one of the development histories of the Sapiens company.
Moreover, Li Qingye has been studying the technology of the six-clawed civilization recently and has no time to come and investigate, so Mikoyan naturally wants to record this scene.
Soon the base commander was ordered to prepare for launch.
The magnetic-class spacecraft was towed by a tractor and slowly moved toward a circular track not far away.
In addition to the tractor, there are various auxiliary fixing equipment to ensure that this 7,600-ton magnetic-class spacecraft arrives in the circular orbit safely.
After half an hour of slow movement, the Magnetic Class 0001 spacecraft was finally in place.
As the side wall magnetic field confinement layer of the circular orbit closed, the launch finally entered the countdown.
"Start accelerating!" the base commander ordered calmly.
"Received." The commander pressed the acceleration switch.
The magnetic-class spacecraft, which had been motionless just now, slowly moved forward.
The speed increased very slowly, and even with the magnetic levitation track, the speed of the spacecraft could not be increased all at once.
This is electromagnetic acceleration. If it accelerates suddenly, the terrifying acceleration will be enough to instantly kill many large carbon-based organisms on the spacecraft.
The 300-kilometer-long circular track, with the power of the nuclear power plant, pushes the magnetic-class spacecraft to accelerate little by little.
After going around in a circle.
The spacecraft speed has increased to about 1,000 kilometers per hour.
Then we will break through Mach 1 and Mach 2…
By the 12th lap , the spacecraft's speed had soared to an extremely terrifying 15 kilometers per second.
"Connect to Tower 2 track."
"Access successful..."
In less than ten seconds, the magnetic-class spacecraft flew along the tower orbit towards Jupiter at a speed of 15.3 kilometers per second.
And because there was no atmosphere to block it, the speed of the magnetic-class spacecraft did not slow down but maintained inertia and flew towards Jupiter.
However, soon a pale yellow plasma will be spewed out from the back of the magnetic-class spacecraft, and it is obvious that the spacecraft's autopilot system has activated the plasma thrusters.
At this speed, the spacecraft will soon be accelerated to 35 kilometers per second.
This is the first milestone in humanity's entry into the universe.
