As the engine shuts down, coupled with interstellar movement and so on, the water vapor gradually dissipates and deviates, and the light becomes stronger and stronger.
"Didi..." In the main control room of the spacecraft, Li Changxing and six other brothers stood quietly, followed by other scientists from the older generation who were pursuing their goals. They were quiet, just watching the technicians operate the spacecraft. But the calm appearance cannot conceal the brilliant light in his eyes.
From today on, the sea and the sky are brighter!
Unlike on Venus, Li Changxing and others are full of vitality now - although there are people who are hundreds of years old, all of them are masters of the golden elixir stage, with at least 500 lifespans; even those with the best qualifications Zhao Qingyun is already a master at the Nascent Soul stage, which makes them still look young. For practitioners, they have just entered their prime! It's a time of high spirits.
At this moment, an unprecedented broad platform was unfolding before their eyes.
Li Zhengying, with Li Changxing taking office as the emperor of the Yanhuang Empire, this guy has become a real prince. However, the current prince is busy commanding the spaceship. Li Changxing was in charge of the electronic technology, software technology, etc. of the master company back then, and Li Zhengying was the elite among the elites. Now Li Zhengying is in charge of the control of the spacecraft, etc. In other words, the hope for the future of mankind now lies in Li Zhengying's hands.
"Report, all tail engines of the spacecraft have been shut down."
"Report, 0-90° engine off, 180-270° engine off, normal."
Gradually, only two rows of engines on the surface of the spacecraft were still working. There are only 100 units of the two-row engine.
"Inspect for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, start the spacecraft's rotating gravity system." Li Zhengying was meticulous. The remaining 100 engines are gradually changing directions and are undergoing final calibration.
"Report, engine No. 01300 has been inspected and the line angle is correct." "Engine No. 20450 has been inspected and the line angle is correct."......
After reporting one by one, Li Zhengying simulated the rotating model virtually and conducted final inspections. Rotating gravity is easy to say. But it’s not easy to actually study it! Once the center of gravity of the spacecraft deflects, etc. That’s bad food!
"Start the two diagonal engines and check the center of gravity of the spacecraft!"
The two engines located opposite each other on both sides of the spacecraft began to swing gently, and finally they became perpendicular to the direction of the spacecraft's advance. Driven by the two engines, the spacecraft gradually began to rotate and accelerate.
The power provided by the two engines was too little. Even if each one has a terrifying thrust of 100,000 tons. But the ship itself is equally heavy. One hundred thousand tons - like ants under the feet of an elephant!
But a simple sway is enough to check the spacecraft's center of gravity. More than an hour later. After the spacecraft inspection is completed, the spacecraft is placed in an absolute state of balance through water injection and other methods. flowing water. The center of gravity of the spacecraft can be adjusted at any time - after all, if humans want to have activities in the spacecraft, they will inevitably affect the center of gravity of the spacecraft.
"Start all!" With a command, the remaining engines instantly changed direction, and the spacecraft began to rotate rapidly. It wasn't until it reached double the Earth's standard gravity that it was all closed. At this point, the spacecraft can be said to have completely completed its startup.
After completely getting rid of Venus's gravity, the spacecraft shut down its engine. On the one hand, the engine consumes precious water resources. When the flight speed exceeds hundreds of kilometers per second, it is impossible to stop and collect water resources - even though there are millions of frozen planets in the outer reaches of the solar system. . On the other hand, the water vapor emitted by the engine has seriously blocked the pressure drive of sunlight. In fact, light alone is enough to provide the spacecraft with an acceleration of 0.3 meters per second.
If you want to completely escape the influence of the solar system, you must at least leave the Oort cloud, and you need to travel up to 10 billion kilometers! As the speed increases, the mass of the spacecraft will also increase relatively - this increased mass is very terrifying considering the huge mass of the spacecraft itself. Therefore, if the spacecraft wants to completely rely on light to escape the gravity of the solar system, it will need to fly for half a year! After half a year of continuous acceleration, it can finally reach 0.4 times the speed of light relying solely on the power of light. Then, after leaving the solar system, the engine can be started to accelerate appropriately, increasing the speed to 0.55 times the speed of light.
Considering the energy, materials, water, etc. carried by the spacecraft, a speed of 0.55 times the speed of light is the most ideal. It's too fast - it can't stop the car, and it consumes so much energy that it's not worth the gain. Too small – that’s a long time! 29 Venusian years is long enough. How much longer do you want to stay in space?
As the water vapor dissipates, the golden light in space also quietly disappears - without medium scattering, the light cannot be seen from the side. But in space, a 500-kilometer-diameter solar sail is like a new sun!
500 kilometers! The helicopter flight takes an hour! Now, it provides a powerful billion-ton thrust, providing the spacecraft with an acceleration of 0.3 meters per second.
Two days later, the spacecraft flew through the Earth's orbit. The launch time was just enough for the spacecraft to fly 500,000 kilometers away from the Earth. In fact, this is also a specific choice. This is not to show off - there is nothing to show off; it is to make this interstellar immigrant more meaningful!
The strong sunlight provides powerful thrust for the spacecraft, pushing the spacecraft like a small planet all the way through the void. It uses arc motion to accumulate speed while getting rid of the gravity of the solar system; at the same time, it also relies on the Earth, Jupiter, and Saturn. Wait for the planet's gravity to accelerate.
Of course, another thing about doing arc-shaped movements is that Venus is also moving. If you don’t do arc-shaped movements, how can I provide you with power? Easily blocked by the sun.
Although the spacecraft is in space, this spacecraft, which carries so many dreams and hopes of mankind, has become the center of all news at this moment. People check the progress of the spacecraft every day.
Beyond Earth's orbit, people cheered!
Arriving in Jupiter's orbit, people cheered! A month has passed by this time, but people's enthusiasm is still fierce.
Beyond the orbit of Pluto, where the limits of optical telescopes are reached; people cheered as well. The bright solar sail is so dazzling that even here it can still be easily captured by optical telescopes.
The spacecraft is getting farther and farther away, so that even high-powered telescopes can only look for that particularly bright, golden light spot in the distant space, in the starry sky, but it is difficult to see it now. Perhaps, fast movement is the only obvious characteristic. In the vast starry sky, a small bright spot is really inconspicuous - there are too many stars, and they are even brighter!
Until April of the 62nd year of the Imperial Calendar, the spacecraft was no longer visible. On May 25, Imperial Year 62, Gregorian Calendar 2127, an official report from the Empire was issued: Humanity’s first interstellar immigrant team has left the solar system, let us bless them. At the same time, cheer heartily, human civilization has entered a new era! (To be continued...)