Technological Hegemony

Cao Yuan and Shen Lang are both rare geniuses, but they have completely different personalities just like day and night.

Shen Lang is like a tireless machine, full of sunny temperament, always pursuing victory, no matter how many difficulties and obstacles he encounters, he will never give up lightly, no matter colleagues, classmates, or even irrelevant strangers, he can't help Attracted by Shen Lang's magical charm, she surrounded him.

And Cao Yuan always looks like he can't wake up. He wears clothes with anime characters and fluffy hairstyle like a chicken coop. He holds his mobile phone when he walks and sleeps. He is either playing games or In the process of logging into the game server, he is a strong player in the keyboard world. He often laughs and scolds in sharp language, but he is reticent in the real world. If not necessary, he rarely goes out, and uses the Internet to solve problems such as eating and dressing.

Anyway, their style is so distinctive, it brings two completely different feelings to everyone in the authority. Shen Lang just gave everyone a shot of stimulant, promising to wash the global chemical market for three months, followed by Cao Yuan, who made an amazing point , He said in frustration that if we don't work hard, human beings will probably never be able to get out of the solar system.

Scratching his head, Cao Yuan said: "From the perspective of the universe, although the solar system is a small galaxy, it is still bigger than we imagined. If we define walking out of the solar system as breaking away from the sun's gravity, the distance is 50,000 to One hundred and twenty-five thousand astronomical units, or one to two light years."

"The fastest spacecraft in human history is the Helios II launched by North America in 1976. It is a solar probe and has reached a maximum speed of 70 kilometers per second at perihelion. If it flies out of the solar system at this speed It takes 4,285 years, and in reality, as the sun's gravity continues to slow down, it will fly slower and slower, and it will actually take more time."

"So far, Voyager 1 is the most distant spacecraft from the earth. It took more than 40 years to leave the earth 20.6 billion kilometers. It sounds amazing, but this is only one-thousandth of the distance. , and Voyager 1 also took advantage of the planetary gravitational slingshot acceleration that occurs every 175 years, which itself took advantage of it."

Luo Jia nodded slightly and said: "Your calculation is correct. With the current level of technology, there is no way for human beings to leave the solar system, because the time is too long, so."

"No way! Mr. Luo actually supports Cao Yuan's judgment?"

"My God, Mr. Luo also thinks that there is no way for human beings to leave the solar system!?"

In a split second, everyone felt turbulent. Cao Yuan's frustrating point of view was not a big deal. The key point was that Luo Jia agreed.

Cao Yuan's heart trembled slightly, and he looked at Luo Jia who was sitting upright, it seemed that Luo Jia already knew what he was talking about,

So he didn't show the slightest surprise, his expression was very calm, so powerful, he deserves to be the man who controls everything.

Swallowing a mouthful of spit, Cao Yuan continued: "So, we need a power revolution, subvert the existing space navigation technology, and develop ion propulsion. This project is urgent. If everyone trusts me, I am willing to take charge of the establishment of the ion propulsion laboratory. .”

Oh, so it is so...

It is rare that Cao Yuan, who has always been lazy, took the initiative to invite Ying to work on the ion propulsion project. It must be influenced by Ji Ming. After all, although Ji Ming and Cao Yuan are not teachers and students, their relationship is better than that of master and student.

Cao Yuan's graphene lab is stabilizing, and he does have time now.

So strong, it turns out that Cao Yuan is also proficient in electromagnetic physics! ?

There was an instant turmoil in everyone's hearts, only Luo Jia said nothing, because before Cao Yuan spoke, he was already working on the ion propulsion project, but recently he was busy with the work of the rocket laboratory and the space elevator, and did not spend more time on the ion propulsion project. advancing aspect.

"If Cao Yuan wants to be in charge of this project, it would be a good choice." Luo Jia thought, "From the success of the graphene laboratory, it is not difficult to see that Cao Yuan seems to be lazy, but in fact he has a delicate mind. After all, the graphene laboratory is also a few It is not an easy task to manage so many scientists, assign them into groups, assign research topics, and coordinate the progress of research and development for the large project of the 100th researcher, which requires leadership and coordination."

Thinking of this, Luo Jia nodded lightly, "Yes, if you don't object, Cao Yuan will set up an ion propulsion laboratory."

Everyone nodded, expressing that they had no opinion.

"I'm afraid I won't have time to play games in the future." Cao Yuan thought to himself, "But that's okay, the abuse of food is purely to pass the time. As expected, it's more important to see the stars and the sea in your lifetime."

Cao Yuan did not deny that he was influenced by Ji Ming. He was too old to work so hard, so he was ashamed to lie down and sleep on the merits. Even though graphene is enough to confer a godly achievement, he is still young after all. , In addition, deep in Cao Yuan's heart, he was unwilling to lose to the young geniuses of Xingchen University headed by Shen Lang.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Luo Jia made a final decision and said: "Okay, after the meeting, Cao Yuan will follow me to my office, and I will bring you the ion thruster pre-research data."

"Okay." Cao Yuan replied habitually.

But then, his face changed drastically, everyone was startled and looked at Luo Jia in surprise.

"What? Pre-research data?"

"Ion propulsion pre-research has already started? Impossible, Mr. Luo did it alone!?"

"He is so busy, but he still has time to do pre-research?"

Luo Jia looked around the audience and saw that everyone was looking at him, expecting to explain himself, so he could only smile and said: "Actually, I'm not sure which one is the future, ion propulsion or nuclear pulse propulsion, so I did some research and analysis. .”

"It would be great to have Cao Yuan's help now. Cao Yuan is in charge of ion propulsion, and I am in charge of nuclear pulse. After the preliminary results are obtained, we will compare the two technologies and choose the one with the highest cost performance as the key development. , but we have to consider the cost, after all, every step in space costs money.”

What the hell!

Mr. Luo not only does ion propulsion pre-research, but also nuclear pulse technology! ?

That's awesome!

This forced outfit can get full marks!

Unsurprisingly, Luo Jia once again shocked everyone.

Simply put, nuclear pulse propulsion is to drive the spacecraft forward by continuously creating nuclear explosions behind the spacecraft.

Theoretically, nuclear pulse propulsion can accelerate the spacecraft to an astonishing one-tenth of a light-year in the limit state, which can be regarded as a simple and crude model of the era of the big universe.

In Luo Jia's mind, it would be best if ion propulsion could be realized, but ion propulsion requires controllable nuclear fusion as a front-end technology, which seems to be extremely difficult at present.

If ion propulsion is not feasible in the short term, Luo Jia does not rule out blasting a future with nuclear bombs. As for some people, they are worried about the pollution caused by nuclear bombs in the universe.

Luo Jia believes that as long as human beings can get out of the solar system and get rid of the fucking pollution.