Galactic Tech Empire

Chapter 462 Sublight Speed ​​([-])
Huang Haojie used the nuclear fusion reaction to forcibly produce radium elements. First, Li Xiang and the others completed the research and development task in one step. However, this method is a way to make miracles vigorously. Li Xiang and their replacement projects are still proceeding in an orderly manner.

In less than a week, the No.11 branch of the Materials Research Institute artificially synthesized 50 kilograms of radium elements, and these radium elements were quickly sent to the Laser Research Institute.

The Laser Research Institute, which obtained sufficient raw materials, completed the improvement of the beta-ray laser head. After all, Huang Haojie had already extracted the manufacturing technology of the beta-ray laser head from [Pandora] and gave it to them.

With a complete technical process, and the difficulty of the process is not too much beyond that of Blue Star, so it cannot be replicated, the Laser Research Institute is ashamed of Huang Haojie's investment and cultivation.

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11 month 10 day.

As the Double Eleven carnival approaches, the e-commerce industry in Australia is developing very rapidly, especially as a large number of immigrants join Australia, which has brought tremendous changes here.

The [-] Carnival was brought by the Tang people, and with the vigorous development of the three giants Taotao.com, Jingdong and Tongcheng.com, many local Australians are also obsessed with this convenient online shopping.

The festive atmosphere dilutes some of the depression within the Human Revolution Alliance, and many people temporarily abandon their troubles and indulge in the shopping spree.

Presumably this year's Double Eleven Carnival will hit a new high. Although the Human Innovation Alliance is vigorously promoting industries such as aerospace, military industry, and materials, the living standards of the people have not been greatly affected.

This is due to the large-scale application of nuclear fusion power generation technology and the abundant raw materials brought by space mining. The large-scale plan has stimulated the overall development of society.After all, technologies such as materials, aerospace, and military industry can be transformed into civilian use.

In particular, the artificial meat that began to be promoted on a small scale in October, and the artificial organ medical treatment that has been vigorously promoted by the Human Innovation Alliance have once again improved the happiness of the people.

Human life is life, old age, sickness and death. Artificial organs are a kind of life-defying change for birth, old age, sickness and death. Frightening organ diseases such as leukemia, uremia, diabetes, heart disease, etc. have become ailments like colds. This sense of security is absolutely It is something that many people could not imagine before.

Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Zhou Botong gave everyone in the research institute a day off. He was shopping in Nandu with Ji Mishima and Ilkin at this time, but the three big men were really wandering around.

"Half a year ago, this place was still a desert, but now it is a modern metropolis, a metropolis surrounded by oases, lakes, farms, and forest parks." Zhou Botong sighed.

"Huh? There is a swimming pool, why don't we go sunbathing?" Ilkin said as he walked.

It turned out that they came to an artificial lake, which was contracted to a private development, and many people were already playing in it.

"Yes." Zhou Botong nodded.

The three of them bought tickets and went inside. Obviously, the boss invested a lot of capital. As soon as they walked inside, there was a large artificial beach full of tropical style. Some coconut trees and palm trees were scattered on the beach. superior.

There are also stilt wooden houses and a Southeast Asian restaurant. Outside the beach is an endless artificial lake that makes people feel like they are in a tropical island. It is obviously visually enhanced by using holographic projection technology.

Zhou Botong sunbathed directly on the beach, while Ilkin was swimming. As for Mishima Ji, he went to buy juice and watermelon.

"Zhou Sang, eat watermelon."

"Thanks."

The two were chatting while eating watermelon, and suddenly a message popped up on Zhou Botong's holographic watch, and he quickly looked it up.

Ji Mishima took a glance: "The Beta-ray laser head of the Laser Research Institute has been completed, great."

Zhou Bo cleared the holographic projection, and said with a smile: "This time, thanks to the head of state's personal action, the radium element was synthesized by means of nuclear fusion reaction, otherwise the laser research institute would be hard for a clever woman to cook without rice."

"Do you want to go back to the research institute immediately?"

Zhou Botong waved his hand: "It's not too late to go back tomorrow, let's combine work and rest! Everyone has been under too much pressure recently, so it's rare to relax."

"OK then!"

Ji Mishima also knew the situation in the research institute. These days, they hardly had any rest. Sometimes they slept for two or three hours a day or even all night. If this continued, they would die before human civilization was defeated.

"Huh! It's so refreshing! It's been a long time since I've had such a good swim." Ilkin walked up from the swimming pool.

"Eat watermelon." Mishima Ji handed over a piece of watermelon.

Ilkin sat directly on the beach, nibbled on the watermelon quickly, and the sunlight tempered by the ceiling directly shone on the three of them, making their bodies slightly hot, but it was not as hot as the summer sun outside. Zhou Botong didn't even know it. Fell asleep on the beach.

At noon, the three of them ate directly at the Southeast Asian restaurant next to the beach, and then went to visit the farm and forest park in Nandu.

11 month 11 day.

Zhou Botong and others invested in the research and development work this time, replacing the beta-ray laser head freshly released by the Laser Research Institute, and they sent the photon engine to the No. 5 test site for testing again.

Although the speed of the photon engine is not greatly improved, it only increases the cruising speed to 13.8% of the speed of light, and the maximum speed to 16.2% of the speed of light.

However, the fuel utilization efficiency has improved a lot. Compared with the photon engine of the Anluo Stars, their fuel consumption has dropped to 206% to 214% from the previous 103% to 106%.

At cruising speed, it used to consume about 700 grams of nuclear fuel per second, but now it is about 350 grams per second.This improvement is huge, equivalent to using the same fuel to complete twice the previous cruising range.

That is to say, the spacecraft only needs to consume about 23 kilograms of nuclear fuel to fly back and forth between Blue Star and Mars.

"The prototype machine has reached the limit of what we humans can do at present. If we want to improve the photon engine, I think we can only go in the direction of higher energy level gamma rays." Ji Mishima put down the test report and said.

"I think we can still work on the stability. After all, the cruising speed is only 13.8% of the speed of light, and there is still a distance from the maximum speed of 16.2% of the speed of light." Zhou Botong said.

"This is indeed a direction." Jin Rucai also nodded and said.

"I don't know, has that adsorbent material come out yet? If the adsorbent material comes out, part of the self-sustainability of the spacecraft's nuclear fuel can be solved." Zhou Botong said suddenly.

"Sorbent material? Zhou, you mean hydrogen sorbent material?" Ilkin asked.

Zhou Botong nodded: "That's the thing. I don't know if the Materials Research Institute has come out."

"It shouldn't be that fast. The Materials Research Institute has a lot of tasks recently, but the difficulty of this thing should not be too big, after all, there are complete technical materials." Jin Rucai said.

Hydrogen adsorption material is a special material developed by the Anluo Stars to solve long-distance interstellar (light-year) voyages. It is mainly used to absorb hydrogen in interstellar space while flying.

Although the interstellar space is a vacuum environment, as the most abundant element in the universe, the distribution of hydrogen is ubiquitous.

Even the interstellar space between star systems contains a lot of hydrogen elements. The hydrogen elements of the Anluo Stars can absorb 0.2 to 6 grams of hydrogen elements from the space per second, and these hydrogen elements can solve part of the spacecraft fuel. self-sustaining ability.

(End of this chapter)