Chapter 1044 Dark Forest

The ignition of the nuclear-powered rocket was quite successful! The Mars probe in space continues to accelerate with the power of the nuclear-powered rocket!

If it is a previous probe, after being launched by a rocket, it will be a process of inertial flight! This process will of course be quite long! They must calculate the orbit in advance and launch it before Mars and the Earth are closest to each other, just in time to meet at the closest position. Even so, it will take more than a year!

But now, it's completely different! This Mars probe, after being launched, continues to accelerate! The thrust of 168 kilonewtons is not large, but in outer space, even a plasma engine with a thrust of only a few thousand newtons will bring a qualitative leap to the spacecraft. Now, the biggest advantage of this engine is that it can provide thrust continuously! In the atmosphere, this thrust is mainly used to overcome air resistance, but in outer space, these thrusts are completely used to accelerate the spacecraft!

The launch was a complete success!

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After leaving the launch hall, Andre convened another meeting. However, only a few people attended this meeting. Even Chelomian was allowed to attend the meeting only after some consideration.

"First of all, congratulations on the successful launch of our nuclear-powered rocket." Andre said, "Have you ever thought about why we spend so much money on space exploration?"

It does cost a huge amount of money. Fortunately, the Soviet Union's economic situation is quite good now. A strong country can have strong funds to support space activities. Even so, the current fully launched space program accounts for 5% of the Soviet Union's fiscal expenditure, which is already a very high proportion.

"Of course it is to occupy outer space. Now the facts have proved that only by occupying outer space can we gain absolute advantage over the United States." Nikolay said. As the person in charge of the Scythian laser cannon, he has always been proud.

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"It is to explore more distant planets." Chelomen said: "The Earth is the cradle of mankind, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever. When our technology reaches a certain level, we will explore more distant worlds. Our Soviet flag should not only be planted in every corner of the Earth, but also in outer space."

The sentence just now is a famous saying of Soviet aviation, from Tsiolkovsky, the first Soviet astronaut.

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Andre nodded: "Yes, we will carefully pass through the atmosphere, and then conquer the solar system. In fact, these are just one aspect. Have you ever thought that there may be other civilized worlds outside the earth?"

Andre's words stunned everyone. In fact, theoretically speaking, the universe is so vast that there are definitely more than one planet that can breed life. There must be many planets that are capable of producing intelligent life!

Aliens are a common sight in science fiction novels, and a topic that science fiction fans love to talk about.

Alien civilization! Coming from Andre's mouth, this is certainly not just talk, Andre has a deeper intention!

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"Marshal Andrei, theoretically, alien civilizations should exist," Grushko said. "The ancient Milky Way galaxy we live in is about 10 billion years old, but the diameter of the Milky Way is only about 100,000 light years. This means that if there really are aliens, even if they fly through space at only one thousandth of the speed of light, it would only take them about 100 million years to cross the Milky Way, which is much shorter than the age of the Milky Way. Therefore, from the perspective of mathematical probability, we can see that in the vast universe, there should be many stars similar to the Earth that are suitable for the existence of life. At the same time, some stars are much older than the Earth, so the evolution of life on them must have been much earlier than that of humans on Earth."

"So, if we assume that there are aliens, what should be their attitude towards us?" Andre continued to ask.

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Aliens! Now, discussing alien civilizations with Marshal Andre is just like a fantasy! Chelo Mian couldn't help but say: "There are only two attitudes, good and bad, but we don't know if there are aliens, whether they are good or bad."

"If we discover alien civilizations during our exploration of the universe, and their civilization is even more advanced than ours, for example, they have just entered the Stone Age, how should we treat them?" Andre asked, "Should we help them, let them learn to make fire, and let them continue to evolve until they reach our level, or should we drop a few powerful nuclear bombs to destroy their civilization?"

Since we can't guess whether the aliens come to Earth with good intentions or bad intentions, why not just think about it the other way around and think about what it would be like if we were on other planets.

"I think we should drop the nuclear bomb." The KGB chief who came with Andre suddenly said, "After all, if we can't control the other party, destroying them is the best way. If we help them evolve, they may surpass us at any time, which is dangerous for us. We shouldn't put ourselves in danger."

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Anyone, when doing anything, will definitely consider the problem from his own perspective first. If he doesn't think this way, then there is definitely something wrong with his brain.

****'s words suddenly made the other participants sweat on their backs. As top aerospace engineers, they certainly had the most flexible minds. They quickly thought of the terrible consequences. If they were discovered by alien civilizations that they already had such a powerful civilization, in order to prevent them from surpassing them, they would definitely destroy them without hesitation!

Peaceful coexistence? Stop dreaming! Just look at the earth. When will the United States and the Soviet Union be able to coexist peacefully? The total amount of resources on the earth is fixed. Whoever wants to develop must get more resources and restrict others!

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"The universe is a dark forest. Every civilization is a hunter with a gun. He sneaks through the woods like a ghost, gently pushing aside the branches that block the way, trying his best not to make any sound with his footsteps, and even breathing must be cautious: he must be careful, because there are hunters sneaking around like him everywhere in the forest. If he finds other lives, there is only one thing he can do: shoot and kill them. In this forest, others are hell and eternal threats. Any life that exposes its existence will soon be destroyed. This is the picture of cosmic civilization. Once discovered, only one side can survive, or neither side can survive." said Andre.

Andre remembered this passage very clearly. This was said by Liu Cixin, the author of the science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem. Although his words were constantly questioned by some people, Liu Cixin finally explained that he made up this passage in order to write the novel.

The truth is not something that can be debated, because the truth is always in the hands of a few people. Liu Cixin said that just to avoid controversy. He was just writing a novel. However, after experiencing more and more things, especially now that Andre has reached the top, he knows that this set of laws is probably the closest to the true laws of cosmic civilization!