Chapter 472 Five Hundred Years

"Mo Yuan, if we had more time, we might be able to build the Star better."

On the day when the long-distance voyage spaceship Star set sail, when I bid farewell to Mo Dao at the lunar base,

Mo Dao's student, the deputy dean of Qiusuo Research Institute, still couldn't help but said this,

"New technologies can be used on the next Star or other long-distance voyages."

"Perhaps later spaceships can catch up with the Star."

"The current Xingchen, with the current technology, has done a very good job."

Spending more time on the construction of the Star will bring about improvements in the short term.

In fact, it cannot make up for the reduction in sailing time and the shortened final sailing mileage.

After all, for Mo Dao, the time left in his life is indeed running out.

Listen to Mo Dao's words,

Mo Dao, this student was a little silent.

The previous sentence is not actually a judgment based on professional knowledge.

It's just a kind of retention.

The last day of April.

Mo Dao and Qin Huaishi woke up at the moon base at an ordinary time.

After having breakfast at the lunar base,

Just like an ordinary trip, heading to the interstellar port of the lunar base,

There, they will board the ascender and enter the Star Voyage Ship where they will spend the last part of their lives.

And other people in the lunar base, or the lunar city,

Whether they are researchers at Qiusuo Research Institute or resident technicians in lunar cities,

These are the tourists who have specially arrived and stayed in the lunar city in the past ten days or so,

The night before this was a bit rough, and many people had trouble falling asleep.

Without even waiting for the deliberately set alarm clock to ring, in the early hours of the morning, he simply turned over and sat up, heading towards a few specific areas.

The interstellar port of the lunar base,

They knew that Commander Mo and his wife, Ms. Qin Huaishi, would leave the lunar base from here and enter the long-distance spacecraft.

There are many people who want to say goodbye here and see Commander Mo for the last time.

On both sides of the cabin section used as a road to the interstellar port, there were dense crowds of people who had made a special trip to see them off.

On one side of the lunar city, through the portholes at the edge of the lunar city, people can see,

At this moment, the existence of the Star is firmly fixed in the orbit of the moon.

There are also some people, after getting permission,

Wearing the extravehicular suit, we came to the outside of the lunar city,

Through the transparent mask, he looked at the Star in the lunar orbit and the location of the lunar interstellar port.

certainly,

Even in a lunar city, the more people are just like the more people on the ground at this moment, most people are the same.

Through the live broadcast of China News Service, the main station and other platforms, pay attention to the scene at this moment.

"...This is the most distant interstellar mission ever undertaken by mankind."

"The people responsible for this manned voyage will be Chief Engineer Mo Dao and his wife, Ms. Qin Huaishi, an outstanding biologist."

"Previously, the most distant place that a human aircraft has ever reached was a detection aircraft named 'Jimu' launched by the Qiusuo Research Institute when the Yuanhang 8A model was born. The probe once reached the edge of the Kuiper Belt, and then entered the Orr After the special nebula passed, contact was gradually lost due to the distance. "

When the reporter from China News Agency pointed the camera at the Star, he briefly introduced it, and then fell into silence.

Just talking about this interstellar voyage mission, it is also a great attempt launched in this interstellar era.

This long-distance voyage ship, the Star, will continue to move forward and expand the boundaries of human footsteps.

But at the same time, this spaceship named Star will also, as its name suggests, take away a star from human society.

In fact, it’s not just reporters from China News Service either.

At this moment, in different ways, most of the people who were paying attention to the Star were somewhat silent.

The complex and somewhat sad emotions left most people at a loss what to say at the moment.

Facing Mo Dao's departure, most people's most instinctive reaction is to be reluctant and reluctant.

But he was unwilling to say anything that would stop Chief Master Mo from pursuing his career and goals in this life.

Finally, on Mo Dao's side, when he and Qin Huaishi sat on the ascender at the lunar interstellar port,

On the passage leading to the lunar interstellar port, people gathered to say goodbye. I don’t know who shouted,

"Commander Mo, Ms. Qin, I wish you a successful completion of this voyage!"

People suddenly seemed to have found the only words that should be said at this moment, words that could express their emotions.

So countless people, from the lunar base to the ground,

Some people shouted,

"Chief Commander Mo, I wish you a successful completion of this voyage plan."

Just like the Qiusuo Research Institute, just like all the previous scientific research projects hosted by Mo Dao, it was a complete success.

…

Although his long life has made Mo Dao feel calmer most of the time,

But at this moment, it is obviously impossible to say that there is no emotion at all.

In this life, or in the past few lives, what Mo Dao did was just what he wanted to do.

But apparently, in accomplishing his own life goals,

Not only will it attract like-minded people, it will also bring many changes to the world.

The technical staff responsible for the lunar interstellar port at Qiusuo Research Institute,

He conveyed the wishes of similar people in the ground and lunar bases to Mo Dao and Qin Huaishi.

Mo Dao paused for a while, and then smiled.

Qin Huaishi, who was sitting next to Mo Dao, also smiled, put his hand on the back of Mo Dao's hand, and held Mo Dao's hand.

…

"Mo Yuan."

"After all the engines of the Star are started and the Star takes off."

"The acceleration phase will last for several years. When the acceleration is completed, the ultimate speed of the Star will reach 0.8% of the speed of light."

"The departure, acceleration and navigation during the period will be completely completed by the Suigu subroutine carried by the Star."

"The working fluid carried on the spacecraft is enough to complete the acceleration phase and one deceleration."

"After completing the acceleration phase, most of the spacecraft's propulsion engines will be shut down, and the spacecraft will rely on inertia to continue moving toward the Proxima Centauri galaxy."

"The spacecraft also carries a small mining spacecraft, which can help replenish the working fluid during the process."

"If all goes well, this spacecraft will arrive at its final destination, Proxima Centauri, five hundred years later."

The lunar surface ascender was connected to the behemoth Star.

Over the past ten days, I have gotten used to the low gravity on the moon.

Entering the interior of the Star, which was already maintaining simulated gravity, I suddenly felt a little heavy.

The level of simulated gravity in the Star is approximately 0.9 on the ground.

One of Mo Dao's students and several other core researchers from the Qiusuo Research Institute followed Mo Dao and the two of them into the Star together.

They will exit before setting sail.

Mo Dao's students followed Mo Dao and the two of them into the center of the Star, and said to Mo Dao and the other two at the same time.

Compared to the initial

It would theoretically take tens of thousands of years to travel to Proxima Centauri.

At this moment, it has been shortened to only a few hundred years.

The shortened time in this period is the technological progress completed by Mo Dao in this life, leading the research institute.

However, five hundred years is still too long.

Regardless of whether the Star can operate normally for that long.

Based on the calculation of one generation in twenty years, even if a population is left on the spacecraft and multiplies on the way to Proxima Centauri,

From departure to arrival, it took more than twenty generations to complete this long relay voyage.

And this year,

Mo Dao's remaining time in this life is already the fourth to last year.