Chapter 553: A World Apart, a Place Where Neighbors Can Be Found

At this moment, the test run test does not need to worry about whether the passengers can withstand it under normal operating conditions.

When only material limits need to be considered,

The acceleration set by the Qiusuo Research Institute for the new electric propulsion system in the trial run is very exaggerated.

Along the preset, straight line,

From the slow acceleration at the beginning, to after a very short time,

The entirety of the new electric propulsion system can no longer be captured in the images captured by the progressive smart spacecraft.

Only the plasma ejected by the electric propulsion system can still see some glimmer of light in a short period of time.

Even though the smart spacecraft started accelerating at the same time under the coordination of Suigu, it was not able to shorten the overall distance from the new electric propulsion system.

Instead, it was as if the smart spacecraft was not working at all. Soon, the glimmer of plasma flow behind the new electric propulsion system could no longer be captured in the returned images.

However, this strong contrast makes the difference between the speed achieved by the new electric propulsion system and the previous electric propulsion engine more concretely reflected.

"...The smart spacecraft has stopped chasing."

"The lunar surface and near-Earth space platforms have tracked the overall position of the new electric propulsion system."

The progressive smart spacecraft did not follow up, but fortunately, even if the speed is fast enough,

But for a while, the electric propulsion system being tested as a whole will not be able to monitor and track other monitoring equipment in near-Earth space, the moon, or even space.

The screen in the command hall also displayed a simulation animation indicating the approximate position and related values ​​​​of the electric propulsion system during the test run.

As well as the pictures returned by the monitoring equipment carried by the electric propulsion system as a whole.

However, in the absence of contrast, in the picture, only the earth behind the direction of the electric propulsion system can be seen, and the dark space of the universe that has not changed much.

In the command hall,

No one spoke for a moment,

Although the results of previous simulations were promising,

The construction of the new electric propulsion system itself was also completed by Suigu, and it can be implemented in accordance with the theoretical design to a large extent.

But when the first test run actually started, the researchers were inevitably a little nervous.

In the silence of the command hall here,

Mo Dao looked back at the numerical changes displayed on the screen.

At this moment, the overall speed of the new electric propulsion system has reached 6852 meters per second, and is continuing to climb at an exaggerated acceleration.

Mo Dao didn't say anything at this time.

Just focus on this most important value for the propulsion system and continue to jump up.

"10,000 meters per second."

"20,000 meters per second."

"100,000 meters per second."

"...300,000 meters per second."

When the speed of the new electric propulsion system climbs to 300,000 meters per second, which is almost one thousandth of the speed of light.

In the command hall, which had been quiet for a long time, strong cheers broke out after another pause.

Even if this first test run can move forward at extremely high acceleration without regard to life or death,

But it will still take a relatively long time to accelerate to the 6% speed of light that this experiment wants to achieve.

As for the theoretical limit speed of eight percent of the speed of light, that is a matter for subsequent testing.

Therefore, accelerating to one thousandth of the speed of light at this moment is already the success of the first stage of this experiment.

In particular, the speed growth curve at this moment, as well as the current feedback of working fluid consumption, and the overall situation of the new propulsion system,

It is also consistent with the simulation data originally completed by Suigu.

Based on the data, it is basically possible to declare the successful development of the new electric propulsion system at this moment.

"Thank you to all the researchers for their efforts in the research and theoretical design of the new electric propulsion system."

"The first phase of testing of the new electric propulsion system has been successfully completed. We look forward to the entire trial run being concluded successfully as scheduled and achieving the goals we expected."

Mo Dao made a summary of this test run.

After Mo Dao's words, the cheers in the entire command hall became even more enthusiastic.

…

After that, testing of the new electric propulsion system continued,

Although Mo Dao has shifted his focus to the research of heavy nuclear fusion,

But within the Qiusuo Research Institute, researchers from the electric propulsion project research team are still paying attention to this new electric propulsion system that is still accelerating in space.

In the end, the test results of the new electric propulsion system did not disappoint the researchers at Qiusuo Research Institute.

After reaching one thousandth of the speed of light,

The entire electric propulsion system continued to accelerate in the direction of Neptune for three months, reaching the expected speed of this test, which was 6% of the speed of light.

Then, it took the same three months to gradually slow down from 6% of the speed of light until it stopped again.

The whole process lasted for half a year, and 90% of the working fluids and energy materials carried in this experiment were consumed.

There is no need to mention the small amount of working fluid carried, but in terms of energy consumption, behind the exaggerated propulsion capability is a terrifying energy consumption.

This is just a test run of a single new electric propulsion engine. Apart from energy, it has not been equipped with anything that a long-distance spacecraft should have.

But in the end, no matter how reluctant it is in other aspects,

After six months of testing, Qiusuo Research Institute’s new electric propulsion system has been declared a success.

If we say,

The Suigu Project is the pinnacle product of the era of controllable nuclear fusion.

Then this new electric propulsion system is basically the pinnacle product of the intelligent era.

Under the leadership and participation of Mo Dao, Qiusuo Research Institute and Mo Dao basically reached the limit under the existing technical conditions.

Under normal conditions, the propulsion speed can reach six percent of the speed of light.

With a longer acceleration time, it can gradually climb to eight percent of the speed of light.

During the advancement process, the working fluid required is greatly reduced.

At the same time, in terms of theoretical design, it leaves room for the possibility of later changing the working fluid required in the propulsion process of the new electric propulsion system.

Perhaps at a higher level of technology, this electric propulsion system is not perfect yet.

But for human civilization at this moment, the Quest Research Institute and Mo Dao are the most suitable interstellar spacecraft propulsion systems.

final,

At the suggestion of a group of core researchers, Mo Dao chose a name for this new propulsion system.

The previous room temperature series will no longer be continued.

Instead, it’s called ‘Bilin’, ‘Bilin-1 electric propulsion system. ’

The name contains two meanings at the same time.

The first is that Qiusuo Research Institute and Modao will use this propulsion system to achieve the goal of reaching Proxima Centauri.

The second meaning is that with this electric propulsion system, ‘the world is as close as one’s neighbor’.

also,

The birth of the Proximity-1 electric propulsion system does not mean that it can only function on long-distance spacecraft.

In fact, since the birth of the Proximity-1 propulsion system, it has already begun to have some impact on this era.

1975, at the end of the year,

Qiusuo Research Institute began to build the first interstellar spacecraft using the Proximity series propulsion system.

After that, it took more than a year, which is already a long construction time in the smart era.

Completed the first starship of the Proxima series propulsion system,

The main route of this interstellar spacecraft is from the Mars Industrial Center to the Triton Industrial Center.

Faster interstellar navigation speed, shorter flight time,

It means faster exchange of materials and personnel,

Affected by this, the construction of Triton, a remote industrial center, began to accelerate.