Chapter 90 Exploring the solar system with the Wannianyan Emperor is part of the plan

As early as the New Cold War period before the Crisis Era, as the civilian use of nanomaterials made space elevators a reality, the plan to build the Wannian Yandi was proposed.

And this concept has been mentioned in many important meetings. China was once planning to start building the Wannian Yandi after the completion of the space elevator.

But considering the spacecraft in space at that time, this plan was later shelved by the space agency because no one was willing to spend money to build a giant metal garbage.

Later, after the outbreak of the Trisolaris crisis, this project was not resumed because experts found that such a huge spacecraft far exceeded the power of existing non-working fluid engines.

It was not until more than ten years after the Crisis Era that as the radiation propulsion spacecraft became effective, someone dug it out again to prepare for the future development of the solar system.

After more than 20 years of research and development and construction, this super scientific research vessel has finally been completed. Of course, it is now completely different from the original concept draft.

Today's Wannian Yandi has an ecological cycle system that can operate for centuries, and uses the latest generation of working fluid-free fusion engines. Taking into account the round-trip fuel, it can reach one thousandth of the speed of light.

"The speed of human development is really fast. In just a few decades, such a behemoth can sail at one thousandth of the speed of light and explore the entire solar system." Sai said with emotion.

"This is also thanks to your Chang'an Deep Black Project. It was your vigorous promotion of the non-working fusion engine and the leadership of Chief Engineer Cheng that led to the creation of the Wannian Yandi."

"The Wannian Yandi was designed by Chief Engineer Cheng?" Sai wondered. She was quite surprised to hear Cheng Xin from others.

"In addition, Chairman Sai is very interested in outer planets. She wants to develop outer planets in the new wall-facing project, so she asked me to come to the Wannian Yandi to explore the bottom."

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"I don't quite understand. It seems to be a humanoid robot directly controlled by humans. We can use the V-suit to control this kind of robot to see the environment above."

Therefore, she is at least fifty or sixty years old. As long as Cheng Xin does not cultivate immortality or bind to any system, she will most likely die of natural causes in a few decades.

This is also good news.

"As for the inner planets, she is not concerned about them. Because the inner planets are relatively close, the seven major council members will give priority to developing Venus. At most, Mercury needs to be mentioned."

After all, Sai really couldn't imagine what kind of strange scene would be created when the defense-like Deterrence Era Transvestite and the defense-like Cheng Xin were combined.

"I don't know, it seems to be some kind of space version. It has anti-radiation and anti-magnetic fields." The scientist said a few more words casually, and was called away by his colleagues.

Another target is the asteroid-Apollo group. Of course, this target is uncertain because there may be unknown planets or asteroids that have not been observed by humans.

"Yes, the chief engineer of the Wannian Yandi is Ms. Cheng Xin. It was she who led this great project and pushed it forward against all odds."

"Why?" Professor Shen asked doubtfully.

When heading to Venus, the Wannian Yandi will accelerate to 10 times the speed of the third universe, and by that time all passengers will have to enter the deep sea state.

"By the way, we may not land on Venus and Mercury this time. Only a small number of professional astronauts will go down to do exploration work." The scientist suddenly said mysteriously.

"There is no point in hibernating. Humans will definitely not be able to defeat the Trisolarans anyway. I will never hope to engage in basic science in this life."

"Because some kind of machine stand-in will go down instead of us. We can see everything from the spaceship and even feel it. We don't need to go down in person."

"No, so Chairman Say's plan is to develop Mars?" Professor Shen asked the scientist.

She must die under Sai's eyes, and Cheng Xin must not be allowed to go to the future to cause trouble.

The preliminary exploration plan only involves the inner layer of the solar system, with a total of three targets, two of which are planets, namely Venus and Mercury.

After the ceremony, Professor Shen and his party arrived at the space port at the top of the space elevator within a short time, and then entered the Wannian Yandi spacecraft.

Sai thought a lot after hearing Professor Shen's words. If Cheng Xin was qualified to lead such an important project, it meant that her qualifications were already very old.

Professor Shen said with envy, as if he thought of many past events.

"Are you from the school of future history?" Professor Shen asked doubtfully after hearing this. Since this person was under the instruction of Say, he most likely belongs to the school of future history.

The scientist shrugged and continued: "So instead of doing nothing, it's better to find something interesting to do. I happen to have a PhD in space engineering before, so let's study other planets in the solar system."

"That's right. It's just that it hasn't been formally proposed yet. But if we find economic value on Jupiter or other outer planets in the future, she will definitely formally propose it."

"Yes, are you interested in joining us? Chairman Say's wisdom is beyond the times. It can be said that she is leading the development of human civilization." The scientist took the opportunity to promote.

"What is a machine stand-in?"

One of the courses was about artificial cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a weightless environment, and Professor Shen unexpectedly met an expert in condensed matter physics.

"She is more interested in Jupiter." The scientist paused and continued: "Because the hydrogen and ammonia ocean there has infinite fusion fuel."

"Ah?" Professor Shen couldn't help but ask: "I know that Mercury has strong magnetic fields and radiation. Can such sophisticated electronic instruments operate on it?"

"You're a basic science person who doesn't hibernate, so why are you here on the Wannian Yandi?" Professor Shen asked after the two got to know each other.

"Speaking of which, I envy Chief Engineer Cheng. She is appreciated by the Asian Space Force just like I am appreciated by Ray Diaz."

However, as this is the first voyage, the Wannian Yandi does not plan to set off immediately. Instead, it gives everyone two weeks to conduct space navigation training and adapt to the weightless environment.

"It means that the Wannian Yandi's exploration of the five outer planets is Chairman Sai's plan?"

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Not long after the two of them finished chatting, the Wannian Yandi finally began to sail towards the nearest target, which was Venus, 40 million kilometers away.

Half a century ago, this was an unimaginable journey that required a lot of money and experience, but now it seems that it is not necessarily more difficult than going abroad.

At the same time on Earth, Say also found Hines and planned to ask him something.
Chapter completed!