The aerospace carrier is officially codenamed ‘Tianhang-01’.
After the last space test, the light pressure engine was officially named the 'Space Carrier', and the codename was quickly determined.
The main system of Tianhang-01 has been relatively complete. The recent work is to continue to add manned cabins, install satellite launch brackets, improve the small spacecraft release cabin, and add gravity shield equipment and gravity field equipment.
After a series of constructions were completed, the next step determined by the spacecraft company was to explore Europa.
This plan has been finalized, and an announcement has been made, "In the future, Tianhang-01 will fly to Jupiter and explore Europa, which is the most likely to have life in the solar system. At that time, it will collect as much Europa as possible
samples of the planet and collect detailed information about Jupiter and its moons."
Europa is the sixth known satellite of Jupiter and the fourth largest of all the satellites of Jupiter. It is called Europa because it is the second closest to Jupiter.
Compared with other planets, the surface of Europa is much milder, mainly because its surface is covered with ice and the bottom layer is an ocean.
Some scientists believe that the Earth's oceans gave birth to life, and that Europa, which has a similar environment to the Earth, may also give birth to life. Europa's subglacial ocean has also become one of the goals for humans to search for extraterrestrial life.
Therefore, the main collection target for Europa’s planet samples is groundwater samples.
However, collecting groundwater samples is very difficult, and the decision depends on the landing environment. The second goal of collecting is soil and rock samples.
Research shows that the surface of Europa is similar to the Earth and is filled with a large amount of silicate rocks. Collecting silicate rock or Fenghua soil samples is also very meaningful and valuable work.
The spacecraft company issued an announcement on the next step of the plan, promoting the exploration of Europa, but in fact, the planet exploration work is only incidental, and the most important thing is to allow Tianhang-01 to conduct long-distance voyages.
This is the plan and also the content of the test.
Tianhang-01 will fly from the Earth to Jupiter, orbit Jupiter for several times, complete the exploration of Europa and collect information, and then leave the orbit of Jupiter and return to Earth.
The best time for the voyage plan is half a year later, when the distance between the Earth and Jupiter is relatively close, and the average distance is less than 690 million kilometers.
Then the total distance to and from Jupiter is only about 1.4 billion kilometers.
The entire plan is expected to take 30 to 60 days, which can be regarded as a long-distance navigation mission.
The definition of "long distance" is also relative to the performance of Tianhang-01. Compared with the progress of human exploration of the universe, a distance of 1.4 billion kilometers is not an exaggeration to define as "ultra-long distance".
Now the world's top institutions are already discussing Tianhang-01's voyage plan.
This involves the issue of ‘ship quota’.
The country has the right to decide the number of people to board ships. There are two main considerations: political factors and academic factors.
Due to political factors, naturally only organizations with good relationships can have quotas for shipboarding.
Academics, of course, are scientific research.
The voyage plan of Tianhang-01 can carry people into space. Tianhang-01 is also equipped with a large number of the most high-end astronomical equipment. For many top scientists, taking part in the voyage plan with Tianhang-01 is an opportunity not to be missed.
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The details of the voyage plan have not been released yet, it is just an announcement, but the announcement itself also caused a huge response.
The focus of public opinion is the number of people Tianhang-01 can carry and who will have the opportunity to board it?
The top scientists within the spacecraft company naturally have the opportunity, and the space agency that holds part of the ownership rights of 'Tianhang-01' can also send personnel to participate in the plan.
It’s hard to say for other institutions.
In fact, most of the places in the voyage plan have already been allocated.
Tianhang-01 can usually carry between 120 and 150 people. The first voyage will definitely not be 'overloaded', which means the cabin space will be tight. It is planned to carry no more than 120 people.
Among them, there are 40 places belonging to the spacecraft company itself, 25 places occupied by the military and science and technology departments, 15 places occupied by the space agency, 30 places owned by other domestic companies and cooperative institutions, and the remaining places can be allocated to other
personnel.
In terms of quota allocation, the spacecraft company has made great profits.
Most of the personnel dispatched by the spacecraft company perform tasks, including spacecraft operations, maintenance and repair personnel, or serve as technical consultants.
There are about 25 of these people in total, and the remaining 15 places can be freely used.
As a profit-oriented company, the spacecraft company has begun to seek cooperation with large companies. To put it simply, it means selling out quotas.
The number of more than a dozen places is not large, but it is enough to earn more than 10 billion flower-growing coins.
This money can even cover the losses during the voyage.
During the voyage plan, Tianhang-01 will also perform several large satellite and extraterrestrial probe release missions, which can also bring great benefits.
The quota occupied by the military is mainly to send several management and security personnel. They will also be stationed in Tianhang-01 for a long time and participate in the future missions of Tianhang-01.
Scientific research departments and cooperative enterprises and institutions receive quotas that specialize in scientific research.
Many astronomers will be included among them, and the voyage plan will definitely become a feast for astronomical research.
This is very interesting thing.
Wang Hao's annihilation physics overturned traditional astronomy physics, but the space carrier navigation plan he led became a feast for astronomical research.
Those astronomers who may board Tianhang-01 feel very complicated when they think of Wang Hao.
Of course, the most important thing at the moment is the anti-gravity spacecraft. Only when the spacecraft is perfected can we set the time for the voyage plan.
After Wang Hao and Chen Jiahe negotiated, they immediately notified the Tianjin Aerospace Base and asked them to send a team from the electronic system group to the anti-gravity spacecraft base.
The electronic system team at the Tianjin Aerospace Base is relatively idle. Their electronic system is very complete. In addition, their work has always been to install various equipment and facilities. All that needs to be done is routine docking and maintenance.
Four days later, the Tianjin Aerospace Base sent a team of twenty people, and Paul Phil-Jones was the leader of the team.
Wang Hao is still in the anti-gravity spacecraft base. He is understanding the electronic system framework of the spacecraft and pointed out some problems along the way.
He found that the work of improving the electronic system was relatively easy, because the electronic system was already functioning normally and most of it had been completed.
The system still has a lot of bugs, but the big framework is already there and the upper-level code is relatively complete.
What he has to do is take the lead in sorting out the underlying framework.
First of all, the underlying framework must be corrected and perfected, and then the upper-level code must be corrected, so that there won't be any big problems.
Paul Phil-Jones met Wang Hao when he arrived at the base. He was obviously very excited because he felt that his dream was about to be completed.
Ever since the voyage plan was finalized, Paul Phil-Jones has been in such a state of excitement that he couldn't help but call himself 'Vice Captain' when he met everyone.
It is indeed possible that he boarded Tianhang-01 and participated in the voyage plan.
The spacecraft company has many places, including those for research and technical consultants.
The theoretical team led by Wang Hao must send at least one person to participate in the plan. He will definitely not be able to go there personally. The safety of the task cannot be completely guaranteed, and it is impossible for him to participate in person.
Paul Phil-Jones' only competitor is Ding Zhiqiang.
Helen and Chen Mengmeng rarely participated in experimental work, let alone frontline voyage missions.
Huang Xing's reputation has been greatly reduced, and his participation in the voyage plan is not convincing.
Paul Phil-Jones has participated in a lot of work on the development of light pressure engines, and is naturally the most promising person to participate in the voyage plan.
He didn't even regard Ding Zhiqiang as his opponent, "That lazy guy might just give up?"
That's what he thought.
You can imagine how happy Paul Phil-Jones was.
After meeting Wang Hao, he asked politely, "What are you studying? It is said to be related to black holes? I read the theoretical content, strong S wave? It's very interesting."
"And that big piece of diamond is very beautiful."
Although the words he spoke were full of praise, the tone of his voice showed that he was completely insincere.
Compared with the voyage plan, Paul Phil-Jones doesn't care at all about strong S-waves, black hole theory, or large and beautiful diamonds.
Paul Phil-Jones also doesn't know how to control his emotions. His mood can be seen on his face. He asks technical questions and adopts a pleasant tone, as if to express, 'I only care because I have no choice.'
Wang Hao looked a little depressed. He curled his lips and said, "It's indeed interesting."
"We created a region that is very similar to a black hole."
"Similar to a black hole? Strong annihilation force field?" Paul Phil-Jones is also well-informed. If other people hear that it is similar to a black hole, they will definitely be very surprised, but he is not surprised at all, and his tone is still very calm.
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"It should be a compressed version."
Wang Hao's tone was also very plain, "It's just a compressed strong annihilation force field, with electric light flashing on the surface. It looks like a dark magic ball released by a mage."
"Dark Sphere?"
To be continued...