Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Jinling Space Launch Center.

A massive, magnificent sky shuttle has been assembled to crawl on the launch runway.

It's called the Xia Guang, but it's different from the Xia Guang a few years ago. To accommodate long-range flights and more flexible launch missions, the Institute of Space Science and Technology of the Jinling Institute of Advanced Studies redesigned its fusion power supply unit and high-power Hall thrusters to increase its cruise mileage and engine stability at the expense of maximum speed.

Now it's not Mars, it's an asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that can be easily reached in a month's time. Now, however, the Moon Orbit Construction Commission does not have the real need to send people that far away, but simply to collect rock specimens, which can be accomplished entirely through unmanned detectors.

As for the pilot of this flight, he was also the original mariner of Mars rescue and the only astronaut in the astronaut fleet with experience in Mars orbit cruising.

As an experimental piece of equipment packaged in a metal cubic cargo container was delivered into the cargo hold, the entire shuttle was ready for final launch.

Liu Biao and Xu Zhenghong, who had already worn in-cabin space suits, boarded the landing gear for ground crew, entered the interior of the sky shuttle, sat in the main and second flight seats respectively, and connected the space suits to the in-cabin life insurance system.

“A long-running trip to Mars. ”

“I wonder if I can still see the wreckage of the BFS ship in the past.”

He grinned and checked the gauges in the cabin. Liu Zheng Hong smiled and said, "Ha ha, it's been over a year, I don't think I can see it.”

Liu Biao joked and said: "If circumstances permit, we may not get it back. ”

During the last rescue operation, NASA feared that China would acquire the confidentiality of the BFS spacecraft and actively crashed the BFS spacecraft suspended in orbit while the Xia Guang arrived on Mars.

Nevertheless, the coordinates of the ship's crash were recorded by them. If there's enough fuel, landing on Mars and getting some "specialties” back isn't that hard.

“The situation probably won't allow, why do we have to manage a pile of rubble and still carry troublesome rubble,” opened the power output gate, looking at the rising magnetic counter, Xu Zhenghong switched to the communication screen of the ground command center while pushing the ignition switch, changed to a serious tone and said, “This is Xia Guang, we are entering take-off orbit. ”

“Roger, this is Ground Command. Everything's fine in the sky. Launch plans continue. Good luck! ”

The black engine was instantly lit by a blue flame, and the massive fuselage began to slide forward, driven by a stream of plasma jetted at high temperatures, and eventually pulled that bright blue glow into the sky. Together with the expectations of the people of the earth for the future, it led to a flame-red planet tens of millions of kilometres away.

In the audience outside the launch center.

Looking at the sky shuttle that disappeared at the end of the cloud, physicists and journalists from all over the world made amazing noises.

Opposite a clear sky, BBC TV reporters shocked almost exaggerated and reported the scene in front of the camera.

“A sky shuttle, about two-thirds as big as a Boeing 777, took off from the runway with the help of a blue light, and then disappeared behind me in the sky. ”

“I can't describe the shock in my heart in words, not because of its speed, but because it upsets my understanding of space launches. ”

“Perhaps it's too late to say this, but I never thought… Maybe NASA's people never thought that even electric propulsion, with the catalyst of controllable fusion, could explode as much power as chemical engines! ”

“Almost forgot to mention that the Z particle clock of the IMCRC has successfully crossed the troposphere and is moving towards the edge of the atmosphere. If all goes well, it will arrive in Mars orbit within two weeks, drop the Z particle clock and test Professor Ark's hyperspace theory...”

Not far.

A slightly younger, student-like young man stands next to Professor Witten.

It seemed as if he was scared of missing a moment. His eyes stared at the sky for a long time without winking. Until people began to gradually break up, he retracted his gaze and looked at Professor Witten and asked.

“Professor…”

“What's the matter? ”

“What does it mean if he really does exceed the speed of light? ”

“This means he may be greater than Einstein..." He paused for a while and seemed to feel that his statement was inaccurate enough, adding in a serious tone, "Correct it, not possible, but just. ”

The news of the launch of the Z particle clock spread around the world through the news.

According to the cruise plan, the Xiaoguang after the first Z-particle clock detector was dropped upon arrival in synchronous orbit will proceed to the Moon Palace, where it will continue to fly into the Mars orbit after completing the "fuel” replenishment.

Just as the eyes of the world were focused on the sky shuttle that was passing through the edge of the atmosphere, not far from the office of the Dean of the Jinling Institute of Higher Studies, the ark was quietly thinking in the face of the formula on the white board.

At this point, the knocking sounded from the door.

“Come in. ”

The door opened and a familiar figure walked into the office.

“I can't believe you're here," said Rowenxuan, looking at the formula written on the whiteboard that you don't understand at all, "I thought you'd at least be standing in the command tower at the launch center at this time. ”

“What's the point of standing there?” The sight did not move away from the whiteboard, and the ark smiled slightly and replied casually, "My absence from the scene does not affect the success rate of the launch. Besides, it's just a trip to Mars. It's not the first time we've been there. There's nothing to remember. ”

Luo Wenxuan: "What are you? ”

“Final examination of the calculation…” A few lines of formula were added to the whiteboard, and the ark pondered for a while and said, “Or find a way to make it a little more perfect. ”

Luo Wenxuan: “Surprisingly, I didn't think you were excited at all, even in the mood to count these things. ”

Ark: “Anything exciting? ”

Rowenxuan said, "It feels like a bigger physicist than Einstein is about to be born, and every explorer of the new nautical age will cry out his name and pray for peace before he sets sail. In the future, if a ship fails outside the solar system, the passengers will not call God's old man's name directly, but will cry out ‘GTMD, Ark'. ”

The ark couldn't help but smile when it heard this interesting statement.

“This is too exaggerated. The Z particle is just a breakthrough in our hyperspace theory, and ultimately the key to solving interstellar travel depends on how people understand it in the future. At a time like this, getting ahead does not necessarily mean advantages, just like DC and AC, although the former was born first, it is ultimately the latter that wins the favour. ”

“But all will remember Faraday's contribution to the world. ”

Ark: “I don't deny it. This kind of unproductive thing has to reward the discoverer with a little honor. ”

Luo Wenxuan shrugged his shoulder and asked, "Then why are you doing this nonprofit and risking so much? ”

Ark: “Frankly, it's because of interest. ”

Luo Wenxuan stunned for a moment and smiled.

“That sounds like your answer. ”

Ark: “Did you come here to talk to me? ”

“Of course not. ”

As he spoke, Luo Wenxuan removed a card from his pocket and delivered it to the front of the ark.

Looking at this beautifully crafted card, the ark curiously lifted its eyebrows, dropped the marker pen in its hand and took it over, sweeping along the polyline.

“What is this?”

“An invitation,” said Luo Wenxuan, looking at the ark, shrugging his shoulder, "I don't know if you're interested, but I was on the side of Jinling, so I brought you along the way. ”