Chapter 341: The Great Explosion of Science and Technology (6)

Just when the White Eagle parsed out the unknown civilization and flew towards the galaxy where this civilization is located. Human home planet - Earth, Xingyao City - Xingyao Science and Technology Experimental Center. Li Yang, Sun Bingwen, Professor Zhou Shuzhi and other scientific and technological leaders led the scientific research team to start a new generation of powered spacecraft for flight experiments. The new "curvature engine" will greatly increase the speed of the spacecraft, enabling the spacecraft to travel across space in another state and exceed the speed of light during the driving process. Professor Zhou Shuzhi's scientific research team made breakthroughs in the field of physics, discovered 'dark matter' and 'dark energy', and defined a new basic physical model. After that, a series of new theories emerged, bringing about the golden age of physics in the next few decades. , which has laid a solid theoretical support for the study of 'spaceship curvature engine'. In the case that the wormhole shuttle technology has not been able to achieve a breakthrough for a long time, the scientists of Xingyao Technology have focused on the "curvature engine". "Curvature drive" is not obsessed with how to do the best to accelerate the spacecraft itself. After all, it is basically impossible to exceed the speed of light. Instead, it chooses to transform the space-time itself to drive the spacecraft. The core logic is to use "Some loopholes" in the laws of physics eventually break the insurmountable limit of the speed of light. Imagine the whole of the universe as a large membrane, the surface of this membrane is curved, and the whole membrane may even be a closed soap bubble. Although the part of the membrane seems to be flat, the space curvature is still everywhere. The reaction of matter and antimatter creates a warp bubble that wraps the spacecraft in the energy field. Through the squeezed space of the energy field before and after the spacecraft, when the space behind the spacecraft is reduced in curvature using energy, the spacecraft will be pulled by the space with large curvature in front of it. Drive to get a speed close to the speed of light. To put it simply, although the universe looks like a plane on the surface, in fact it is not completely flat, but has curvature. Imagine the universe as a big sphere, or a donut, at this time The change of space position through curvature may be quite different from the traditional linear acceleration flight, and it is also possible to use curvature acceleration to achieve the transcendence of the speed of light, and then to achieve a longer distance space shuttle. This is like a remote-controlled car driving on a flat road. At this time, the curvature is basically zero, so the remote-controlled car will not continue to accelerate, but will continue to move forward at a steady speed. And if a very deep cliff suddenly appears in front, after the remote control car falls off the cliff, the curvature will become infinite. At this time, the remote control car will reach an extremely fast speed in a very short time. If the cliff is deep enough , then the speed of the remote control car will become fast enough. However, the energy required to create a "warp bubble" that can wrap a 10,000 cubic meter spaceship is very amazing. According to the current level of human technology, this is a very difficult task. However, Professor Zhou Shuzhi's The research results can just help the research on the "warp speed engine", and use a theoretical plan of "four or two" to allow the spacecraft to complete the "curvature flight". The curvature engine technology will use a new type of curvature engine developed on the basis of the "dark matter" theory to generate a gravitational field that changes the field energy of the "dark energy", so that the gravitational field pushes the dark energy to encapsulate the spacecraft, so that the spacecraft can enter the curvature membrane space, so as to achieve The purpose of curvature flight. Among the four fundamental forces in basic physics, only the gravitons of the gravitational field can act on dark energy and dark matter. Dark matter and dark energy do not interact with other forces. They do not absorb, reflect or radiate electromagnetic waves, nor do they It interacts with ordinary matter electromagnetically. In fact, it is more appropriate to use "transparent matter" to describe dark matter, because you can't see, touch, or sense its existence. However, it is really distributed around, everywhere. Yes, there may be thousands of kilograms of dark matter flowing through your brain when you sleep, but humans cannot perceive their existence. dark matter,

Dark energy belongs to the existence of multi-dimensional matter. They are widely distributed in space. Human beings belong to three-dimensional creatures. Therefore, it is difficult to sense the matter in four-dimensional and five-dimensional space. In the new theory, dark energy is a kind of space-filled, The energy of negative pressure is the key to the accelerated expansion of the universe and the loss of matter in the universe. It occupies more than 60% of the total matter in the universe. The density of dark energy is exactly the same, about 10^-26 kg/cubic meter, Equivalent to the mass of several hydrogen atoms. All the dark energy in the solar system adds up to about the mass of an asteroid, and it hardly plays a role in the "dance" of the planets. Only on huge spatial scales and time spans can the influence of dark energy be reflected. However, under the blessing of the curvature engine power engine, the gravitons generated by the gravitational field continue to accumulate dark energy, and the curvature of the stroke is poor, resulting in a great negative gravitational pressure. This negative pressure is the curvature field that pushes the spacecraft to perform curvature flight. For a spaceship in space, if a part of the space behind it can be flattened with negative matter to reduce its curvature, then the spaceship will be pulled over by the space with greater curvature in front. This is the basic principle of curvature drive. "The curvature drive cannot reach the destination in an instant like space folding and wormholes, but it may make the spacecraft close to the speed of light, or even exceed the speed of light!" More importantly, the energy consumption related to the curvature engine has nothing to do with the quality of the spacecraft, only " The volume of the "curvature bubble" is related to the speed of sailing. This technology circumvents the relativistic effect at near-light speed, which greatly reduces the energy consumption of the spacecraft. With this series of core theories, the development of the "curvature engine" has progressed rapidly. The effect of dark energy is like if you throw a ball upwards, and then you find that it accelerates upwards and flies faster and faster. Such a result tells that it can be confirmed that dark energy is a cosmological constant. If only gravity is considered, it is impossible to observe such a phenomenon. On a large holographic screen, a droplet-shaped experimental spacecraft is moving at high speed. In the laboratory of the mother planet-Earth and Xingyao City, a group of Li Yang, Sun Bingwen, Zhou Shuzhi and others, and many scientists, are paying attention to the high-speed flight of the spacecraft. status. During the process of the experimental unmanned spacecraft, the surrounding channel space was gravitationally distorted. "Report Commander, the unmanned spacecraft is 4 million kilometers away from Jupiter, and the cumulative space curvature field reaches: level 3.8, which meets the conditions for the use of the curvature engine, please instruct!" The operator looked at Li Yang, who was surrounded by the crowd, and reported " Start the curvature engine! Start the first test flight of the Hope." Li Yang glanced at Zhou Shuzhi and Sun Bingwen, and after confirming the results, Shen Sheng ordered. "Understood! Start the curvature engine." Following Li Yang's order, the laboratory operators quickly got busy, transmitting relevant signal instructions to the experimental spacecraft. Soon, the experimental spaceship on the holographic screen changed, the speed of the spaceship suddenly increased, and the gravitational field on the body also increased. Soon, the distorted space enveloped the experimental spaceship, like a film. The entire spaceship is wrapped in a film that looks like a soap bubble. "Hope's curvature field has been packaged, and the current speed of the experimental spacecraft: 120,000 kilometers per second, and the speed is increasing!" "Hope's curvature field has a stable change value and is currently at level 6.5." "Hope is in good overall condition, with dark energy gravity. The field work is stable!" "Hope successfully turned on the curvature flight mode, the current speed is 180,000 kilometers per second, ..." ... The remote command laboratory, the operators reported the data of the experimental spacecraft nervously and orderly, and the scene was full of There was a sense of nervousness about the coming of the war, and everyone was staring nervously at the holographic screen, paying attention to the sailing status of the Hope in real time. The success or failure of the research and development of the curvature engine plays a vital role in the future of human civilization and whether human beings can truly enter the interstellar civilization. If the principle of "curvature drive" is used to carry out interstellar travel and time travel, human civilization is likely to develop from Planetary civilization has jumped to the advanced interstellar civilization in the universe in one fell swoop. This is a very gratifying and worthy of longing for human civilization. The biggest problem currently plaguing human civilization is that the speed of interstellar spaceships is too slow. Even if human spaceships reach sub-light speed, up to 70% of the speed of light, in the vast universe, even reaching the speed of light is still not enough. It is not easy for an interstellar spacecraft to achieve long-term travel in interstellar space. The universe is too big, and the distance between two galaxies, even at the speed of light, takes 4-5 years at the fastest. Human civilization is currently wasting most of its time in the process of voyage in the exploration of foreign galaxies. If the "curvature flight" is successfully achieved, human interstellar spaceships can exceed 10 times the speed of light, or even more. At that time, the interstellar space of human civilization It may only take a few decades for the spacecraft to fly out of the Milky Way, which is of great significance for human civilization to explore interstellar space. When Hope successfully entered the curvature field and began to achieve curvature flight, there was a burst of enthusiastic cheers in the laboratory. "Success! We succeeded! Hope has entered the curvature flight state!" "Great! It's done, Hope is done!" "Finally successful, great!" "The experiment was successful! The curvature field is very stable , this time the curvature of the voyage is no problem." "The data is normal, the curvature field is normal, ..." ... Everyone's face was filled with joy, and everyone was overjoyed, and the scene was almost dancing, singing and dancing. The Hope in the holographic screen is flying frantically at a high "acceleration", turning into a streamer, drifting away.

However, this higher "acceleration" did not act on the hull of the Hope, nor would it increase the spacecraft's flight energy, but carried the Hope in the physical way of movement in the entire space, crossing the curvature space line to achieve crossover space flight. In the hope of good content, the spacecraft's instruments, dashboards, and various data work normally, and the operation of the curvature engine will not cause distortion of the internal space, ... . Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief and celebrated the success of the flight experiment, an accident happened suddenly. "Commander, Hope's antimatter power supply is insufficient to maintain the long-term operation of the gravitational field." "Commander, Hope's curvature field has decayed, ..." "Commander, Hope was thrown out of the curvature channel, the curvature space Lost balance,..."...The atmosphere in the laboratory became tense in vain, the operator's serious and tense reports came one after another, the smiles on everyone's faces stopped, and their eyes were caught by the Hope on the holographic screen. attracted. On the large holographic screen, the Hope 'falled' out of the curvature flight, and the flight status of the entire spacecraft became unstable, left and right, as if drunk, unable to maintain a balanced flight status. Just when everyone was worried about the fate of the Hope, a burst of red light from the 'boom', the hope in the holographic screen suddenly exploded, turned into a flame, and gradually dissipated in the starry sky. Li Yang stared blankly at the exploding Hope, and the smile on his face became bitter in vain. "The experiment failed!" Li Yang smiled bitterly, feeling a pressure inexplicably. For this experiment, Xingyao Technology has paid a huge price. Li Yang has endured a lot of pressure. The failure of the curvature flight means that this project will continue to drag on, just like a bottomless project. Even if Xingyao Technology has a great career, I can't afford this level of experimentation, and I fail again and again. "No, there is no failure. The Hope successfully entered the curvature flight state. The purpose of this experiment has been achieved. Now the most important thing is to summarize the reasons for the failure of this experiment, and strive for the next experiment, a success." Professor Zhou Shuzhi looked at his grandson - Li Yang, smiled reassuringly. "Yes! Mr. Li, although this experiment ended with the explosion of the Hope, we obtained a lot of important data and officially confirmed the feasibility of the curvature engine and curvature navigation. These valuable experiences are enough to support our next step. The success of an experiment!" Sun Bingwen followed to appease Li Yang. Li Yang nodded, but he still misses his father, Li Yi. It was because of the solid foundation he laid that he was able to take over Xingyao Technology so smoothly. After taking over Xingyao Technology, Li Yang really knew its power and its key role in the progress of science and technology for all mankind. It can be said that the reason why human civilization can enter the interstellar civilization so quickly is completely inseparable from Xingyao Technology. If it is not for the leading role of Xingyao Technology, it will take hundreds of years, or even thousands of years, for human beings to develop to the current level. Although this curvature flight experiment failed, the scientists of Xingyao Technology were not discouraged and believed that the problem would be found soon, and the next experiment would definitely be a success. In the command laboratory, the scientists stared at the experimental parameters of the holographic screen and began to find the key to the failure of the experiment. (